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My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Kenneth M. Kozel
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Kenneth M. Kozel
Georgia Library Quarterly
The author describes his personal library. His collection includes books by Stephen King, Anne Rice, Jane Austen, John Grisham, Joyce Carol Oates and Gary Larson. His books deal with art, illustration, classical literature , mysteries and horrors. He recounts rereading and cherishing his collection as he ages.
What Does Focus-On-Form Journal Writing Tell Language Teachers?, Walaipun Puengpipattrakul
What Does Focus-On-Form Journal Writing Tell Language Teachers?, Walaipun Puengpipattrakul
PASAA
This research study employed the contemporary focus-on-form approach blending grammar instruction and communicative language teaching by means of journal writing to maximize language learners' grammatical ability in formal education. This research study aimed to (a) investigate the effects of journal writing on grammatical ability of the undergraduates and within the groups of highand low-achievers and (b) explore the undergraduates' opinions toward the use of journal writing as a means to improve grammatical ability. The triangulated study, employing the mixed-quantitative and qualitative- methods, was conducted in Thailand on 32 first-year Thai university undergraduates' scores in the grammatical test of verbal tenses, …
Using Focus Groups In Language Research, Arthur Mcneill
Using Focus Groups In Language Research, Arthur Mcneill
PASAA
This paper examines the potential of the focus group as a research method in language studies. In social sciences research, focus groups are becoming increasingly popular as a means of gathering data. It is logical to anticipate that the focus group can also be a suitable research method for investigating certain topics related to language. The paper describes how focus groups are typically organized and run, then addresses some of the on-going concerns about the handling of focus group data. Provided certain safeguards are in place concerning data analysis and provided the procedures for handling data are made as explicit …
An Exploratory Study Of Sentence Structure Instruction In Improving Chulalongkorn University Law Students' Writing Ability, Adisra Katib
An Exploratory Study Of Sentence Structure Instruction In Improving Chulalongkorn University Law Students' Writing Ability, Adisra Katib
PASAA
This research explores the effect of sentence structure instruction and sentence-combining practice on writing performance in answering essay questions and on syntactic complexity measured in paragraph writing of second-year Chulalongkorn University Law students taking the English for Academic Purposes (Law) I course. Four groups of students participated in the study: the experimental higher and lower proficiency groups and the control higher and lower proficiency groups. The two experimental groups of different proficiency levels were given treatment of different types of sentence structure instruction and sentence-combining practice for twelve weeks while the two control groups of different proficiency levels were taught …
Extensive Reading And Its Potential In Assisting Low-Ability Efl Learners To Increase Their Reading Comprehension And Motivation, Wilairat Kirin, Punchalee Wasanasomsithi
Extensive Reading And Its Potential In Assisting Low-Ability Efl Learners To Increase Their Reading Comprehension And Motivation, Wilairat Kirin, Punchalee Wasanasomsithi
PASAA
Reading comprehensible texts is referred to by Krashen (2005) as representing a bridge to heavier reading such as journal and magazine features or academic texts as it helps provide competency that is crucial to facilitate comprehension. Reading such texts extensively has also been reported repetitively by substantial research, both in ESL and EFL contexts, as contributing to the enhancement of reading ability and, particularly, motivation to continue the reading engagement. This paper reports on findings from an experiment with low-ability Thai undergraduate students and discusses whether the claims made about extensive reading (ER) and its existing knowledge are applicable in …
The Relationship Between The Chulalongkorn University Students' Ability To Identify Stress Patterns Of English Polysyllabic Medical Terms And The Ability To Pronounce Them, Satita Watanapokakul
The Relationship Between The Chulalongkorn University Students' Ability To Identify Stress Patterns Of English Polysyllabic Medical Terms And The Ability To Pronounce Them, Satita Watanapokakul
PASAA
Word stress, especially for terminologies like medical terms, has been of great concern among EFL instructors for many years, and EFL students find it difficult to get the correct pronunciation due to the polysyllabic nature of most medical terms. This study has three main objectives: to explore the CU medical students' problems in marking stress in English polysyllabic medical terms; to find out the relationship between the students' ability to identify stress patterns of English polysyllabic medical terms and the ability to pronounce them; and to investigate students' opinions on the word-stress marking in English polysyllabic medical terms. The participants …