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Forms of World Literature and the Taipei Poetry Festival

, 2017
In poetry anthologies and works of literary criticism, the authority to select which literature can become “world” literature often lies with a single editor or theorist.
ADMUSSEN, Nick
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Promoting Foreign Language Enjoyment Through Displaying Affiliation in Collaborative Digital Multimodal Composing in Hong Kong ESL Classrooms: Insights From Translanguaging and Transpositioning Perspectives

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studies on classroom interactions suggest that displaying affiliation through linguistic and multimodal resources could promote positive emotions like enjoyment, thereby enhancing engagement and enthusiasm in second/foreign language learning.
Karen C. K. Choi, Kevin W. H. Tai
wiley   +1 more source

From “Striving to Survive” to “Striving to Thrive”: A Narrative Inquiry Into a Student's Motivational Development via Translanguaging in EAP and EMI Contexts

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Chinese International Students’ Intercultural Competence in Australian University Classrooms: Challenges and Opportunities

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the increasing number of Chinese international students in Australian universities, intercultural competence has become a critical factor influencing their interactions with Australian tutors in university classroom settings. Existing research often examines students’ intercultural competence from a single‐method or single‐perspective ...
Jiangyu Han, Linda Tsung
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Lombard Effect for Mandarin: Relation Between Speech Recognition Thresholds and Acoustic Parameters

Trends in Hearing
The present work quantifies the Lombard effect across native speakers of Mandarin Chinese using the Matrix sentence test, which is optimized for precisely assessing speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) in noise.
Fei Chen, Changjie Pan, Hongmei Hu, Sabine Hochmuth, Birger Kollmeier, Anna Warzybok   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

LLAS/Whystudy...? downloadable calendar - September 2011, Chinese [PDF]

This calendar, for the month of September 2011, in Mandarin Chinese was produced by LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. It was created with help from teachers working on the JISC-funded Community Cafe project.
Borthwick, Kate
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Cantonese (Dis)investment by Cross‐Border Postgraduates in Hong Kong: Negotiating Competing Capitals and Multiple Identities Among Neoliberal Subjects

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One key strategy that local universities and the government of Hong Kong have adopted in recent years is attracting more students from Chinese Mainland to study at Hong Kong's higher education institutions and contribute to society after graduation.
Lingnan Zhang, Yue Peng
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Navigating Prediabetes in a Foreign Country: A Qualitative Study of Self‐Management Experiences Among Chinese‐Speaking Immigrants in Australia

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Chinese‐speaking immigrants in Australia have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and face more barriers to accessing quality healthcare compared to non‐culturally and linguistically diverse populations. This study aimed to explore the self‐management experiences of Chinese‐speaking Australians with self‐reported lived experience of ...
Min Zhang, Kirsten J. Coppell, Johnny Lo, Lisa Whitehead   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient Participation in Decision‐Making During Nursing Care: A Relational Autonomy Perspective

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore patient participation in decision‐making during nursing care experienced by patients with chronic diseases, family members and nurses. Design Focused ethnography. Methods This study included an 8‐month fieldwork in a Chinese hospital.
Yin Wang, Lissette Avilés, Colin Chandler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Being an Outsider’ and ‘Being an Insider’: A Focused Ethnography of Family Members' Visitation Experiences in an Adult ICU

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore how the restricted visitation policy impacts family members' visitation experiences and perceptions in an adult intensive care unit (ICU). Design Focused ethnography. Methods Data collection included 39 observation sessions (totalling 65.3 h), 19 semi‐structured interviews with family members, and document analysis of policies ...
Lian Zhu, Susanne Kean, Catherine Clarissa, Jennifer Tocher   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source