Facebook activities and the investment of L2 learners [PDF]
, 2016 The article discusses the investment of L2 learners in the English language on Facebook that they portrayed through their Facebook activities. It studied four informants consisted of diploma students in a Malaysian university.The study consisted of 14 ...
Karpal Singh, Paramjit Kaur +2 more
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Autonomous Locomotion of Tensegrity Structure on Low‐Temperature Surfaces
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A low‐temperature responsive tensegrity structure (LRTS) is constructed by integrating low‐responsive temperature liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) cables, nonresponsive cables, and stiff rods. The low phase transition temperature of LCE is achieved by introducing a new liquid crystal mesogen.
Changyue Liu +5 more
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Crossings, 2018 Learning how to write is a complex task in any language, but learning to write in a nonnative language presents its own special set of challenges. Teaching second language (L2) writing is about more than just creating lesson plans. It is about grounding
Christina Torres
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The development of L2 Arab writers' proficiency : autonomy, online self-access centres, and advisement : a dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctorate of Education at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 Autonomy has been identified as a contributing factor to language development and may affect the use and effectiveness of self-access centres (SACs).
Denekamp, Carmen
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Authorial presence in L1 and L2 novice academic writing: Cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspectives [PDF]
, 2015 This study involved a corpus-based textual analysis of authorial presence markers in the argumentative essays of Turkish and American students. Utilising Hyland's interactional metadiscourse model (2005a) as the analysis framework, it aimed to compare ...
Bayyurt, Yasemin +2 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.An enhanced universal gripper combining rigid mechanics with self‐adaptable fingers is presented for industrial automation. The novel six‐bar linkage with integrated compliant pad eliminates mechanical interference while enabling passive shape adaptation.
Muhammad Usman Khalid +7 more
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Predicting writing performance outcome via writing self-efficacy and implication on L2 tertiary learners in Malaysia [PDF]
, 2013 Generally, this study looks into the connection between writing self-efficacy level and writing skills performance. It will look into detail the accuracy of how far writing self-efficacy able to predict the outcome of a learner in L2 context and the ...
Jalaluddin, Ilyana
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A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff +4 more
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Facts and things: Advanced ESL learners’ use of discourse-organising nouns
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2016 This study examines the use of discourse-organising nouns (DONs), such as fact, issue, and thing, in a corpus of Swedish advanced students’ academic writing in second language (L2) English, and in what ways texts produced by the L2 students resemble or ...
Marie Kristin Tåqvist
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First language transfer in second language writing: An examination of current research [PDF]
, 2013 First language (L1) transfer has been a key issue in the field of applied linguistics, second language acquisition (SLA), and language pedagogy for almost a century.
Hossein Nassaji, Khaled Karim
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