Divided by the same language

Britain and the United States: Two Nations Divided by the Same Language (and Different Language Ideologies)

This article examines popular beliefs about language in Britain and the United States within a language ideology framework. With particular reference to Silverstein's discussion of second-order indexicality, it argues that language varieties in Britain and the United States are differently ideologized in such a way as to foreground social class groups in Britain and ethnic groups in the United ...

Divided by more than a common language.

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 effect of keeping reflective journals by language instructors on the process of reading comprehension among iranian high school students

خواندن ودرک مطلب از مهمترین مهارتها در یادگیری زبان خارجی محسوب می شود. این تحقیق تاثیر برگه های تامل برانگیز هدایت شده را در ارتقاع مهارت خواندن ودر ک مطلب در دانش اموزان دبیرستانی ایرانی بررسی می نماید. ازمجموع ?2 دانش آموز سال چهارم دبیرستان شهید رجایی شهرستان اسلامشهر¸ پس از اجرای آزمون استاندارد ((nelson 150a تعداد 39 دانش آموز که نمرات آنها یک سطح انحراف معیار بالاتر یا پایین تر ازمعدل قر...

Same talker, different language

Listeners can easily say whether a language they are hearing is familiar or foreign to them. Infants. young children, and adults arc able to make same-language, different-language judgments at better than chance levels. In many of these studies. foreign language samples have been provided by different talkers so that language and talker characteristics have been confounded. We conducted three e...