CorpusReader is a framework for creating and querying multi-layer corpora, which contain several levels of analysis (morphology, syntax, semantics, etc.) and which are aimed at observing correlations between these levels. Building, representing and querying multi-layer corpora is complex. CorpusReader’s specificity essentially lies in merging the outputs of existing corpus analysis tools, avoid...

Historically, nursing education has recognized that writing enhances critical thinking, the basis of the clinical reasoning process. The online learning recently adopted by Nursing involves considerable writing, which may enhance critical thinking more than face-to-face courses. In the study reported here, the critical thinking and writing experiences of 34 registered nurses in an online course...

le narrateur proustien – comme d’ailleurs l’auteur lui-même – est élevé dans un milieu familial et social où l’intelligence était hautement valorisée et appréciée. pour lui, comme pour le philosophe gilles deleuze, « rien ne donne plus à penser que ce qui se passe dans la tête d’un sot » (2003, 101). c’est ainsi qu’a la recherche du temps perdu, souvent considéré comme le magnifique monument li...

This study examined how two motivational substrates may be differentially important depending upon the learner's language background. Students registered in German classes (N = 99) completed a questionnaire that assessed (a) their intrinsic, extrinsic, integrative, and instrumental reasons for learning German; (b) their feelings of autonomy, competence, and relatedness; and (c) their engagement...