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Yung, Kevin Wai-Ho – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
Literature has long been used as a tool for language teaching and learning. In the New Academic Structure in Hong Kong, it has become an important element in the senior secondary English language curriculum to promote communicative language teaching (CLT) with a process-oriented approach. However, as in many other English as a second or foreign…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Test Preparation, Language Tests
Low, Ee Ling – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
Research has seen a growing recognition of the crucial role pronunciation plays in teaching English as an International Language (EIL), in achieving effective communication and its close link to the mastery of other aspects of language teaching and learning. In spite of its recognised importance, pronunciation is still a marginalised skill in many…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Yung, Kevin Wai-Ho – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2020
This article introduces the use of public exam questions in fishbowl debate to engage highly exam-oriented secondary students with communicative language teaching (CLT). The practice aims to address the issue that many teachers of English as a second language (ESL)/English as a foreign language (EFL) in Asian contexts either teach to the test or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Nguyen, Minh Thi Thuy – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
Although a key component in English language teaching programs, English textbooks have been criticized for not offering classroom learners adequate opportunity for learning authentic language (Bardovi-Harlig, 2001; Grant and Starks, 2001; Wong, 2002; Vellenga, 2004). This is because instead of making use of language samples that native speakers…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Speech Acts, Textbooks, Foreign Countries
Tanaka, Shigenori – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2006
This paper aims to reconsider the status of "English as an international language" from the language user's perspective. Accepting a shift in focus from "English" to "Englishes", we argue that the concept of "Englishes", which assumes the pluralization of linguistic and cultural norms, still remains a collective concept, and to discuss English…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Usage