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Finetuning Pre‐Trained Language Models for Automatic Assessment of English‐Chinese Interpreting
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent years have seen growing interest in leveraging pre‐trained language models (PLMs) for automatic assessment of spoken‐language performance. Contributing to this emerging line of work, the present study offers the first attempt to finetune two PLMs, GTE‐multilingual and mmBERT, for assessing English‐Chinese interpreting, using over 1700 ...
Zhaokun Jiang, Chao Han
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As digitally mediated communication increasingly shapes language learning beyond formal classrooms, social media platforms offer new possibilities for authentic, intercultural interaction. This qualitative study investigates how TikTok Live‐mediated interaction supports English as a lingua franca (ELF) use, meaning‐making, and intercultural ...
Wen‐Chi Vivian Wu +2 more
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Bilingual and multilingual legal dictionaries in the European Union:A critical bibliography [PDF]
, 2005 Legal dictionaries are useful tools in preparing quality translations. Unfortunately, their quality is often questionable due to a lack of reliability. Many such dictionaries deserve serious criticism, which becomes clear when our evaluation criteria are
de Groot, Gerard-Rene +1 more
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Automatic Detection of Multilingual Dictionaries on the Web
, 2014 This paper presents an approach to query construction to detect multilingual dictionaries for predetermined language combinations on the web, based on the identification of terms which are likely to occur in bilingual dictionaries but not in general web ...
Grigonyte, Gintare +4 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As generative artificial intelligence spreads through European education, its development continues to be shaped overwhelmingly by English and other dominant languages. This article examines how national AI and digital education policies in Poland and Romania discursively construct a linguistically homogeneous ‘ideal learner,’ rendering Roma ...
Anna Becker, Florin D. Salajan
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
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Kapitoly z dějin česko-bulharské a bulharsko-české dvojjazyčné lexikografie
SlaviaIn our study we focus on Czech-Bulgarian and Bulgarian-Czech lexicographical production from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. This overview includes all dictionaries from this period, regardless of their size and quality.
Michaela Kuzmova, Božana Niševa
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Bilingual and multilingal Russian-English phraseological dictionaries
, 2013 The paper looks into macrostructural and microstructural parameters of bilingual and multilingual Russian-English phraseological dictionaries. The dictionaries are considered in chronological order, beginning from the very first to the latest ones ...
Rosa Ayupova, Elena Arsenteva
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Whereas L2 fluency research has focused on monologic speech, interactional fluency (IF), particularly during turn transitions, remains underexplored. This study investigates how turn‐managing gestures (TMGs) contribute to L2 IF, drawing on 60 dyadic interactions from Taiwanese learners in the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of ...
Yen‐Liang (Eric) Lin +2 more
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract As people age, there is a natural decline in cognitive functioning and brain structure. However, the relationship between brain function and cognition in older adults is neither straightforward nor uniform. Instead, it is complex, influenced by multiple factors, and can vary considerably from one person to another.
Monica Baciu, Elise Roger
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