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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Linguistic Barriers"”.
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Freedom of movement: Unequal intra-European Union migration due to economic and linguistic barriers
Freedom of movement is hailed as an accomplishment of the European Union, but it also hinders EU member states that experience significantly higher levels of emigration than immigration. While the European Union likes to believe that EU citizens can move to any member state, this is difficult …
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Reducing Linguistic Barriers In Secondary Chemistry Through Inquiry-Based, Phenomena-Driven Instruction For English Language Learners
This capstone project examines the persistent linguistic barriers that limit English Language Learners’ (ELLs) access to meaningful participation in secondary chemistry classrooms. Traditional instruction often prioritizes dense academic language and rote memorization, positioning ELLs as passive …
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Limited English Proficient Mothers' Perceptions of the Transition Process From Early Intervention Programs to Preschool Programs: Cultural and Linguistic Barriers
… special education programs in a culturally and linguistically diverse Illinois public school district. The research focused on understanding if LEP parents of students with disabilities perceived that their own cultural and linguistic diversity affected the overall transition process. It also …
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Quilting stories and embracing culture: an arts-informed narrative inquiry exploring the experiences of an older Chinese Canadian immigrant with depression
… mental health services. Cultural and linguistic barriers may discourage Chinese immigrants from accessing these services. Yet, a paucity of qualitative research that explores the experiences of older Chinese Canadian immigrants with depression exists in the mental health literature. …
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Cross-cultural collaboration via message board for cultural understanding and language learning
… as actively as the US students due to linguistic barriers, cultural barriers and a lack of strong motivation, being able to use English in a meaningful and communicative way allowed them to build more confidence in English writing. The findings confirm the usefulness of using message …
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Demands and Strategies: The Impact of Immigration on the Public Educational System in Caxias do Sul, Brazil
… faced by the educational system, such as linguistic barriers, teacher preparedness, and pedagogical practices, while also identifying potential strategies to support migrant integration. The literature review explores how political ideologies influence educational models and learning …
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Essays on Economic Geography and Development Economics
… Chapter 1 quantifies the effects of cultural barriers on internal migration and welfare in Indonesia. I estimate internal migration gravity using linguistic distances as a proxy for cultural barriers and instrument for current linguistic differences using data from the 1930 colonial census. I …
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Health-Related Beliefs, Practices, and Experiences of Migrant Dominicans in the Northeastern United States
… and strategies used to bridge cultural and linguistic barriers, may guide others in planning research with similar populations.</p>
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Inclusion of African American Vernacular English in the classroom
… the traditional pedagogical practices create barriers for the child who struggles to learn mainstream American English as these methods are exclusionary and say his language is error-filled or incorrect. If teachers are to be effective in the classroom, they must create a way to overcome these …
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Are immigrants in Massachusetts accessing welfare? : an exploratory study of families in Boston and the Merrimack Valley
… of public benefits among all family members, and barriers individuals faced in accessing benefits for their families. The researcher hypothesized that immigrants with lower educational status and poor English proficiency would earn lower wages than individuals with higher educational status and …
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INTRODUCING TRANSLANGUAGING PRACTICES IN AN INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS
… and breaks down the political, social, and linguistic barriers to expression and learning through language. In this dissertation, working with a team of co-practitioner researchers at a school in Chiang Mai, Thailand, we reflected on our language experiences and our roles as educators in …
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Aboriginal women in education : Honouring our experiences a vision of access to and success within the university
… away from a deficit model toward a cultural and linguistic assets based approach that emphasizes the need for strong cultural identity formation. Participants revealed academic, cultural, and linguistic barriers and offered clear educational specifications for responsive and culturally relevant …
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Pentecost, process, and power: a critical comparison of Concursus in Operational Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology and Philosophical Process-Relational Theology
… sufficiently leverage differences, but socio-linguistic barriers may obstruct meaningful mutual transformation. Chapter eight concludes with a brief exploration of ecclesial and social implications.
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Language Use and Adaptation Among Iranian Immigrants in Canada: Insights from the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
… various aspects of life, including the linguistic and social integration of immigrants. This study focused on Iranian immigrants in Canada to explore how the pandemic affected their language use, communication patterns, and adaptation processes. The primary purpose of this research was …
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The influence of website design features and consumer characteristics on internet banking adoption in Saudi Arabia
… marketing, educational, technical, cultural and linguistic barriers. IB non-users' intention to try IB was influenced by Trust and Subjective Norms, while users' intention to continue was influenced by perceived Relative Advantage and Compatibility, Ease of Use, Self-Efficacy, Resource …
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Post-World War II era of the national mass literacy campaign in Nigeria, 1940-1952: an examination of the roles of the colonial administration and selected non-governmental agencies in the fight against illiteracy
… cultural inertia, lack of finance or motivation, linguistic barriers, prejudices and nomadism actually affected the proper mass mobilization of the Campaign.
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A cross-cultural study on complaint letters : Australian and Korean
… The point of view adopted is that cultural barriers generate difficulties to producing efficient and successful intercultural communication in addition to linguistic barriers. Although the concept of complaint letters is the same in the two countries, there are difficulties when Australians …
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Health, health insurance coverage, health care service utilization and family structure among children of immigrants
Family structure may alleviate or exacerbate barriers to better health and health care among children of immigrants, whose families tend to be highly interdependent and reliant on family cohesion as a survival strategy to manage challenges associated with immigrant status, such as policy …
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Policy issues and regional integration: a case study of Nigeria'a policy in the economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) - 1979-1997
… states. Other sub- regional forces like the linguistic barriers between the Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone speaking states, the involvement of external powers like France, Britain and the United States of America and the regional rivalry between Cote d 'lvoire, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina …
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Multilingual preschool learners: a collaborative approach to communication intervention
… with and finding solutions to culturally and linguistically diverse urban school contexts that did not exist before. In many South African communities young learners, without any prior knowledge of English, are placed in English preschools. Preschool teachers have the demanding task of …
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