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Roxanna Senyshyn, Pennsylvania State University, Abington College, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sharon Tjaden-Glass, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA
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LINGUA FRANCA ENGLISH THROUGH SPACE AND TIME: A SELF-REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT
Willem de Goei, Lancaster University Ghana, Accra, Ghana

This self-reflective account reveals that the effective use of our linguistic repertoire is highly dependent on context and space and that each particular space brings with it various levels of linguistic and cultural hierarchy exercising influence on language use and identity forming. Read More

ON THE USE OF SUGGESTION LINGUISTIC REALIZATION STRATEGIES BY ENGLISH NATIVE AND NONNATIVE SPEAKERS AT FACE-TO-FACE WRITING CENTER SESSIONS
Olga Muranova, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

Writing center tutoring consists of a variety of speech acts, including suggestions. The results of the study discussed in this article show that different factors may affect the use of various suggestion linguistic realization strategies at face-to face writing center sessions, including the influence of a person’s first language, home country culture and level of L2 proficiency, social distance, power and imposition, and other social and psychological factors. All of these factors should be considered when training writing center tutors so that they can use different and appropriate forms of providing suggestions. Read More

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