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Cultivation of oral English competence among Chinese Mainland EFL learners from the perspective of formulaic sequences [PDF]
, 2021 This paper aims to review the ideal language input and output unit based on formulaic sequences and the theoretical assumptions underlying input and output hypotheses in view of the relatively low oral English competence among EFL learners in Mainland ...
Soo, Ruey Shing +5 more
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The characteristic sequence of a first-order formula
The Journal of Symbolic Logic, 2010 AbstractFor a first-order formula φ(x; y) we introduce and study the characteristic sequence (Pn: n < ω) of hypergraphs defined by . We show that combinatorial and classification theoretic properties of the characteristic sequence reflect classification theoretic properties of φ and vice versa.
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General Linear Recurrence Sequences and Their Convolution Formulas [PDF]
Axioms, 2019 We extend a technique recently introduced by Chen Zhuoyu and Qi Lan in order to find convolution formulas for second order linear recurrence polynomials generated by 1 1 + a t + b t 2 x . The case of generating functions containing parameters, even in the numerator is considered.
Paolo Emilio Ricci, Pierpaolo Natalini
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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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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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Formulaic Sequences Used in Academic Writing Register [PDF]
The identification of formulaic sequences through a corpus-driven methodology is regarded as a fundamental aspect of achieving smooth linguistic expression and successful communication.
Almosa, Abdulrahman
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A preliminary investigation into the use of fixed formulaic sequences as a marker of authorship [PDF]
, 2014 This research unites the theory of formulaic language—prefabricated sequences of words believed to be stored as holistic units—and the practice of forensic authorship attribution with a view to developing a new marker of authorship.
Larner, S, Larner, Samuel
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The Development of Indo‐Iranian Voiced Fricatives
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 97-115, March 2025.Abstract The development of voiced sibilants is a long‐standing puzzle in Indo‐Iranian historical phonology. In Vedic, all voiced sibilants are lost from the system, but the details of this loss are complex and subject to debate. The most intriguing development concerns the word‐final ‐aḥ to ‐o in sandhi.
Gašper Beguš
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Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis. Anglica WratislaviensiaThis study aimed to find out which of the three tasks, summarizing (SUM), discussion (DIS) or retelling (RT), was more effective in teaching L2 English formulaic sequences to a group of Polish teenagers. In so doing, 108 EFL learners were assigned to one
Tomasz Róg
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A Very Social History: South American Cricketing Tourists in Britain in 1932
History, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on both the rich Anglophone cricket historiography and the new Latin American sports scholarship, this article maps out the entangled global networks that shaped the tour of Britain made in 1932 by a team of South American cricketers.
Matthew Brown
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