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“Just My Presence, Just Using These Words Is Not Enough”: Shifting from Identity‐Based Inclusion to Structural Transformation in Language Education

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study focuses on 17 in‐service language teachers who graduated from a social justice‐oriented MA program in Teaching Languages to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Teaching Foreign Languages (TFL) at a US higher education institution. Drawing on multiple data sources that connect participants' pre‐service and in‐service experiences,
Deniz Ortactepe Hart
wiley   +1 more source

Standard romanisation conventions from Arabic into English : a matter of language protection

, 2010
This paper argues that the use of a standard Romanisation system of Arabic into English would contribute to the welfare of Arab nations, the protection and learning of the Arabic language, and the preservation of its literature and promotion of its ...
Chakhachiro, Raymond (R11267)
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Understanding STEM Coursetaking Among English Learner Subgroups: Longitudinal Evidence From Four State Policy Contexts

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Although a substantial body of research documents the problem of course tracking for students classified as English learners (ELs), very little work has addressed the notably different challenges that subgroups of ELs face across different state policy contexts.
Kristin E. Black, Karen D. Thompson, Coleen D. Carlson, Jaclyn B. Bovee, Janette D. Avelar, Ilana M. Umansky, David J. Francis, Michael J. Kieffer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings, David Weir, Sa'ad Ali, Sven Horak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thai Translation and Validation of Chronic Rhinosinusitis‐Patient Reported Outcome (CRS‐PRO)

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patient‐Reported Outcome (CRS‐PRO) questionnaire was recently developed for use in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients. This instrument was developed using current diagnostic criteria. This study aimed to translate and validate CRS‐PRO for Thai CRS patients.
Wirach Chitsuthipakorn, Vorachai Pooldum, Juthaporn Phetpong, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Dichapong Kanjanawasee, Patlada Kowatanamongkon, Kittichai Mongkolkul, Kachorn Seresirikachorn, Kornkiat Snidvongs   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arabic Text to Arabic Sign Language Translation System for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Community

, 2011
This paper describes a machine translation system that offers many deaf and hearing impaired people the chance to access published information in Arabic by translating text into their first language, Arabic Sign Language (ArSL).
Almohimeed, Abdulaziz, Wald, M., R. I. Damper, Abdulaziz Almohimeed, Damper, R.I., Mike Wald   +5 more
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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
wiley   +1 more source

KACST Arabic Text Classification Project: Overview and Preliminary Results

, 2008
Electronically formatted Arabic free-texts can be found in abundance these days on the World Wide Web, often linked to commercial enterprises and/or government organizations. Vast tracts of knowledge and relations lie hidden within these texts, knowledge
Al-Rajeh, A., Althubaity, A., Almuhareb, A., Khorsheed, M., Alharbi, S.   +4 more
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Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
wiley   +1 more source

Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
wiley   +1 more source