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Naturalistic acquisition in an early language classroom

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
This study investigated whether it is possible to provide naturalistic second language acquisition (SLA) of vocabulary for young learners in a classroom situation without resorting to a classical immersion approach.
Anne eDahl, Mila Dimitrova Vulchanova
doaj   +1 more source

Alternating High‐Fat and Polysaccharide Diets Modulates Gut Phage‐Bacterial Interplay

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals how alternating high‐fat and polysaccharide diets reshape the human gut virome and enhance phage‐bacteria interactions. Using large‐scale metagenomic meta‐analysis and a time‐resolved mouse model, the authors show that diets strongly modulate phage abundance, lifestyle, and gene exchange, offering new insights into nutrition‐guided ...
Fengxiang Zhao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children's acquisition of science terms: simple exposure is insufficient [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The ability of school children (N = 233) to acquire new scientific vocabulary was examined. Children from two age groups (M = 4;8 and M = 6;5) were introduced to previously unknown words in an educational video.
Best, R, Braisby, N, Dockrell, Julie
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Maternal label and gesture use affects acquisition of specific object names [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Ten mothers were observed prospectively, interacting with their infants aged 0 ; 10 in two contexts (picture description and noun description). Maternal communicative behaviours were coded for volubility, gestural production and labelling style.
Schafer, Graham, Zammit, Maria
core   +1 more source

Long‐Tea‐CLIP: An Expert‐Level Multimodal AI Framework for Fine‐Grained Green Tea Grading Across Five Sensory Dimensions

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Long‐Tea‐CLIP (Contrastive Language‐Image Pre‐training) presents a multimodal AI framework that integrates visual, metabolomic, and sensory knowledge to grade green tea across appearance, soup color, aroma, taste, and infused leaf. By combining expert‐guided modeling with CLIP‐supervised learning, the system delivers fine‐grained quality evaluation and
Yanqun Xu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenotypic Diversity and Outcomes in Pediatric NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: A 15‐Year Retrospective Study from the Largest Children's Hospital in the United States

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anti‐NMDAR encephalitis (NMDARE) is an autoantibody‐mediated disorder characterized by seizures, movement disorders, neurocognitive deficits, and psychosis, but the complete phenotypic heterogeneity, and outcomes are incompletely understood in children.
Alexander J. Sandweiss   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using computer games to improve secondary school students’ vocabulary acquisition in English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This exploratory study aims to investigate if computer games can expand learners’ vocabulary and improve their writing performance. In testing the research instruments and procedure of a larger project, this pilot study employed only ten Form Four ...
Letchumanan, Kanthimathi, Tan, Bee Hoon
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Ethical Precision in Nanoscale Brain Interfacing

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
As brain interfaces approach the nanoscale, precision no longer only measures—it knows, predicts, and potentially reshapes the mind. This work argues that traditional ethics fails under such conditions and proposes a shift toward continuous, operation‐based governance using the recovery–discovery framework to track, constrain, and responsibly steer ...
Guilherme Wood
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Using Bizarre Images as Mnemonics to Enhance Vocabulary Learning

open access: yesمجلة الدراسات الاجتماعية, 2018
Mnemonic is a technique that helps someone remember better. The combination of images with mnemonics can make it more powerful and effective to help language learners remember better and for a longer time. Acquiring L2 vocabulary can be enhanced by using
Hassan Saleh Mahdi   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The comparative effect of concept mapping and vocabulary notebook keeping on Iranian EFL learners’ self-regulation in vocabulary learning

open access: yesCogent Education, 2018
The important role of vocabulary has long been established in second language acquisition, and many theories have been proposed for vocabulary teaching and learning.
Aliasghar Naderifar
doaj   +1 more source

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