Sentence examples for attention of language from inspiring English sources

However, the attention of language learners in the experimental condition was directed to common word combinations occurring in the texts using 'focus on forms' techniques whereas the attention of language learners in the control condition was given to individual words or grammar patterns.

One of the issues which attracted the attention of language testers in the 1990s was the impact of high-stakes tests on the classroom: what kind of influence did such tests have on teaching and learning and what could educators do to ensure that this was beneficial rather than harmful?

The application of new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in English Language Teaching (ELT) has allowed for the development of the latest learning methodology and this innovation has caught the attention of language practitioners who wish to experiment with blogging to enhance the teaching and learning experience.

The other is that as the attention of the language processing community has slowly turned towards nominalizations, it is becoming clear that they are significantly more difficult to process than are verbs.

From a learner-centred perspective, the pre-task provided the opportunity for the learner to decide for themselves (to 'notice') what was important for them in terms of attention to language knowledge.

But whether we read Plato or Toni Morrison, Chinua Achebe or Moses Maimonides, the end product of disciplined attention to language and thought will be a radical critique of ourselves and the society we have made.

An early intimation of their dialogue is to be found in Žižek's book The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology (1999), which was partly responsible for bringing Badiou to the attention of English-language readers and which also criticized the work of Heidegger (again) and that of the American feminist philosopher Judith Butler.

But more substantially it's because of his exhilarating attention to language and his beatific generosity of spirit.

The Mismatch Negativity (MMN), a neurophysiological indicator of cognitive processing, was used to investigate grammatical processes in the absence of focused attention to language.

Peer/group review in writing, also known as peer response, peer revision (McGroarty & Zhu, 1997), peer feedback (Zhu, 2001; Hyland & Hyland, 2006) or peer evaluation (Stanley, 1992), has attracted the attention of many second language (L2) and foreign language (FL) writing practitioners and researchers (Hedge, 2001; Hyland & Hyland, 2006; Hu & Lam, 2010).

Obviously, the claim that the semantics of anaphora requires a radical revision in semantic theory got the attention of philosophers of language.