Although there is a body of literature focusing on populations with unique needs in times of disaster, the findings presented here offer a new perspective by focusing on language proficiency, and how proficiency in a local language, or lack thereof, may affect disaster information gathering behavior and needs, through an investigation conducted after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Although guidelines in Japan acknowledge language proficiency as a problem for disaster support and mitigation planning, it is not clear how proficiency in a local language, or lack thereof, affects disaster information-gathering behavior and how this should be addressed in disaster prevention planning.
Students will increase their proficiency in Russian by examining how history and other social sciences help them to understand the world around them.
This article seeks to understand how proficiency in a local language affects disaster information gathering behavior by using the results of a questionnaire survey conducted after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Indeed, although our sample size of multilingual non-native Chinese-speaking group was small, the fact that we observed structural differences in this group is likely to be a consequence of homogeneity in their proficiency, how they learnt Chinese and their daily use of Chinese (they all were on the same full-time university course).
This research examines how undergraduates rate their current proficiency in a range of soft skills, and how do they perceive its importance for future employment.
The current study addresses the following question: How does proficiency in specific cognitive and language functions impact neural indices mediating language processing in children?
Given the complexity of language proficiency and how it develops in learners over time, the effort to distinguish different levels of language proficiency is not without problems.
Players rate each other, which encourages users to be honest about their fitness, proficiency or how experienced they are in a given sport.
Look for specific experience, and ask for examples of how the candidate has demonstrated proficiency in skills including, but not limited to: Choreography (knowing how to stand, walk and get in and out of a car with a Protectee).
