Patients with limited English proficiency have known limitations accessing health care, but differences in hospital outcomes once access is obtained are unknown.We investigate inpatient mortality rates and obstetric trauma for self-reported speakers of English, Spanish, and languages of Asia and the Pacific Islands (API) and compare quality of care by language with patterns by race/ethnicity. D...

background: the comprehension processes are often inferred or explored indirectly through the assessment of the performance of the students on certain tasks. comprehension is typically measured by the techniques in which the test-taker reads a short text and then selects the correct answers in multiple choice questions, true/false and yes/no tasks or matching activities. purpose: a new approach...

Several investigations report a positive effect of childhood bilingualism on executive control (EC). An issue that has remained largely unexamined is the role of the typological distance between the languages spoken by bilinguals. In the present study we focus on children who grow up with Cypriot Greek and Standard Modern Greek, two closely related varieties that differ from each other on all l...

This study investigated the aspectual marking of an event of a fictional story in Japanese and English-language narratives. Considerable differences were found in verbalization between them. The differences are attributed to the linguistic options provided by each language. Japaneseand English-speaking children develop their linguistic proficiency by making use of the expressive options offered...

The present study investigated the effects of a shadowing activity using movies on Korean EFL college students’ speaking skills and their affective attitudes. Over semester, total 138 students participated in they were assigned to an experimental group (n = 71) control 67). According language proficiency, participants advanced, intermediate, beginner-level groups. all groups engaged once week w...

With increased rates of “globalization”, the proportion of individuals who speak more than one language is rapidly expanding, with a projected number of 47 million US citizens speaking at least two languages by 2030 [1]. As a result, language impairment in multilingual persons is likely to become a frequent clinical challenge. Multilingual brains do not merely function as multiple, simultaneous...

speaking is one of the most important skills to be developed and enhanced as means of effective communication. speaking skill is regarded one of the most difficult aspects of language learning. many language learners find it difficult to express themselves in spoken language. they are generally facing problems to use the foreign language to express their thoughts effectively. they stop talking ...