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Predictors of English Medium Instruction academic success in Vietnamese Higher Education 越南高等教育英语教学学业成功的预测因素

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2029

Duy Van Vu

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Testing English for Medical Purposes: the effects of traditional and distance education on learning outcomes 医学英语测试:传统和远程教育对学习成果的影响

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2027

Anna Barnau

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“Mur de paroles” – ou tentative de promotion de l’expression orale en langue française “言语墙”——试图促进法语口语表达

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2025

Joaquim Guerra

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Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-frontmatter2

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University English-medium instruction in Türkiye – what instructors say 大学英语教学在<s:1> rkiye -什么讲师说

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2034

Yavuz Kurt, Yasemin Bayyurt

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Digital multimodal PechaKucha presentations in ESP: insights from students’ learning experiences ESP中的数字多模态PechaKucha演示:来自学生学习经验的见解

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2032

Vicent Beltrán-Palanques

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International collaborative tasks in language courses for engineers integrated in a multidimensional teaching format 以多维教学形式整合工程师语言课程中的国际合作任务

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2021

Nathalie Kirchmeyer, Kristina Knauff

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From face-to-face tuition to online classes: ‘Re-styling’ a course of English for academic purposes 从面对面教学到在线课程:为学术目的“重塑”英语课程

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2026

Anila R. Scott-Monkhouse

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Using corpora in teaching vocabulary to advanced EFL learners in a higher education context 在高等教育背景下运用语料库进行英语高级学习者词汇教学

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2028

Hümeyra Can

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Japanese tertiary students’ perceptions of group work with explicit scaffolding 日本大学生对显性脚手架小组工作的认知

Language Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2030

Emily Morgan

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