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Workplace diversity and intercultural communication: A phenomenological study

Cogent Business & Management, 2017
For decades, the United States has seen an increasing number of immigrants, which has led to a significant increase in cultural diversity in the United States. This phenomenological study examines the contextual history of professional non-native English-
Adam Evans, Harika Suklun
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Testing of speaking skills and training for professional communication in Czech [PDF]

, 2015
В статье раскрываются общие принципы тестирования устной речи на сертификационном экзамене по чешскому языку и особенности подготовки к устной части на уровне В2, поскольку именно этот уровень владения языком является необходимым для реализации в ...
Belousova, V. V., Белоусова, В. В.   +1 more
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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
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Attitudes of Arabic- and Non-Arabic Speaking Parents Toward the Importance of Learning Arabic in the United States [PDF]

Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 2017
To promote Arabic teaching, researchers examined attitudes and expectations of parents regarding the importance of their children's Arabic study. In four states Researchers surveyed 238 Arabic-speaking and 128 non-Arabic speaking parents of children at ...
Sara Al Alili, Wafa Hassan
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Exploring ‘unknown worlds’: The lives and careers of non-native speaking teachers of English in Asia [PDF]

, 2007
It is a decade since Richards remarked that “How the teacher believes, thinks, acts and reacts is central to educational endeavour, but about the EFL (English as a foreign language) language teacher we know almost nothing” (1997:243), going on to suggest
Hayes, David
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Association of a Multimodal Perioperative Care Program With Postoperative Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Implementation of a multimodal perioperative care program and reduction of postoperative complications. ABSTRACT Purpose This retrospective study aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of a multimodal perioperative care program in reducing postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Keiichi Fujiya, Hiroshi Fuseya, Yusuke Yonenaga, Keiko Sanada, Toshimi Inano, Yumi Oguma, Kazuko Nakajima, Chikako Ando, Kumiko Oka, Yusuke Koseki, Kenichiro Furukawa, Yutaka Tanizawa, Masanori Terashima, Etsuro Bando   +13 more
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Anxiety Level in Students of Public Speaking: Causes and Remedies

Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2017
Despite being competent in their field of work, professional’s worldwide struggle due to lack of good public speaking skills. Their assessments and appraisals are often not depictive of their professional competitiveness; therefore, it is important for ...
Farhan Uddin Raja
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AI in chemical engineering: From promise to practice

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) in chemical engineering has moved from promise to practice: physics‐aware (gray‐box) models are gaining traction, reinforcement learning complements model predictive control (MPC), and generative AI powers documentation, digitization, and safety workflows.
Jia Wei Chew, Ronnie Andersson, Thomas Bierweiler, Patrik Ryttestal, Torsten Wik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

"It's the difference between life and death": The views of professional medical interpreters on their role in the delivery of safe care to patients with limited English proficiency.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundPatients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience poorer quality care and more adverse events in hospital. Consequently, there is interest in understanding the role of professional medical interpreters in efforts to improve patient ...
Margaret Siyu Wu, Shail Rawal
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Building Professional Awareness in the Cyberage: The World of Professional Translation and Interpreting in the German Speaking Countries [PDF]

, 2008
Within the overall framework of the Cibertaaal project, the task El mundo profesional de la traducción y la interpretación en Alemania2 was designed for second-year Translation students who learn German as a second foreign language.
Oster, Ulrike
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