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Hussein, Anwar A. – Applied Language Learning, 1995
Presents a descriptive analysis of speech acts in Arabic: forms of address, apologies, requests, expressions of gratitude, disagreement, greetings, refusals, partings, and telephone etiquette. Results reveal that linguistic formulas of each speech act were determined by social distance, formality of the situation, age, level of education, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Cultural Awareness, Discourse Analysis, Individual Characteristics
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Tisdell, Mariel – Babel: Australia, 1996
Presents modules and learning activities taken from other learning areas useful in the Australian second-language classroom. Argues that general and specific subject areas can stimulate dialogue and interest as well as cultural and social awareness, provide new language structures, enrich vocabulary and extend the use of idiomatic expressions, and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education