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Yakushkina, Maria – Language Learning Journal, 2021
According to research in pragmatics, gender represents an important factor in individuals' turn-taking behaviour, with results indicating overall male-dominated conversational patterns. Despite the significance of gender in the students' conversational styles in an academic setting, gender and turn-taking has yet to be investigated in the foreign…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication
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Stroud, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This article expands upon research into task planning effects by looking at how the addition of planning prior to group discussions may positively and negatively influence performance. 24 Japanese university students performed three weekly discussions in groups of four. Prior to each discussion, they undertook either no planning, strategic…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Group Discussion, Undergraduate Students, Accuracy
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Nguyen, Minh Thi Thuy – Language Learning Journal, 2017
Data collection methods constitute a major area of concern in interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) research, since there is no easy way to collect the type of data that is relatively 'naturalistic' while at the same time allowing for researcher control. Further, current ILP research also suffers from the shortage of studies making use of self-report…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
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Chambers, Angela; Farr, Fiona; O'Riordan, Stephanie – Language Learning Journal, 2011
Although the use of corpus data in language learning is a steadily growing research area, direct access to corpora by teachers and learners and the use of the data in the classroom are developing slowly. This paper explores how teachers can integrate corpus approaches in their practice. After situating the topic in relation to current research and…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning