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Al-Khaza'leh, Bilal Ayed; ZainalAriff, Tun Nur Afizah – Dinamika Ilmu, 2015
The current study investigated the influence of context-external variables; social power (High, Equal and Low) and social distance (Familiar and Unfamiliar) on the perception of Jordanian and English speech act of apology. Discourse Completion Test (DCT) and Scaled Response Questionnaire (SRQ) were used to elicit data from three groups: 40…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Khorshidi, Hassan Rasouli; Nimchahi, Abdolreza Bagherzadeh – English Language Teaching, 2013
It is generally believed that interlanguage pragmatics and motivation play important roles in learning. Motivation is important because it determines the extent of the learner's active involvement and attitude toward learning. The major purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of integrative and instrumental motivation on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pfannkuche, Anthony; And Others – 1979
The manual designed to accompany an orientation seminar for students concerning language learning processes and strategies and the design of their program includes materials for five sessions, in three sections. The first section covers language learning and acquisition in general and contains a survey of the participants' foreign language…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Interlanguage
Fouser, Robert J. – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1995
A prospective study investigating pragmatic transfer in the learning of Japanese as a third language (L3) is described. The study will test the hypothesis that the learner's perception of linguistic and cultural distance between the first/second languages (L1/L2) and L3 will determine conscious and unconscious decisions about which linguistic and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Dialogs (Language), Foreign Countries
Pfannkuche, Anthony; And Others – 1979
The manual designed as a guide for trainers in a seminar for teachers concerning some of the central issues in contemporary foreign language teaching and learning presents notes on each of the five seminar sessions, including overall goals and goals for the prescribed session activity, time and procedural notes, and reading lists. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization
Pfannkuche, Anthony; And Others – 1979
The manual designed to accompany a seminar for teachers concerning some of the central issues in contemporary foreign language teaching and focusing on how adults go about acquiring language includes materials for five sessions, in three sections. The first section covers language learning and acquisition in general, and contains a survey of the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization