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Pathanasin, Saranya; Eschstruth, Ian – rEFLections, 2022
The aim of this study is twofold: to analyze politeness strategies in the online conversations of Thai students, and to suggest how this analysis can be applicable to pedagogical practice. A corpus of a 21-month instant online conversation among students and teachers has been analyzed. Throughout the time of data collection, the teachers…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Undergraduate Students, Language Usage, Second Language Learning
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Yuichiro Kobayashi – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2021
This study aimed to identify second language (L2) developmental indices while controlling for the effects of first language (L1). More specifically, this study investigated the differences in the use of metadiscourse markers among learners from different L1 backgrounds. The following research questions were explored: (1) Which metadiscourse…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Jangarun, Kamolphan; Luksaneeyanawin, Sudaporn – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2016
This study investigated the similarities and differences in the use of discourse connectors (DCs) in argumentative essays of American undergraduate students (AMs), Thai with high-English exposure (THHs) and Thai with low-English exposure (THLs). The data of these three groups were collected from 60 essays; 20 essays were from the corpus of…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Form Classes (Languages), Statistical Analysis, Essays
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Chen, Jingwen – English Language Teaching, 2017
"Although" is a frequently used subordinating conjunction in English. However, non-nativeness is often observed in Chinese EFL learners' "although" output during pedagogical practice. This paper aims at exploring the characteristics of Chinese EFL learners' "although" employment in Chinese EFL learners' writing. The…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Asencion-Delaney, Yuly; Collentine, Joseph – Applied Linguistics, 2011
The present study adds to our understanding of how learners employ lexical and grammatical phenomena to communicate in writing in different types of interlanguage discourse. A multidimensional (factor) analysis of a corpus of L2 Spanish writing (202,241 words) generated by second- and third-year, university-level learners was performed. The…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Morphemes, Spanish, Computational Linguistics