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How Awareness of Orthographic Transparency Benefits the Lexical Encoding of Second Language Vowels

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigated the influence of orthographic transparency, and learners’ awareness of it, on the second language (L2) phonolexical encoding of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) mid‐vowel contrasts. In BP, accent marks indicate vowel quality (mid‐closed vs.
Hunter Brakovec, Isabelle Darcy
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Psychological Well‐Being and Second Language Skills Among Refugee Students in Primary Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Teachers of young refugees express concerns about their students’ psychological well‐being and suspect underlying trauma is a hurdle for learning the host country language. This study examines how psychological well‐being (including post‐traumatic stress, internalizing behavior, externalizing behavior, and protective resources) relate to host ...
Hanneke Leeuwestein, Elisa Kupers, Marieke Boelhouwer, Marijn van Dijk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of an online vaccine misinformation game for Arabic-speaking Australians: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Vasiliadis S, Cook J, Nissan K, Vidmar S, Grobler AC, Cook W, Hopkins K, Lepage C, Thomson A, Danchin M, Kaufman J.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Multifaceted Role of Multilevel Statistical and Linguistic Information From Target Language in Predicting Second Language Verb–Preposition and Verb–Particle Construction Production

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how statistical properties of verb–preposition and verb–particle constructions (VPCs) and their interplay in the target language shape second language (L2) production across L2 proficiency levels. We compared phrasal frequency and three contingency measures—mutual information (MI), forward delta P (ΔP), and backward ΔP—of ...
Yanlu Zhong
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: The interface between social psychology and educational psychology: interactional phenomena in educational settings. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Hammar Chiriac E, Steins G, Wilton T.
europepmc   +1 more source

James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
wiley   +1 more source

Arabic as a home language in Sweden: family language practices and beliefs. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Bohnacker U, Haddad R.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Judeo‐Islamic God

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Bilingual vs English-Only Instruction on the Performance of Undergraduate Saudi Medical Science Students. [PDF]

Adv Med Educ Pract
Alhazmi AS, Alzahrani M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Teacher identification of reading difficulties among Arabic-speaking third graders in Israel: a pilot study. [PDF]

Ann Dyslexia
Khatib-Abbas S, Lipka O.
europepmc   +1 more source