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FACETS OF SPEAKING PROFICIENCY [PDF]
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012 This study examined the componential structure of second-language (L2) speaking proficiency. Participants—181 L2 and 54 native speakers of Dutch—performed eight speaking tasks and six tasks tapping nine linguistic skills. Performance in the speaking tasks was rated on functional adequacy by a panel of judges and formed the dependent variable in ...
de Jong, N.H. +4 more
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IEEE AccessIn this study, two actual quantitative Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Proficiency Testing (PT) cases (both in the economically and regulatorily significant RF frequency range 1-18 GHz) are documented.
Harry H. Hodes, Din D. Ng
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2012 Bilingual language production requires that speakers recruit inhibitory control to optimally balance the activation of more than one linguistic system when they produce speech.
Irina ePivneva +5 more
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Frontiers in Molecular BiosciencesWater quality testing is crucial for protecting public health, especially considering the number of boil water advisories annually issued across Canada that impact daily life for residents in affected areas.
Mahfuza Sreya +7 more
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WRITING STRATEGY and FACTORS CONTRIBUTING to EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PREFERENCE
ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2018 This study was aimed to identify 1) the significant difference on the learning strategy attainment by male and female students, 2) the significant difference on the use of the strategies in learning writing based on the students’ attitude toward English ...
atik umamah, Ika - hidayanti
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Investigating the Outcomes of Social and Individual Learning by Students’ Active Participation in the Learning Management System: A Casual Model [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences, 2016 Introduction Learning Management Systems (LMS) of virtual universities have influenced multiple aspects of students’ lives. The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between the application of LMS, learning outcomes, and social learning ...
Peyman Yarmohamadzadeh +2 more
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Proficiency Testing Matters [PDF]
Clinical Chemistry, 2013 Far too many laboratories consider proficiency testing just a necessary evil, little more than periodic pass–fail exercises we perform solely to meet regulatory requirements. In addition, too many of us belittle point-of-care (POC)2 testing as a passing fad, a technology so inferior to what we use in our own laboratories that it hardly warrants our ...
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023 This study analyzes the influence of English medium instruction (EMI) on student English writing development in a Spanish undergraduate context, a language skill that remains underexplored in EMI research at tertiary level.
María del Mar Sánchez-Pérez
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How Proficient is Proficient Enough?: A Look at Proficiency in ESL for Academic Success
Issues in Language Instruction, 2017 We teach English to international students for the purpose of academic achievement at the University of Kansas. The assumption is that students cannot be successful in university classes without the ability to use academic English well. This is most obvious at the lower levels.
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