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Toomaneejinda, Anuchit; Saengboon, Saksit – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
The prevalent use of ELF in global communication necessitates a rethinking of what theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches are appropriate to explain the changing and complex nature of intercultural interactions, particularly, those whereby English is recognised as a passport. This review accounts for ELF interactions in terms of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Takeuchi, Jae DiBello – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2023
At a press conference in Japan, an L2-Japanese reporter questioned an L1-Japanese politician. Although the press conference was conducted in Japanese, the politician code-switched to English during their exchange. The reporter challenged the politician's code-switching; a confrontational exchange ensued. The reporter's reaction depicts the…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Japanese, Aggression
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Davie, Jim – Applied Language Learning, 2023
Graduates who typically have L1 English, have majored in one foreign language (FL, L2) or more at university and have gone on to occupy FL posts in the UK civil service have reported mismatches between their pre-employment L2 learning and the tasks they face in the workplace. Such reported divergences in UK civil service capability have not,…
Descriptors: English, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Majors (Students)
Savski, Kristof – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
One of the products of globalization in sociolinguistics is the emergence of transnational regimes in language policy, in which power is exercised across boundaries of traditional nation states. This paper engages with audit culture, a transnational policy mechanism which involves the continuous evaluation of nation states' performance through the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
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Norlund Shaswar, Annika – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2022
International mobility has caused a need for language education where adults can learn the language(s) used in their new country. In Sweden, the language programme SFI (Swedish for immigrants) provides basic second language education for adult immigrants. For those learners who are not yet functionally literate, basic literacy education is…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis
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Çiftçi, Hatime; Akbas, Erdem – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021
Our study examines interpersonal functions enacted through a stance marker in spoken ELF academic discourse. We specifically focus on investigating the functions of "I don't know" in an academic speech event by embracing an interpersonal pragmatics and sociolinguistics perspective to figure out how it contributes to the act of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Computational Linguistics
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Byrd Clark, Julie S.; Roy, Sylvie – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2022
This article puts forth new ways of thinking about "becoming multilingual" in transnational and contemporary times by investigating the significance of multilingualism for multilingual student teachers enrolled in French language teacher education programs within the provinces of Alberta and Ontario. As more diversity is present in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, French, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
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De Jong, Nivja H. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
This article considers the construct of fluency in second language assessment and how it might be informed by research in applied linguistics. It briefly describes the way fluency is conceptualized in four language tests, as embodied in their respective assessment criteria, to show where the field is at present. The article then takes into account…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psycholinguistics, Language Tests
Alhourani, Alaa Q. – Online Submission, 2018
Besides to the communicative function of language there is the social function which shows the role that language plays in society. This can be noted in sociolinguistics through code switching. The main purpose of the case study is to investigate and understand the functions of Arabic-English code switching among the bilingual Saudi speakers in…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Case Studies, Semitic Languages, English (Second Language)
Bacang, Bernadita C.; Rillo, Richard M.; Alieto, Ericson O. – Online Submission, 2019
This study investigated and analyzed the use of rhetorical appeals, and the presence of hedges, and boosters in the argumentative essays of ESL learners. It is aimed at exploring the linguistic differences between male and female writers in terms of how they put forward their claims in an argument and how they appeal to their audience. The study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Gender Differences
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Curnow, Timothy Jowan; Kohler, Michelle – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2017
From its inception in 1977 until its last year of publication by an Australian publisher in 2015, the "Australian Review of Applied Linguistics" featured over 700 articles related to applied linguistics. This publication history provides a unique resource for tracing the scope and change of the applied linguistics landscape in Australia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Periodicals
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Ong, Justina – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
This study examined classroom routine and interactional patterns of Grade 5 English Language reading comprehension lessons through delineating the speech act functions of instructional discourse that was based on Malcolm's sociolinguistic model (Malcolm, 1979a; Malcolm, 1979b; Malcolm, 1982; Malcolm, 1986). It also evaluated the classroom…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Speech Acts, Grade 5
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Reddington, Elizabeth – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2015
The past two decades have seen a growing interest in the role of humor and play in second-language (L2) learning and teaching. Drawing on the methods of conversation analysis, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics, researchers have sought to understand how teachers and students "do" humor and play, what functions humor and play serve,…
Descriptors: Humor, Play, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Satar, H. Müge – ReCALL, 2016
Online language learning and teaching in multimodal contexts has been identified as one of the key research areas in computer-aided learning (CALL) (Lamy, 2013; White, 2014). This paper aims to explore meaning-making in online language learner interactions via desktop videoconferencing (DVC) and in doing so illustrate multimodal transcription and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Interviews, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Cui, Wenqi – Journal of English as an International Language, 2019
In the past decades, interests in L2 (English as a second language) students' language socialization in academic communities have increasingly grown since more and more L2 students have enrolled in universities in the Western world. Previous studies centered on L2 students' attempts to obtain academic discourses as well as linguistic and cultural…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Variation, Language Attitudes
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