Morgana, Valentina(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-09-30)
[EN] The use of mobile devices inside and outside formal settings is often associated to innovative practices in the design of language learning activities. This often implies the reconceptualization of language learning ...
[EN] A major problem in teacher education is the gap between theory and practice. Engaging student teachers in materials development is one way to integrate theory and practice in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher ...
Dizon, Gilbert; Tang, Daniel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-04-28)
[EN] Several researchers have compared the efficacy of digital flashcards (DFs) versus paper flashcards (PFs) to improve L2 vocabulary and have concluded that using DFs is more effective (Azabdaftari & Mozaheb, 2012; Başoğlu ...
[EN] The purpose of the study is to examine PechaKucha helps EFL Learners’ to enhance their Public Speaking Performances and to explore useful information regarding the PechaKucha implementation as a learning tool. This ...
Bellés-Fortuño, Begoña; Bellés-Calvera, Lucía(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-26)
[EN] The aim of this study is to improve English pronunciation in the university classroom of first-year Medicine students through the use of OERs. Technologies such as Voki or LEO network are used in the practical sessions ...
Bellés-Fortuño, Begoña; Ollero Ramírez, Noemi(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-06-15)
[EN] Motivation in the EFL classroom has aroused the interest of researchers in the last 20 years or so with the
solely purpose of fostering students’ interest and eagerness to learn a foreign a language (Gardner 2001; ...
Dizon, Gilbert(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-30)
[EN] The evolving video viewing habits of consumers combined with advances in mobile technology have resulted in the growth of video on demand (VOD) services. While these video streaming services potentially offer several ...
Canga Alonso, Andrés(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013-07)
[EN] This paper aims at investigating the receptive vocabulary knowledge of 49 girls and 43 boys, Spanish students learning English as a foreign language in a secondary school located in the north of Spain, and its pedagogical ...
Pérez-Sabater, Carmen(Universidad de Granada, 2015-01)
[EN] Centred on studies on language and gender, this article presents the results of
a discourse analysis that examines the discourse practices of some of the most representative EFL textbooks published in the last decades ...
Dizon, Gilbert; Thanyawatpokin, Benjamin(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-31)
[EN] Web 2.0 technologies have become an integral part of our lives, transforming not only how we communicate with others, but also how language is taught and learned in the L2 classroom. Several studies have looked into ...