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Material Anchors in Language Learning

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Language‐learning materials are cognitive technologies that aim to facilitate the complex cognitive task of acquiring the means for effective communication in a second language. Blackfoot and Plains Cree are two closely related Indigenous languages spoken in Canada and the United States.
Conor Snoek
wiley   +1 more source

Shared phonological networks in frontal and temporal cortex for language production and comprehension. [PDF]

open access: yesCereb Cortex
Dmitrieva X   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stigma, self‐styling and ‘forced accents’ among English L2 speakers in Spain

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the relationship between shame, stigma and accent for non‐native English speakers in Spain. The low English competence of the Spanish population frequently constitutes a source of individual and collective stigma – which includes the apparent undesirability of Spanish‐sounding English.
Eva Codó, Carly Collins
wiley   +1 more source

Nigerian English research: Developments and directions

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key ...
David Jowitt, Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
wiley   +1 more source

National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract It has been argued that, especially in non‐Inner Circles of English, whether or not speakers consider language to be a harbinger of national identity affects their positioning as owners of that language. A plethora of prior studies have also demonstrated that language is of central importance regarding the ways in which people enact their ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi, Robert M. Mckenzie
wiley   +1 more source

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