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TOC: Canadian Modern Language Review 67/4 (2011)

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Message 1: Canadian Modern Language Review Vol. 67, No. 4 (2011)
Date: 27-Oct-2011
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Subject: Canadian Modern Language Review Vol. 67, No. 4 (2011)
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Publisher: University of Toronto Press
http://www.utpjournals.com/

Journal Title: Canadian Modern Language Review Volume Number: 67 Issue Number: 4 Issue Date: 2011


Main Text:

http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/j7x002359l17

This issue contains:

Editorial / ÉditorialNorman Segalowitz, Eva Kehayia

Formulaic Language as a Barrier to Effective Communication with People withAlzheimer's DiseaseAlison Wray

Carers recognize that the linguistic problems associated with Alzheimer's disease(AD) can be detrimental to effective communication, but they are often not surewhat they can do to help. This article examines the use of formulaic language inAD, including routines, repetitions, and fillers, through the lens of a model of howcognitive and social priorities shape language learning and use...

Automatic Speech Recognition for CALL: A Task-Specific Application for TrainingNursesNicholas R. Walker, Henrietta Cedergren, Pavel Trofimovich, et al.

In recent years, language researchers and teachers have attempted to putmeaningful communication at the centre of learners' classroom interactions. Yetthe majority of existing computer-assisted language learning (CALL) applicationshave relied on largely non-communicative learner-computer interactions. Thechallenge facing CALL developers, therefore, is to explore new ways of providinglearners with communicative practice...

Exploring the Determinants of Language Barriers in Health Care (LBHC): Toward aResearch Agenda for the Language SciencesNorman Segalowitz, Eva Kehayia

There is growing interest in language barriers in health care (LBHC) – interest, thatis, in how the quality of health care service delivery might be compromised whenpatients and health care providers do not share the same first language...

Norme pédagogique et infirmières bilingues en milieu francophone minoritaireSuzie Beaulieu

Les infirmières œuvrant dans leur langue seconde (L2) font face à diversproblèmes langagiers en milieu clinique dont la difficulté à comprendre l'accent despatients et les expressions appartenant au registre familier qu'ils emploient...

Well, Now, Okey Dokey: English Discourse Markers in Spanish-Language MedicalConsultationsCaroline Vickers, Ryan Goble

The purpose of this article is to examine the use of English discourse markers(EDMs) in medical consultations that were conducted in Spanish. Data arecollected from an audio-recorded corpus of Spanish-language consultations thattook place in a small community clinic in the United States as well as post-consultation interviews with patients and providers...

Learning about HIV/AIDS in Uganda: Digital Resources and Language LearnerIdentitiesBonny Norton, Shelley Jones, Daniel Ahimbisibwe

While the HIV/AIDS epidemic has wrought havoc in the lives of millions of peoplein sub-Saharan Africa, access to information about the causes, symptoms, andtreatment of the disease remains a challenge for many, and particularly for youngpeople. This article reports on an action research study undertaken in a ruralUgandan village in 2006...


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics                             Discourse Analysis                             Language Acquisition                             Psycholinguistics                             Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)                             French (fra)                             Spanish (spa)

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