Teaching intercultural communicative competence through the four skills
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2008 Nowadays, the most accepted instructional framework in second or foreign language (L2) programs is Communicative Language Teaching, whose main goal is to increase learners’ communicative competence.
Usó Juan, Esther +1 more
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The effect of multilingualism, sociobiographical and situational factors on communicative anxiety and foreign language anxiety of mature language learners [PDF]
, 2007 The present study focuses on individual differences in levels of communicative anxiety (CA) and foreign language anxiety (FLA) in the first (L1), second (L2), third (L3) and fourth (L4) language of 106 adult language learners.
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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The link between Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity and Self-rated English proficiency among Chinese learners [PDF]
, 2013 Previous research has suggested that high levels of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety (FLCA) have a negative effect on foreign language learning (Horwitz, 2001; Lu & Liu, 2011) while moderate levels of Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity (SLTA) are
Shan Ip, T. +4 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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Revisiting problems with foreign language aptitude. [PDF]
, 2008 This study investigated three of the issues recently raised in connection with the traditional concept of foreign language aptitude: the relationship between foreign language aptitude and working memory and phonological short-term memory capacity, the ...
Sáfár, Anna, Kormos, Judit
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Teaching of Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) : a study of the communicative approach in relation to Arabic [PDF]
, 2012 The study is concerned with the problem of how to improve the teaching of Arabic as a foreign or a second language. It lays down some of the essential foundation-work necessary for bringing about systematic and constructive improvements in the ...
Jadwat, Ayoob Y.
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Educational Challenges, 2021 This article purpose is to concern the importance of applying a communicative approach to learning a foreign language by future interpreters and translators.
Tetiana Sobol
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Development of creative intercultural and communicative competence of USMU international students at the lessons of Russian as a Foreign Language [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 This article deals with the topical issues related to the development of creative intercultural and communicative competence of international students of the Ural State Mining University (USMU) in the process of their learning Russian as a Foreign ...
Sadygova Arzu +2 more
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Developing cross‐cultural communicative competence via computer‐assisted language learning: The case of pre‐service ESL/EFL teachers [PDF]
, 2001 Based on a qualitative research project, this article presents a view on the use of computer technology to develop a critical cross‐cultural communicative competence in English as a Second Language (ESL) / English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for pre ...
Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui +1 more
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Formation of communicative competence students with authentic health-saving materials
Вестник Мининского университета, 2023 Introduction. The article examines the problem of the formation of communicative competence among students studying Russian as a foreign language in the process of mastering the disciplines of the module "Health Saving" using authentic materials.
Z. I. Tyumaseva +2 more
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