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The relationship between self-assessment of language proficiency and measures of lexical diversity and syntactic complexity: evidence from bilingual speakers of Italian in Croatia

Frontiers in Communication
A wide range of tools have been used to assess the language proficiency of bilingual speakers. The validity and high reliability of lexical diversity and syntactic complexity measures as instruments for measuring language proficiency have been ...
Gordana Hržica, Sara Košutar, Nada Poropat Jeletić   +2 more
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Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

The collision of feminisms, sexuality, and trafficking in persons in the Caribbean—A place for Kempadoo

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
wiley   +1 more source

Lexical diversity and language development

, 2019
Previous research has demonstrated a relationship between quantity of language input and childrens rate of languagedevelopment: Children who hear more words learn faster. This work takes on two mutually-constraining questions:(1) How should we define quality, and (2) what is the relationship between input quality and language development?We analyzed a ...
Yu, Yawen, Yurovsky, Dan
openaire   +1 more source

Reflective Pathways: Integrating Empathy Into the STEM Student Experiences

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing demand for a globally competent STEM workforce showcases the importance of embedding empathy into undergraduate education. As a core dimension of global competence, empathy enables individuals to engage diverse perspectives and navigate collaborative challenges.
Aparajita Jaiswal, Nathan S. Bitner, Gaurav Nanda, Muna Sapkota   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Learner Corpora to Inform Material Development and Classroom Practices

Babylonia
This article examines how a university in Japan uses a longitudinal learner corpus to bridge the gap between research and classroom practice in a two-year English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program.
Gavin Brooks
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Talent Management in SMEs: Unraveling the Role of Contextual Factors

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employing a multiple case study analysis, this paper explores the contextual factors—internal, external, and relational—that affect small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in designing their approaches to talent management (TM). Results underscore the significance of two prominent internal variables—namely, organizational size and ownership ...
Franca Cantoni, Caterina Muzzi, Martina Gianecchini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting: Definitional Clarity, Theoretical Pathways, and Future Research

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quiet quitting (QQ) has emerged as a prominent topic in both popular press and academic research, reflecting shifts in employees' engagement, effort allocation, and responses to contemporary work pressures. This review synthesizes findings from 11 papers published in a recent Special Issue on The Disquiet of Quiet Quitting.
Solon Magrizos, Lauren E. Aydinliyim, Dorothea Roumpi, Caitlin M. Porter, Jean M. Phillips, John E. Delery   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Youth Participatory Action Research in the Americas: Comparative Insights on Empowerment, Methodologies, and Social Change

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co‐researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited.
John Diaz, Paola Velasquez Quintero, Cody Gusto, Ivan Muñoz‐Echeverri, Camilo Norena Herrera, Laura Valencia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel corpus of naturalistic picture book reading with 2-to-3 year old children

Language Development Research
Substantial literature suggests that reading to children is positively associated with language outcomes, but the causal pathways are less well understood.
Anastasia Stoops, Jessica L Montag
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