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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
wiley   +1 more source

Early Influence of Musical Abilities and Working Memory on Speech Imitation Abilities: Study with Pre-School Children

Brain Sciences, 2018
Musical aptitude and language talent are highly intertwined when it comes to phonetic language ability. Research on pre-school children’s musical abilities and foreign language abilities are rare but give further insights into the relationship ...
Markus Christiner, Susanne Maria Reiterer   +1 more
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Early Detection of Academic Performance During Primary Education Using the Spanish Primary School Aptitude Test (AEI) Battery

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
The aim of this study was to assess the predictive capacity of some of the most relevant cognitive skills pertaining to the academic field as measured by the Spanish Primary School Aptitude Test Battery. This psychometric tool was applied to all students
Ignasi Navarro-Soria, José Daniel Álvarez-Teruel, Lucía Granados-Alós, Rocío Lavigne-Cerván   +3 more
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The Development of Language Learning Aptitude and Metalinguistic Awareness in Primary-School Children: A Classroom Study [PDF]

, 2013
In the typical foreign language classroom, many learners all over the world find themselves in a minimal-input environment. Existing research suggests that in such a setting, adolescents typically outperform younger children.
Roehr-Brackin, K, Tellier, A
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Marine silicon for biomedical sustainability

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Schematic illustrating marine silicon for biomedical engineering. Abstract Despite momentous divergence from oceanic origin, human beings and marine organisms exhibit elemental homology through silicon utilization. Notably, silicon serves as a critical constituent in multiple biomedical processes.
Yahui Han, Zhibo Yang, Wei Xia, Chengtie Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LANGUAGE APTITUDE AND ITS RELATION TO ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ MASTERY OF GRAMMATICAL RULES: a case study of english conditional sentences [PDF]

, 2014
This research paper attempts to reveal the correlation of language aptitude and English second language learners’ mastery of conditional sentences. It also investigates the relationship between three constituent abilities of language aptitude, such as ...
Nurdini, -
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The Bold and the Beautiful: How Aspects of Personality Affect Foreign Language Pronunciation [PDF]

, 2014
In the main study, a group of Polish learners of English completed a number of mimicry tasks in three languages: Italian, Dutch and Chinese, as well as a narration task in English.
Arnold, Arnold, Baran, Baran, Carroll, Carroll, Couper, Couper, Couper, Couper, Derwing, Derwing, Dogil, Dogil, Dornyei, Dornyei, Ganschow, Ganschow, Hinton, Hinton, Hinton, Hinton, Horwitz, Horwitz, Hu, Hu, Jilka, Jilka, Martin Hinton, Piske, Piske, Purcell, Purcell, Reiterer, Reiterer, Singleton, Singleton   +36 more
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Psychiatric Morbidity Is Overrepresented in Young Girls at High Risk of Developing Anorexia Nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Psychiatric comorbidity frequently presents in anorexia nervosa (AN). Yet, the premorbid mental health status is relatively unknown. The aim of this study was to map out psychiatric morbidity and psychopathology among girls at familial high risk (FHR) of developing AN, thereby detecting possible underlying vulnerabilities preceding ...
Karin Dahlin, Kajsa Järvholm, Jovanna Dahlgren, Elisabet Wentz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do Astronaut Candidate Profiles differ from Airline Pilot Profile [PDF]

, 2011
Sixteen years after the second Europe-wide astronaut selection campaign, the European Space Agency started the third campaign by putting out a call for new astronauts in 2008.
Maschke, Peter, Oubaid, Victor, Pecena, Yvonne   +2 more
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Talent Management in SMEs: Unraveling the Role of Contextual Factors

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employing a multiple case study analysis, this paper explores the contextual factors—internal, external, and relational—that affect small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in designing their approaches to talent management (TM). Results underscore the significance of two prominent internal variables—namely, organizational size and ownership ...
Franca Cantoni, Caterina Muzzi, Martina Gianecchini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source