SHOULD WE USE AMERICAN ENGLISH TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILLS?

IMAGES MATTER: A SEMIOLOGICAL CONTENT ANALYSIS OF GENDER POSITIONING IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH-LEARNING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

A semiological content analysis of gender positioning in two English-learning software programs (Tell Me More and English at Home) demonstrates the usefulness of this approach for investigating semiotic resources which s...

UNDERSTANDING THE REASONS BEHIND CHOOSING TO TEACH ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

This study reports on findings from an investigation into the reasons for year 1 students from the English Language Teaching Department at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey, for choosing teaching as a field of st...

THE ATTITUDE AND THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE WITHIN THE SAUDI EDUCATION SYSTEM

This paper investigates the impact of 9/11 on the educational system in Saudi Arabia. In particular, it discusses how this phenomenon took its course to influence the English teaching system in Saudi Arabia, and the atti...

LITERATURE AND ENGLISH CULTURE IN ELT

The dynamic relationship among language, culture and literature leads to the idea that the latter two should find place in foreign language education. This paper aims to shed light on the representation of elements relat...