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Short-Term Study Abroad: Perspectives on Speaking Gains and Language Contact [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Previous studies have shown that study abroad has a positive effect on second language (L2) learning outcomes for students who spend at least a semester abroad.
Hernandez, Todd A
core   +1 more source

University entrance language tests : a matter of justice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
University entrance language tests are often administered under the assumption that even if language proficiency does not determine academic success, a certain proficiency level is still required.
Deygers, Bart   +2 more
core   +1 more source

LDAcoop: Integrating non‐linear population dynamics into the analysis of clonogenic growth in vitro

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Limiting dilution assays (LDAs) quantify clonogenic growth by seeding serial dilutions of cells and scoring wells for colony formation. The fraction of negative wells is plotted against cells seeded and analyzed using the non‐linear modeling of LDAcoop.
Nikko Brix   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building rapport and a sense of communal identity through play in a second language classroom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Many teachers would recognize that a certain amount of laughter and play in a classroom is one of the signs of a socially cohesive and contented group of learners.
Hann, David
core   +1 more source

Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

MOTIVATION AND LEARNING STYLE: DO THEY CORRELATE WITH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY?

open access: yesELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2019
This paper discusses the issues of motivational orientation, learner types and their relationship with English Language Proficiency among the students of semester one in the academic year 2018 / 2019 at the State Institute of Islamic Studies Syekh ...
Udin Kamiludin
doaj   +1 more source

Bilingual Language Proficiency. A Comparative Study

open access: yes, 2011
This book investigates the role native language plays in the process of acquiring a second language within a bilingual educational model. The research presented is based on a 2-year longitudinal study of students in a bilingual school. Particular attention is paid to the development of academic language proficiency.
openaire   +3 more sources

Affordable Language Services: Implications for Health Care Organizations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Outlines the need to provide medical interpreters and healthcare material for patients with limited English proficiency. Summarizes RWJF's Hablamos Juntos initiative to develop affordable ways to remove language barriers and discusses lessons ...

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Learner's English Proficiency and Their Pragmatic Competence of Refusal Speech Acts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between language proficiency and ‎pragmatic comprehension of the refusal speech act among Iranian EFL learners.
Farnia, M. (Maryam)   +1 more
core   +4 more sources

Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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