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Teachers’ Perceptions of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in English Grammar Teaching 英语语法教学中教师对交际教学法的认知

Arab World English Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI: 10.24093/awej/vol14no3.8

Ke Liu, Farhana Diana Deris

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Through the Lens of EFL Teachers: Teaching Online on Lockdown 英语教师视角下的在线封锁教学

Arab World English Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI: 10.24093/awej/vol14no3.16

Hatice Çeşme, Birgül Akdağ Çimen

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Agreement Attraction Errors among Saudi Non-Native English Speakers 沙特非英语母语者的协议吸引错误

Arab World English Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI: 10.24093/awej/vol14no3.20

Wafa Aljuaythin

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EFL Students’ Perception of Using AI Paraphrasing Tools in English Language Research Projects 英语学生对在英语语言研究项目中使用人工智能释义工具的看法

Arab World English Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-24 DOI: 10.24093/awej/vol14no3.11

Ammar Alammar, Eman Abdel-Reheem Amin

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Columns: Black Youth Futures: A Call for Collective Dreaming 专栏:黑人青年的未来:集体梦想的呼唤

Arab World English Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.58680/ej202332635

S. R. Toliver

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Poetry: The Weight of Words 诗歌:文字的重量

Arab World English Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.58680/ej202332641

Karen Moroski-Rigney

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Creating Spaces of Acompañamiento in the English Language Arts Classroom 英语语言艺术课堂中Acompañamiento空间的创设

Arab World English Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.58680/ej202332631

Sandra Saco