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Exploring Acoustic Overlap in Second Language Vowel Productions
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the alignment of vowel categories between second language (L2) learners and first language (L1) speakers of the target language, as well as potential overlaps between adjacent vowels in terms of formant frequencies and duration.
Georgios P. Georgiou, Elena Savva
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Attending college is thought of as a very profitable investment decision, as its estimated annualized return ranges from 8% to 13%. However, a large fraction of high school graduates do not enroll in college. I reconcile the observed high average returns
Gonzalo Castex
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La competencia de la escritura manual en el currículo: un nuevo enfoque [PDF]
, 2009 La enseñanza de la escritura manuscrita ha quedado marginada en el currículo por dos causas principales: la importancia que se la ha dado a la composición-construcción y el auge de las nuevas tecnologías.
Ibarra Lizundia, Irune +1 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez +3 more
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CPU-e, 2018 Este artículo describe una investigación cualitativa, correlacional, básica y sincrónica, que aborda diversos aspectos que tienen implicaciones en la manera en la que se desarrolla la conciencia ambiental en educandos del último grado de primaria en el ...
Jocelyn Díaz Encinas +1 more
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An approximation to the standard of living index: the colombian case [PDF]
This document seeks to show the main properties of a standard of living index using the theoretical approach of Amartya Sen. We establish the link among concepts such as: welfare, well-being, agency achievement and standard of living.
Darwin Cortes +2 more
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Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regulatory instruments to manage the COVID‐19 pandemic have been the object of rich scholarly debates, primarily focused on early national responses to the crisis. We investigate variation in sub‐national regulatory approaches when a crisis is normalized, its association with competing political ideas about the health‐economy trade‐off and the
Salvador Parrado +3 more
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Lineamientos para el uso de terapias pulpares en dientes primarios con pulpas no-vitales
Revista de Odontopediatria LatinoamericanaObjetivo: Presentar lineamientos basados en evidencia para el tratamiento de pulpas no vitales debidas a caries profundas o traumatismos en dientes primarios.
Coll JA, Dhar V, Vargas K, et al. +1 more
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The Motherhood Wage Gap for Women in the United States: The Importance of College and Fertility Delay [PDF]
One of the stylised facts from the past thirty years has been the declining rate of first births before age 30 for all women and the increase rate of first births after age 30 among women with four-year college degrees (Martin 2000). What are some of the
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Jean Kimmel
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Basic income trials and the politics of scale: A research agenda
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The growing popularity of basic income has led to extensive trials of the policy in numerous settings across the world. However, analysis of the politics of basic income, and in particular the political dynamics preceding and resulting from trial programs, lags. In response, we propose a research agenda that uses political scale to investigate
Jurgen De Wispelaere +2 more
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