Rethinking the Origins of Cross-Language Effects: How Heard Verbs Influence Japanese- and English-Speaking Children's Attention to the Details of Actions. [PDF]
Dev SciHagihara H +3 more
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Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture the broadest patterns of lexical variation.
Taehyeong Kim +4 more
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Iambic Production Advantage and Unbiased Recognition in Word Learning by Mandarin-Speaking Children with Cochlear Implants. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Shi X, Yang J, Liang D.
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Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency
TESOL 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
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Cognitive dynamics of verb-particle constructions: an eye-tracking study on phrasal verbs and verb-preposition combinations. [PDF]
Front PsycholKissane H +4 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
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Explaining the Comprehension-Production Vocabulary Gap Through Neural Networks and Cross-Syndrome Evidence: Insights From Williams Syndrome. [PDF]
Dev SciD'Souza D +3 more
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A Country That Never Sleeps? A Web Scrapping Analysis of the 24‐h Economy Policy in Ghana
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In light of revitalizing Ghana's economic landscape through sustainable job creation underpinned by 24‐h operations across all key sectors, the National Democratic Congress proposed the ‘24‐h economy’ policy proposal. This study employs the web‐scraping technique through text mining and python codes to analyse 1820 comments from Facebook, X ...
Pius Gamette +3 more
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Detecting Dementia Using Lexical Analysis: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Tells a More Personal Story. [PDF]
Brain SciPattison M, Begde A, Wilcockson TDW.
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