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[[alternative]]Taiwan Mandarin Vowels: An Acoustic Investigation

open access: yes, 2012
[[abstract]]After Mandarin education started in the 50's, Taiwan Mandarin is fixed today. Taiwan Mandarin is quite different from the Standard Mandarin that the Minister Education issued in 1932.
張月琴;Yueh-chin Chang
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The Impact of Periodontitis on Oral Health Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

open access: yesGerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To systematically review the impact of periodontitis on clinical oral health outcomes and oral health‐related quality of life (OHRQoL) in older adults (≥ 60 years). Background Global evidence shows that severe periodontitis prevalence peaks in the 60s, yet how periodontitis relates specifically to oral health outcomes in older adults
Lewis Winning   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transitioning From L1 Medium of Instruction to L2 English Medium Instruction: The Role of Translanguaging in Contributing to EFL Students’ Language Learning Motivation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on English‐Medium‐Instruction (EMI) highlights inadequate support for students transitioning from L1‐medium‐instruction to EMI. To date, little research has focused on how L2 students’ adaptation to an EMI environment influences their L2 learning motivation (LLM).
Kevin W. H. Tai
wiley   +1 more source

The Development of Prosodic Focus-marking in Early Bilinguals’ L2: A Study of Bai-Mandarin Early Bilinguals’ Mandarin

open access: yes, 2017
This study investigates the development of prosodic focus-marking in early bilinguals’ L2 by examining Bai (L1)-Mandarin (L2) early bilingual’s Mandarin.
Liu, L.Z.H.
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The Role of University Peer Mentoring in Heritage Language Identity Construction in Diasporic Contexts

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research shows that many heritage language (HL) students pursue HL study at the university level to reconnect with their cultural roots. While most university‐focused research has examined HL learners, less attention has been given to how teaching and peer mentoring experiences in higher education shape HL identities. This study examines how a
Mi Yung Park
wiley   +1 more source

Learning Styles, Engagement and Anxiety in AI‐Mediated Writing: A Multimodal Feedback Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) tools now permeate English academic writing. However, evidence on how feedback modalities align with student differences and with psychological mechanisms remains limited. Prior work often reduced learning styles to simple matches with delivery modes and treated learning engagement and writing anxiety as peripheral.
Yi Ren   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Unified and Automatic Approach Of Mandarin HTS System

open access: yes, 2010
Most studies on Mandarin HTS (HMM-based text-to-speech system) have taken the initial/final as the basic acoustic units. It is, however, challenging to develop a multilingual HTS in a uniformed and consistent way since most of other languages use the
Tian, Jilei   +4 more
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L2‐Mediated Personal Competence as a Dimension of Identity Development Among International Students in Kazakhstan: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Kazakhstan has emerged as a non‐traditional destination for international students through the expansion of English‐medium instruction and government‐funded scholarship schemes. This convergent mixed‐methods study examines how degree‐seeking international students from non‐Commonwealth of Independent States countries adapt to academic ...
Kymbat Yessenbekova, Anas Hajar
wiley   +1 more source

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