Virginia Locastro
Biographic Data
| ID | 237578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Locastro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Locastro |
| SIGNATURE | LOCASTRO V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mamarame Seck: Narratives as Muslim Practice in Senegal
A Cultural Approach to Discourse
Law and the Language of Identity: Discourse in the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial
Culture, Communication, and Cooperation: Interpersonal Relations and Pronominal Address in a Mexican Organization
Literacy and Literacies: Text, Power and Identity
Individual differences in second language acquisition: Attitudes, learner subjectivity, and L2 pragmatic norms
Large Classes and Student Learning
Between 1986 and 1992, at annual TESOL conventions as well as at two specialists' conferences, in Karachi, Pakistan (1991), and Bangkok, Thailand (1992), a group of researchers from various parts of the world presented papers and discussed issues addressing the topic of large classes. The group, initiated by Dick Allwright of Lancaster University, was known as the Lancaster-Leeds Language Learning in Large Classes Research Project, and one of the…
Foreign Language and Mother Tongue
A sociocultural functional analysis of fragmentation in Japanese
The purpose of this paper is to suggest that a functional analysis of such a language-related phenomenon as listener cues may lead to more useful insights about language in use than a formal, structural-driven approach. An available analysis of listener cues in Japanese concerning the co-occurrence of relatively frequent back channel cues and particular syntactic environments is contrasted with a pragmatic analysis which includes a consideration …
Theoretical Issues in Korean Linguistics
Introductions to Pragmatics
Pragmatics: An Introduction. Jacob L. Mey Doing Pragmatics. Peter Grundy Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics. Jenny Thomas
Learning Strategies and Learning Environments
The TESOL Quarterly invites readers to submit short reports and updates on their work. These summaries may address any areas of interest to Quarterly readers. Authors' addresses are printed with these reports to enable interested readers to contact the authors for more details
The English in Japanese university entrance examinations: A Sociocultural Analysis
This paper examines the English in Japanese university entrance examinations within a sociocultural and historical context. The values and world view of the Japanese are reflected in their educational system, in the methodology for language teaching and teacher training, in the materials and curriculum, and in the methods of evaluation. The kind of English used in the examinations both mirrors and reinforces general attitudes about language, lang…
Individual differences in second language acquisition: Attitudes, learner subjectivity, and L2 pragmatic norms
Learning Strategies and Learning Environments
The TESOL Quarterly invites readers to submit short reports and updates on their work. These summaries may address any areas of interest to Quarterly readers. Authors' addresses are printed with these reports to enable interested readers to contact the authors for more details
The English in Japanese university entrance examinations: A Sociocultural Analysis
This paper examines the English in Japanese university entrance examinations within a sociocultural and historical context. The values and world view of the Japanese are reflected in their educational system, in the methodology for language teaching and teacher training, in the materials and curriculum, and in the methods of evaluation. The kind of English used in the examinations both mirrors and reinforces general attitudes about language, lang…
Culture, Communication, and Cooperation: Interpersonal Relations and Pronominal Address in a Mexican Organization
Literacy and Literacies: Text, Power and Identity
The English in Japanese university entrance examinations: A Sociocultural Analysis
This paper examines the English in Japanese university entrance examinations within a sociocultural and historical context. The values and world view of the Japanese are reflected in their educational system, in the methodology for language teaching and teacher training, in the materials and curriculum, and in the methods of evaluation. The kind of English used in the examinations both mirrors and reinforces general attitudes about language, lang…
Learning Strategies and Learning Environments
The TESOL Quarterly invites readers to submit short reports and updates on their work. These summaries may address any areas of interest to Quarterly readers. Authors' addresses are printed with these reports to enable interested readers to contact the authors for more details
Introductions to Pragmatics
Pragmatics: An Introduction. Jacob L. Mey Doing Pragmatics. Peter Grundy Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics. Jenny Thomas
Theoretical Issues in Korean Linguistics
A sociocultural functional analysis of fragmentation in Japanese
The purpose of this paper is to suggest that a functional analysis of such a language-related phenomenon as listener cues may lead to more useful insights about language in use than a formal, structural-driven approach. An available analysis of listener cues in Japanese concerning the co-occurrence of relatively frequent back channel cues and particular syntactic environments is contrasted with a pragmatic analysis which includes a consideration …
Individual differences in second language acquisition: Attitudes, learner subjectivity, and L2 pragmatic norms
Large Classes and Student Learning
Between 1986 and 1992, at annual TESOL conventions as well as at two specialists' conferences, in Karachi, Pakistan (1991), and Bangkok, Thailand (1992), a group of researchers from various parts of the world presented papers and discussed issues addressing the topic of large classes. The group, initiated by Dick Allwright of Lancaster University, was known as the Lancaster-Leeds Language Learning in Large Classes Research Project, and one of the…
Foreign Language and Mother Tongue
Law and the Language of Identity: Discourse in the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial
Culture, Communication, and Cooperation: Interpersonal Relations and Pronominal Address in a Mexican Organization
Literacy and Literacies: Text, Power and Identity
A Cultural Approach to Discourse
Mamarame Seck: Narratives as Muslim Practice in Senegal
Psychology (11 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Art (2 works)