This report is the result of a study done at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. It is part of a bachelor thesis of the Forest- and Nature Management – Tropical Forestry Program at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. This study is the first in a series …

This module for Involving Anthropology presents an account of one of the plenary debates held at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) World Congress held at Manchester University, 5-10 August 2013. The module begins with a brief introduction to provide the context …

Electromagnetic Articulography (EMA) is a technology created over two decades ago. EMA enables to acquire spatiotemporal data from sensors placed on the tongue in order to obtain information about the positioning of the tongue, its shape and dynamics during vocalizations of various sounds of human speech. …

Met betrekking tot dat moment dat ik niet de waarheid sprak (hoewel ik het kon.) Het werk van beeldend kunstenaar en PhDArts onderzoeker Eleni Kamma bestaat uit twee delen: een portretserie die bekentenissen van onoprechtheid toont en onderzoeksmateriaal waarbij ze parrèsia of het vrijmoedig spreken …

The Dutch overestimate their English speaking skills. Their pronunciation is not always convincing and certain pronunciation mistakes are easily recognised as being typical for Dutch speakers of English. Although intelligibility cannot exist without adequate pronunciation, teaching English pronunciation …

Guest speaker for the European Innovation summit 2014: Energy Transition - The Young People’s Revolution.During the K4I lunch debate Hanze UAS PhD level researchers of different nationalities will present their ideas about their EU in 2050 in terms of intrinsic qualities. They will discuss how the EU …

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Safety and compassion in health and social care.Keynote speaker at Cohehre congress Groningen, 2014-03-11.

HaloSoundCast is een nieuw bedrijf. Het bedrijf is opgericht naar aanleiding van de mogelijkheden die gecreëerd worden door de verschuiving van fysieke winkels naar online. Door middel van een directionele speaker wil HaloSoundCast de beleving, service en informatievoorziening op een fysieke locatie …

The importance of a near-native accent. This talk will discuss whether or not it is important for EFL-teachers to try and achieve a near-native generally accepted accent for their students. The focus will be on the credibility of non-native speakers of English while speaking English in a globalising …