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Parliamentary Debate and Job Market Signaling in Westminster Systems

open access: yesLegislative Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines parliamentary speech as a job‐market signal in Westminster systems, where ministers are selected from the legislature under conditions of informational asymmetry. Building on signaling theory, it argues that party leaders use visible, effortful parliamentary activities—such as frequent speechmaking—as proxies for latent ...
Pat Leslie
wiley   +1 more source

Modality matters in measuring foreign language aptitude: Empirical evidence from a new aptitude battery Tests of Aptitude for Language Learning (TALL)

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Foreign language aptitude is a componential construct conceptualised to predict and explain second language (L2) learning outcomes (Carroll, 1981). L2 learning, across naturalistic and instructed contexts, occurs in different modalities including auditory and written forms.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Effects of Spanish-Language Background on Completed Schooling and Aptitude Test Scores [PDF]

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We investigate the effect of speaking Spanish at home as a child on completed schooling and aptitude test scores using data on Hispanics who grew up in the U.S. from the NLSY79.
Arthur M. Diamond Jr.   +2 more
core  

Embodied word learning in schools and sustained attention in virtual reality. [PDF]

open access: yesNPJ Sci Learn
Rudling M   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Materials Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Capretz, Pierre J.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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