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Mbibeh, Louis – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The complexity of the linguistic environment in Cameroon raises the question of context and its role in the acquisition of another language. This paper draws a dichotomy between learners in such contexts considered rural and those regarded as urban or cosmopolitan. Using the irregular verb as a yardstick, an evaluation of the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Second Language Learning, Verbs, Elementary School Students
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Dozie, Chinomso P.; Otagburuagu, Emeka J. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The study sought to explore the conversational English politeness strategies used by Igbo learners of English in Nigeria. Through a purposive sampling process, a total of 3000 copies of questionnaire in the form of Discourse Completion Task (DCT) consisting of 10 different apology discourse situations positing extent of familiarity, hierarchy and…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, African Languages, Task Analysis, Transfer of Training