although studies on pragmatics in general and politeness in particular abound in the literature, impoliteness has been largely ignored. in the present study, participants filled out either the persian or english version of a discourse completion test (dct). the researchers analyzed collected answers to discover the relationship between impoliteness and power. furthermore, the researchers compar...

Most previous studies of difficulties in learning a second/foreign language focused on sources learner errors caused by cross-linguistic differences various levels linguistic structure, but most such remain at rather superficial level description. This study explores an abstract studying the nature and activity bilingual mental lexicon during interlanguage production. The is defined as containi...

The complexity of the writing skill, low literacy skills, interlanguage errors, language proficiency, lack critical thinking, poor information and second (L2) anxiety, which is supported by two-semester course performance analysis, result in skill among one Malaysian universities' undergraduates.