Search Results - "Zhang, Tiefu"

Individual variations in British humour appreciation among Chinese–English bilinguals: Role of socialisation and acculturation by Chen, Xuemei, Zhang, Tiefu

“…Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: The primary aim of this study is to investigate individual differences in the appreciation of humour in an L2…”
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EFL Students' Preferences for Written Corrective Feedback: Do Error Types, Language Proficiency, and Foreign Language Enjoyment Matter? by Zhang, Tiefu, Chen, Xuemei, Hu, Jiehui, Ketwan, Pattarapon

“…Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study investigated the preference of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) for four types of…”
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Dimensionality reduction by UMAP reinforces sample heterogeneity analysis in bulk transcriptomic data by Yang, Yang, Sun, Hongjian, Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Tiefu, Gong, Jialei, Wei, Yunbo, Duan, Yong-Gang, Shu, Minglei, Yang, Yuchen, Wu, Di, Yu, Di

“…Transcriptomic analysis plays a key role in biomedical research. Linear dimensionality reduction methods, especially principal-component analysis (PCA), are…”
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Unfocused Written Corrective Feedback and L2 Learners’ Writing Accuracy: Relationship Between Feedback Type and Learner Belief by Mujtaba, Syed Muhammad, Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar, Zhang, Tiefu, Ahmed, Nisar, Parkash, Rakesh

“…Background: Feedback provided to learners' writing is a construct of identifying a learner's performance, and it can be identified and trifurcated as…”
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The effect of highly focused versus mid-focused written corrective feedback on EFL learners’ explicit and implicit knowledge development by Zhang, Tiefu

“…Research shows that written corrective feedback (CF) can facilitate improved grammatical accuracy in second language learners’ new pieces of writing. However,…”
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Engaging with multiple sources of feedback in academic writing: postgraduate students' perspectives by Xu, Linlin, Zhang, Tiefu

“…Despite a surge of research interest in feedback engagement in higher education, postgraduate students' engagement with multiple sources of feedback in the…”
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Applying big ideas to facilitate reading-writing integration in language classrooms by Yuan, Rui, Zhang, Tiefu

“…This article presents and discusses the pedagogical use of big ideas to facilitate reading-writing integration in second language (L2) classrooms. By…”
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Exploring the development of student feedback literacy in the second language writing classroom by Zhang, Tiefu, Mao, Zhicheng

“…Despite the growing recognition of the important role of student feedback literacy in exploiting feedback opportunities, little is known about the trajectory…”
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Computation design and performance prediction towards a multi-layer microwave absorber by Cao, Maosheng, Zhu, Jing, Yuan, Jie, Zhang, Tiefu, Peng, Zhihui, Gao, Zhengjuan, Xiao, Gang, Qin, Shiming

“…A design for radar absorbing materials (RAM) is given, including theory, methodology and techniques. To illustrate RAM design theory and methods, the tracking…”
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Unleashing the Potential of Big Ideas in Language Education: What and How? by Yuan, Rui, Zhang, Tiefu, Wang, Qiang

“…While the concept of big ideas has been widely promoted in different subject areas such as history and STEM, its pedagogical power has received little…”
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'EMI is like a durian': Chinese students' perspectives on an ideal English-medium instruction classroom in higher education by Yuan, Rui, Zhang, Tiefu, Li, Mo

“…This paper reports a qualitative study of what constitutes an ideal EMI classroom from the perspective of university students. Data were collected through…”
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Self-regulated strategy instruction: Insights from ESP teachers at a Chinese university and vocational college by Qiu, Xuyan, Zhang, Tiefu, Dong, Simeng

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“Physically I was there, but my mind had gone somewhere else”: Probing the emotional side of English-medium instruction by Yuan, Rui, Li, Mo, Zhang, Tiefu

“…•EMI manifests as both a paid service and pedagogical approach in higher education.•Complex emotions are experienced by the participants in the EMI…”
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A structural model of job satisfaction among EMI teachers: the role of self-efficacy, burnout, and classroom language proficiency by Zhang, Tiefu, Zhu, Lian, Hu, Jiehui

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Students' attitudes toward language learning and use in English-medium instruction (EMI) environments: a mixed methods study by Yuan, Rui, Qiu, Xuyan, Wang, Chuang, Zhang, Tiefu

“…Informed by a mixed methods research design, the study investigates the interrelations between students' attitudes toward English learning, English-medium…”
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Forum on “The emotional landscape of English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education” by Hillman, Sara, Li, Wendy, Şahan, Özgür, Sahan, Kari, Liyanage, Indika, Zhang, Tiefu, Yuan, Rui, Hopkyns, Sarah, Gkonou, Christina, Sah, Pramod K.

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Book Review: Understanding the Effects of Immediate Electronic Corrective Feedback on Second Language Development by Zhang, Tiefu

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Application of Entropy Weight Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation in Optimal Selection of Engineering Machinery by Jun Yan, Tiefu Zhang, Bin Zhang, Bangjun Wu

“…In order to overcome the subjective randomness in traditional fuzzy comprehensive evaluation, the weight value is modified based on the differential degree of…”
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A Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method of Maintenance Quality Based on Improved Radar Chart by Liu Hongliang, Liu Anxin, Zhang Bin, Zhang Tiefu, Zhang Xin

“…There are some problems in comprehensive evaluation of maintenance quality. For example, the evaluation is invisible, the importance of each factor is unclear,…”
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Doctor-patient Communication Skills in Master Supervisors in General Practice during Outpatient Encounters: a Survey from Beijing by ZHAO Tiefu, ZHANG Bin, MA Hanying, HAN Hongya, MA Liping, GAO Xuxia, LUO Tianxiang, LUO Hongchi

“…Background Graduate supervisors in general practice are responsible for the important task of training future general practice professionals, so their…”
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