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Surveys Method In Education Research

Introduction Many educational research methods are descriptive; that is, they set out to describe and to interpret what is. Descriptive research, according to Best, is concerned with: “conditions or relationships that exist; practices that

The Importance of Including Culture in EFL Teaching

Abstract Language and culture are two inseparable entities. Therefore, language learning is at once a cultural learning. One‟s mastery of the linguistic elements alone does not guarantee he will be able to communicate through

Language Teacher Education

Introduction Language teacher education – of what should it consist? Some would argue that it is largely an issue of providing teachers with successful classroom activities. Others may identify it as more of an

Historical and Documentary Research

Mouly (1978) states that while historical research cannot meet some of the tests of the scientific method interpreted in the specific sense of its use in the physical sciences (it cannot depend, for instance,

Research Methods for Applied Linguistics: Scope, Characteristics, and Standards

The Scope of Applied Linguistics Research Over the past two decades, books on applied linguistics research have often failed to define the term research, perhaps because the focus of such books was so narrow

The Philosophy of Applied Linguistics

Introduction The expression “philosophy of history,” for instance, may be understood to mean: (1) a philosophically informed account of actual events as they get played out along the path of history; (2) a philosophically

What is Discourse And Culture

Introduction How can we then construct a culturally pluralist theory of discourse? Further, once such a theory is adopted, how can we uphold the multicultural perspective and at the same time keep the dialogue

The Silent Way of Language Teaching

Background The Silent Way is the name of a method of language teaching devised by Caleb Gattegno. Gattegno’s name is well known for his revival of interest in the use of colored wooden sticks

The Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching

Few language teachers in the 1990s are familiar with the terms Oral Approach or Situational Language Teaching, which refer to an approach to language teaching developed by British applied linguists from the 1930s to

Teaching English As A Foreign Language (TEFL) In Indonesia

The linguistic situation in Indonesia is complex because more than 400 local languages with thousands of dialectical varieties are spoken as first languages (Nababan, 1982). The national language, Bahasa Indonesia, unifies the various ethnic

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