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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

Traditional medicine practices and dimensions in the North Al-Batinah region of Oman: frankincense as a case study

Frontiers in Sociology
This study aims to explore traditional medicine in Oman as an integral part of the country's deeply rooted cultural heritage that continues to influence the present through its resilience and persistent roles.
Hajer Harrathi, Aida Al-Qasimi, Mohamed Dridi, Nawal Al-Sheerawi, Mediha Jlassi   +4 more
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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

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

Weather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of Large Language Models in Answering Otolaryngology Clinical Questions in Non‐English Languages

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are being explored for various medical applications, but their performance across languages is not established. Despite the promising results in English from previous studies, it is unclear how ChatGPT performs in other languages.
Eugene Oh, Arthur W. Wu, Laura Garcia‐Rodriguez, Zhen‐Xiao Huang, Wei‐Chung Hsu, Jeongkyou Kim, Young Chul Kim, Yi‐Tsen Lin, Hae Chan Park, Hector Andres Perez, Juan San Juan, Gene Liu, Matthew Lee, Dennis M. Tang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language, Arabic Literature, and Islamic Studies in Bangladesh

Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2002
With the beginnin!i, of Moslem reign in Bengal province from the beginning of 131 Century A.D. , equal to 7th Century H.Q., Islamic system of thought and education prevailed over, and Farsi and Arabic came into vogue. Farsi became the formal language, however, Arabic remained the language of religion.
openaire   +1 more source

Virtual commissioning of the Korea Light Source Hard X‐ray Nanoprobe beamline with multilingual natural language control

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, EarlyView.
A pre‐installation virtual commissioning platform for the Korea Light Source ID10 hard X‐ray nanoprobe couples browser‐based Monte Carlo ray tracing, EPICS/Bluesky control and a multilingual natural‐language agent (98.2% accuracy in Korean, English and Japanese) under a zero‐change hardware transition principle, producing commissioning design inputs ...
Minho Seo, Hyeong-joo Choi, Daseul Ham, Changwan Ha, Yong-Hyun Kim, Changhui Lee, Jun Lim, Ki-jeong Kim, In-hui Hwang, Jaeyong Shin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

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