Aims to integrate culture in the English-as-a-Foreign-Language classroom using the World Wide Web. Korean college students in pre-service teacher training were assigned group projects that consisted of gathering information on the culture of an English-speaking country through an Internet search and presenting the results of their projects in…

Provides insights into the Malaysian English language policy, required standards, and testing in language use in Malaysian tertiary institutions. Gives information about backwash effects in particular about institutional programs related to the teaching of English as a Second Language. (Author/VWL)

Focuses on the concept of "native speaker," with particular attention to the discussion of whether native speakers of World English are native speakers of English. (Author/VWL)

Investigates the acquisition of English relative clauses by native Malay speakers, who are proficient in English, in relation to the issue of parameter setting. Tests a proposal put forth by Tsimpli and Smith (1991) and Smith and Tsimpli (1995). (Author/VWL)

Investigates intonational differences according to the meanings of genuine yes/no questions and confirmation yes/no questions. Productions and perception tests were conducted. Results are discussed. (Author/VWL)

Presents a linguistic analysis of two nearly synonymous Japanese adverbs "betu" and "hoka." Provides a sharper characterization of these adverbs to make it easier for Japanese learners in their acquisition of these adverbs. (Author/VWL)

Addresses the question of whether there is any difference in the nature of learning English between English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) and English-as-a- Second-Language (ESL) learning situations. Specific focus is on Koreans learning English in two contrasting situations--EFL in Korea and ESL in Dehli India. Findings yield implications for…

Analyzes the seventh draft of Korea's national curriculum, compares it to the sixth curriculum, and makes suggestions regarding syllabus design that focus on limitations of the sixth and a multisyllabus model. (Author/VWL)

Presenting four types of evidence, this article argues that grammatical competence should not be a subcomponent of communicative competence in second-language instruction, but have a separate status. Focuses on the critical role of grammatical competence in the overall development of target-language proficiency. (Author/VWL)

Discusses the significance of causation/reasoning patterns in Korean. Presents crucial examples of acquisition errors of the patterns collected from students learning Korean as a foreign language and proposes an alternative explanation and analysis of these patterns.(Author/VWL)

After a brief introduction to the development of New Phonics, an innovative course designed for Japanese English-as-a-foreign-language learners, this article describes the contents of the course for beginners, i.e., the techniques, exercises, and teaching materials for grade 7.(Author/VWL)

Points to weaknesses of traditional tests and comments on the theoretical background and necessity of performance assessment. Presents specific information on performance assessment and provides assessment examples. (Author/VWL)

Discusses how learners affective domain should be incorporated into development of a second and foreign language curriculum. Addresses theoretical perspectives on the application of affective characteristics into curricular design for second and foreign language teaching and undertakes practical considerations for using this approach. (Author/VWL)

Suggests a synthetic approach for improving English-as-a-Foreign-Language communicative language proficiency in Korea through institutional teacher training and reflective self training. (Author/VWL)

Investigated learner variables of Korean university students and explored the relationships of the variables to English language proficiency. Results show the correlations between strategies and proficiency were significant, while the correlations between styles and proficiency and between beliefs and proficiency were insignificant. (Author/VWL)