Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Enhancing the development of speaking skills for non-native speakers of English
Abstract Speaking is one of the four macro skills to be developed as a means of effective communication in both first and second language learning contexts. In the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) pedagogy environment, how to increase speaking...
2010 / Kamonpan Boonkit -
A Deconstructive Reading on Luigi Pirandello‘s Six Characters in Search of an Author
Abstract This paper is a deconstructive reading of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author. The pivotal maxim of deconstruction is the paradoxical nature of language and the unwanted contradictory statements. According to...
2011 / Ali Jamali Nesari, Nabieh Filinezhad, Shamsaldin Jamali Nesari, Shadi Shahraz -
Lexical Negation in Czech Initial Education–Negative Imperatives from the Teacher's Mouth
Abstract The cognitive psychology research state the direct relationship between thinking and other cognitive processes. Change to positive thinking influences change toward experiencing positive emotions, positive interpretation of events,...
2013 / Jana Marie Havigerova, Hana Karaskova -
Skiing, Cheese Fondue and Swiss Watches: Analogical Discourse in Vocational Training Interactions2010 / Laurent Filliettaz, Ingrid de Saint-Georges, Barbara Duc
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The role of feedback in foreign language learning through digital role playing games
Abstract In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the use of digital games for purposes other than pure entertainment, including (formal) training and education. This paper examines the cognitive benefits of the genre of digital...
2012 / Frederik Cornillie, Geraldine Clarebout, Piet Desmet -
Gender and Motivational Orientations of English Language Learners: The Case of High School Students in Iran
Abstract Motivation in foreign language learning has been recently conceptualized as a variable which is closely associated with learner identity (e.g. Dörnyei, 2005). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent to which gender,...
2013 / Babak Mahdavy -
Interference of L1 Prepositional Knowledge in Acquiring of Prepositional Usage in English
Abstract The purpose of the current study is to examine the extent to which students rely on their L1 prepositional knowledge in acquiring an understanding of prepositional usage in English. Learning English is becoming essential in a time of...
2013 / Zeinab Gvarishvili -
Investigation of Motivation and Anxiety in Macedonia While Learning English as a Second/Foreign Language
Abstract The use of modern communicative language teaching approaches in the language classrooms and the wide-spread use of English language have increased the demand to learn good communication skills but the existence of feelings as anxiety,...
2012 / Snezana Kirova, Biljana Petkovska, Dragana Koceva -
The Impact of Silent and Freeze-Frame Viewing Techniques of Video Materials on the Intermediate EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension2015 / S. Shahani, A. Tahriri
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Concordancing as a Tool in Learning Collocations: The Case of Iranian EFL Learners
Abstract Corpus use is one of the promising areas that can act as a reference tool to EFL learners for language problems especially vocabulary. The present study is on concordancing as a tool in learning collocations and it attempted to find the...
2014 / Shiela Kheirzadeh, Seyyedeh Susan Marandi -
Collaborative Summary Writing and EFL Students’ L2 Development
Abstract The current study investigated the effectiveness of Collaborative Summary Writing (CSW) on university students’ second language (L2) development. The study used 86 first year students in three intact classes studying in Urmia University of...
2014 / Seyyede Paria Sajedi -
Computer-mediated Corrective Feedback in ESP Courses: Reducing Grammatical Errors via Email
Abstract Corrective feedback is beneficial to L2 learning because it enables learners to acquire grammatical features that would otherwise be lost due to the fact they do not have continued access to learning principles (Ellis, 2008). This study...
2014 / Dara Tafazoli, Heidar Nosratzadeh, Nouriehossadat Hosseini -
The Speaker as Point of Reference in Naxi
Abstract This paper provides detailed descriptions of the morphosyntactic and semantic properties of aspectual, directional and evidential expressions in Naxi, a minority language spoken in Yunnan, China. Although all these expressions develop from...
2013 / Melody Chang, Paul Law -
A Corpus-based Study on the Use of Pragmatic Markers as Speech-like Features in Turkish EFL Learners’ Argumentative Essays
Abstract Authentic learner data is important when investigating the use of the target language by learners during second language acquisition process. Whether it is written or spoken, corpus-based learner data provides an explanation for how...
2014 / M. Pınar Babanoğlu -
Prologue2015 / Silvia Molina-Plaza
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Modernity: Are Modern Times Different?2014 / Lynn Hunt
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Multilingual Dependency Parsing: Using Machine Translated Texts Instead of Parallel Corpora2014 / Ramasamy Loganathan, Mareček David, Žabokrtský Zdenčk
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Exploring Native Speaker and Non-native Speaker Accents: The English as a Lingua Franca Perspective
Abstract The relevance of the ideology of the native–speaker (NS) as a model and target in English language teaching (ELT) has over the recent years been increasingly questioned with the emergence of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Accents that do ...
2014 / Paramjit Kaur, Arumugam Raman -
Varieties of intensification2015 / Lisa Bylinina, Yasutada Sudo
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Possibility in impossibility? Working with beginning teachers of English in times of change2013 / Joanna McIntyre, Susan Jones