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Technostress and Technophobia: Unmasking the Impact of Coerced AI Adoption in Higher Education Institutions

open access: yesGlobal Business and Organizational Excellence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the impact of coerced AI adoption on the psychological well‐being of academic staff within higher education institutions. Data were collected from a sample of 470 faculty members randomly selected from higher education institutions in Pakistan.
Muhammad Imran Qureshi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growing trees on farms: Navigating the goals and values of farmers

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural landscapes represent critical contexts for advancing policy objectives related to tree cover expansion. This paper explores how farmers' values influence their willingness or ability to grow trees on farms. Research is based on 49 interviews and two focus groups with farmers in England and draws on two social science research ...
Stephen McConnachie   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Context effects on second-language learning of tonal contrasts. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Studies of lexical tone  learning generally focus on monosyllabic contexts, while reports of phonetic learning benefits associated with input variability are based largely on experienced learners.
Bowles, Anita R., Chang, Charles B.
core   +1 more source

Varied motivations for secondary forest reclearing among landholders make forest persistence challenging

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
wiley   +1 more source

Working memory, phonemic coding ability and foreign language aptitude: potential for construction of specific language aptitude tests - the case of cantonese

open access: yesIlha do Desterro, 2011
A re-awakening of interest in foreign language aptitude in recent years has also seen some reanalyses of the construct. Prominent in these reanalyses is revised conception of memory and aptitude, and particularly, the role of working memory.
Erica Chan, Peter Skehan, Gwendolyn Gong
doaj   +1 more source

Language Learning Histories and Learner Variables in an MA TEFL Programme: A Well-being Perspective [PDF]

open access: yesTeaching English Language, 2016
Highlighting the complex and dynamic nature of learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) from the perspective of the well-being theory and following an intact group design, this study analyzed Iranian MA TEFL students' (N = 37) language learning ...
Zainab Abolfazli Khonbi, Karim Sadeghi
doaj   +1 more source

On the domain-specificity of mindsets: The relationship between aptitude beliefs and programming practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2013 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted.
Ghinea, G, Scott, MJ
core   +1 more source

Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
wiley   +1 more source

Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency

open access: yesTESOL 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

Using Reverse Mentoring to Transform In-Service Teachers’ Beliefs About How to Teach English

open access: yesProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This qualitative research study delves into elementary school teachers’ beliefs and the potential contribution of reverse mentoring to improve English language teaching for children.
Liliana Valle   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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