language policymultilingualismThe purpose of this paper is to analyze how research approaches and methods in language education policy could serve to erase local multilingualism and its associated epistemologies while reproducing inequalities of languages. This paper builds on "epistemicide" (Santos, ...
What are examples of deficit based language? Do you use primarily “deficit-based” language like“distressed,”“at-risk,”“vulnerable,”“blighted,”“high crime,”“concentrated poverty”? If so, you're in good company—terms like this are ubiquitous throughout the field (including in Shelt...
Synonyms for hearing deficit in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for hearing deficit. 23 synonyms for deficit: shortfall, shortage, deficiency, loss, default, arrears, defect, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty... What are synonyms fo
When Asian students have been tested in their first language, their results have often been superior to those of learners from other parts of the world. In the largest-scale test of comparative academic ability, conducted by the OECD, students from East Asia not only came out on top in the...
Most destructive tsunamis are caused by seismic slip on the shallow part of offshore megathrusts. The likelihood of this behaviour is partly determined by the interseismic slip rate deficit, which is often assumed to be low based on frictional studies of
Even though more complex behaviours (e.g. language) are impossible to study, and the core features of ADHD, such as inattentiveness, are difficult to assess, animal models provide valuable insight into the basic neural disease mechanisms. The well-known neurobiology of rodents, along with their ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a global mental health crisis, with a particularly pronounced impact on the entrepreneurial sector. This paper presents a comparative analysis of mental health challenges among entrepreneurs in China during the pand
cooperative option, either presented as option X or Y. The black boxes in each payoff matrix refer to participants’ payoffs, while the gray boxes refer to counterparts’ payoffs. Shown are three examples (one for each game structure). The 2 x 2 payoff matrices varied on a trial-by-...
US companies would see growing foreign demand for many types of financial and business services but, to capture this opportunity, they would have to acquire the requisite language skills and develop products that meet foreign standards. US companies producing computers, semicond...
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