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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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Abstract This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an alternative to human interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in a second language (L2). Thirty L2 English speakers completed a 6‐item roleplay task designed to elicit refusals of requests, invitations, and offers, interacting with both a ...
Yunwen Su, Xi Chen
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Football Matches and Policing: Evidence From London
ABSTRACT While the relationship between football matches and crime has been well documented, little is known about whether such events also escalate violent interactions between police officers and civilians. This study addresses that gap by analysing use of force data from the Metropolitan Police Service in London to assess the impact of football ...
Nils Braakmann +3 more
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Modal verbs in South Asian online Englishes: must, (have) got to, have to and need to
Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
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EFL learning, religious faith and globalization in Indonesia's pesantren
Abstract Increasing global demands to teach and learn English in religious educational institutions remain high, yet little EFL research has been conducted in such contexts. Using Indonesia's Islamic educational institutions (i.e., the pesantren) as a focus of analysis, this article seeks to narrow that gap by examining the key factors driving EFL ...
Muhammad Jauhari Sofi +1 more
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An Investigation into Turkish EFL Students‟
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ABSTRACT The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), particularly OpenAI's ChatGPT, has sparked global debate in education regarding authorship, ethics, and knowledge production. While much research highlights AI's affordances and risks, less attention has been paid to how early‐career multilingual teacher educators navigate this terrain ...
Amr Rabie‐Ahmed, Curtis Green‐Eneix
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Dyslexia in the Japanese EFL context ― An investigation of EFL university students
本論文では、日本人の学生の第二言語習得、特にEFL (注:外国語としての英語)の習得過程におけるディスレクシア(読み書きの障害)の問題を探求したものである。
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ABSTRACT This study examines how two pre‐service English teachers in Türkiye navigate the racialized (whiteness‐Europeanness‐indexed) and marketized legitimacy regimes of the private English language teaching sector. Drawing on a language teacher identity lens and a political economy account of accent commodification, we analyze the contrasting ...
Onur Özkaynak, Peter Sayer
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TURKISH EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF EFFECTIVE EFL TEACHERS
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