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Assessing Pragmatic Comprehension Competence in Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language: From the Perspective of Speech Acts in Chinese

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 2183-2200, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the pragmatic comprehension competence of Chinese speech acts among adult learners of Chinese as a second language (CSL) and Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). A computerized Pragmatic Listening Judgment Task was adopted to collect accuracy and reaction time data from 88 participants from Mainland China and South Korea ...
Jing Jin, Yang Yang, Jieun Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging Myths [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The article offers insights into teaching-related challenges posed by Advanced English methods as applied to adult Spanish learners. The analyisis highlights the importance of cognitive approaches adapted to classroom milieus and ...
D. G., Eugenia
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280 Birds with One Stone: Inducing Multilingual Taxonomies from Wikipedia using Character-level Classification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We propose a simple, yet effective, approach towards inducing multilingual taxonomies from Wikipedia. Given an English taxonomy, our approach leverages the interlanguage links of Wikipedia followed by character-level classifiers to induce high-precision,
Aberer, Karl   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Cross-linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition: Factors Influencing Interlanguage Transfer

open access: yesWorking Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015
In the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), the role of transfer has been theorized and studied to account for the influence of the native language on an interlanguage.
Tammy Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Social Language Learning and Politeness in Autism: Key Insights for English Language Teachers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 2336-2347, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often face challenges in pragmatic language use, particularly in foreign language learning contexts, yet the specific factors influencing pragmatic competence in these environments remain underexplored.
Gülşah Tıkız‐Ertürk   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sorry vs please, accept my apologies: teaching politeness explicitly to first grade high school students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tesis (Profesor de Inglés para la Enseñanza Básica y Media y al grado académico de Licenciado en Educación)The purpose of this project is to determine how can we help students to develop a more native-like performance.
Guzmán Soto, María Paz   +5 more
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The Influence of Attention to Language Form on the Production of Weak Forms by Polish Learners of English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The paper discusses a study whose aim was to examine the impact of attention to language form and task type on the realisation of English function words by Polish learners of English.
Agata Barańska   +43 more
core   +2 more sources

Cross-linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition: Factors Influencing Interlanguage Transfer

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2013
In the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), the role of transfer has been theorized and studied to account for the influence of the native language on an interlanguage.
Tammy Wang
doaj   +1 more source

JACDI: WS‐SF: A Short‐Form Version of the Saudi Arabic Communicative Development Inventory

open access: yesInternational Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 60, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT Purpose This study addresses the lack of a short Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) form tailored to Saudi Arabic, specifically designed based on local norms, for assessing early communicative skills in toddlers. The JISH Arabic CDI: Words and Sentences Short‐Form (JACDI: WS‐SF) is introduced to meet this need. This tool is particularly
Haifa Alroqi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interlanguage: Grammatical Errors on Students’ Recount Texts (A Case Study of First Year of MAN 2 Banjarnegara in the Academic Year 2014/2015)

open access: yesELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2015
Differences between Indonesian and English language makes students often feel difficult in learning English especially in terms of grammar.
Isti Nurhayati
doaj   +1 more source

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