NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mo Chen; Shuai Li; Naoko Taguchi; Yunhuai Zhang; Hengchen Guo; Chunyin Li – Language Learning, 2025
This cross-sectional study examines the sociopragmatic use of pitch and fluency features in requests among second language (L2) Chinese learners at two proficiency levels alongside native Chinese speakers. Twenty-eight L2 learners completed a 40-item oral discourse task with two types of request-making situations: (a) a high-imposition request to…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Pragmatics, Competence, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Flores, Nelson; Rosa, Jonathan – Language Learning, 2023
Conceptualizations of competence that permeate applied linguistics systematically fail to account for the role of racialization in language learning and assessments thereof. To interrogate the racialization of linguistic competence, we first examine its discursive emergence in conjunction with the ideological construction of linguistic homogeneity…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Whites, Racial Factors, Disproportionate Representation