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Rawezh Ibrahim
  • Iraq
In the English as a Foreign Language EFL contexts from different settings, the issue of language learning anxiety has been extensively studies and investigated. However, in the Kurdish settings a few studies carried out about this issue,... more
In the English as a Foreign Language EFL contexts from different settings, the issue of language learning anxiety has been extensively studies and investigated. However, in the Kurdish settings a few studies carried out about this issue, specially about speaking anxiety in English classes. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the level, major factor of foreign language speaking anxiety among the Kurdish EFL students and the students’ perspectives about foreign language speaking anxiety in the context of a university in Kurdistan. For achieving the study purpose, first year students (N=91) from English Department at a state university participated. The data regarding the level of EFL speaking anxiety gathered through administering a questionnaire (Foreign Language Anxiety Classroom Scale FLCAS) by (Horwitz et al. 1986), as well as through a semi-structured interview with the participants (N=18). The quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics b...
ABC-DEF framework is at the core of rational emotive behavior therapy. It is a highly flexible framework and has proven to be applicable to many emotional disorders. We cannot take for granted, however, that this framework can be used... more
ABC-DEF framework is at the core of rational emotive behavior therapy. It is a highly flexible framework and has proven to be applicable to many emotional disorders. We cannot take for granted, however, that this framework can be used successfully with all clients, particularly with those suffering from severe disorders or personality disorders. In fact, the difficulties of these clients in recognizing, naming and reflecting upon states of mind, their dysregulated emotions and self-defeating behavior, and their difficulty in establishing a strong working alliance with a therapist may hamper the correct implementation of the ABC-DEF framework and the disputing of their irrational beliefs. This paper aims to describe in
ABC-DEF framework is at the core of rational emotive behavior therapy. It is a highly flexible framework and has proven to be applicable to many emotional disorders. We cannot take for granted, however, that this framework can be used... more
ABC-DEF framework is at the core of rational emotive behavior therapy. It is a highly flexible framework and has proven to be applicable to many emotional disorders. We cannot take for granted, however, that this framework can be used successfully with all clients, particularly with those suffering from severe disorders or personality disorders. In fact, the difficulties of these clients in recognizing, naming and reflecting upon states of mind, their dysregulated emotions and self-defeating behavior, and their difficulty in establishing a strong working alliance with a therapist may hamper the correct implementation of the ABC-DEF framework and the disputing of their irrational beliefs. This paper aims to describe in
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The aim of the present project is to evaluate the English curriculum in Baban high school in Qaladize town - Northern Iraq/Kurdistan. For this project, student and teacher questionnaires have been sent to one of the English teachers at... more
The aim of the present project is to evaluate the English curriculum in Baban high school in Qaladize town - Northern Iraq/Kurdistan. For this project, student and teacher questionnaires have been sent to one of the English teachers at the target school by e-mail. Two male teachers and ten students, five males and five females, have answered the questionnaires. The annual syllabus, for 2014-2015 academic year, has been evaluated. The syllabus contains objectives, content, learning teaching process and the text contains the language skills and components. The results are based on the answers of the students’ and teachers’ questionnaires.
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This paper aims to analyse some literary aspects of the short story.
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Curriculum development models and documents.
The three models have been analyzed and documents for developing curricula have been shown.
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Communicative Language Teaching
Learner and teacher roles in CLT.
Procedures in CLT.
Syllabus in CLT
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analyzing 'marriage is a private affair'.
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