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Anglicisms in the Macedonian political discourse: A serious threat or a welcome addition 马其顿政治话语中的盎格鲁语：严重威胁还是受欢迎的补充

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.46687/ecmv6463

Silvana Neshkovska

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Book review: A topography plagued by marginality in Victorian novels 书评维多利亚时代小说中饱受边缘化困扰的地形图

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.46687/befa8992

Veronica-Loredana Balan

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Educational technology (EdTech) in English as a foreign language (EFL) in Bangladesh: Necessities, innovations, and implications 孟加拉国英语作为外语（EFL）中的教育技术（EdTech）：必要性、创新和影响

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/nreo6623

Mozaffor Hossain, Rakib Al Hasan

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Commensality and culture: a semiotic reading of Igbo tribal life in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 共生与文化：对奇努阿-阿契贝《分崩离析》中伊格博部落生活的符号学解读

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/vjjw6739

Sreelakshmi K P

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From reel to reality: Exploring the notion of objectivity and media ethics through the film ‘New Delhi Times’ 从电影到现实：通过电影《新德里时报》探讨客观性概念和媒体伦理

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/yijg4195

Ravi Chaturvedi Ravi Chaturvedi, Ashish Verma

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The impact of formative assessment on developing EFL student-teachers’ language competences as domain-specific 形成性评价对培养英语教师的语言能力的影响--针对特定领域

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/fwvc2082

Anzela Nikolovska, Mira Bekar, Zorica Strezovska

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Visual puns in the Arabic subtitled and dubbed versions of Shark Tale 阿拉伯语字幕版和配音版《鲨鱼故事》中的视觉双关语

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/iqad3665

Rozzan Yassin, A. Jaradat, Ahmad S. Haider

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Book review: Linguistic representations of contested identities in the media: The special case of South-Eastern Europeans as ‘Others’ in the British press 书评：媒体对有争议身份的语言表述：英国媒体将东南欧人视为 "他人 "的特例

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/jyyp7695

Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva

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A review of studies on digital competence in teaching English as a foreign language 英语作为外语教学中的数字能力研究综述

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/ankn3258

Tuğba Yalçin, Elif Bozyiğit

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Mindsets and irreconcilable positions: A linguistic representation of Corona 19 social fractures 心态和不可调和的立场：科罗娜 19 社会裂痕的语言表征

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.46687/qbbo6934

Cristina Silvia Vâlcea

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