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Previous work has predominantly focused on word reading in studying literacy difficulties; very little work has focused on spelling difficulty instead. The present study adopted spelling (dictation) as the criterion to classify poor literacy skills in Hong Kong Chinese-English bilingual children. We examined the cognit…

English is the lingua franca for scientific communication, but some journals, especially in developing countries, still publish non-English studies. A shift towards publishing in English may promote internationalization and more visibility of scientific journals. Here we compared quality indexes between Brazilian journ…

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study along with questionnaire. PURPOSE: To measure the correlation of the visual analogue score (VAS), with (Oswestry disability Index [ODI], version 2.1a) in English, and modified ODI (English and Hindi version). To validate translated version of the modified ODI in English version t…

PURPOSE: In this study, the authors evaluated the efficacy of a Spanish-English versus English-only vocabulary intervention for dual-language learners (DLLs) with language impairment compared to mathematics intervention groups and typically developing controls with no intervention. Further, in this study the authors al…

We test the claim that acquiring a mass-count language, like English, causes speakers to think differently about entities in the world, relative to speakers of classifier languages like Japanese. We use three tasks to assess this claim: object-substance rating, quantity judgment, and word extension. Using the first two…

Studies of cross-language consonant discrimination have shown a shift from a language-general to a language-specific pattern during the first year of life. Recently, the same pattern of change was observed for English-speaking infants' discrimination of two non-native vowel contrasts (Polka and Werker, 1994). The prese…

OBJECTIVE: To test whether infant-directed foreign language active learning would specifically increase speech sound differentiation to the intervention language while not decreasing differentiation in response to English. STUDY DESIGN: Pilot randomized controlled trial of stable infants born preterm in the newborn in…

BACKGROUND: New Zealand has a diverse population, one quarter classifying themselves as migrants. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that women whose primary language is not English report poorer recovery scores following caesarean section than primary English speakers. METHODS: We recruited women to complete the…

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular medicine is rapidly evolving, as it integrates digital technologies intended to decentralize care from the clinic and/or hospital setting into patient's homes and communities. However, clinical trials of digital technologies are frequently written and communicated solely in English, potential…

OBJECTIVE: To assess disparities in receipt of person-centered contraceptive counseling among a nationally representative sample of U.S.- and foreign-born individuals with differing English proficiency. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of the 2017-2019 wave of the National Survey of Family Growth and include…

The 1-butanol adduct enhancement version of the 32P-postlabeling assay was used to measure the levels of hepatic DNA adducts in the marine flatfish, English sole (Parophrys vetulus), sampled from the Duwamish Waterway and Eagle Harbor, Puget Sound, WA, where they are exposed to high concentrations of sediment-associate…

BACKGROUND: Emerging research demonstrates telehealth disparities for patients who communicate in languages other than English. A better understanding of pediatric telehealth use with families who communicate in languages other than English is needed to inform interventions to promote telehealth equity. METHODS: We co…

With the rapid development of digitalisation, multimedia and network-based communication technology, all walks of life are undergoing change and development driven by the application of the internet to conventional industries. Especially because of the outbreak of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), English teachin…

English medical terminology developed from medieval Latin terminology, which had absorbed a developed Greek terminology. Only a few medical terms come from the oldest developmental period of English language (from Anglo-Saxon). During the Middle Ages, French became an excellent medium for introducing new medical terms…

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…

BACKGROUND: Integrated curriculum design plays a crucial role in accelerating talent development and has attracted considerable attention from scholars both domestically and internationally. However, current research primarily focuses on the integration of professional courses, while studies on the integration of publi…

This research paper investigates the variable use of intensifiers in Ottawa English. Following the key tenets of the variationist approach, we analysed data from Ottawa English Corpus in order to check the correlation between a number of social (age & gender) and linguistic (syntactic position, semantic class, positive…

The use of Google translator as a tool for determining translational plagiarism is a big challenge. As noted, plagiarism of the original papers written in Macedonian and translated into other languages can be verified after computerised translation in other languages. Attempts to screen the translational plagiarism sho…

Medical language is a special language used by experts in mutual communication. One of the characteristics of medical discourse community is writing research papers in English. When writing a research paper, it is necessary to apply appropriate rules based on the IMRAD structure. This structure has its own clearly defi…

AIMS: To evaluate the implementation effect of Chinese-English bilingual instruction in endocrinology system courses. METHODS: Students in the endocrine course with bilingual Chinese-English instruction form the experimental group (Group B, n = 581), while those with traditional Chinese teaching serve as…