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Fernández-Sánchez, Javier; García-Pardo, Alfredo – Hispania, 2023
In this paper we analyze the semantic and pragmatic properties of a colloquial interrogative construction attested in European Spanish, which we label invariable "qué" questions (IQQs). In doing so, we contribute to the better understanding of a relatively understudied phenomenon in Spanish, given that IQQs have been mainly approached…
Descriptors: Semantics, Pragmatics, Language Variation, Spanish
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Forero-Mondragón, Alber Josué; Quintero-Polo, Álvaro Hernán – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This article reports a study about how the discourse of standard English exercises disciplinary power in five international scholarships programs. This research interest arises from problematizing the discourse of standard English present in the requisite of proficiency certification through so-called valid tests. Adapting Fairclough's critical…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Obeso, Wilmar Salazar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The Problem Statement (PS) section communicates the issue that targets a study. Having a clear understanding of its rhetorical moves facilitates its communication. However, undergraduate students are not generally worried about this important writing aspect. The purpose of this descriptive study intended to explore the rhetorical moves in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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David C. Hill; Christy Gombay; Otto Sanchez; Bethel Woappi; Andrea S. Romero Vélez; Stuart Davidson; Emma Z. L. Richardson – Discover Education, 2022
The rapid adoption of online technologies to deliver postsecondary education amid the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the potential for online learning, as well as important equity gaps to be addressed. For over ten years, McMaster University has delivered graduate global health education through a blended-learning approach. In partnership with…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Second Languages
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Perez-Gomez, Francisco; Cortes Coss, Dina Elizabeth – English Language Teaching, 2021
In student-teachers' education, it is fundamental to foster the intercultural communicative competence for them to express their views on cultural concepts and phenomena in written and orally, with native and non-native speakers of a foreign language. In the same vein, future foreign language teachers, particularly at an early stage of their…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Learning Processes, Self Concept
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Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2012
For the first time, the annual conference of the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL) took place in Sweden. The conference took place at the Faculty of Education on historic ground on the old fortification walls of Carolus Dux from the 17th century right in the centre of the city. This year's host comprised the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods