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Mostrando 13-24 de 802 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. Treatment of patients with immunodeficiency: Medication, gene therapy, and transplantation
Abstract Objectives: To provide an overview of drug treatment, transplantation, and gene therapy for patients with primary immunodeficiencies. Source of data: Non-systematic review of the literature in the English language carried out at PubMed. Synthesis of data: The treatment of patients with primary immunodeficiencies aims to control their disease, esp
J. Pediatr. (Rio J.). Publicado em: 2021-04
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14. SECOND LANGUAGE PERCEPTION OF ENGLISH VOWELS BY PORTUGUESE LEARNERS: THE EFFECT OF STIMULUS TYPE
Abstract The study investigated the effect of stimulus type on L2 English vowel perception and it also examined the relation between subject factors and L2 learners’ performance. Twenty-nine adult Portuguese learners of English were tested on six English vowels (/i: i ε ≈ 3 : λ/) with two tasks, differing in stimulus type: real and pseudo words. The la
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-12
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15. Em poucas palavras - o impacto da injúria renal aguda em crianças criticamente doentes,
Abstract The study investigated the effect of stimulus type on L2 English vowel perception and it also examined the relation between subject factors and L2 learners’ performance. Twenty-nine adult Portuguese learners of English were tested on six English vowels (/i: i ε ≈ 3 : λ/) with two tasks, differing in stimulus type: real and pseudo words. The la
J. Pediatr. (Rio J.). Publicado em: 2020-12
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16. SOBRAL, Adail. A filosofia primeira de Bakhtin: roteiro de leitura comentado. Campinas, SP: Mercado das Letras, 2019. 168 páginas.
Abstract The study investigated the effect of stimulus type on L2 English vowel perception and it also examined the relation between subject factors and L2 learners’ performance. Twenty-nine adult Portuguese learners of English were tested on six English vowels (/i: i ε ≈ 3 : λ/) with two tasks, differing in stimulus type: real and pseudo words. The la
Bakhtiniana, Rev. Estud. Discurso. Publicado em: 2020-12
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17. SUBJECT ELLIPSIS IN EARLY CHILD LANGUAGE
Abstract This paper aims to discuss whether parametric analyses can account for missing subjects in child English. I review previous parametric analyses of missing subjects and present a new learning model built upon a more recent version of the Null Subject Parameter (Holmberg, 2010a). Parametric analyses of the phenomenon have the advantage of giving a sim
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-12
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18. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ITS INTERACTION WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF COGNITION: THE CASE OF MEDIAL WH-QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH AND IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
Abstract Preschool children acquiring English and Brazilian Portuguese display a peculiar behavior when prompted to produce multi-clause wh-questions. In elicited production tasks, structures with an extra wh-element in medial position are sometimes produced. Such medial questions are impossible in the adult languages being acquired. Following a hypothesis p
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-12
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19. ASSESSING SECOND LANGUAGE ORAL PROFICIENCY DEVELOPMENT WITH HOLISTIC AND ANALYTIC SCALES
Abstract The present study discusses how experienced raters use different types of scales to assess the development of oral proficiency in English as a second language (L2). Raters assigned rates to speech samples first using a holistic scale (CEFR, 2018) and then assigning rates for pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and fluency performance using individual
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-12
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20. Brian Friel on the French Stage: From Laurent Terzieff to Women Directors of Dancing at Lughnasa
Abstract The success of Brian Friel’s drama on stage in the English-speaking world is beyond dispute. Many of his plays have also been widely translated leading to numerous productions worldwide. My concern in this article is with French-language productions. The focus in this article will be, first, on the association between Brian Friel and the late grea
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-08
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21. Esp Teaching in Contemporary Medical Education In Brazil
Abstract The early 2000s have witnessed significant changes in medical education in Brazil, especially because of the creation of the More Doctors Program (Programa Mais Médicos) in 2013 and the publication of the resolution that establishes the National Curricular Guidelines for Medicine undergraduate courses in 2014. The latter focuses on a human, critica
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-04
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22. The role of L1 English speakers’ familiarity with Brazilian-accented English (L2) in the intelligibility of Brazilian learners of English (L2): a discussion on intelligibility from a Complex Dynamic Systems perspective
Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of familiarity with Brazilian-accented English (L2) in the intelligibility of speech samples when judged by native English listeners. Speech samples were collected from five native Brazilian Portuguese individuals from Southern Brazil, with a pre-intermediate level of proficiency in English. Followi
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-04
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23. Experiential research for understanding the complexity of teaching and learning English as a foreign language
Abstract Narratives nestle complex nets of experiences, typical of dynamic systems. Disentangling them reveals their nature, broadening and deepening the understanding of complex language teaching and learning processes. In this paper, we present over 20 years of research done in Brazil, focusing on foreign language teaching and learning experiences. Reviewi
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-04
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24. Exploring Major Themes in Applied Linguistics: Local and Global Contexts
Abstract This study aims at showing how L1 word stress affects L2 word naming for cognates and non-cognates in two lexical stress languages, Brazilian Portuguese (BP, L1) and American English (AE, L2). Based on the bilingualism literature, there are indications that the access to the lexicon is non-selective, thus, cognate words would have a facilitation eff
Ilha Desterro. Publicado em: 2020-04