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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Low proficiency"”.
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The Dominant Listening Strategy of Low-Proficiency Level Learners of Mandarin Chinese: Bottom-Up Processing or Top-Down Processing
… and bottom-up processing). In this study, 31 low-proficiency level Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) learners from Brigham Young University took the Chinese Computer Adaptive Language Test (CCALT) and listened to four listening passages, measured by idea unit analysis and local and …
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Developing Four-Skill Literacy among Adult Heritage Learners: Effects of Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Variables on the Attainment of Low-Proficiency Heritage Studies of Russian within a Dedicated College-Level Bridge Course
… production of Russian heritage speakers of the low-proficiency level, i.e., those who were born in the U.S. or arrived at a pre-school age.</p> <p>Performance-based data were collected in a university classroom environment by means of a special diagnostic test developed by the researcher, and by …
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DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH ORAL PROFICIENCY AMONG JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
… investigated the development of English oral proficiency—complexity, accuracy, and fluency—under the pre-task and on-line planning conditions with task repetition among Japanese high school students. This study is unique because it is longitudinal and includes qualitative data. The …
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Syntactic focus structure processing : behavioral and electrophysiological evidence from L1 and L2 French
… second language. In Experiment 2, L2 learners in low- and high-proficiency groups performed a similar judgment task. Low-proficiency L2 learners exhibited lower scores on the information structure anomaly judgment task than did high-proficiency L2 learners and L1 speakers. The behavioral results …
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Bilingual Reading Fluency and Prediction: Heritage Language versus Second Language
… monolingual adults and monolingual children. Following the introductory Chapter 1, in Chapter 2 we present the study that establishes basic eye-movement characteristics in reading for Heritage Speakers and L2 learners in connection to proficiency and linguistics factors of word length and …
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The Primary Dilemma: Determining And Overcoming Barriers To A Focus On Prekindergarten Through Grade 3
… among American, fourth grade students indicated low proficiency and achievement gaps. These results were also consistent within the state and district under study. There is a need to increase the focus on prekindergarten and primary grade education taking place prior to the grades in which …
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THE EFFECTS OF EXTENDED TIME ON READING COMPREHENSION PERFORMANCE FOR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE COLLEGE STUDENTS: IS THERE A NEED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS?
… under standard time conditions ESL students with low Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) in English access significantly fewer test items and answer significantly fewer items correctly than non-ESL peers. ESL students with high CALP levels have access to the same amount of the test as …
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How English as first additional language is taught and used in quintile one primary school in Grade 4 where learners officially change from isiXhosa to English as the language of instruction: a case study
… countries are examined to explain the low proficiency level of the typical Grade 4 learner at this critical point in English language learning.
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Continuing educational needs of state agency fish and wildlife biologists
… related to specific job tasks. In addition, proficiency levels required for job tasks were rated. An organizational analysis was also conducted to ascertain agency climate for support of continuing education programs. Forty-seven state fish and wildlife agencies responded to the …
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A sequential explanatory study of Grade 10 English second language teachers' implementation of the curriculum at selected schools in Windhoek
… medium of instruction, has been attributed to low proficiency in English. Studies have also shown that there is often misalignment between what is intended to be taught in the classroom and what is actually taught. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore if teachers implemented …
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Language learning strategies and tolerance of ambiguity of Korean midshipmen learning English as a foreign language
… into three groups according to class, major, and proficiency, and the results were analyzed by group. The study also sought to find out relationships between motivation, attitude, language learning strategies, and tolerance of ambiguity. For the study, the Strategy Inventory Language Learning …
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Teaching strategy use for oral communication tasks to ESL learners
… improvement. It may be desirable to help low-proficiency students to develop strategic competence to compensate for their lack of linguistic competence. Last but not least, it may be desirable to adopt a systematic, eclectic approach to assessing the impact of strategy training and to …
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A study of the playful use of English among learners on an intensive language course
… of an in-group culture. This thesis focuses on lower-level learners from a variety of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and investigates the ways in which they play with English for their own social ends, despite a lack of language proficiency and common socio-cultural reference points. The …
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Measuring fluency: Temporal variables and pausing patterns in L2 English speech
… fluency as a measurable component of oral proficiency. Fluency can be defined as ‘speed and smoothness of oral delivery’. We can measure the speed of oral delivery through calculating temporal variables such as speech rate and mean syllables per run where ‘run’ is the vocal chunk between …
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The Persistence of Learned Primary Phrase Stress Patterns Among Learners of English
… from T1 to T3, differences between 'high' and 'low' entering proficiency groups, and differences in persistence across the nine PPS patterns. The results reveal that all subjects clearly showed instructed learning of the PPS patterns from T1 to T2. The thirty-six subjects as a group, and …
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Development of assessment tool for dyslexia screening using fuzzy logic
… is a specific reading difficulty leading to low proficiency in an individual's literacy, affecting 5 to 17.5 % of the population globally and 5 to 15 % of Malaysia's children. The current dyslexia screening test known as Ujian Pengesanan Awal Disleksia Bahasa Melayu (D-Test) is administrated …
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A sociolinguistic study of the 'Broken Plural' in the speech of Iraqi Arabic-English bilingual children
… factors, viz. parents’ level of education and proficiency in English, language use at home (input), and attitudes. The data (BP) were analysed into correct and incorrect responses based on monolingual female adults performance. The incorrect responses (repair strategies) were classified into …
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Critical Moments: Exploring Critical Pedagogy in an Adult ESL Classroom
… program with a focus on language learners with low proficiency in English. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the limitations and possibilities of developing and carrying out a critical pedagogical approach to ESL teaching in a government-funded community-based course. It …
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An analysis of syntactic errors in sentence construction: a case study of selected undergraduate first-year English majors in a South African University
… most students were identified as having a low proficiency level in the correct use of punctuation, coordinating, and subordinating conjunctions. Furthermore, the results revealed that most students were able to distinguish the structural variations between phrases, clauses, and sentences, …
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Metacognitive Instruction in L2 French: An Analysis of Listening Performance and Automaticity
… were found, however, based on initial listening proficiency and metacognitive awareness: low proficiency learners in both conditions outperformed all high proficiency learners in listening gains over time. Initial level of metacognitive awareness had a significant impact on gains in listening …
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