Reverse Back the Car: Reduplication as Language Variation in Nigerian English Usage

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

the most important demotivating factors among efl teachers in private english language institutes in mashhad

just as motivation is important in sla research, demotivation constitutes an important factor, too. there are many studies done on demotivation and burnout of teachers. many of these studies have been conducted on one or two aspects of english instruction. consequently, there are few studies which have been done on more than two aspects of english teaching. the aim of this study is to find out ...

Perceptual Salience in English Reduplication

Reduplication in Persian Language and Literature

The Reduplications are made by repeating part of the base. The repeated part does not make sense and will never be used alone and is just popular in spoken language. In recent times, they have been used in some texts of poetry and prose, in particular, in stories written in vernacular. This research, with a historical approach, and with an analytical-explanatory method, examines the information...

شناخت معلمان انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان از آموزش زبان در محیط انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین المللی native and nonnative english-speaking teachers’ cognition of language education in the context of english as an international language (eil)

هدف از انجام این پژوهش این بود که شناخت معلمان انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان را از مفاهیم و اصول آموزش زبان در محیط زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین المللی بسنجد. در این پژوهش 200 معلم انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان از کشورهای ایران، ترکیه، ایالات متحده، و انگلستان شرکت کردند. یافته های پژوهش نشان داد که معلمان انگلیسی زبان شناخت دقیق تری نسبت به مفاهیم و اهداف آموزش زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین الملل...