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The Use of Songs: An Alternative for Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adolescents
(2020-05-25)
Songs are widely used to teach language due to the large number of advantages they have for students, beyond the mere linguistic scope. This paper aims at presenting the main benefits the use of songs provides for English ...
A synchronic analysis of Indian English
(2017-11-21)
The present paper aims at exploring the impact that linguistic background can have on individual speech. After a brief review on how English became an official language in the republic of India, I will concentrate on the ...
The influence of Basque and Spanish on the acquisition of English false friends: a cross-sectional study
(2018-12-04)
Recently there has been a growing interest in the acquisition of vocabulary in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Experts have conducted a vast amount of research on lexical processing and organization, examining ...
L1 attrition: a case of a Mexican immigrant in the US
(2017-11-23)
This paper informs about language attrition by providing information about how language loss occur and about most important factors that have an impact on language loss.
Attitudes towards Basque, Spanish and English in the Basque Country: a cross-sectional study
(2018-12-03)
English is considered to be the current lingua franca due to its global status. Several factors such as prestige and its widespread use have enabled English to become one of the most spoken languages in the world. Whilst ...
Anxiety in foreign language learning: proficiency and gender under scrutiny
(2020-05-20)
Second language learning anxiety has been the most widely studied emotion in SLA (second language acquisition), it is said to be one of the most disputed and complex concepts, as there are various internal and external ...
Corrective feedback in english as a foreign language: a literature review
(2020-11-18)
Over the last few decades, corrective feedback has been a major area of interest within
the language acquisition field. In particular, its role has been subject of controversy due
to its questionable effectiveness. To ...
The origins of women's rights movement in the United States: the Seneca Falls Convention
(2020-05-25)
In the 19th century, women had very limited or almost inexistent rights. They lived in a male dominated world where they had restricted access to many fields and they were considered to be an ornament of their husband in ...
The Impact of Study Abroad on Affective Factors: Motivation, Attitudes and Anxiety
(2018-12-03)
Interest in study abroad (SA) and its linguistic outcomes has significantly increased in recent years due to globalisation and its emphasis on intercultural communication (Arnett, 2002). Nevertheless, although affective ...
Languages of Scotland: Scots, English and Scottish Gaelic
(2020-11-20)
The current linguistic landscape of Scotland is composed of three languages: Scottish Standard English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic. Nonetheless, the knowledge of this fact does not appear to be particularly widespread, as ...