Effective communication between people from different cultures requires not only the ability
to speak a common language but also an awareness of sociocultural rules and …

The present study aimed to explore the pragmatic competence of Iranian Persian-and
Persian-Baluchi-speaking learners learning English as their second and third languages …

This study aimed at examining the possible effects of teacher motivational practices and
student demotivation on the way Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners …

Recent studies on bilingualism and pragmatics paid little attention to trilingual speakers.
This investigation examined the trilinguals' identity synergism by drawing on their linguistic …

Effective communication between people from different cultures requires not only the ability
to speak a common language but also an awareness of sociocultural rules and …

Contribution/Originality: This study is one of very few studies which have compared the
influence of explicit versus implicit teaching on the learning of speech acts in a foreign …

Abstract Language learning is an interactive, social effort and the role of grammar is no
longer focused. Nowadays we consider most language learners to be pluricultural beings …

The purpose of the study was to examine how teacher motivational practice might influence
Iranian EFL Learners’ Request and Refusal Speech Acts Production. To this end, five …

Целью данной статьи описание пилотажного эксперимента по выявлению стратегий
активации культурной схемы отказа в русском и американском лингвокультурных …