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Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
wiley   +1 more source

Atypical Regional Accent in Autistic Children: A Perception Study. [PDF]

Autism Res
Beccaria F, Gagliardi G, Kissine M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Maximizing the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impact of the Metaverse

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The metaverse is a transformative digital ecosystem with the potential to redefine economic, environmental, and social systems. This qualitative study examines how the metaverse and its enabling technologies—such as AR/VR, blockchain, and AI—might evolve to influence sustainability. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with global experts and
Alessandro Lanteri, Mark Esposito, Massimiliano Cappuccio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Syntax and the brain: language evolution as the missing link(ing theory)? [PDF]

Front Psychol
Benítez-Burraco A, Progovac L.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Migratory Bird” Local Managers: English Proficiency, Social Identification, and Early Turnover

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local managers with high proficiency in English are valuable resources for foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, as they help mitigate language barriers between expatriate and local managers. However, such linguistically competent local managers often leave foreign subsidiaries within the first few years of employment.
Naoki Ando, Manami Suzuki, Hidehiko Nishikawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hamitic race theory and African cattle classification, 1868-1971. [PDF]

Ann Sci
Brown T.
europepmc   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

Weather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

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, Rebecca Attal, Lirit Levi, David T. Liu, Mahdokht Manavi, Luca Giovanni Locatello, Maxime Fieux, Evan M. de Joya, Joel M. Gutovitz, Shahar Eliahu, Tal Hefetz, Tomer Boldes, Ameen Biadsee   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Projected speaker numbers and dormancy risks of Canada's Indigenous languages. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Boissonneault M, Tallman A, Gast V, Greenhill SJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Field test of assumptions for using line transect distance sampling on rock ptarmigan

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Reliable population estimates are essential for the management of harvested species. Line transect distance sampling using pointing dogs is an established survey method for willow ptarmigan and has also been proposed for the monitoring of rock ptarmigan.
Marius Kjønsberg, Sondre Gottenborg, Mikkel Andreas Jørnsøn Kvasnes, Maria Hörnell‐Willebrand   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source