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Ideological Representation of ‘Self ’ and ‘Other’ in Post-9/11 Narrative Discourse in British Newspapers

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Poetics, 2020
The general aim of this article is to examine the ways in which British newspapers in their editorials represent ‘self’ and ‘other’ in the backdrop of the discourse on the ‘war on terror’.
Khalid Mahmood, Ayaz Afsar
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A qualitative analysis of control-value appraisals, positive achievement emotions, and EFL performance in a Chinese senior high school context

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Based on the control-value theory (CVT), this study qualitatively investigated the relationship between control-value appraisals, achievement emotions (mainly enjoyment, pride, and hope), and English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) performance, and explored ...
Weihua Yu, Hanwei Wu, Wanzhu Zhao
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Development and validation of a metamemory maturity questionnaire in the context of English as a foreign language

open access: yesLanguage Testing in Asia, 2021
To determine the inherent components of language learners’ capacity for metamemory maturity, the researchers drafted a metamemory maturity (MMM) questionnaire based on Hultsch et al.’s (Memory self-knowledge and self-efficacy in the aged, Springer-Verlag
Payam Nour   +2 more
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Research Trends and Development Patterns in Language Testing Over the Past Three Decades: A Bibliometric Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
This study used bibliometric data from Language Testing, a prestigious international peer-reviewed journal in the language testing field, to investigate research trends and development patterns in language testing.
Manxia Dong   +3 more
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A pragmatic Analysis of Personal Metadiscourse and Politeness Principle across Genres: From Relevance to Adaptation [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2020
This study investigated personal metadiscourse units across genres. Based on Ädel’s (2006) taxonomy of the discourse functions of personal metadiscourse and Leech’s (2014) grand strategy of politeness, three spoken genres were compared in terms of the ...
Omid Allaf-Akbary   +2 more
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Developing a capacity to make "English for Everyone" worthwhile: Reconsidering outcomes and how to start achieving them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Past decades have seen a growing assumption worldwide that national governments should provide ‘English for Everyone’ (EFE) as a core component of their school curricula.
Wedell, M.
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Online vs. offline Problem-based Learning Affecting Foreign Language Learners’ willingness to communicate, self-efficacy, and classroom anxiety [PDF]

open access: yesFanāvarī-i āmūzish, 2023
Background and Objectives: The essence of Problem-based Learning (PBL) is to find a prêt-à-porter solution to a problem, which is also known as scenario.
S. Moslemi Nezhad Arani   +2 more
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Learning Global Citizenship Skills in a Democratic Setting: An Analysis of the Efficacy of a Moral Development Method Applied in China

open access: yesFilozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2014
To reduce the limitations of current measures of morality, and to focus on an effective approach to moral development among university students, the researchers adopted the Konstanz Method of Dilemma Discussion, to probe whether this type of method can ...
Lei Kang   +4 more
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INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH MANUAL [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This document presents a set of guidelines for authors who wish to express themselves more clearly to foreign readers, or readers whose first language is not American English. Topics include idioms, technical terms, jargon, word meaning, acronyms, and international conventions of measurement.
AMADOR, MABLE, KELLER, YVONNE KELLER
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A cartographic analysis of Shi and Lian…Dou in Mandarin Chinese

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2022
Shi and lian … dou/ye can both be used as focus constructions in Mandarin Chinese. The current paper aims to investigate the shi and lian … dou/ye constructions within the framework of Syntactic Cartography.
Longming Shichuan, Yu Fu
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