Cross-Linguistic Influence On The Acquisition Of English Pronunciation By Tunisian EFL Learners

acquisition of english determinative descriptions by persian efl learners

abstract since heubners (1985) pioneering study, there have been many studies on (mis) use/ non-use of articles by l2 learners from article-less and article languages. the present study investigated how persian l2 learners of english produce and interpret english definite descriptions and demonstrative descriptions. it was assumed that definite and demonstrative descriptions share the same cen...

the role of task-based techniques on the acquisition of english language structures by the intermediate efl students

this study examines the effetivenss of task-based activities in helping students learn english language structures for a better communication. initially, a michigan test was administered to the two groups of 52 students majoring in english at the allameh ghotb -e- ravandi university to ensure their homogeneity. the students scores on the grammar part of this test were also regarded as their pre...

The acquisition of English modality by Iranian EFL learners

the impact of phonetic transcription on iranian intermediate efl learners’ pronunciation accuracy

این تحقیق به منظور یافتن تاثیر آموزش آوا نگاری انگلیسی بر روی صحت تلفظ زبان آموزان سطح متوسط ایرانی صورت گرفت.برای دستیابی به دو گروه متجانس, از110 زبان آموز در حال یادگیری زبان در اموزشگاه ها ازمون opt گرفته شد. بنابراین 40 نفر از این افراد انتخاب و به دو گروه 20 تایی تقسیم شدند.درنهایت این نتیجه حاصل شد که آموزش آوانگاری انگلیسی تاثیر مثبتی بر صحت تلفظ زبان آموزان سطح متوسط ایرانی داشته است. ...

Acquisition of English anaphora by Iranian EFL learners

The present study examined the acquisition of anaphora in English by Iranian EFL learners as well as Persian speaking children. To do so, the study was conducted in three phases. In the first phase, 40 intermediate female and male EFL learners were selected from Puyan Institute in Takestan, Iran. Then, an off-line based Grammatical Judgment Task was administered. In the second phase, 40 female ...