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Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
wiley   +1 more source

Influences of Language Functions on Linguistic Features: Multi-Dimensional and Entropy Analyses of Academic and Entertainment Registers. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Hu C, Zhu Y, Yuan L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Longitudinal Tracking of Persistence in Other‐Repair Practices in an Audio‐Mediated English Private Tutoring Setting

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
wiley   +1 more source

Survival of the wittiest (not friendliest): The art and science behind human linguistic and cognitive evolution. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Progovac L.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Your English Sounds Almost British”: Everyday Linguicism and Racialized Subjectivity of an International Student in Hong Kong

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how everyday linguicism and racism shape the academic and social experiences of international students in Hong Kong, focusing on the racialized subjectivity of a South Asian graduate student. Although research on international students has mainly focused on Western higher education, little attention has been paid to the ...
Pramod K. Sah
wiley   +1 more source

How (and why) languages became more complex as we evolved more prosocial: the human self-domestication view. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Benítez-Burraco A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Person vs. locative agreement: Evidence from late learners and language emergence. [PDF]

Sign Lang Linguist, 2020
Kwok L, Berk S, Lillo-Martin D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Incidental Acquisition of Multiword Expressions Through Repeated Viewing: Sequential Use of L1 and L2 Captions

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Repeated viewing is reportedly a common learning and pedagogical strategy among autonomous second language (L2) learners and language teachers. This experimental study examined the extent to which sequential captioning use facilitates the acquisition of multiword expressions (MWEs) through repeated viewing under incidental learning conditions.
Kenneth W. Y. Li, Yaxin Ni
wiley   +1 more source

From Contact to Conversation: Protactile Language, Modality, and Community. [PDF]

Annu Rev Linguist
Gagne DL, Broadway H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Simple syntactic rules through rapid synaptic changes

, 2023
Sun L, Manohar SG.
europepmc   +1 more source