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The few studies on Family Language Policy in Singapore (FLP) have generally focused on FLP in local and immigrant Chinese families. This article explores language policies that seem to undergird Singaporean-Japanese families' language practices. In-depth interviews and observations with five such families showed that Japanese only functions as the language of communication between the Japanese parents and their children if parents have invoked particular language policies to support its transmission and use at home. For most families, English was the main medium of communication among family members. Language policies and practices in these families were heavily influenced by the value emplaced on each language within the parents' linguistic repertoire and their beliefs regarding language learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, CoFe2 O4/biomass carbon composts were prepared by one-pot hydrothermal and high- temperature calcination methods. The microscopic morphology, crystal structure and electromagnetic parame¬ters of the material indicate that CoF2 O4can be uniformly dispersed in the carbon base, and the presence of CoFe2 O4 is conducive to the defective polarization of the biomass during the carbonization process, which is ben racial to the enhancement of the wave absorption properties of the material. Effective regulation of the electro¬magnetic parameters of the composite material by adjusting the content of CoFe2 O4 to optimize tots impedance match mg performance. Experimental results show that the minimum reflection loss (reflection loss, RL) value of-48.0 dB and effective absorption bandwidth (effective absorption bandwidth, EAB) of 5.5 GHz were ob. turned at 2.0 mm thickness of Co2 O4O4/C-3.0 composite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates how bicultural switching could influence cognitive performance on Executive Functions tasks among bicultural-bilinguals.Study 1 (n = 233) integrates self-report questionnaire data on cultural and language behaviour with a priming experiment, providing empirical evidence of young adult bilinguals’ ability to shift between multiple cultures.Study 2 (n = 48) explores the effect of cultural switching frequency on young adult bicultural bilinguals’ performance on tests for interference and inhibition control, set-shifting ability, and attention.Study 1: A repeated measures ANOVA was conducted to determine the effect of different primes on participant’s ratings. We ran a two-way mixed ANOVA to ascertain the effect of interlocutors (Grandparents/relatives, Parents, Siblings, Peers/co-workers, Social media) on behaviour (Cultural, Language). Study 2: A one-way ANOVA was conducted on Simon, Flanker, and Wisconsin Card Sort tasks (WCST). Each of the three attention network components was analysed using a 2 (trial-type, within-subjects) × 2 (Switching Group, between-groups) mixed-ANOVA for the Attention Network task.Study 1: Participants who alternate frequently between cultural frames made a clearer distinction between Western primes than those who switched between cultural frames less, suggesting that the frequency of cultural switching could impact cognition. Study 2: Bicultural bilinguals who switched between cultural frames frequently resolved stimulus-response conflict significantly faster in the Flanker task, made fewer mistakes within each sorting block in the WCST, and had a smaller conflict effect compared to infrequent switchers in the Attention Network Task.This study examines the effects of bicultural switching on Executive Functions of highly proficient bicultural bilinguals, highlighting it as a potential confound in bilingual research. Bicultural switching effects on interference and inhibition-control persist even in participants at the developmental peak of their cognitive processing capabilities after controlling for a plethora of socio-linguistic variables. Our research highlights how this understudied aspect of multiculturalism may have broad implications for bilingual research in Executive Functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]