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Proficiency Testing and Language Teaching: Russian and Polish [PDF]

Journal 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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Verbal Working Memory but Not Attention Is Related to Language Proficiency: Evidence from Multilingual Speakers

Psychologica 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, Cristina Barbu, Steve Majerus   +2 more
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The Contribution of Language Input, Conducive Learning Environment, and Motivation toward Student’s Speaking Proficiency

Journal of Language Intelligence and Culture, 2023
This study aimed to identify student’s speaking proficiency through the contribution of language input, conducive learning environment, and motivation. This research is qualitative study.
Faida Azhimia, Tantry Ajeng Parnawati
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Influence of Family Language Policies on Language Proficiency across Generations: A Study of Russian-Speaking Families in Germany

Languages
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

JPAIR, 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, Emelinda Rivera   +1 more
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English language proficiency, complete tooth loss, and recent dental visits among older adults in the United States

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Objectives: This study sought to provide population-based estimates of complete tooth loss and recent dental visits among older adults in the United States by English language proficiency.
Andriana M Foiles Sifuentes, Maira A Castaneda-Avila, Kate L Lapane   +2 more
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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Leukemia and Exposure to Potential Benzene Sources in Children From the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2010–2021: A Geospatial Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita, Norma Candelaria López Santiago, Claudia Maria García Cuellar, Karla Maldonado Silva, Nancy Reynoso Noverón, Leticia Hernández Cadena   +5 more
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Language Dominance Modulates the Perception of Spanish Approximants by Late Bilinguals Language Dominance Modulates the Perception of Spanish Approximants by Late Bilinguals

Languages, 2020
The ability to discriminate phonetically similar first language (L1) and second language (L2) sounds has significant consequences for achieving target-like proficiency in second-language learners.
Martha Black, Marc F. Joanisse, Yasaman Rafat   +2 more
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY;

The Professional Medical Journal, 2012
Introduction: Each year, more than 30,000 students sit in the Government sponsored Entrance Test conducted by University ofHealth Sciences, Lahore for admission in Public and Private Medical & Dental Institutes of Punjab, Pakistan. Objective: In this study, we haveembarked to seek the relationship of the performance of students in the English ...
JUNAID SARFRAZ KHAN, SAIMA TABASUM, OSAMA MUKHTAR, Tahira Bano, Maryam Iqbal   +4 more
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