Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Language Learner Beliefs from an Attributional Perspective
Abstract This qualitative study, aimed to analyze eight French-speaking learners’ beliefs about English and English language learning. The data were obtained via semi-structured interviews. The study drew on Weiner's attribution theory of...
2014 / Zehra Gabillona -
Ontwikkelen van een instrument om de ‘zachte’ factoren van samenwerking binnen dementienetwerken te meten2015 / Marjolein Veerbeek, Jacomine de Lange, Monique Spierenburg, Mirella Minkman, Anne Margriet Pot, et al.
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Do current EFL Coursebooks work for the Development of L2 Pragmatic Competence? The case of Suggestions
Abstract Many learners may not be aware of socially and culturally appropriate forms of the second language (L2). Therefore, students must be provided with language teaching materials that present authentic-like examples of speech act strategies to...
2013 / Mehzudil Tuğba Yıldız Ekin -
Investigating the Relationship between Foreign Language Learning and Call Attitudes among EFL Freshman Students
Abstract Over the last two decades rapid developments in computer sciences and technology have established the persistent role of technology-based learning in all walks of education, more specifically in second or foreign language learning. Thus,...
2015 / Hüseyin Öz -
Gender representation in EFL materials: an analysis of English textbooks of Iranian high schools
Abstract The present study was an attempt to examine different areas of gender-bias in representation of women and men in 3 volumes of English textbooks taught in the high schools of Iran. Chi-squares were performed to find the frequency of names,...
2011 / Masoumeh Bahman, Ali Rahimi -
Similarities and differences between female and male learners: Inside and outside class autonomous language learning activities
Abstract The present study attempted to unravel whether female and male learners differed in terms of autonomous language learning activities they adopted both inside and outside the class. In order to determine the similarities and differences...
2010 / Burcu Varol, Sinem Yilmaz -
The Spanish DELPH-IN grammar2012 / Montserrat Marimon
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Literature and the Russian cultural code at the beginning of the 21st century
Abstract In the article the role of Russian literature at the beginning of the twenty first century is looked over. The loss of the literature-centricity in Russian culture occurred almost right after wreck of the USSR. So literature now has lost...
2012 / Mikhail Goloubkov -
The Impact of Ideology on Lexical Choices in Literary Translation: A Case Study of A Thousand Splendid Suns
Abstract This study attempts to discover ideological differences between Hoseini's novelA Thousand Splendid Suns and its two Persian translations, by Ganji and Soleimani and Ghebrai. According to Fairclough, ideology in discourse is encoded in the...
2013 / Fatemeh Mansourabadi, Amin Karimnia -
The Not-Forgotten Empire: Images of Persia in English Renaissance Writing2010 / Jane Grogan
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An Investigation of Giving Condolences in English and Persian Via Short Messages
Abstract Speech acts include a wide range of functional units such as apologies, requests, compliments, invitations and so on. It is believed that being able to say the right thing to the right person at the right time would be a great...
2013 / Biook Behnam, Leila Ali Akbari Hamed, Fatemeh Goharkhani Asli -
Language Learning Motivation of Turkish Tertiary Level EFL Students
Abstract Researchers have helped language teachers understand the various aspects of motivation in foreign language (FL) learning. Motivation is dependent on several factors including, gender, skill level, perceived proficiency and personality...
2012 / Belgin Sakiroglu, Kenan Dikilitas -
Current and New Directions in Discourse and Dialogue2004 / Jan van Kuppevelt, Ronnie W. Smith, Matthew Stone
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Unravelling the Genetics of Ischaemic Stroke2010 / Hugh S. Markus
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A New High-Throughput LC-MS/MS Assay for Therapeutic Level Monitoring of Valproic Acid in Human Plasma2008 / Laurian Vlase
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Troubles with assessments in gifting occasions2012 / J. S. Robles
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Experiences of Japanese University Students' Willingness to Speak English in Class: A Multiple Case Study2014 / G. L. Osterman
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The Role of Idiomatic Expressions in Teaching Languages and Cultures as Part of a Multilingual Approach
Abstract This research aims to examine “ The role of idiomatic expressions in teaching languages and cultures as a part of a multilingual approach” enlightening common idioms with the same meanings of...
2012 / Emrah Göçmen, Nurdan Göçmen, Ahu Ünsal -
Expectations vs. Reality: The Readability of Texts in the Primary Grades in India
Abstract In their survey of literacy attainment in the primary grades in rural India, ASER (2011) found a mismatch between the high expectations of textbooks and the reality of student abilities. This paper examines the readability of English...
2014 / Renu Gupta -
Ego Identity Types and Language Proficiency of Iranian EFL Learners
Abstract The present research is an attempt to identify the effect of ego identity types on the language proficiency of the learners. In other words, it is trying to answer the question which identity types achieve higher levels of proficiency in...
2014 / Zahra Tavakkoli, Fatemeh Rakhshandehroo, Mohammad Ali Izadpanah, Mohsen Moradi-Shad