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Direct linkMaaly Al Omary – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Arabic emphasis refers to the production of consonants resulting from a primary constriction in the dental or alveolar region and a secondary constriction in the back of the vocal tract, recognized as 'Emphatic.' These have contrastive consonants produced in the dental or alveolar region, recognized as 'Plain.' The existing research on emphasis in…
Descriptors: Arabic, Phonemes, Pronunciation, Speech Communication
Peer reviewedBenmamoun, Elabbas; Albirini, Abdulkafi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This study examines heritage speakers' knowledge of Standard Arabic (SA) and compares their patterns of SA acquisition to those of learners of SA as second/foreign language (L2). In addition, the study examines the influence of previously acquired language varieties, including Colloquial Arabic (QA), on SA acquisition. To this end, the study…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Sigrell, Anders – Education Inquiry, 2012
Mother-tongue teachers teach argumentation analysis. To this end, among other things, they use a stylistic meta-language, i.e. the tropes and figures of style, to analyse arguments as well as more aesthetic communication. The best-known trope is the metaphor. In this article it is argued that a more pragmatic view on the related figure metonymy…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Metalinguistics, Native Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Batur, Zekerya – Education, 2013
In this study it was researched whether visualized proverbs, idioms and epigrams have effect of primary school 3rd, 5th and 7th grade students' speaking skills. The study was executed in spring semester of the academic year of 2010-2011, with 30 students studying at primary school in 3rd, 5th and 7th grade. The students who participated in the…
Descriptors: Speech Skills, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5
Ilieva, Gabriela Nik. – Heritage Language Journal, 2012
The present paper examines the oral performance of Hindi language learners during practice Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPI) conducted during workshops hosted by New York University and sponsored by STARTALK. The most salient characteristics of the heritage language learners' output are compared with the output of foreign language learners who are…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Indo European Languages, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
Guardado, Martin – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2009
This article offers a critical analysis of the language socialization of Spanish-speaking families in a Scout group in Metro Vancouver. Using tools of discourse analysis, the article examines the language use patterns of the participants, particularly focusing on the language ideologies to which they oriented themselves and the identities indexed…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Ideology, Socialization, Criticism
