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Understanding the Characteristics of Imagined Communities in Low-Proficiency Malaysian Undergraduate ESL Learners

Gading Journal for the Social Sciences (e-ISSN 2600-7568)
This study investigates the characteristics of imagined communities among low-proficiency English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in Malaysia, guided by Norton’s (1997) theoretical framework. A qualitative case study approach was employed, involving 10 Malaysian undergraduate students categorized as low-proficiency based on their Malaysian ...
Siang Jack Chan, Maizatulliza Muhamad, Muhammad Hilmi Che Ahamad   +2 more
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Cooperative learning strategies to raise attainment in mathematics with pupils aged 11–16 years: A systematic literature review

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Cooperative learning is a widely adopted teaching method to improve academic achievement. This review synthesises existing research on the use of cooperative learning within a school setting for pupils aged 11–16 years. Such a review has not been undertaken to date and will present an evidence base for educators considering implementation ...
Patricia Hampson, Zhe. Li, Allen Thurston   +2 more
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From Silent to Speaking: Reducing Speaking Anxiety in Low-Proficiency ESL Learners Through Game-Based Learning

Arab World English Journal
Language connects people, as it is one of the important tools for communication. Having one shared language to communicate to one another is essential particularly in today’s a fast-paced borderless world. In Malaysia, despite English being learnt formally in academic settings for an average of 11 years for each Malaysian student, their language ...
Mafarhanatul Akmal Ahmad Kamal, Mohd Fadhli Shah Khaidzir   +1 more
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Supporting the Shift: Professional Development for Alternative Grading Practices

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alternative grading (e.g., contract grading, ungrading, specifications grading) practices have emerged as a promising approach to enhance student success, improve students’ sense of belonging, and make higher education more accessible. This study explores the challenges faced by community college faculty when implementing alternative grading ...
Breana Bayraktar, J. Indigo Eriksen
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing Communication Strategy Instruction in the ESL Oral Classroom: What Do Low-Proficiency Learners Tell Us?

TESL Canada Journal, 2010
This article reports findings from a strategy intervention study involving a treatment class (N=20) and a comparison class (N=20) in an ESL oral setting. Oral communication strategies were taught to the treatment class. A data-collection method comprising stimulated recall interviews that aimed to investigate respectively the learning process (i.e ...
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Oligogenic inheritance in epilepsy: A systematic exome‐wide analysis

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Genetic factors contribute to the majority of epilepsies, but the exact genetic cause remains unknown in most patients. Incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity are frequent, and recent studies showed a burden of deleterious variants in epilepsy genes, suggesting a role for oligogenic inheritance.
Sarah Duerinckx, Barbara Gravel, Julie Soblet, Benjamin Legros, Susana Ferrao Santos, Wim Van Paesschen, Estelle Rikir, Epi25 Collaborative, Siwei Chen, Zaid Afawi, Quratulain Zulfiqar Ali, Danielle M. Andrade, Mutluay Arslan, Simona Balestrini, Carmen Barba, Tobias Baumgartner, Betül Baykan, Nerses Bebek, Felicitas Becker, Caitlin A. Bennett, Ahmad Beydoun, Francesca Bisulli, Christian Bosselmann, S. Hande Caglayan, Laura Canafoglia, Barbara Castellotti, Francine Chassoux, I‐Jun Chou, Seo‐Kyung Chung, Patrick Cossette, Chantal Depondt, Orrin Devinsky, Dennis J. Dlugos, Viola Doccini, Colin A. Ellis, Thomas N. Ferraro, Lorenzo Ferri, Mark Fitzgerald, Francesco Fortunato, Elena Freri, Tania Giangregorio, Tracy A. Glauser, Aslı Gundogdu‐Eken, Namrata Gupta, Kevin Haas, Erin L. Heinzen, Christian Hengsbach, Olivia Hoeper, Michele Iacomino, Yushi Inoue, Lara Jehi, Symon M. Kariuki, Karl Martin Klein, Susanne Knake, Andreas Koupparis, Ioanna Kousiappa, Roland Krause, Martin Krenn, Heinz Krestel, Wolfram S. Kunz, Austin Lacey, Stephan Lauxmann, Stephanie L. Leech, Gaetan Lesca, David Lewis‐Smith, Calwing Liao, Laura Licchetta, Kuang‐Lin Lin, Tarja Linnankivi, Daniel H. Lowenstein, Colin H.T. Lui, Ida Manna, Paula Marques, Patrick May, Davide Mei, RaAaella Minardi, Barbara Mostacci, Lorenzo Muccioli, Bernd A. Neubauer, Terence J. O'Brien, Savvas S. Papacostas, Elena Parrini, Manuela Pendziwiat, Francesca Ragona, Mark I. Rees, Antonella Riva, Philippe Ryvlin, Andrea Salmon, Ilaria Sammarra, Marcello Scala, Ingrid E. ScheAer, Susanne Schubert‐Bast, Paolo Scudieri, Graeme J. Sills, Sanjay M. Sisodiya, Hannah Stamberger, Ulrich Stephani, Carlotta Stipa, Pasquale Striano, Adam Strzelczyk, Rainer Surges, Toshimitsu Suzuki, Mariagrazia Talarico, George A. Tanteles, Marian Todaro, Meng‐Han Tsai, Birute Tumiene, Dilsad Turkdogan, Luc Valton, Andreas van Baalen, Annalisa Vetro, Yvonne G. Weber, Sarah Weckhuysen, Peter Widdess‐Walsh, Samuel Wiebe, Randi von Wrede, Kazuhiro Yamakawa, Zuhal Yapıcı, Fritz Zimprich, Milena Zizovic, Gábor Zsurka, Benjamin M. Neale, Samuel F. Berkovic, Solve‐RD DITF‐EpiCARE, Marc Abramowicz, Nicholas Allen, Simona Balestrini, Tobias Bartolomaeus, Ravishankara Bellampalli, Katherine Benson, Francesca Bisulli, Christian Boßelmann, Susan Byrne, Laura Canafoglia, Evelina Carapancea, Barbara Castellotti, Gianpiero Cavalleri, Roberta Cilio, Norman Delanty, Christel Depienne, Chantal Depondt, Sarah Duerinckx, Zakaria Eddafir, Kornelia Ellwanger, Silvana Franceschetti, Elena Freri, Hamidah Ghani, Tiziana Granata, Marie Greally, Renzo Guerrini, Tobias B. Haack, Eva Hammar Bouveret, Michele Iacomino, Rami Jamra, Josua Kegele, Christian Korff, Roland Krause, Alma Küchler, Robert Lauerer‐Braun, Damien Lederer, Elsa Leitão, Holger Lerche, Gaëtan Lesca, David Lewis‐Smith, Laura Licchetta, Frédéric Masclaux, Patrick May, Davide Mei, Cyril Mignot, Charissa Millevert, Raffaella Minardi, Patrick Moloney, Hiltrud Muhle, Mary O. Reghan, Joohyun Park, Elena Parrini, Manuela Pendziwiat, Konrad Platzner, Johanna Pohl, Mary Sandrine, Marcello Scala, Sanjay Sisodiya, Noor Smal, Hannah Stamberger, Pasquale Striano, Roxane van Heurck, Christina Vosseler‐Wolf, David Webb, Sarah Weckhuysen, Federico Zara, Alec Aeby, Guillaume Smits, Chantal Depondt   +192 more
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Acute effects of anti‐seizure medications on network level dynamics: A systematic comparison using multielectrode arrays

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective A multi‐electrode array (MEA) is a powerful extracellular recording technique for long‐term monitoring of neuronal network activity. In recent years, MEA‐based assays have been applied increasingly to evaluate drug efficacy and neurotoxicity, including the assessment of anti‐seizure medications (ASMs). However, systematic comparisons
Griselda Marku, Lena Gschossmann, Kerstin Hallmann, Heinz Beck, Kunihiko Araki   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Emotion Recognition Through Language: The Development and Validation of an English Productive Emotion Vocabulary Size Test

Languages
Emotion vocabulary is essential for recognising, expressing, and regulating emotions, playing a critical role in language proficiency and emotional competence. However, traditional vocabulary assessments have largely overlooked emotion-specific lexicons,
Allen Jie Ein Chee, Csaba Zoltan Szabo, Sharimila Ambrose   +2 more
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Bridging computational and clinical strategies for presurgical identification of epileptogenic networks

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective About one third of epilepsy patients are drug‐resistant. Resective epilepsy surgery remains a key treatment option but depends critically on accurate identification of the seizure onset zone (SOZ), which is still guided mainly by subjective visual inspection of electrophysiological signals.
Tena Dubcek, Debora Ledergerber, Kristina Koenig, Adham Elshahabi, Rafael Polania, Lukas Imbach   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
wiley   +1 more source