Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences

For effective language learning and teaching , both learner skills and assumptions should be given due attention. In promoting this idea, students should be provided with the opportunity to clarify and assess their preferences. Moved with the conviction that learners and learners’ preferences are...

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Main Author:	Azam Noora
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2008
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/1/page1_21.pdf

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spelling	ukm-22712016-12-14T06:31:09Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/ Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences Azam Noora, For effective language learning and teaching , both learner skills and assumptions should be given due attention. In promoting this idea, students should be provided with the opportunity to clarify and assess their preferences. Moved with the conviction that learners and learners’ preferences are of crucial importance in the development of language learning, we asked 192 non-English major undergraduates to state their views on how they prefer learning English in the “General English “ class. The wide-spread belief among Iranian university instructors is that in General English classes, students’ language learning preferences do not differ significantly. However, the results indicate that there is a significant difference among non-English majors’ preferences, even in different branches of the same major, regarding preferred teaching method, the most important language skill and their motivational orientations. The results have implications for syllabus and material design and classroom practice. Penerbit UKM 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/1/page1_21.pdf Azam Noora, (2008) Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 8 (2). pp. 33-44. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%20vol%208%20%282%29%202008/page33_44.pdf
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description	For effective language learning and teaching , both learner skills and assumptions should be given due attention. In promoting this idea, students should be provided with the opportunity to clarify and assess their preferences. Moved with the conviction that learners and learners’ preferences are of crucial importance in the development of language learning, we asked 192 non-English major undergraduates to state their views on how they prefer learning English in the “General English “ class. The wide-spread belief among Iranian university instructors is that in General English classes, students’ language learning preferences do not differ significantly. However, the results indicate that there is a significant difference among non-English majors’ preferences, even in different branches of the same major, regarding preferred teaching method, the most important language skill and their motivational orientations. The results have implications for syllabus and material design and classroom practice.
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title	Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences
title_short	Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences
title_full	Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences
title_fullStr	Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences
title_full_unstemmed	Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences
title_sort	iranian undergraduates non-english majors' language learning preferences
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2008
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2271/1/page1_21.pdf
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Iranian undergraduates non-English majors' language learning preferences

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