The present study centers on interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics. It investigates semantic formulas in the speech act of greeting performed by Russian EFL learners. In particular, it compares the non-native speakers’ (NNS) and native speakers’ (NS) production of semantic formulas in terms of number, frequency, and content. A Free Discourse Completion Test (FDCT) containing 16 situational prompts elicited greetings by the English NNSs and NSs. The results show that the NNSs significantly deviate from the NSs in terms of number, frequency, and content of greetings strategies, namely, greetings proper, phatic questions and phrases, address terms, and situational greetings. The differences result from negative pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic transfer, lack of appropriate linguistic means, or not fully developed pragmatic competence. Important pedagogical implications regarding pragmatic instruction are discussed. The results contribute to a better understanding of how EFL learners greet and respond to greetings. They also shed light on the discussion of L2 learners’ pragmatic competence and appropriateness.
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The difference between English and Indonesian in the aspect of verb forms poses a big problem to Indonesian learners in learning the English Tenses. Indonesian learners are often unaware of the English time concept which affects verb forms. To overcome the problem, in this three-year research, Teopilus et al. have developed computer-based timeline media to teach the English Tenses. To find out the effectiveness of the developed media, 251 students from 4 (four) different senior high schools were given the instructions of the English Tense(s) using the timeline media. These subjects were given a pretest prior to the instruction and a posttest after it. The pretest scores and the posttest scores were statistically compared using the t-test formula. To obtain the users’ opinions on the developed media, a questionnaire was distributed to 7 (seven) English teachers. The results of the data analysis yield the following findings: (1) There is a significant increase from the average of the subjects’ pre-test scores to their post-test scores, and (2) The results of the users’ questionnaires also give positive responses to the developed timeline media. This implies that the computer-based timeline media developed in this research helps Indonesian learners comprehend the English Tenses better
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Pub Date : 2019-04-19DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28796-2_21
Tim Ng, Pascal Ochem, N. Rampersad, J. Shallit
{"title":"New results on pseudosquare avoidance","authors":"Tim Ng, Pascal Ochem, N. Rampersad, J. Shallit","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-28796-2_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28796-2_21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31852,"journal":{"name":"Beyond Words","volume":"10 1","pages":"264-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75760053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-17DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28796-2_10
Trevor Clokie, D. Gabric, J. Shallit
{"title":"Circularly squarefree words and unbordered conjugates: a new approach","authors":"Trevor Clokie, D. Gabric, J. Shallit","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-28796-2_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28796-2_10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31852,"journal":{"name":"Beyond Words","volume":"11 1","pages":"133-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87654965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dias Agata, A. Besari, Iwan Kurnianto Wibowo, Berliana Cahyaniati Purnomo Putri
Abstract This study presents the process of designing a syllabus for computer extracurricular based on Internet of Things to be implemented in junior high schools in Indonesia. The process of designing the syllabus is based on the regulations of Indonesia Ministry of Education and Culture and adapted to Revised Bloom Taxonomy. There are six competency standards which is formulated in accordance to the junior high school curriculum and develop into six basic competencies for syllabus design. Six basic competencies are adapted to Internet of Things-based learning materials, then elaborated in indicators of competency achievement from Revised Bloom Taxonomy. The results show that all indicators mentioned in the syllabus are in accordance with the competency standards of junior high school students. In terms of the Knowledge dimension, the factual, conceptual, procedural and metacognitive points of knowledge have been fulfilled with the emergence of cognitive domain verb in each indicator of achievement of competence in the syllabus that has been designed. Various learning activities in the syllabus are comprehensively made so that students can perform practical work in accordance with the learning materials. Learning facilities in each section cover practicum teaching modules, power points, videos, practicum tool modules, and LCD projectors. The assessments for students include written tests, practicum and making products. Each assessment is adjusted to the basic competency and learning materials that have been formulated.
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{"title":"Dusting Tommy’s and Grace’s Portfolios: A Document Analysis of L2 English Learners’ Language Learning Strategies","authors":"Lei Jiun-Iung","doi":"10.33508/bw.v6i2.1827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/bw.v6i2.1827","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31852,"journal":{"name":"Beyond Words","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79963500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why It’s Good for Groups to Go Off-Task and Other Lessons from When by Daniel Pink","authors":"G. Jacobs","doi":"10.33508/BW.V6I2.1847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/BW.V6I2.1847","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31852,"journal":{"name":"Beyond Words","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85402090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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