Este trabajo examina cómo se pueden mejorar las habilidades de comprensión auditiva de los estudiantes en los institutos de secundaria mediante la instrucción explícita sobre los fenómenos del discurso conectado, ...

According to the Catalan curriculum for foreign languages, fluency is not explicitly a prominent competence to achieve among Secondary Education students. The present paper, through a series of exercises and questionnaires, ...

Reading comprehension is particularly important for EFL students who frequently acquire impoverished reading skills despite many years of formal studies. This paper focuses on five main reading comprehension strategies and ...

Even though it is true that the English Language plays a significant role all around the world today, it continues to be one of the most demanding subjects for secondary school students (Rubio and Martínez, 2008). This ...

The present study aims to analyse the use of current digital technologies such as Quizlet to learn vocabulary in the English subject. The participants of this study are students that are currently enrolled in the 1st of ...

Based on the fact that the competence of written production is part of the communication of any language, it is necessary to develop and monitor it constantly. Therefore, this study has been conducted to analyse the types ...

Since the beginning of this century the use of authentic materials when teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) has increased. These materials not only improve students’ performance in the target language but they ...

According to the Basic Competences of Foreign Languages developed by the Departament d’Ensenyament, correct pronunciation is a key feature that all students should acquire when learning a foreign language in Secondary ...

El següent article explora la introducció de la literatura postcolonial en anglès a una classe de vint alumnes de l'Institut d'Argentona com a mitjà per desenvolupar habilitats de pensament crític i enriquir coneixements ...