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Correction to: Book Review of The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching 对《劳特利奇语言教学材料开发手册》书评的更正

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-28 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad066

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Promoting Minority Language Use to Foster Revitalisation: Insights From New Speakers of West Frisian 促进少数民族语言使用以促进振兴：来自西弗里斯兰语新语者的见解

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad045

Ruth Kircher, Ethan Kutlu, Mirjam Vellinga

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A Call for Methodological Reflexivity in Researching Language Testing and Migration 对语言测试与迁移研究方法论自反性的呼吁

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad058

Laura Schildt, Bart Deygers

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THE HANDBOOK OF LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT ACROSS MODALITIES 跨模式语言评估手册

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad064

Ulrika Klomp

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Topic and Accent Coverage in a Commercialized L2 Listening Test: Implications for Test-takers’ Identity 商业第二语言听力测试的主题和口音覆盖:对考生身份的影响

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad062

Vahid Aryadoust

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Linguistic Features Distinguishing Students’ Writing Ability Aligned with CEFR Levels 区分学生写作能力的语言特征与CEFR水平

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad054

Hong Ma, Jinglei Wang, Lianzhen He

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Linguistic Imperialism from Below: Moral Aspiration and Social Mobility 来自下层的语言帝国主义:道德渴望与社会流动

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad063

Katy Highet

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Research Methods for Understanding Child Second Language Development 理解儿童第二语言发展的研究方法

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad051

Chia-Hsin Yin

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The Relationship Between L2 Interactional Competence and Proficiency 第二语言交际能力与熟练程度的关系

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad053

Carsten Roever, Naoki Ikeda

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Polarized Discourses of Abortion in English: A Corpus-based Study of Semantic Prosody and Discursive Salience 英语堕胎语篇的两极分化:基于语料库的语义韵律和语篇显著性研究

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-08-22 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad042

Bethan Malory

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