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Senaratne, Chamindi Dilkushi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Pronunciation plays a vital role in creating a language acceptable to all. This is also true in the case of Sri Lankan English (hereafter SLE). This study concentrates mainly on the phonological features of non-standard SLE, identified mainly by deviations in pronunciation of a few vowels and consonants. The objective of this paper is to analyze…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Pronunciation, Multilingual Materials
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Worawong, Kanoknate; Charttrakul, Kanjana; Damnet, Anamai – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The current situation of international communication in globalization context requires intercultural competence (IC) to achieve successful communication (Crystal, 2003). Concerning this intercultural competence, non-verbal communication (NVC) plays a key role to indicate the success of having intercultural competence. On the other hand, Thai…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Intercultural Communication, Nonverbal Communication
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Farnia, Maryam; Sattar, Hiba Qusay Abdul; Mei, Hooi Chee – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Politeness conventions vary across cultures and so is impoliteness and rudeness. In some cases, what is considered rude in one culture or a society is not necessarily rude or impolite in another. This cannot be explained unless more studies on the use of language functions in a specific culture are conducted. The aim of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship