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Motivation for learning Chinese compared to European languages: An exploration in English secondary schools

open access: yesForeign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract There is little published research on school‐aged learners of Mandarin Chinese in anglophone contexts. This article explores English secondary school pupils' motivation for learning Chinese compared to European languages. The research questions were: (1) What is the strength and nature of pupils' self‐reported motivation for learning languages?
Robert Woore, Laura Molway, Clare Savory
wiley   +1 more source

The interpretation of animate nouns in child and adult Mandarin: from the Universal Grinder to syntactic structure

open access: yesLinguistics
Using animate nouns to refer to entities in the world involves a complex interaction of ontology, cognition and language. The present study evaluates two accounts of the use of animate nouns, with Mandarin Chinese as the vehicle for testing between the ...
Huang Aijun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preparation of High Carotenoid Pulp from Satsuma Mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) Juice.

open access: bronze, 1999
Takashi Sumida   +4 more
openalex   +2 more sources

The Impact of Periodontitis on Oral Health Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

open access: yesGerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To systematically review the impact of periodontitis on clinical oral health outcomes and oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) in older adults (≥ 60 years). Background Global evidence shows that severe periodontitis prevalence peaks in the 60s, yet how periodontitis relates specifically to oral health outcomes in older adults
Lewis Winning   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racing Against a Career‐Fertility Countdown: The Prospective Motherhood Penalty and Gendered Ageism in China's Workplace

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the prospective motherhood penalty encountered by women white‐collar workers of childbearing age, regardless of their childbearing status, in China's non‐state‐owned enterprises. Drawing on 63 qualitative interviews with women employees, selected from a broader study of 85 participants, it explores how women subjectively ...
Rose Xueqing Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Towards epistemic and linguistic justice in universities: Exploring the Australian university linguascene from student perspectives

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper addresses linguistic and epistemic justice by exploring multilingual practices in tertiary contexts in an English‐dominant linguistic ecology. The paper argues that the university linguistic space (linguascene) governs language choices toward English monolingualism, and this has implications for epistemic justice in multilingual ...
Anikó Hatoss, Eliot Allport
wiley   +1 more source

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