Applied Linguístics

de Leitura. Aspectos Cognitivos e Linguísticos. Braga: Universidade do Minho, Instituto de Educação e Psicologia, dissertação de doutoramento não publicada. Apreciação: Inspirada em duas provas clássicas, Concepts About Print (Clay, 1979) e Linguistic Awareness in Reading Readiness (Downing et al., 1983), este conjunto de provas permite avaliar com rigor o nível de conhecimentos sobre leitura antes da aprendizagem formal. Inclui tarefas visando o reconhecimento dos…

Institute’s Capability Maturity Model for Software (SW CMM) and the new Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) are used to assess organizational capability for software engineering. The famous ISO 9000 quality management standards have been applied to software engineering by the new ISO/IEC 90003. The Texas Board of Professional Engineers has begun to license professional software engineers. The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC)…

that Williams Syndrome individuals exhibit development alterations in all languages abilities. This work aims to investigate semantic development and language structure alterations in Williams Syndrome. Initially a battery of standardized tests is applied comprising Clinical Evaluation Language Fundamentals Revised – CELF-R, Language Development Evaluation – ADL and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised – PPVT-R in a population of 7 people (2 female; 5 male) aged between 7 and 16…

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statistical fallacies ready to trap the unwary and aid the unethical. The fallacy of ex-post-facto statistics is perpetrated when we apply probability laws to past events. I drew the ace of spades. It was only a 1 in 52 chance, but it came up. (The same applied to all the cards, but one had to come up.) 70 How to Win Every Argument We cannot draw too many conclusions from the low 'probability' of certain past events. Something has to happen, and if the range of possibilities is…

D. (orgs.) Parâmetros de textualização. Santa Maria: Ed. Da UFSM, 1997. MOITA LOPES, L.P. What is this class about? Topic formulation in a L1 reading comprehension classroom. In: COOK, G; SEIDLHOFER, B. (Eds.). Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. OLIVEIRA, M.K. Vygotsky e o processo de formação de conceitos. in: LA TAILLE, Y. de la, OLIVEIRA, M.K; DANTAS, H. Piaget, Vygotsky, Wallon – teorias psicogenéticas em discussão. São Paulo:…

citizenship in modern Europe. There is though a major difference between the present and the past, whether recent or ancient. During the Roman Empire, citizenship was limited both in scope and in the proportion of the population to whom it applied. In the modern European Union citizenship is understood to be a key aspect of our democracy and a right – as well as a duty – of all adults. The ideal of active European citizenship is intimately linked…

“blue sky” research, “knowledge for knowledge’s sake.” 2. Strategic basic research - experimental and theoretical, but often undertaken to acquire new knowledge and lead to useful discoveries or solve practical problems. INTRODUCTION • 5 3. Applied research - original work to perhaps determine new ways of achieving specific objectives or developing new techniques. And the last major challenge that a relatively small internationally-focused Guide such as this faces is the fact that…

colloquial language aspects. The methodology applied is inductive, making use of samples extracted from the corpus to achieve the aimed results. The study will comprise three Jornal Nacional extracts, which will be analysed highlighting the oral marks and persuasion. The main aim of this study is based on Portuguese Language researches and other areas, such as newscasting, as it will emphasize the analysis of discourse conditions in specific linguistic use. Key words: Oral language –…

comportamentais na área de intervenção de violência doméstica são quase inexistentes, possivelmente devido a dificuldades metodológicas de se estudar um comportamento geralmente inacessível á observação direta. Em 1995, Myers publicou um artigo no Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, conclamando analistas do comportamento a contribuir para a redução da agressão do homem à mulher, seja desenvolvendo e analisando componentes de programas, seja aplicando o manejo de contingências e da…