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The effects of read-aloud assistance, vocabulary and background knowledge on comprehension of health-related texts of Sri-Lankan English as second language speakers

open access: yesJournal of the European Second Language Association, 2021
In order to understand the role of the factors that can predict the comprehension of health-related texts in a second language (L2), we conducted a study that examines whether allowing L2 users to listen to a health-related text while reading it affects ...
Michael Ratajczak   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vocabulary knowledge and reading [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-43)Supported in part by the National Institute of Education under contract no.
Anderson, Richard C., Freebody, Peter
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What Do Large Language Models Know About Materials?

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
If large language models (LLMs) are to be used inside the material discovery and engineering process, they must be benchmarked for the accurateness of intrinsic material knowledge. The current work introduces 1) a reasoning process through the processing–structure–property–performance chain and 2) a tool for benchmarking knowledge of LLMs concerning ...
Adrian Ehrenhofer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of vocabulary learning applications: From the aspects of cognitive approaches, multimedia input, learning materials, and game elements

open access: yesKnowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal, 2021
In recent years, mobile applications (apps) have been increasingly used and investigated as a vocabulary learning approach. Despite the extensive use of commercial English as a Foreign Language (EFL) vocabulary learning apps in China, there is a lack of ...
Fu Lee Wang   +5 more
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Using Vocabulary Apps to Enhance Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 2018
The fast and increasingly natural adoption of handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets into everyday life is a rapidly growing social phenomenon which is also believed to have vast potential for foreign language learning. The small-scale study presented in this article contributes to the discussion of whether handheld devices should be further ...
openaire   +1 more source

Use of project-based learning in increasing students' vocabulary knowledge & communicative ability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The paper reports on a study that examined the use of Project-Based Learning (PBL) increasing students’ vocabulary knowledge. The study was conducted in some private institutes for some Iranian junior high school students.After applying the approach and ...
Parvizi, Behnaz   +2 more
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NFDI MatWerk Ontology (MWO): A BFO‐Compliant Ontology for Research Data Management in Materials Science and Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the NFDI‐MatWerk Ontology (MWO), a Basic Formal Ontology‐based framework for interoperable research data management in materials science and engineering (MSE). Covering consortium structures, research data management resources, services, and instruments, MWO enables semantic integration, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and ...
Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between receptive and productive vocabulary of Slavic EFL learners

open access: yesTopics in Linguistics, 2016
This study investigates the relationship between learners’ receptive vocabulary knowledge as measured by the Vocabulary Size Test (Nation and Beglar, 2007) and free productive vocabulary knowledge as demonstrated by the learners when writing a short ...
Šišková Zdislava
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence as the Next Visionary in Liquid Crystal Research

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The functions of AI in the research laboratory are becoming increasingly sophisticated, allowing the entire process of hypothesis formulation, material design, synthesis, experimental design, and reiterative testing to be automated. In our work, we conceive how the incorporation of AI in the laboratory environment will transform the role and ...
Mert O. Astam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relative Roles of Grammar Knowledge and Vocabulary in the Reading Comprehension of EFL Elementary-School Learners: Direct, Mediating, and Form/Meaning-Distinct Effects

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Despite the recognized importance of grammar knowledge to the reading comprehension of EFL learners, research findings on the relationships among grammar knowledge, vocabulary, and reading comprehension are inconclusive.
Tsui-Chun Hu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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