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Attitudes toward Accents in Less Commonly Taught Language Education: A Korean Case in Canada [PDF]
Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 2018 This paper reports on a study of the attitudes toward accents in a university-level Korean language program in Canada. The study investigated how learners’ attitudes toward foreign accents relate to learners’ ethnic and linguistic backgrounds as well
Mihyon Jeon
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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018 This study investigates Taiwanese university students’ experience of English use, aims of learning English and attitudes toward English as a lingua franca (ELF). The notion of ELF has been researched in the field of English language teaching.
Wen-Hsing Luo
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Thai hotel undergraduate interns’ awareness and attitudes towards English as a lingua franca
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020 The study examines twenty-eight Thai undergraduate hotel interns’ attitudes towards the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in terms of its varieties of spoken English.
Waraporn Suebwongsuwan +1 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu +8 more
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Community support - the missing link in indigenous language promotion in South Africa?
Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2015 Literature on the challenges facing indigenous languages in South Africa often highlights the proverbial policy-practice gap among many other constraints.
Yu, Ke , Dumisa, Siphesihle
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling +2 more
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Attitudes of cancer patients toward ctDNA‐based liquid biopsy for follow‐up
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This mixed‐methods study explored cancer patients' experiences, knowledge, and preferences regarding ctDNA‐based liquid biopsy for follow‐up. Awareness of ctDNA was low and recall of previous liquid biopsy was imperfect, yet acceptance was high.
Siddharth Chhajlani +7 more
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A Multifactorial Analysis of Communicative Performance Among Arabic Language Education Students
AlsinatunaCommunicative performance is a central goal of Arabic language education; yet, it is often unevenly achieved, despite students' positive attitudes toward the language.
Fatwa Arifah +2 more
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Why Do Languages Die, and Haw? [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2006 Nowadays, sociolinguists are of the opimon that languages are organic entities, which go through a predictable life cycle of birth, infancy, maturation, then gradual decay and death.
yahyaa modarres, hasan bashir nejhad
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Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell +8 more
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