Successful Thesis Defense: Computer games with preschoolers; Vocabulary acquisition; Preschool EFL – survey study; Project-based learning

Congratulations to the following students on the successful defense of their MATEFL Theses, held on December 16, 2011:

“The Impact of Authentic Materials on Vocabulary Acquisition” by Hripsime Shabunts (Thesis Committee: Catherine Buon, Ph.D., Alexan Simonyan, Ph.D., and Rubina Gasparyan, M.A)

• “The Effect of Project Work on Students’ Language Achievement” by Anush Adamyan (Thesis Committee: Catherine Buon, Ph.D., Alexan Simonyan, Ph.D., and Melissa Brown, M.A)
• “The Impact of Casual Computer Games on Preschool Learners’ English LanguageAchievement” by Luiza Grigoryan (Thesis Committee: Irshat Madyarov, Ph.D., Alexan Simonyan, Ph.D., and Liliana Edilyan, M.A.)
• “An Analysis of Preschool English as a Foreign Language Instruction in Yerevan: A Survey and Classroom Observation Study” by Marina Avagyan (Thesis Committee: Irshat Madyarov, Ph.D., Alexan Simonyan, Ph.D., and Liliana Edilyan, M.A.)