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Making all repertoires count: Re‐envisioning TBLT through critical multilingual language awareness

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As calls intensify for language education to provide authentic exposure to linguistic and cultural diversity—an essential condition for preparing learners to navigate an interconnected world—concerns about the declining status of additional language study reveal an important challenge.
Koen Van Gorp
wiley   +1 more source

Digitizing the Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary: Challenges and Prospects

Lexikos, 2013
This article recounts the genesis, growth and turbulent events that accompanied the compilation of the Eiwanika ly'Olusoga, that is, the Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary. Contrasting academia with the trade, legacy with state-of the-art dictionary compilation software, high praise and visibility with daily and down-to-earth drudgery, it recounts the ...
Nabirye, Minah, de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice   +1 more
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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie, Lea Meriläinen, Mikko Laitinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An acoustic study on monophthongs in Central Australian Aboriginal English

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We present an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowel production in Central Australian Aboriginal English (CAAE), providing one of the first systematic examinations of this variety spoken by English‐as‐a‐first‐language (L1) speakers in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia.
Yizhou Wang, Carmel O'Shannessy, Vanessa Davis, Rikke Bundgaard‐Nielsen, Denise Foster   +4 more
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Developmental Patterns of English Alphabet Knowledge in Chinese–English Emergent Bilingual Children

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 3, July/August/September 2026.
The graphical abstract compares the developmental patterns of alphabet knowledge between Chinese‐English bilingual children and established monolingual norms. The study highlights a distinct developmental pattern, emphasizing the need for alphabet instruction that accounts for specific cultural and linguistic contexts for bilingual children.
Somin Park
wiley   +1 more source

Words in Sheep’s Clothing

ELOPE, 2006
The paper focuses on various types of dictionary words, i.e. infrequent and rather uncommon words often listed in comprehensive monolingual English dictionaries but virtually nonexistent in actual usage.
Dušan Gabrovšek
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Hemodynamic Responses to Word Forms in Japanese Infant‐Directed Vocabulary in 5‐ and 9‐Month‐Old Infants: Early Sensitivity to Prosodic Structure and Emergence of Prosodic Representations

Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The prosodic characteristics of a native language greatly influence early language acquisition. Yet, Japanese mothers are known to use a specific prosodic structure in infant‐directed vocabulary (IDV)—specifically, three‐mora, two‐syllable words with a heavy‐light pattern—which, crucially, differs from the standard prosodic rhythm of adult ...
Yoritaka Akimoto, Miki Takahasi, Naoto Yamane, Rachel Ka‐Ying Tsui, Akiko Hayashi, Reiko Mazuka   +5 more
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Bild im Wörterbuch. Zu visuellen Darstellungsformen in einem Lernerwörterbuch. Illustrations in a dictionary. Visual forms of entry presentation in a learner‘s dictionary.

Glottodidactica, 2016
In this article we will subject visual forms of entry presentation found in monolingual learner's dictionaries to critical contrastive analysis. The characteristics of dictionaries under discussion, especially those addressed to foreign users, make them
Hanna Kaczmarek
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Supporting multilingual learners in K‐12 STEM classrooms through formative assessments: A qualitative descriptive approach

Natural Sciences Education, Volume 55, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract The growing number of multilingual learners (MLs) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms in the United States has compelled teachers to innovate their instructional and assessment practices to better meet the diverse and evolving needs of students. By centering teachers’ own interpretations and reflections, this
Bilgehan Ayik, Sujin Kim, Yixin Zan, Dai Gu, Woomee L. Kim   +4 more
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HOMONYMY IN ENGLISH MONOLINGUAL GENERAL-PURPOSE DICTIONARIES

Nasledje Kragujevac, 2021
The focus of this paper is the treatment of homonymy in selected monolingual general-purpose dictionaries of English. The aim of the analysis presented in this paper is to reveal the perception of homonymy and its lexicographic significance in the analyzed dictionaries, which involves the answer to the question whether these dictionaries mark homonymy ...
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