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Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in the Shrimp Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862): Assessment in an Environmental Preservation Area in the Brazilian Amazon

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anthropogenic activities generate a significant amount of pollutants that are released into the environment, causing physiological and ecological disturbances. Among the xenobiotics present in aquatic ecosystems, numerous chemical and organic compounds have oxidative potential or are metabolized through oxidative processes, which may amplify ...
Natália Eduarda da Silva   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of high school gender composition on university major choice: Evidence from Canada

open access: yesEconomic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Does the gender composition of high school peers affect whether students pursue a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) major at university? Using administrative data from British Columbia, Canada, I exploit idiosyncratic within‐school variation in gender composition. I find that having larger proportions of female peers has
Yu Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Effects of Synchronous Written Corrective Feedback During Computer‐Mediated Collaborative Writing: Feedback Type and Learner Perceptions

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spurred by the advancement of educational technology, more language instruction has been offered in online environments. Consequently, teaching practices have had to adapt to digital platforms. Accordingly, teachers’ provision of synchronous written corrective feedback (SWCF) on digital texts has received increasing attention.
Sanghee Kang, YouJin Kim, Minkyung Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Motivation, Self‐Regulated R2W Strategy Use, and Their Relationship Patterns Among Different Writing Performance Groups

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study investigated how writing motivation and self‐regulated read‐to‐write (SRL‐R2W) strategy use was related to writing performance and how the relationship between motivation and SRL‐R2W strategy use varied among different writing performance groups.
Huixuan Zhou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners

open access: yesOpen Praxis, 2014
This paper describes an embedded approach to learner support in online English language courses. The support model is based on language acquisition, transactional distance, and self-regulated learning theories.
Maureen Snow Andrade
doaj   +1 more source

Reading an academic expository text – The ESL learner’s experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Researches on approaches to learning have often described students as either deep or surface learners. In essence, the deep approach is associated with intrinsic motivation, a focus on understanding the meaning of the learning material and relating new ...
Mohd Noor, Noorizah
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The Effects of Freewriting on L2 Writing Fluency, Emotions, and Perceptions Among Secondary EFL Learners

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freewriting is a writing technique where individuals write continuously for a set time without editing or revising. This study examines its effects on English as a foreign language (EFL) writing fluency, emotions, and learner perceptions among 149 Korean 8th‐grade students. Over ten weeks, students participated in eight five‐minute freewriting
Yi Seul Choi, Minkyung Kim
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative study of Chinese ESL learners from Malaysia and the People's Republic of China in their pronunciation of /r/&/l/ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The purpose of this study is to investigate if consonants /r/ presented similar problems for Chinese ESL students from Malaysia and Chinese ESL students from the People’s Republic of China.
Kamarudin, Mohd Fauzi   +2 more
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Artificial Intelligence for Language Learning: A Systematic Review of its Design, Theoretical Foundations, Implementation, and Impact

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the use of AI technologies (e.g., chatbots and automated writing evaluations (AWE)) has gained considerable attention in language learning fields in recent years, how AI technologies have been designed and implemented in language learning education, as well as their effectiveness, is understudied.
Shen Qiao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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