Chinese students experience many difficulties in developing communicative competence in English in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) courses in China. This essay provides cultural information ...

Much has been written, on both theoretical and empirical levels, about the idea of focus on form and the suggestion that some kind of form-focused activity needs to be incorporated into second ...

From grammar analyses and pattern drills to a communication-centric approach, English teaching methods have evolved over the past decades with researchers striving to find more effective ways to learn ...

There is still a predominance of audiolingual and grammar translation approaches in English language teaching in Taiwan. Thus, communicative activities and authentic language tasks that are meaningful ...

The expectations of what constitutes “correct” ways of speaking and writing vary depending on the linguistic situation and the communicative intention. Being aware of such expectations is an important ...