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Sign language for all? Profile and retention of students in a beginner sign language program

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 1, Page 216-233, Spring 2025.
Abstract Around the globe, beginner sign language programs have seen surging enrolments in recent years. Yet relatively few learners progress to higher‐level sign language study. In this article, we explore factors shaping retention and attrition among a cohort of 70 beginner Australian Sign Language (Auslan) students studying in a vocational education
Louisa Willoughby   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The sociolinguistic foundations of language modeling. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Artif Intell
Grieve J   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transnational literacy experiences and chronotopic identity work: A duoethnography of returnee English language teachers in China

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This duoethnographic study explores how two nonnative returnee English teachers in China negotiate their professional identities through chronotopically layered transnational literacy experiences. Drawing on the concept of the chronotope—the interconnectedness of time, space, and personhood—the analysis identifies three chronotopic ...
Shan Chen, Luping Sun
wiley   +1 more source

Genre and Conversation

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conversations can belong to different types, or genres. We consider four dimensions of variation as case studies: Some conversations are about sharing information, others about making decisions; some are about making firm commitments, others about brainstorming options; some are about sticking to the facts, others involve make‐believe; some ...
Elmar Unnsteinsson, Daniel W. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

From Margins to Networks: Minoritized Language Digital Content Creation's Impact on Linguistic Ideologies: The Galician Case

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT By focusing on Galician‐language online content creation through a corpus of semistructured interviews with eight professional and semiprofessional influencers, this paper examines how language ideologies surrounding minoritized languages have been shaped and reshaped because of their inclusion in the digital realm.
Ramón Brais Freire Braña
wiley   +1 more source

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