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“It Can't be Translated Into a Conventional English Phrase”: Crafting Academic Identities Through Translingual Writing

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative multiple case study explores multilingual postgraduate students’ academic identities through writing at an EMI university in Hong Kong, with a focus on how they gain legitimacy in knowledge‑making with their multilingual repertoires. Grounded in a poststructuralist understanding of identities as fluid and negotiated, the study
Siqi Song, Ken Lau
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

English as a Lingua Franca‐Mediated Meaning‐Making and Intercultural Competence in TikTok Live–Based Language Learning

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, Leechin Heng, Harianty Harapanta Damanik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Whose Language Counts?’ Linguistic Racism, Gen‐AI, and Policy Silence in Polish and Romanian AI Governance

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
wiley   +1 more source

Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains

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
wiley   +1 more source

Representation of bilingual dictionaries entries

RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2016
In the article the microstructure of the modern bilingual dictionary, in particular the structure and contents of the dictionary entry is considered. Addressing the analysis of dictionary parameters allows to take lexicographic information on the word ...
N M Nesova
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Interactional Fluency and Turn‐Managing Gestures Across Second Language Proficiency Levels: A Multimodal Analysis

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, Shu‐Ting Huang, Renia Lopez‐Ozieblo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Effects of Age, Linguistic Distance, Gender, and Education on English Proficiency: A Comparative Crosslinguistic Study of Immersion and Nonimmersion Learners

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Do immersion and nonimmersion learners’ English grammaticality judgment test (GJT) scores reflect the same underlying processes in language learning? Drawing on data from Chen and Hartshorne's (2021) study, we argue that they do not. Using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs), we found that age of onset was the strongest predictor of GJT ...
Frans van der Slik, Roeland van Hout
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptions of Research Limitations in Qualitative Language Education Studies: Residues of Positivism

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research limitations constitute reflexive moves in research reports where authors unapologetically highlight methodological weaknesses or caveats relating to knowledge claims that serve to pre‐empt reader criticism and avoid misunderstandings.
William S. Pearson, Seyyed‐Abdolhamid Mirhosseini   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finding the Words: How Does the Aging Brain Process Language? A Focused Review of Brain Connectivity and Compensatory Pathways

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
wiley   +1 more source