A shared reading intervention: Changing perceptions of caregivers in a semi-rural township
Background: Many caregivers from low-middle income (LMI) households consider that preschool children are too young for shared book reading. Thus, many caregivers are unaware of their potentially powerful role in their children’s emergent literacy and ...
Tarryn Coetzee +2 more
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Decline and fall:a biological, developmental, and psycholinguistic account of deliberative language processes and ageing [PDF]
Background: This paper reviews the role of deliberative processes in language: those language processes that require central resources, in contrast to the automatic processes of lexicalisation, word retrieval, and parsing.
Harley, Trevor A. +2 more
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Kun-dangwok: ''clan lects'' and Ausbau in western Arnhem Land [PDF]
The sociolinguistic concept of an Ausbau language is widely thought of as exclusively associated with the standardization of languages for the political and social purposes of nation states.
Garde, Murray
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The language teacher’s development [PDF]
This paper provides a commentary on recent contributions to the subject of teacher development and growth, focusing particularly on our understanding of some of the processes and tools that have been identified as instrumental and supportive in ...
Mann, Steve J.
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This article aims to highlight the welfare and humanitarian activities undertaken by the Council of Islamic Religion and Malay Customs of Kelantan (MAIK) in support of the indigenous community in Kelantan.
Muhammad Solihin bin Abd Razak +1 more
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Fandom and identity construction: an analysis of Thai fans’ engagement with Twitter
In our digital era, fandom has become a social and cultural phenomenon, notably in Thailand. Fans are dedicated, and creating fan text (i.e., text production made by fans about their object of fandom) is one way of showing dedication and passion to the ...
Pitchapa Smutradontri, Savitri Gadavanij
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Does Motor Development Influence Language Development? [PDF]
The emergence of language in infants is one of biggest achievements in their first two years of life. At the present, there is a great deal of information available regarding the precursors that influence the onset of language in both typically and ...
Behrens, Melissa, Hauch, Jaimie
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The development of metaphorical language comprehension in typical development and in Williams syndrome [PDF]
The domain of figurative language comprehension was used to probe the developmental relation between language and cognition in typically developing individuals and individuals with Williams syndrome.
Annette Karmiloff-Smith +41 more
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus +6 more
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Exploring EFL teachers’ work engagement and students’ perceptive interaction behaviours in online collaborative teaching [PDF]
The overarching objective of this study was to explore online learning effect of English writing combining teachers’ teaching engagement with perceptive interaction behaviour of students.
Xiao He, Suwanarak Kasma
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