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Download full textLi, Shaopeng; Yang, Lianrui – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
The present study aims to investigate the general characteristics of topicprominent typological interlanguage development of Chinese learners of English in terms of acquiring subject-prominent English structures from a discourse perspective. Topic structures mainly appear in Chinese discourse in the form of topic chains (Wang, 2002; 2004). The…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Murphey, Tim – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
Much research supports the everyday therapeutic and deeper social-neurophysiological influence of singing songs alone and in groups (Austin, 2008; Cozolino, 2013; Sacks, 2007). This study looks at what happens when Japanese students teach short English affirmation songlet-routines to others out of the classroom (clandestine folk music therapy). I…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching
Nava, Andrea; Pedrazzini, Luciana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
We describe an exploratory study carried out within the University of Milan, Department of English the aim of which was to analyse features of the spoken English of first-year Modern Languages undergraduates. We compiled a learner corpus, the "Role Play" corpus, which consisted of 69 role-play interactions in English carried out by…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Jaroszek, Marcin – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
The article discusses the results of a longitudinal study of how the use of conjunctions, as an aspect of spoken discourse competence of 13 selected advanced students of English, developed throughout their 3-year English as a foreign language (EFL) tertiary education. The analysis was carried out in relation to a number of variables, including 2…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Usage, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
