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Dynamicity of interaction in academic discourse: Evidence from a corpus-based study 学术话语互动的动态性:来自语料库研究的证据

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1895

Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani

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Using Adobe Connect application in an EFL context: Does it have an effect on learners’ speaking skills? 在英语环境中使用Adobe Connect应用程序:它对学习者的口语技能有影响吗?

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1919

Kamran Janfeshan

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The effectiveness of using simulation in learning a foreign language 运用模拟方法学习外语的有效性

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1916

Iryna Zvarych, Iryna Tonkonoh, Ihor Bopko, Serhii Melnychuk, Kateryna Mehela, Tetiana Shyrmova

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A meta-synthesis study on the effect of critical thinking on improving language skills 批判性思维对提高语言技能影响的综合研究

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1687

Reza Taherkhani, Mandana Gholizadeh

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“記念錯過的DUET_T”: Negotiating translanguaging practices in the legitimate graffiti of a multilingual schoolscape in Hong Kong “协商在香港多语言校园景观的合法涂鸦的跨语言实践。

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1825

Ruijie Li, Guangxiang Liu

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Instrumental analysis of loss of assimilation of English nasal stops in adult Saudi EFL learners’ speech 沙特成年英语学习者语音中鼻塞同化缺失的工具分析

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-10-08 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1787

Pradeep Sharma, Mahboobeh Khaleghi, Mohammad Saleem

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EFL reading strategies used by high school students with different English proficiency 不同英语水平高中生的英语阅读策略

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-10-07 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1855

Ru-mei Rebecca Tsai, Shenghui Cindy Huang

{"title":"EFL reading strategies used by high school students with different English proficiency","authors":"Ru-mei Rebecca Tsai, Shenghui Cindy Huang","doi":"10.59400/fls.v5i3.1855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/fls.v5i3.1855","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines EFL students’ reading strategy use and explores the differences between the factors affecting the use of the reading strategies by high and low proficiency EFL learners. The participants consisted of students from a high school in Taiwan. Their reading strategy usage and the influencing factors were assessed using the Survey of Reading Strategy (SORS), think-aloud protocols, and semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal no significant disparities in problem-solving strategies and supporting reading strategies between high and low proficiency learners. However, no table differences were observed in the employment of global reading strategies. In addition, learners’ vocabulary size and syntactic knowledge emerged as influential factors in the utilization of reading strategies. The results also indicate that high proficiency learners employ top-down reading strategies, while low proficiency learners rely on bottom-up reading strategies to approach their reading tasks. Detailed results of the reading strategies used by the two groups of students and factors affecting the strategy results are shown and discussed, followed by pedagogical implications. At the end, suggestions for the future research will be presented.","PeriodicalId":486618,"journal":{"name":"Forum for linguistic studies","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135254761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial review on Vol. 5 No. 2 第五卷第2期编辑评论

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i2.1998

Zhonggen Yu

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Officers and men, and fallen heroes: The discursive construction of regimented masculinity in the Nigerian Army 军官和士兵，以及堕落的英雄:尼日利亚军队中军团男子气概的话语建构

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-09-28 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1761

God'sgift Ogban Uwen, Anthony Ebebe Eyang

{"title":"Officers and men, and fallen heroes: The discursive construction of regimented masculinity in the Nigerian Army","authors":"God'sgift Ogban Uwen, Anthony Ebebe Eyang","doi":"10.59400/fls.v5i3.1761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59400/fls.v5i3.1761","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the use of gendered language in the Nigerian Army’s community of practice through the application of insights from language ideology and theory of masculinity. Data were generated by means of participant observation and semi-structured interviews in a one-year fieldwork involving representative sample of 18 personnel of the 6 Battalion, Ibawa and 2 Brigade, Uyo, both in Akwa Ibom State in South-eastern Nigeria. The findings show that the Nigerian Army maintains institutional gendered language practices used among its personnel in regimented functions and social events. The gendered registers occur in the soldiers’ generic use of male address terms, adaptation to male-coded voice pattern in parades, masculinisation of Army’s workout songs, and the subordination of femininity in institutional associations, all combined to construct the regimented and performative masculinisation of the profession. This practice is observed to be informed by the numerical domination of men in the profession that was originally perceived as males’; a conception that has shaped the linguistic ideology and performance of the Nigerian Army to rehearse masculine orientations. It is however recommended that the Army’s language practices should capture modern ideals of a gender sensitive world that connect to the clamour for gender equality and equal social belonging through the inclusion of feminine linguistic markers in workplaces.","PeriodicalId":486618,"journal":{"name":"Forum for linguistic studies","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135343174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Perception and attitudes of students about politically correct speech: A case study from the spectrum of diversity education 学生对政治正确言论的看法和态度:来自多元化教育范围的案例研究

Forum for linguistic studies Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i2.1723

Mirela Müller, Maroje Višić, Mirjana Matea Kovač

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