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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Grounded in the L2 motivational self system theory, this quasi‐experimental study investigated the impact of three motivational interventions on two outcome measures: L2 learning effort and L2 achievement. A total of 391 Chinese junior secondary students were assigned to four conditions: a control group receiving no motivational instruction ...
Xuejun Ye, Guangwei Hu
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Utilizing lexical data from a Web-derived corpus to expand productive collocation knowledge [PDF]
, 2010 Collocations are of great importance for second language learners, and a learner’s knowledge of them plays a key role in producing language fluently (Nation, 2001: 323).
Franken, Margaret +2 more
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Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2014 Researchers have stated that learning formulaic language is key to achieving fluency. It has also been stated that studying vocabulary inthis way is more efficient than isolated vocabulary learning.
Chris Brizzard +8 more
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Lexical Syllabus in Elementary and Secondary Education: Construction and Implementation
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Nonnative language users operate with significantly limited vocabularies compared to native speakers, particularly when the language is learnt in school contexts. This paper demonstrates how empirical research on vocabulary learning combined with experience in teaching and curricula design has informed the principled construction of a lexical ...
Batia Laufer
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The pedagogical benefits of a lexical database (SciE-Lex) to assist the production of publishable biomedical texts by EAL writers [PDF]
Ibérica, 2017 Research has demonstrated that it is challenging for English as an Additional Language (EAL) writers to acquire phraseological competence in academic English and develop a good working knowledge of discipline-specific formulaic language.
Natalia Judith Laso, Suganthi John
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Clarity Without Credibility? Human Versus AI Abstracts in Otolaryngology
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study evaluated whether otolaryngologists can distinguish between human‐ and machine‐written abstracts. The primary question was whether large language models (LLMs) produce abstracts comparable in clarity and usefulness to human‐authored work, and whether reviewers can identify authorship with accuracy.
Sholem Hack +12 more
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Gragoatá, 2020 In this paper we investigate the use of the headless relative clauses introduced by “who” in formulaic expressions, such as “Quem casa quer casa”, considering its morphosyntactic organizing forms, argument structure patterns, semantic, cognitive and ...
Edvaldo Balduino Bispo
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Blinded by the Bot: Benchmarking GPT and Gemini Against Human Authors in Otolaryngology Reviews
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To compare the quality of scientific review articles generated by two artificial intelligence systems, ChatGPT and Gemini, with those written by human authors in the field of otolaryngology. Methods Two otolaryngology topics, chronic rhinosinusitis and infantile subglottic hemangioma, were selected.
Sholem Hack +8 more
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Interlanguage refusals : a cross-sectional study of Thai EFL learners' refusals in English [PDF]
, 2006 Using the speech act of refusals and formulaic language as focuses of analysis, this thesis aims to explore whether or not grammatical proficiency and development is distinct from pragmatic proficiency.
Kasemsin, Chirasiri
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Advantage in Reading Lexical Bundles is Reduced in Non-Native Speakers
Journal of Eye Movement Research, 2013 Formulaic sequences such as idioms, collocations, and lexical bundles, which may be processed as holistic units, make up a large proportion of natural language.
Matteo Valsecchi +5 more
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