l2 research has shown that instruction in l2 pragmatics is necessary. the current study evaluated the impact of explicit instruction on efl learner's awareness and production of three speech acts of request, apology, and complaint. it also probed whether learners’ language proficiency plays any role in incorporating pragmatic instruction into the l2 classroom. iranian undergraduate students maj...

Intercultural communicative competence plays an important role in the development of students' language and communication skills. This article examines cultural characteristics intercultural study English language. is a new "borderline" subject closely related to teaching higher education institutions. Thus, proper use linguistic skills essential part

This study addressed the development of and the relationship between foundational metalinguistic skills and word reading skills in Arabic. It compared Arabic-speaking children’s phonological awareness (PA), morphological awareness, and voweled and unvoweled word reading skills in spoken and standard language varieties separately in children across five grade levels from childhood to adolescence...

Introspection and language are the cognitive prides of humankind, but their interactions in healthy cognition remain unclear. Episodes of mind-wandering, where personal thoughts often go unnoticed for some time before being introspected, offer a unique opportunity to study the role of language in introspection. In this paper, we show that inner speech facilitates awareness of mind-wandering. In...

This paper summarises how a critical pedagogical approach was joined with community-based action research to foster language awareness (CLA) perspective in redesigning and implementing the course, Practice communicating English literature. Held at Eötvös Loránd University’s Faculty of Primary Pre-School Education (ELTE TÓK) as part specialisation programme bilingual education for pre-service pr...