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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bulgarian worldview in teaching Bulgarian as a second language

Opera slavica, 2014
The acquisition of socio-cultural competence is a topical subject which is increasingly attracting attention in both foreign language teaching and intercultural education.
Ilijana Dimitrova
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Dispoziční predikáty a lingvistická relativita

Filozofia
Dispositions are unobserved properties of objects that may or may not manifest under certain conditions. These properties can be described using dispositional predicates, which typically require the use of conditional clauses.
Filip Tvrdý
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Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Different languages, different landscapes? Exploring linguistic differences in landscape conceptualizations

Open Linguistics
The goal of the research was to assess whether landscape conceptualization systematically differed across European languages in the context of the linguistic relativity debate.
Mácha Přemysl, Ainiala Terhi, Bijak Urszula, Bughesiu Alina, Crljenko Ivana, Felecan Oliviu, Geršič Matjaž, Gondeková Veronika, Koščová Michaela, Laansalu Tiina, Mačutek Ján, Rapa Sanda, Reszegi Katalin, Skorupa Pavel, Vainik Ene, Vlahova-Angelova Maya, Vrachionidou Maria, Zymovets Halyna   +17 more
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald, Lee Cubis, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The comparative analysis of English and Lithuanian transport terms and some methods of developing effective science writing strategies by non‐native speakers of English

Transport, 2009
The paper addresses the problem of developing more effective strategies and skills of writing scientific and technical texts by non‐native speakers of English.
Valerija Marina, Igor Marin, Genovaitė Snuviškienė   +2 more
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The difference in positivity of the Russian and English lexicon: The big data approach

Russian Journal of Linguistics
Psychological cross-cultural studies have long noted differences in the degree of cognition positivity, or optimism, in various cultures. Herewith, the question whether the difference shows up at the level of the language lexicon remains unexplored ...
Valery D. Solovyev, Anna I. Ivleva
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Has Inequity Faced by Young Australians With Disability Changed Since the Turn of the Century?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the introduction of various policies aimed at promoting equality for people with disability since Australia ratified the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2008, there has been little evaluation regarding the extent of change in inequity since then.
Asha Parkinson, Joanne Arciuli, Eric Emerson, Sally Robinson, Sally Chance, Gerry Redmond   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source