A Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic stated that most adult smokers, 950 million were men and 177 million were women (WHO, 2015). In Malaysia, it is evident from the results of Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in 2011, that tobacco consumption is still a major public health problem (Institute for Public Health, 2012). The Cochrane Library recently reported that incorporation of an oral exa…
Formulaic language, word strings that appear to be mentally stored and retrieved as single units, has recently been receiving considerable research attention. The present study explores the functions of formulaic language in interactional discourse on the Twitter microblogging service. Using Wray’s (2008) morpheme equivalent unit (MEU) definition and a diagnostic identification criteria d…
This study reports on the effects of using social media on Thai EFL students’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in English. An intact class of 40 university students was asked to use one particular type of social media program, Instagram, to post pictures of what they did in class and to reflect on their learning experience in English. WTC questionnaires were administered and the responses wer…
This study examined the effect of explicit and implicit instruction on Japanese EFL learners’ listening behavior over the course of 16 weeks. 30 university student participants were divided into three groups and given tests at three points in time: at the beginning, at the eight-week mark, and at the 16-week mark of this study. Each of these tests involved participating in an intercultura…