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Breathe, Eat, Talk: Three Essential Ingredients to Quality‐of‐Life Outcomes in Movement Disorders

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Breathing, eating, and talking (BET) impairments are common yet frequently underrecognized features of movement disorders. Deficits in respiration, swallowing, voice, and speech may emerge early in the course of a disease, adversely affecting safety, participation, and quality of life.
John Dean, Lena C. O’Flynn, Michelle Ciucci, Cynthia Fox, Jessica E. Huber, Supraja Anand, Maira Rozenfeld Olchik, Jibrin S. Usman, Adam P. Vogel, Bettina Aguiar, Diana Khasanova, Dharshini Manoharan, Lorraine Ramig, Angela Roberts, Federico Rodriguez‐Porcel, Kristina Simonyan, Julie M. Barkmeier‐Kraemer   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mother tongue as the medium of instruction at developing country universities in a global context

South African Journal of Science, 2015
One of the factors attributed to poor performance of some indigenous students at universities in developing countries is the use of a second language – mainly English and to some extent French – as the language of instruction at the universities ...
Aceme Nyika
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Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The pivot towards evidence‐based conservation since 2000 has inspired global environmental assessments to gather evidence across multiple knowledge systems, including through co‐production with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Knowledge co‐production is highlighted as a strategy for transformative change towards a just future that ...
Maria Tengö, Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares, Pernilla Malmer, Wilfredo V. Alangui, Puaʻala Pascua, Prasert Trakansuphakon, Rosemary Hill   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating quality education in mother tongue: Ensuring children’s rights to access and equity schooling

Cogent Education
Mother-tongue education is an absolute precondition of equitable access to quality education, especially in multilingual settings. Its benefits are well established, yet many education systems continue to systematically marginalize effective mother ...
Jeilan Aman Gobana
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Mother tongue instructions as a human right

NAWA Journal of Language and Communication
The paper aimed at studying the challenges as well as the potential benefits associated with using African languages as the main medium of instructions in Namibian schools.   Research indicates that there is more to gain in promoting African languages in all aspects of education and governance than the opposite. Countries that place greater emphasis on
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Mother Tongue as a Resource for Learning German as a Language of Instruction in Austria

LANGUAGE: Codification, Competence, Communication, 2023
Abstract Background. Since the outbreak of a large-scale war in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have found themselves in a situation of forced migration, had to adapt to the Austrian school system, learn a new foreign language and adapt to a new team and ...
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Interactive Videos in Multimodal Listening Assessments: Examining Language Learners' Perspectives

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The academic success of international students who speak English as a second language (L2) hinges on their ability to effectively communicate and comprehend information in English, which requires well‐developed listening skills. Given that real‐world listening mostly involves processing both auditory and visual information, incorporating ...
Shanshan He, Ruslan Suvorov
wiley   +1 more source

Mother Tongue Teacher Education in Sweden

, 2022
This chapter looks at the development of a course for mother tongue teachers in Sweden and discusses the methodology of teaching a course that allows participants acquire a deeper knowledge about the challenges of mother tongue instruction and engages ...
Natalia Ringblom, Olga Mattsson, Ringblom, Natalia,, Mattsson, Olga,   +3 more
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Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

Mother Tongue Based (MTB) Classroom Instruction: The Attitudes and Perceptions of School Community in Sidama Zone

International Journal of Sociology of Education, 2014
The main objective of the study is to assess the attitudes and perceptions of school community towards mother tongue based classroom instruction. The study was conducted in Sidama zone, particularly in three Woredas which one school was drawn from each ...
Mebratu Mulatu Bachore
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