The washback of the abolition of the national examination in Indonesia by Ifan Rikhza Auladi

“…The abolition of NE triggers the teachers to vary their teaching methods and techniques by using more communicative approaches; however, the change in assessment does not influence teachers' domination in classroom activities and talking activity. The teachers highly emphasize the use of previous exam papers in the preparation of SBA. …”
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Generic and vague uses of a second-person singular pronoun in an open-class person-reference system and speaker creativity in reported speech: the case of anata in Japanese by Yonezawa Yoko

“…Drawing on the notion of ‘constructed dialogue’ (e.g., Tannen 1989. Talking voices: Repetition, dialogue, and imagery in conversational discourse. …”
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Oral Language Skills of Elementary School Students to Support Multiliteracy Learning in the Digital Era by Dewi Tri Lestari, Shirly Rizki Kusumaningrum, Ade Eka Anggraini, Radeni Sukma Indra Dewi

“…The research results show that students' oral language skills in this digital era are still limited to non-formal speaking skills. Talking content comes from shows that are watched, namely short dramas, advice, food review videos, other entertainment content. …”
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Human Communication with Cyborgs in Experimental Projects of Contemporary Artists and Designers by Anton A. Denikin

“…An analysis of existing cyborg concepts shows that human-machine interactions are increasingly being analyzed not from a human perspective but in the context of their technological hybridity. Instead of talking about technologies as extensions of the human body, a discourse is being formed that articulates the initially prosthetic nature of human identity, where human identity is always conditioned by the interactions and contacts with technology themselves. …”
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Peter's Motive for Quoting Proverbs 11:31 as an Encouragement to Be Righteous by Aska Aprilano Pattinaja, Andris Kiamani, Farel Yosua Sualang

“…Based on the literature search, there are two interpretations related to this intertextual use of Scripture, namely talking about retribution or divine justice and moral responsibility. …”
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The Effect of Active Review Strategy on Student’s Attitude to Basic Science in Oyo State by Oluyemi Akinleye Ogundiwin, Gabriel Segun Adewumi, Oladimeji Lateefah Olabisi, Olayemi Aderokun Asaaju

“…The research results show that students' oral language skills in this digital era are still limited to non-formal speaking skills. Talking content comes from shows that are watched, namely short dramas, advice, food review videos, other entertainment content. …”
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Examining the key factors behind foreign language anxiety (FLA) in online teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by Maja Novak Lađarević

“…Furthermore, the study establishes the underlying structure of FLA, with five factors positively correlated with overall language anxiety at the .01 level of statis-tical significance: speech anxiety, evaluation and comprehension anxiety, online ESP class-room environment, anxiety of talking to native speakers, and lack of motivation for online class attendance. …”
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Complexity of the processes of modern urban by P. Bartkovyak, K. Kshakevich

“…However, in times of economic prosperity, a person is also forced to function in parallel in a crisis, that affects every major city, regardless of the growth or crisis of the national economy, lack of jobs, production cuts, rising unemployment, etc. Here we are talking about a specific crisis, which reveals itself in the worsening of the quality of the environment of human functioning - the environment in which a person is daily and meets his needs.…”
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Development of a Method to Evaluate the Dynamic Fit of Face Masks by Katarina E. Goodge, Drew E. Brown, Margaret Frey, Fatma Baytar

“…For functional objects such as face masks, the mask must fit the user initially and continue to fit during movements such as talking. This paper describes methodology development for dynamic fit analysis of face masks using 3D head scans. …”
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Tackling difficult changes in digital education through playful learning and gamification: the case of generative AI by Maria O'Hara, Cecilia Lo

“…Icebreaker activity that encourages people to start talking about their own experience of AI to our GenAI Challenge, where we ask people to use GenAI to create images, poetry etc. and then discuss the capabilities and limits of GenAI tools. …”
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“Being Holistic Is a Lot to Ask”: A Qualitative, Cross-National Exploration of Occupational Therapists’ Perceptions and Experiences of Holistic Practice by Mona Asbjørnslett, Lisebet S. Skarpaas, Linda Stigen

“…Three principal themes emerged: (1) holism as a broad and narrow concept, (2) being holistic spans from treating body parts to teaching marginalized children, and (3) being holistic is a lot to ask. When talking about holism and holistic practice, participants described their holistic practices in various ways, and their accounts reflected different understandings and cultural contexts. …”
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Gender shift in the pragmatics of addresses by Μ. A. Krongauz, I. V. Fufaeva

“…In all these cases, we are not talking about gender-neutral terms of address, but about a gender shift associated with desemantization (semantic depletion), which is felt by native speakers as a living process. …”
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Analisis Peranan Guru dalam Membentuk Sikap Disiplin Siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri 1 Kadugede by Anggi Pramowardhani, Mega Katarina Trijayanti

“…Such as students not doing their assignments, talking when the teacher is teaching, making noise in class, walking around in class, students sitting untidy, students disturbing their friends while learning is taking olace. …”
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Implementation of Psychotherapeutic in Islamic Education by Furi Aristyasari Yunita, Mustaqim Abdul, Ichsan, Azhar Chusnul

“…External techniques include talking therapy with Qur’ani communication techniques. …”
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Comparing Measuring Methods for Speech Timing During Rapid Automatic Naming Tasks Using Arabic and English Bilingual Adults by Richard J. Morris, Sana Tibi, Hany M. Alsalmi, Bailey Latham

“…This study was designed to measure talking speed differences in the utterances of a group of speakers whose first language (L1) was Arabic and second language (L2) was English. …”
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Preface by Elżbieta Czykwin

“…Adulthood has a biological dimension related to the anatomical and physiological consequences of development, and then we are talking not about growing up but about maturation. …”
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Making sense of a new transport system: an ethnographic study of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. by Caroline H D Jones, Simon Cohn, David Ogilvie

“…We investigated how the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, UK, was used and experienced in the weeks following its opening, using the method of participant observation (travelling on the busway and observing and talking to passengers) and drawing on Normalization Process Theory to interpret our data. …”
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Low SAR, Simple Printed Compact Multiband Antenna for Mobile and Wireless Communication Applications by K. S. Sultan, H. H. Abdullah, E. A. Abdallah

“…The proposed antenna is tested using the four recommended test positions of the CTIA association where the proposed antenna reveals good performance in all test cases in the presence of handset (keypad, battery, speaker camera, RF circuit, and LCD) in talking position, and in standby position.…”
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Indirect positive directive verbs between Arabic and Turkish by Nouray Omer Ali, Dilkhosh Jarallah Hussein Dzaey

“…The current study is a joint study between language and literature because it explains two things: the first is the direct meaning of the word and the second is the indirect request that we are talking about, this has various meanings in Arabic and Turkish, including (social, intellectual, psychological and others), this is reflected in the context in which the speech is made. …”
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ENGLISH-PROPAGATING TACTICS OF ISLAM IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOCIAL MEDIA by Masroor Khanum, Syed shahab uddin, Sayeda Daud

“…In addition, textbooks, journals as well as online sources were used for the study. Talking books, online media have a positive and negative impact on our Muslim society from an Islamic perspective. …”
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