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A semiotics of the proxy

open access: yes, 2002
This paper approaches the stand-for relationship that is fundamental to semiotics from the point of view of a specific semiotic situation: that of relationships of proxy whereby a person is authorised to act for an absent party.
Maras, Steven, Steven Maras
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Interactive Videos in Multimodal Listening Assessments: Examining Language Learners' Perspectives

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The academic success of international students who speak English as a second language (L2) hinges on their ability to effectively communicate and comprehend information in English, which requires well‐developed listening skills. Given that real‐world listening mostly involves processing both auditory and visual information, incorporating ...
Shanshan He, Ruslan Suvorov
wiley   +1 more source

Metalinguistic Awareness in the EFL Classroom and Beyond: Exploring the Potential of Translation Tasks

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Current trends encouraging a move away from monolingual teaching have sparked a renewed interest in the role of translation in language instruction. Yet, there are few theoretically and empirically grounded proposals regarding specific uses of translation in the language classroom.
Monika Bader   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of trust in binding the perspectives of guide dogs and their visually impaired handlers

open access: yesSign Systems Studies, 2014
Building on anthropological discussions of perspectivism and (zoo)semiotic accounts of sign use by humans and other animals, the article explores the cooperation of a guide dog and its visually impaired handler as contingent on the mutual adjustment of ...
Riin Magnus
doaj   +1 more source

From Pedagogy to Practice: Using Microlearning to Prepare Teachers for GenAI and Digital Multimodal Composition

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This teaching article explores how microlearning can support TESOL educators in developing the pedagogical and emotional capacities needed to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to design and evaluate digital multimodal compositions (DMC).
Lucas Kohnke, Di Zou
wiley   +1 more source

Meaning and meaning fields: A non-dualist approach by Martin Staude

open access: yesSign Systems Studies, 2014
Review of Meaning in Communication, Cognition, and Reality: Outline of a Theory from Semiotics, Philosophy, and Sociology, by Martin Staude. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2012.
Peeter Tinits
doaj   +1 more source

Cognitive semiotics: an emerging field for the transdisciplinary study of meaning

open access: yes, 2012
The article provides an overview of ongoing research and key characteristics of Cognitive Semiotics, an emerging field dedicated to the transdiciplinary study of meaning, involving above all researchers from semiotics, linguistics, developmental and ...
Zlatev, Jordan, Jordan Zlatev
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Longitudinal Tracking of Persistence in Other‐Repair Practices in an Audio‐Mediated English Private Tutoring Setting

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
wiley   +1 more source

Designing Feedback and Assessment for GenAI‐Assisted Digital Multimodal Composition in L2

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The rapidly evolving use of GenAI leads to a crucial need for new approaches to instruction and assessment of language skills in DMC tasks. The study adopted a convergent mixed‐methods design within an 11‐week action research framework. The study was conducted with 12 Turkish tertiary‐level L2 learners based on a process‐genre pedagogy to ...
Sibel Söğüt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Digital Multimodal Composing: Toward Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This Research Issues paper outlines the theoretical and practical foundations for assessing GenAI‐mediated DMC, with a particular focus on frameworks for ethical authorship, diverse assessment approaches and methods, and flexible quality criteria and rubrics.
Dong‐shin Shin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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