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The purpose of this investigation was twofold: (a) to determine if there are changes in specific temporal characteristics of speech that occur during simultaneous communication, and (b) to determine if known temporal rules of spoken English are disrupted during simultaneous communication. Ten speakers uttered sentences…

This study tried to make some determinations as to whether the distortions observed occasionally in a speech in chronic schizophrenics was, at root, a thought disturbance or a problem of comprehension and use of standard English speech. We compared 25 normal college students with 25 educationally matched inpatients at…

PURPOSE: We investigate how individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) seek, access, and evaluate traditional and online sources they rely on for health information. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional survey analysis from the United States. SETTING: Pooled Health Information National Trends Survey surveys…

BACKGROUND: Academic paper writing holds significant importance in the education of medical students, and poses a clear challenge for those whose first language is not English. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of employing large language models, particularly ChatGPT, in improving the English academic wr…

The Nursing and Midwifery Council would be able to ban nurses with poor English-language skills from practising, under a proposed reform of its legal powers.

INTRODUCTION: Malaysia's English-medium universities operate within a multilingual and multicultural environment where English, Bahasa Melayu, and diverse cultural traditions intersect. For mainland Chinese postgraduates, adaptation involves not only academic demands but also shifting communicative expectations across…

The integration of Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content (AIGC) tools in language education, particularly for Business English learners, has gained increasing attention; however, experimental evidence on their pedagogical impact remains limited. This study addresses this gap by evaluating the effectiveness of Speak…

Introduction Patient-clinician communication is a key factor in patient satisfaction with care. Clinicians take medical language courses to improve communication with linguistically diverse populations, yet little is known about how patients perceive clinicians' skills. Methods We designed a prospective, comparative su…

PURPOSE: The S19-HCPs tool evaluates the stigma towards healthcare providers working with patients with COVID-19. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The psychometric properties of the Arabic and English versions of the S19-HCPs were examined. A survey using the S19-HCPs scale was administered online. Two reliability analyses were…

PROBLEM: Children of non-English speakers are at risk for health disparities. Little is known about the experiences of Spanish speaking parents with limited English proficiency (LEP) whose children are hospitalized. The purposes of this integrative review were to explore what is known and to identify gaps in the litera…

This paper investigates the acquisition of residual verb second (V2) in three corpora consisting of data from Norwegian-English bilinguals (Emma, Emily and Sunniva) in order to determine to what extent these structures are affected by cross-linguistic influence (CLI) from Norwegian V2. The three girls exhibit three dif…

BACKGROUND: In spite of considerable advancements in our understanding of the different factors involved in achieving vocabulary-learning success, the overall pattern and interrelationships of critical factors involved in L2 vocabulary learning - particularly, the mechanisms through which learners regulate their motiva…

OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare postdischarge outcomes and health care utilization between English-speaking non-Hispanic White (NHW), English-speaking Hispanic/Latinx (ESHL), and Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latinx (SSHL) survivors of traumatic injury. BACKGROUND: While there is evidence of racial and ethnic disparities…

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