Cultural Challenges for L2 Communication Among Persian Migrants in Australia

This chapter addresses some of the challenges that Iranian migrants encounter in their L2 oral communication in Australia, and how they deal with them. The challenges addressed in this chapter include speakers’ reconstruction of identity, power dynamics,

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Speaking English as a Second Language

Alireza Jamshidnejad Editor

Speaking English as a Second Language Learners’ Problems and Coping Strategies

Editor Alireza Jamshidnejad Department of English Language College of Education University of Technology and Applied Sciences Rustaq, Oman

ISBN 978-3-030-55056-1 ISBN 978-3-030-55057-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55057-8

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Contents

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Introduction: Challenges of L2 Oral Communication in EFL Contexts Alireza Jamshidnejad

Part I 2

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Approaches to the Nature of L2 Oral Communication

L2 Communication as a Social Action: Silence in Oral Communication Yamin Qian

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Pragmatic Nature of L2 Communication: Spoken Grammar in Native and EFL Speakers Yen-Liang Lin

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An Ecological Perspective on EFL Learners’ Oral Communication Ruiying Niu

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Cultural Challenges for L2 Communication Among Persian Migrants in Australia Hossein Shokouhi Approaches to Research on L2 Oral Communication Alireza Jamshidnejad, Reza Falahati, and Etske Ooijevaar

Part II 7

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The Nature and Typology of Learners’ Problems in L2 Oral Communication

The Construction of Problems in L2 Oral Communication Alireza Jamshidnejad

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The Construction of Problems in L2 Oral Communication Alireza Jamshidnejad

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Part III 9

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Communication Strategies and Their Functions in L2 Oral Communication

The Nature and Functions of Communication Strategies in L2 Oral Communication Alireza Jamshidnejad

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Language-Oriented Functions of Strategies Alireza Jamshidnejad

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Context Oriented