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Foreign Language Learning in Older Adults Modifies Resting‐State Functional Connectivity Between the Subcortical Structures and the Cortex

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Foreign language learning in older adults reorganizes thalamic and caudate connectivity, in a process topographically overlapping with the expression of receptors and genes related to neuroplasticity. ABSTRACT Objectives Neuroimaging studies suggest that Foreign Language Learning (FLL) influences resting‐state functional connectivity (rs‐FC) within the
Giovanna Bubbico   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

English phonological errors by Kimakunduchi speaking EFL learners in Zanzibar

open access: yesStudies in African Languages and Cultures, 2020
The aim of the present study was to find the phonological errors on segmental level involving selected consonant sounds which are produced by Kimakunduchi speaking English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Zanzibar. Specifically, the study sought to
Erasmus Akiley Msuya, Salim Ali Mohamed
doaj   +1 more source

Associating cognitive abilities with naturalistic search behavior

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 665-685, April 2025.
Abstract Differences in cognitive abilities affect search behaviors, but this has mostly been observed in laboratory experiments. There is limited research on how users search for information in real‐world, naturalistic settings and how real‐world search behaviors relate to cognitive abilities.
Tung Vuong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender assignment and gender agreement in advanced French interlanguage: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
An analysis of 519 gender errors (out of 9,378 modifiers) in the advanced French interlanguage of 27 Dutch L1 speakers confirms earlier findings that gender assignment and/or agreement remain problematic for learners at all levels.
Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Véronique, D.
core   +1 more source

Stereo‐EEG mapping of visual working memory with task‐related high‐gamma modulations

open access: yesEpilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective We describe a safe, informative, and easy‐to‐implement approach for presurgical mapping of visual working memory (VWM) with stereo‐electroencephalography (SEEG). Methods Twenty‐four patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy, 11–23 years of age, performed a single‐probe change detection VWM task, during SEEG monitoring.
Brian Ervin   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interlanguage Cluster Production of L2 English by L1 Saudi Arabic Speakers

open access: yesالآداب للدراسات اللغوية والأدبية, 2021
 This study aimed to provides an in-depth phonological analysis of the utterance of L2 coda clusters by Saudi Arabic second language (L2) English learners. Research in the domain of L2 phonetics and phonology show that L2 learners encounter difficulties
عبدالله بن نجر العتيبي
doaj  

The Strange Case of the Gallo-Italic Dialects of Sicily: Preservation and Innovation in Contact-Induced Change

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
The Gallo-Italic dialects widespread within central–eastern Sicily represent the result of the medieval immigration of settlers from southern Piedmont and Liguria, after the Norman conquest of the island (1061–1091).
Alessandro De Angelis
doaj   +1 more source

M is for Apple: Biliteracy for Pre‐Service Teachers

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This qualitative study explores the dynamics between pre‐service and cooperating teachers, emphasizing the need to shift traditional power structures. It highlights the value of pre‐service teachers' biliteracy knowledge and the importance of reflective practice.
Jennifer Arcila
wiley   +1 more source

Phonological transfer and orthographic influence in the pronunciation of Saudi undergraduate EFL learners

open access: yesEast European Journal of Psycholinguistics
This study examines the influence of L1 phonological transfer and L2 orthography on the pronunciation of Saudi undergraduate EFL learners. Focusing on English vowels and consonant clusters, the study analysed the pronunciation of 20 EFL learners aged 18 ...
Hassan Alqurashi
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a definition of an Egyptian Greek variety

open access: yesPapers in Historical Phonology, 2016
In this paper I study the possibility of an Egyptian Greek variety that — on the phonological level — developed from the 2nd century CE onward, and which has so far not been defined as an independent language variety.
Sonja Dahlgren
doaj   +1 more source

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