Motivation of UK school pupils towards foreign languages: a large-scale survey at Key Stage 3

Motivation is one of the most significant predictors of success in foreign language learning. While individual and governmental commitment to the learning of foreign languages is growing throughout most of Europe and across the globe, it is stuttering in the United Kingdom. An entitlement to language learning in primary school is not yet fully in place, whilst the removal of language from the core curriculum at Key Stage 4 (ages 14 to 16) has led to a dramatic fall in numbers of language learners. Among national initiatives seeking to enhance learners’ interest in languages among school pupils are Specialist Language Colleges and the Languages Ladder. The latter, by certifying achievement through its associated accreditation scheme Asset Languages, seeks to engender a sense of success and motivate continuation of language study. This article reports on a study conducted in 2005-06 of the language learning motivation of over ten thousand school pupils at Key Stage 3 – the only group currently obliged to study a foreign language. The study analyses the nature of learner motivation and its relationship with gender, level of study (Years 7, 8 and 9) and type of school, and thus provides evidence for possible measures to increase numbers of teenagers studying a foreign language, and a baseline against which the success of policy initiatives can be measured in the future

Systématique moléculaire de la sous-tribu des Angraecinae (Vandeae, Orchidaceae) (perspectives taxonomiques et implications de la relation plante-pollinisateur dans l'évolution des formes florales réunionnaises)

La reconstruction phylogénétique des orchidées de la sous-tribu des Angraecinae a été réalisée à partir de séquences d'ADN chloroplastique. Nos résultats indiquent clairement l'inclusion de la sous-tribu des Aerangidinae au sein de celle des Angraecinae et la polyphylie du genre Angraecum. L'étude de la biologie reproductive a montré que la majorité des espèces réunionnaises illustre parfaitement le syndrome de pollinisation lépidoptèrophile. Toutefois, deux cas semblent spécifiques de la Réunion : (1) l'autofertilité des espèces à long éperon (> 8 cm) et (2) l'ornithophilie des espèces de la section Hadrangis, dont l'interaction avec les oiseaux passériformes de la famille des Zosteropidés est tout à fait nouvelle pour la famille des Orchidaceae, chez laquelle la pollinisation par les oiseaux reste rarePhylogenetic investigation of subtribe Angraecinae from plastid DNA sequences was used for inferring both taxonomic implications and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions. Angraecinae and the large genus Angraecum as currently circumscribed do not form clades. While most of species are expected to be pollinated by small moth, pollination biology studies conducted on endemic species from Reunion highlighted two original cases: (1) the autonomous self-pollination of long-spurred species and (2) bird pollination (Zosterops borbonicus, Zosteropidae) of species belonging to the genus Angraecum sect. Hadrangis. For the first time, a bird species from a family that is not adapted for nectar collection is reported as an orchid pollinatorSAINT DENIS/REUNION-Droit Lettre (974112101) / SudocSudocFranceReunionFRR

Traitement par interféron alpha de sarcomes alvéolaires des tissus mous métastatiques à propos de deux cas

LILLE2-BU Santé-Recherche (593502101) / SudocPARIS-BIUM (751062103) / SudocSudocFranceF

Iconographies de saints mosans 19. Trésor de la Cathédrale de Liège Statue de saint Lambert, chêne polychromé XVIIe siècle

Suite de la publication sur l'iconographie de saint Lambert de Lièg