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L'estudi analitza l'impacte de les actituds lingüístiques en l'escriptura en una tercera llengua (anglès). Un total de 40 participants (20 del nivell B2 i altres 20 del nivell C2) d'una Escola Oficial d'Idiomes de la Comunitat Valenciana van participar en l'estudi. Les dades es van recollir mitjançant entrevistes semiestructuradas i un qüestionari adaptat de Lasagabaster i Huguet (2007), juntament amb una composició escrita avaluada mitjançant la taxonomia de Jacobs et al. (1981). Els resultats de l'estudi mostren que les actituds dels estudiants cap a les llengües estan d'acord amb l'estatus sociolingüístic de cada llengua a la Comunitat Valenciana. A més, el present estudio mostra que aquells alumnes que utilitzen totes dues llengües oficials (castellà i català) a casa obtenen millors resultats en l'avaluació dels seus escrits en anglès. Els nostres resultats indiquen l'impacte del multilingüisme en l'escriptura dels estudiants de L3 i suggereixen els avantatges del multilingüisme en l'aprenentatge de llengües

A qualitative multiple case study was conducted to understand how Vietnamese high school students (n=6) experienced grammar learning by exploring their views on the role of grammar and their use of grammar learning strategies. Semi-structured individual interviews are the main instrument for data collection in this study. Using inductive content analysis, we found that all participant students acknowledged the essential role of grammar in learning English, and most of them still learned English grammar through the traditional approach. Despite the difference in the teaching approach students were exposed to, all students demonstrated a strategic approach to grammar learning, with environmental and behavioral management and cognitive strategies being the most popular strategies. The findings can help English teachers adjust their teaching approach and techniques to maximize students' grammar achievement and enhance their effective grammar learning strategies for long-term benefits. The study contributes to research on Asian EFL/ESL students' attitudes towards grammar learning and their use of grammar learning strategies.

A new species of Lepanthes from the department of Antioquia apparently restricted to the north-central Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to L. alcicornis; however, it can be easily distinguished by the transversally lobulate petals that resemble the ears of a rabbit, the reniform lip with sub-oblong basal lobes surrounding the column, and the absence of an appendix on the lip.

A new species of Pleurothallis that belongs to the Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae from the Colombian Andes region is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similarto Pleurothallis callosa from which it can be differentiated by having its dorsal sepal and synsepal ovate-elliptic; petals falcate-lanceolate, acuminate, and the lip quadrangular-ovate with 2 basal calli that extend up to a third the length of the lip (vs. dorsal sepal elliptic and synsepal widely ovate and unguiculate lip with two basal calli that extend up to half the length of the lip in P. callosa). Geographic information, ecological characteristics, and conservation status of the new species are provided.

Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides Rolfe is a species native to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. It was recently collected in Mt. Timolan Protected Landscape of Zamboanga del Sur, confirming its occurrence in the Philippine archipelago. Here, we provide species descriptions based on our collected material and photographs to aid identification, geographical distribution information, habitat, phenology, and an IUCN conservation assessment.

A new species of Acianthera from the relict cloud forests of Valle del Cauca, Colombia is described and illustrated. This new species, Acianthera hagsateri, morphologically resembles A. geminicaulina, A. decurrens, and A. erythrogramma, but differs from them by its shorter plants and stems, the elliptic and obtuse smaller leaves, the racemose, 1–3 flowered raceme, and the obovate, entire lip, with a pair of smooth calli reaching the apical half. Illustration, distribution map, eponymy, notes on ecology, pictures for this new species are included, and a comparison table with morphologically similar species.

A new species of Platystele from northwestern Ecuador is described and illustrated. The new species, Platystele finleyae, belongs to the “pubescens” morphological informal group of species, and it is similar to P. ximenae in the broad flowers with pubescent sepals and petals but is easy distinguished by the vermilion to vinaceous flowers (vs. yellow, suffused with purple at the basal middle) and long ciliate petals (vs. shortly pubescent in P. ximenae). Platystele finleyae was found near Dracula Reserve, and it is named in honor of Elizabeth Finley Broaddus, who inspires many people, especially the youth, in environmental conservation. In addition, information is provided on its distribution, habitat, and conservation status.

Four new species of Lepanthes from the southwestern Andes of Colombia are described, illustrated and compared with morphologically similar species. The new species were found in San José del Salado, the Municipality of Dagua, Department of Valle del Cauca where several new species have been found and described in the past years.

We describe and illustrate a new species and a new record of Malaxis from the lower montane and montane forests of Costa Rica. Taxonomic descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and conservation assessments are provided for each species. Malaxis excentrica sp. nov. is morphologically similar to Malaxis simillima, from which it can be distinguished by having a single leaf per sympodial unit, shorter, obovate, erect petals parallel to the column, the lip with triquetrous, acute, convex apical margin and the disc cavity divided by a costa. Malaxis pittieri is formally recorded for the flora of Costa Rica; Costa Rican specimens of this species were previously confused with Malaxis majanthemifolia. A lectotype for Microstylis pittieri is formally designated.