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Motivation for learning Chinese compared to European languages: An exploration in English secondary schools

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract There is little published research on school‐aged learners of Mandarin Chinese in anglophone contexts. This article explores English secondary school pupils' motivation for learning Chinese compared to European languages. The research questions were: (1) What is the strength and nature of pupils' self‐reported motivation for learning languages?
Robert Woore, Laura Molway, Clare Savory
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-sectoral digital planning Drinking Water-Urban Heat-Housing Provision indicators dataset. [PDF]

Data Brief
Cardenas-Leon I, Nourian P, Koeva M, Pfeffer K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mapping Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) in Motion: Oceanographic Forces Shaping Its Habitat in the Southwestern South Atlantic, With Insights From Fishers' Perceptions

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lepidocybium flavobrunneum [Smith, 1843], commonly known as escolar, is a large pelagic species, important for global and local fisheries, particularly in the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean (SWAO), where it constitutes a significant portion of the catch.
Lucas Rodrigues, Maria Grazia Pennino, Paul Gerhard Kinas, David Conesa, Alba Fuster‐Alonso, Andrés Domingo, Rodrigo Forselledo, Federico Mas, Bruno Mourato, Rodrigo Sant'Ana, Vinni Santos Thykjaer, Raquel Virginia Marquez Marquez, Abner Ventura Alves, Mariano Cabanillas‐Torpoco, Rafael Schroeder, Luis Gustavo Cardoso   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese students' English learning self-efficacy, enjoyment, L2 grit, disciplinary difference, and performance: a moderated mediation model. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Jiang C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Poetry, citizenship and diplomacy: The case of Western Sahara

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article argues for greater consideration of the role of poetry and poets in diplomacy and as a medium for the recognition of contested citizenships. We take Western Sahara, the site of an ongoing anti‐colonial war, as our case study and explore how Saharawi poets engage foreign publics in their national struggle to become citizens ...
Joanna Allan, Moiti Mohamed Azrouk
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional intelligence and English as a second/foreign language learning: a systematic review using TCCM framework. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Deepika G, Jennifer JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Migrant language education in a Nation of Sanctuary

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent reports and research evidence on the organisation and provision of language education for migrants in the UK have illuminated numerous shortfalls. Challenges have been identified not only in the ability of providers to deliver enough English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes to meet need, but also in the way that ESOL ...
Mike Chick
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of variants of uncertain significance on decision making about genetic testing for Hispanic males. [PDF]

Genet Med Open
Saunders J, Giri VN, Vadaparampil S, Rivera A, Sanchez Nolasco T, Rangel Camacho M, Byrne N, Owens K, Santacatterina M, Loeb S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prison Officers as Providers of Social Support: An Analysis of the Human Service Values and Power Dynamics Present in Prison Officers’ Accounts of Assisting Inmates

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous research has shown that prison officers often provide practical and emotional assistance to inmates. However, this has generally been depicted as a discretionary, conflicted and unrewarded task, sometimes met with hostility from their peers.
Cristina Güerri
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-Cultural Correlates of Breastfeeding Behavior Among Latina Mothers and Its Implications for Child Health. [PDF]

Children (Basel)
Davalos L, Rodriguez Alcantar B, Martinez M, Johansen C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source