The growing influence of the English language has increased the need for English language proficiency for global communication. This study is derived from the typical challenges (fear of speaking, nervousness, and anxiety ...

This quasi-experimental study investigated 2 teacher-related factors affecting student performance on an English proficiency test over a 10-week period: non-native English speaker teachers’ English proficiency and teaching ...

Extensive reading (ER) has been generally accepted as a program that improves vocabulary acquisition in first language (L1) but its effect is still debated for English as a second language (ESL) learners. Normally, ESL ...

Many adult language learners are less motivated to learn a new language because they think it is too late, and they are not capable of doing it successfully. Nevertheless, there are cases of adults who were able to attain ...