Factors influencing Malays as a second language learning in essay writing: a case study of Iban ethnic students in Sarawak, Malaysia by Edmund Austrus, Zamri Mahamod, Norhafizah Adnan

“…The lack of daily use of Malay further complicates their ability to grasp complex sentence structures and vocabulary, making essay writing a particularly difficult task for non-native speakers. This study aims to identify the factors influencing the learning of Malay as a second language in essay writing among Iban ethnic students. …”
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Indigenous language advertising on radio: perceptions of MTN subscribers about Setswana radio commercials in Mahikeng, South Africa by Ogundeyi, Olanrewaju, Molale, Tshepang, Nkamta, Paul

“…However, there is a gap in understanding indigenous language speakers' views on their languages' usage in radio commercials. …”
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Design and development of a four - wheel educational robot remote controlled by tablet by Li, Xiao Tong

“…The robot has electrical hardware like speakers, camera, servomotors, Dynamixel AX- 12A motor and LED matrix. …”
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Shared loanword recognition in German-English bilinguals: the role of metrical phonology by Fritz, I, Lahiri, A, Kotzor, S

“…We conducted a cross-modal form fragment priming EEG experiment (auditory-visual) with German native speakers who were highly proficient in English. Both behavioral and ERP results showed an effect of the native phonology and the loan status, that is, whether the loan exists only in the speaker's L2 or is shared across languages. …”

Constraints on vowel-zero alternations in Hungarian by Takács, Dóra Kata

“…The general ranking I will argue for is: (1) Markedness (*CC for various CCs) » Faithfulness to Cs » Syncope » Max V I also present results from a nonce word experiment, which confirms that Hungarian speakers are aware of the systematic restrictions my analysis characterizes. …”
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SP.722 D-Lab: Development, Design and Dissemination, Spring 2005 by Smith, Amy J., Kornbluth, Kurt

“…The course will consist of hands-on labs, guest speakers, and a guided design process with review by experts and professionals in development and design. …”
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Personalized question recommendation for English grammar learning by Fang, Lanting, Tuan, Luu Anh, Hui, Siu Cheung, Wu, Lenan

“…Learning English grammar is a very challenging task for many students especially for nonnative English speakers. To learn English well, it is important to understand the concepts of the English grammar with lots of practise on exercise questions. …”
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Exploring Singlish as a pedagogical resource in the ELT classroom: implementing bidialectal pedagogy in Singapore by Lu, Luke

“…This rhetoric is reproduced by the state (Chang, 2016), often involving the fear that speakers are unable to distinguish and deploy the two varieties appropriately. …”
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Puzzling over Phula: toward the synthesis and statement of a sub-branch by Pelkey, Jamin R.

“…The ethnonym 'Phula' has long been used to refer to the speakers of a series of Ngwi (Loloish) languages in SE Yunnan Province, China, and North Vietnam. …”
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Lexical stress perception : a case study on Tamil-English bilinguals by Lim, Samantha JieYing

“…Past research has shown that one’s L1 phonological system influences subsequent perception and learning of a second language, including the domain of stress. Speakers from a non–stress language background often make a considerable number of stress errors when learning an L2 with a stress system. …”
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Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems: Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics

“…The conference provided a platform for the exchange of cutting-edge insights, highlighted by keynote speeches from distinguished speakers, including Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Haji Nik Mohd Zuki Nik Mohamed (Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Malaysia), Prof. …”
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SP.776 / SP.786 Design for Demining, Spring 2005 by Heafitz, Andrew, Linder, Benjamin M.

“…Course work is informed by a class field trip to a US Army base for demining training and guest expert speakers. This course is sponsored by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA).…”
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15.792J / 2.890J / 3.80J / 10.792J / 16.985J Proseminar in Manufacturing, Fall 2002 by Rosenfield, Donald B., 1947-

“…Covers a set of integrative manufacturing topics or issues such as leadership and related topics, and includes presentations by guest speakers such as senior level managers of manufacturing companies. …”
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Neural and psychological correlates of stuttering by Demirel, B

“…</p> <br> <p>In the second part of my thesis, we evaluated the effectiveness of theta-gamma peak transcranial alternating current stimulation to enhance sensorimotor learning of speech in typically fluent speakers. While this protocol did not significantly impact speech adaptation in the learning phase, exploratory analysis suggested potential benefits in retaining the learned state during the after-effect phase. …”

Pragmatic and discourse markers used by Malay and Arab postgraduates students during classroom oral presentations by Alkhawaja, Hussein Walid Hussein

“…The findings contributed to better understanding of how speakers of diverse cultural background possess different linguistic and pragmatic resources that realize different output of oral presentations. …”
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Assessing translation qualities of online catchwords in Chinese by taking translators’ bilingual and cultural backgrounds as affecting factors by Ji, Xinru

“…An increasing number of English speakers have become interested in learning Chinese and the Chinese culture. …”
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Indo-European youth priesthoods and the Männerbund theory: a study of the Vedic Vrātyas and their ancient Indo-European analogues by Elby, T

“…The aim is to demonstrate that comparative religion using data from the selected societies can explain aspects of the Vedic Vrātyas, and, in so doing, make plausible the existence of a religious institution that existed before speakers of PIE migrated into the areas in which the selected societies developed. …”

新加坡酷儿运动的正常化策略 ：粉红点的空间实践 = The normalization strategies of Singapore’s queer activism : the spatial practice of pink dot by Lim, Hui Min, 林慧敏 Lim, Hui Min

“…However, the setting up of Speakers’ Corner in Hong Lim Park by the government gave the local queer community the opportunity to initiate Pink Dot and it became the first queer movement to have been legally held in the public space. …”
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新加坡华语中的倒置双宾结构 = Inverted double object construction in Singapore Mandarin by 林届霓 Lim, Jie Ni

“…This study also designed surveys that aim to investigate how the construction is used by native speakers of Singapore Mandarin Chinese and whether the use is affected by factors such as verb types and length of the direct and indirect objects. …”
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Using Principles from Cognitive Science to Analyze and Guide Language-Related Neural Networks by Tucker, Mycal

“…Utility represents a measure of task success and induces task-specific communication; informativeness is a task-agnostic measure of how well listeners understand speakers and leads to generalizable communication; complexity captures how many bits are allocated for communication and can lead to simpler communication systems. …”
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