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Critical Literacy and Second Language Learning in the Mainstream Classroom: An Elusive Nexus? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Critical Literacy (CL) is now a core component of Queensland secondary school English programs. These programs are delivered to a significant number of students from Non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) whose linguistic and cultural resources are ...
Alford, Jennifer
core   +1 more source

Longitudinal Tracking of Persistence in Other‐Repair Practices in an Audio‐Mediated English Private Tutoring Setting

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Differences in American and Southeast Asian Children\u27s Psychosocial Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
Observance of Southeast Asian parents and their preschool children during English as a Second Language (ESL) classes suggests that rethinking commonly held developmental phenomena in psychosocial development may produce insight into Southeast Asian ...
Zbaracki, Jacqueline Ulmen
core   +1 more source

Extended Schmidt law holds for faint dwarf irregular galaxies

open access: yes, 2017
The extended Schmidt law (ESL) is a variant of the Schmidt law which relates the surface densities of gas and star formation, with the surface density of stellar mass added as an extra parameter.
Chengalur, Jayaram N.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Assessment of Digital Multimodal Composing: Toward Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This Research Issues paper outlines the theoretical and practical foundations for assessing GenAI‐mediated DMC, with a particular focus on frameworks for ethical authorship, diverse assessment approaches and methods, and flexible quality criteria and rubrics.
Dong‐shin Shin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Exploring the impacts of mobile-assisted learning on university students’ technical vocabulary knowledge

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Research Open
Technical vocabulary acquisition holds paramount significance within academic and professional contexts. This research delves into the transformative potential of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) in facilitating university students' mastery of ...
Niloufar Koleini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobile electromagnetic levitator for time‐resolved in situ X‐ray diffraction studies of high‐temperature phase transformations

open access: yesJournal of Synchrotron Radiation, EarlyView.
A mobile electromagnetic levitator combined with time‐resolved synchrotron X‐ray diffraction enables in situ studies of high‐temperature phase transformations without container‐induced contamination and reveals the first direct observation of metastable phase formation in undercooled Fe–Co alloys.In situ observations of high‐temperature transformations,
Olga Shuleshova   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Pet Ownership on ESL Students’ U.S. Academic Success [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study examines the academic success of English as a second language (ESL) students based on ownership of and/or relationship with a pet, due to pets’ ability to benefit and support their owners.
Benjumea, Emily
core   +2 more sources

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

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