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Basic language resources for diverse Asian languages
2009
Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Asian Language Resources - ALR7
unpublished
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This paper will discuss the streamlined approach to language resource development we designed to support simultaneous creation of multiple resources for multiple languages. ...
We were tasked to produce basic language resources for 8 Asian languages: Bengali, Pashto, Punjabi, Tamil, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu and Uzbek, and 5 languages from Europe and Africa, and distribute them to ...
Conclusion We have developed an efficient approach for creating basic text language resources for diverse languages. ...
doi:10.3115/1690299.1690307
fatcat:k7iqua4i4fh3nefkcb2wjo7dmi
Language politics in Nepal: a socio-historical overview
2022
Journal of World Languages
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Different ideas have been emerged because of globalization and neoliberal impacts which are responsible for language contact, shift, and change in Nepalese society. ...
on the other hand squeeze the size of diversity by vitalizing the Nepali and English languages through contact and globalization. ...
Both informants in this study argued that diversity has two different outcomes viz. as a resource and as a problem. Mr. ...
doi:10.1515/jwl-2021-0010
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Acquisitions Globalized: The Foreign Language Acquisitions Experience in a Research Library
2009
Library resources & technical services
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This paper highlights foreign language titles from the perspective of acquisitions in a large academic research library. ...
Vendor-supplied records used for foreign language acquisition purposes seem to have the potential to improve accuracy in bibliographic records. ...
However, for workflow and human resources reasons, it is easier for RUL to use this service for rush orders only and to place regular orders according to the workflow streamlined with Spanish and Portuguese ...
doi:10.5860/lrts.53n2.86
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Language, neoliberalism, and the commodification of pedagogy
2018
Language and Intercultural Communication
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It also shows how some actors concurrently constructed pedagogy as a resource for advancing ethnic-group activist concerns, leading to unpredicted tensions and forms of inequality. ...
His recent publications focus on documenting and interrogating his development of a critical education practices while working in Hong Kong schools serving students from South Asian heritage communities ...
Instead, he opted for a streamlined aesthetic, doubled the pages to include more images, and featured a group of ten uniform-clad students of Nepalese, Pakistani, and Chinese heritage on the cover. ...
doi:10.1080/14708477.2018.1501844
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Systematic Inequalities in Language Technology Performance across the World's Languages
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2021
arXiv
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We introduce a framework for estimating the global utility of language technologies as revealed in a comprehensive snapshot of recent publications in NLP. ...
While the performance of NLP methods has grown enormously over the last decade, this progress has been restricted to a minuscule subset of the world's 6,500 languages. ...
and possibly standardized) metrics that assist in streamlining complex decisions regarding resource allocation. ...
arXiv:2110.06733v1
fatcat:3euhbh7u7rcitc4d4jpra5yvny
Curricular and Programmatic Language Development Opportunities for University-Level Heritage Language Learners
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2021
The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
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For business: Almost 30 percent of the U.S. business executives who participated in a 2014 Coalition for International Education commissioned study reported missed opportunities abroad due to a lack of ...
on-staff language skills, and nearly 40 percent reported that they had failed to reach their international potential due to language barriers. 7 Business leaders are beginning to recognize that they are ...
The English we speak is only one of many European, Native American, African, and Asian languages that have been spoken on the North American continent. 22 This diversity is a cherished part of our nation's ...
doi:10.1017/9781108766340.036
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The myth of language universals: Language diversity and its importance for cognitive science
2009
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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Linguistic diversity then becomes the crucial datum for cognitive science: we are the only species with a communication system that is fundamentally variable at all levels. ...
languages, with new opportunities for dialogue with biological paradigms concerned with change and diversity, and confronting us with the extraordinary plasticity of the highest human skills. ...
Structural differences should instead be accepted for what they are, and integrated into a new approach to language and cognition that places diversity at centre stage. ...
doi:10.1017/s0140525x0999094x
pmid:19857320
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Integrating local languages and cultures into the education system of French Guiana
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2010
Creole Language Library
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A method that has proven very useful for systematically addressing issues of language and cultural diversity including resulting inequalities is the Language Awareness approach. ...
AMTEs' work needs to be further streamlined and validated through the creation of an official certification (Puren 2005) . ...
doi:10.1075/cll.36.05mig
fatcat:tsgmjnxhmzaznkb455it4dygfi
No Language Left Behind: Scaling Human-Centered Machine Translation
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2022
arXiv
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In No Language Left Behind, we took on this challenge by first contextualizing the need for low-resource language translation support through exploratory interviews with native speakers. ...
However, such efforts have coalesced around a small subset of languages, leaving behind the vast majority of mostly low-resource languages. ...
We thank Vishrav Chaudhary for help with the data pipeline. We thank Edouard Grave for his help in scaling fasttext to all Flores-200 languages. ...
arXiv:2207.04672v2
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Designing for Diverse User Groups: Case Study of a Language Archive
2018
Journal of Business Anthropology
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This article explores the challenges of designing large-scale computing systems for multiple, diverse user groups. ...
A key characteristic of these systems is the diversity and multiplicity of their intended user groups, which may range from various scientific disciplines, to assorted business functions, to government ...
called the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages, or CoRSAL. ...
doi:10.22439/jba.v7i2.5605
fatcat:rnowrfjscvejjmssjux65zi2wm
Simulated speaking environments for language learning: insights from three cases
2018
Computer Assisted Language Learning
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Introduction Oral skills can often be considered a tortuous path in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) in Brazil. ...
A grounded mixed-method approach was adopted, in which both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. ...
All the teachers relied on learners' writing for logistics and basic communicative interactions. Affordances of online resources. ...
doi:10.1080/09588221.2018.1466811
fatcat:56weegbwy5djzk7a4toj7bzqiy
Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition edited by ROBINSON, PETER, & NICK C. ELLIS
2009
The Modern Language Journal
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MLJ Review Policy The MLJ reviews books, monographs, computer software, and materials that (a) present results of research in-and methods of-foreign and second language teaching and learning; (b) are devoted ...
to matters of general interest to members of the profession; (c) are intended primarily for use as textbooks or instructional aids in classrooms where foreign and second languages, literatures, and cultures ...
These 10 observations are addressed, to a greater or lesser degree, in the nine paradigm-specific chapters in an effort to draw parallels among the diverse approaches for the SLA novice reader and also ...
doi:10.1111/j.1540-4781.2009.00946.x
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Language and modality
2017
Sign Language and Linguistics
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The study provides a strong case that this spatial mechanism in LSE (i) is a type of agreement that is similar to what has been described for other sign languages, (ii) is comparable to agreement processes ...
in a signed language to agreement in spoken languages. ...
that linguistic diversity is explained for spoken languages (Hohenberger 2007) . ...
doi:10.1075/sll.19.2.06cos
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Primary modern foreign languages: an overview of recent research, key issues and challenges for educational policy and practice
2005
Research Papers in Education
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Abstract There has never been a UK-wide policy for primary modern foreign language provision. ...
Northern Ireland, similarly, has had to take account of its indigenous language and has never developed a foreign language programme for young learners. ...
Preliminary research indicates that schools 16 have adopted diverse approaches and models using teachers with a wide range of expertise in both language and content. ...
doi:10.1080/02671520500335774
fatcat:rwd5wge7ynfnlmyun6zkdb46s4
http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2009/fall/340-patient-physician-language-concordance.html
2013
The Permanente Journal
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Abstract We present a simple model for thinking about control in interview situations that was developed as a tool for use in analyzing clinical interviews during research on the teaching of communication ...
It takes the form of a series of metaphorical images-microscope, picture frame, mirror, and two comfy chairs-that correspond to points on a continuum of levels of control exerted by interviewers. ...
The Golden Rules of Service There are two basic guidelines for a clinician to follow to do well with a diverse patient population. The golden rule is to treat someone like you want to be treated. ...
doi:10.7812/tpp/11-150
pmid:22745620
pmcid:PMC3383166
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