Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Linguistic Domination and Critical Language Awareness
Abstract Language pedagogy in ESL/EFL contexts frequently use culturally and ideologically loaded texts. Combined with traditional methods of teaching English, which rely on positivist views of Eurocentric critics, these texts become a means of...
2013 / Filza Waseem, Saeeda Asadullah -
A reading of ELT curriculum through students’ stories
Abstract This is a narrative inquiry into the present Curriculum for Undergraduate English majors in China, especially its objective of cultivating interdisciplinary English expertise, from students’ perspective. Having been implemented for one...
2010 / Hangyan Lu -
The Effects of using English Captions on Iranian EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the presence or absence of English captions with an English-language sound track on the university-level Iranian EFL students’ listening comprehension of video passage material. A total ...
2012 / Farimah Ghasemboland, Zohreh Nafissi -
The Effect of Incidental Focus on Form and Scaffolding on SL Learners’ Accuracy
Abstract One of the central issues in SLA which has recently attracted the attention of SLA researchers is the type of feedback and their effectiveness on improving EFL learners’ accuracy. There have been lots of studies done on the topic to date...
2012 / Hassan Asadollahfam, Davud Kuhi, Asghar Salimi, Shirin Mirzaei -
A Contrastive Analysis in the Meaning of the Linguistic Units in the Contemporary German and Macedonian Language
Abstract We analyze the similarities and differences of the linguistic units in the contemporary German and Macedonian language and the lexical structure of both languages. This paper focuses on the analysis and the comparison of the semantic...
2012 / Biljana Ivanovska, Nina Daskalovska, Mahmut Celik -
Measures of Eliminating EFL Students’ Errors in Writing
Abstract As far as the writing skill is concerned, our EFL students are suffering from a serious problem while writing using the target language “English”. For this reason through this paper we seek an answer to the following question: What mainly...
2013 / Rabehi Salima -
Towards a typology of focus: Subject position and microvariation at the discourse–syntax interface
Abstract In this work I explore the different discourse–syntax interface properties of focus fronting in Standard Spanish (SS) and Southern Peninsular Spanish (SPS) including Andalusian and Extremaduran varieties. In SS it is taken for granted that...
2015 / Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández -
First and second language acquisition: Towards a reconcillation2015 / Nicole Nau
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Learners’ Attitudes towards Corrective Feedback
Abstract An investigation on the extent learners’ attitudes towards corrective feedback (CF) may mediate learning was carried out in an English as a second language (ESL) experimental classroom. Two types of CF, recast (R) and metalinguistic...
2015 / Haifaa I Faqeih -
A Systemic Functional Analysis of Dictators’ Speech: Toward a Move-based Model
Abstract Political genre analysis has for a long time been the focus of attention for many scholars as they supply a rich source of discovery about the nature of language manipulation due to their organized and well-established structure. While...
2014 / Reza Khany, Zohre Hamzelou -
Word frequency and collocation: Using children’s literature in adult learning2015 / Ed Thomas
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A Comparative Study of Collocations in a Native Corpus and a Learner Corpus of Spanish
Abstract This study proposes a method for evaluating the written production of Spanish collocations. We begin by asking if the native speaker model is the appropriate one for learners. In order to answer this question we undertook the annotation of...
2013 / Ana Orol González, Margarita Alonso Ramos -
Listening to German Native and Non-native Speakers: An Evaluation of Students’ Comprehension
Abstract Acquiring the German language in a non-native environment is a challenge to the students in UKM because the surroundings do not promote a conducive atmosphere for the students to communicate in the language. The students rely solely on...
2014 / Hasnoor Shima Ahmad Hassan, Fatimah Ab. Manap -
Researching Powerful and Powerless Styles: Professional Mock Interviews in an English Course
Abstract The study we present forms part of an ongoing study on the introduction of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in tertiary education. Our research aims at promoting the adequate use of workplace language by...
2014 / Carmen Pérez-Sabater, Begoña Montero-Fleta, Ma Luisa Pérez-Sabater -
Motivational Patterns in Iranian EFL learners: The Orientation and Age Difference
Abstract The overall aim of the present study was an attempt to investigate the motivational pattern in relation to the age of Iranian EFL learners. Based on a survey consisting of a motivation questionnaire, two gruops of young and old learners...
2013 / Seyyed Taghi Yaghoubi -
Thematic progression in the writing of students and professionals
Abstract This article outlines advances in thematic progression theory in the hope they may be useful to teachers of writing, especially with non-native and non-European students. Thematic progression denotes the strategies available to writers for...
2015 / Thomas Hawes -
Foreign Language Learning During Childhood
Abstract This paper attempts to clarify Importance of learning a foreign language in childhood. Among philosophers, empiricism and the psychologists, behaviourists believe that language is a social creature and like other social behaviours are...
2011 / Babak Ghasemi, Masoud Hashemi -
Analyzing Cultural Differences in Collaborative Innovation Networks by Analyzing Editing Behavior in Different-Language Wikipedias
Abstract This paper aims to identify cultural differences in online collaborative innovation networks by comparing the English, German, Japanese, Korean, and Finish language Wikipedias. Towards this goal we analyze the process of article creation...
2011 / Keiichi Nemoto, Peter A. Gloor -
Against inertia
Abstract In this paper I question the Inertial Theory of language change put forward by Longobardi (2001), which claims that syntactic change does not arise unless caused and that any such change must originate as an ‘interface phenomenon’. It is...
2012 / George Walkden -
The Future of Teaching English Language in Romania and Globalization
Abstract Information I have gathered from my own students (many of them are from Italy) and other personal contacts indicates that students are making use of new technology on their own to improve their English skills when they are motivated and...
2013 / Narcisa Ţirban