Music to My Ears: Developing Kanji Stroke Knowledge through an Educational Music Game by Oleksandra G. Keehl, Edward F. Melcer

“…Learning thousands of characters necessary for literacy in those languages is a unique challenge to those coming from alphabetic backgrounds, and sustaining motivation in the face of such a momentous task is a struggle for many students. …”
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Editorial by Franci Gabrovsek

“…Even though the review process was anonymous, we present the list of those reviewers that have agreed to be acknowledged in alphabetical order: Pavel Bosák, Annette S Engel, Derek Ford, Christian Griebler, Ellen Herman, Janet S Herman, William K Jones, Alexander Klimchouk, Florian Malard, Pierre Marmonier, Jonathan B Martin, MaryLynn Musgrove, John E Mylroie, Diana Northup, Metka Petrič, Tanja Pipan, Nataša Ravbar, Benjamin Schwartz, Kevin Simon, Branka Trček, Michael Venarsky, George Veni and William B White.We hope that the readers will enjoy reading the issue. …”
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An In vitro assessment of the shear bond strength of two different pit and fissure sealants in primary teeth by Abdulhamid Al Ghwainem

“…Each specimen tooth was assigned at random to one of the two groups constituting 20 specimens each by means of a computer-generated randomization with two alphabets (A, B). Group 1: Conventional sealant, Group 2: Self-adhering flowable sealant. …”
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The 2nd method Parfait-Hounsinou used to determine the overall water quality by Sagnon Parfait Hounsinou

“…The 2nd method Parfait-Hounsinou makes it possible to note the physico-chemical quality and the microbiological quality of water by two alphabetical letters representing respectively the Chemical Water Quality Index (CWQI) and the Microbiological Water Quality Index (MWQI). …”
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Multiple stonecutters’ marks on marble in the Late Antique Mediterranean: distribution, function, and meaning by Giulia Marsili

“…In Late Antiquity, the alphabetic characters, usually carved on stone elements only once, had the form of single letters, multiple letters in ligature, or monograms. …”
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Nobody Puts Romance Fiction in the Corner: Public Librarians in New South Wales and Their Dalliance with Romance Fiction by Vassiliki Veros

“…The practices show how decisions made about the placement of books in a library can create systems of exclusion, removing the equality among fiction books that is afforded through the use of alphabetical ordering.…”
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« I Speak According to the Book » : écriture et logos dans Nixon in China de John Adams et Alice Goodman by Mathieu Duplay

“…In the process, they draw attention to the cognitive function of writing and especially to the different ways in which ideogrammatic and alphabetic writing systems shape experience and thought. …”
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Alfabetização e o sistema de escrita / Alfabetización y el sistema de escritura/ Literacy and the written system by Osvaldo Freitas de Jesus

“…It is argued in this article that the symbolic-alphabetical system is not a mere representation of speech, but rather another system of symbolic representation of concepts in most languages. …”
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Identifying Critical Issues in the Horticulture Industry: A Delphi Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Kevan Lamm, Alyssa Powell, Leonardo Lombardini

“…Using the Constant Comparative Method, the issues were thematically analyzed and grouped into five primary categories, including (alphabetically ordered): (1) disease and pest management, (2) education, research, and recruitment, (3) environmental conditions and natural resource availability, (4) labor challenges and considerations, and (5) production challenges and innovations. …”
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The Comparison of Chunking Methods to Enhance the Cognitive Capacity of Short-term Memory to Retain Textual Information among High School Students by Piwat Suppawittaya, Pratchayapong Yasri

“…The results revealed that the ability to remember 10 distinct alphabets and 10 distinct digits statistically varied, depending on how the information was chunked. …”
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On the Representation of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy in TOEFL iBT and IELTS Academic by Shadab Moslehi, Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo

“…In this coding scheme, English alphabets and numbers were assigned to levels of cognition and knowledge, respectively. …”
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A Functional Literacy Program for Saudi Arabian Illiterate Women by Abdulaziz A. Al-Sunbul

“…In an attempt to remedy this problem. this study investigates the appropriate-ness of an alternative functional literacy model that would complement the existing religious-alphabetical model. This study is based on the belief that an effective adult education program requires a thorough and systematic planning effort which logically begins with the identification o+ appropriate educational goals. …”
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SISTEM PEMBERKASAN ARSIP AKTIF DI DINAS TENAGA KERJA DAN TRANSMIGRASI DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA by , FITRIANA WIDYATI, , Drs. Burhanudin DR.

“…For example in the field of Transmigration system setup file using geographic systems, problems, classification codes, subject and alphabetically. Essentially each field has a different task with other fields, the system implemented vary according to the issue under its management. …”

Persatuan Seni khat Kebangsaan (PSKK) 1985 - 2009: its contributions and styles to the Contemporary Islamic Art in Malaysia / Sallehuddin Mohamed by Mohamed, Sallehuddin

“…The 'jawi' was derived from Arabic script using the Malay alphabets and pronunciations. The main objectives of PSKK are to preserve the 'jawi* script and to educate the general public the correct method of writing according to the order of the classical Islamic calligraphy. …”
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Learning to write chinese characters among non-native chinese learners / Ting Hie-Ling...[et al.] by Ling, Ting Hie, Chin, Ch’ng Looi, Unin, Norseha

“…Learning to write Chinese characters is often challenging for non-native Chinese learners mainly because the writing system is completely different from the alphabetical system. Traditionally, rote learning is commonly used in the teaching and learning of Chinese characters but it is often considered as laborious. …”
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Specific reading disability (dyslexia): what have we learned in the past four decades? by Vellutino, F, Fletcher, J, Snowling, M, Scanlon, D

“…The evidence suggests that inadequate facility in word identification due, in most cases, to more basic deficits in alphabetic coding is the basic cause of difficulties in learning to read. …”

Eclipse Prediction on the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculating Machine Known as the Antikythera Mechanism by Freeth, T

“…Eclipses are indicated on a four-turn spiral Saros Dial by glyphs, which describe type and time of eclipse and include alphabetical index letters, referring to solar eclipse inscriptions. …”

Görög egyházatyák a Corvinában II by Tóth, P

“…First there is an alphabetical repertory of the manuscripts based on the latest list of the authentical „corvinas” reconstructed by Edit Madas. …”

The role of Chinese vocabulary knowledge in composition writing among upper elementary school students by Liu, Y, Murphy, VA

“…Findings from this study underline the relative importance of productive vocabulary knowledge in form, meaning, and use at different developmental stages and extend writing models to non-alphabetical languages. Pedagogical implications were also drawn from the present study to inform better educational practices on scaffolding beginning writers with specific aspects of vocabulary knowledge.…”

The effects of phonics instruction on L2 phonological decoding and vocabulary learning: an experimental study of Chinese EFL learners by Li, S, Woore, R

“…Phonological decoding – defined here as the ability to convert the written forms of an alphabetic writing system into the phonological forms they represent, using knowledge of the language’s symbol-sound correspondences (SSC) – may play an important role in various aspects of second language (L2) learning, including the crucial task of vocabulary learning. …”