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Japanese Women's Attitudes Toward Learning Languages Other Than English in the Era of Global English

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study on female Japanese learners of the Korean language is situated in the centuries‐long anti‐Korean sentiments in Japan, the global popularity of the Korean Wave, particularly among women, and the essentialized image of socially marginalized young Japanese women who study English with romantic desires for Western men.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

Wealth, health, and happiness: An inverse story of the Easterlin Paradox in China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wang Y, Li L, Huang J, Qiang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Maternal exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of congenital limb defects in offspring. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang Y, Tan Y, Zhang D, Xiao P, Chen X, Peng A.   +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

Depression Mediates the Association Between Ambient Air Pollution and Gastrointestinal/Liver Diseases: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

CNS Neurosci Ther
Kou Y, Ye S, Liang M, Ge L, Qin L, Ha Y, Tian Y, Luo B, Wu C, Zhan L, Yang K, Lu Z, Yang Y.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography: an adjunct to ultrasound that can reduce unnecessary breast biopsies. [PDF]

Breast Cancer Res
Zhu Q, Bennett D, Hagemann IS, Mannix J, Wiele K, Luther M, Luo J, Poplack SP.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

So2 gas analyzer

, 2019
openaire   +1 more source

Dual-channel high-speed functional photoacoustic microscopy with ultra-wide field of view. [PDF]

Light Sci Appl
Nguyen VT, Taboada C, Delia J, Vu T, Menozzi L, Cho SW, Li J, Jayasundara N, DiSpirito A, Yao J.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Perinatal exposure to gaseous pollutants and autism spectrum disorder in children: A nested case-control study in the nurses' health study ii cohort. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Choi HM, Cardona B, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Laden F, Hart J, Weisskopf MG.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source