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The present study examined to what extent proficiency in a non-native language influences speech perception in noise. We explored how English proficiency affected native (Swedish) and non-native (English) speech perception in four speech reception threshold (SRT) conditions, including two energetic (stationary, fluctua…

BACKGROUND: With the rapid digital transformation of higher education, online self-regulated English learning (OSRL) has become increasingly important; however, its emotional consequences, particularly English learning anxiety, remain insufficiently understood. In these digital learning environments, students are expec…

The current study examined the relationship between interest, the home environment, and young Chinese children's development of English as a second/foreign language in Hong Kong. Two hundred and seventy-four Hong Kong kindergartners were assessed on their interest in learning English and their English language skills (…

Non-native English-speaking physicians often encounter challenges when pursuing job and education opportunities in English-speaking countries. This article focuses on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam, which is a requirement for applying to work, study, or obtain a visa in native English-sp…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: A preference for English-language sources during determination of Journal Impact Factors (IF) was discussed, IF being published in the annual Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The JCR are derived from data in Science Citation Index (SCI). The aim of this study was, therefore, (i) to review publi…

In the last few years, the advances in technological progress have been amazing. Given the importance of English as the main means of communication in our increasingly interconnected world, it is a pity that schools, and to a lesser degree universities, do not put more emphasis on the acquisition of listening and speak…

The development of educational information processes and information technology has made it possible to build a remote learning environment for English education. The application of fifth-generation communication (5G) has carried out revolutions in education for both teachers and students. In this study, an optimizatio…

Here we tested the hypothesis that in Chinese-English bilinguals, music reading experience may modulate eye movement planning in reading English but not Chinese sentences due to the similarity in perceptual demands on processing sequential symbol strings separated by spaces between music notation and English sentence r…

Letter Cancellation Tasks (LCTs) are paper-pencil based psychomotor tasks that are commonly used to assess cognitive functions of healthy volunteers and patients. The performance on LCTs can be affected by the proficiency in the language used for the tasks. This is of importance in a country like India where most of th…

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the intelligibility of English consonants and vowels produced by Chinese-native (CN), and Korean-native (KN) students enrolled in American universities. METHOD 16 English-native (EN), 32 CN, and 32 KN speakers participated in this study. The intelligibility of 16 America…

Event Related Potentials (ERPs) were recorded from Spanish-English bilinguals (N=10) to test pre-attentive speech discrimination in two language contexts. ERPs were recorded while participants silently read magazines in English or Spanish. Two speech contrast conditions were recorded in each language context. In the ph…

OBJECTIVES: The present study objectively examined the possible difference in vocal characteristics associated with English and Cantonese produced by proficient Cantonese-English bilingual speakers. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Forty native speakers of Cantonese (20 males and 20 females) who were proficient in Cantonese and…

Using fMRI, we compared the patterns of fusiform activity produced by viewing English and Chinese for readers who were either English speakers learning Chinese or Chinese-English bilinguals. The pattern of fusiform activity depended on both the writing system and the reader's native language. Native Chinese speakers fl…

In order to test the hypothesis that monolinguals differ from bilinguals in their pattern of language lateralisation and to examine the relative merits of language-acquisitional versus language-specific factors, two experiments involving divided screen presentation of two languages were conducted using Welsh/English sp…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine whether and how learning American Sign Language (ASL) is associated with spoken English skills in a sample of ASL-English bilingual deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children. METHOD: This cross-sectional study of vocabulary size included 56 DHH children between 8 and 60…

Academic English tests are used to ascertain if international English as a Second Language nursing students have sufficient language skills to commence their nursing degrees, and later, if they have sufficient English for nursing registration. However, an academic English test may not be appropriate for clinical contex…

Recent research has demonstrated that individual differences in infant attention to faces and voices of women speaking predict language outcomes in childhood. These findings have been generated using two new audiovisual attention assessments appropriate for infants and young children, the Multisensory Attention Assessm…

BACKGROUND: Culture influences symptom presentation and help-seeking and may influence the general practitioner's assessment. METHODS: We recruited Punjabi and English GP attenders to a two-phase survey in London (UK) using the Amritsar Depression Inventory and the General Health Questionnaire as screening instruments…

BACKGROUND With the increasing use of large language model (LLM) chatbots in healthcare, evaluating their ability to provide reliable and understandable information in multiple languages is critical, particularly in fields such as anesthesia, where patient education is essential. The study primarily aimed to compare th…