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Karagöz Dilek, Tuba – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The present study aimed to figure out whether Turkish EFL learners transfer their L1 Turkish pragmatic norms to their L2 English compliments and compliment responses. Six senior ELT students took part in the study, carried out at a state university in Turkey. An open role play adapted from Tran's study (2006) was used in English and Turkish to…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Bakirci, Derya; Özbay, Ali Sükrü – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Gratitude strategies used by EFL speakers have always been the focus of interest by researchers who observed the presence of pragmatic transfer strategies by which speakers express their gratitude. We have seen that several adapted versions of Discourse Completion Tasks (DCTs) by Eisenstein and Bodman (1986) are constructed based on the original…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Content Analysis
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Halitoglu, Vedat – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Many people from Turkey emigrated to European countries as a result of the bilateral agreements signed between Turkey and related countries after the 1950s. The temporary travels to these countries left their place to permanent settlements, and the Turkish children living there were faced with the danger of alienation from their mother tongue and…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Turkish, Native Language, Academic Achievement
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Seker, Emrullah – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
This study focuses on designing an English grammar syllabus for Turkish speaking English learners, which is based on the assumption that learning English grammar will be simpler and easier for Turkish speaking learners if it is introduced in a way by which they can achieve accessibility to Universal Grammar. In this study, I analyze almost all…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grammar
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Kazazoglu, Semin – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
In today's world, educational contexts are getting increasingly multicultural. Although EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes in Turkey were mostly composed of Turkish students a decade ago, today students from any part of the world are brought together within the frame of various student exchange programs. In Turkish EFL contexts, students…
Descriptors: Native Language, Interference (Language), Error Analysis (Language), Cultural Pluralism
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Istifci, Ilknur – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study aims at investigating compliment responses of Turkish and Chinese EFL learners by collecting data via a Discourse Completion Test. The participants of the study are Lower-Intermediate and Intermediate Level Chinese and Turkish EFL learners and native English speakers. The first purpose of the study is to compare Turkish and Chinese EFL…
Descriptors: Turkish, Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning