The purpose of this study was to explore the roles of bilingualism and similarity/dissimilarity between first language (L1) and second language (L2) on word reading and phonological awareness of bilingual students. Totally 1614 monolingual and bilingual pupils from Tehran [Persian monolingual (Pm) area], Sanandaj [Kurdish-Persian bilingual (KPb) area] and Tabriz [Turkish-Persian bilingual (TPb)...

This study investigated the use of three online referencing tools on translation and writing performance of twenty-two college students. The referencing tools included a bilingual concordancer, a bilingual collocation tool and a bilingual dictionary. An offline writing task was given before and after four online tasks in order to know the impact of online exercises on the learners’ written prod...

In Dak Lak, the Ede has second largest population (after Kinh). process of communication, language a contact relationship with Vietnamese. Therefore, phenomenon Vietnamese - bilingualism is clearly shown in communication and primary education program area. Based on an overview theoretical issues bilingualism, bilingual education, role article presents current situation some schools Lak province...

Western-Anglophone universities are increasingly focusing on internationalization, but have not made languages a strategic focus. This paper argues that the bilingual competence of international students is an asset rather than a deficit. It reports a case study of the Research-Oriented School-Engaged Teacher Education (ROSETE) Program, which is an international collaborative professional devel...

The number of underrepresented minorities (URMs; black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander) among US medical school faculty is markedly low when compared with their respective percent representation of the US population. Women URMs are doubly underrepresented, particularly as the academic rank advances from the ins...

BACKGROUND Trained medical interpreters are instrumental to patient satisfaction and quality of care. They are especially important in student-run clinics, where many patients have limited English proficiency. Because student-run clinics have ties to their medical schools, they have access to bilingual students who may volunteer to interpret, but are not necessarily formally trained. METHODS ...

Alternative language assessment procedures are gaining in prominence as authentic alternatives to traditional measures, but scant data exist regarding the relative effectiveness of the data they provide. This paper first summarizes the criteria for effective language assessment of bilingual children as documented in the literature, and then comparatively evaluates the effectiveness of research ...

objectives: the purpose of this research was to explore the possible differences in the working memory of monolingual (persian) and bilingual  (persian-baluchi) children. we wanted to examine if there is a statistically significant relationship between working memory and bilingualism. methods: four working memory (wm) tests, assessing three wm components, were administered to 140 second grade s...

The influence of inefficient teaching methods or cross-linguistic characteristics in the field second language oral has always been concerned and discussed. By carrying a survey with 50 Grade 5 bilingual Chinese students Intel Bilingual Primary School, this paper aims to observe, identify make brief analysis on key issue effectively English young learners primary their spoken English, from pers...