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The BEST Dataset of Language Proficiency [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00522/full#supplementary ...
De Bruin, Angela Maria Theresia +2 more
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Does language make people more prosocial? The influence of Mandarin proficiency on donation behavior
Frontiers 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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Reading & Writing, 2019 Background: The teaching of reading strategies that enhance comprehension is a priority for many practising lecturers involved in academic literacy programmes.
Vimbai Hungwe
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Frontiers 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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Proficiency, Attitude, and Conventions in Minority Languages [PDF]
Sociological Methods & Research, 2016 In this article, we study a simple mathematical model of a bilingual community in which all agents are fluent in the majority language but only a fraction of the population has some degree of proficiency in the minority language. We investigate how different distributions of proficiency, combined with the speakers’ attitudes toward or against the ...
Laruelle, Annick +2 more
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Destination-Language Proficiency in Cross-National Perspective: A Study of Immigrant Groups in Nine Western Countries [PDF]
, 2005 Immigrants’ destination-language proficiency has been typically studied from a microperspective in a single country. In this article, the authors examine the role of macrofactors in a cross-national perspective. They argue that three groups of macrolevel
Kalmijn, Mathijs, Tubergen, Frank van
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Lenguaje, 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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Fairness perceptions of video resumes among ethnically diverse applicants [PDF]
, 2012 This study investigated ethnic majority and minority applicants’ fairness perceptions (n = 445) of video resumes, compared to paper resumes. Additionally, the moderating effect of minorities’ ethnic identity and language proficiency on fairness ...
Born, Marise Ph +3 more
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Economic 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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Predictors of English Health Literacy among U.S. Hispanic Immigrants: The importance of language, bilingualism and sociolinguistic environment [PDF]
, 2016 In the United States, data confirm that Spanish-speaking immigrants are particularly affected by the negative health outcomes associated with low health literacy.
Hund, Lauren +2 more
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