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BACKGROUND: Mobile health (mHealth) apps hold great potential for asthma self-management. Data on the suitability of asthma apps intended for children are insufficient, and the availability of German language apps is still inadequate compared with English language apps. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify functiona…

It is probable that the majority of the 455 000 strong Aboriginal population of Australia speak some form of Australian Aboriginal English (AAE) at least some of the time and that it is the first (and only) language of many Aboriginal children. This means their language is somewhere on a continuum ranging from somethin…

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…

and the Head-and-Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (catherine.english@southerntrust.hscni.net) were winners of the Bronze Award in the Oncology Nurse of the Year category at the BJN Awards 2023.

The proposed adoption of 'scientific Globish' as a simplified language standard for scholarly communication may appeal to authors who have difficulty with English proficiency. However, Globish might not justify the hopes being pinned on it and might open the door to further deterioration of the quality of English-langu…

It is contended that the development of a truly international psychology is obstructed at this point by the massive disregard of contributions that are published in languages other than English. The role of English as a mutually agreed-on principal medium of international communication in psychology is endorsed. At the…

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…

Learning English as a second language (ESL) has garnered significant attention from researchers and practitioners over the past few decades, with numerous ESL learning outcomes examined in the literature. However, self-sustained learning (SSL), a crucial factor in promoting students' sustained learning and development…

INTRODUCTION: Previous studies have highlighted the challenges faced by Chinese Japanese-as-a-foreign-language (JFL) learners (whose L2 is English) in acquiring L3 Japanese loanwords. These challenges arise from the linguistic characteristics of loanwords and the limited emphasis on teaching and learning them. However,…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the report quality of Chinese and English randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture based on the CONSORT statement and STRICTA checklist. METHODS: The Chinese and English RCTs of acupuncture published from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019 were searched in 7 databases including PubMe…

OBJECTIVE: To study communicative tasks executed and related strategies used by patients, health professionals, and medical interpreters. METHODS: English proficient and limited English proficient emergency department patients were observed. The content of patient-hospital staff communication was documented via pen an…

VALUE: The study on the impact of video lecturing on clicker-assisted English flipped class was necessary because it has seldom been explored. PURPOSE: This study studied the impact of video lecturing on student satisfaction and English proficiency, plus correlations between student satisfaction levels and English pro…

OBJECTIVE: Voice characteristics can vary across languages due to distinct phonological and articulatory demands. However, limited research exists on how acoustic parameters differ when bilingual speakers switch between Farsi and English. This study aimed to compare the acoustic voice characteristics when Persian teach…

The choice of instructional language in medical education continues to be debated across non-English-speaking nations. In Saudi Arabia, medical schools use English as the medium of instruction, which may challenge students who previously studied in Arabic-medium schools. This study investigated the effect of the medium…

A person's native language background exerts constraints on the brain's automatic responses while learning a second language. It remains unclear, however, whether and how musical experience may help the brain overcome such constraints and meet the requirements of a second language. This study compared native Chinese En…

A validation study was conducted to investigate the effect of the English muffin baking process to control Salmonella contamination and to study the thermal inactivation kinetic parameters (D- and z-values) of Salmonella in English muffin dough. The unbleached bread flour was inoculated with 3 serovar Salmonella cockta…

The emergence approach to speech acquisition theorises the influence of intrinsic capabilities (e.g., maturation), interactional capabilities, and extrinsic contexts (e.g., ambient phonology). Intrinsic and extrinsic influences were examined via a case study of a 3-generation Vietnamese-English family with two brothers…

Chinese relative clauses (RCs) have word order properties that are distinctly rare across languages of the world; such properties provide a good testing ground to tease apart predictions regarding the relative complexity of subject and object RCs in acquisition and processing. This study considers these special word or…

The affective turn in foreign language education has introduced several novel constructs, one of which is boredom in foreign language learning. However, there has been a scarcity of research that explores the potential predictors of boredom, considering both external factors such as perceived teacher support and intern…

INTRODUCTION: With the development of globalization and the increasing importance of English in international communication, effectively improving English writing skills has become a key focus in language learning. Traditional methods for English writing guidance and error correction have predominantly relied on rule-b…