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A guide to doing statistics in second language research using SPSS
No full textWhen Larson-Hall wrote this book, she had in mind, those second language researchers who feel a little uncomfortable when dealing with statistics. With this introduction to statistics through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) she found a suitable way to help researchers first to interpret the statistics tests and then to learn how to generate descriptive statistics, choose a statistical test, and conduct and interpret the basic tests that a researcher may need. In A Guide to Doing Statistics in Second Language Research Using SPSS, Larson-Hall mainly draws her data sets from real Second Language Acquisition studies, and these are featured in a companion websit
Vocabulary instruction and learning: A commentary on four studies
No full textFour papers were presented by Shusaku Kida, Magda Kitano and Katsuhiro Chiba, Tim Stoeckel, and Raymond Stubbe. In this article, my thoughts about the issues raised in these thought-provoking papers about vocabulary resource processing allocation and the Type of Processing Resource Allocation (TOPRA) model, the use of flashcards in vocabulary learning, an empirical evaluation of the New General Service List (NGSL), and the use of yes-no checklists for multi-word units are given. The first paper provided some theoretical underpinnings for thinking about vocabulary acquisition, while the last three papers were valuable for their extremely timely and practical examination of issues that are highly important for the acquisition of vocabulary
L2 lexical attrition and vocabulary re-learning in three L1 English L2 Japanese children
No full textIn this paper I review the evidence for the role of age in affecting second language attrition, and find it strongly supports a large difference in attrition around a breakpoint of age 8. I propose a Dynamic Attrition Model which posits that attrition sets in immediately upon the loss of contact with a language but the speed of loss differs depending on age. Three children who began their incubation periods at age 6, 8 and 10 are examined when they are re-exposed to Japanese 6 years later. All children showed strong savings rates but large losses to their L2 Japanese
Jenifer Miles, 1973 Miss Homecoming Candidate 1
No full textJenifer Miles was a student and Miss Homecoming candidate at Jacksonville State University in 1973-1974. She was sponsored by Rowan Hall. (circa October 29, 1973)https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib-ac-histimg/44322/thumbnail.jp
The Contribution of High-frequency Multi-word Sequences to Speech Rate and Listening Perception Among EFL Learners
No full textThis experiment tested gains in spoken fluency and ability to complete a dictation listening task accurately among 33 Japanese L1 English language users. Both a control group (N = 17) and an experimental group (N = 16) studied Anki vocabulary cards each week for 10 weeks and described three picture stories that contained the vocabulary words every week. Both groups studied 10 common bigrams (such as take advantage) each week while the experimental group additionally studied sets of 10 reduced trigrams (how do you) and did narrow listening homework each week. The results for spoken storytelling fluency found a large advantage for the experimental group while fluency for the free speaking task showed a medium advantage for the experimental group that was not statistically significant. For the listening dictation task, both groups reduced their errors from pretest to posttest but neither group was statistically different from each other
Suffrage by Jenifer Nii, directed by Cheryl Ann Cluff
No full textJenifer Nii\u27s new and original play Suffrage, set in 1880s territorial Utah, is the story of Frances (played by April Fossen) and Ruth (played by Sarah Young), two plural wives in a household under siege by the federal government. Their husband, Benjamin, is in prison awaiting trial, and his five wives and numerous children must find ways to make ends meet. Frances is stalwart and traditional, loving her sister wives\u27 children as she does her own and thinking constantly of her dear husband and his welfare. Considerably younger, Ruth is a firecracker of high ideals and modern thought, getting deeply involved in Utah\u27s suffrage movement.
In Frances and Ruth is found a bastion of belief, despite their contrasting personalities. Theirs is a bare, solid faith that makes an unfamiliar family structure comprehensible to modern audiences. There is nothing odd or off-putting in Nii\u27s depiction of these women and their way of life. The play does not condemn or commend polygamy; it simply portrays it. Frances and Ruth work to feed themselves and their family; they struggle to raise and discipline their children; they defend and practice their faith
The role of educative thought in the life and work of Antonio Gramsci
No full textMany philosophers have propounded a vision of an improved society, what distinguishes Antonio Gramsci is his continuous effort to make it happen by understanding the process in order to put into practice. Gramsci's conviction about the importance of educative development came from both theory and experience. While there has been considerable examination of Gramsci's work in relation to the Prison Notebooks, this study will seek to address a lacuna in Gramsci scholarship. Using Gramsci's philological method, I analyse Gramsci's pre-prison activity; his pre-prison articles and letters, which, together with his letters from prison, formed part of his educative mission. This educative process was necessary, in order to construct a new party which would develop a collective will, collaboratively, with the masses.In this study therefore, I explore the contexts and formative experiences of the first part of his life together with the intellectual sources from which Gramsci developed his later theories, making central hitherto underemphasised connections between them which informed his writing and ideas. I intend to illustrate that Gramsci's underlying purpose in his writing, and political activity, was not only practical, on how to create a new socialist ruling class, but also educative in forming the mindset and values of his comrades. So that in addition to outlining his vision of a new order, he implicitly guided or explicitly explained the processes by which the necessary changes in social relations and moral climate could be made in order to achieve it. Each person had to engage with the values of the new order so that each could contribute to the construction of a new robust state. It was essential to build a hegemony at the most profound level, one which was dependent on collective understandings and a collective will
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Do College Students with ADHD have Expressive Writing Difficulties as Do Children with ADHD?
No full textThis study analyzed the expressive writing of college students. Twenty-two ADHD students and 22 controls were asked to write a story based on a picture story and a personal challenge. The texts were compared based on several qualitative and quantitative parameters. The results show that students in both groups presented similar text quality. Out of six qualitative parameters only one was statistically different between the two groups: ADHD students performed worse in adequacy, but only in the picture task. Students writings were also investigated using corpus based analysis. This analysis showed that ADHD students used less unusually frequent words in the picture story but more in the challenge task. Taken together the findings indicate no significant difference in expressive writing between ADHD and non ADHD college students. An explanation to this result is that college students with ADHD may have passed the filter of prior education
J.N. et al. v. Oregon Department of Education et al., United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Case No. 6:19-cv-00096-AA
No full textDavid Bateman, PhD, Jenifer Cline, MA CCC SLP, Sonja de Boer, PhD, BCBA-D, Stacey Gahagan, Esq.Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 7, 2022).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
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