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ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez +3 more
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How Do I Measure up? Social Influence and L2 Motivation in the Algorithmic Age
ABSTRACT Comparative thinking is a fundamental human drive and a hallmark of contemporary life. For social action, such as the learning and use of additional languages, a target for appraisal (an L2 attribute) is evaluated in relation to a comparison standard (an appraiser's standpoint).
Alastair Henry, Meng Liu
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The origins of limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery date back to 1521 when the first intervention ever reported in history was performed on St. Ignatius of Loyola. [PDF]
Vandenbulcke F +3 more
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ABSTRACT While English‐medium instruction (EMI) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are designed to promote language and content learning, their prevailing English‐only approaches often undermine students’ learning motivation. Against this backdrop, translanguaging has gained recognition as an effective pedagogical practice to support ...
Yihai Wen, Fan Fang
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Highly sensitive early-onset Alzheimer's disease: a case report. [PDF]
Rubiño-Díaz JÁ, Zapata-Moreno M.
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More Than Words: The Multimodal Practice of Repetition in English as a Lingua Franca Interactions
ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of repetition as an interactional resource in video‐recorded English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) interactions, focusing on partial repeats produced in responses to wh‐questions. By adopting a multimodal conversation analytic approach, the analysis demonstrates that repetition in this context may either index the ...
Yujong Park
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Virginia Woolf and "A Woman's Autobiography" : Rewriting Victorian Conventions of Autobiography
This thesis brings together gender and genre criticism to consider Virginia Woolf s memoir, "A Sketch of the Past," as a modern experiment in rewriting the traditions and conventions of Victorian autobiography.
Vanderpool, Aubrae M.
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ABSTRACT Amid Japan's internationalization efforts, foreign employees are positioned as global English‐speaking talent while simultaneously facing expectations to conform to Japanese linguacultural norms. This study examines how such tensions are negotiated through the narratives of two interns—one African American and one Vietnamese American—in ...
Hae Ree Jun
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