The objectives of the present study were threefold: (1) the effects of training in /r/-/l/ perceptual identification on /r/-/l/ production; (2) the effects of training in /r/-/l/ production on /r/-/l/ perceptual identification; and (3) the effects of perceptual and production training on learners’ motivation to study English. Results indicate that both the perceptual and the production training...

Interests in examining the roles of receptive vocabulary knowledge and collocational competence on EFL learners’ proficiency have grown considerably; yet, extent how noun, verb-noun collocations, noun-preposition collocations impact their English skill performances is still insufficiently researched. To address such gaps, this study specifically explored Thai nouns its performances. Three types...

Designing appropriate materials and activities to enhance vocabulary learning is one of the primary goals of language courses. Among the claims about efficient pedagogical tasks is the Involvement Load Hypothesis (Laufer & Hulstijn, 2001) according to which vocabulary development is contingent on the amount of cognitive process a task involves. Building on the previous research on this hypothes...

We give a complete characterization of receptive field codes realizable by connected receptive fields and their minimal embedding dimensions. In particular, we show that all connected codes are realizable in dimension at most three. To our knowledge, this is the first family of receptive field codes for which the exact characterization and minimal embedding dimension is known.

L2 lexical knowledge has been an issue that attracted much attention among SLA scholars, with studies examining the impact of different language teaching approaches on vocabulary knowledge. However, little research conducted to determine amount exposure needed for significant improvement. This paper explores varying instructed 112 CLIL primary-school learners’ receptive high-frequency vocabular...

Background Earlier it was believed that uterine fluid (UF) or secretions are not relevant after the embryo implantation in humans. However, recent reports suggest that uterine secretions continue to play important role till the first trimester of human pregnancy. Evidences also suggest that uf mirrors endometrial functions or dysfunctions. Considering the relevance of uf in endometrial function...

  Background :Although knowledge translation is one of the most widely used concepts in health and medical literature, there is a sense of ambiguity and confusion over its definition. The aim of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of KT. This will assist the theoretical development of it and shape its implementation into the health care system   Methods : Walker and Avant’s framework w...