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{"title":"An Investigation of the Relationship between Receptive Skills among Moroccan High School Students","authors":"Imad Hamdanat","doi":"10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1707","url":null,"abstract":"As the prevalence of the English language in the Moroccan educational system continues to rise, there is a pressing need for an in-depth exploration of language development dynamics, explicitly focusing on listening comprehension and reading proficiency. This correlational study investigated the relationship between listening and reading skills among 80 high school students from Al Mansour Addahbi High School in Sidi Kacem, Morocco. The sample was selected using a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected through standardized listening and reading proficiency tests, and statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS software. The results revealed a significant positive correlation (r = 0.604, p < 0.001) between listening skills and reading skills, indicating that students with higher listening abilities also demonstrated stronger reading skills, and vice versa. Furthermore, regression analysis showed that listening skills significantly predicted reading skills (Beta = 0.604, p < 0.001), emphasizing its importance as a key predictor of reading ability. The findings contribute to the field of EFL education by emphasizing the interdependence of listening and reading skills, suggesting the need for integrated language instruction strategies. Recommendations for future research include exploring this relationship across different age groups and linguistic backgrounds and investigating the long-term impact of language instruction interventions on both skills.","PeriodicalId":499812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136343679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Forda Ferson: The Morphological Structure of Generation Z Slang in Social Media","authors":"Maessy B. Grandez, Maria Carmela P. Ablero, Raidar M. Lasala, Ma. Theresa G. Gomez, Ruel T. Bonganciso","doi":"10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1847","url":null,"abstract":"Filipino Generation Z's creative ability to experiment with morphemes is a factor in the emergence of new words. These lexical items possess the capacity to function as nouns, verbs, and adjectives within the Filipino language. This study aims to examine how Filipino Generation Z slang terminologies are formed if such terms undergo a particular process that adheres to a specific morphological structure and if new sets of rules are observed that are not included in the current morphological rules. Since the researchers used words to analyze the gathered data, a qualitative research design utilizing content analysis was employed in this study. This study employed homogeneous sampling, with researchers extracting only Generation Z slang from the Facebook posts of PNUV first- to fourth-year students as the corpus. The framework matrix was used to determine the morphological processes underlying Generation Z slang. Consequently, it was determined that word formation processes such as coinage, borrowing, compounding, blending, clipping, acronyms, affixation, conversion, and multiple processes were utilized to create Generation Z slang. In addition, the data revealed additional word formation processes, such as contraction, reduplication, and spelling change. Most Filipino Generation Z slang word formation was categorized as a change in spelling. Future researchers can gain a deeper understanding of how the Filipino generation z's language is shaped and how it differs from previous generations by examining linguistic patterns and word forms.","PeriodicalId":499812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136344049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unlocking the Art of Welcome Messages: A Genre Analysis of Welcome Messages on Hotels' Websites","authors":"Quesie L. Brigole, Cristelle Mae Descutido, Shekinah Donasco, Chelsea Grace A. Terania, Ruel T. Bonganciso, Devianti Liannita","doi":"10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1850","url":null,"abstract":"This study is set in a rapidly evolving digital world where websites have become vital, especially in the hotel industry. Hotel industries utilize websites to capture guests' first impressions through a welcome message. As a result, the study probed the typical rhetorical strategies (moves and steps) and the frequently used phrases or clauses in each move and step in the welcome messages on the websites of selected hotels in Western Visayas, where this region is set to claim a significant role in the tourist industry, attracting both local and foreign visitors. Using Google, the researchers used purposeful sampling to gather eligible hotel websites with welcome messages in Western Visayas. For the qualitative data, this study used Swale's Move-Step approach. The result shows that the welcome messages follow a common pattern. The researchers discovered that the corpora have four moves, and each move has one to three steps. These moves and steps represent the typical strategies of hotels' welcome messages. However, the phrases being used, especially the modifiers, vary in their exact formulation but convey the same underlying intention. This study reveals the structured language strategies employed by Western Visayas hotels in their website welcome messages. These findings have implications for ESP education, helping tailor language instruction for the hospitality industry. It aids educators in designing effective language learning strategies in line with evolving communication conventions, enhancing ESP education for specific professions.","PeriodicalId":499812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136344302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lived Experiences of English Literature Teachers in A Digitalized Classroom: A Phenomenological Study","authors":"Maria Jonnalyn C. Caramay, Rolando V. Maningas, Alberto D. Yazon, Karen A. Manaig, John Frederick B. Tesoro","doi":"10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1695","url":null,"abstract":"Literature is required in the Philippines' general education curriculum. Studying literature through multimedia is a new technique that is more appealing than traditional texts, which rely heavily on verbal comprehension. Multimedia enables engaging activities and allows students to research literary authors and textbooks relevant to the courses using various media and information sources. It entails teamwork and has proven to promote cooperative learning effectively. Thus, this hermeneutic phenomenological study looked into the challenges and experiences of ten (10) English Literature teachers in a digitalized classroom, such as maximizing interactive platforms in teaching literature. The researcher gathered data through written interviews, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and focus group discussions; the participants were from different private schools. The participants described their experiences in the sudden paradigm shift as a challenge. Creating their own digitalized classroom was illustrated as a difficult part of adjustment and preparation, such as setting criteria for different activities aligned with one learning objective and the appropriateness of the digital platforms for the students to learn the course thoroughly. Nonetheless, participants revealed that as part of the preparation, teachers adapt to a new paradigm shift in education, creating a digitalized classroom that provides a conducive, interactive, authentic, and exciting atmosphere. It also offers a variety of learning experiences that help learners increase motivation and comprehension and develop critical thinking, creativity, and active participation. Participants have deviated from the usual \"one size fits all\". Accordingly, the education can use the proposed DGC (digitalized classroom) training manual for the English literature classes to guide the teachers on the different online platforms. Likely, the teacher can enrich their pedagogical approach and develop teaching plans with the presence of Information and Communication Technology that can help increase motivation, interest, and engagement in reading.","PeriodicalId":499812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136344141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender Representation on Visual Illustrations in Indonesia EFL Textbook","authors":"Devianti Liannita, Aridah Aridah, Ruel T. Bonganciso","doi":"10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1776","url":null,"abstract":"The urge of gender equality had been going on for several decades and even though people were aware of it yet there was no significant result toward the effort. Not to neglect all the intended purposes of many studies previously, still somehow the significant differences were less shown in the practice. In order to identify such matter, hence the study was conducted. The visual illustrations in textbook were not only as the aesthetic aspect of one but also to represent matters that could easily be understood better by visualization. The gender representation was analyzed by its numbers of appearances, ratio and also the settings of each gender was situated in the illustrations. By the end of the study, it could be stated that the lack of female representation in appearance and ratio issue was still existing in the textbook. However, in most of the illustrations, both of the genders were situated in social settings in general though there were several in domestic ones. The further study was needed in order to analyze the other elements of the textbook.","PeriodicalId":499812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research","volume":"162 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136344142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Challenges and Attitudes of Iraq’s Kurdistan ESL University Students Towards Improving Oral Skills","authors":"Zubair Hamad Muhi, Innocent Nasuk Dajang","doi":"10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31098/jefltr.v3i2.1520","url":null,"abstract":"In many instances, English language poses great challenges to English as a second language learners, obviously due to the variations between English and the learners' second language. The paper looked intensively at the challenges and attitudes of Iraq's Kurdistan ESL University students towards improving their oral skills. The difficulties of oral skills exist in many institutions; students defied the obstacles during speaking; so, the study delved into the issues in this area. The study is quantitative. The data was collected from 63 participants selected from different institutions who utilized the survey questionnaire. The study was carried out in four educational institutions. The study used descriptive statistics and adopted tables and percentages to interpret the results. The results of this study indicated that the depression of students, apprehension, shyness, and lack of motivation made students unable to interplay with other mates in pair groups and perform activities. Teachers could not manage all activities in the classroom on their own. The results showed that lack of practice, chances, and motivation to speak in English classrooms were the most frequent obstacles for students learning to speak. Additionally, the methods and procedures employed in the lecture do not encourage students to utilize English. Thus, this study would assist university students in identifying the issues they encounter when learning to speak English and what they must do to overcome these obstacles.","PeriodicalId":499812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136344882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}