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Learner-generated content and the lexical recall of beginning-level learners of Chinese as a foreign language
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Engagement in the Use of English and Chinese as Foreign Languages: The Role of Learner-Generated Content in Instructional Task Design
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Students' Perceptions of the Use of Video Recording in Additional Language Oral Assessments
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The retention of year 11/12 Chinese in Australian schools: A relevance theory perspective
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Elastic 'I think': stretching over L1 and L2
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While there has been insightful research on the commonly used expression I think (IT), this study introduces a non-conventional and innovative conception of elasticity (Zhang, 2011), bringing together several properties of IT. Drawn on large-scale naturally occurring classroom data with a rare combination of linguistically and culturally contrasting groups of L1 (American English) and L2 (Chinese- and Persian- speaking learners of English), this study shows that the elasticity of IT is manifested through three stretchable, non-discrete, and fluid continua; frequency, position and cluster. The patterns show that L1 and L2 speakers stretch IT to variable degrees and stop at variable points along the three continua. A striking finding is that L1 speakers are speaker-oriented and assertive, the Persians are listener-centered and less authoritative, and the Chinese tend to take the middle-ground position. The findings imply that some discrepancies between L1 and L2 should not necessarily be labelled as overuse or underuse; they may simply be different focuses and preferences. The awareness of linguistic elasticity is crucial to communicative success.
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28425 https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amu020
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The elasticity of I think: Stretching its pragmatic functions
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The missing puzzle piece in translation pedagogy: Adaptive and elastic competence
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