In Australia, women from non-English-speaking backgrounds participate less frequently in breast cancer screening than English-speaking women, and Chinese immigrant women are 50% less likely to participate in breast examinations than Australian-born women. Chinese-born Australians comprise 10% of the overseas-born Australian population, and the immigrant Chinese population in Australia is rapidl...

INTRODUCTION Although Hispanics are a rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, the effect of acculturation on the proportion of Hispanics who meet national objectives for fruit and vegetable consumption has not been fully investigated. Our objective was to determine the extent to which ethnicity and acculturation (indicated by survey language preference) are associated with fruit a...

Models of phonological development assume that speech perception precedes speech production and that children acquire suprasegmental features earlier than segmental features. Studies of Chinese-speaking children challenge these assumptions. For example, Chinese-speaking children can produce tones before two-and-a-half years but are not able to discriminate the same tones until after 6 years of ...

Second language acquisition research often compares non-native acquirers (L2ers) with other learner populations. Such cross-population comparisons include: (i) child native language (L1) acquisition~child L2 acquisition (e.g. Gavruseva 2000; Weerman et al. 2003); (ii) child L2~adult L2 (e.g. Cancino et al. 1978; McDonald 2000; Montrul 2002; Weerman et al. 2003) and (iii) child L1~adult L2 (Canc...

Previous literature presents there is a demand to teach adult learners English due to the amount of non-English speaking citizens. Therefore, educators have responded to the need for programs that teach adult learners English. English as a Second Language (ESL) classes help adults by providing a foundation of comprehension for the English language, this foundation helps adults navigate their li...

The population of English Language Learners (ELLs) globally has been increasing substantially every year. In the United States alone, adult ELLs are the fastest growing portion of learners in adult education programs (Yang, 2005). There is a significant need to improve the teaching of English to ELLs in the United States and other English-speaking dominant countries. However, for many ELLs, spe...

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical feasibility of the ProTrach DualCare (Atos Medical, Hörby, Sweden), a device combining a hands-free speaking valve and a Heat and Moisture Exchanger (HME) for tracheotomized patients. Study Design A non-randomized, prospective single center feasibility study. Methods Sixteen adult tracheotomized patients were included. Participant...

English oral communication proficiency is one of the absolute needs adult learners in entering digital industrialization era 4.0, where opportunities and competitions are more massive. Several limitations that implemented as a response to Covid-19 pandemic have made it difficult for most practice their skill intensively. This community service program aims provide with speaking through an inter...

This qualitative study examines Latino Spanish-speaking inmates' participation in an English literacy project. The research questions were: What is the impact of project on participants’ development? How does a for inmates facilitate parent engagement? Data collection included questionnaires, participant journal entries, attendance sheets, field notes, and interviews with male inmate parents. p...