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Providing service to non-English speaking populations is a common challenge facing Poison Centers (PC). Previous studies have identified that people who do not speak functional English are unlikely to call a PC. We developed a survey to determine the language preferences of poison center callers and to identify if we w…

This study investigated the effects of modeling and verbal rehearsal on the motor performance of English-speaking and limited English proficient (LEP) children. Children (N = 64) in 4th-grade classes were randomly assigned to conditions in a 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 (Gender x Primary Language x Model Type x Rehearsal) factorial d…

OBJECTIVES: Previous research using anthropometric data from the west coast of Ireland in the late 19th century showed that two island populations, the Aran Islands and Inishbofin, were phenotypically divergent from the mainland and more similar to England, a pattern consistent with historical evidence for English admi…

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…

English has become an important tool for China's opening to the outside world and exchanges with other countries. More and more people have the motivation and requirements to learn English, but under the traditional English learning mode and traditional teaching mode, the cultivation of learners' autonomous learning ha…

Studies of speech accommodation provide evidence for change in use of language structures beyond the critical/sensitive period. For example, Sancier and Fowler (1997) found changes in the voice-onset-times (VOTs) of both languages of a Portuguese-English bilingual as a function of her language context. Though accommoda…

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…

We investigated the dimensionality and relations between L1 and L2 writing skills in narrative and informational genres, and higher order cognitive skills-inference, perspective taking, and comprehension monitoring-for Spanish-English dual language learners in primary grades. Dimensions of written composition and highe…

: This study addresses the question of whether sequential bilingual children's past tense marking development in their second language (L2) is affected by their knowledge of temporal marking in their first language (L1). We investigated whether Cantonese-English sequential bilingual children's knowledge of aspect marke…

The use of languages other than English in population-based surveys is necessitated by the linguistic diversities in the United States. However, inclusion of multiple languages in survey data collection raises concerns about whether an instrument administered in different languages functions equivalently across groups.…

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…

IMPORTANCE: Postpartum patients generally have limited knowledge of urinary incontinence (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP). However, it is unclear what differences exist in knowledge level between English- and Spanish-speaking postpartum patients for each condition. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to rep…

Enhancing English phonological awareness is critical in promoting native English speakers' reading development. However, less attention has been paid to the role of phonological awareness development for English language learners in a logographic context. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effectiveness of trainin…

This work addresses four aspects of the English translation model: consistency, model structure, semantic understanding, and knowledge fusion. To solve the problem of lack of personality consistency in the responses generated by neural networks in English translation models, an English translation model with fuzzy sema…