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Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

Text line segmentation of ancient Thai manuscripts on palm leaves [PDF]

, 2012
Segmentation of handwritten scripts with overlapping text is one of the challenging tasks in the pre-processing for document recognition and optical character recognition (OCR) systems.
Fung, C.C., Chamchong, R.
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CNN-optimized text recognition with binary embeddings for Arabic expiry date recognition

Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology
Recognizing Arabic dot-matrix digits is a challenging problem due to the unique characteristics of dot-matrix fonts, such as irregular dot spacing and varying dot sizes.
Mohamed Lotfy, Ghada Soliman
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Motivational Interventions on EFL Learners' Learning Effort and Achievement: An L2 Motivational Self System Perspective

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in the L2 motivational self system theory, this quasi‐experimental study investigated the impact of three motivational interventions on two outcome measures: L2 learning effort and L2 achievement. A total of 391 Chinese junior secondary students were assigned to four conditions: a control group receiving no motivational instruction ...
Xuejun Ye, Guangwei Hu
wiley   +1 more source

Arabic Handwriting Data Base for Text Recognition

Procedia Technology, 2013
AbstractThe process of assessing the outcomes obtained by various groups of researchers is heavily facilitated by conventional databases. This paper introduces, an database (AHDB/FTR) comprising Arabic Handwritten Text Images, which helps the researches associated with recognition of Arabic handwritten text with open vocabulary, word segmentation and ...
Ramdan, Jabril, Omar, Khairuddin, Faidzul, Mohammad, Mady, Ali   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Receptive Meaning‐Recall Knowledge of Derivational Morphology Among EFL Learners: A Case for L1‐Population‐Specific Assessment

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Vocabulary knowledge plays a crucial role in L2 proficiency, significantly impacting learners' reading comprehension. Although extensive research has explored whether knowledge of base words extends to recognition of derivational forms, results are inconsistent, especially among learners from non‐Indo‐European linguistic backgrounds.
Mastoor Al‐Kaboody, Geoffrey G. Pinchbeck, Joseph P. Vitta, Christopher Nicklin, Paweł Mandera, Stuart McLean   +5 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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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

Experimental Arabic linguistics Studies in Arabic linguistics ;, 10./ edited by Dimitrios Ntelitheos, Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung.

, 2021
The majority of the papers in this volume stem from presentations at the 3rd Meeting of the Experimental Arabic Linguistics Conference (EXAL18), hosted by the Department of Linguistics at the United Arab Emirates University on 28-29 October, 2018 ...
Leung Tommi Tsz-Cheung, Ntelitheos Dimitrios   +1 more
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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