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Australia's population is growing, ageing and exhibiting increasing heterogeneity with respect to birthplace and ethnic composition. Yet, little is understood about the levels of English language proficiency among the next generation of older migrants in Australia. Utilising a modified cohort-component model incorporat…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of code-switching on Spanish/English bilingual listeners' speech recognition of English and Spanish words in the presence of competing speech-shaped noise. METHOD: Participants were Spanish/English bilingual adults (N = 27) who were highly proficient in bot…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patient-provider language barriers may play a role in health-care disparities, including obtaining colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Professional interpreters and language-concordant providers may mitigate these disparities. DESIGN, SUBJECTS, AND MAIN MEASURES: We performed a retrospective co…

PURPOSE: Speech-language pathologists often adopt narrative tasks to assess bilingual children's language skills. However, limited research guides clinical decisions about elicitation method, assessment language, and interpretation of results for specific bilingual populations. The present study examined the impact of…

PURPOSE: This longitudinal study investigated the impact of different academic programs of primary language instruction (Spanish or English) on the dual language development of Spanish-English bilingual children. Types of academic settings offered to bilingual students as well as differing views and outcomes based on l…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the completeness and readability of generative pre-trained transformer-4 (GPT-4)-generated discharge instructions at prespecified reading levels for common pediatric emergency room complaints. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The outputs for 6 discharge scenarios stratified by rea…

Studies have emphasized the significance of maintaining a heritage language for various reasons such as the establishment of linguistic and cultural identity, as well as socio-emotional development. Despite the crucial role that literacy development in a heritage language plays in language preservation, there is a scan…

College English has received increasing focus as an important part of the education system. However, the continuous development of English instruction has not simultaneously promoted students' positive learning motivation for English courses. The generation and growth of negative motivation have become a common problem…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 2nd language proficiency and linguistic uncertainty on performance and listening effort in mixed language contexts. METHOD: Thirteen native speakers of Dutch with varying degrees of fluency in English listened to and repeated sentences produced in bo…

OBJECTIVES: People of low socio-economic status (SES) are particularly at risk for developing stress-related conditions. The purpose of this study is to examine depression, stress, and coping strategies among uninsured primary care patients who live below the 150th percentile of the federal poverty level. Specifically,…

BACKGROUND: The spontaneous and narrative language of Kiswahili agrammatic aphasic and non-brain-damaged speakers was analysed. The bilingual participants were also tested in English to enable comparisons of verb production in the two languages. The significance of this study was to characterise bilingual Kiswahili-Eng…

BACKGROUND: Few health-related questionnaires have been translated into American Sign Language (ASL), precluding Deaf adults from full participation in health-related research. OBJECTIVES: To translate self-report measures (written English) into sign language and to evaluate the equivalence of the ASL versions to the…

OBJECTIVE: The authors characterized the output of MEDLINE papers by language and country of publication during a thirty-four-year time period. METHODS: We classified MEDLINE's journal articles by country of publication (Anglos/Non-Anglos) and language (English/Non-English) for the years 1966 and from 1970 to 2000 at…

Several lines of argument have been pursued in the attempt to study the meanings of pain descriptions in English. First, the component terms of pain descriptions were heuristically classified into primary, secondary, and tertiary groups. Attention was then given to historical features of the primary pain terms. These w…

PURPOSE: In today's diverse social environment, college students often struggle to devote sufficient time to English learning, potentially affecting their academic performance, psychological wellbeing, social development, and career prospects. This study examined a moderated mediation model to explore how English learn…

Cultural information has long been recognised as an integral part of bilingual dictionaries. However, previous studies have generally exhibited an insufficient treatment of cultural information, particularly of culture-bound words. As the cornerstone of traditional Chinese culture, Confucianism has contributed signific…

Background With the growth of social media, there has been an increase in health-related studies utilizing data obtained from such sites and applications. Although acupuncture is used as a complementary alternative medicine worldwide, there is little research on acupuncture utilizing social media data. This study inves…

Many students feel uncomfortable when obliged to communicate in English. Students' fear of speaking English is influenced by psychological reasons such as the fear of failing, being misunderstood, and making grammatical errors. Students' active participation in English class discussions might be hindered by shyness, ne…

INTRODUCTION: This paper deals with typical errors on the phonological level made by first and second year medical students at Novi Sad University. It presents the results of a continuous survey conducted over a three-year period of teaching medical English. The aim of this study was to determine the most common pronun…