Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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The necessity of connection structures in neural models of variable binding2015 / Frank van der Velde, Marc de Kamps
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An Investigation on Pronunciation of Language Learners of English in Persian Background: Deviation Forms from the Target Language Norms
Abstract This paper considers several researches which focus on the acquisition of the English phonological system by Farsi speakers who are learning English as a foreign language and evaluates learners’ pronunciation strengths and weaknesses. The...
2013 / Mahdieh Navehebrahim -
EU Universities' Mission Statements: What Is Popularized by Metaphors2015 / L. Arcimaviciene
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Phonetic Adaptation of Loanwords in Cypriot Turkish2013 / Vügar Sultanzade
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Not-so-Serious Games for Language Learning. Now with 99,9% More Humour on Top
Abstract Verbal and figurative humour characterise some of the most memorable commercial video games. Humour, in general, is also a precious strategy to enhance language learning. What happens if we embed humour in serious games for language...
2012 / Ivan Lombardi -
Fish Welfare: Challenge for Science and Ethics—Why Fish Makes the Difference2012 / F. L. B. Meijboom, B. Bovenkerk
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Changing Students’ Attitudes Towards L2 by Teaching Values in L2
Abstract Teaching L2 is a very broad area. It includes skills, vocabulary, grammar, and etc. Having positive or negative attitude toward L2 you learn directly affects your proficiency level in L2. Changing negative attitude toward L2 into positive...
2013 / Süleyman Ünal, İrfan Sarı -
(De)Constructing Heart of Darkness and its Cinematic Adaptations
Abstract Many voices claim that, with the emergence of the cinema, the time when readers had the power to interpret the narration on their own, creating in their minds a world in consonance with their thoughts and beliefs, has passed and that a new...
2013 / Monica Eftimie, Anca Manea -
Investigating the relationship between discourse markers, language proficiency and reading comprehension: a case of some Iranian university students
Abstract This research aimed at investigating the relationship between discourse markers (DMs), language proficiency and reading comprehension of EFL university students. Three groups of students were selected to participate in the study. The...
2011 / Rasool Jafarinejad, Mansoor Tavakoli -
Variation in handshape and orientation in British Sign Language: The case of the ‘1’ hand configuration
Abstract This paper investigates phonological variation in British Sign Language (BSL) signs produced with a ‘1’ hand configuration in citation form. Multivariate analyses of 2084 tokens reveals that handshape variation in these signs is constrained ...
2012 / Jordan Fenlon, Adam Schembri, Ramas Rentelis, Kearsy Cormier -
Teaching Sentential Intonation Through Proverbs
Abstract Suprasegmental elements such as stress, pitch, juncture and linkers are language universals that are uttered naturally in the mother tongue without prior training but need to be learned systematically in the target language. Among other...
2012 / Metin Yurtbasi -
Scholar/'shippers and Spikeaholics: Academic and fan identities at the Slayage Conference on Buffy the Vampire Slayer2005 / V. Burr
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A Study of Tale Reading Dictionary Framework of Teaching Vocabulary
Abstract This study aims to form a theoritic framework of teaching vocabulary and determine the importance of vocabulary teaching in Turkish language education by study of tale reading dictionary. Within this aim, a theoritic framework has been...
2014 / Melda Karagöz, Neslihan Yücelşen, Utku Oryaşın -
Metaphor and Education: Reaching Business Training Goals through Multimodal Metaphor
Abstract Metaphor facilitates education by allowing for new perspectives or in aiding categorization and memorization. This study looks into the use of metaphor in a business training talk. The results show that the speaker repeatedly used words and ...
2014 / Hanna Skorczynska -
Cross-cultural Website Analysis as a Method for Teaching Intercultural Competence in the University English Program
Abstract Problem statement European universities are challenged to effectively teach English and assist students in developing the intercultural skills necessary for the multicultural environment. The publication “First European...
2014 / M.I.M. Mary Ellen Toffle -
Post-colonialism and Critical Language Awareness (Chinua Achebe, L2, and Identity)
Abstract Norman Fairclough (1995) makes a critique of language awareness for the academic writing, where the past language and the new language appropriateness meet. The academic version of language awareness has relations of power that are implicit ...
2014 / Mehrdad Jalali, Ehsan Ansaripour -
Diagnosing Students’ Language Knowledge and Skills
Abstract At present there exists bulk of different placement tests, such as Cambridge English Placement Test or Oxford Online Placement Test, whose aim is to place students on the basis of their scores in the placement test into the right language...
2013 / Blanka Frydrychova Klimova, Sarka Hubackova -
Magzhan Zhumabaev and Spiritual Ecology
Abstract The main task of the suggested article “Magzhan Zhumabaev and spiritual ecology” is to identify the parameters of the scientific study and teaching this filed of a language. Scientific novelty of this article – basing on the ecology of a...
2014 / K.K. Madibaeva, D.A. Alkebaeva, Y. Sultan -
Pragmatic failure, mind style and characterisation in fiction about autism2014 / E. Semino
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Cultural and ethical positioning: A teacher and his mazahua students reinvent the national curriculum in a Mexican rural school
Abstract This paper presents an ethnographic description of the cultural and ethical positioning adopted by a mestizo teacher in his interactions with Mazahua (indigenous) students. The interaction shows how teacher and students get together in a...
2010 / Adriana Robles Valle