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Beth K. Pollatz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Public speaking is a skill used in many professions. This study examined the impact of awareness training (AT) and competing response training (CRT), two components of habit reversal training, on the use of filled pauses during public speaking. Following baseline, these components were administered remotely to reduce the occurrence of filled…
Descriptors: Habit Formation, Public Speaking, Communication Skills, Equipment
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Tianxu Chen; Dongbo Zhang – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Lexical ability, an umbrella term to cover various knowledge and skills pertaining to words in print, is a key component in reading comprehension. Little is known how different facets of lexical ability jointly contribute to L2 reading comprehension and how the contributions may differ between higher- and lower-proficiency L2 learners. This study,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Chinh Duc Nguyen; Anh T. Ton-Nu – Language Awareness, 2024
The teaching of English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) in Australia has been problematised partly due to teachers' limited understanding of learners' linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The gap could be potentially bridged with the integration of intercultural pragmatics (IP). Adopting a qualitative case study approach, this study…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Metalinguistics, English (Second Language)
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Tetiana Bogachenko; Rachel Burke; Yi Zhang; Qian Gong – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This paper explores the use of Google Translate (GT) by displaced people (DPs) from Ukraine in Australia and English language educators supporting learners from refugee backgrounds in the context of decolonizing language learning. The survey and interviews with DP participants revealed that GT provides them with a sense of confidence and freedom,…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Learning