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Alireza Ahmadi – Language Testing in Asia, 2024
The shift of focus from a cognitive to social view has drawn the attention of second language assessment researchers to delve into interactional competence as an intriguing topic in paired oral tests. To fill the gap on how interactional patterns compare across L1 and L2 interactions this study was specifically set to explore and compare 45 paired…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Native Language
Shen, Yin-Shyan Irene – 1992
A study of social and cultural factors that affect the appropriateness of verbal expressions in different languages focuses on the comparative uses of three common expressions ("thank you, I'm sorry, excuse me" and their equivalents) in English and Chinese. First, the usage patterns of the three expressions are explained briefly, and the…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics