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Hassan, Hassan Badr; Menacere, Karim – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This paper examines phraseology as a lexical feature from a Quranic perspective. It explores the importance of demystifying the phraseological theoretical base in order to facilitate the task of translators and second language learners and deal more efficiently with the challenging language aspects of phraseology. Despite prolific publications and…
Descriptors: Translation, Islam, Semitic Languages, Phrase Structure
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Almuhailib, Badar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This paper presents a critical review of the cross-cultural writing styles in the light of contrastive rhetoric approach established by Kaplan in 1966. Although Kaplan compared different writing styles depending on the culture each language was attached to, his comparison was criticized by some scholars the prominent one of which is Conor 1996.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Skills
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Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to recognize the level of pragma-linguistic difficulties Iraqi EFL university learners face when handling phrasal verbs. Despite the fact that phrasal verbs are easy to understand by native speakers of English, non-native speakers usually encounter some difficulties in understanding the meaning of a phrasal verb…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phrase Structure, Verbs, English (Second Language)
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Miri, Marveh; Soori, Afshin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Learning a second language for Iranian students may not be simple at all parts, and it may be difficult for them, especially in some parts that is different from their first language principles. One of these parts is Metaphor, which is different in most languages according to their culture and history. This article is a kind of comparative study…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Figurative Language, Animals, Indo European Languages
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Rafieyan, Vahid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
National cultural distance is considered to be a strong predictor of language learners' pragmatic competence. To test the actual effect of national cultural distance on pragmatic competence holistically and comprehension and production aspects of pragmatic competence discretely, the current study was conducted on two groups of undergraduate…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Cultural Differences, Multivariate Analysis, Undergraduate Students
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Bahrami, Nazli – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was an attempt to evaluate and specify teachers' perception of the cultural elements of Total English book series. Another objective was to study the techniques and strategies that teachers usually use in teaching these elements. To this end, a total of 50 male and female teachers working at Kish Language Institute in Esfahan…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
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Al-Ghazalli, Mehdi Falih; Al-Shammary, Mohanad A. Amert – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the pragmatic difficulties encountered by Iraqi EFL university students in producing the speech act of apology. Although the act of apology is easy to recognize or use by native speakers of English, non-native speakers generally encounter difficulties in discriminating one speech act from another. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Speech Acts
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Ahmed, Mumtaz; Aftab, Maria; Yaqoob, Humaira – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The main purpose of this descriptive research is to explore the fact that why students are less motivated towards English language learning at undergraduate level. It also throws light upon the very facts of motivation with regard to the factors like student-teacher relationship, class room environment, self esteem or self respect, and willingness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning