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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 103-131, March 2026.Abstract The current study investigated from a usage‐based perspective how phrasal frequency and collocational strength of verb–preposition collocations influence preposition placement in wh‐relative clauses. Native English speakers and Chinese learners of English as a second language of the intermediate and advanced English proficiencies completed a ...
Henan Duan (she/her) +2 more
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Journal of Agricultural EngineeringThis study presents a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) based system designed to provide farmers with expert agricultural advisory services. The framework delivers context aware guidance on critical practices such as crop cultivation, pest and ...
Shreeram Sawant +2 more
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Listening, Reading, or Both? Rethinking the Comprehension Benefits of Reading‐While‐Listening
Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 311-351, March 2026.Abstract The rising popularity of audiobooks in language learning has highlighted the need to understand their potential benefits in enhancing comprehension and the mechanisms driving these effects. In this registered report, we explored the hypothesis that reading‐while‐listening can enhance lower‐level decoding skills, in turn freeing up cognitive ...
Bronson Hui, Aline Godfroid
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A nuclear families word list for French
The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 111-138, Spring 2026.Abstract This between‐languages replication study relates the development and testing of a nuclear, families‐based, pedagogical word list for French as was previously done for English. A word family includes base and inflected words (or lemmas) plus derivations.
Thomas Cobb +2 more
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Health Services Research, Volume 61, Issue 2, April 2026.
Sallie J. Weaver, Sandra A. Mitchell
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The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 210-239, Spring 2026.Abstract Multimodal materials (e.g., written text supplemented by images and/or audio) are commonplace in language classrooms. While they have been consistently shown to be beneficial for vocabulary acquisition, the efficacy of multimodal input in scaffolding text comprehension is less clear. Conflicting findings have also been reported in terms of the
Tetiana Tytko +2 more
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Reading versus listening: Which one is more effective for incidental vocabulary learning?
The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 6-30, Spring 2026.Abstract The article examines incidental vocabulary acquisition, focusing on the differential impacts of input modalities—reading versus listening—on learning of single words and multi‐word expressions. Eighty‐eight university students of L2 Italian were assigned to one of the three groups: (a) reading half of an authentic Italian novel, (b) listening ...
Mahnaz Aliyar +2 more
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Nigerian English research: Developments and directions
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 182-198, March 2026.Abstract This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key ...
David Jowitt, Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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The Impact of Lexical Chunks Instruction in Developing Iraqi Students’ Writing Fluency
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019 The aim of the present study is to examine experimentally the influence of using lexical chunks on the achievement of second-year-university students of English in the writing fluency. Lexical chunks, as the composites of form, meaning and function, stored and retrieved as a whole in brain, can release the language processing burden and improve the ...
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