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Self-editing skills are extremely important in foreign language learning; without them university students tend not to … analyzes English-language essays written by 50 second-year ESL students in the Faculty of Economics at the National Research …
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Although a variety of the English language written olympiads (language competitions) exist, fairly little is known … about how they are different from traditional forms of language assessment. In Russia, olympiads in the English language are …. The present study examined major differences between language olympiads and traditional forms of language assessment. A …
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Equipping students with intercultural competence (hereafter IC) is a critical aim of English foreign language …-culturally competent language learners. However, teachers' perceptions regarding IC remain uncertain, particularly in the Turkish context …-culturally competent foreign language learner and teacher. In addition, teachers' perceptions regarding their own and their learners' IC …
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There is a significant psychological aversion to English as a foreign language in Saudi Arabia. General weakness among … learners opting for English majors and undergraduate learners of the English language is noted. Different learners are unaware … the contributing factors in the success or failure of teaching and learning the English Language in Saudi Arabia. Teaching …
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This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … immigrants in England and Wales. We construct an instrument for language skills using age at arrival in the United Kingdom … English language skills significantly lower the probability of having no qualifications and raise that of obtaining academic …
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English language competence is central to the employment prospects of migrants professionals. However, until recently … poorly designed and poorly implemented. The article focuses on the evolution of English language testing in relation to skill … migration categories. It argues that the introduction of mandatory language testing as a screening device represents a …
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analyze students' opinions when a university in a non-English speaking country adopts English as the default language of its …, a higher education institution in a non-English speaking country may employ English as its homepage default language to …
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selected and included 170 female English language teachers. A questionnaire consisting of 29 items covering five domains was …
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