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Sociolinguistic Competence of a Trilingual at Age Five

The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 2022
Being Trilingual is no longer a strange phenomenon as it may have been sometime back. In fact, in urban settings in Kenya, children are learning English as a third language (L3) rather than a second language (L2). Canale and Swain (1980) propose that communicative competence comprises four language competencies, namely: Linguistic, Sociolinguistic ...
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Reconceptualising Motivation as Material‐Semiotic Entanglements: Translanguaging in Graduate TESOL Education

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilingual students in Anglophone universities often operate in survival mode. While translanguaging supports learning, critical gaps remain in understanding how translanguaging pedagogies transform and sustain motivation in English‐dominant contexts.
Melissa Jufenna Slamet, Julie Choi
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Reconsidering the Social in Language Learning: A State of the Science and an Agenda for Future Research in Variationist SLA

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The current paper offers a critical reflection on the role of the social dimension of the second language (L2) development of sociolinguistic competence.
Aarnes Gudmestad, Matthew Kanwit
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Multilingüismo y multilectismo

Estudios de Lingüística, 1984
Sociolinguistic studies on multilingualism and multilectism have focused on linguistic, social and formal aspects of the analysis of the multilingual and multilectal communities, influenced by the important contributions of U. Weinreich (1953),
Francisco Gimeno Menéndez
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Making Interview Multilingualism Visible: Transnational Chinese Language Teacher Identity Construction

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines multilingual practices in research interviews, focusing on English lexical insertions in Chinese‐language research interviews with teachers of Chinese in Australian secondary schools, and treating these code‐switches as analytically meaningful rather than incidental.
Chengwen Yuan, Tianwei Zhang, Gary Bonar
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POLITENESS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIOLINGUISTIC COMPETENCE.

, 2023
In order to maintain interpersonal relationships, it is necessary to understand culturally deep-rooted ways of politeness used within each society. It is one of the main elements of sociolinguistic competence and therefore the following chapter focuses on this subject.
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Embarrassing Anecdotes and Recovery: Language Attitudes and the Consequences of Haiti's Language Policy

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Only 5% of the Haitian population is fully bilingual in French and Kreyòl. On the contrary, 95% of the population is monolingual in the native language, Kreyòl. The purpose of this research is to examine the attitudes of Haitian high school students toward Kreyòl and French, particularly as official languages, and investigate the effects of ...
Gerdine Michel Ulysse
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ENGLISH TASK TO DEVELOP THE STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: A STUDY OF EDUKATIF WORK BOOK FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Jurnal Penelitian Humaniora, 2013
This study is mainly intended to find out the extent to which tasks in English work books are designed to develop the students’ communicative competence.
Dyah Rohma Wati, Endang Fauziati, Abdillah Nugroho   +2 more
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Global Englishes Language Teaching Curriculum Innovation: Students’ Learning Experiences and Long‐Term Academic and Career Trajectories

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the global spread of English and the recent challenges to English major education, it is essential to explore the potential benefits of implementing Global Englishes in a discipline‐specific context. This qualitative study explored the learning experiences of eight female English major graduates who previously attended Global Englishes ...
Xiaowen (Serina) Xie, Jie Zheng, Fan Fang, Yifang Xu   +3 more
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METHODOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUOSOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE OF THE FUTURE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN THE PROCESS OF READING FICTION

Наукові записки Тернопільського національного педагогічного університету імені Володимира Гнатюка. Серія: Педагогіка, 2014
The articles specifies the methodology of linguosociocultural competence of the future English language teachers in the process of reading fiction. The stages and the aim of each stage of linguosociocultural competence development have been distinguished,
Мар’яна Нацюк
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