Accentedness is associated with listeners’ evaluative judgements, which might affect an L2 speaker’s construction of image about linguistic self-worth and competence, described as language (L2) self-esteem. This line inquiry pursued in the study presented this paper, investigates relationship between self-esteem extent to a learner’s pronunciation differs from listener’s representation it – acc...

This generative and exploratory study sought to investigate potential product affordances and behaviors which could support aspirational product use. Twelve participants were interviewed about a cherished object, were instructed to imagine a digital device that could provide the same prized feeling states as their object, created a word and picture collage illustrating potential uses for that o...

Galectins are a family of beta-galactoside-binding lectins that on synthesis are either translocated into the nucleus or released to the extracellular space. Their developmentally regulated expression, extracellular location, and affinity for extracellular components (such as laminin and fibronectin) suggest a role in embryonic development, but so far this has not been unequivocally established...

The great influence of motivation in the learning process is widely acknowledged since it plays a key role any context. However, as educational realities change, researchers are assailed by new questions that must be resolved. Through this research we intended to know motivations lead university students enrol EMI (English-medium Instruction) courses instead choosing their L1, BMI (Basque-mediu...

This paper analyses the effects of manipulating the cognitive complexity of L2 oral tasks on language production. It specifically focuses on self-repairs, which are taken as a measure of accuracy since they denote both attention to form and an attempt at being accurate. By means of a repeated measures design, 42 lower-intermediate students were asked to perform three different tasks types (a na...

The racemic ligands (±)-tris(isonicotinoyl)-cyclotriguaiacylene (L1), or (±)-tris(4-pyridyl-methyl)-cyclotriguaiacylene (L2) assemble with racemic (Λ,Δ)-[Ir(ppy)2 (MeCN)2 ]+ , in which ppy=2-phenylpyridinato, to form [{Ir(ppy)2 }3 (L)2 ]3+ metallo-cryptophane cages. The crystal structure of [{Ir(ppy)2 }3 (L1)2 ]⋅3BF4 has MM-ΛΛΛ and PP-ΔΔΔ isomers, and homochiral self-sorting occurs in solution,...

Motivated by problems on Brownian motion, we introduce a recursive scheme for a basis construction in the Hilbert space L2(0, 1) which is analogous to that of Haar and Walsh. More generally, we find a new decomposition theory for the Hilbert space of square-integrable functions on the unit-interval, both with respect to Lebesgue measure, and also with respect to a wider class of self-similar me...

Motivated by problems on Brownian motion, we introduce a recursive scheme for a basis construction in the Hilbert space L2(0, 1) which is analogous to that of Haar and Walsh. More generally, we find a new decomposition theory for the Hilbert space of square-integrable functions on the unit-interval, both with respect to Lebesgue measure, and also with respect to a wider class of self-similar me...