Beijing Language and Culture University

Spelling error patterns in the co-occurrence of reading and spelling difficulties among Chinese children

Abstract Reading difficulties (RD) and spelling difficulties (SD) frequently co-occur in children and are associated with persistent spelling problems. However, little is known about spelling error patterns in Chinese among children with RD, SD, or their co-occurrence (RDSD). The...

Did Yan Fu Make the “Invisible Hand” Visible? Translation, Omission, and the Conceptual Reception of Smithian Economics in Late Qing China

This article revisits the longstanding question of why the “invisible hand”—now often considered emblematic of Adam Smith’s thought—was omitted in the Chinese enlightenment thinker and translator Yan Fu’s 1901 translation of The Wealth of Nations. Rather than interpreting the omi...

Coupled CFD–DEM analysis of soil cavity formation and gas diffusion during buried pipeline leakage

Abstract After the leakage of a buried pipeline, the overlying soil structure deforms under the high-speed impact of escaping gas, influencing both leakage and diffusion behaviours. This deformation typically appears as a soil cavity above the leakage port, especially in medium-...

Encoding paremias as sets of proverbial markers: a computational study on Petronius’ Cena Trimalchionis

Abstract The goal of this work is to analyse the paremias contained in Petronius’ Cena Trimalchionis (CT) through qualitative, quantitative, and computational points of view to identify measures of their degree of proverbiality. We explore a typology of proverbial markers, includ...

Understanding students’ willingness to engage in international academic exchanges through self-determination theory: Evidence from SEM, NCA, and fsQCA

International academic participation has become increasingly important in higher education, yet limited attention has been paid to how contextual, competence-related, and psychological resources jointly shape students’ willingness to engage in international academic exchanges. Gu...

The Impact of Short-Term Second Language Training on Executive Function in Low-Income Primary Students in China

The present study investigated whether higher amounts of second language experience, operationalized as the number of English learning sessions (10 vs. 20), enhance executive functions in 10- to 11-year-old Chinese pupils from a rural township in central China. Using a quasi-expe...

Harnessing Dual Memory Systems: A Balanced Approach to Explicit and Implicit Reading Instruction for Young EFL Learners

Two distinct approaches to L2 reading instruction—language-oriented and literacy-oriented—have long been debated in the literature. Similarly, SLA research has distinguished between form-focused and meaning-focused approaches. This paper examines these debates through the lens of...

Hippocampal contributions to reading processes

Abstract The cortical substrates of typical reading have been extensively investigated. However, the functional contributions of subcortical regions to reading remain poorly understood and are largely absent from current neuroanatomical models. In the present fMRI study, we analy...

The Uncertainty of Home Country’s Monetary Policy and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment

Home-country monetary policy uncertainty affects outward foreign direct investment (OFDI). Taking A-share nonfinancial listed companies in China from 2004 to 2014 as the sample, this article explores the influence of home-country monetary policy uncertainty on OFDI. The results s...

Cross-Cultural Scenario Benchmark: Evaluating LLMs’ Cross-Cultural Understanding

Cross-cultural reasoning and alignment have been identified as key weaknesses of large language models (LLMs), but the architectural or cognitive features underlying these failures have not been adequately examined. In addition, previous studies rely almost exclusively on dataset...

Trade Measures—Relationships and Implications

ABSTRACT Various value‐added trade measures have been developed to address the concern in the growing volume of trade in intermediates that are double counted when crossing international borders more than once. This paper raises a query and makes an inquiry into the query. How tr...

Students’ social anxiety, fear of missing out, and academic procrastination and their effect on online learning engagement: a mixed-methods study

The prevalence of online learning has been on the rise around the world. The present study aimed to examine the complex relationship between social anxiety, fear of missing out, academic procrastination, and online learning engagement among 1006 students at B University. Utilizin...

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Game Model for Market Economic Equilibrium Regulation

Market equilibrium regulation constitutes a dynamic decision-making problem on complex networks, where strategic firms, consumers, platforms, and regulators interact under uncertain demand, delayed price information, and networked spillovers. Although existing multi-agent reinfor...

A computational cartographic study on the merge nature of topics in stages of French

Abstract We present a study in model comparison and model selection to explore cartographic theoretical proposals and test their generalization ability. Specifically, we test whether an asymmetry arises between stages of French with respect to the merge nature of topicalized elem...