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World Englishes and learner lexicography: View from the Expanding Circle
This article analyzes a World Englishes paradigm shift in four monolingual English-language learners dictionaries designed to meet the reference needs of people learning English as a non-native language in the Expanding Circle. The study investigates the
Galina N. Lovtsevich +1 more
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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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ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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It Is a Good Time to Expand Your Circle! [PDF]
The recently passed health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes a mandate for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test innovative payment models to reduce program expenditures while preserving or enhancing quality(1).
Stephan R, Thilen, Bobbie Jean, Sweitzer
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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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