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Longing for Symbolic Capital in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: A Bourdieun Estimation 托妮·莫里森《最蓝的眼睛》中对象征资本的渴望:一个布尔迪昂估计

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2777

Md. Mozaffor Hossain

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A Cross-National Investigation of Cultural Representations in Iranian and Turkish ELT Coursebooks 伊朗和土耳其英语教学教材中文化表征的跨国调查

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2780

Emrah Dolgunsöz, Monireh Azimzadeh Yi̇ği̇t

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Age, Gender, and Anxiety as Antecedents of Willingness to Communicate: Turkish EFL Context 年龄、性别和焦虑是沟通意愿的前因:土耳其英语语境

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-04-28 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2800

Ramazan Yetkin, Zekiye Özer

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Learning Styles and Attitude toward Achievement among English Second Language Students 英语第二语言学生的学习风格与成就态度

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-04-06 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2607

Nuning Nur Naenah

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The Effect of Using De-contextualization and Semi-Contextualization Teaching Techniques on Turkish EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning 去情境化和半情境化教学对土耳其语英语学习者词汇学习的影响

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-03-23 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2781

Parisa Yeganehpour, Elham Zarfsaz

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A Psychoanalytic Reading of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Heart 古尔纳《碎石心》的精神分析解读

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-03-23 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2721

Rashad Mohammed Moqbel Al Areqih

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English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Metacognitive Strategy in Academic Reading 英语教育硕士生对学术阅读元认知策略的认知

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-02-18 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2696

K. Wijaya

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EFL Learners’ Performances on Associating English proverbs with Equivalent Turkish Proverbs: A Cross-Cultural Study 英语学习者联想英语谚语与土耳其谚语的跨文化研究

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-02-18 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2643

Fatma Ki̇msesi̇z

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Understanding Reasons That May Cause Attrition and Retention among English Language Teachers in a Developing Country 了解发展中国家英语教师流失和留任的原因

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-02-14 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2616

Ahmet Erdost Yastıbaş, Meltem Huri Baturay, Abdullah Ertaş

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Facilitating Learners’ Self-Regulated Learning Skills and Self-Efficacy to Write in English Using Technologies 运用技术促进学习者自主学习技能和自我效能感的英语写作

Acuity Pub Date : 2022-02-07 DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i1.2581

Kretsai Woottipong

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