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Zhanna Zalledinova; Kunipa Ashinova; Almash Seidikenova; Gulnar Alipbayevna Karibayeva – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
The article presents the results of a comprehensive study of the complex cognitive-linguistic mechanisms underlying the formation and representation of spiritual-philosophical concepts in J. O'Donohue's "Anam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World" (1997). Drawing on cognitive linguistics, philosophy, and cultural studies, the…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Spiritual Development, Figurative Language, Imagery
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Eom, Mijin; Papi, Mostafa – English Teaching, 2022
Many empirical findings of previous studies have suggested a connection between motivational factors and L2 writing. Nonetheless, the impact of motivational factors on the genre-based L2 writing has not gained much attention. The present study explored the extent to which the characteristics of two writing tasks involving different genres interact…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Correlation
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Hu, Zhenming; Zheng, Binghan; Wang, Xiangling – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2021
The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of repeated use of a metacognitive self-regulation inventory (MSRI) in translator self-training. Designed by the researchers, the MSRI includes the cognitive management strategies of planning, monitoring and evaluation. A pre-post comparison study was conducted with two groups of students. The…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Nippold, Marilyn A.; LaFavre, Scott; Shinham, Kristin – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Critical thinking pervades formal educational benchmarks in the United States, including the Common Core State Standards. However, little information is available on how it develops. Hence, the primary purpose of this study was to examine the development of critical thinking in adolescents using a written language-sampling task. We also…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Folk Culture, Task Analysis, Middle School Students
Wilkinson, Louise Cherry; And Others – 1982
The specific aim of the present study is to examine children's metalinguistic awareness of one aspect of pragmatics: the request function. This function was selected for study because it is one of the earliest language functions to appear and because it has been the object of both theoretical and empirical research. Fourteen normal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Audiotape Recordings, Communication Research, Communication Skills
Kang, Hee-Won; Pham, Kien T. – 1995
Techniques for integrating English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and mathematics instruction, particularly the language of mathematics, are discussed. Focus here is on mathematics instruction for limited-English-speaking students in the mainstream classroom. First, examples of the academic language of mathematics that students must…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation