Second language  learners often develop grammatical competence in the absence of concomitant pragmatic competence (Kasper & Roever, 2005) and the exact nature of the relationship between the two competences is still indistinct and in need of inquiries ( Bardovi-Harlig, 1999; Khatib & Ahmadisafa, 2011). This study is a partial attempt to address the lacuna and aims to see if any relationship ca...

abstractthis study examined the effect of two types of feedback, post-text as a written feedback and recast as an oral one on written grammatical accuracy of iranian intermediate efl learners. to this end, 45 intermediate students who were studying at ideal language institute in sari were selected based on their performance on the nelson proficiency test, and then divided into three groups (two...

Inspectable Bayesian student models have been used to support student reflection, knowledge awareness and communication among teacher, students and parents. This paper presents a new approach to interacting with inspectable Bayesian student models called indirectly visible Bayesian student models. In this approach, the student model is seen through the eyes of a pedagogical agent (e.g., a virtu...

For ubiquitous learning, appropriate learning objects need to be accessible at the right time and place. EFL/ESL learners face confusion in their use of appropriate English verb tenses and forms. The best place to locate such learning objects is in the learner’s awareness, so that they may creatively imagine the necessary schema, navigate through it, and locate the correct formal expression of ...

With an increasing focus on science and technology in education comes an awareness that students must be able to understand and integrate scientific explanations from multiple sources. As part of a larger project aimed at deepening our understanding of student processes for integrating multiple sources of information, we are developing machine learning and natural language processing techniques...

Previous studies of semantic implicit learning in language have only examined learning grammatical form-meaning connections where learning could have been supported by prior linguistic knowledge. Also, these studies assessed awareness by verbal report, which is arguably not the most reliable measure. Here we target the domain of verb meaning, specifically semantic preferences of novel verbs (e....

The influence of prior familiarity with components on the implicit learning of relations was examined using artificial grammar learning. Prior to training on grammar strings, participants were familiarized with either the novel symbols used to construct the strings or with irrelevant geometric shapes. Participants familiarized with the relevant symbols showed greater accuracy when judging the c...

A new product launch is a popular strategy for companies to promote products, publicize brand image, and connect with customers. It conforms the four stages of AIDA model: awareness, interest, desire action. To introduce presentation speech conveys plethora interpersonal meanings. Based on model, this thesis analyzes meaning Apple’s current CEO Tim Cook’s speeches during launches through mood, ...