A Review of Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit.
Rebecca Solnit's book makes the case for hope as a commitment to social action in an uncertain world. The author draws from her own history of activism and her study of environmental, political and cultural history, to shine a light on long forgotten ...
Julianne Burgess
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Active teaching methods in ESL classes [PDF]
This article represents a methodological overview of how active teaching and learning meth ods by Ivić et al. (2001) can be applied in the ESL classes with the psychology students at the university level.
Đorić Valentina, Petković Violeta
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E-portfolio as an academic writing assessment tool in higher education: Strengths and challenges
This study investigated the use of an e-Portfolio for assessment at a Malaysian public university. Prior to the advent of the Internet, paper portfolios are ubiquitous forms of projects and assessments.
Wirawati Ngui, Vincent Pang, Wendy Hiew
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How doctoral students and graduates describe facilitating experiences and strategies for their thesis writing learning process: a qualitative approach [PDF]
This study considered the sources of facilitating experiences and strategies for thesis writing from doctoral students and graduates (N=30). The sample was balanced between Science and Social Science knowledge areas, with equal numbers of English as ...
Burgess, Hilary, Odena, Oscar
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Exploring reader responses to young adult literature in the Malaysian English language classroom
This article presents the results of a study exploring the reader-responses of Malaysian young adults (YAs) to the literature texts used in Malaysian secondary schools, Dear Mr.
Mallika Vasugi V Govindarajoo +2 more
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Improving Electronic Laboratory Study in English as a Second Language Programs: A Case in Point [PDF]
With or without electronic language laboratories, Americans seem convincedthat they cannot learn foreign languages. Foreigners do not seem to share thispeculiarly American phobia.
Lindenau, Suzanne E.
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Efficacy and safety of eslicarbazepine acetate monotherapy in patients converting from carbamazepine. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of prior use of carbamazepine (CBZ) and other antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) with a putatively similar mechanism of action (inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels; VGSCs) on seizure outcomes and tolerability when ...
Abou-Khalil +11 more
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Distance English as a Second Language Teaching in Synchronous-Asynchronous Learning Environment
The paper covers the problem of distance learning of English as a Second Language (ESL) in higher agro-technical educational institutions in Ukraine. Integration of distance ESL learning into the educational process in higher agro-technical educational ...
Зоряна Дзюбата
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Physiological role of calcium-activated potassium currents in the rat lateral amygdala [PDF]
Principal neurons in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala (LA) exhibit a continuum of firing properties in response to prolonged current injections ranging from those that accommodate fully to those that fire repetitively.
Faber, ESL, Sah, P
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Reconstructing Native Language Typology from Foreign Language Usage [PDF]
Linguists and psychologists have long been studying cross-linguistic transfer, the influence of native language properties on linguistic performance in a foreign language.
Berzak, Yevgeni +2 more
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