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Effects of proficiency and age of language acquisition on working memory performance in bilinguals [PDF]

open access: yesPsihologija, 2010
This study examined language proficiency and age of language acquisition influences on working memory performance in bilinguals. Bilingual subjects were administered reading span task in parallel versions for their first and second language.
Vejnović Dušan   +2 more
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EFL Prospective Teachers’ English Language Proficiency Development: A Longitudinal Study [PDF]

open access: yesMaǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Tarbiyyẗ Ǧamiʿaẗ Banhā, 2020
     The purpose of the current study was to examine English language proficiency development among EFL prospective teachers during their four-year study at the faculty of education. A sample of sixty six college EFL prospective teachers took part in the
Marwa A. Naeem
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Does language make people more prosocial? The influence of Mandarin proficiency on donation behavior

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
Both the effects of language proficiency on individual outcomes, and the influencing factors of individual donation arouse wide concern, but researchers have hardly probed into the relationship between language proficiency and donation behavior.
Qiang Wang, Laihui Yu, Ruilin Zhang
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The Relationship Between Teachers' Classroom English Proficiency and Their Teaching Self-Efficacy in an English Medium Instruction Context

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
This article examines the relationship between English medium instruction (EMI) teachers' classroom English proficiency and their teaching self-efficacy.
Changmi Wang
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Pick a Movie

open access: yesLenguaje, 2023
Foreign language learners without an immersion experience are advised to partake in activities that enhance their language learning outside the classroom. The objectives of this study were to explore which forms of language practice English as a Foreign
Alma Luz Rodríguez-Lázaro   +1 more
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Proficiency Testing and Language Teaching: Russian and Polish [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 2008
This paper explores the potential application of proficiency testing in U.S. colleges and universities. Specific consideration is giv-en to: the Oral Proficiency Interview, based on ILR or ACTFL guidelines, administered on a large scale at the Defense ...
Rimma Garn
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Official language proficiency and immigrant labour market outcomes: Evidence from test-based multidimensional measures of language skills

open access: yesEconomic and Social Reports, 2023
A large body of studies have consistently demonstrated that higher proficiency in the destination-country language improves immigrant labour market outcomes.
Li Xu, Feng Hou
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Verbal Working Memory but Not Attention Is Related to Language Proficiency: Evidence from Multilingual Speakers

open access: yesPsychologica Belgica, 2020
Numerous studies have shown a consistent relationship between verbal working memory (WM) and native-language as well as non-native language learning abilities.
Marion Bouffier   +2 more
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Influence of Family Language Policies on Language Proficiency across Generations: A Study of Russian-Speaking Families in Germany

open access: yesLanguages
This study investigates the influence of selected aspects of family language policies (FLPs) on language proficiency across three generations of Russian-speaking families in Germany using data from a sample of 18 families.
Olia Blacher, Bernhard Brehmer
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Influence of Language Learning Strategies to the English Proficiency Test Performance of College Students

open access: yesJPAIR, 2018
Learning of English as second and even foreign language has been stressed out in all levels of education. Thus, teachers and researchers have been focusing on describing externally observable behaviors of language learners, followed by attempts to label ...
Harieth Cawagdan – Cuarto   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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