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EFL teacher burnout and self-assessed language proficiency: exploring possible relationships

open access: yesLanguage Testing in Asia, 2019
Although teacher burnout has drawn the attention of many researchers, there is little empirical evidence for the contribution of non-native English language teachers’ language proficiency level to their experience of burnout.
Akram Nayernia, Zareh Babayan
doaj   +1 more source

The Economics of Language: An Introduction and Overview [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated
Chiswick, Barry R.
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Patient therapy outcome modeling in cancer organoids is improved by cancer‐associated fibroblasts and organoid assembly convolution

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Patient‐derived organoids (PDOs) from pancreatic, colorectal, and gastric cancers were used to evaluate standard and experimental therapies. Incorporating cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) into organoid cultures improved patient therapy outcome prediction.
Marcin Grochowski   +12 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

The impact of implementing English proficiency tests as a graduation requirement at Taiwanese universities of technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Both the Taiwanese government and the community at large recognise that a high level of English language ability among the workforce is essential for success in virtually all walks of life, as Taiwan is heavily dependent on international business for its
Hsu, Hui-Fen
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Loss of proton‐sensing TDAG8 increases tumor progression in mouse models of colon cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the pH‐sensing receptor TDAG8 accelerates colorectal cancer progression in mice. Animals lacking TDAG8 expression had increased tumor growth, DNA damage, and recruitment of tumor‐associated immune cells, including macrophages, neutrophils, and monocytes.
Ermanno Malagola   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polarization‐resolved femtosecond Vis/IR spectroscopy tailored for resolving weak signals in biological samples using minimal sample volume

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Unique biological samples, such as site‐specific mutant proteins, are available only in limited quantities. Here, we present a polarization‐resolved transient infrared spectroscopy setup with referencing to improve signal‐to‐noise tailored towards tracing small signals. We provide an overview of characterizing the excitation conditions for polarization‐
Clark Zahn, Karsten Heyne
wiley   +1 more source

A Foreign Language Effect or a Language Proficiency Effect? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Recent work suggests that people think more systematically when using a second language because second languages are less automatic or emotionally valenced. Here, we use a different population (from India) to further investigate this possibility. We also test whether nuanced factors like language proficiency, usage context, and age of acquisition ...
Thibodeau, Paul   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

The labour market position of Turkish immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands; reason for migration, naturalisation and language proficiency [PDF]

open access: yes
On the basis of two datasets, the German Socio-Economic Panel 2002 and the Dutch Social Position and Use of Provision Survey 2002, we investigate the importance of characteristics related to immigration for the labour market position of Turkish ...
M. Gijsberts   +3 more
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Language learning strategies employed by engineering students learning English at the tertiary level in Thailand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The present investigation is descriptive-interpretative in nature. It has been designed a) to describe types of language learning strategies which Thai engineering students reported employing; b) to investigate patterns of variations in frequency of ...
Intaraprasert, Channarong   +1 more
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