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Assessing dictionary skills
(Springer, 2015)
This article discusses the role of dictionary skills in language learning as part of professional reference skills and as life-long language learning skills. It advocates for the integration of these skills in the language ...
Presentación
(Universitat Jaume I. Departament d’Estudis Anglesos i Departament de Llengues i Cultures Europees, 2014)
Pragmatic learning and study abroad: Effects of instruction and length of stay
(Elsevier, 2015-02)
The study explores to what extent pragmatic instruction and length of study abroad (SA) influence learners ability to mitigate requests in e-mail communication. Sixty Spanish students, who were all enrolled for one academic ...
Hybrid Subjects and Fluid Identities in Women's Indian Captivity Narratives: the Stories of Frances Slocum and Olive Oatman
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2016-01)
During the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, adoptions of white children by Native
American tribes and interracial marriages were extremely disturbing issues for
Euro-American society. Women such as Eunice Williams, Mary ...
Examining U.S. and Spanish Annual Reports: Crisis Communication
(SAGE Publishing, 2014-12)
Crisis has affected businesses worldwide. Many international corporations must cope with this turmoil, which affects their economic liability. Firms express their actual financial situation in the annual reports they issue ...
Practicing your English writing skills in a community learning through an Edublog
(Verónica Marín Díaz, 2015)
En esta investigación, combinamos la competencia digital, en este caso el uso de un blog y la competencia cultural con el fin de practicar las habilidades de escritura. A través del blog queremos cuestionar los métodos ...
Commentary on Copp Mökkönen dissertation summary
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2013-09)
The summary of Alicia Copp Mökkonen’s dissertation presents a timely phenomenon that has received increasing interest in the last twenty years (Schieffelin and Ochs, 1996; Duff, 2012), namely that of language socialization ...
The need for successful communication in intercultural and international business settings: Analytic and comparative studies, new trends and methodologies
(Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos (AELFE), 2013)
Communicating is a need in today’s business world; if professionals are not
able to express their ideas appropriately, it will be difficult for them to reach
positive agreements while operating internationally. This ...
Teaching English as a foreign language in Spanish secondary schools: The value of literature
(University of Waikato, 2013)
Although it is generally accepted that literature plays a critical role in
our lives by helping us reflect on ourselves and the world, still it is one the most
underrated subjects of study in schools, especially when it ...
English for specific purposes in spanish higher education settings: a diagnostic focus on students‟ preliminary language awareness, attitudes and expectations
(Academy Publisher, 2012)
The present study tries to illustrate and analyse the initial or preliminary level of ‘ESP awareness’
that Spanish students from different scientific degrees have when first joining an ESP course. It also seeks to
examine ...