Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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The impact of explicit instruction on foreign language learners’ performance
Abstract This study is an attempt to investigate whether explicit instruction will lead to language learners’ achievement in learning English as a foreign language. It was hypothesized that there is significant difference between explicit formal...
2010 / Massoud Rahimpour, Asghar Salimi -
The Role of Films in Literature Education at Departments of German Language and Literature in Turkey
Abstract Nowadays the impact of technological advancements have been increasing in daily life gradually, therefore we encounter plenty of innovations in educational field. Especially, audiovisual materials which are used in education are relevant to ...
2015 / Alper Keles -
Feedback in L2 Writing: Voices from Native and Non-Native English Speaking Teachers
Abstract The number of studies comparing the practices of different teacher groups in providing written corrective feedback (WCF) in second language writing has increased recently (Porte, 1999; Shi, 2001; Hyland and Anan, 2006). Similarly, this...
2015 / Betül Bal-Gezegin -
Exploration of the USA Culture by Mexican Language Students through Reading Chicano Literature
Abstract Language students are expected to be conscious of the fact that the target language is an expression of the culture of those societies where it is used in everyday communication. Using literary texts is an important means of fostering and...
2015 / G. Anna V. Sokolova -
Word and Image in Search of Each Other: Intersemiotic Translation of Narratives from an Intercultural Perspective
Abstract The aim of the paper is to research the factors that influence the intersemiotic translation of cultural meanings from Russian literary narratives to their foreign cinematographic adaptations. The latter are analysed via the following...
2015 / Olga A. Leontovich -
Language Analysis and Tools for Ambiguous Input Streams
Abstract Automatically generated lexers and parsers for programming languages have a long history. Although they are well-suited for many languages, many widely-used generators, among them Flex and Bison, fail to handle input stream ambiguities that ...
2004 / Andrew Begel, Susan L. Graham -
Learning disability against itself: the self-injury/self-harm conundrum2007 / Andrew Lovell
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Gay Language and Indonesia: Registering Belonging2004 / TOM BOELLSTORFF
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Identity ambivalence and embodiment in women's accounts of the gynaecological examination2007 / D. Galasinski, J. Ziolkowska
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On the Diversity of Linguistic Evidence for Conceptual Metaphor2010 / Elżbieta Górska
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Psychology, sociology and interaction: disciplinary allegiance or analytic quality? -- a response to Housley and Fitzgerald2009 / D. Edwards, A. Hepburn, J. Potter
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Vorwort des Herausgebers2014 /
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Peer review: Is Giving Corrective Feedback Better than Receiving it in L2 Writing?
Abstract The effect of peer review on L2 writing has already been established. The benefit of peer review to the feedback giver, however, remains to be explored. This quasi-experimental study intends to examine the effect of giving peer corrective...
2013 / Afsar Rouhi, Elnaz Azizian -
English-Russian False Friends in ELT Classes with Intercultural Communicative Perspectives
Abstract This study explores the role of false cognates in Russian-speaking learners of EFL classes where developing intercultural communicative competence is the primary goal of learning English. False cognates, also known as false friends, are...
2014 / Yusuf Yaylaci, Arman Argynbayev -
Processing Topics from the Beneficial Cognitive Model in Partially and Over-Successful Persuasion Dialogues2014 / Kamila Debowska-Kozlowska
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The Comparison of the Method Section of Applied Linguistics Articles Written by Native and Iranian Writers in Terms of Grammatical Complexity and Clause Types
Abstract Academic texts are characterized by the use of longer minimal terminal units (t-units) containing complex grammatical structures and various clause types. The purpose of this study was to compare grammatical complexity and clause types used ...
2014 / Zohreh Seifoori, Jiyan Fattahi -
Fostering German-language learners’ constructions of meanings for fractions—design and effects of a language- and mathematics-integrated intervention2013 / Susanne Prediger, Lena Wessel
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An analysis of written errors of Turkish adult learners of English
Abstract This study examines errors in a corpus of 120 essays produced by 86 adult Turkish learners, who were beginners in their language proficiency in Çukurova University. The corpus was examined to identify and classify written errors in terms of ...
2010 / Yasemin Kırkgöz -
Embedding the CEFR in the academic domain: Assessment of language tasks
Abstract The CEFR is becoming established as the framework of choice for the description of the language proficiency of students at universities across Europe. To attain consistent assessment, familiarization and standardization are crucial...
2010 / W.M. Lowie, K.B.J. Haines, P.N. Jansma -
Stories in ELT: Telling tales in school
Abstract This presentation looked at four types of stories that could be told ‘in school’: two for use in supporting language learning and two for supporting language teacher learning. Stories were told and theoretical arguments for their use made – ...
2010 / Angi Malderez