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Adopting the Complex Dynamic Systems Theory, this work investigates the relationship between patterns of integration into the host language and country and L1 phonological adaptability. An analysis of the BP VOT production, originally short (short lag), by first-generation Brazilian immigrants in the UK (N = 24), an English-dominant context, a long VOT language (long lag), was conducted. Acoustic analysis, VOT measurement in milliseconds, is reported. For inferential statistical analysis, three Bayesian linear regression models with mixed effects were fitted. The models predict, with high credibility, increases in the BP VOT duration over time, with a larger increase predicted for the group of speakers affiliated with the L2-dominant context. The data indicates that there is logical consistency to the hypothesis that phonology is driven/affected by use and, consequently, is sensitive to the context/environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the construction of a semantic field in some activities related to the teaching of additional languages through technologies in times of social isolation in the United Kingdom. Semantic field is understood as being one of the variables of the context of situation, defined by Halliday's Systemic-Functional Linguistics (1978), responsible for the construction of the experience of the world around us and the world created in our consciousness as a result of the social practices we have experienced. The aim of this study is to analyse how the semantic field is constructed through thematic units that aim to teach the syllabus established for compulsory education in the United Kingdom. The article presents some tasks and discusses their purposes and functionality in online activities in remote education and highlights the importance of "spaced practice" as a way to help learners with the construction of linguistic knowledge in terms of vocabulary, linguistic structures, and cultural aspects that come into play within the semantic field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]