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How National Culture Shapes the Relationship Between Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Performance: Evidence From Developed Economies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the moderating role of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on the relationship between board gender diversity and corporate environmental performance, including its components (resource use, emissions management, environmental innovations), across publicly listed companies headquartered in 32 developed economies.
Filip Hampl, Dagmar Vágnerová Linnertová   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology-enhanced Language Learning: Impacts of Duolingo Application on Micro Skills of L2 Speaking in Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Educational Research
Objective: This study investigated the impact of the Duolingo application on the micro-skills of L2 speaking (grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation)  among intermediate-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Iran.
Maryam Aliabedi, Sajad Shafiee, Fariba Rahimi Esfahani   +2 more
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Internationalising the teacher education curriculum: An analysis of syllabi and student experiences

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Internationalisation has increasingly become a key dimension of quality in initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. Although it is recognised as a means to strengthen future teachers' competencies and expand their professional knowledge, it remains underdeveloped in practice.
Nafsika Alexiadou, Mai Trang Vu
wiley   +1 more source

Insights from English pronunciation MOOC users: The view from ‘the other forgotten continent’

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica
Massive Open and Online Courses (MOOCs) are a valuable contemporary learning resource, and they can be used to promote intelligibility in L2 English pronunciation instruction and learning.
Alice Henderson, Laura Rupp, Adam Wilson, Olivier Glain   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated Solvent‐Catalyst‐Dopant Strategy via Acidic DES for Synthesizing Lignin‐Derived Carbon Dots With High‐Quantum Yield to Achieve Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A deep eutectic solvent (ChCl/pTSA) platform enables integrated solvent, catalyst, and dopant functions, producing sulfur‐doped carbon quantum dots with a high sp2‐C content (82.8%) and a quantum yield of 56.9%. When combined with TiO2, the CQDs form TiOC and TiOS interfacial bridges, achieving 97.3% tetracycline photodegradation with excellent ...
Xinhang Li, Haipeng Guo, Suen Hou, Fenghua Huang, Hailong Yu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Second Language French Oral Skills in an Instructed Setting: A Focus on Speech Ratings

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2017
This study examined the relationship between targeted pronunciation instruction in French as a second language (L2) and listener-based ratings of accent, comprehensibility, and fluency. The ratings by 20 French listeners evaluating the speech of 30 adult
Pavel Trofimovich, Sara Kennedy, Josée Blanchet   +2 more
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Finalisation of the European Approach to Assess the Fire Performance of Facades—Brief Information on the Outcome of the Project

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research was conducted within the framework of project SI2.825082, funded by the European Commission—DG GROW. The project's objective was to finalise a European approach for assessing the fire performance of façades under medium and large fire exposure conditions.
Péter Tóth, Anja Hofmann‐Böllinghaus, Fabien Dumont, Johan Anderson, Johan Sjöström, Mikael Bergius, Roman Chiva, Octavian Lalu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexible white thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymer with alkyl spacer and side‐chain encapsulation for efficient solution‐processed white organic light‐emitting diodes

FlexMat, EarlyView.
A “gemstone‐necklace” FASCE strategy synthesizes single‐component white polymers (PTF‐Qx) by alternating rigid TADF units with flexible alkyl chains. The non‐doped rigid device achieves a high EQE of 15.66% with stable white emission (CIE: 0.36, 0.46).
Wenhao Zhang, Hongyu Zhuang, Xinxin Ban, Shilong Feng, Tao Xu, Youqiang Qian, Shun Hu, Aiyun Zhu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technologies vocales et enseignement de la prononciation en langue étrangère : entre recomposition technologique et persistance didactique

ALSIC: Apprentissage des Langues et Systèmes d'Information et de Communication
This article presents a critical synthesis of how contemporary voice technologies (automatic speech recognition (ASR), computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT), text-to-speech synthesis (TTS), and generative AI) are being integrated into ...
Gabriel Díez Abadie
doaj   +1 more source

English Pronunciation Instruction: Research-based Insights

, 2021
International audienceEnglish Pronunciation Instruction: Research-Based Insights connects findings from recent research on L2 English pronunciation with their pedagogical implications and applications, in order to bridge the gulf between pronunciation ...
Henderson, Alice, Kirkova-Naskova, Anastazija, Fouz-González, Jonás   +2 more
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