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Robert McColl Millar & Mercedes Durham (eds.) (2011). Applied Linguistics, Global and Local: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, University of Aberdeen, 9-11 September 2010. Scitsiugnil Press: London, UK. 3.8 meg file ISBN: 978-1- 9559533-3-0 Copyleft 2011

Contents

1	Irina Argüelles Álvarez, Alfonso Muñoz Muñoz & Rupert Herington	Twitter a new global genre: a contrastive study of the use of language in English and Spanish	1
2	Elizabeth M. Anthony	Language Learning: Collaboration in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Classroom	11
3	Lucy Chambers	Composition and revision in computer-based written assessment	23
4	Shu-Hsin Chen	Some methodological issues in conducting qualitative research multilingually	33
5	Yu-Lin Cheng	The dominant language picture naming performance of native Chinese speakers with low and intermediate English proficiency	37
6	Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury	Revisiting English in Bangladesh: Oscillation of the colonized mind in the decolonized world	49
7	Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo	Issues in Bilingual Multi-Word-Combination Dictionary Building: An English-Spanish Lexicographic Experience	61
8	Martin Edwardes	Are Complex Tenses Really Real?	69
9	Emily Tsz Yan Fong	Struggle between learning English for self and nation: imagination of ‘global community’ of Chinese students as a remedy	79
10	Evelina D. Galaczi	Interactional competence across proficiency levels: How do learners manage interaction in paired speaking tests?	91
11	Davide Simone Giannoni	Academic Values in Context	105
12	Susan Gray	A Local Response to the Global Reality of Increased Migration: Teacher Education	115
13	Elisabeth Haidinger	The use, relevance and visibility of Welsh vis-à-vis English in the private sector	127
14	Zöe Handley & Catherine Walter	Do New Technologies Facilitate the Acquisition of Reading Skills? A Systematic Review of the Research Evidence for Primary and Secondary Learners	139
15	Chun-Ching Hsieh & Hsiao-Fang Hsu	Discrete and Complete Inputs on Phrasal Verbs Learning	151
16	Dániel Z. Kádár	Historical Intercultural Politeness - A Case from the Ryükyū Kingdom	163
17	Lars Anders Kulbrandstad	National or general tolerance for variation? Attitudes to dialect and foreign accent in the media	173
18	Jill Llewellyn-Williams	Going, Going, Gone. A Study of Language Memory	183
19	E. Macaro, M. Hennebry & V. Rogers	The effects of L1 use on vocabulary acquisition	189
20	Vicky Macleroy Obied	The crossroads between language and literature: developing an EAL pedagogy and intercultural learning	199
21	Sarah Mercer	Self-concept in the EFL context	211
22	Heather Meyer	The Expansion of Theme	215
23	Miriam Meyerhoff & Erik Schleef	Creating gender distictions: migrant teens’ acquisition of sociolinguistic variation	227
24	Andrea Milde	Spoken Artistic Discourse and its Global and Local Aspects	233
25	Esmaeil Momtaz	The Role of Collaborative Learning in Improving the EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension	241
26	Marte Monsen	Assessment of second language readers in Norwegian lower secondary school – three shortcomings	253
27	Kinaz Murshid	Learner autonomy, agency and identity: an interview based investigation of Syrian EFL university students’ stories of learning English	263
28	Chikako Nakagawa	Effects of Input Processes on Generations of False Memory in L2 Word Learning	271
29	Masashi Negishi, Yukio Tono & Yoshihito Fujita	A Validation Study of the CEFR Levels of Phrasal Verbs in the English Profile Wordlists	283
30	Hitoshi Nishizawa & Takayoshi Yoshioka	Effectiveness of a long-term extensive reading program: a case study	295
31	Yoko Nogami	The Relation of Identities, Power and Culture in Lingua Franca English: Diaries of Japanese Users of L2 English	299
32	Breda O’Hara-Davies	“It’s OK as long as it’s campur!” Mixing it up in Southeast Asia	311
33	Yoko Sato	“Localising” the CEFR and ELP: The Need to Incorporate Socio-Pragmatic Features in Japanese University EFL Classes	319
34	John Thurman	The Influence of Choice on Lexical Complexity in TBLT	325
35	Cheryl Traiger	Attitudes of tourists towards the perceived lack of English proficiency at international travel destinations	339
36	Ruth Trinder & Martin Herles	Students’ and teachers’ notions of effective (business) English teaching: global and local influences	351
37	Tomoko Watanabe	Functions of and so on and or something (like that) spoken by Japanese learners of English at different speaking proficiency levels in a learner corpus	363
38	Junko Yamashita & Kyung Nam Kan	Examining Effects of L2 Extensive Reading in the Cognitive and Affective Domains	375
39	James Milton, Brian Richards, Katja Mäntylä, Jeanine Treffers-Daller, Huw Bell, Imma Miralpeix, Michael Daller, Norbert Schmitt, Ana Pellicer-Sanchez & Paul Meara	Essential Readings in Vocabulary Studies Vocabulary Studies SIG Colloquium	387