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This paper deals with classification and explanation of the reasons of the most frequent lexical errors which occur in the translations of the undergraduate students of the Department of Italian Language and Literature (University of Montenegro).…

Speaking is a crucial part of second language learning and teaching. If students do not learn how to speak or do not get enough opportunity to speak in the language classroom, they may soon get demotivated and lose interest in learning. On the other…

The paper analyzes the importance of writing in linguistic understanding of the text, through the transformation of the original programmed hand alphabet as the font (PC & DEAFNESS). The aim of the research was to examine the understanding of the…

The aim of this paper is to address the issue of linguistic competence versus translation competence seen from a pedagogical perspective. I will start by reviewing the well-known distinction between competence and performance and their …

The dilemma of language teacher education at university level lies in how best to balance the educational philosophies and theories with the practicalities of the methods and techniques. The question of the students’/trainees’ linguistic ability to…

As is well-known the concept of the Absurd is an off-shoot of Existentialism which was born in the 19th century and reached almost global acceptability in the early 20th century thanks to the works of Kafka, Camus, Sartre and the Absurd playwrights…

In foreign language teaching can be used appropriate texts. What are “appropriate texts” .in parallel to the velocity and multifunctionality, they are given importance especially in modern technology. Since they are short and multifunctional, in this…

The entire history of the "Entdeckungsreisen' in the 15th and the 16th Century is a history of the conquered and the conquerer. With historical evidences of the various European nations ruling over the 'other' nations, comes a corpus of texts which…

This paper reports on a large-scale study on learner autonomy in literature circles carried out with students and English instructors at Meliksah University in Turkey. The purpose of the study is to research how students attending Meliksah University…

Living in a world that has become a 'global village' makes different nations seem very similar - we dress in a very similar way, we listen to the similar music, we sometimes even use the same words. But how similar are we when it comes to…