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Language competence in mathematics
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1978This paper asks whether particular problems exist in mathematics for students who have to learn their discipline in a language which is not their mother tongue. One possible problem area is considered—the relationship between performance in mathematics and the understanding of mathematical text.
Martin Reed, Harry Wainman
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Building Language Competence in First Language Acquisition
European Review, 2008Most accounts of child language acquisition use as analytic tools adult-like syntactic categories and grammars with little concern for whether they are psychologically real for young children. However, when approached from a cognitive and functional theoretical perspective, recent research has demonstrated that children do not operate initially with ...
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Global Health Language and Culture Competency
Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 2012This article presents findings from a survey conducted to examine the availability of foreign language and culture training to Civil Affairs health personnel and the relevance of that training to the tasks they perform. Civil Affairs forces recognize the value of cross-cultural communication competence because their missions involve a significant level
Charles, Beadling +7 more
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Second language instructional competence
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015Recent developments in education policy in the USA have focused attention on language and literacy, especially for bilingual learners, in US schools. More specifically, these efforts, prominently related to the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), focus on the development of ‘academic English’ for immigrant students.
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When two languages are competing
Interpreting. International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting, 2021Abstract Past studies have shown that expert interpreters were better than novices at using contextual cues to anticipate upcoming information. However, whether such sensitivity to contextual cues can be traced by means of neural signatures is relatively unexplored. The present study used event-related brain potentials (ERPs)
Damien Chiaming Fan +2 more
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2004
Abstract Many newly arrived international adoptees have delayed speech in their primary languages (Table 31–1) (see Chapter 13). These delays may not be obvious after immersion in a new language milieu. Inexperienced parents may overlook the important delays in pre-speech development common among young children.
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Abstract Many newly arrived international adoptees have delayed speech in their primary languages (Table 31–1) (see Chapter 13). These delays may not be obvious after immersion in a new language milieu. Inexperienced parents may overlook the important delays in pre-speech development common among young children.
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1986
This book looks at the historic use of foreign language by the U.S. armed forces. Through research into military documents, many of which are generally inaccessible, the author has investigated the purpose and extent of language capability in the armed services.
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This book looks at the historic use of foreign language by the U.S. armed forces. Through research into military documents, many of which are generally inaccessible, the author has investigated the purpose and extent of language capability in the armed services.
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Contextualizing Competence: Language and LGBT-Based Competency in Health Care
Journal of Homosexuality, 2017Changes in the language and terminology used to refer to individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), as well as how best to discuss issues of sexual and gender identity, can prove challenging for health care providers due to (1) lack of training; (2) interdisciplinary issues; and (3) prejudices on personal and ...
Alexis L, Rossi, Eliot J, Lopez
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On Translational Language Competence
Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation, 1996Abstract This paper presents some of the results from the empirical studies carried out for a research project on translation proficiency. Data were collected from interviews with Chinese/English translators in Australia. The investigation focuses on translational language competence of translators.
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Language competence in movement: a child's perspective
International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015This article examines how, in a multilingual perspective, language competence is experienced, talked about and practiced by language users themselves. By viewing children as active co-creators of the spaces in which language is used, this article contributes to a research tradition in which focus is shifted from viewing the individual's language ...
Laursen, Helle Pia +1 more
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