On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜
Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency, 2021 The past 3 years of work in NLP have been characterized by the development and deployment of ever larger language models, especially for English. BERT, its variants, GPT-2/3, and others, most recently Switch-C, have pushed the boundaries of the possible ...
Emily M. Bender +3 more
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Cross-Linguistic Universals in Reading Acquisition with Applications to English-Language Learners with Reading Disabilities [PDF]
, 2009 There is a considerable gap in English reading achievement between English-language learners and native speakers in the United States. Differentiation of whether English language learners’ struggles are symptomatic of reading disability or related to ...
Gorman, Brenda K.
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The victorious English language: hegemonic practices in the management academy [PDF]
, 2013 This study explores hegemonic linguistic processes, that is, the dominant and unreflective use of the English language in the production of textual knowledge accounts.
Alvesson M. +20 more
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Crossings: A Journal of English Studies, 1998 David Crystal, a professor of Linguistics and an authority on English Language, has written a major work on the status of English as a global language. This book is an informed estimate by one of the distinguished scholars of language about the future of
M. Aceto, D. Crystal
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From elite to subaltern : stages in the adoption of the English language in India [PDF]
, 2012 Probal Dasgupta, in his book, 'The Otherness of English', posits that "the communication matrix of India identifies for English in-India the role of an "auntie" who is around, but not one of us." Despite early reservations about the adaptability of the ...
Cowaloosur, Vedita
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The Use of Technology in English Language Learning: A Literature Review
International Journal of Research in English Education, 2018 The use of technology has become an important part of the learning process in and out of the class. Every language class usually uses some form of technology. Technology has been used to both help and improve language learning.
M. Ahmadi
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Implications of the Course of Study Reforms on English Language Teaching in Japanese Secondary Schools: Toward Teaching English as an International Language [PDF]
, 2018 Many universities in Japan have been offering the teaching certificate programs to train highly qualified teachers. Even though graduate schools have set up programs for more disciplinary courses for English language teaching (ELT), few have been ...
Fujieda, Yutaka
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Teaching English for Young Learners [PDF]
, 2019 Language as a means of communication plays very important role in social relationship among human beings. The English language is the first foreign language we teach to children at very early stages of schooling.
Prayatni, I. (Ida)
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Text difficulty vs text readability: Students’ voices
Edulite: Journal of English Education, Literature, and Culture, 2022 Reading is an essential skill to be mastered, especially by university students and it is the lecturers’ responsibility to train their students to develop their reading skill.
Agus Widyantoro +2 more
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The Role of English Language in Nigerian Development [PDF]
, 2019 :The language policy in Nigeria granted the English language the status of being the sole official language, and the language of instruction in the country.
Iskandar, Iskandar +1 more
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