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The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there were significant differences in audibility of American English vowels in noise produced by non-native and native speakers. Detection thresholds for 12 English vowels with equalized durations of 170 ms produced by 10 English-, Chinese- and Korean-native speakers we…

The aim of this study was to compare oral fluency strategies of Spanish-English bilinguals in Spanish and English with Spanish and English monolinguals when given either phonemic (alphabetical) or semantic categorical cues. The use of grammatical words (words that play a grammatical function relating words within a sen…

Art majors often face a distinct learning context for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning, characterized by structural and cognitive barriers that increase the difficulty of engaging in English study. However, the motivational mechanisms linking task value of learning English to English achievement within this…

Recently, the emerging technologies have been constantly shaping the education domain, especially the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for language learning, which has attracted significant attention. Many of the AI tools are being used for learning foreign languages, in both formal and informal ways. There are many…

This study attempts to predict secondary school students' performance in English and Mathematics subjects using data mining (DM) techniques. It aims to provide insights into predictors of students' performance in English and Mathematics, characteristics of students with different levels of performance, the most effecti…

This article draws on previous research on constructive English teaching models and uses multimodal neural network algorithm theory and constructive English teaching as the theoretical basis, experimental research method, questionnaire survey method, and evaluation method. In this article, we propose a multimodal neura…

PURPOSE: This study examined the role of the language of vocabulary instruction in promoting English vocabulary in preschool Latino dual language learners (DLLs). The authors compared the effectiveness of delivering a single evidence-informed vocabulary approach using English as the language of vocabulary instruction (…

INTRODUCTION: This study investigates how academic self-concept contributes to English language achievement among Chinese EFL college students, focusing on the mediating role of academic buoyancy and the moderating role of personal best. Guided by positive psychology theory, we clarify how self-belief, resilience, and…

To attain native-like competence, second language (L2) learners must establish mappings between familiar speech sounds and new phoneme categories. For example, Spanish learners of English must learn that [d] and [ð], which are allophones of the same phoneme in Spanish, can distinguish meaning in English (i.e., /de…

INTRODUCTION: Profiling Elements of Prosody in Speech-Communication (PEPS-C) is a computerised test for assessing the abilities to understand and use speech prosody in communication. It has been used to obtain a profile of strengths and weaknesses in different prosodic forms and functions for different clinical populat…

PURPOSE: Previous studies have reported higher nasalance values for the vowel /a/ compared to /i/ in Vietnamese-speaking children and adults. This study aims to determine whether the same pattern is present in Vietnamese-English bilingual speakers and whether their nasalance scores align more closely with those of mono…

BACKGROUND: With the increasing utilisation of regional anaesthesia for orthopaedic procedures, it is imperative that related online patient education materials (PEMs) be easily retrievable, comprehensive, and readable by the general population, irrespective of the language they are written in. Therefore, we compared t…

INTRODUCTION: Online patient educational materials (OPEMs) help patients engage in their health care. The American Medical Association (AMA) recommends OPEM be written at or below the 6th grade reading level. This study assessed the readability of deep venous thrombosis OPEM in English and Spanish. METHODS: Google sea…

The use of English as the common language of science represents a major impediment to maximising the contribution of non-native English speakers to science. Yet few studies have quantified the consequences of language barriers on the career development of researchers who are non-native English speakers. By surveying 90…

PURPOSE: This study examined the language skills and the type and frequency of disfluencies in the spoken narrative production of typically developing Spanish-English bilingual children. METHOD: A cross-sectional sample of 106 bilingual children (50 boys; 56 girls) enrolled in kindergarten through Grade 4, produced a…

BACKGROUND: In many English-speaking countries neuropsychological assessment of non-English speakers is often performed in English or through an interpreter. Relying on interpreters often involves unstandardized and ad hoc translations of tests which may limit valid assessment. METHODS: In a sample of 75 Italian-born…

PURPOSE: This study explored approaches for measuring vocabulary among bilingual children with varying levels of proficiency in Spanish and English. METHOD: One hundred fifteen kindergarten and first-grade Spanish-English-speaking children completed measures of vocabulary and sentence repetition in Spanish and English…

The framework of assimilation and accommodation has been proposed to explain the brain mechanisms supporting second language reading acquisition (Perfetti et al. [2007]: Bilingual Lang Cogn 10:131). Assimilation refers to using the procedures of the native language network in the acquisition of a new writing system, wh…

BACKGROUND: Some randomised controlled trials (RCTs) done in German-speaking Europe are published in international English-language journals and others in national German-language journals. We assessed whether authors are more likely to report trials with statistically significant results in English than in German. ME…

BACKGROUND: Neary 70 million people in the United States live in households where English is not the primary language. Language barriers cause significant challenges to health care use among non-English-speaking populations. We compared the use of preventive care among English, Spanish, and non-English-non-Spanish…