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Native speaker-non-native speaker interaction: the use of discourse makers
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2001)
Discourse markers have a basic role in oral interactions. Apart from providing coherence and regulating turn-taking, they have important interactive functions that indicate the conversational commitment and the social ...
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Critical perspectives in intercultural language learning
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2019)
Intercultural language teaching and learning is one manifestation of the critical turn in language education. Its critical dimension is characterised by a strong emphasis on self-reflexivity in both teaching and learning, ...
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The treatment of vocabulary in EFL textbooks
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2009)
This empirical study researches the treatment given to vocabulary in current textbooks published for teaching English as a foreign and/or second language (EFL/ESL). The article starts with a description of some of the ...
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Spanish verb support constructions from a learner perspective
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2008)
Few studies exist on verb-support constructions (VSC) from a didactic perspective; however, the scant evidence available suggests that learners tend to employ these structures less frequently than native speakers. Didactic ...
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Comprehending narrative: the cognitive dimension
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2002)
Readers of narratives construct complex mental models or "spaces" within which to locate themselves. During this process, readers construct, activate, and adjust a spatio-temporal focus to integrate interpretation of ...
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English in Finland: Opinions and Attitudes on the Use of Anglicisms
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2014)
As the lingua franca of the moment, English is widely used in Finland. In the first three sections, we offer an overview of the political, linguistic and social situation of English in that country. Despite the widespread ...
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Research Methodologies in Pragmatics: Eliciting Refusals to Requests
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2011)
The speech act of refusing, as a dispreferred response, is complex to perform and it usually involves indirect strategies as well as mitigating devices to avoid risking the initiator’s positive face. The appropriate choice ...
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Metaphoric Competence and the Acquisition of Figurative Vocabulary in Foreign Language Learning
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2013)
Successful vocabulary teaching in the English as a foreign lan¬guage classroom has to surmount many obstacles, such as the decrease in the rate of acquisition of new words by EFL students once a high level of proficiency ...
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El resumen y su evaluación: aspectos teóricos y pedagógicos en el contexto de lenguas extranjeras
(2012)
A partir de investigaciones teóricas previas en el área de la comprensión lectora y el resumen, este trabajo presenta un modelo de baremo de bandas analíticas para evaluar resúmenes de textos expositivos en el aula de ...
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Foreign language instruction in the US: making reading instruction communicative
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2002)
Foreign/L2 reading in the United States has evolved during the 1990s with the widespread acceptance of the interactive theory of reading. Nevertheless, the communicative language teaching approach often translates into a ...