The Grade Five Scholarship Examination (GCE) in Sri Lanka is a high-stakes assessment that significantly influences primary school students’ academic development. This study examines the academic, social, and psychological ...

This article examines the readers’ reception of the 2022 Booker Prize-winning novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida among English readers in the world. Empirically informed by 6,194 English reviews posted online, this ...

Under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Sino-Sri Lankan cooperation has deepened significantly. This study provides a meaningful exploration of China’s national image as perceived in Sri Lanka through its mainstream ...

The high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative relies not only on the robust support of “hard connectivity" in policy, infrastructure, trade, and finance, but also on the consolidation of the “soft connectivity" ...

Against the background of the integration of the Education Power Strategy and the “Belt and Road” Initiative, Sino-Sri Lankan cooperative education serves as a core carrier for educational connectivity between the two ...

活动理论认为，人类活动的高级心理机能是由文化建构的物质工具或心理工具所介导 的。中介手段的使用使个体能够掌握和塑造自身及其周围环境，也使个体受到活动的 影响。语言是个体认识世界、表达自我和进行社会互动的最有力中介工具。第二语言 或外语学习者通常依赖物质和社会工具来解决问题或实现个人目标，其中语言发挥着 核心作用。语言在学习者知识的内化与外化过程中起着关键的中介作用。本研究探讨 了语言作为中介工具或中介手段在汉语作为第二语言或外 ...

This research investigates the consumer purchase intention of products with geographic indications (GIs) based on a sample of 351 valid responses in three representative regions that are well known for their GIs of navel ...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China has contributed to the socio-economic development of third-world countries, ranking Sri Lanka fourth globally with a total investment of USD 4.5 billion on development projects ...

The Mandarin second tone is a crucial cue to the differentiation of lexical meaning, marked by a rising pitch contour. Though native speakers generally produce the tone relatively consistently, subtle variation is ...

Ecotourism as a responsible travel to natural areas is proposed as a strategy for forest conservation by enhancing the livelihoods of local communities. However, engaging in environmentally friendly behaviors during ...