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Shifting Attitudes toward Teaching Culture within the Framework of English as an International Language

ELOPE, 2010
This study deals with the cultural dimensions of EIL, which are analysed based on the following domains: (a) subjects’ attitudes toward teaching about specific cultures (native and non-native); and (b) subjects’ attitudes toward teaching about culture in
Luis Guerra
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Language Learners’ Acculturation Attitudes

English Language Teaching, 2013
يتطلب تعلم اللغة معرفة كل من الكفاءة اللغوية والكفاءة الثقافية. ومع ذلك، يتطلب التطوير الأمثل للكفاءة اللغوية والكفاءة الثقافية مستوى عالٍ من موقف التثاقف تجاه ثقافة اللغة المستهدفة. ولهذه الغاية، استكشفت الدراسة الحالية مواقف التثاقف لدى 70 طالبًا جامعيًا إيرانيًا للغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية، بعد إقامة أكاديمية لمدة فصل دراسي واحد في الولايات المتحدة.
Vahid Rafieyan, Maryam Orang, Maryam Bijami, Maryam Sharafi Nejad, Lin Siew Eng   +4 more
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An Out‐of‐Place Etiology: Recognizing FMR1 Premutation in the Memory Clinic

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The FMR1 gene premutation (55–200 CGG repeats) is usually associated with a wide range of symptoms and phenotypes within the Fragile X‐tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), but may also manifest as predominant or isolated cognitive decline. We describe three male patients referred for progressive cognitive impairment and behavioral changes. Standard
Guido Greco, Caterina Motta, Enrica Marchionni, Maria Rosaria D'Apice, Carlangelo Carrese, Giuseppe Novelli, Alessandro Martorana, Chiara Giuseppina Bonomi   +7 more
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“He Speaks Two Languages at the Same Time … So, Why Should It Be Sad?”—Dutch Multilingual Children’s Beliefs About Language Use and Language Mixing In- and Outside the Home

Languages
This study investigates the beliefs about multilingualism and the multilingual language use of multilingual children living in the Netherlands, a highly diverse and multilingual society.
Eva Knopp, Sterre Turling, Chantal van Dijk, Claire Goriot   +3 more
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ATTITUDES TOWARDS JAVANESE LANGUAGE AND ITS MAINTENANCE BY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY [PDF]

, 2015
English Department Students of Undip whose parents are Javanese have been exposed to at least three languages namely Javanese, Indonesian, and English. Some of them are learning other foreign languages such as Korean, Japanese, and French.
Nirmala, Deli
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Clinically Relevant Outcome Measures in Women With Adrenoleukodystrophy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adrenoleukodystrophy is a rare inherited peroxisomal disease caused by pathogenic variants in the ABCD1 gene located on the X chromosome. Although the most severe central nervous system and adrenal complications typically affect only men with adrenoleukodystrophy, the majority of women develop myeloneuropathy symptoms in adulthood.
Chenwei Yan, Elizabeth I. Pierpont, Amena S. Fine, Reena V. Kartha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

English as an international language of science and its effect on Nordic terminology: the view of scientists [PDF]

, 2015
This chapter is concerned with attitudes to English as an international language of science among Nordic scientists. It reports on a questionnaire completed by 200+ physicists, chemists and computer scientists at universities in five Nordic countries ...
Hultgren, Anna Kristina
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Legitimating inaction : differing identity constructions of the Scots language. [PDF]

, 2010
The Scots language plays a key role in the political and cultural landscape of contemporary Scotland. From a discourse-historical perspective, this article explores how language ideologies about the Scots language are realized linguistically in a so ...
Bourdieu, P., Etter-Lewis, G., Johann W. Unger, Kienpointner, M., Labov, W., Lemke, J.L., Macafee, C., Ricento, T., Scottish Executive, Scottish Government, Unger, J.W., Unger, J.W., Unger, J.W., Wodak, R., Wodak, R., Wodak, R.   +15 more
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Brainstem and Cerebellar Volume Loss and Associated Clinical Features in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative ‘tauopathy’ with predominating pathology in the basal ganglia and midbrain. Caudal tau spread frequently implicates the cerebellum; however, the pattern of atrophy remains equivocal.
Chloe Spiegel, Timothy P. Siejka, Cassandra Marotta, Josh J. Y. Lee, Kelly Bertram, Terence J. O'Brien, Meng Law, Lucy Vivash, Ian H. Harding   +8 more
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Accepting a “New” Standard Variety: Comparing Explicit Attitudes in Luxembourg and Belgium

Languages, 2021
Language maintenance efforts aim to bolster attitudes towards endangered languages by providing them with a standard variety as a means to raise their status and prestige. However, the introduced variety can vary in its degrees of standardisation.
Judit Vari, Marco Tamburelli
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