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Fowler, Samantha – NECTFL Review, 2022
Target language speaking competence is a skill both students and world language teachers desire to develop, yet it is often one of the weakest areas observed in secondary classrooms (Thompson & Mutton, 2022). To help improve student willingness to speak, educators should understand what intrinsically and extrinsically motivates learners. The…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency
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Pérez-Sabater, Carmen; Montero-Fleta, Begoña – International Journal of English Studies, 2014
Following one of the new challenges suggested by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, a treatment was developed to enhance pragmatic competence, since this competence is not easy to acquire by non-native speakers. Within this context, we focused on pragmatic awareness in the workplace, an area of expertise in growing demand…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Interpersonal Competence, Written Language, Discourse Analysis