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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Language competence"”.
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Strengthening English Second language competence of Foundation Phase teachers in Vhembe District, South Africa
… strategies to strengthen the English Second Language competence of Foundation Phase teachers in selected primary schools in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province. Teachers are key role players in the transformation of education in South Africa. Despite the phase or grade, they teach, teachers …
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Picture-Elicited Narratives of Estonian Children at the Kindergarten-School Transition as a Measure of Language Competence
Doktoriväitekiri koosneb neljast artiklist ning kokkuvõtvast ülevaateartiklist. Üldine eesmärk oli koostada kooliteed alustavate 6−7-aastaste eesti laste jutustamisoskuste hindamise vahend logopeedidele ja eripedagoogidele ning testida selle sobivust alakõne ja lugemisraskuste riskiga laste …
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Language Competence and Information Processing Strategy: A Comparison of First and Second Language Word Recognition in Connected Speech
… in word recognition strategy between first language (L1) and second language (L2) listeners. On the basis of the weak-interactive view, the stage hypothesis, and the short-circuit theory, the researcher predicted L2 listeners use top-down strategy more than L1 listeners if access to …
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Establishing a Unified Model of Academic Literacy and a Method for Measuring Academic Readiness
… addresses contextualized, communicative English language competence.</p> <p>This paper presents a unified model of academic literacy which treats language competence and academic writing skills within a single contextualized framework. This model was then used to develop a writing assessment …
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Second Language Acquisition: The Effect of Age and Motivation
This paper looks into the competence of second language acquisition by investigating how second language is acquired. Furthermore it explores the age factor in learning another language other than mother tongue and also attempts to answer if there is enough current evidence that can demonstrate …
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Attitudes of foreign teaching assistants and American students at UIUC and their influence on the students' evaluations of foreign teaching assistants
… reports on foreign teaching assistants' (FTAs') language competence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by examining the evaluations of language and teaching skills of FTAs' students. It also examines the attitudes of FTAs and their students, and investigates whether students' or …
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Some aspects of the communicative competence of a Maltese deaf boy
… was to study some aspects of the communicative competence of a Maltese deaf boy. The main emphasis was placed on nonverbal language competence, in particular manual signs. The data for the study were obtained mainly during controlled video-recording sessions which consisted of the boy's attempts …
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Finanzamt and Termins in Hamburg
… speech, with a particular focus on second-language (L2) speakers of Ger-man. Drawing on multiple episodes of a podcast focused on life as a foreign woman in Germany featuring two multilingual speakers, the study examines instances where German lexical items or phrases are embedded within …
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Production of conjunctions and T-units by the elderly
… indicates a change in healthy elderly adult language capabilities. More specifically, Shadden (1997) and Ryan (1996) state that language competence is less affected by the processes of aging than production. The topic of this research examined specifically the production of conjunctions from …
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Reading behaviors of deaf young adults: A study of the use of sign language and the resolution of reference in connected discourse
… to make connections between his or her oral language and the written text. Recent research suggests that there is an important relationship between a reader's oral language competence and successfully deriving a coherent message from text. The purpose of this research was to understand the …
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A Thai culture-centred study of communication between Thai immigration police officers and English-speaking travellers at the northern borders of Thailand
… communication where English is the 'third' language used between participants whose cultures are different. The purpose was to investigate the communication experiences of Thai Immigration Police Officers (ITIPOs) and travellers to understand TIPOs' role within an orgnaisational and cultural …
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Vocabulary learning strategies, vocabulary skills, and integrative motivation levels among university students in Batam
… two elements are generally acknowledged among language teachers and learners as an essential factor in language competence, but paid less attention in the learning process practicality. This research aimed to examine vocabulary learning strategies, integrative motivation, and vocabulary skills …
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Investigating the writing strategies of fourth year Libyan university students of English: strategy differences between good and poor writers of English
… students majoring in English as a foreign language. The study predominantly adopts a qualitative approach, using a number of research methods, namely think-aloud protocols, semi-structured interviews, and observations. The student participants involved in the investigation belonged to two …
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How Assessment Practices Influence the Academic Acculturation Process of International Graduate Students
… graduate students who use English as a second language studying Master’s degree at one Canadian university. This study addresses the academic assessment and evaluation experience of international graduate students in the following four aspects: (1) their enjoyable and challenging assessment …
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN LIBYAN UNIVERSITIES
This study explored the difficulties of English language grammar faced by Libyan university students in learning grammar as well as problems that teachers of grammar found when teaching grammar. It was conducted in Tripoli University, Zawia University and other Vocational Higher Educational …
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The Role Of Online Social Media In The Acculturation Process Of North Korean Refugee Young Adults In South Korea
… relationships with South Korean identity and language competence. In addition, online social media use with South Koreans was significantly related to greater South Korean identity and South Korean social networks, and it also showed marginal associations with greater involvement with the …
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English language and career development in higher education: the case of two Mozambican universities
… from Spolsky’s Theory of Field and Second Language Learning, Savickas’s theory of career construction, this thesis studies the disciplinary differences in the social and natural sciences regarding the possession of the English language competence and levels of engagement with academic …
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A study of foreign language training in Lancashire companies
… time to consider perceptions about foreign languages and their use in Lancashire companies The research was carried out by sending postal questionnaires to both personnel managers and export managers in 174 Lancashire companies with more than 200 employees. The questionnaires were followed …
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Effects of Verb Familiarity on Finiteness Marking in Children with SLI
Children must acquire multiple language dimensions to ultimately achieve adult levels of language competence. Two such language dimensions, finiteness marking and the verb lexicon, are considered areas of weakness in specific language impairment (SLI). Given these weaknesses, the question arises of …
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Factors that contribute to low literacy achievement among grade seven(7) pupils with hearing impairment in Lusaka District, Zambia
… hearing impaired pupils; to establish the sign language competence levels of teachers teaching hearing impaired children; to establish factors that could be responsible for low achievement in writing among grade seven hearing impaired pupils and finally, to establish whether the techniques used …
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