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Modeling EFL Learners’ Engagement: Serial Mediation of Autonomy Support, Enjoyment, and Ideal L2 Self

JEELS (Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies)
Engagement plays a critical role in enhancing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning. Therefore, investigating the factors that influence engagement is essential.
Hanwei Wu
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
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EFL Speaking Achievement in Undergraduate Oral Presentations: The Roles of Enjoyment and Self-Efficacy

Journal of English Language Teaching Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IKIP Mataram
English speaking achievement is a crucial outcome in foreign language learning, yet the interplay of affective factors like enjoyment and self-efficacy as determinant predictors remains an essential area for exploration.
Cenderato Cenderato, Exnasia Retno Palupi Handayani   +1 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Shared Reading Activities: A Recommendation For Deaf Children [PDF]

, 2015
There should be a focus on fun in shared reading activities with preschoolers in order to prepare them for later literacy, particularly those at risk of a poor foundation in a first language (L1), including deaf children (here “deaf” covers hard of ...
Mirus, G., Napoli, Donna Jo
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Realising Aboriginal Community Controlled Approaches to Child Reunification

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reunification rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) in Australia are critically low, even though reunification is the preferred permanency outcome for children following removal, and despite a range of mechanisms and strategies ostensibly to support effective reunification. To better understand the
B. J. Newton, Paul Gray, Kathleen Falster, Ilan Katz, Kyllie Cripps   +4 more
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Linking Cooperative Learning to Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors in Adolescents: The Role of Affective Experiences

Adolescents
Cooperative learning, a pedagogical approach emphasizing structured collaboration and mutual responsibility, has been associated with academic and social benefits, yet its influence on adolescents’ prosocial and antisocial behaviors remains underexplored.
Garyfallia Daroglou, Despoina Ourda, Zoe Akoni, Eirini Koidou, Aikaterini Mouratidou, Vassilis Barkoukis   +5 more
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
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Know Your Audience: Middlebrow aesthetic and literary positioning in the fiction of P.G. Wodehouse [PDF]

, 2016
This essay strives to explain Wodehouse’s status as a popular writer, whose work is read with enjoyment by academics, critics and the general reader alike, as resulting from his particular positioning within the literary field, scrutinizing his ...
Einhaus, Ann-Marie
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source