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PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the content validity and inter-rater reliability of stuttering assessment and intervention programs generated by artificial intelligence (GPT-4) in both Turkish and English for preschool, school-age, and adult populations. It also examined whether linguistic or cultural differences…

The proposed meta-analysis study examines the pedagogical role of artificial intelligence (AI)-based interventions in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education through a synthesis of empirical evidence of 23 peer-reviewed experimental and quasi-experimental experiments published in 2019-2025. Scheduling a strict sy…

Three French harbours connected to different water masses of the English Channel were chosen to investigate the hydrological parameters, chemical contaminants, and biofouling characteristics for 15 months. The biofouling development on two kinds of coatings, an anticorrosion coating (Epoxy) and a foul-release coating (…

UNLABELLED: Using distributional semantics, we show that English nominal pluralization exhibits semantic clusters. For instance, the change in semantic space from singulars to plurals differs depending on whether a word denotes, e.g., a fruit, or an animal. Languages with extensive noun classes such as Swahili and Kiow…

The Retraction Watch Database (RWDB) is widely used to retrieve retraction data. However, its lack of affiliation normalization hinders the retrieval efficiency of retraction data for specific research-performing organizations. A query for a university name in the RWDB may yield retraction data entries for other univer…

A majority of individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the U.S. are foreign-born, creating a complex intersection of language, socio-economic, and policy barriers to healthcare access and achieving good outcomes. Mapping the research literature is key to addressing how LEP intersects with healthcare. This…

BACKGROUND: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are at risk for communication barriers during medical care in the United States compared with English-proficient (EP) patients. It is unknown how EP affects the utilization of advanced diagnostic imaging (ADI) in the emergency department (ED). OBJECTIVE: The…

The development of the machine translation field was driven by people's need to communicate with each other globally by automatically translating words, sentences, and texts from one language into another. The neural machine translation approach has become one of the most significant in recent years. This approach requ…

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most prevalent birth defect. This study aimed to assess whether prenatal diagnosis (PD) of CHD and time of the diagnosis are associated with maternal race, ethnicity, neighborhood SES, and language. In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed data on 163 patients who underwent…

This study aims to summarize the research hotspots of Hedysari Radix and predict the research trend with bibliometric methods, which is expected to serve as a reference for future research. CiteSpace V 5.8.R2 was employed for visualization of the number, authors, author affiliations, journals, funds, and keywords of th…

English language development is a critical component for young children's school readiness. In this study, we examined the effect of(Justice and McGinty in Read it again!-Prek: a preschool curriculum supplement to promote language and literacy foundations, Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, Columbus,…

Recently, Taiwan's higher education has been impacted by COVID-19 and the necessity of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI). In 2018, the Taiwanese government approved a roadmap for the development of a bilingual nation by 2030. This resulted in a renewed focus on EMI. However, the fluctuating surges of COVID-19 ha…

This study examined the sources of reading comprehension difficulties in English language learners (ELLs). The characteristics of ELL poor comprehenders were compared to their English as a first language (EL1) peers. Participants included 124 ELLs who spoke Chinese as an L1 and 79 EL1 students. Using a regression techn…

Foreign (second) language (FL/SL) proficiency is one of the most important competencies for a modern person, and is necessary for both professional and personal fulfillment. The purpose of this study is to consider and compare personality traits and creativity as predictors of success in foreign language acquisition (F…

OBJECTIVES: This applied research is the first practical study of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Iran. We examined the effect of a well-designed foreign language learning setting in facilitation of social skills and willingness to communicate in children…

The aim of our study was to examine the relationship between NL (Native Language: Polish) phonological processing skills (verbal and phonological short-term memory, phoneme segmentation and blending, rapid automatised naming (RAN)) and the accuracy and fluency of NL and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) word and nonw…

AI-driven Machine Translation (MT) technology has raised doubts about whether it can replace Human Translation (HT), particularly in the academic English field. This research contrasts AI-based MT and HT of academic English on accuracy, stylistic quality, errors, contextual appropriateness, and overall suitability. A q…

OBJECTIVE: Patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) experience delays in the initiation of their emergency department (ED) care due to barriers in obtaining a medical interpreter. This delay may negatively affect their experience and lead to downstream health inequities. This study aimed to analyze whether LEP p…