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Exploring the contribution of topic familiarity and listening strategies to listening comprehension among L2 learners of English

BMC Psychology
The development of second language (L2) proficiency relies heavily on listening. Despite this, the influence of topic familiarity on L2 listening comprehension has received relatively little empirical attention, and researchers continue to hold divergent
Lingjing Huang, Yun Wang
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Does Culture Affect Unemployment? Evidence from the Röstigraben [PDF]

This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland.
Brügger, Beatrix, Lalive, Rafael, Zweimüller, Josef +2 more
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When the textbook is not enough: How to shape an ELF classroom? [PDF]

, 2018
This chapter is devised for English language teaching (ELT) practitioners to reflect on how language and culture are portrayed in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks, and explore how an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) approach can be further ...
Guerra, Luis
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USING PICTURE SERIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY (A Classroom Action Research at the Third Grade Students of MTS NW I Kembang Kerang in the Academic Year of 2010/2011) [PDF]

, 2011
English as the first foreign language in Indonesia is taught starting from the elementary school level up to university level. The general objective of teaching English in Indonesia, based on the school based curriculum (KTSP), is to develop students’
ZAINI, MUHAMMAD
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SASAK LANGUAGE AND TÉNDÉH MAINTAINING [PDF]

, 2012
Sasak is an indigenous language spoken mainly on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara. It has various dialects used by its speakers to show téndéh ‘culture’.
Muhammad, Muhammad
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Investigation of Chinese College Students’ Perceptions, Needs, and Self-Assessment of Spoken English Competency

SAGE Open
Spoken English Competency (SEC) remains a critical weakness in English Proficiency (EP) of Chinese college students, particularly when compared with their English competency in writing and reading.
Xiaoqin Shi, Nini Qu, Xiaoyuan Wang
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Culture and language

, 2022
The discussion on decolonising the mind and turning to African indigenous knowledge tends to construct a contradiction between the ‘colonial’ (bad) and the ‘decolonial’ (good), as well as between the ‘foreign’ (bad) and the ‘indigenous’ (good). However, independent African thinkers have never shied away from taking in elements from abroad into their ...
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Which Is in Front of Chinese People, Past or Future? The Effect of Language and Culture on Temporal Gestures and Spatial Conceptions of Time. [PDF]