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Cogniwrite : Ai-Enhanced Smart Handouts For Cefr-Based Language Instruction And Retention In Higher Education, Diannike Putri, Barlian Kristanto

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Heteronormativity And Gender Inequality In Three Esp Textbooks In Thailand : Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Akkasit Kathapant, Kriangkrai Vathanalaoha

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From Formative Policy To Performative Grading Practices : Esl Teachers’ Enactment Of Classroom-Based Assessment In Malaysian Primary Schools, Anwar Farhan Mohamad Marzaini, Shahazwan Mat Yusoff

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The Role Of Translation In Second Language Acquisition : Relevance And Practical Applications In The 21st Century, Benjawan Tipprachaban

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Examining Efl Writing Through Tutor–Tutee Interactions And Revisions : A Case Study Of An L2 Learner In Video-Mediated Online Tutorials, Mei-Hsing Tsai, Wei-Ting Chang, Ya-Ting Chiang

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Effects Of The Learning-Oriented Writing Assessment Model On Efl Undergraduate Students’ Writing Ability, Heng Lu, Chatraporn Piamsai

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A Contextual And Work-Based Language Practice Instructional Model Development To Enhance English-Speaking Skills For Effective Customer Service Among Thai Vocational Students, Henry Yuh Anchunda, Suparada Anchunda, Wareerat Kaewurai, Pakorn Prachanban, Taweesak Sawangmek

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Beyond Linguistic Accuracy : A Culturally Embedded Framework For Assessing Cross-Cultural Speaking Ability Through Performance And Reflective Inquiry, Chotiwan Yaemkhayai, Ruedeerath Chusanachoti, Theerawat Theerapojjanee

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Comparative Rhetorical Analysis Of Discussion Sections In Chinese And English Research Articles Across Disciplines, Jingfen Jin, Angkana Tongpoon Patanasorn

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Developing Interactional Competence In The Era Of Chatgpt, Hansun Zhang Waring

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Exploring The Interrelationship Among Emotional Intelligence, Achievement Goals, Cultural Identity, And Self-Actualization On L2 Proficiency : A Path Analysis Of Iranian Efl Learners, Reza Taherkhani, Hashem Sharafi

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The Predictive Validity Of Ielts And Vietnam High School Graduation Examination English Test : Evidence From English Majors, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Hung Viet Nguyen

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Pragmatic Competence And Transfer In Requests And Refusals : A Study Of Efl University Students In Southern Thailand, Uraiwan Rattanapan Noonkong, Usa Intharaksa

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Creating A Social Media Campaign, Alexa Capeloto

Open Educational Resources

Students research an issue related to social good and apply visual, news, and digital literacy skills to design an original image and a proposed social media campaign.

Writing To Different Audiences For Different Purposes, Kim Liao

Open Educational Resources

Students research a recent technology and write three pieces for different audiences: an informational guide for nonexperts, an analytical memo for professionals, and a public-facing op-ed. They revise these pieces into a portfolio and reflect on how their writing choices serve each audience and purpose.

Models Of Emulation: Representations Of Foreign, Indigenous, And Accented Speech In Early American Literature, Elaina A. Frulla

Electronic Theses & Dissertations (2024 - present)

“Models of Emulation: Representations of Foreign, Indigenous, and Accented Speech in Early American Literature” explores how American writers used depictions of “nonstandard” English and accented English language speech, traditionally described as “literary dialect,” as a way to negotiate identity, power, and political belonging in the formative years of nation building after the American Revolution. Beginning with Noah Webster’s mission to establish a standardized pronunciation of the English language that would simplify and purify spoken American-English and definitively differentiate it from what he saw as the corrupted, cosmopolitan British-English model, each of the three chapters examines literary representations of nonstandard emulated …

The Making Of Jewish-American Progress In Gertrude Stein’S, The Making Of Americans: Being A History Of A Family’S Progress, Rochel L. Gasson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation provides a comprehensive reading of Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans (TMOA), situating the novel at the intersection of literary modernism, Jewish American identity, and feminist thought. It argues that Stein reconceives American progress not as linear advancement but as a recursive, relational, and culturally grounded process. Through experimental form, repetitive syntax, and a sustained present tense, TMOA dramatizes the psychological and social complexities of immigrant families navigating assimilation while maintaining heritage. Characters such as the Old Man, his son, and the Dehning and Herland families reveal generational tensions, moral labor, and the ambivalences of upward …

From Transparency To Complexity: Enhancing English Reading Skills In Turkmen-Speaking Adults, Mahrijemal Taganova

Education Dissertations

The recent increase in Turkmen immigration to the United States has highlighted

significant challenges these immigrants face due to language barriers, despite their high

educational qualifications and professional backgrounds. This study investigates whether a linguistics-based approach to reading instruction can improve English literacy among Turkmen-speaking adults.

Drawing on a comprehensive review of empirical studies, this paper evaluates the impact

of phonological awareness on reading and listening skills, the role of orthographic knowledge in

decoding and spelling, and the importance of morphological awareness for vocabulary

development and reading comprehension among EFL (English as a foreign language) learners. The analysis reveals that …

Bridging Machine Learning And Islamic Scholarship: A Study In Hadith Translation And Similarity Analysis, Asiyah R. Speight

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Translation of Islamic religious texts poses unique challenges requiring both linguistic and theological expertise. This study explores the application of neural machine translation (NMT) models to Arabic-English hadith translation while analyzing semantic similarity patterns across different human translations. Using the complete Sahih Bukhari corpus (7,550 hadiths) as the primary dataset, we adopt a dual approach combining transfer learning and comprehensive neural network analysis to demonstrate the critical impact of corpus size on model performance.

First, we fine-tune a pre-trained MarianMT Arabic-English translation model on the full Sahih Bukhari corpus, comparing models trained on 40 hadiths versus 7,550 hadiths. Performance is …

Assessing The Language And Reading Abilities Of Students With Mosaic Down Syndrome, Emma G. Conradi

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Language and reading are important skills for academic and social success, yet individuals with Down syndrome often face significant challenges developing these skills (Abbeduto et al., 2007; Martin et al., 2009). However, almost all the available research on the language and reading abilities of individuals with Down syndrome comes from research focused on individuals with Full Trisomy 21. To date, there has been virtually no research specifically examining the language and reading skills of individuals with mosaic Down syndrome (Buckley & Bird, 2002), a rare karyotype of Down syndrome. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to describe the language …