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Our presentation focuses on how non-native speakers have trouble identifying storytelling in talk-in-interaction. More precisely, we will offer a variety of stories found in different situations that one may encounter in their daily lives and that may differ from one language to another. We will dis...

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This study deals with the question of the development of agency of learners of French as a foreign language on the issue of pronunciation and accent. The aim is to reflect on the space available for the construction of this agency for learners of French at A2 level. The study is interventionist and ...

While most research in the field of ISLL focuses either on measuring acquisition from informal contexts through testing, or characterising attitudes to informal learning through questionnaires and interviews, the use of corpora offers insights into a range of phenomena relating to ISLL. Three b...

The analysis we wish to propose is part of a general reflection on the place of language in the reconstruction of lived experience and the transmission of a memory of events through the expression of individual memories.  More precisely, we will analyse the linguistic structures and resources u...

Within the Teaching French for Specific Purposes, phonetic correction for artistic purposes such as lyrical singing has been one of the fields in which the research still shows a great opportunity of development. One of the causes of this may be the multidisciplinary profile required from the teache...

The paper analyses how an unfamiliar, globally affected pandemic immediately affects languages and results in language variation. The study explores the possibilities of the framework of cognitive sociolinguistics to analyse a language variation in progress. It explores the range of new additions to...

Guided by the L2 Motivation Self System framework and a holistic person-centred approach to L2 motivation, the present study addresses two underexplored issues-how L2 motivational patterns form and how the patterns operate and function over time. Data were collected from 125 college-level Chinese EF...

By investigating the intercultural engagement of Chinese students in the UK as well as the 'reverse cultural shock' experienced by students who return to China after studying in the UK, this research identifies learning and social activities that effectively help students engage in intercultural com...