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Second Language Sentence Stress Assignment: Self‐ and Other‐Assessment
Abstract Research on second language (L2) pronunciation self‐assessment reports a general misalignment between self‐ and other‐assessment. This has been attributed to the object of self‐assessment, the self‐assessment task, the measures to which self‐assessment is compared, and speakers’ characteristics.
Cesar Teló he/him +3 more
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Interlanguage Pragmatics and Email Communication [PDF]
The present study investigated learners? interlanguage pragmatic development through analysis of ninety requestive emails written to a faculty member over a period of up to two years.
Ko, Wei-Hong
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INTERLANGUAGE PRAGMATICS OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES AMONG EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
This paper investigates the language forms of refusals produced by two groups of English as a Foreign Language students: native Turkish speakers and native Macedonian speakers.
Ana KOCEVA
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The Interlanguage Pragmatics of Greetings
The present study centers on interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics. It investigates semantic formulas in the speech act of greeting performed by Russian EFL learners. In particular, it compares the non-native speakers’ (NNS) and native speakers’ (NS) production of semantic formulas in terms of number, frequency, and content.
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Abstract A handful of second language (L2) studies have explored bidirectional pragmatic transfer: forward pragmatic transfer—the influence of learners' first language (L1) on their L2—and reverse pragmatic transfer—the impact of learners' L2 on their L1.
Ying Zhang (she/her)
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The Impact of Computerized Dynamic Assessment on Iranian EFL Learners' Interlanguage Pragmatic Development [PDF]
The present study reports the results of a dissertation aimed at consolidating assessment and instruction of L2 pragmatics comprehension by drawing on an interventionist computerized dynamic assessment (C-DA) through which the test was embodied by ...
Ali Zangoei +3 more
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Abstract Although the distinction between explicit and implicit (automatized) knowledge of second or foreign language (L2) is of crucial importance to second language acquisition (SLA) theory and research, it has thus far not been directly applied to L2 pronunciation.
Mirosław Pawlak
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Are the Speech Acts of EFL Learners Really Direct? The Case of Requests in the Omani EFL Context
The study focuses on the strategies English as a foreign language (EFL) learners choose to take on in requests without evaluating them against the norm of a native speaker, as the concept of native speaker is ideologically problematic in the time of ...
Iryna Lenchuk, Amer Ahmed
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A theoretical review of the speech act of suggesting: towards a taxonomy for its use in FLT
The aim of this paper is to present a taxonomy of linguistic realisation strategies concerning the speech act of suggesting. In this regard, we will first provide a definition of this particular speech act, outlining its main characteristics and ...
Martínez Flor, Alicia
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Abstract Although speaking anxiety plays a significant role in English as a foreign language (EFL) learning, research indicates that English speaking anxiety stands out as a crucial problem that EFL learners experience. Integrating technology into the EFL contexts may help learners significantly, and artificial intelligence‐based (AI‐based) chatbots ...
Meltem Ballıdağ, Selami Aydın
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