Faculty of Philology - University of Montenegro
Game-based Learning and its Application to Foreign Language Learning in Montenegro
This paper deals with some practical aspects of game-based learning (GBL) in terms of foreign language acquisition. The main premise of this paper is that game-based learning is inherently more suitable for language learning than a traditional classroom, since it is based on the concept of playfulness, which is an integral part of the personalities of virtually all learners and especially young learners. Therefore game-based learning can be used to remove the linearity and negative predictability...
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2024
Igor Ivanović
Universitatea Sapientia din municipiul Cluj-Napoca
Mitigating Devices within the Context of Two-Way Mediated Shop Conversations
Abstract
In this paper, we will present our three-month-long study aimed at investigating the concept of relational language and mitigating devices and how such mitigating devices are used within the context of two-way mediated shop conversations. We will also see how relational language and mitigating devices help speakers establish and maintain good relationship. Our study results show that this relationship is maintained by the avoidance or reduction of unwelcome effects a speech...
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2020
Igor Ivanović
Faculty of Philology - University of Montenegro
RELATIONAL LANGUAGE AS A MITIGATING DEVICE
In this paper, we will identify and discuss the notion of relational language. We will be able to see how high frequency chunks and words in the spoken corpora are tasked with pragmatic functions dealing with the speakerlistener relationship and the management of, in our case, two-way mediated shop conversations, specifically in terms of maintaining good relations. These frequent lexical items point to the extent to which speakers interact with each other on the interactive plane. The abovementioned...
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2020
Igor Ivanović
