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Goldman, Zachary W.; Martin, Matthew M. – Communication Education, 2016
Academic entitlement (AE) refers to the expectation of educational success despite the input of personal effort needed to earn it (Boswell, 2012). Entitled students feel that learning should require minimal work and that difficulties encountered during the learning process should be attributed to instructors, rather than themselves. AE has become…
Descriptors: Expectation, Success, Student Attitudes, Age Groups
Tatsuki, Donna H., Ed.; Houck, Noel R., Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2010
Language teachers have long been aware of the devastating effect of learners' grammatically correct, yet situationally inappropriate spoken or written communication. This volume addresses how to raise learner awareness of pragmatic gaffs through research-based, field-tested activities such as composing e-mail requests, giving advice, making…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Speech Acts, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning