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Yang, Hui-Chi; Sun, Yu-Chih – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
OpenCourseWare (OCW) has received increasing attention over the past few years in higher education. These courses provide appealing opportunities to view classes taught in well-established universities worldwide. The current study aims to examine how OCW lectures can serve as authentic learning materials to facilitate vocabulary acquisition for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Verbal Stimuli, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
Lin, Grace Hui Chin; Chien, Paul Shih Chieh – Online Submission, 2009
Researches have showed that joke telling is a type of verbal behavior associated with the field of sociolinguistics (e.g., Al-Khatib, 1999). This study aims to report Taiwanese jokes and their sociological functions that people in Taiwan attempt to communicate in jokes. Besides, this study will report what the typical topics and characteristics…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)