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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
A number of variables have an influence on language learners' success in the learning of a foreign/second language. Some variables, such as motivation, language anxiety or willingness to communicate (WTC), have been researched extensively in the field of second language acquisition, while others, such as boredom, still remain among "the most…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Learner Engagement
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Tantucci, Vittorio – Applied Linguistics, 2020
This article combines research results centred on theory of mind (ToM) from cognitive and developmental psychology (Goldman 2006; Apperly 2010; Wilkinson and Ball 2012) with the notion of intersubjectivity in usage-based linguistics (i.a. Verhagen 2005; Nuyts 2012; Traugott 2012). It identifies some of the controversies in the literature from both…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Language Usage
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Farsani, Mohammad Amini; Rahimi, Fatemeh – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
Studies on the salient role of neoliberalism in education have increased rapidly in recent years. These studies highlighted the presence of neoliberalism in language teaching materials in different contexts. However, research exploring the reality of neoliberal mentality in young learners' (YL) English language teaching (ELT) materials are sparse.…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Marzieh Souzandehfar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
This study represents the inaugural attempt at assessing the authenticity of the tasks encompassed in the IELTS Speaking Module. The evaluation is conducted from the vantage points of applied linguistics and general education, and serves to enhance comprehension of authenticity and authentic assessment. In order to achieve this objective, an…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Applied Linguistics
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Ali Fuad Selvi – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
Despite the recent proliferation of Global Englishes courses both quantitatively (in terms of the number of programs offered worldwide) and qualitatively (in various sizes, forms, modes, and modalities), large-scale systematic investigations across various contexts are conspicuously underrepresented within the existing body of literature.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Salih, Abdelrahman Abdalla – English Language Teaching, 2021
In recent years, the rapid growth and unprecedented dominance of the English language has transformed the world's linguistic ecology and promoted anxiety and debates about its future. The language has developed into a leading international lingua franca used by millions of speakers in different linguistic and cultural contexts worldwide. This…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Siffrinn, Nicole E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2021
In applied linguistics, creativity has traditionally been conceptualized as an anthropocentric activity where semiotic resources are used as mediating tools to generate new meaning. This article challenges that view by exploring the non-representational forces that vitalize creativity to keep language moving in a theatre game played with…
Descriptors: Creativity, Applied Linguistics, Semiotics, Theater Arts
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Williams, Quentin – Applied Linguistics, 2021
In this article, I propose the idea of public applied linguistics: that is, a type of applied linguistics that sees applied linguists doing the work of activism, with language activists, in the public, are (i) invested in the artistic representation of linkages between language reinvention and new relationalities, and (ii) highlighting,…
Descriptors: Music, Applied Linguistics, Multilingualism, Racial Segregation
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Siddiqui, Ali – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Pragmatics is a major study of linguistics that defines the hidden meanings of a writer and speaker towards the conjoining effort of linguistic form. It is stated along with its user. Within pragmatics the importance is usually given to a contextual meaning, where every other meaning of given context is referred to speaker as well as writer that…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Applied Linguistics, Speech Acts, Language Usage
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Jalilifar, Alireza; Ghoreishi, Seyed Mohammad – International Journal of English Studies, 2018
The current study explored two levels of formulaic sequences, general and discipline specific, in a corpus of 200 applied linguistics research articles and examined the functions they serve. Using Antconc software, in total, 2563 sequences were identified including 593 general and 1370 discipline-specific sequences. These numbers account for 30%…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Phrase Structure, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software
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Gabber, Shirley; Vondiziano, Gregory – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not only how linguistic fieldwork is conducted but also how university-level field methods courses are taught. In this paper, we detail the methodology utilized during the 2020-21 academic year by the University of Hawai?i at Manoa Department of Linguistics for the entirely remote Field Methods sequence…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Research, Documentation, Applied Linguistics
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Cho, Seonhee; Yi, Youngjoo – Applied Linguistics, 2020
In this Forum article, we discuss issues emerging from utilizing two significant theoretical constructs, Funds of Knowledge and Cultural Capital, in the field of second/multilingual language studies. Some similar underlying characteristics yet opposite perspectives surrounding the concepts and theoretical applications have confused researchers and…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Capital, Multilingualism, Language Research
Hubbard, Philip; Colpaert, Josef – CALICO Journal, 2019
From its beginnings, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has been widely seen as an enterprise that draws on inputs from multiple disciplines. Scholars tracking the development of such enterprises in other domains have developed generally accepted terminology distinguishing concepts of multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Anderson, Tim – Applied Linguistics, 2019
Intersections between transnationalism, the internationalization of higher education, and applied linguistics continue to draw attention, as the proliferation of academic mobility is increasingly influencing students, instructors, and universities globally. As one of the world's major receiving countries of international postsecondary students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Study Abroad
Atar, Cihat; Erdem, Cahit – Online Submission, 2019
In this study, Corpus Linguistics (CL) and Conversation Analysis (CA) is discussed as methods of data analysis. Both CL as a quantitative tool and CA as a qualitative tool have their own strengths and weaknesses for applied linguistics studies. So, the tenets of each view are evaluated and the similarities and differences between them are…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language Research
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