Abstract Multiword units of language, known as formulaic sequences, are pervasive and essential in communication ( Wray, 2008 ). Although issues related to formulaicity have been under investigation a number research studies (e.g. Conklin & Schmitt, ; Wood, 2006 ), the present study is different investigating functions sequences oral language production young learners context English foreig...

Speech rate is one of the salient characteristics that speakers modify their speech for second or foreign language learners to gain more comprehensive input (Krashen, 1987). For young EFL learners, a slower can be critical factor helps them properly process linguistic and increase self-confidence in listening comprehension. The present study investigated effect on comprehension performance amon...

The paper tackles the issue of forming a basis intercultural competence for young learners. Considering fact that we live in globalized world and era communication technologies this is becoming more acute. It getting incredibly easy to explore other nations cultures either by travelling or using social media. This has greatly influenced foreign language teaching. goals are develop theoretical c...

When natural language input contains grammatical forms that are used probabilistically and inconsistently, learners will sometimes reproduce the inconsistencies; but sometimes they will instead regularize the use of these forms, introducing consistency in the language that was not present in the input. In this paper we ask what produces such regularization. We conducted three artificial languag...

This study investigates the reading preference and performance of young learners for Chinese text presented in either a horizontal format or a vertical format on PDA screens. In assessing the reading performance, the reading speed is taken as the performance evaluation criterion. The thirty participants in the current investigation are K1 students studying in the first grade of an elementary sc...

with the help of a forward-chaining inference engine to find out about a specific item (object) of the domain of instruction. As the questioning process is bidirectional ("open" questions can be asked by the system as well as by the learner), DOLE is more targeted at advanced and adult learners than at young learners. The ultimate goal is to use the DOLE system concept as a part of a virtual co...

abstract the present study examined the effect of genre-based tasks on efl learners' speaking performance and probed whether genre-based tasks may empower efl learners to perform better on speaking tests. a further concern of the study was to explore whether the effect of genre-based tasks on speaking ability of efl learners varied across different age groups, i.e. teenagers (13-16 years o...