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Kim, Hye Yeong – English Language Teaching, 2014
Effectively exploring the efficacy of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) for pedagogical purposes can be achieved through the careful investigation of potentially beneficial, inherent attributes of SCMC. This study provides empirical evidence for the capacity of task-based SCMC to draw learner attention to linguistic forms by…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response)
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Bu, Jiemin – English Language Teaching, 2012
Studies in interlanguage pragmatics have shown that L2 learners' proficiency has an influence on the occurrences of L1 pragmatic transfer. However, questions remain whether the relationship between L1 pragmatic transfer and L2 proficiency is positive or negative. This paper is designed to study L1 pragmatic transfer in requests made by Chinese…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Pragmatics
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Kasaian, Seyed Ahmad; Subbakrishna, Rangaswamy – English Language Teaching, 2011
The British and US varieties of English have now come under suspicion of promoting American and British ways of life and marginalizing the local identities of their learners. Prompted by these suspicions, many scholars and policy makers have voiced doubts about the cultural adequacy of the native speaker-controlled ELT programs. In a recent survey…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials, Parent Attitudes