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Revisiting the notion of ESL: A corpus-based analysis of English textbook instructional language
Learning English as a second language in the inner circle (ESL) is usually contrasted with learning it as a foreign language in the expanding circle (EFL).
Hang Chan, Hiu Ngai Jessica Cheuk
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While a considerable number of English language users come from expanding-circle countries, international English proficiency tests like TOEFL and IELTS tend to model inner-circle varieties like British, North American, and Australian, implying that ...
Abyan Syam Zain, Willy Prasetya
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Expanding your circle of influence [PDF]
IT IS MY HONOR and privilege to serve as your ASPAN President for 2003-2004. This great organization could not exist without each and every member. Every perianesthesia nurse delivering care each day, from preparation before surgery, through recovery from anesthesia, to discharge home, is critical to ASPAN’s circle of influence.
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Native and Non-native English Teachers' Perceptions of their Professional Identity: Convergent or Divergent? [PDF]
There is still a preference for native speaker teachers in the language teaching profession, which is supposed to influence the self-perceptions of native and nonnative teachers.
Zia Tajeddin, Aylar Adeh
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The terms Global English and World Englishes reflect two opposite imperial perspectives. The first highlights the success of the British Empire in spreading the language of England to various corners of the world, whereas the second subverts the race ...
Salikoko S. Mufwene
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Centralizers of Expanding Maps on the Circle [PDF]
We prove here that the elements of an open and dense subset of expanding maps on the circle have trivial centralizers; i.e., the maps commute only with their own powers. Using a theorem proved in [1], we deduce that the result is also true for an open and dense subset of immersions of
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A bolder One Health: expanding the moral circle to optimize health for all
One Health is a ground-breaking philosophy for improving health. It imaginatively challenges centuries-old assumptions about wellbeing and is now widely regarded as the ‘best solution’ for mitigating human health problems, including pandemic zoonotic ...
Simon Coghlan +3 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in Uremic Toxins From 1991 to 2024
ABSTRACT Background Uremic toxins are a growing area of research in nephrology, with significant implications in the progression and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the management of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD). This bibliometric analysis aims to evaluate the global research trends, key contributors, and the impact of publications in ...
Yuh‐Shan Ho +7 more
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Diversity and Philanthropy: Expanding the Circle of Giving by Lilya Wagner
Wagner, L. (2016). Diversity and Philanthropy: Expanding the Circle of Giving. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. $60.00 (hard cover), ISBN: 987-1-4408-4044-9.
Kathryn Yandell
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This paper examines the pioneering model of World Englishes formulated by Kachru in the early 1980s that allocates the presence of English into three concentric circles: first of all, the inner circle (Great Britain, the USA) where the language functions
John Robert Schmitz
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