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The Power to Improve: Effects of Multilingualism and Perceived Proficiency on Enjoyment and Anxiety in Foreign Language Learning

European Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020
The study examines whether already knowing several languages and feeling proficient in a new foreign language (FL) has an effect on positive and negative emotions during the learning.
E. Botes, Jean–Marc Dewaele, Samuel Greiff   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

It’s Not Brain Science… Or Is It? How Early Second Language Learning Can Impact Future Achievement [PDF]

, 2015
Capstone paper from 2015 spring MPA program. Instructed by Allen Zagoren.We live in a global economy, yet U.S. citizens lag far behind in the knowledge of other countries’ languages, cultures, customs, geographies and peoples.
Allen, Terry, Evans, Rachel, Hupp, Eric, Passman, Becky   +3 more
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Crossovers: Digitalization and literature in foreign language education [PDF]

, 2019
Digitalization produces increasingly multimodal and interactive literary forms. A major challenge for foreign language education in adopting such forms lies in deconstructing discursive borders between literary education and digital education (romance of
Lütge, Christiane, Merse, Thorsten, Owczarek, Claudia, Stannard, Michelle   +3 more
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B‐EPIC: A Transformer‐Based Language Model for Decoding B Cell Immunodominance Patterns

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
B‐Epic: Achieving high‐accuracy B cell epitope prediction through Transformer architecture. Comprehensive validation demonstrates B‐Epic's robust performance across diverse datasets. B‐Epic facilitates vaccine development for H. pylori and EBV, addressing critical public health challenges.
Jun‐Ze Liang, Youtao Wang, Cong Sun, Tao Liu, Zengfeng Wu, Lipeng Chen, Lina Chen, Penglin Li, Zhengkang Li, Cangui Zhang, Bingyun Lu, Ye Chen, Bing Gu, Qian Zhong, Xin Wei Wang, Mu‐Sheng Zeng, Jinping Liu   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying cognitive and affective impacts of Quizlet on learning outcomes: a systematic review and comprehensive meta-analysis

Frontiers in Psychology
BackgroundThis study synthesizes research on the impact of Quizlet on learners’ vocabulary learning achievement, retention, and attitude. Quizlet’s implementation in language education is posited to enhance the learning experience by facilitating the ...
Osman Özdemir, Hümset Seçkin
doaj   +1 more source

Wearable and Implantable Devices for Continuous Monitoring of Muscle Physiological Activity: A Review

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Recent advances in materials and device engineering enable continuous, real‐time monitoring of muscle activity via wearable and implantable systems. This review critically summarizes emerging technologies for tracking electrophysiological, biomechanical, and oxygenation signals, outlines fundamental principles, and highlights key challenges and ...
Zhengwei Liao, Ata Golparvar, Mohammad Javad Bathaei, Filipe Arroyo Cardoso, Clementine M. Boutry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agency and structure in the linguistic landscape of the communities in Beijing, China: a discursive frame and geosemiotic analysis

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
This article examines the linguistic landscapes (LL) of two communities in Beijing, China, to investigate the agency and structure embodied in them.
Mengli Zhang, Tianwei Zhang
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Factors affecting the attitudes of students towards learning English as a foreign language

, 2020
This study aimed at investigating on factors affecting the attitudes of grade 10 students towards learning EFL in Debremarkos Comprehensive Secondary School in Debre Markos town, Ethiopia. The researcher randomly selected 103 sample students (10%) out of
A. Getie
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language to non-Chinese learners in mainland China (2014–2018)

Language Teaching, 2020
This review involved 60 articles chosen from 336 empirical studies identified in five leading journals on the learning and teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language in mainland China during the period 2014–2018.
Y. Gong, X. Gao, Boning Lyu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Accounting for multicompetence and restructuring in the study of speech [PDF]

, 2015
Phonetic studies meant to generalize to monolingual speakers of a target language have often examined individuals with considerable experience using another language, such as the immigrant native speaker.
Chang, Charles B.
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