The  present  study  attempted  to  examine  the  relationship  between  English  as  a  Foreign Language  (EFL)  learners’ motivational beliefs and their use of learning strategies. The three components  of  motivation,  i.e.  expectancy  component,  value  component  and  affective component,  were  examined  in  relation  to  metacognitive,  cognitive  and  effort  management strategies.  Tw...

BACKGROUND Secondary acute lymphoblastic leukemia (sALL) is a rare disease and its biologic features are not well characterized. PATIENTS AND METHODS We describe a cohort of seven patients and discuss 94 additional cases from the literature for whom biological parameters were described. Cases with incomplete data were excluded. RESULTS Hodgkin's disease (HD) was more common in the 18-59 age...

The SALL (Spalt-like) family of zinc-finger transcription factors is conserved in metazoans. In Drosophila Sal (Spalt) and Salr (Spalt-related) control the expression of genes involved in wing and central nervous system development, including cell adhesion and cytoskeletal proteins. In humans, SALL mutations associate with congenital disorders such as the Townes-Brocks and Okihiro syndromes. Hu...

Self-assessment (SA), as an activity for reflecting on one's own performance and abilities (Black & Wiliam, 1998), has been a topic of interest to educators over the years. Among second language (L2) educators, SA began growing in popularity 1970s 1980s, when L2 educators’ focus shifted from analyzing linguistic systems examining how learners learn language. Many can-do statements descripto...