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Languages, 2020 The present study deals with the perception (identification and discrimination) of an English phonemic contrast (/t∫/–/∫/, as in cheat and sheet) by speakers of two Mexican varieties of Spanish who are learning English as a foreign language.
Mariela López Velarde, Miquel Simonet
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Behavioral Sciences, 2020 Late-life depression (LLD) affects about an eighth of community-dwelling seniors. LLD impacts well-being, with loneliness and small social networks being typical.
Jelle Brouwer +4 more
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Honesty Speaks a Second Language [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 AbstractTheories of dishonest behavior implicitly assume language independence. Here, we investigated this assumption by comparing lying by people using a foreign language versus their native tongue. Participants rolled a die and were paid according to the outcome they reported.
Yoella Bereby-Meyer +5 more
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Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Fluency [PDF]
, 1991 Fluency in a second language is considered important by both learners and teachers, but is not well understood. This paper describes what is known about second language fluency and describes a number of psychological learning mechanisms that might ...
Schmidt, Richard
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Is noticing an answer to the problem of unacquirable structures in the second language?
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2002 The aim of this article is to evaluate one proposed solution to the problem that some aspects of a second language (L2) seem unacquirable. In order to understand the solution, it is necessary to explicate the problem.
Southwood, Frenette
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Second language pragmatics aptitude
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2022 The present study aimed at investigating whether language pragmatics aptitude is a separate component of the construct of language aptitude distinct from the already conceived components.
Nasrin Sedaghatgoftar +1 more
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Limits of a Second Language: Native and Second Languages in Management Team Communication [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Cultural differences in speech acts are common challenges in management involving Chinese and Western managers. Comparing four groups – Native-speaking Chinese, English-speaking Chinese, Chinese-speaking Westerners, and non-Chinese- speaking Westerners, we assessed the effects of language and ethnicity on the ability to predict communication obstacles ...
Jan Ketil Arnulf +3 more
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TEACHING ENGLISH FOR THE SECOND LANGUAGE STUDENTS AS THE SECOND LANGUAGE
, 2022 Present article is considered related to problems of teaching English as a second foreign language on the basis of the first language. The process under study is complex, and requires the accounting of the linguistic experience of students and supports for the comparative-comparative analysis of the languages in the educational process.
Hiloliddin Abdusalomov +1 more
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Preference and Order in First and Second Language Referential Strategies [PDF]
, 1991 Kellerman, Ammerlaan, Bongaerts, and Poulisse (1986) examined referential strategies used by Dutch speakers of English as a second language in a shapedescription task. Kellerman, et al.
Russell, George
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A Study of Language Socialization: Learning and Making Sense in a Second Language Classroom [PDF]
, 1997 This paper is about children's second language socialization. It is about how a child, a Japanese eight year old boy, tries to make sense of his world in a second language classroom.
Jasso-Aguilar, Rebeca
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