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A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Nurse–Patient Interactions in Acute Hospital Settings When Electronic Health Record Systems Are Used

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To describe the quality of nurse–patient interactions when nurses use Electronic Health Record systems in four acute hospital wards. Design An explanatory sequential mixed methods study. Methods Sixteen researcher observations were conducted using a published Quality of Interactions Schedule tool to evaluate the duration and quality of ...
Carol Forde‐Johnston   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternity Care Provider Views on Disrespect, Mistreatment, and Obstetric Violence in Australian Maternity Services

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Around one in ten Australian women describe feeling powerless, violated and dehumanised during the perinatal period resulting in physical and psychological trauma. Maternity care providers are also impacted when mistreatment of women is undertaken or witnessed.
Emma C. Collins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
wiley   +1 more source

Fundamentals of Formulaic Language An Introduction

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This is the first book to address formulaic language directly and provide a foundation of knowledge for graduates and researchers in early stages of study of this important language phenomenon.
Wood, David.
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Assessing Digital Interactional Competence for Second‐Language and First‐Language Chinese Speakers: Effects of Proficiency, Mode, and Setting

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Measurement of interactional competence (IC) has attracted increasing interest in language assessment research. One key question is whether proficiency sufficiently accounts for IC, making separate IC assessment unnecessary. This study examines the IC–proficiency relationship using a test that assesses Chinese speakers’ ability to manage ...
David Wei Dai, Carsten Roever
wiley   +1 more source

Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Input Variability in Foreign Language Verb–Argument Construction Learning: A Primary School Intervention

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Input variability (i.e., varied experience with different grammar exemplars; “[talk/think/rant/wonder] about [god/bicycles/dogs]”) can improve generalization (i.e., “[Verb] about [Noun]”) and enhance learning. Controlled experiments show that input variability benefits children's generalization and extension of linguistic information from ...
Johannes Schulz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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