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Alasmary, Abdullah A. – English Language Teaching, 2019
Strong claims are made regarding the significant role that multiword sequences play in the comprehension and production of speech and writing. Although the literature is replete with research-informed, evidence-based guidelines on how to maximize the learning of such sequences, such guidelines need to be synthesized, analyzed and evaluated for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Phrase Structure
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Lu, Licheng – English Language Teaching, 2019
Based on Jenny Thomas's dichotomous classification of pragmatic failure, this study proposes a new perspective and classifies pragmatic failure in interpretation into three categories: pragma-linguistic failure, socio-pragmatic failure and malaprop-pragmatic failure. Specific examples are given to illustrate the causes and effects of each category…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Goundar, Prashneel Ravisan – English Language Teaching, 2019
Language is something many individuals take for granted. It is usually when we discover that our language (or language variety) is different from and perhaps less valued than, the language of others or that our options are somehow limited, either because 'we do not speak/understand a language or language variety, or use it inappropriately or…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
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Gao, Linghui – English Language Teaching, 2019
College English writing is one of the four basic skills in English learning, which can objectively reflect students' language ability. Whereas, English writing is considered to be the most difficult part to improve. As we can see, in the essays of the Chinese college students, there often appears Chinglish, correct in grammar but unauthentic in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure
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Hung, Nguyen Viet – English Language Teaching, 2012
Researches of English language teaching (ELT) have focused on using mother tongue (L1) for years. The proliferation of task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been also occurred. Considerable findings have been made in the existing literature of the two fields; however, no mentions have been made in the combination of these two ELT aspects, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Ayeomoni, Moses Omoniyi – English Language Teaching, 2012
This paper views Nigeria as a multilingual country with diverse languages and cultures to the extent that the total number of languages spoken right now in Nigeria is about 500 (See Adegbite 2010). This linguistic diversity in the country has occasioned the development and the spread of the concepts of bilingualism, multilingualism, diglossia and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, Multilingualism, Language Usage