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A Multiple Aspects Quantitative Indicator for Ability of English Vocabulary: Vocabulary Quotient
tudents of EFL have a common problem with insufficient vocabulary. Some studies argue that English vocabulary is one of the most difficult parts. This paper applied the idea of KPI (Key Performance Indicator) from management science to EFL vocabulary learning and teaching. A vocabulary quotient (VQ in short) with four test models, including a listening comprehension test, was proposed as KPIs. Based on VQ, VQ testing software was developed. To test the validity and reliability of the assessment tool based on VQ, assessments with 54 junior high students (n=54) was conducted. The findings of this study were generalized as the following: (1) the relationships between the score of general English proficiency test and scores of VQ tests were significant positive correlations respectively and (2) the relationships among scores of VQ tests were significant positive correlations. Results of this study suggest that VQ could be considered to be a KPI of EFL vocabulary teaching and learning. The proposed method is suggested to estimate one’s vocabulary sizes
Similarity solutions of Fokker-Planck equation with time-dependent coefficients
In this work, we consider the solvability of the Fokker-Planck equation with
both time-dependent drift and diffusion coefficients by means of the similarity
method. By the introduction of the similarity variable, the Fokker-Planck
equation is reduced to an ordinary differential equation. Adopting the natural
requirement that the probability current density vanishes at the boundary, the
resulted ordinary differential equation turns out to be integrable, and the
probability density function can be given in closed form. New examples of
exactly solvable Fokker-Planck equations are presented, and their properties
analyzed.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures. Version to appear in Ann. Phys. Presentation
improved. Discussions and figures of easy examples remove
Optical transitions between Landau levels: AA-stacked bilayer graphene
The low-frequency optical excitations of AA-stacked bilayer graphene are
investigated by the tight-binding model. Two groups of asymmetric LLs lead to
two kinds of absorption peaks resulting from only intragroup excitations. Each
absorption peak obeys a single selection rule similar to that of monolayer
graphene. The excitation channel of each peak is changed as the field strength
approaches a critical strength. This alteration of the excitation channel is
strongly related to the setting of the Fermi level. The peculiar optical
properties can be attributed to the characteristics of the LL wave functions of
the two LL groups. A detailed comparison of optical properties between
AA-stacked and AB-stacked bilayer graphenes is also offered. The compared
results demonstrate that the optical properties are strongly dominated by the
stacking symmetry. Furthermore, the presented results may be used to
discriminate AABG from MG, which can be hardly done by STM
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