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Sharing Vocabulary Size Test Scores With Students: What's The Impact On Motivation?, Jay Tanaka, Patharaorn Patharakorn
Sharing Vocabulary Size Test Scores With Students: What's The Impact On Motivation?, Jay Tanaka, Patharaorn Patharakorn
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This study investigates the impact of sharing research findings on lexical coverage and vocabulary size with L2 English students. This practical knowledge can be applied toward reading books and other materials. Research has suggested that knowing approximately 98% of the words in a text can lead to adequate reading comprehension (Hu & Nation, 2000). Such information, paired with knowledge of a student's own vocabulary size (Nation & Beglar, 2007), can potentially aid students in setting L2 vocabulary and reading goals. Ninety-nine university students in Thailand participated in this study. It utilizes a pretest-posttest design, with the sharing of research findings …
The Effects Of Using Corpus Tools On Efl Student Teachers' Learning And Production Of Verb-Noun Collocations, Galip Kartal, Gonca Yangineksi
The Effects Of Using Corpus Tools On Efl Student Teachers' Learning And Production Of Verb-Noun Collocations, Galip Kartal, Gonca Yangineksi
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This study investigated the effects of utilizing corpus tools on university EFL student teachers' learning and production of verb-noun collocations. The participants were 60 first-year student teachers in an English Language Teaching Department of a state university in Turkey. The research followed a pre and post-test quasi-experimental research design in which two classes participated in experimental and control groups. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. Quantitative data were collected via a Collocation Knowledge Test which was administered as a pre and post-test. In addition, student teachers' writings before and after the implementation were investigated for tracking the production …
The Effectiveness Of Online And Paper-Based Formative Assessment In The Learning Of English As A Second Language, Paul Joyce
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This article investigates the relative effectiveness of online and paper-based formative assessment in the learning of English as a second language. For this study, 74 Japanese university second language (L2) students took online quizzes, while 71 were given paper-based quizzes to complete. The quiz content was drawn from learning material found in the class textbook. Both groups were assigned the exercises as homework. At the end of the 15-week study period, both groups were administered a summative assessment that also covered learning points from the textbook. After controlling for the learners' L2 proficiency through their TOEIC test scores, the performance …
Test-Taking Strategies Used In The Reading Section Of The Test Of English For Thai Engineers And Technologists: A Computerbased Esp Test, Thanaporn Waiprakhon, Natjiree Jaturapitakkul
Test-Taking Strategies Used In The Reading Section Of The Test Of English For Thai Engineers And Technologists: A Computerbased Esp Test, Thanaporn Waiprakhon, Natjiree Jaturapitakkul
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This study aims to investigate test takers' strategies for the reading section of the Test of English for Thai Engineers and Technologists, or TETET, which is an innovative computer-based English for Specific Purposes (ESP) proficiency test. Five fourth-year undergraduate students who obtained overall high scores, particularly in the reading section, were selected to participate in the study. A stimulated recall interview and the reading section of the TETET were used as the two main instruments. The strategy rubric by Cohen and Upton (2006) was adopted in order to analyse the data. The results revealed that test-management strategies were the most …
Building A Culture Of Peace Through Critical Literacy With The Net Generation, Dumrong Adunyarittigun
Building A Culture Of Peace Through Critical Literacy With The Net Generation, Dumrong Adunyarittigun
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Conflicts and violence either inside or outside the classroom can affect the quality of learning within the classroom. Critical literacy is proposed as a strategic instructional practice which aims at teaching a nation's citizens to be literate and raising their critical and social consciousness (Freire, 2007). This paper suggests how teachers, as intellectual labor (Smyth, 2011), can implement a critical literacy framework to build a culture of peace in a reading class where students hold different 'taken-for-granted' ideologies of being 'us' and 'them'. It also proposes how Net Generation students in our EFL classrooms can make a significant contribution to …
Review Of Graduate Research On Language Assessment In Turkey Between 2011 And 2016, Aysenur Uzun, Ferit Kilickaya
Review Of Graduate Research On Language Assessment In Turkey Between 2011 And 2016, Aysenur Uzun, Ferit Kilickaya
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Language assessment is one of the key factors affecting language learning contexts since it not only provides information about the learners and teachers' performance in the classroom but also shapes how languages are learned and practiced depending on how assessment is conducted. Technology, different learner profiles, problems with the existing assessment tools, learners and teachers' needs, and differences in educational settings and policy are some of the leading factors in language assessment. In order to determine the main findings and the current trends on language assessment in Turkey, this study aims to review 25 theses and dissertations that investigate various …
Critical Discourse Analysis Of Discursive Reproduction Of Identities In The Thai Undergraduates' Home For Children With Disabilities Website Project: Critical Analysis Of Lexical Selection, Melada Sudajit-Apa
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Analyzing discourses can shed light on language as a social semiotic system, the construction of identity and the operations of ideology and power. The purpose of this study is twofold. Firstly, it aims to unveil Thai fourth-year English-major students' utilization of lexical choices with connotations that enact the identities of the Baan Nontapum Foundation (BNF) or Home for Children with Disabilities, in their website project. Secondly, the study was conducted to further explore how and why those discursive strategies were utilized to construe the BNF and disability identities through the participants' lexical selection. In this study, the social model of …
The Role Of Frequency On The Acquisition Of L2 English Infinitive And Gerund Complements By L1 Thai Learners, Raksina Keawchaum, Nattama Pongpairoj
The Role Of Frequency On The Acquisition Of L2 English Infinitive And Gerund Complements By L1 Thai Learners, Raksina Keawchaum, Nattama Pongpairoj
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This study investigated how frequency influenced acquisition of L2 English infinitive and gerund complements among L1 Thai learners. Participants were separated into low and high proficiency groups based on their CU-TEP scores. Each group consisted of 30 participants. Data were collected using the Word Selection Task (WST) and the Grammaticality Judgement Test (GJT). Initial findings revealed that L1 Thai learners acquired infinitive complements before gerund complements. This could probably be explained by the usage-based theory, specifically, the concept of type frequency. It was assumed that learners acquired infinitive complements first because they were considered a high type frequency construction, and …
Bridging The Gap Between Linguistic And Pragmatic Assessment In Turkish Contexts, Aysegul Takkac Tulgar, Oktay Yagiz, Turgay Han
Bridging The Gap Between Linguistic And Pragmatic Assessment In Turkish Contexts, Aysegul Takkac Tulgar, Oktay Yagiz, Turgay Han
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to reach an understanding of the perceptions and self-evaluations of faculty members and students regarding pragmatic assessment in foreign language education. The participants were the academics and students in EFL departments at six state universities in Turkey. The data were collected through six open-ended questions in which the participants were asked to provide written answers. The main findings pointed at three themes for discussion: perceptions of pragmatic assessment and its contributions to foreign language education, the challenges as well as the scope and ways of pragmatic assessment. The participants generally appreciated the contributory …
More Heads Are Better Than One: Peer Editing In A Translation Classroom Of Efl Learners, Sakolkarn Insai, Tongtip Poonlarp
More Heads Are Better Than One: Peer Editing In A Translation Classroom Of Efl Learners, Sakolkarn Insai, Tongtip Poonlarp
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During the process of translation, students need to learn how to detect and correct errors in their translation drafts, and collaboration among themselves is one possible way to do this. As Pym (2003) has explained, translation is a process of problem-solving; translators must be able to decide which choices are more or less appropriate for the specified purpose of translation. Therefore, it is necessary for the teacher to create a learning environment that facilitates the students, not only to learn how to solve the problems, but also to be exposed to other possible solutions of those problems. This paper aims …
Pedagogical Practices In Teaching Reading Comprehension: A Case Study Of Three Efl Teachers In A Secondary School In Ethiopia, Yenus Nurie
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Various studies investigating psychological variables associated with reading comprehension are currently available. However, there has been little linguistic research conducted to examine the pedagogical practices of teachers in teaching reading comprehension of EFL Secondary Schools, Ethiopia. The present study was conducted to fill the research gap by examining the current practices of teachers in teaching reading and how the teachers handle and organize reading comprehension. This study employed a descriptive and interpretive case study design that was analyzed through qualitative methods. The data was collected from observations of the most experienced EFL teachers' best representative comprehension classes and interviews with …
What, How And Why? A Multi-Dimensional Case Analysis Of The Challenges Facing Native And Non-Native Efl Teachers, Yusuf Demir
What, How And Why? A Multi-Dimensional Case Analysis Of The Challenges Facing Native And Non-Native Efl Teachers, Yusuf Demir
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On a multifaceted basis, this paper explores the challenges experienced by native and non-native English language teachers (NESTs and NNESTs) in a tertiary-level EFL setting in Turkey. Adopting a qualitative case study design, the data were gathered from five NESTs through interviews and from five NNESTs through hand-written accounts based on the template for challenges in ELT (TCELT), and analysed through deductive thematic analysis. The findings showed that the NESTs and NNESTs perceive similar as well as different challenges in the language preparatory program where they are co-teaching. Student-related and institutional parameters accounted for the NNESTs' problems, whereas on the …
Exploring Thai Efl Teachers' Perceptions Of How Intercultural Communicative Competence Is Important For Their Students, Kanchana Cheewasukthaworn, Kasma Suwanarak
Exploring Thai Efl Teachers' Perceptions Of How Intercultural Communicative Competence Is Important For Their Students, Kanchana Cheewasukthaworn, Kasma Suwanarak
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In recognition of the growing volume of communication between people from different cultural backgrounds around the globe presently, this study was conducted to investigate Thai EFL teachers' perceptions toward intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in three dimensions: (i) their understanding of ICC; (ii) their views on how to integrate ICC into English language teaching; and (iii) their perceptions of ICC's contributions to learners' English communicative competence. Data were collected from sixteen Thai EFL teachers at a private university in Thailand via questionnaires and interviews. Quantitative data from the questionnaires were analyzed through descriptive statistics while the qualitative data from both the …
The Effects Of Pre-Lecture Online Quizzes On Language Students' Perceived Preparation And Academic Performance, Ferit Kilickaya
The Effects Of Pre-Lecture Online Quizzes On Language Students' Perceived Preparation And Academic Performance, Ferit Kilickaya
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This study used a post-test-only control group experimental design to determine the effects of prelecture online quizzes on the students' perceived preparation and academic performance. The participants included 54 pre-service Turkish teachers of English enrolled at a state university in Turkey. The participants were randomly selected from a list and were assigned to two sections: control and experimental groups. The students in the control group were not required to take the online quizzes, while the ones in the experimental group were asked to complete the pre-lecture online quizzes. The results showed that the participants in the experimental group scored higher …
The Motives Of Pre-Service English Language Teachers For Utilizing A Jargon Book In A Methodology Course, Emine Esin Ozturk, Yonca Ozkan
The Motives Of Pre-Service English Language Teachers For Utilizing A Jargon Book In A Methodology Course, Emine Esin Ozturk, Yonca Ozkan
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In an attempt to enhance learners' autonomy and create awareness of their own learning process, keeping a vocabulary notebook can be regarded as one of the most commonly used cognitive strategies. A jargon book, a kind of vocabulary notebook, consists of specialized terms that are used for conveying hidden meanings accepted and understood in a specific field. Researchers draw attention to the need for carrying out some studies on vocabulary notebooks to examine their effectiveness more closely. Therefore, the present study investigates the practices and perceptions of pre-service English language teachers on the strategy of keeping a jargon book. Data …
Examining The Impact Of Scoring Methods On The Institutional Efl Writing Assessment: A Turkish Perspective, Turgay Han, Jinyan Huang
Examining The Impact Of Scoring Methods On The Institutional Efl Writing Assessment: A Turkish Perspective, Turgay Han, Jinyan Huang
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Using generalizability (G-) theory and rater interviews as both quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study examined the impact of scoring methods (i.e., holistic versus analytic scoring) on the scoring variability and reliability of an EFL institutional writing assessment at a Turkish university. Ten raters were invited to rate 36 undergraduate argumentative essays first holistically and then analytically, with a three-week time interval. The quantitative results indicated that with proper rater training holistic scoring can produce as reliable and dependable assessment outcomes as analytic scoring. Similarly, the qualitative results revealed that all raters prefer using the holistic scoring method because it …
The Correlation And Contribution Of Depth Of Vocabulary Knowledge To Reading Success Of Efl Bangladeshi Tertiary Students, Md Kamrul Hasan, Ahmad Affendi Shabdin
The Correlation And Contribution Of Depth Of Vocabulary Knowledge To Reading Success Of Efl Bangladeshi Tertiary Students, Md Kamrul Hasan, Ahmad Affendi Shabdin
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The purposes of the present research work are to investigate which aspects of depth of vocabulary knowledge have strong and significant correlation with academic reading comprehension and examine to what extent different dimensions of depth of vocabulary knowledge have predicted to academic reading success in an EFL context. A total sample of 175 students at tertiary level was considered for the present study. The results of the study evince that a significant and strong correlation was found between the newly adapted analytic (meronymy) relations aspect of depth of vocabulary knowledge and academic reading success, and analytic relations was found to …
Motivation To Speak English: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Ali Dincer, Savas Yesilyurt
Motivation To Speak English: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Ali Dincer, Savas Yesilyurt
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Based on a modern motivation theory of learning, self-determination theory (SDT), this study aimed to investigate the relationships between English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' motivation to speak, autonomous regulation, autonomy support from teachers, and classroom engagement, with both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The participants of the study were EFL learners from a state university in Turkey. One hundred forty-two undergraduates responded to a questionnaire about the constructs and seven of them participated in following oral interviews. The quantitative findings showed that students' intrinsic motivation rate is higher than their other orientations and that their orientations correlated with regulation, …
Thai Phd Students And Their Supervisors At An Australian University: Working Relationship, Communication, And Agency, Singhanat Nomnian
Thai Phd Students And Their Supervisors At An Australian University: Working Relationship, Communication, And Agency, Singhanat Nomnian
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PhD supervision is crucial for higher degree research students in western academic contexts. Despite an increasing body of literature regarding the international student-supervisor relationship, Thai students in Australian higher education are under-represented. This qualitative study aims to explore discursive practices that impact on Thai students' experiences taking place during the course of their PhD supervision in an Australian university. Drawing upon interview transcripts, it was found that Thai students' working relationship and communication with their supervisors, as well as their exertion of agency were interconnected and addressed as key practices underpinned by the relationship between these two parties. The complexity …
Syntactic Analysis Of Online Tourism Slogans: Frequency, Forms And Functions, Narumon Huadhom, Wannapa Trakulkasemsuk
Syntactic Analysis Of Online Tourism Slogans: Frequency, Forms And Functions, Narumon Huadhom, Wannapa Trakulkasemsuk
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Tourism has been growing fast as a global industry. Promoting national tourism is therefore an important part of a country's economic plan and can contribute to its economic success. Tourism slogans have always been part of the promotion of national tourism. Almost every country has their own catchy, pungent taglines to attract new tourists. This study examined 100 tourism slogans available online and investigated the frequency of occurrences of the syntactic structures in the slogans. After the most frequently used syntactic structures were identified, they were analysed further for classifications of sentence types and structures in order to gain insight …
Effective Strategies For Teaching Vocabulary: An Introduction To Engaging Cooperative Vocabulary Card Activities, Robert Sheridan, Laura Markslag
Effective Strategies For Teaching Vocabulary: An Introduction To Engaging Cooperative Vocabulary Card Activities, Robert Sheridan, Laura Markslag
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Despite the vast extent of the English vocabulary, it has been estimated that only around 2400 high frequency word families, which are found on Browne, Culligan, and Phillips' (2013) New General Service List (NGSL), make up over 92% of most general English texts. Several studies have shown that a word must be encountered anywhere from six (Saragi, Nation, & Meister, 1978; Rott, 1999) to 20 times (Herman, Anderson, Pearson, & Nagy, 1987) for a learner to acquire it. Unfortunately, many EFL textbooks do not adequately recycle high frequency vocabulary and learners may not have enough encounters with these critical words …
Book Review: Doing Corpus Linguistics, Supakorn Phoocharoensil
Book Review: Doing Corpus Linguistics, Supakorn Phoocharoensil
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Doing Corpus Linguistics introduces key concepts in corpus linguistics, which is now regarded as one of the most influential linguistic sub-disciplines contributing to research in applied linguistics and TESOL. Known as a reliable tool widely used in authentic language analysis, language corpora are currently integrated into various fields of language study, e.g. lexis, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, translation, sociolinguistics, language pedagogy, etc., due to the fact that corpus data often surprisingly provide new and interesting knowledge that is unavailable in non-corpus studies or native speakers' intuition (Lindquist, 2009). This book is therefore aimed at familiarizing novice researchers with fundamental …
Adaptation Of Communicative Language Teaching Methodology To An English Textbook For English Language Learning Of Nida Students, Andrew J. West
Adaptation Of Communicative Language Teaching Methodology To An English Textbook For English Language Learning Of Nida Students, Andrew J. West
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In this paper, the researcher focuses on assessing the language learning benefits for students of adapting the communicative language teaching (CLT) methodology to an English textbook, a methodology that, according to Richards (2006), Littlewood (2008) and others, is influential in shaping second language learning worldwide. This paper is intended to contribute to the understanding of the effectiveness of CLT when applied to a textbook and how the practical application of this methodology can lead to students' increased knowledge and understanding of the subject matter and target language of the textbook as well as assess students' attitudes and perceptions toward those …
Children's Voices And Positive Affective Outcomes Regarding Play-Based Language Learning, Rin Cheep-Aranai, Punchalee Wasanasomsithi
Children's Voices And Positive Affective Outcomes Regarding Play-Based Language Learning, Rin Cheep-Aranai, Punchalee Wasanasomsithi
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Learner-centeredness is a consistent theme in the field of education. Yet, the perspectives of young learners are still barely considered. Lightbown and Spada (2013) have pointed out that even though young children have not developed cognitive maturity and the metalinguistic awareness of adolescents or adults, they learn a language without any stress or anxiety. They have the freedom to speak, be silent, pause, and make mistakes when producing the language. It is extremely important, therefore, for teachers to consider presenting relaxing learning contexts and environments for young language learners. This paper reports the positive affective outcomes that have been found …
Testing University Learners' Interlanguage Pragmatic Competence In A Chinese Efl Context, Lan Xu, Anchalee Wannaruk
Testing University Learners' Interlanguage Pragmatic Competence In A Chinese Efl Context, Lan Xu, Anchalee Wannaruk
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Speech acts are the major concern of interlanguage pragmatists. The present study aimed to 1) examine the reliability and validity of an interlanguage pragmatic (ILP) competence test on speech acts in a Chinese EFL context, and 2) investigate EFL learners' variations of ILP competence by language proficiency. Altogether 390 students participated in the present study. The students were divided into three groups based on their language proficiency. The data were collected with an ILP competence test and semi-structured interviews. The ILP competence test was in the form of a written discourse completion task (WDCT), including ten speech acts and 30 …
Development And Use Of A Corpus Tailored For Legal English Learning, Jason Skier, Jutarat Vibulphol
Development And Use Of A Corpus Tailored For Legal English Learning, Jason Skier, Jutarat Vibulphol
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While corpus linguistics has been applied towards many specific academic purposes, reports are few regarding its use to facilitate learning of legal English by non-native English speakers. Specialized corpora are required because legal English often differs significantly from ordinary usage, with words such as bar, motion, and hearing having completely different meanings and use. This paper documents the process of creating and validating a sixteen million-word corpus of (American) legal English, and provides examples of analyses available for language learners. Written decisions and oral argument transcripts from the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts were ultimately chosen to comprise …
Book Review: 100 Questions (And Answers) About Qualitative Research, Sirawit Apairach
Book Review: 100 Questions (And Answers) About Qualitative Research, Sirawit Apairach
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Given, L. M. (2016). 100 Questions (and Answers) About Qualitative Research. California: SAGE Publications As researchers, scholars, professors, or educators, both new and experienced, we all seek to understand a myriad of occurrences, oftentimes with an attempt to tackle pressing and emerging problems or even improve our knowledge by means of research. If our aims are to observe or explore human-related issues and experiences and to deepen our understanding about them, qualitative research is, then, an effective approach to study these inquiries we pose. However, to familiarize oneself with qualitative research can be quite perplexing for those who are new …
Teaching The Vocabulary Of Citation: Action Research In A Southeast Asian Context, Jena Lynch
Teaching The Vocabulary Of Citation: Action Research In A Southeast Asian Context, Jena Lynch
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This action research project sought to investigate the role of explicit citation vocabulary instruction in the learning of citation style guidelines for an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing course at an Englishmedium university in Northern Thailand. The participants consisted of 120 undergraduate students enrolled in the EAP writing class who were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The class included a step-by-step essay writing assignment that included source selection and use of quoted material from sources. Participants in the experimental group were exposed to a multi-week treatment in which citation vocabulary terms were reviewed in subsequent …
Is Online Learning Suitable For All English Language Students?, Settha Kuama, Usa Intharaksa
Is Online Learning Suitable For All English Language Students?, Settha Kuama, Usa Intharaksa
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This study aimed to examine online language learning strategies (OLLS) used and affection in online learning of successful and unsuccessful online language students and investigate the relationships between OLLS use, affection in online learning and online English learning outcomes. The participants included 346 university students completing a compulsory online English course. Based on the grade results at the end of the course, the participants were divided into two groups: successful online language students (SLs, n=262) and unsuccessful online language students (ULs, n=84). Participants rated their use of three OLLS: cognitive, metacognitive, resource management, and rated their perceptions of affection in …
The Practice Of "Grammar Naziness" On Facebook In Relation To Generating Grammar Learning: A Motivation Or Demotivation In Updating Statuses In English On Facebook, Noraziah Mohd Amin, Noor Azam Abdul, Mohamad-Noor Sharipudin, Mohd Saifulnizam Abu Bakar
The Practice Of "Grammar Naziness" On Facebook In Relation To Generating Grammar Learning: A Motivation Or Demotivation In Updating Statuses In English On Facebook, Noraziah Mohd Amin, Noor Azam Abdul, Mohamad-Noor Sharipudin, Mohd Saifulnizam Abu Bakar
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It is common for learners of English to make grammatical errors in their English Facebook posts that can be noticeable on their walls, which this perhaps as a result, influences the other Facebook users who know about the language to perform the unofficial duty as grammar Nazis and correct the errors. Thus, this research aims to examine if Malay learners of English from UiTM are motivated or demotivated to practice their English on Facebook by posting more statuses in English after receiving corrective feedback from their Facebook friends who act as grammar Nazis. Since the learners are aware that there …