Code-switching (CS), an alternation between two or more languages or language varieties, has long been researched in language education. A great number of studies by applied linguists have explored the reasons for, and the potential usages of code-switching in foreign language education over the past years. This study explores the perceptions of English language learners across various proficie...

although the majority of linguists believing in chomskyan revolution have no doubt about the presence of ug in ll acquisition, its availability in l2 acquisition _in general, and in adult l2 acquisition in particular, is controversial. on the one hand, there are proponents of the access to ug in l2 acquisition, lidia white for example, says: therange of option available to the second language l...

every language involves friendly and polite as well as hostile and impolite situationsin which language users have to use the context-appropriate language. however,unlike politeness which has generated a great number of studies, few studies havebeen conducted on impoliteness especially in efl contexts. the present study aimedto see whether language learners and teachers hold the same idea conce...

Motivated by the idea that differences between adult and child language learners may stem in part from initially minor differences (such as in phonetic perception) that cascade throughout other aspects of language learning, we explored to what extent training adults on a novel phonetic contrast results in improved learning of words that incorporate that contrast. Results indicate that distribut...

the purpose of this study was to see the role of english language proficiency level and sex on iranian students’ beliefs about language learning. this study also investigated the usefulness of the balli questionnaire (horwits, 1988), which checks learners’ beliefs, for the context of iranian english language learners through conducting an interview. a total of 171 iranian learners from safir in...

This study intended to develop a model of identity for the Iranian EFL context with emphasize on their language proficiency. Moreover, the study defined learners' opinions about the language and identity and that method would be the best to be taught. The project had a cross-sectional quantitative research design, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data via interviews, questionn...

It is well established in the relevant literature that the second language (L2) acquisition of articles is difficult, particularly if the L1 lacks articles (Huebner 1985; Robertson, 2000; Thomas, 1989; Ionin, Ko & Wexler, 2004; Trenkic, 2007). Typical errors include omissions in obligatory contexts; inappropriate substitution of one article for the other (typically, definite for indefinite, see...