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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 ...
Linguistic taboos and swear words in EFL learning and teaching: an empirical study
(2022-03-08)
A taboo word is a word that should be avoided because it is considered to be wrong, embarrassing or unpleasant (Cambridge Dictionary, n.d.). A swear word is a word that is also considered rude and offensive according to ...
English neologisms in modern times
(2022-03-07)
The study on neologisms or the new words created in a language has been gaining strength lately and has been getting the attention of linguists. It is obvious that neologisms produce a feeling of curiosity since they ...
The influence of new technologies in foreign language learning
The new technologies have become part of our societies especially in the so-called developed countries and it is hard to conceive our daily routines without them. This paper explores the use of new technologies in foreign ...
Foreign Language Anxiety: Students' Perspectives and Pedagogical Implications
During the last four decades, researchers have shown an increasing interest in
the effect of affective variables in language learning because of their decisive role in
understanding individual differences in language ...
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 ...
Welsh English: a 'mystery' for the kingdom
Nowadays Wales is a country which is included in the United Kingdom (UK), and in which two different languages are spoken: the Welsh language and Welsh English, whose name is given partly due to the particularities it has ...
Irish English: a current account of Northern and Southern dialects
Every realisation of speech differs amongst the speakers of a given language. There are many factors that could possibly affect this, such as, age, gender and social background as well as geographical factors, among others. ...
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.