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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Linguistic competence"”.
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Errors in inflectional morphemes as an index of linguistic competence of Korean Heritage language learners and American learners of Korean
This study examined the linguistic competence in Korean of Korean heritage language learners (HLLs), compared to English-speaking non-heritage language learners (NHLLs) of Korean. It is unclear and controversial as to whether heritage languages learners are exposed to early but are interrupted …
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A parameters approach to second language research: Testing a directionality prediction of the null subject parameter
This study applies insights from present linguistic theory (Chomsky 1981, 1986) to predict what the influence of the first language (L1) is on the acquisition of linguistic competence in a second language (L2). Present linguistic theory claims that differences in languages can be captured by a …
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Deviance of syntax in oral languages and oral reading behavior
… and Burke's Reading Miscue Inventory (1972) linguistic competence was established in t hree male children. ages 10 to 11. patterns of strengths and weaknesses in reading were determined. and the relationships t hat were established, were examined. Results of the study i ndicate that oral …
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"Do you talk English?": A collocational analysis of "to speak" and "to talk"
… tendency to co occur. The typical model of linguistic competence has included grammar and vocabulary but has not particularly emphasized collocational usage. It is proposed that grammar and lexis alone are insufficient in developing linguistic and, subsequently, communicative competence in …
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Truth in sentential structure: a critical analysis of standard semantic accounts of context sensitivity
… sensitivity can be explained on the basis of our linguistic competence alone, and shall then explore some of the consequences of this.
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A critical analysis of the strategies of terminology creation in the context of a multilingual Namibia: the case of ruManyo
… specific domains. Furthermore, it appears that linguistic competence is not guiding word-generation efforts in certain disciplines. The study re-evaluated the evolution of multilingual word-generation techniques, and discovered that specific domains necessitate specific tactics, based on the …
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Self-Efficacy Among Students in Professional Development
… with limited bilingual proficiency, cultural and linguistic competence, experience, network or community connections, or interpreting skills. Yet, most interpreting jobs require extensive bilingualism, decision-making abilities, high-demand cognitive processes, and interpreting skills. Moreover, …
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An applied linguistic analysis of the simplification of narrative texts
… within the scope of the learner's transitional linguistic competence. This kind of simplification focuses mainly on the formal features of language. The simplifier can, on the other hand, concentrate on making explicit the propositional content and its presentation in the original in order to …
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Lexical, cultural and grammatical translation problems encountered by senior Palestinian EFL learners at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine
… of students’ translations was based on the linguistic judgments of a group of Arabic specialists including the researcher’s assessment, a rater’s assessment, the target readership assessment and the work of a professional translator. The results showed that Palestinian EFL student …
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Exploring the Integration Experiences of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) within the Canadian Health Care System
… and work environment; Cross-cultural and linguistic competence; and IENs as an asset to nursing and patient care. These findings were nested within an overarching theme of resilience and an intrinsic motivation to establish their credibility as competent nurses. These findings highlight …
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Impediments to English literary competence: a case for English literature paper 2 in selected rural high schools in uMlalazi Circuit
… to identify the impediments towards literary competence, looking at Grade 12 learners from rural schools under the Umlalazi Circuit in the vicinity of Nzuza tribal authority. The study was conducted in five rural schools which use English as an additional language and whose home language is …
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Teaching strategy use for oral communication tasks to ESL learners
… low-proficiency students to develop strategic competence to compensate for their lack of linguistic competence. Last but not least, it may be desirable to adopt a systematic, eclectic approach to assessing the impact of strategy training and to incorporate the stimulated recall methodology to …
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Building Communicative Competence: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Intensive Japanese-Language Program
… evaluation and developing communicative competence at postsecondary schools.</p> <p>Data comprised two sets of surveys, six individual interviews, and one group interview. Survey respondents were 35 former students of the institute and 12 Japanese instructors who are currently teaching …
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The Role of Literary Texts in Pakistani EFL Classrooms: Issues and Challenges
… study revealed that participants’ lack of prior linguistic competence and intercultural awareness may challenge their ability to understand and comprehend some references of foreign cultures and vocabulary items used in the classical literary texts taught in the context of this study. The study …
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Factors affecting the learning of English as a second language macroskills among Tongan secondary students
… perspective taking into consideration linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic factors and classroom and bilingual education perspectives. The framework for language use required the learner to know the grammar (linguistic competence) of English and also to have the knowledge of …
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A - Y: Of ‘British Chinese’ Art
… of speaking and translating, the conflation of linguistic competence with cultural and ethnic ‘authenticity,’ notions of diaspora and ‘home,’ and the inevitability of ‘pidgin’ languages and cultures. These essays seek to identify various historical and cultural contexts to inform the coincident …
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The Efficacy Of Corrective Feedback And Target Form Enhancement In Promoting Acquisition Of The À/Au/En/Aux Distinction In L2 French
… of explicit knowledge in the development of linguistic competence (cf. Krashen, 1982; Schwartz, 1993), empirical studies have suggested that comprehensible input alone may be insufficient in fostering target-like L2 production skills (Swain, 1985; Hammerly, 1987; Klein & Perdue, 1997). As …
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Language Endangerment and Maintenance in the Arbresh of Piana Degli Albanesi
This dissertation analyzes processes of linguistic obsolescence and efforts for maintenance of the Arbresh language, an Albanian dialect spoken as a native language in Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, since the 1480's, when Piana was founded by a group of Albanians who migrated to Italy in order to …
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Language Competence and Information Processing Strategy: A Comparison of First and Second Language Word Recognition in Connected Speech
… higher-level information is not hindered by the competence-ceiling effect. The subjects consisted of two groups of non-native speakers of English with different proficiency and one group of native speakers of English. Experiment 1, which was designed after Miller and Isard's (1963) study, …
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A cross-cultural study on complaint letters : Australian and Korean
… intercultural communication in addition to linguistic barriers. Although the concept of complaint letters is the same in the two countries, there are difficulties when Australians and Koreans attempt to communicate with the other culture. Firstly the study will explore the validating of the …
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