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Teacher Well‐Being Across Career Stages: An Ecological Study of Early‐ and Mid‐Career English Teachers in Japanese Secondary Schools

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher well‐being has garnered increasing attention in language education, as it plays a vital role in shaping both their professional lives and student learning. Although its importance is recognised, further research is still needed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of language teachers' well‐being.
Takeshi Onodera
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-effective abatement of industrial sources of nitrous oxide with methane for urgent climate mitigation. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wu Y, Hong R, Wu X, Xiao FS, Wang H, Wu Z.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Measuring Interactional Competence in a Japanese University EFL Speaking Context

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ability to interact is an integral aspect of speaking proficiency. Therefore, methods of assessing interaction need to be incorporated into second language (L2) speaking tests. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to quantify interactional competence (IC) in a Japanese university EFL (English as a foreign language ...
Paul Garside
wiley   +1 more source

Selective Electrochemical NO_x Reduction to N₂ for Sustainable Ammonia Energy Systems. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Wu Z, Chen Y, Wen Z, Fu X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Changed Minds and L2 Motivation: Reflections of Japanese EFL Students Living, Laboring and Learning in Vietnam

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT English as a lingua franca (ELF) is increasingly used for communication in many EFL contexts, including Vietnam. Although Japan and Vietnam have a long history of economic cooperation, for practical reasons, English typically functions as the medium of communication between the two groups. This study examines Japanese expats who had studied or
Mark R. Freiermuth, Satomi Kanaya
wiley   +1 more source

Tandem Catalysis in CuO/ZnMnO3 Heterostructures for Efficient Electrooxidation of N2 to Nitrate. [PDF]

J Am Chem Soc
Yuan Y, Qian X, Liu S, Wa Q, Wang Y, Qiu X, Zhang Y, Lu S, Lyu Y, Zhang H, Shao M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Entangled Discourses and Realities of English: Japanese Undergraduates’ Everyday Online and Offline Language Experiences

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing on the narratives of two Japanese undergraduate students, this article examines their everyday experiences of using and learning English, situated within entangled relations of power. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of discourse, the study reveals how multiple power/knowledge systems—such as native speakerism, prescriptivism ...
Aina Tanaka, Daisuke Kimura
wiley   +1 more source

Data-driven catalyst design for direct catalytic N₂O decomposition. [PDF]

Nat Commun
He C, Mine S, Jing Y, Wan TL, Zhang J, Qin J, Zhang N, Taketoshi K, Anzai A, Toyoshima R, Kondoh H, Takigawa I, Shimizu KI, Toyao T.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Effects of Financial Liberalization on Country‐Level Emissions

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We use country‐level shocks and a difference‐in‐differences framework to study how financial market liberalization is related to country‐level carbon dioxide, overall greenhouse gas, and sulfur dioxide emissions. Liberalization increases the number of foreign institutional investors, which could lead to a decrease in firm pollution ...
Kim Ceulemans, Sarfraz Khan, John K. Wald   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Randomized trial of intraoperative nitrous oxide for postoperative pain reduction in cervical spinal cord injury. [PDF]

Pain Rep
Hoshina M, Kato T, Shiko Y, Kawasaki Y, Okubo K, Kimura A, Yokotani M, Mazda Y, Yahata T, Inokuchi K, Obata H.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source