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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
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Evaluation of automated vocabulary quiz generation with VocQGen
Vocabulary Learning and InstructionVocQGen is an automated tool designed to generate multiple-choice cloze (MCC) questions for vocabulary assessment in second language learning contexts. It leverages several natural language processing (NLP) tools and OpenAI’s GPT-4 model to produce MCC ...
Qiao Wang +3 more
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Empowering Active Learning to Jointly Optimize System and User Demands
, 2020 Existing approaches to active learning maximize the system performance by sampling unlabeled instances for annotation that yield the most efficient training.
Gurevych, Iryna +2 more
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 528-564, June 2026.Abstract This study examined second language vocabulary processing and learning in reading only (RO) versus reading while listening (RWL). 119 English learners read or read‐while‐listening to a story embedded with 25 pseudowords, 10 times each, and had their eye movements tracked.
Jonathan Malone +3 more
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TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH ONLINE. ASSIGNMENT ACTIVITIES AND TESTS IN MOODLE [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2021 In many universities around the world, the current pandemic situation confined the academic process to online interactions alone, with no physical presence in a class, the 'face-to-face' classes being held by means of applications or programs that ...
Ioana Claudia HOREA +1 more
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A Span-Extraction Dataset for Chinese Machine Reading Comprehension
, 2019 Machine Reading Comprehension (MRC) has become enormously popular recently and has attracted a lot of attention. However, the existing reading comprehension datasets are mostly in English. In this paper, we introduce a Span-Extraction dataset for Chinese
Che, Wanxiang +7 more
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Investigating the construct measured by banked gap-fill items:evidence from eye-tracking [PDF]
, 2018 This study investigates test-takers’ processing while completing banked gap-fill tasks, designed to test reading proficiency, in order to test theoretically based expectations about the variation in cognitive processes of test-takers across levels of ...
Brunfaut, Tineke, McCray, Gareth
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 671-703, June 2026.Abstract Studies have explored the relationship between text readability and processing effort in second language (L2) reading—as evidenced by eye movements. However, these studies generally relied on short texts, raising concerns about the validity of the analyzed data. This study reexamined these relationships using open‐source eye‐tracking data from
Shingo Nahatame, Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
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Language Testing in AsiaThis study addressed a gap in existing research on Multiple-Choice (MC) cloze tests by focusing on the learners’ perspective, specifically examining the difficulties faced by vocational high school students (VHSs).
Kuo-Zheng Feng
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The role of ESP courses in general English proficiency
Linguistica, 2013 The purpose of the present paper is the study of the interaction between learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP), in particular, English for the Financial Sector, and general English proficiency.
Vesna Cigan, Ljubica Kordić
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