Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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An Analysis of Written Feedback on ESL Students’ Writing
Abstract This paper provides an analysis of written feedback on ESL students’ written assignment to shed light on how the feedback acts as a type of written speech between the lecturer and student. It first looks at two sources of data: in-text...
2014 / Kelly Tee Pei Leng -
Translating Pronominal Causative Constructions: Se faire vs. hacerse/fazer-se + Inf
Abstract This paper presents a corpus-based study of pronominal causative constructions in a French-Spanish-Portuguese perspective. The combination of monolingual and multilingual corpus searches will help determine, at an initial phase, the...
2013 / Sílvia Araújo, Ana Correia, Cristina Real -
Students of Management of Tourism and their Writing Competences
Abstract At present due to the economic crisis, many companies cut costs, including the work positions. Therefore, only the people who possess the right and extensive skills for the required job, might hold their position. The purpose of this...
2014 / Blanka Frydrychova Klimova -
The mismatch between the unmet need for and supply of occupational English skills: an investigation of higher educated government staff in Norway2015 / Glenn Ole Hellekjær, Tone Fairway
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Language Models for Machine Translation: Original vs. Translated Texts2012 / Gennadi Lembersky, Noam Ordan, Shuly Wintner
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Oud en nieuw - Kroniek van het Nederlands als vreemde taal2014 / Alice van Kalsbeek
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Transactional Reader Response and Foregrounding Theories in ESL Classroom
Abstract This study applies the Foregrounding Theory and Transactional Theory of Literary Reading in analysing and describing the responses of 24 ESL learners reading one L2 literary text. Learners responded by identifying literary devices...
2013 / Khairul Husna Abdul Kadir, Tengku Nor Rizan Tengku Mohamad Maasum, Ravinchandran Vengadasamy -
Just the Two of us? The “¿Qué tal?” E-tandem Project for Translation Students
Abstract Within the academic year 2012-2013, “¿Qué tal?” email tandem project was implemented amongst the students of the first course of Translation at Pablo de Olavide University and students from several North American universities. The primary...
2015 / Nuria Fernández-Quesada -
Semantic Relations of the Adjective Empty in Modern English Language
Abstract The Linguistic picture of the world of different people is formed with a kind of network of coordinates that allows orientating better in the surrounding reality. The conception of emptiness or fullness of the space is also a part of this...
2015 / Anna A. Sosnina -
The OPT-ional Phenomenon in Singapore English: A Corpus-based Approach Using Time Annotated Corpora
Abstract The Optional Omission of Past Tense (OPT) is prevalent in the colloquial register of Singapore English (SCE). This paper describes the investigation of the OPT phenomenon based on time annotated corpora. The Singapore and Hong Kong version...
2013 / Eric Yong Ming Lai, Liling Tan, Vincent Wong, Lenny Teng Tao Loke, Francis Bond -
Voting for a personality: Do first impressions and self-evaluations affect voting decisions?
Abstract Participants were asked to assess their own personality (i.e. Big Five scales), the personality of politicians shown in brief silent video clips, and the probability that they would vote for these politicians. Response surface analyses...
2014 / Markus Koppensteiner, Pia Stephan -
Comprehension strategies while reading expository texts in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)
Abstract The ability to comprehend written texts is essential in order to gain access to the vast amount of written information available today. This is especially true for university students who, in the context of their studies, often need to...
2014 / David Perry -
The Role of Code-switching as a Communicative Tool in an ESL Teacher Education Classroom
Abstract This research sought to investigate how code-switching functions as a communicative tool in a English as a second language teacher education class in a tertiary institution in Malaysia. Surveys, observations, and interviews were carried out ...
2013 / Nik Mastura Nik Ismail Azlan, Suthagar Narasuman -
Exploring the longitudinal relationships between the use of grammar in text messaging and performance on grammatical tasks2014 / Clare Wood, Nenagh Kemp, Sam Waldron
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Code-switching and borrowing in Irish 12009 / Tina Hickey
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The theory and application of latin bitrades: A survey2008 / Nicholas Cavenagh
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Post-Russian Eurasia and the proto-Eurasian usage of the Runet in Kazakhstan: A plea for a cyberlinguistic turn in area studies
Abstract Drawing on the theoretical discussion of common features of cultures in the post-Soviet space, this paper proposes to refocus on the linguistic dimension and to investigate post-Russian Eurasia. Is not the role of the Russian language...
2011 / Dirk Uffelmann -
A Study on Identifying Pronunciation Learning Strategies of Turkish EFL Learners
Abstract Pronunciation is an integral part of foreign language learning since it directly affects learners’ communicative competence as well as performance. Poor communication skills can decrease learners’ self-confidence, restrict social...
2013 / Tugce Akyol -
The positive effect of conference participation on reducing L2 communication apprehension
Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the socio-psychological and interpersonal process by which Japanese college students majoring in nursing reduced their levels of communication apprehension and eventually enhanced the level of...
2011 / Rieko Matsuoka, Ali Rahimi -
Propp's Functions Recognized in the Children's Perceptions of the Fairy Tales
Abstract Vladimir Propp is a Russian structuralist who explored the Russian folk tales in order to determine the characters who undertook the main roles specified in the fables of the tales. He derived 31 functions of the roles in the Russian tales...
2012 / Daniela Andonovska-Trajkovska