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The English Pain Summit was held in Westminster, London on 22 November 2011. Dr. Martin Johnson explores its background, the meeting itself, and subsequent outputs.

During the English Civil War and subsequent Restoration, beekeeping provided a ready set of moral examples for those seeking answers about the 'natural' structure of society. The practice itself also underwent a number of substantial changes, moving from a traditional craft practice to a more knowledge-focused, technol…

INTRODUCTION: This study investigates the latent motivational structure and qualitative manifestations of motivational withdrawal among some Chinese higher vocational college students learning College English within exam-oriented instructional contexts. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Learned Helplessnes…

PURPOSE: Artificial intelligence is increasingly transforming language learning environments, yet the psychological mechanisms through which AI-assisted instructional practices influence language outcomes remain insufficiently understood. Although prior studies have examined AI-supported learning, limited research has…

Irony is a complex communicative device that contrasts the explicit, literal meaning with the implicit intent and is sensitive to cultural and linguistic context. Despite growing interest in bilingual irony comprehension, experimentally validated materials for non-Western bilinguals remain scarce. This study addresses…

INTRODUCTION: Teaching English pronunciation in an English as a Second Language (ESL) context involves tailored strategies to help learners accurately produce sounds, intonation, and rhythm. METHODS: This study presents an innovative method utilizing advanced technology and algorithms to enhance pronunciation accuracy…

BACKGROUND: In the evolving landscape of Chinese education, understanding the factors that influence the emotional health and engagement of English language learners is increasingly vital. Against this backdrop, our study delves into how teachers' autonomy-supportive behavior, teachers' harmony, and peer support impact…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The growing Anglicization of the German language especially affects medicine. This is true not only in medical research but also for congresses and publications. This leads to far-reaching consequences also for continuing medical education. This questionnaire study obtained the opinions by a s…

This article examines descriptions of auditory experiences used as training data in machine learning. While such training datasets play a key role in machine learning, only a few studies have investigated these training datasets from a linguistic perspective. Making an important contribution to the English-focused fiel…

This study investigated (a) whether L2 semantic processing is modulated by automatic activation of L1 translations, (b) whether L1 translation activation involves both phonological and orthographic representations, and (c) whether these phonological and orthographic representations of L1 translations are accessed along…

To analyze English discourse more accurately and provide more detailed feedback information, this study applies Rasch measurement and Conditional Random Field (CRF) models to English discourse analysis. The Rasch measurement model is widely used to evaluate and quantify the potential traits of individuals, and it has r…

INTRODUCTION: Information about how the limited English proficiency immigrants make their decisions to seek health care is not well understood. With acculturation, immigrants tend to shift their beliefs and practices towards the practices of their host country. Yet, little is known whether this holds true for the Hmong…

PURPOSE: This study examined the effect of phonological overlap on English and Spanish expressive vocabulary accuracy as measured by the bilingual Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test-Fourth Edition (EOWPVT-IV). We hypothesized that if languages interact during an expressive vocabulary task, then higher phonolog…

The aim of the present study was to compare scores from the English and the Spanish versions of two well-known measures of psychological distress using a within-subject approach. This method involved bilingual participants completing both measures in four conditions. For two groups of people, measures were offered in t…

BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction has emerged as a yardstick to measure success of healthcare ecosystems. OUTPATSAT-35RT is a questionnaire to assess patient satisfaction on outpatient radiotherapy (RT). However, it is yet to be translated and/or validated in any of the common Indian languages. METHODS: English version…

The Arabic-speaking immigrant group, which makes up the fourth largest language group in Australia, has a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to explore the health care challenges and needs of Arabic-speaking immigrants with cardiovascular disease (CVD), using a comparative approa…