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Qadi, Ahmad Hatim – English Language Teaching, 2021
The current study seeks to probe the use of refusal strategies and their frequency among Saudi EFL students of Bachelor of Science (BS) at Moon University (pseudonym), Saudi Arabia. Through a convenient sampling procedure, 20 students were selected, and Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was administered. This test comprised 12 situations eliciting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Sriwantaneeyakul, Suttawan – English Language Teaching, 2018
Translation ability requires many language skills to produce an accurate and complete text; however, one important skill, critical reading in the research, has been neglected. This research, therefore, employed the explanatory sequential mixed method to investigate the differences in Thai-English translation ability between students with a high…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Reading Skills, Translation, Semantics
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Gholami, Javad – English Language Teaching, 2015
Pragmatic competence and its development has been a pivotal issue in ELT in the last two decades. This paper explored pragmatic knowledge incorporation into Iranian EFL textbooks. Three high school English books named "English Book 2," "English Book 3" and "Learning to Read English for Pre-University Students" were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
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Ma, Jianhe – English Language Teaching, 2011
We often come across examples of vague reference in English learning, especially college English learning. On entering college, students tend to feel at a loss since their vocabulary is required to be enlarged rapidly and a variety of reference patterns are included in their learning materials which mostly come from American and European original…
Descriptors: College English, Ambiguity (Semantics), Educational Theories, Pragmatics
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Latha, V. G.; Rajan, Premalatha – English Language Teaching, 2012
This paper aims at focusing how the lack of pragmatic competence affects student's communication in L2 (Second language) at tertiary level. The city based Indian students learn English which is their second language from 3 years onwards whereas the rural based students learn English only from 6 years onwards. This exposure of the L2 shows the…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Language Skills, Second Language Learning, College Students