Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Misunderstanding and Language Comprehension
Abstract This paper studies the relationship between misunderstanding and language comprehension. A misunderstanding is the communicatee's choice of an interpretation for an utterance which is not the one intended by the communicator. This faulty...
2013 / Inaad Mutlib Sayer -
Learner Motivation and Interest
Abstract There are a lot of factors which influence success in language learning. However, one of the most important factors is the learner's motivation to learn the language in order to be able to use it in real-life situations. Research and...
2012 / Nina Daskalovska, Liljana Koleva Gudeva, Biljana Ivanovska -
The Importance of Media in Foreign Language Learning
Abstract The use of mass media to teach language in authentic context represents a double challenge for language teachers. Although media give learners access to authentic language utilized in real life, they convey pre-planned ideology with...
2012 / Nasser Oroujlou -
Ways of Asking, Ways of Telling2009 / Thomas J. Csordas, Christopher Dole, Allen Tran, Matthew Strickland, Michael G. Storck
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Nine Drama Activities for Foreign Language Classrooms: Benefits and Challenges
Abstract This paper aims to exemplify nine types of drama activities that can be used in foreign language classrooms. Drama can be integrated into all foreign language classrooms effectively to achieve communicative purposes by integrating the four...
2013 / Sehriban Dundar -
Rhetorical Function of Proverbs Based on Literary Genre
Abstract Proverbs are a collection of thoughts and ideas between different nations that are expressed in short sentences and phrases. The origin of many proverbs is unknown; perhaps we can’t find organic relationship between their different...
2012 / Ahmad Rezaei -
A dialectical approach to information retrieval2007 / Clare Thornley, Forbes Gibb
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Authentic Texts in Teaching English
Abstract The term authentic has been used as a reaction against the prefabricated patterns of the textbooks while authentic texts were the non-pedagogical texts used to help learners improve not only their communicative but also their cultural...
2015 / Silvia Ileana Ciornei, Tatiana Aurora Dina -
The Effect of Peer Feedback on Writing Anxiety in Turkish EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Students
Abstract One of the researchers has been teaching writing and experiencing writing anxiety in her classes for three years, which has influenced her teaching writing, her students’ attitudes towards writing, and academic achievement in writing exams...
2015 / Gülşah Çınar Yastıbaş, Ahmet Erdost Yastıbaş -
The Role of Grammar in Second Language Reading Comprehension: Iranian ESP Context
Abstract This study investigates the extent to which knowledge of grammar accounts for effectiveness in L2 reading comprehension. It is a qualitative study focusing on various aspects of grammatical knowledge involved in reading comprehension. Based ...
2014 / Zahra Akbari -
Translation Students’ Knowledge of Lexical Cohesion Patterns and their Performance in the Translation of English Texts
Abstract The main purpose of this research was to determine 1) if there is a meaningful relationship between translation student's knowledge of Lexical Cohesion Patterns (LCPs) and their performance in the translation of English texts, 2) and if...
2014 / Reza Khany -
Type-theoretic logic with an operational account of intensionality2014 / Chris Fox, Shalom Lappin
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Revisiting Challenges of Traditional & Transformational Grammar in ELT: A Sign-based Approach
Abstract Complexity is a buzzword of post-modern schools of thought. Framed in a sign-based approach from Columbia School of linguistics, the current study aims at revisiting some challenges of traditional & even transformational grammar...
2014 / Mojtaba Rajabi, Khadijeh Aghaei, Moses Samuel -
An Exploration of Discoursal Construction of Identity in Academic Writing
Abstract This study focused on how second/foreign language writers enact, construct, and invent themselves through writing. Hyland's model of metadiscourse (2004a) used as the analytical tool for analyzing texts. Based on a corpus of 30 research...
2014 / Masumeh Rahimivand, Davud Kuhi -
The SenSem Corpus: an annotated corpus for Spanish and Catalan with information about aspectuality, modality, polarity and factuality2014 / Ana Fernández-Montraveta, Gloria Vázquez
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The Role of English as a Lingua Franca in Academia: The Case of Turkish Postgraduate Students in an Anglophone-centre Context
Abstract In the media of scholarly publications, English is considered to be the language of science in academia (Crystal, 2003). Although a majority of scholars are able to improve their English locally in the peripheral countries, others have...
2014 / Neslihan Onder Ozdemir -
The Traditional Vs. The Modern Translation Classroom: A Need for New Directions in the UAE Undergraduate Translation Programs
Abstract Any proposal for a modern way of teaching translation should be discussed against the background of traditional translation training in general. By comparing the traditional translation classroom against the parameters of a modern one, the...
2015 / Tara Muayad Al-Hadithy -
Developing ESP Learner L2 Pragmatic Awareness through Interviewing Native Speakers of English
Abstract The article proposes ways of developing foreign language learners’ pragmatic awareness in ESP settings through involving them in research on their own difficulties and pragmatic failures in communication with native speakers. It also...
2014 / Oleg G. Polyakov -
Acquisition of the Article “The” by Persian Speakers
Abstract Persian language has no functional equivalents of the English article system and many Persian ESL learners have difficulty in using English articles, particularly the definite article “the”. This study examined whether the accuracy of...
2015 / Mina Ghazi Joolaee, Behzad Ghonsooly -
Burke and the Aisling: ‘Homage of a Nation’2010 / Katherine O'Donnell