“I Have Worn No Shoes upon This Holy Ground”: Hebrew and Religious Authority in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poems (1838, 1844) by Gal Manor

“…Although most critics have focused on EBB’s knowledge of Greek, her use of Hebrew, whether translated, transliterated, or presented in the original Hebrew characters, reveals her concept of poetic language and her core religious beliefs. In her collections of poems published in 1838 and 1844, EBB reiterates her concept of Hebrew as a sacred language, a language endowed with what Bourdieu would term symbolical capital, and superior to other languages. …”
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Mask-wearing affects infants' selective attention to familiar and unfamiliar audiovisual speech by Lauren N. Slivka, Kenna R. H. Clayton, Greg D. Reynolds

“…This study examined the immediate effects of mask-wearing on infant selective visual attention to audiovisual speech in familiar and unfamiliar languages. Infants distribute their selective attention to regions of a speaker's face differentially based on their age and language experience. …”
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From colonial legacy to contemporary reality: attitudes towards English and Hindi hegemony in India by Sadaf Khan, Thapasya Jayaraj

“…Abstract The dominance of one powerful, ‘killer’ language, particularly in formerly colonized countries, has been studied mainly in the context of language education in a multilingual scenario. …”
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Integrasi Model Roman Jakobson dalam Pembelajaran Ilmu Ma'ani: Pendekatan Kontekstual by Anis Budiriyanto, Sudarmadi Putra, Farkhan Nur Romadhon, Edy Winanto, Joko Widodo

“…Jakobson's model, known as the six functions of language, is seen as a relevant tool to enrich students' understanding and skills in utilizing language appropriately and effectively. …”
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Reading motivation and reading comprehension achievement among English majors in China: A descriptive correlational study by Lei Ma, Zheng Zhao

“…This investigation not only fills a gap in current research but also paves the way for future experimental studies to investigate the efficacy of specific motivational interventions or instructional strategies in boosting reading motivation and subsequently improving reading skills among English language learners. The findings of this study are expected to guide educational practices and policies, ultimately leading to advancements in English language education for Chinese students majoring in English.…”
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The use of dramatization technology for the development of students' value orientations by Viktoria G. Grigorieva, Natalia V. Nazarova

“…The paper is devoted to the application of dramatization technology in foreign language teaching in order to develop general cultural, spiritual and moral value orientations among students. …”
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USING METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES IN TEACHING LISTENING TO EXPLANATION TEXT by hidayah nor

“…Listening is receptive skill and it is very important skill in foreign language classrooms because it provides input for the learners; by listening the students can produce language such as speaking and writing by vocabulary that they obtain from listening. …”
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Multimodal Media Tools of Popular Geopolitics: Russian Politics in Foreign Media Cartoons by N. K. Radina

“…According to the study, it is the Russian-language cartoons of foreign media that have the most complex and rich visual code and use Aesopian language. …”
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Satire in the linguistic features of Ahmed Matar's and rhetorical elements of Abolghasem Halat's poetry by Mohammad Amin Ehsani Estahbanati, Enayatollah Sharifpour, Mohammad Reza Sarfi

“…Considering the possibility of examining the language systems in humor, it is possible to analyze the discourse of the work by grasping the semiotic meaning of satiric symbols in a work. …”
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THE ROLE OF DIGITAL LITERACY OF PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE EFL INSTRUCTORS IN POST PANDEMIC COVID-19 by H. Kubra Er

“… There is a need to pay more attention to the incorporation of digital technologies in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) due to the increased importance of digital technology and digital literacy highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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A Systematic Comparison of Data Selection Criteria for SMT Domain Adaptation by Longyue Wang, Derek F. Wong, Lidia S. Chao, Yi Lu, Junwen Xing

“…The second is perplexity-based approach, which can be found in the field of language modeling. These two data selection techniques applied to SMT have been already presented in the literature. …”
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Deconstructing the Politics of Linguistic Mutation in Tom Stoppard’s Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth by Sarra Jouini

“…Stoppard’s plays, therefore, use language to alter power relations, creating space for political defiance. …”
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Cognitive Feature Extraction of Puns Code-Switching Based on Neural Network Optimization Algorithm by Jing Zhang, Qiaoyun Liao, Lipei Li

“…Code-switching is the choice of a language, a variant of using multiple languages in the same conversation. …”
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A Survey on the Role of the Irony-Based Technique in Beraat Etehlal in the Book" Nafsat-al-Madsur" by Hosein Hasanpour Alashti, Mostafa Mirdar Rezaei, Rahil Mohammadi deh abasani

“…The modification in language by the artist, creates an image; this transformation is shaped by the use of elements that are in the context of existing language and its inherent capabilities. …”
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Reasons for Poor Performance in English at the End of Senior Four Exams Among Selected Schools in Kambuga Town Council Kanungu District. by Mugisha, Derek

“…The objectives of the study were: to identify the English language learning facilities that may contribute to senior four students’ good performance, to determine the effectiveness of teachers in teaching the English language, and to assess the attitude of senior four students towards the English language among selected secondary schools in Kambuga Town Council Kanungu district. …”
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Editorial by Edgar Lucero

“…Autonomy has been of interest to scholars in the Colombian field of English language education over the last two decades. A constant work on understanding what it is, how to foster it in local language students by varied alternatives, or to examine it in homegrown language teachers has been paramount in published research reports and articles of reflection in Colombia. …”
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Quina lenga per revitalizar l’occitan ? by Cristian Lagarda

“…After an incursion into the teacher’s personal linguistic biography and professional language, it focuses on the evaluation of the students from the point of view of language varieties, their competences, and it ends, in the prospective, on their motivations and their possibilities of transmitting the language –for those who will teach. …”
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„Momenty wychowawcze” w projektowaniu procesu kształcenia kulturowej kompetencji dzieci by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

“…The results allow recognition in how a child, applying language, marks its being in the world, how it acts via language, how it uses language to reach the mysteries of the world and what it does with language during this operation. …”
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The influence of rater empathy, age and experience on writing performance assessment by Pilvi Alp, Anu Epner, Hille Pajupuu

“… Assessment reliability is vital in language testing. We have studied the influence of empathy, age and experience on the assessment of the writing component in Estonian Language proficiency examinations at levels A2–C1, and the effect of the rater properties on rater performance at different language levels. …”
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La passerelle ottomane by Iyas Hassan

“…Based on the bio-epic Sīrat al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Baybarṣ according to the Damascene telling edited by Bohas, Diab, Hassan and Zakharia (2000-2021), this contribution aims to question the Turkish identity presented within this folk text from two interrelated perspectives: language and cultural reference. First, the work is concerned with commenting on a group of Arabic expressions and vocabulary derived from the Turkish language, most of which have disappeared from dialectal Levantine Arabic today. …”
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