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Abstract This classroom study explored the effects of vocabulary support on collocation learning and affective responses in task‐based language teaching (TBLT) among English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language (EFL) learners at a Japanese university. For this purpose, 68 EFL learners completed two interactive information‐gap tasks under either vocabulary‐support or ...
Yuichi Suzuki, Sachiko Nakamura
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Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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Някои типове съществителни имена в българския език с оглед на формалното им описание
Some types of nouns in Bulgarian in view of their formal description This article presents a part of the formal description of nouns in Bulgarian made for the purposes of the Normative grammar of modern Bulgarian.
Илияна [Iliiana] Кунева [Kuneva]
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Patterns for translation of compound nouns in the Russian, English, and German languages
The paper deals with the methodological patterns for translation of compound nouns in the Russian, English, and German languages. The novelty of the research is determined by the fact that the epoch of rapidly developing public and academic interactions ...
T.K. Ivanova +2 more
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A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions
Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
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Context sensitivity of relational nouns [PDF]
We present findings that relational nouns are more context-sensitive than entity nouns in two conceptual combination recognition tasks. Across two experiments, we investigated people’s ability to recognize entity nouns and relational nouns either in the ...
Asmuth, Jennifer A. +3 more
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Abstract This study examined the effects of repeated viewing and reading fluency on incidental second language vocabulary acquisition through captioned video exposure. A total of 149 Japanese EFL learners watched a short animation with or without captions, varying in the number of repetitions (once, twice, or three times).
Satsuki Kurokawa, Takumi Uchihara
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Abstract This study investigates internal linguistic variation in the instructional discourse of international teaching assistants (ITAs) by segmenting their mini‐lecture performances into four discourse types: introduction, lecture, conclusion, and audience interaction.
Heesun Chang, Hector Rivera
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Constructions binomiales dans le Pro P. Quinctio de Cicéron [PDF]
Delivered in 81 B.C., Pro P. Quinctio, Cicero’s earliest preserved speech, is a civil plea in which the Roman orator defends his client, Publius Quinctius, against the dishonest maneuvers of his accuser, Sextus Naevius.
Carmen Fenechiu
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The accentuation of neuter nouns in Slovene and West Bulgarian
The Slovene neo-circumflex is our major source of information for the reconstruction of Proto-Slavic long vowels in posttonic syllables (cf. Kortlandt 1976)
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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