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Estimating intra-rater reliability on an oral english proficiency test from a Bilingual Education Program [PDF]

, 2019
Este estudio tiene como objetivo presentar los resultados de una investigación la cual pretendía estimar el nivel de confiabilidad intra-evaluador en un examen de suficiencia oral en inglés, y determinar los diferentes factores internos y externos que ...
Aguirre Isaziga, Vivian Alejandra, Montoya Ruíz, Daniela   +1 more
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Robust Dysarthric Speech Recognition with GAN Enhancement and LLM Correction

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study tackles dysarthric speech recognition by combining generative adversarial network (GAN)‐generated synthetic data with large language model (LLM)‐based error correction. The approach integrates three key elements: an improved CycleGAN to generate synthetic dysarthric speech for data augmentation, a multimodal automatic speech recognition core
Yibo He, Kah Phooi Seng, Chee Shen Lim, Li Minn Ang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the effectiveness of input-based and output-based activities on productive knowledge of vocabulary among pre-intermediate EFL learners

Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
The present study aimed to investigate the comparative impacts of input-based and output-based activities on vocabulary knowledge of Iranian EFL learners.
Ehsan Namaziandost, Elham Saberi Dehkordi, Sajad Shafiee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teaching Spoken English at Junior High School: A Comparison of TPR and PPP [PDF]

This article reports on an experimental methods-comparison study, which was undertaken with beginner level junior high school students (aged 12 and 13) in Japan.
Donohue, N, Jones, C, Lees, M, Smith, K
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SciLitMiner: An Intelligent System for Scientific Literature Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
SciLitMiner is an intelligent system that federately ingests scientific literature, filters it using advanced information retrieval methods, and applies retrieval‐augmented generation tailored to scientific domains. Demonstrated on creep deformation in γ‐TiAl alloys, SciLitMiner provides a controlled workflow for systematic knowledge discovery and ...
Vipul Gupta, Jonathan David Heaton Paul, Ingo Schmitt, Florian Pyczak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Vocabulary Acquisition in EFL Students through Captioned Audiovisual Debate Sessions

Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching
Teaching and learning the English vocabulary pose considerable challenges for both EFL instructors and learners. However, vocabulary is a crucial component that must be mastered in the process of language acquisition.
Gaetan Olivier, Nunung Suryati, Sari Karmina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Participation for mental health service development in China: Conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study analyzes a participatory project to develop peer support services for people with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) in China. Drawing on interviews with psychiatrists, social workers, service users, and a family caregiver, it examines the conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes of participation in a paternalistic context ...
Zhiying Ma, Yu Fan, Xiyuan Chen, Lindsay Sheehan, Sang Qin, Aoxuan Cao, Liang Zhou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Language Will Not Take Care of Itself: Vocabulary Knowledge in Trilingual Children in the United Kingdom

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Language input is crucial for language acquisition and especially for children’s vocabulary size. Bilingual children receive reduced input in each of their languages, compared to monolinguals, and are reported to have smaller vocabularies, at least in ...
Karolina Mieszkowska, Magdalena Łuniewska, Joanna Kołak, Agnieszka Kacprzak, Zofia Wodniecka, Ewa Haman   +5 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Blended Learning on Teaching English for Vocational Purposes

Glottodidactica, 2012
The one-group experiment attempted to investigate the impact of blended learning on teaching English for Vocational Purposes (EVP). To maximize its internal and external validity, methodology of triangulation was employed.
Elżbieta Danuta Lesiak-Bielawska
doaj   +1 more source