Second langauge acquisition; theory and research. This set of papers started off as one section of the proceedings of the 2006 Asian EFL Journal Conference held in Pusan, Korea in March but has... More > rapidly developed into a collection of full academic papers on Task-based Learning in Asian contexts. Teachers, curriculum developers and researchers working in Asian contexts, and some of the world's top specialists on Task-based Learning, have all contributed their insights based on extensive experience of task-based learning.< Less
This volume is the biggest collection of papers that the journal has yet assembled in a hardcopy volume. It constantly challenges readers to consider general principles of SLA alongside the very... More > broad range of cultural contexts that Asian EFL is able to draw on. It is becoming increasingly difficult to argue that Asia is on the periphery of English language use or of EFL learning and research. That is why Asian EFL believes that it is highly appropriate to situate "The Study of Second Language Acquisition in the Asian Context".< Less
This set of papers started off as one section of the proceedings of the 2006 Asian EFL Journal Conference held in Pusan, Korea in March but has rapidly developed into a collection of full academic... More > papers on Task-based Learning in Asian contexts. Teachers, curriculum developers and researchers working in Asian contexts, and some of the world's top specialists on Task-based Learning, have all contributed their insights based on extensive experience of task-based learning.< Less
The December 2007 edition of the Asian EFL Journal presents the conference proceedings from our May EIL Congress held at Korea University in Seoul. It was a stimulating event for speakers and... More > audience members since views on the role of English could be shared and analyzed from various contexts in Asia and beyond. In this sense, the true ethos of the Asian EFL Journal and its related journals, that of a community of researchers and teachers meeting to challenge existing dogma, was seen in practice over the course of the congress. Sincere thanks are extended to the authors who submitted their papers and the team of editors and proofreaders who have processed the submissions. The conference issue is divided into three sections: a summary of the talk by Professor Rod Ellis, papers which directly addressed the main conference EIL theme, and papers related to a variety of other Asian EFL topics.< Less
