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Costa Ferreira, Jullyane Glaicy da; Ferrari-Neto, José – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The aim of the present work was to investigate the processing of coreferential relations, focusing on their relationship with the working memory. In a reading process, it is essential that readers continuously perform mental operations that involve the working memory, such as storing, retrieving, and manipulating information. For this reason, it…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Language Processing, Reading Processes, Language Variation
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Bakirci, Derya; Özbay, Ali Sükrü – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Gratitude strategies used by EFL speakers have always been the focus of interest by researchers who observed the presence of pragmatic transfer strategies by which speakers express their gratitude. We have seen that several adapted versions of Discourse Completion Tasks (DCTs) by Eisenstein and Bodman (1986) are constructed based on the original…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Content Analysis
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Kemaloglu-Er, Elif; Özata, Hatice – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Codeswitching is reported to be a common feature of group work in EFL classes, particularly those with learners sharing the same native language. On the other hand, there is little research on codeswitching in group work in EFL contexts. This study aims to investigate the reasons why codeswitching is employed in EFL group work interactions among…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Okyar, Hatice; Çakir, Abdulhamit – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
This study investigated whether encountering the target language words in variety of reading texts would have positive effects on vocabulary development or not. The participants of the study were 55 EFL learners from a state university in Turkey, and two classes were randomly assigned to a control (n=27) or an experimental (n=28) group. 58 English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Ilhan, Berk – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
Text length is considered as one of the factors that cause listening task difficulty along with others such as speech rate, clarity of voice, accents, text genre and topic. Despite all these factors, teachers sometimes consider text length as the single reason for a listening activity's difficulty. Not many studies have focused on the length as a…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis
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Sanal, Merve; Ortaçtepe, Deniz – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
Conceptual socialization refers to the process second/foreign language learners go through to transform their conceptual system so as "to fit the functional needs of the new language and culture" (Kecskes, 2002, p. 157). Therefore, the present study examined Turkish EFL learners' conceptual socialization by analyzing the similarities and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speech Acts
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Asmali, Mehmet; Çelik, Handan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Metaphors reflect the way people think and know the world. When they are considered within teaching profession, they can be strong agents revealing teachers? beliefs about their profession. They may also explore the meaning that teachers attach to themselves. Despite their strength to shed light on how teachers conceptualize themselves, metaphor…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Dolgunsöz, Emrah; Yildirim, Gürkan; Yildirim, Serkan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
Today technological developments emerge in a blink of an eye with an astounding speed and each update or development is investigated by educational researchers to contribute educational research and practice. VR (Virtual Reality), one of these technologies, can be defined as the visual technology in which a person experiences various virtual…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Sener, Sabriye; Korkut, Perihan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study explores the views, perceptions and suggestions of teacher trainees regarding L1 use in foreign language classes and search for their awareness of the issue. A qualitative research design was employed. The data were gathered by means of 5 open-ended questions. The findings revealed that most of the participants preferred mostly target…
Descriptors: Trainees, Preservice Teacher Education, Familiarity, Native Language
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Çelebi, Hatice; Karaaslan, Hatice; Demir-Vegter, Serpil – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
There is an increasing need for quality assurance in higher education, given the changes taking place around the world (Biggs & Tang, 2011). Yet another challenge for educators is to find ways to address this in a systematic way. This study presents a systematic endeavor towards this aim in an English language teaching (ELT) department in a…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grammar
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Gholami, Javad; Gholizadeh, Mitra – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
Language play and its effects on second language learning have been addressed by many scholars in recent years with instances of language play being identified both inside and outside the classroom. However, only a few have integrated language play with classroom tasks, and they just sufficed to the qualitative analyses of the learners'…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction