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Bier, Ada – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
This contribution reports on the findings of a project whose aim was to explore the construct of the language-teaching methodology interface (LTMI) in lecturing through English. Evidence of its existence will be provided and implications for teacher training will be considered. On the assumption that the LTMI can be characterised by the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Schemata (Cognition)
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Zorluel Özer, Havva – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2022
As we move forward in the era of globalization where linguistic diversity is greater than ever, the standard language cultures we live in continue to shape our thoughts about language. One common space dominated by the standard language mindset is the higher education where linguistically diverse faculty are stigmatized by their language,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Language Attitudes, Social Media, Discourse Analysis
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Nguyen, Thi Chau Ngan; Kettle, Margaret; Doherty, Catherine – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
This paper investigated the language resources needed for communication in Vietnam's import/export services and the level of alignment with the associated English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. To examine the communicative practices used in this workplace, the study employed methods of semi-structured interviews and a collection of 48 emails…
Descriptors: Higher Education, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Valeeva, Roza A.; Martynova, Irina N. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The importance of the problem under discussion is preconditioned by the scientific inquiry of the best variants of foreign language inclusions translation which would suite original narration in the source text stylistically, emotionally and conceptually and also fully projects the author's communicative intention in every particular case. The…
Descriptors: Russian, Translation, English, Novels
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Munalim, Leonardo O. – Journal of English as an International Language, 2019
Hardly any work has been done on the features of Philippine English in the clausal level from spoken discourses from a professional group. This paper compares the cases of inverted subject-auxiliary in embedded questions of the same group of professionals between 1999 and the years of 2016-2019, thus spanning almost 20 years. A total of 167 hits…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure
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Staples, Shelley; Laflair, Geoffrey T.; Egbert, Jesse – Modern Language Journal, 2017
Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) are widely used to measure speaking ability in a second or foreign language. The Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) Speaking Test is an OPI used for academic and professional purposes around the world. However, little research on this or other OPIs has quantitatively compared test takers' speech…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Nurses
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Mika, Carl Te Hira; Tiakiwai, Sarah-Jane – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
In the face of land confiscations and other forms of imperialism characteristic of the 19th century in Aotearoa/New Zealand, the second Maori King Tawhiao devised a number of sayings that seem at first glance to be entirely mythical. Highly metaphorical and poetic, they appear to refer, as Bakhtin would have it in his discussion of the epic, to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders, Figurative Language
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Csomay, Eniko – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2004
The primary goal of this study is to identify intra-textual linguistic variation in university classroom talk, applying corpus-based techniques to the analysis. First, based on the automatically identified vocabulary patterns in classroom talk a large number of class sessions are segmented into smaller units of analysis. Second, the co-occurring…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Classroom Communication, Language Variation, Higher Education
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Pickering, Lucy; Wiltshire, Caroline – World Englishes, 2000
Examines the realization of accent in Indian English (IE) compared to American English produced by teaching assistants in similar contexts. In teaching discourse, a lexically accented syllable is often realized in IE with a relative drop in frequency and without a reliable increase in amplitude. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English, Higher Education
Wong, Jean – 1997
A study examined repair in native-nonnative (Mandarin) speaker English conversation, focusing primarily on the previously unobserved lexical element "yeah" which occurs in a speaker's ongoing or same turn at talk. Conversational analysis was used to examine the data collected and transcribed. The data was composed of roughly 120 pages of…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, English, Higher Education
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Bradac, James J.; And Others – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1995
Examines the lexical and syntactic choices made by men and women in 29 separate hour-long interactions within 29 groups, each consisting of 2 men and 2 women. Data analysis reveals that, although women use intensifiers more than men and men use more hedges, their overall language use does not reflect any difference in social power. (42 references)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis
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Hyrkstedt, Irene; Kalaja, Paula – World Englishes, 1998
Argues for a redefinition of terms and reconsideration of methodology in research on language attitudes, suggesting that mentalistic definitions of attitudes be replaced with social ones and experimentation using the matched-guise technique be replaced by discourse-analytic research. A qualitative study on Finnish college student attitudes toward…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Lynch, Tony, Ed. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
A yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh University's Department of Applied Linguistics is offered with the aim of eliciting reactions and criticism. Papers in this compilation are: "Discursive Aspects of Metafiction: A Neo-Oral Aura?"; "The Reaction of Learners to Tape-Based Listening Comprehension Materials in French,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Hairston, Maxine C., Ed.; Selfe, Cynthia L., Ed. – 1981
Nine selected papers presented at the Texas Writing Research Group's 1981 conference are offered in this collection. The papers discuss (1) sources of linguistic interference among American minorities; (2) contributions of discourse analysis to composition; (3) emerging notions of heuristic (investigative), eristic (controversial), and protreptic…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, History, Language Variation
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Kinginger, Celeste – Modern Language Journal, 1998
Analysis of French used in teleconferences between American and French university students, relative to technical and discursive dimensions and learners' Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), found much of the language used was beyond these learners' capability, due to heightened classroom anxiety and differences in language varieties used by…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
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