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Ways of Knowing and Knowledging
It is common to open the discussions in research methods books—like many other academic texts—with a ‘definition’. However, definitions are...
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Digital Multimodal Composing
This chapter begins with the definition of and rationale for digital multimodal composing, followed by the synthesis of representative empirical...
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The Performed Culture Approach
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of the Performed Culture Approach (PCA). PCA is a paradigm-shifting...
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The Undiscovered Vygotsky in Prabhu
The ideas of Prabhu and Vygotsky have endured in our intellectual landscape for the last forty years. Having drawn from both of them in various...
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Collecting Interview Data
Recording first-hand streams of evidence through observation is a desirable procedure in many cases of qualitative studies. However, not all language...
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Explaining dynamic morphological patterns in acquisition using Network Analysis
The dynamic nature of language development entails growing complexity of networks between forms and functions, as well as between functions and...
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Social Realism and Applied Linguistics
This chapter builds upon Chapter 4 to outline a realist approach to AL research which attempts to overcome some...
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Professional Discourse: Functional-Linguistic Perspective (Based on Academic Discourse)
The goal of this article is to look at the phenomenon of modern professional discourse from a functional-linguistic perspective to discuss key...
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TESOL Teacher Education Programs and Transnational Perspectives: Critical Reconstruction of Experiences Via Duoethnography and Autoethnography
In this reflective study, we critically examine the transnational perspectives we developed during our individual experiences in a TESOL teacher...
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Tracking the serial advantage in the naming rate of multiple over isolated stimulus displays
The serial advantage, defined as the gain in naming rate in the serial over the discrete task of the same content, was examined between grades and...
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Assessing Business English: The Role of Language Scales
In this chapter, important issues concerning language scales such as the origins, functions and purposes were briefly discussed. The CEFR, the most...
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Are working memory and behavioral attention equally important for both reading and listening comprehension? A developmental comparison
We investigated the extent to which working memory and behavioral attention predicted reading and listening comprehension in grades 1 through 3 and,...
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An Experimental Synthesis
This chapter is devoted to the data gathered by experimental means, in the areas of first language acquisition, second language acquisition,...
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A Reanalysis of the Uses of Can and Could: A Corpus-Based Approach
This study offers an in-depth analysis of the English modal auxiliaries CAN and COULD, using both spoken and written components of the British...
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Orthographic facilitation in oral vocabulary learning: effects of language backgrounds and orthographic type
Two experiments investigated whether exposure to Chinese characters and pinyin would facilitate oral vocabulary learning for Chinese as a first (L1)...
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Towards identifying dyslexia in Standard Indonesian: the development of a reading assessment battery
With its transparent orthography, Standard Indonesian is spoken by over 160 million inhabitants and is the primary language of instruction in...
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Summary Writing as a Form of Integrated Skills Assessment in Tertiary Settings
In tertiary context, assessment is central to the learning process, especially at advanced levels of language proficiency, as achievement depends not...
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Future Tense Acquisition by French-Speaking Learners of L2 Spanish: Chronology, Conjecture and Concession
The different interpretations of future tenseTense in Romance languages arise due to the interaction of morphosyntax with language-external discourse...
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Navigating Performative Language Pedagogy
This chapter advances a four-dimensional model to navigate performative language pedagogy, considering L2 development over time and...
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Literature and Personal Growth: A Look to the Future
In this chapter, the authors describe how the study of literature can support personal growth but also how specifically it can encourage personal...