Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- 1 Autonomy and the Open Distance English Language Learner -- 2 Language Choices of Malaysian Youth in and out of the Classroom -- 3 Mobile Phone and Youth: Advocating Media Literacy and Awareness through Semiotic Analysis -- 4 Building Learning Communities: Online Collaboration and E-Learning -- 5 The Use of ICT in the Spanish as Foreign Language Classroom -- 6 Developing Spoken Language Fluency -- 7 Task Authenticity and the Improvement of EFL Learners' Oral Skill -- 8 He Waiata Ma Te Whanau: Teaching Maori Language by Radio Using Song -- 9 Metacognitive Language Learning Strategies of Malay as a Foreign Language by Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts Foreign Students: A Case Study in a Private Higher Learning Institution (IPTS) -- 10 Language Learning Strategies: A Study among Spanish Students in Universiti Malaya -- 11 The Approach of Halaqah Studies in Enhancing Arabic Language Proficiency: A Survey in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) -- 12 Teaching Connected Arabic Characters Writing Skill among the Beginners Who Learn Arabic as a Foreign Language -- 13 Authenticity in the Japanese Language Classroom -- 14 Language Learning Strategies Used by Malay Students Learning Mandarin as a Third Language -- 15 The Language Learning Strategies of Malay-Educated and Chinese-Educated Learners in Malaysian Secondary Schools -- 16 Differentiated Learning in the Vernacular Classroom: The Flat World -- 17 Learner Variables as Predictors of Success in Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language -- 18 Contrastive Pragmatics and Language Teaching: Iranians and Americans' Expressions of Gratitude -- 19 The Study of Malaysian Lower Secondary English Language Word List.

20 Teaching Basic Vocabulary in L2: Bridging the Linguistic/Cognitive Gap of the Rural ESL Learners -- 21 Exploring the Type and Frequency of English Language Learning Strategies among TESL Students -- 22 A Rating Scale to Assess English Speaking Proficiency of University Students in Pakistan -- 23 A Study on the Written Errors Committed by Education Undergraduates -- 24 Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language: Culture as a Motivating Factor and Its Implications -- 25 Motivation for Studying Foreign Languages (the Case of Russian) -- 26 Problems in Learning the Chinese Language: From the Perspectives of the Non-Chinese Students and Their Teachers -- 27 Secondary School Students' Dilemma: To Speak or Not to Speak English -- 28 Perceptions of Headmasters, Teachers and Undergraduates towards the Teaching of Mathematics and Science in English -- 29 Attitude towards Learning English among Students in a Malaysian Chinese Secondary School -- 30 The Washback Effects of Malaysian University English Test (MUET) on Teachers' Perceptions on Their Classroom Teaching and Teaching Materials -- 31 Applying Knowledge of Psycholinguistics in Language Teaching -- 32 Insights into Reading Processes of Two Scientific Texts by Malaysian Science Undergraduates -- 33 A Study on Cultural Competence among Secondary School Teachers in a Secondary School in Sabak Bernam, Selangor -- 34 Arabic Translation of English News: A Comparative Study of Style and Messages -- 35 Cultural Difference and Cultural Capital: Case Studies of Children's Literacy Learning -- 36 Examining the Significance of Race and Educational Level of Parents and Its Influence on At-Home and Out-of-Home Parental Involvement in English Achievement among Students -- 37 Empowering Higher Order Thinking via Language and Transformative Learning -- List of Contributors.