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Contrastive Self‐Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study explores how speakers defend morally sanctionable cultural stereotypes from challenges in adult second language classrooms. Within the conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis frameworks, I examine two extended video‐recorded class discussions in which students maintain face‐threatening, stereotypical portrayals of ...
Nadja Tadic
wiley   +1 more source

Denmark: a perhaps unexpected dialect laboratory

open access: yes, 2020
The chapter is a commentary which discusses and offers perspectives on the nine previous chapters of the book. First, the general tendencies of standardization within Europe are discussed, and then the discussion is broadened to the present volume ...
Britain, David
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Linguocultural representation of ethnic mentality in the context of globalization

open access: yesВестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология
The article analyzes the literary representation of the Cajun ethno-linguistic minority in the text of the comic book of the late XX century. The relevance of this study is due to the fact that globalization has established the tendency to represent ...
L. V. Nikolaeva L.V. Nikolaeva   +1 more
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Pre‐task Vocabulary Support Enhances Lexical Learning but Dampens Positive Emotions: Interactive Task Implementation in English‐as‐a‐Foreign‐Language Classroom

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This classroom study explored the effects of vocabulary support on collocation learning and affective responses in task‐based language teaching (TBLT) among English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language (EFL) learners at a Japanese university. For this purpose, 68 EFL learners completed two interactive information‐gap tasks under either vocabulary‐support or ...
Yuichi Suzuki, Sachiko Nakamura
wiley   +1 more source

Gaelic dialect of Colonsay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This thesis provides a description of the Scottish Gaelic dialect spoken on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay. This dialect has not previously been the subject of any serious academic research.
Scouller, Alastair MacNeill
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L2 Arabic Dialect Comprehension: Empirical Evidence for the Transfer of Familiar Dialect Knowledge to Unfamiliar Dialects

open access: yesL2 Journal, 2011
Arabic is a diglossic language, and learners must become competent in both Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and a spoken dialect. However, Arabic dialects are typically not taught in U.S. classrooms. One reason is the question of which dialect to teach? This
Emma Trentman
doaj  

Becoming a TESOL Practitioner: Disciplinary Languaging and the Socialization of International Students in UK Higher Education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article proposes the concept of disciplinary languaging to account for the regulated forms of communication that are characteristic of TESOL master's preparatory programs in the UK. It does so with a view to the effects on the socialization of international students who are attracted by the global promotion of such programs and the ...
Yunpeng Du, Miguel Pérez‐Milans
wiley   +1 more source

Dialect and Dichotomy Literary Representations of African American Speech

open access: yes
Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of American Literary Dialect -- 2 . Linguists, Literary Critics, and Literary Dialect -- 3. Methodology -- 4.
Minnick, Lisa Cohen.
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Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
wiley   +1 more source

The Dialect of Kuhpaya

open access: yesStudia Iranica, 2011
Kuhpāyi is a Central Dialect spoken in Kupā township and its piedmont villages, east of Isfahan. While it shares many traits with other Northwestern Iranian dialects of the central Iranian Plateau, Kuhpāyi has many characteristics of its own. In historical phonology, it shows some remarkable Southwestern Iranian features, as in hass 'eight'.
openaire   +2 more sources

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