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31	Variables of communicative incompetence in the performance of Iranian learners of English and English learners of Persian Rafiee, Abdorreza January 1991 (has links) No description available. 410 Second language learning
32	Interlanguage conformity in strategic competence : ability to use compensatory strategies by second language learners in referential communication Ahmadian, Moussa January 1996 (has links) This study investigates the use of strategic competence (SC) by L2 learners in referential communication within the framework of "IL-conformity", a process which is believed to be partly responsible for SLA. It explores the extent to which IL SC conforms to the similarities of this competence in the performance of speakers of different native languages (Lls). It also examines whether the IL-conformity, if any, is task-in/dependent and relates to L2 proficiency levels. Strategic competence refers here to the knowledge/ability to use compensatory (problem-solving) strategies to solve communication problems and to achieve the intended goals. Although studies on SLA have shown that IL conforms to the general (universal) properties of human language, they have focused on the grammatical aspects of language. The communicative aspects of language, particularly SC, have not been touched upon within this framework to date. In this study, as a point of departure, two hypotheses are tested: (1) IL SC will conform more or less to the general properties (or similarities) of SC observed in the performance of speakers of different Lls across various tasks. That is, if particular strategies are used similarly by the speakers of different Lis in performing a given task, such strategies will be used by IL speakers for the same task to a certain extent, and if task variability causes various performance of SC, IL-conformity will occur across various tasks. (2) Degree of IL-conformity corresponds to the degree of L2 proficiency level. The performance of SC of 30 English and 30 Persian adult L1 speakers, and two groups of 30 Farsi-speaking ESL university students of different L2 levels was studied. The subjects communicated three different tasks to their interlocutors. The results appeared to be in support of the hypotheses. The possible reasons for the speakers' strategic language behaviour are discussed along with the theoretical and pedagogical implications for instructed SLA. 370 Second language learning
33	Developing concepts of person and the acquisition of person deixis Johnston, Margaret A. January 1988 (has links) No description available. 150 Language learning in children
34	Language attitudes towards English and language proficiency in English among Malaysian students : a sociolinguistic study of Penang Island Che Lah, Salasiah January 1996 (has links) No description available. 370 Second language learning
35	A study of dictionary use by Chinese university learners of English for specific purposes Li, Lan January 1998 (has links) No description available. 410 Second language learning
36	Teacher cognition in second language grammar teaching Borg, Simon January 1998 (has links) No description available. 370 Second language learning
37	Conceptual relations of English verbs in an electronic dictionary for the productive use of EFL learners Jeong, Young-Kuk January 1996 (has links) No description available. 410 Language learning tools
38	Culture, discourse and foreign language teaching : A sociosemiotic perspective Meinhof, U. H. January 1987 (has links) No description available. 370 Culture and language learning
39	Evaluation of the English for specific purposes (ESP) programme in Iran Langroudi, Jahanbakhsh January 1999 (has links) No description available. 370 Second language learning
40	The effect of teaching English language in the elementary schools on Arabic language in the State of Kuwait Dhafiri, Mohammad A. L. January 1998 (has links) No description available. 370 Second language learning

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