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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To evaluate whether language of choice affects compliance with speech therapy for voice disorders. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed at Kaiser Permanente Northern California to compare compliance with referrals to speech therapy for voice dis…

The present study quantified the amount of accent in English vowels produced by native adult Turkish speakers. Vowels that are present in both Turkish and English (close vowels) were compared with those that are present only in English (distant vowels). The first two formant frequencies (F1 and F2) were obtained from t…

We present Chinese translation norms for 1,429 English words. Chinese-English bilinguals (N = 28) were asked to provide the first Chinese translation that came to mind for 1,429 English words. The results revealed that 71 % of the English words received more than one correct translation indicating the large amount…

English as a medium of Instruction (EMI) has been adopted by the majority of non-native English-speaking countries for teaching science subjects. Medicine is no exception. The decision is based on enormous associated advantages both during the undergraduate period and in professional life as a doctor. However, the ling…

BACKGROUND: Bilingual children are under-referred due to an ostensible expectation that they lag behind their monolingual peers in their English acquisition. The recommendations of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) state that bilingual children should be assessed in both the languages known by…

BACKGROUND: In addition to language differences in fundamental frequency between bilinguals and monolinguals, studies have also included other acoustic parameters to analyze differences in voice production associated with the language spoken. AIM: To identify differences in voice acoustic parameters during English pro…

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether Spanish-speaking patients can obtain appointments to outpatient orthopaedic surgery clinics across the United States at a similar rate as English-speaking patients and to examine the language interpretation services available at those clinics. METHODS: Orthopaedic offices nationwide were c…

Although translation is an essential component of learning English, it does not receive the attention it merits in the modern English classroom. Teachers and students primarily emphasize listening, reading, and writing while neglecting the development of translation skills. The English test in China now reflects the fa…

Differences in the perception of segmental contrasts by native and non-native listeners have been analyzed as the results of language-specific weightings of acoustic cues in their perception grammar [e.g., Escudero and Boersma, Stud. Second Lang. Acquis. 26, 551-585 (2004)]. However, less attention has been paid to the…

PURPOSE: To determine whether English proficiency and/or the frequency of interpreter use impacts on health outcomes for inpatient stroke rehabilitation. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study. PARTICIPANTS: People admitted for inpatient stroke rehabilitation. A high English proficiency group comprised people…

Limited English proficiency adversely impacts people's ability to access health services. This study examines the association between English language proficiency and insurance access and use of a usual care provider after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).Using cross-sectional data from the 2016 Medi…

English second language learners often experience difficulties in producing native-like English lexical stress. It is unknown which acoustic correlates, such as fundamental frequency (F0), duration, and intensity, are the most problematic for Chinese dialect speakers. The present study investigated the prosodic transfe…

The current study examined how morphological awareness contributes to reading comprehension across three levels of English proficiency designation. Participants were 377 fourth- and fifth-grade students, including 198 native English speakers (NE group) and two groups of English learners: 117 students with fluent Englis…

The present study attempted to test the postulate that sounds of a foreign language that are familiar can be produced with less accuracy than sounds that are new to second language (L2) learners. The first two formant frequencies (F1 and F2) were obtained from the 11 English monophthong vowels produced by 40 Cantonese-…

In China, under the influence of examination-driven culture and teacher-centered ways of learning, students' self-regulated learning (SRL) capabilities, self-efficacy, and actual English proficiency are greatly hindered. Given this situation, the Chinese Ministry of Education has promulgated the use of formative assess…

Few previous studies have investigated the relationship between global perspective (GP) and willingness to communicate (WTC) in English. Hence, more studies are needed to validate their correlation. Furthermore, hardly any pertaining studies have been conducted at English Medium Instruction (EMI) universities. As such,…

This study recruited English monolinguals, Mandarin monolinguals, and Mandarin-English (ME) bilinguals to examine whether native English and native Mandarin speakers think about time differently and whether the acquisition of L2 English could reshape native Mandarin speakers' mental representations of temporal sequence…

Teachers' attitudes, behavior, and practices play an integral role in enhancing the students' learning activities. Teachers' strategies ensure the individuals' professional development by creating a healthy learning environment. The study's primary objective is to analyze students' attitudes toward learning English as…

BACKGROUND: interrelation of phonetics, phonology and auditory processing in English Language Teaching. AIM: to determine whether prior contact with English phonetics favors general learning of this language (L2), i.e. second language, in Portuguese speakers; to verify performance of these individuals in an auditory p…

Purpose The general aim of this study is to enhance our understanding of the patterns of language growth in Spanish and English during the school years. In this study, we used a longitudinal retrospective approach to explore the growth of the percentage of grammatical utterances (PGU) in both Spanish and English in 2 g…