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Tapping into the Right-Brain: Using Visual Culture to Accelerate Early-Stage Adult Maltese Language Learning 开发右脑：利用视觉文化加速早期成人马耳他语学习

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1479

Jacqueline Żammit

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Blue without my Green: A Corpus Analysis on Colours of Grief and Emotive Expressions of Amy Winehouse’s Compositions 没有绿色的蓝色艾米-怀恩豪斯作品中悲伤色彩与情感表达的语料库分析

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1478

Aiden Yeh, Nicola Philippou

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The Role of Short-Term Memory in Language Processing: A Theoretical Review 短时记忆在语言处理中的作用：理论综述

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1376

Imane El Yousfi

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Measurement of Language Knowledge as a Controversial Elaborative Linguistic Framework 语言知识的测量是一个有争议的阐释性语言学框架

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1438

Mustapha Boughoulid, Abdelkrim El Khatmi

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Derivational Morphology Features in Common Akeanon Dialects 常见阿肯农方言中的派生语态特征

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1441

Ersyl T. Biray

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"Writing Became a Tool for Self-Discovery" How Intercultural Experiences Shape EFL Instructors’ Evolving Identities and Pedagogies: A Qualitative Inquiry "写作成为自我发现的工具"，跨文化经历如何影响英语教师不断发展的身份和教学法：定性调查

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1495

Mansoor S. Almalki

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Saudi EFL Students’ Perceptions of Pedagogical Translanguaging in English Medium Instruction 沙特 EFL 学生对英语教学中跨语言教学的看法

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1460

Bakheet Almatrafi

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Rise of English in Morocco and the Question of Identity 英语在摩洛哥的兴起与身份认同问题

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1369

Ali Bekou, Mohamed Ben Mhamed

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From Post-structuralism and Marxism to Postcolonial Cultural Subversion and Political Resistance against the Once-colonized 从后结构主义和马克思主义到后殖民文化颠覆和对曾经被殖民者的政治反抗

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1471

Saima Sultana

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Disorienting the Native Struggle for Independence: A Postcolonial Reading of Leila Slimani's Historical Novel, The Country of Others 迷失本土独立斗争的方向：对 Leila Slimani 的历史小说《他者之国》的后殖民主义解读

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.36892/ijlls.v5i4.1469

Hamza Bekkaoui

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