Individualised Resources: Definition and Efficiency in the Russian EFL Classroom

An Exploration of Teachers' Perspectives towards Cognitive, Affective and Linguistic Teaching Principles while Teaching English as a Foreign Language

“…The results of the present study go in complete harmony with those of other studies that were conducted by other researchers such as Yu-da Lai (2011), Sven-Alexander ( 2015), Shahila Zafar and Meenakshi (2012) and Olga Stognieva (2015). They all agree that if these teaching principles are adopted and practiced, they will improve the learners' linguistic competence in different language components such as speaking, writing and vocabulary.…”

“…Their study revealed that teachers should take into consideration the impact of these differences on language learning effectively. Stognieva (2015) conducted a study to improve Russian students' speaking abilities when learning foreign language based on what called individualization. In order to achieve the outcomes, teachers have to be aware of learners' variables such as their aptitudes, learning strategies, interests, motivations, aspiration and personality variables.…”

Teaching the University ESP Course with the MOOC Component : Putting Ideas into Practice

“…Some of the course books are quickly outdated, others cannot meet the requirements of the curriculum. Furthermore, existing resource kits, although they are well developed, suffer the significant disadvantage of being designed for the 'average' student and cannot take into account the specific learner needs of each student learning a foreign language (Stognieva, 2015).…”