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Letter recognition plays an important role in reading and follows different phases of processing, from early visual feature detection to the access of abstract letter representations. Deaf ASL-English bilinguals experience orthography in two forms: English letters and fingerspelling. However, the neurobiological nature…

PURPOSE: This study investigates how Cantonese language experience influences the potential effects of (a) musicianship and (b) musical ability on English stress perception. METHOD: The sample contained 124 participants, evenly split into Cantonese musician, Cantonese nonmusician, English musician, and English nonmusi…

English is a world language, and the ability to use English plays an important role in the improvement of college students' comprehensive quality and career development. However, quite a lot of Chinese college students feel that English learning is difficult; it is difficult to understand the learning materials, and th…

Metadiscourse markers have been observed to be frequently employed by simultaneous interpreters as interpreting strategies in the process of interpretation. However, the realm of inquiry into this phenomenon remains relatively underexplored. This study aims to rectify this gap by conducting a systematic analysis of met…

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to determine if performance on speech and non-speech clinical measures of auditory perception differs between two groups of adults: self-identified native speakers of English and non-native speakers of English who speak Spanish as a first language. The overall objective was to est…

BACKGROUND: Domestic ESL students in the university setting are usually not required to provide proof of English language proficiency. Language barriers may not be identified upon admission, which could put the ESL student at a disadvantage. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between ES…

Language learning through computer games has been suggested to enhance language abilities compared with traditional learning methods. Training in language skills may also improve self-control and reduce problematic behaviors in children and adolescents. We hypothesized that computer game-based language training could b…

The dynamic changes of grammatical functions in English teaching in different language environments are different. Based on this background, this paper studies the discrete dynamic modeling technology in the big data complex system. By analyzing the current situation of the English language, this paper studies the dyna…

Generally, in-depth learning has been extensively employed in numerous industries to enhance the growth of economic globalization since the dawn of the big data age. At the same time, the demand for foreign language talent has risen dramatically, and more and more businesses are steadily raising their English proficien…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: In the present study, we tested how Mandarin-English bilinguals choose English words to refer to prototypical Mandarin throwing actions. Languages differ in how they refer to events. In Mandarin and English, words for throwing actions differ notably on a variety of dimensions so there are few perfe…

PURPOSE: The current study examined acoustic characteristics of English /l/ produced by Korean speakers who speak English as their second language (KE). Comparisons were made to patterns of their Korean /l/ and English /l/ produced by monolingual speakers of American English (AE). Vowel context and word position effect…

PURPOSE: English is the most widely used language in medical community worldwide. Till now there is no study yet on how English language is being used among mainland Chinese doctors. The present survey aimed to address this question. METHODS: An online cross-sectional survey was carried out during the period of 23 Oct…

Children in the United States who are English language learners characteristically do not exhibit the same levels of reading achievement as their peers. The article describes the development of English literacy in English language learners and the relationship between a child's second language (L2) and his or her nativ…

PURPOSE: A large proportion of children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices to communicate are bilingual. However, many AAC devices predominantly feature vocabulary that is translated from English into the child's other language, lacking cultural and linguistic responsiveness. This can limi…

This article examines the development of primary English education from teachers' and students' perspectives; this is done by investigating environment, curriculum and teacher and students' information. The study was carried out with 42 primary English teachers and 404 primary students from 90 urban and rural primary s…

An important dimension in the education of health professionals is developing their English language performance to help them meet academic and professional needs. Though understanding Saudi university medical students' English language needs is key to helping them perform well in their academic studies and future work…

BACKGROUND: Learners' academic engagement in English speaking learning is crucial for improving their English speaking abilities through the process of motivation. Although prior research has explored predictors of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) academic engagement, such as academic buoyancy and foreign language l…

OBJECTIVE: Academic procrastination is negatively associated with English classroom anxiety among non-English major college students. However, current research has less explored the underlying mechanisms. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between academic procrastination and college students' Engli…

Oral English instruction plays a pivotal role in educational endeavors. The emergence of online teaching in response to the epidemic has created an urgent demand for a methodology to evaluate and monitor oral English instruction. In the post-epidemic era, distance learning has become indispensable for educational pursu…

With the rapid development of international communication, the number of English courses has shown an explosive growth trend, which has caused a serious problem of information overload, resulting in poor teaching performance of recommended English courses. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a graph convolutiona…