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Farrag, Nahed Moussa – Arab World English Journal, 2022
The present study investigates the frequently used speech acts related to positive and negative politeness techniques employed in requests and apologies by faculty members at King Abdulaziz University. Social interaction on University Campus reflects Hejazi culture located in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. The significance of the study arises…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Speech Acts, College Faculty, Correlation
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Abdullah, Abdullah; Noni, Nurdin; Basri, Muhammad; Djirong, Agussalim – International Journal of Language Education, 2023
This research employed an auto ethnographic study. It is a method used to describe the journey of the researcher in teaching English Syntax for two years in academic years 2016 to 2017. The problem in this research is how the lecturer implemented the communicative approach in teaching English Syntax in a Higher Education Context. The Method used…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Lee, Hyunjung – ProQuest LLC, 2022
English Medium Instruction (EMI) in university courses is expected to have positive effects on university students' English language learning in non-English-speaking countries since they can learn English on campus (Macaro, 2018). For successful second language learning, efficient use of second language (L2) learning strategies is essential (Cohen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Sawyer, R. Keith – Cognition and Instruction, 2022
Material artifacts play an important role in many learning environments. Such artifacts can include sketches, manipulatives, 3D models, toys and games, or the scrap materials found in makerspaces. Some theorists have argued that material artifacts, even though they do not move or talk, should be considered to have autonomous agency and to interact…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Activities, Design, Studio Art
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Winans, Michael D. – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
This study investigates syntactic modifiers as part of the request speech act within email messages and builds on studies of L2 pragmatics within computer-mediated communication to identify how modifications affect perceived politeness. Enrolled in first-year composition courses, the participants formed two groups: English L1 (EL1) students (n=32)…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Prosocial Behavior, Writing Evaluation, College Faculty
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Shijiao Jia; Zhaoxia Lu – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2025
Aim/Purpose: This study examines the effects of the mobile-assisted task-based language teaching (M-TBLT) approach on EFL learners' oral production. It evaluates three key second language acquisition measures: complexity (syntactic and lexical), accuracy (error-free clauses and correct verb forms), and fluency (unpruned and pruned speech rates).…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cheng, Shuk Ling – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
This paper examines the English grammatical errors and their patterns in the written assignments of a General Education course at City University of Hong Kong. Subjects are 60 local and non-local (exchange) undergraduate students who are all L2 learners with diversified education and disciplinary background (i. e. their major of study) which are…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grammar
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Pietras, Karolina; Ganczarek, Joanna – Creativity Research Journal, 2022
This study investigated the role of expertise and personality in reactions to challenges in contemporary paintings, here operationalized as violations in syntax and semantics. Thirty-eight expert and 56 naïve art viewers appraised 20 paintings (divided into four groups, i.e. no violation, only syntactic or semantic violation, and both…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Art, Individual Differences, Expertise
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Saleh, Noer Jihad; Weda, Sukardi – Journal of English as an International Language, 2018
Literature occupies unique position in the society and it has high status in the civilized community. Each ethnic group has unique culture and the culture presents a variety of literary works. Literary works deliver social messages to build harmony in the society. One of the genres of literary works that has vital role in our society is poetry.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poetry, Translation, College Students
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Naimah – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This research shows the power of powerful metaphors in a language or linguistic perspective. It aimed at examining the important factors like reproduction of metaphors according to the theme of contestation, its duration, use of electronic media and problems associated with their forms, class and syntactic structures in a linguistic perspective.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Video Technology, Political Attitudes
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Winiharti, Menik; Syihabuddin; Sudana, Dadang – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The work of translation seems to be much easier with the assistance of web-based Machine Translation such as Google Translate. Does it work well? This study aims at finding how Google translates academic texts from Indonesian into English. It is also to find the extent to which Google Translate accurately and naturally transfers such texts. The…
Descriptors: Translation, Computer Software, Computational Linguistics, Majors (Students)
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Evans, D. Reid – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Fundamental to complex dynamic systems theory is the assumption that the recursive behavior of complex systems results in the generation of physical forms and dynamic processes that are self-similar and scale-invariant. Such fractal-like structures and the organismic benefit that they engender has been widely noted in physiology, biology, and…
Descriptors: Syntax, Systems Approach, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yiran Xu – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In the past three decades, the construct of second language (L2) writing complexity has been theorized and refined in both second language acquisition (SLA) (Crossley, 2020; Housen, De Clercq, Kuiken, & Vedder, 2019; Lu, 2011; Norris & Ortega, 2009) and Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) research (Byrnes, 2009; Ryshina-Pankova, 2015;…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Difficulty Level, Academic Language, Language Usage
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Didirková, Ivana; Crible, Ludivine; Simon, Anne Catherine – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
We report on three experiments that aim at measuring the role of prosody in the acceptability and interpretation of discourse relations between utterances connected by two French discourse markers, viz. "et" "and" and "alors" "then/well." These two discourse markers are highly polyfunctional: "et"…
Descriptors: French, Oral Language, Discourse Analysis, Intonation
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Wahyuni, Tutik; Suwandi, Sarwiji; Slamet, St. Y.; Andayani – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The objective of this present research is to develop an Indonesian Syntax textbook. At the exploratory stage, a descriptive-qualitative approach was adopted. The data were collected using a documentary study, observations, and questionnaires and analyzed through a contextual model. The model was experimentally tested. At this stage, some main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syntax, Pretests Posttests, Textbooks
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