The shift of priority in current second language teaching to boost the use of the target language for communication, the conception of error as natural product of language development that can be self-eliminated with the increase of the amount of exposure to the target language, and the existing problems with feedback provision as observed in the daily classroom practice have jointly given way ...

Second language (L2) communication strategies (CSs) have traditionally been dealt with through either interactional or psychological perspectives. However, this paper is a critical attempt to question the status of the particular kinds of psycholinguistic and interactional approaches that currently dominate the field of second language acquisition (SLA). In this way, it expands the significance...

People are constrained by their culture and social life when telling stories. A second language learner then cannot be expected to tell stories in the target language without cross-cultural effects that influence the way of narration. The present study examined the role of the first language (L1) and second language (L2) in the organization of narratives by focusing on Persian speakers’ and EFL...