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How do language form, communicative function, and social context combine to affect students' oral language proficiency?

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Factors such as language form, communicative function, and social context are highlighted.

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The formality of the context definitely affects the student's perceived level of proficiency. Given that the majority of peer interactions are in informal scenarios and the daily lexicon a more limited vocabulary ,intermixed with other social cues or slang, a student may be perceived as highly proficient in such scenarios by learning to ...

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