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The Effect of Second-Language Proficiency on Second Language Reading Comprehension

open access: yesPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 1991
Data from a first-language reading test, a second-language reading comprehension test with questions from different cognitive levels, and from the TOEFL were submitted to partial correlation analysis to detennine whether there was a significant effect ...
Pohlmann, John T.
doaj   +1 more source

Hearing meanings: the revenge of context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
According to the perceptual view of language comprehension, listeners typically recover high-level linguistic properties such as utterance meaning without inferential work.
Gasparri, Luca, Murez, Michael
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A video coding system for sign language communication at low bit rates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The ability to communicate remotely through the use of video as promised by wireless networks and already practised over fixed networks, is for deaf people as important as voice telephony is for hearing people. Sign languages are visual-spatial languages
Agrafiotis, D   +5 more
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Sirolimus for Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: A Scoping Review of the Evidence in Syndromic and Non‐Syndromic Cases

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, high‐flow, vascular anomalies that can occur either sporadically or as part of a genetic syndrome. AVMs can progress with serious morbidity and even mortality if left unchecked. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor that is effective in low‐flow vascular malformations; however, its role in AVMs is unclear.
Will Swansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of reading comprehension and profiling of poor readers in Croatian: educational and clinical perspectives

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionReading is an important academic skill. Children who exhibit reading difficulties are more likely to experience various negative professional and personal consequences.
Jelena Kuvač Kraljević   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Literal and Inferential Listening Comprehension: The Role of L1 vs. L2 Auditory Working Memory Capacity [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Modern Research in English Language Studies, 2017
Working memory capacity, especially as it relates to L1 vs. L2, has been found to play a significant role in language comprehension and processing. Majority of the related studies have, however, been focused around reading comprehension, either in L1 or ...
Mohammad Nabi Karimi, Reza Naghdivand
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of problem-based learning in students reading comprehension for mastering the content and vocabulary acquisition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
English reading comprehension is the most crucial language abilities in colleges where English is learned as a second language. A vigorous and powerful reading ability is certainly crucial in primary studies for students to accomplish in advanced ...
Masek, Alias, Sidik, Hazwani
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the importance of vocabulary for English as an additional language learners’ reading comprehension

open access: yesStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This exploratory study represents an attempt to investigate the factors that may affect the reading comprehension abilities of English as an additional language (EAL) learners.
Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
doaj   +1 more source

Asymmetrical cognitive load Imposed by processing native and non-native speech [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Intonation affects information processing and comprehension. Previous research has found that some international teaching assistants (ITAs) fail to exploit English intonation, potentially posing processing difficulties to students who are native English ...
Liu, Di, Reed, Marnie
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