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PDF #57 – The Asian EFL Journal Quartely September 2011

The Asian EFL Journal‘s quarterly September issue continues the tradition of providing EFL professionals throughout the world with insight into some of the most pertinent issues affecting language learning. Readers will be able to explore the work of researchers investigating a variety of perplexing topics of interest in an Asian context. Enriched with diversity, the world‘s largest continent provides scholars with a vast resource of distinct and varied language learning environments readily available for analysis. The articles presented in this issue are a true reflection from the heart of Asia with research originating from China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.

PDF #56 – Colin G DeYoung, Jordan B Peterson, Daniel M Higgins Sources of Openness Intellect Cognitive and Neuropsychological Correlates of the Fifth Factor of Personality

We characterize Openness/Intellect as motivated cognitive
flexibility, or cognitive exploration, and develop a neuropsychological
model relating it to dopaminergic function and to the functions of the
prefrontal cortex (PFC). Evidence is reviewed for sources of Openness/
Intellect shared with Extraversion and sources unique to Openness/Intellect.
The hypothesis that the cognitive functions of the dorsolateral PFC
are among the latter was tested using standard measures of cognitive
ability and a battery of tasks associated with dorsolateral PFC function

PDF #55 – Katerina Pauliuc – Influence of American English on British

Although linguists admit that the change in the British English language comes, nowadays, from the American continent, there are some questions that constantly trouble the minds of those interested: how great this influence is, what areas of vocabulary it affects, whether this influence is perceived as a kind of corruption or it is a normal change, and what predictions could be made for the future of the English language in the given circumstances. Consequently, I state that this thesis is an attempt to find answers to all the above questions, given my interest in the two main varieties of the English language, British English and American English.

In the first chapter begins with a short history of the English language expansion, followed by a description of the geographical, social, and functional varieties of the English language. In the geographical varieties section, varieties of English worldwide are described, beginning in the United Kingdom and continuing on the American continent, then in Australia and New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific, ending on the African Continent. The last varieties on focus are hybrid languages, the pidgins and creoles based on the English language. In the United Kingdom, British English is described first, with careful attention paid to Received Pronunciation (RP), the basis for comparison between varieties of English spoken worldwide. Then Irish, Scottish and Welsh English are analyzed from both phonetic and lexical points of view. On the American Continent, I point out the features of English in the United States with its standard variety General American, through its relationships to British Received Pronunciation.

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PDF #54 – Muhammad Natsir, Dedi Sanjaya – Grammar Translation Method (GTM) Versus Communicative Language Teaching A Review of Literature

Methodology is one of the important elements to implement he objective of education in teaching learning process particularly in English classes. To give the information about two phenomenal methods namely GTM and CLT is the main purpose of this scientific writing since GTM is commonly used previously and CLT is very famous nowadays. In so doing, the strength of this paper is to improve the knowledge of educational practitioners especially in method of teaching English. The comparison between the two methods is elaborated clearly in terms of the principles. The principles are characteristic of teaching learning process, nature of instruction, handling the students’ feelings and emotions, the role of native language of students, the language skills that are emphasized, and the way of teacher’s response to students’ errors. The more beneficial method nowadays is CLT but GTM also still has some positive things offer.

PDF #53 – Geoffrey Broughton, Christopher Brumfit, Roger Flavell, Peter Hill Anita Pincas – Teaching English As A Foreign Language

This book is written for teachers of all backgrounds. Our
aim is to discuss a wide range of teaching problems—from
classroom techniques to school organisation—in order to
help practising teachers in their daily tasks. We have adopted
an eclectic approach, recognising that the teaching of English
must be principled without being dogmatic, and systematic
without being inflexible. We have tried to show how the
underlying principles of successful foreign language teaching
can provide teachers in a wide range of EFL situations with a
basic level of competence which can be a springboard for
their subsequent professional development.