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Download full textIsyaku, Hassan; Yuepeng, Ma; Mahdi, Qusay; Sarhan, Gassan; Salih, Nahid; Paramasivan, Shamala – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The research investigated the thanking/gratitude strategies of three distinct cultures; Hausa, Chinese and Arabic languages with the aim of finding out the different strategies used by them and how different they are in their use of such strategies. The study employs Cheng (2005) Taxonomy of gratitude strategies in analyzing the data which was…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Pragmatics, African Culture, African Languages
Al-Shujairi, Yasir Bdaiwi Jasim; Buba, Jamila AbdulAzeez; Ya'u, Mohammed Sani – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
An increasing body of studies suggests that bilingual persons are better than monolinguals on a variety of cognitive measures. Thus, the present study investigates the relationship between the onset age of bilingual and the development of cognitive control among Nigerians. 10 bilingual students studying at University Putra Malaysia have been…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Direct linkJohari, Johanim; Yahya, Khulida Kirana – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study is to assess the predicting role of job characteristics on job performance. Dimensions in the job characteristics construct are skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and feedback. Further, work involvement is tested as a mediator in the hypothesized link. Design/methodology/approach: A…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Occupational Information, Public Service Occupations, Job Skills
Mohammadipour, Mohammad; Rashid, Sabariah Md. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Adopting a direct approach to contrive sufficient focus on form (accuracy) would facilitate interlanguage development without decreasing the naturalness of communication that communicative tasks can generate. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a proposed task-based instruction programme within a cognitive approach in fostering…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis
Singh, Dulip Singh a/l Ranjet – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2013
It is a fact that each individual is unique. This uniqueness can be physical, emotional, intellectual and/or spiritual. It follows then that in any given learning environment each learner has unique abilities and needs. Consequently, classrooms everywhere, even if they are streamed, are of a mixed-ability nature. Having recognised this factor in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Idek, Sirhajwan; Fong, Lee Lai; Sidhu, Gurnam Kaur – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study investigates the use of two types of Consciousness-Raising (CR) tasks in learning Subject-Verb Agreement (SVA). The sample consisted of 28 Form 2 students who were divided into two groups. Group 1 was assigned with Grammaticality Judgment (GJ) tasks and Group 2 received Sentence Production (SP) tasks for eight weeks. Learners were given…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Consciousness Raising, Scores, Task Analysis
