About the Journal FOCUS ON ELT Journal (FELT) Editors-in-Chief Dr. Ahmet Başal Yıldız Technical University Dr. Ceyhun Yükselir Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Dr. Erdem Akbaş Erciyes University Editorial Advisory Board Dr. Abdurrazzag Alghammas Qassim University Dr. Ali Erarslan Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Dr. Ali Sorayyaei Azar Management and Science University Dr. Arda Arıkan Akdeniz University Dr. Arif Bakla Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Dr. Arif Sarıçoban Selçuk University Dr. Begüm Saçak Ohio University Dr. Buğra Zengin Namık Kemal University Dr. Cihat Atar Sakarya University Dr. Emrah Cinkara Gaziantep University Dr. Emrah Ekmekçi 19 Mayıs University Dr. Erdoğan Bada Çukurova University Dr. Fatma Yuvayapan Kahramanmaraş İstiklal University Dr. Gökhan Öztürk Anadolu University Dr. Greg Kesler Ohio University Dr. Gölge Seferoğlu Middle East Technical University Dr. İrem Çomoğlu Dokuz Eylül University Dr. Isabel Herrando University of Zaragoza Dr. İsmail Hakkı Mirici Near East University Dr. Jan Hardman University of York Dr. Kenan Dikilitaş University of Stavanger Dr. Leyla Harputlu Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Dr. Martha Nyikos Indiana University Dr. Mehmet Takkaç Atatürk University Dr. Mehmet Bardakçı Gaziantep University Dr. Nemira Mačianskienė Vytautas Magnus University Dr. Neslihan Önder Özdemir Uludağ University Dr. Rana Yıldırım Çukurova University Dr. Reyhan Ağçam Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Dr. Richard Smith The University of Warwick Dr. Saadet Korucu Kış Necmettin Erbakan University Dr. Selami Aydın İstanbul Medeniyet University Dr. Servet Çelik Trabzon University Dr. Şevki Kömür Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Dr. Turan Paker Pamukkale University Dr. Turgay Han Ordu University Dr. Vilma Bijeikienė Vytautas Magnus University Dr. Yasemin Kırkgöz Çukurova University Editorial & Technical Office Instructor Fatih Ercan Osmaniye Korkut Ata University Instructor Muhammet Toraman Yıldız Techncial University Reviewers of the issue Dr. Ali Erarslan Dr. Betül Bal Gezegin Dr. Devrim Höl Dr. Emrah Ekmekçi Dr. Fatma Yuvayapan Dr. Fatih Güngör Dr. Gökhan Öztürk Dr. İsmail Yaman Dr. Kürşat Cesur Dr. Mehmet Bardakçı Dr. Mehmet Kılıç Dr. Nihan Erdemir Dr. Ömer Gökhan Ulum Table of Contents The linguistic dimension of L2 interviews: A multidimensional analysis of native speaker language Pascual Pérez-Paredes & María Sánchez-Tornel 4-26 High school language division students’ perceptions of English as a Lingua Franca Zeynep Yücedağ & Ali Karakaş 27-42 A meta-analysis of the effect of bimodal subtitling on vocabulary learning among adult EFL learners Reem Jaber & Yeşim Keşli Dollar 43-52 Effects of writing portfolio assessment at tertiary level intensive English program: An action research Emrah Cinkara & Hong Yu Connie Au Ede 53-69 Learning in scaffolded autonomous e-learning environments amongst EAP students in a UK university Serpil Meri-Yilan 70-85 How effective is TPRS for adult EFL learners with limited English proficiency? Mehmet Asmalı 86-95 Focus on ELT Journal (FELT) Vol 1, Issue 1, 2019 ISSN: 2687-5381 Editorial Note: Letter from Editors-in-Chief for the launch of FELT 1 aAhmet Başal bCeyhun Yükselir and cErdem Akbaş a Associate. Prof. Dr., Yıldız Technical University, Turkey, abasal@yildiz.edu.tr b Assistant. Prof. Dr., Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Turkey, ceyhunyukselir@osmaniye.edu.tr c Assistant. Prof. Dr., Erciyes University, Turkey, erdemakbas@erciyes.edu.tr On behalf of the editorial board, it is our privilege and great pride to announce the launch and the very first issue of our journal 'Focus on ELT' (FELT). Devoted to and focused on solely to the English language teaching and learning, FELT is an open source journal and accepts articles written from a theoretical or applied perspective with the possible applications to the field of English language teaching and learning. To make FELT a high-calibre scientific publication venue, we have the following principles while accepting studies to the journal:  FELT publishes fully refereed high-quality original research articles and studies for the benefit of teachers and researchers in the field of English Language Teaching.  FELT accepts articles written from a theoretical or applied perspective with the possible applications to the field of English language teaching and learning.  FELT follows stringent publication ethics and all submissions are undergone rigorous plagiarism check. If there is an issue with plagiarism in any of the submissions, these papers are withdrawn at any state of the publication process. The editors-in-chief and the editorial board dedicated a huge amount of time and energy to the publication of this first issue. It would be impossible to manage peer review 1 We dedicate the first issue of our ‘fledgling journal’ to the humane, sympathetic, constructive, and professional identity of our very own Prof. Dr. Ismail Hakkı Erten whose sudden death has deeply saddened us. mailto:abasal@yildiz.edu.tr mailto:ceyhunyukselir@osmaniye.edu.tr mailto:erdemakbas@erciyes.edu.tr https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4295-4577 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4781-3183 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2204-3119 Başal, A., Yükselir C. & Akbaş, E. / Focus on ELT Journal, 1(1) (2019) 2 process and publish a successful issue without reviewers’ contributions. Thus, we would like to thank wholeheartedly to the reviewers of our first issue. The present issue features six articles investigating various topics with respect to the field and shares detailed findings for particular cases. The first paper of the issue titled “The linguistic dimension of L2 interviews: A multidimensional analysis of native speaker language” and authored by Pascual Pérez- Paredes and María Sánchez-Tornel looks at the linguistic nature of the tasks employed to assess general “proficiency” in a given language. The results indicate that L2 interviews are found to be effective in paving the way for a more complex assessment the proficiency of language learners. In addition, with the help of examination of different speaking tasks, the authors discuss how the speaking tasks influence the way interviews could be profiled. The second paper of the issue titled “High school language division students’ perceptions of English as a Lingua Franca” and authored by Zeynep Yücedağ and Ali Karakaş zooms in on Turkish context to discover the perceptions of high school language division students towards English as a lingua franca. The study has some interesting results about the perception of English as a lingua franca, including the differences between the expectations of students and their teachers. The third paper of the issue titled “A meta-analysis of the effect of bimodal subtitling on vocabulary learning among adult EFL learners” and authored by Reem Ali Jaber and Yeşim Keşli Dollar is a meta-analysis study conducted to investigate the impact of English subtitling on EFL learners’ vocabulary improvement. The results of the study shows a positive effect of the bimodal subtitling on vocabulary learning among adult EFL learners. The fourth paper of the issue titled “Effects of writing portfolio assessments at tertiary level intensive English program: An action research” and authored by Emrah Cinkara and Hong Yu Connie Au is a study exploring students’ attitudes toward the use of writing portfolio assessment and examined the effects of writing portfolio in a module course. The results reveal that most students generally possessed positive attitudes toward the use of portfolio. Based on the findings, this study also suggests that performances on writing portfolio assessments may be predictive of students’ writing performance on writing exams. The fifth paper of the issue titled “Learning in scaffolded autonomous in e-learning environments amongst EAP students in a UK university” and authored by Serpil Meri- Yılan examines learner autonomy, scaffolding and their relationship in e-learning environments where EFL learners in the UK aimed to improve their academic English without the help of any human. As a conclusion, scaffolding plays an important role in learning achievement thereby promoting learner autonomy. The sixth and the last of the paper of the issue titled “How effective is TPRS for adult EFL learners with limited English proficiency?” by Mehmet Asmalı focuses on Başal, A., Yükselir C. & Akbaş, E. / Focus on ELT Journal, 1(1) (2019) 3 examining the ‘Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling’ (TPRS) on students’ grammar and vocabulary performance as well as their attitude toward learning English. The results of the study indicate that TPRS had an effective role in learners’ improvement in grammar as well as vocabulary learning. One of the objectives of this journal is to encourage publication from various contexts addressing issues from different perspectives as is outlined above. We therefore would like to welcome submissions to discuss the latest developments in the field of English Language Teaching and Learning for the future issues of FELT Journal. Before we finish the letter from Editors-in-Chief, it is with extremely deep and genuine sadness that we bring the news of the recent death of Prof. Dr. Ismail Hakkı Erten (Hacettepe University, Turkey), an exceptional and supportive academic in the field of ELT. Having his PhD from University of Exeter, he has contributed to various topics ranging from academic motivation and L2 achievement to vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension. His research has appeared in many reputable and leading journals such as System, European Journal of Teacher Education as well as The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (Wiley). He was also Editor-in-Chief of Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics (EJAL) for which he worked day and night to make the ‘fledgling journal’ (as he said) a leading journal in the field of Applied Linguistics. Not only did we lose a positive and thoughtful person leading professionals and students but also we lost a great man of integrity in our academic circle. He will be greatly missed and remembered by his colleagues across the world, by his students, and by his family with love and respect. We therefore dedicate the first issue of our ‘fledgling journal’ to his humane, sympathetic, constructive, and professional identity. Copyrights Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the Journal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).