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Elicited imitation test as a measure of L2 english learners’ interlanguage representations of relative clauses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This study examines the use of the Elicited Imitation Test (EIT) to measure second language learners’ underlying knowledge of restrictive relative clauses which will reflect their interlanguage representation of this property.
Teo, Pauline Hwa Ling
core  

The Very Idea of Seriousness

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract What norms govern aesthetic conversations? In Hansen and Adams (2024), we argue for a norm we call, following Stanley Cavell, “the hope of agreement”, along with a requirement of “seriousness”, the “discipline of accounting for one's judgments”.
Nat Hansen, Zed Adams
wiley   +1 more source

Impressions that matter: How Italian SOEs construct a digital image through persuasive language strategies

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rooted in the theoretical perspective of impression management, and drawing on the critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach, this study analyzes whether and how the Italian state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector over the period 2020–2023 use persuasive language strategies in their annual reports to portray the image of a ...
Fiorenza Meucci   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Preliminary Study on Why Second Language Learners Accept Ungrammatical Sentences: Its Theoretical Implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Why do second language learners sometimes accept ungrammatical sentences in the target language? In the present study, we focus on Japanese-speaking learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and investigate whether such “grammatical illusion ...
YAMADA, Toshiyuki
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Considering students' basic psychological needs in feedback processes in the teaching of Swedish

open access: yesForeign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract This qualitative study investigated how teachers of Swedish as a second language in Finland perceive they enhance their students' language learning by considering the students' basic psychological needs in feedback processes. This study was conducted in a context where most students were disinclined to study Swedish.
Toni Mäkipää, Sara Karhu
wiley   +1 more source

GenERRate: generating errors for use in grammatical error detection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper explores the issue of automatically generated ungrammatical data and its use in error detection, with a focus on the task of classifying a sentence as grammatical or ungrammatical.
Andersen, Øistein E., Foster, Jennifer
core   +2 more sources

What Job Would You Apply To? Findings on the Impact of Language on Job Searches

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether gender‐inclusive language in job advertisements can increase women's interest in applying for male‐dominated occupations. We implemented a discrete choice experiment with 5679 participants in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Each respondent evaluates multiple paired ads for the same job with job content
Ana Maria Diaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic Analyses of Written Corrective Feedback for Chinese as a Second Language: ChatGPT Versus Human Teachers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study conducted linguistic analyses of the written corrective feedback (WCF) for Chinese as a second language (CSL) provided by chat generative pre‐trained transformer (ChatGPT) and human teachers (including preservice teachers and senior teachers).
Ling Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap Between L1 and L2: Enhanced Emotional Vocabulary Through Elaborative Processing in Spanish‐Speaking English Language Learners

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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