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Cochlear Implant Evaluations of Spanish-Speaking Adults: A Survey
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Mariana Mejia Turnbull; Brett A. Martin; Michelle MacRoy-Higgins – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate which of the available Spanish sentence tests U.S. audiologists currently utilize to evaluate Spanish-speaking cochlear implant candidates. An online questionnaire was created and distributed nationwide. A total of 25 audiologists reported using the Spanish HINT and Spanish AzBio. Limitations regarding…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Auditory Evaluation, Spanish
Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Analysis of "Communication Activities of Daily Living" Third Edition in Spanish and Catalan for People with Aphasia
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Clàudia Roca; Ignasi Ivern; Ignacio Cifre; Olga Bruna – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: In the Spanish and Catalan context, there is currently a lack of standardized, linguistically adapted tools to assess people with communication disorders. This lack is especially evident when it comes to instruments designed to assess functional communication. Aims: The main objective of this study is to adapt the instrument entitled…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Foreign Countries, Communication Disorders, Spanish Speaking
Communicational Model: Typology of Academic Writing Assessment in Spanish in Higher Education
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Benito Ilich Suárez-Bedolla; Francisco Cervantes-Pérez; Beatriz Feijoó-Fernández – Open Praxis, 2024
A common diagnosis in the literature is that the writing of Spanish speakers is generally a structural problem. The writing of 81 university students was analysed by classifying the teacher's comments based on 11 variables that were recorded once during a continuous evaluation that supported the assessment. The techniques used were Content…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Models
Qualitative Study of Academic Success of Elementary English Language Dual Language Students in South Florida
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Jennifer George – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Researchers found dual language programs allow students to acquire a second language while building positive cross-cultural beliefs. However, there are inconsistencies between what research shows and teachers' perceptions of success. The problem was a gap in academic achievement between both English Language Learners (ELL) and non-ELL students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
Assessment in Medical Spanish: Challenges and Ideas
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Alyssia Miller De Rutté; Diana Galarreta-Aima; Andrea Nate – Hispania, 2024
The all-encompassing term "Medical Spanish" references the Spanish used by healthcare professionals. Medical Spanish courses have gained traction as the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S. continues to grow. Consequently, demand for courses in Medical Spanish and other areas of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP), a subfield of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Languages for Special Purposes, Health Personnel, Second Language Learning
Cultural Adaptation of the Expectancy-Value-Cost Scale for Spanish-Speaking Students
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Radu Bogdan Toma – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
The Expectancy-Value model has been extensively used to understand students' achievement motivation. However, recent studies propose the inclusion of cost as a separate construct from values, leading to the development of the Expectancy-Value-Cost model. This study aimed to adapt Kosovich et al.'s ("The Journal of Early Adolescence", 35,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement