NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 5 results
Self-Assessment of Topic Development in Written Production among High School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Oi, Yoko Suganuma – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2014
The present study mainly focuses on the topic development in student written production through the consistency between student self-assessment and teacher assessment. In the present study, topic development means "cohesion", "overall organization", and "coherence". It proposes the next hypotheses: (i) Students could…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, Hypothesis Testing, Evaluation Methods
A Survey of EFL Instructors' Mediative Knowledge across Contexts of Teaching
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rezaee-Manesh, Najafquli; Tahriri, Abdorreza – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2014
The current mixed-method study probed EFL instructors' mediative knowledge across four different contexts of teaching including language institutes, universities, and senior and junior high schools in Iran. To this end, 181 EFL instructors, 80 males and 101 females, completed mediative closed-questionnaire which composed of twelve items to…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ensuring Validity of Practical English Certification Test of Local Office of Education in Korea
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kang, Mun-koo; Chang, Hyung-ji – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2014
This study is aimed at ensuring the validity of the Practical English Certification Test (PECT) of the Chung-nam Office of Education (COE) in Korea. Motivated by the demand for a developing localized English test to empower English learning in public education, the COE conducted the PECT for 38,544 students of elementary, middle and high schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests
Intercultural Exposure through English Language Teaching: An Analysis of an English Language Textbook in Bangladesh
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Direct linkDirect link
Siddiqie, Shamsun Akhter – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The treatment of culture in foreign language textbooks is comparatively a new trend in English Language Teaching (ELT) which is based on the growing consensus that language textbooks should attempt to raise students' awareness of international culture as well as that of their own. Being influenced by this thought, Bangladesh too like many other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness
The Use of Diaries as a Qualitative Research Method to Investigate Teachers' Perception and Use of Rating Schemes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Direct linkDirect link
Yi, Jyi-yeon – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2008
Whilst diary study is used for pedagogical purposes, course evaluation and basic research on language learners, this study aims to explore the possibility of using it to investigate how teachers perceive and use rating schemes. Three English teachers who worked at various high schools in Korea rated 224 scripts written by 112 Korean high school…
Descriptors: Diaries, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Teacher Attitudes