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Maxim De Winter’S Perception Of The Female World In Du Maurier’S Rebecca, Silvishah Miftari Goodspeed
Maxim De Winter’S Perception Of The Female World In Du Maurier’S Rebecca, Silvishah Miftari Goodspeed
UBT International Conference
Rebecca is a novel written by Daphne Du Maurier, in which the main characters are women. This paper focuses on the only male point of view in the novel, Maxim de Winter’s. He was Rebecca’s husband and he is the spouse of the current Mrs. de Winter. He is also Mrs. Danver’s landlord, Beatrice’s brother, and Mrs. Van Hopper’s acquaintance. He is the lynchpin uniting the female characters, whose decisive leadership motivates the novel’s action. In the past, critics have often analyzed the plot’s female points of view, mentioning Mr. de Winter mainly as an opposite entity to these ladies. …
Computers’ Impact On Students’ Writing Skills, Alisa Sadiku, Ardian Krasniqi
Computers’ Impact On Students’ Writing Skills, Alisa Sadiku, Ardian Krasniqi
UBT International Conference
Nowadays, technology has become one of the most dominant factors that assist second language learning and teaching process. Thus, its use has become widely spread in classroom settings as it provides a stimulant, interactive and creative learning environment. Particularly, the expansion of technology has brought significant improvements in students’ writing skills. Hence, the main aim of this paper is to explain computers’ impact on students writing, that is to say, how computers assist students in creating more concise and qualitative texts. In order to prove my hypothesis, an experiment was carried out with two groups of first year students, at …
Evolution Of A Course: Instructional Design Elements And Impacts, Michele Gibney, Anita Mirijamdotter, Mary M. Somerville, Patrik Elm, Krenare Pireva Nuci
Evolution Of A Course: Instructional Design Elements And Impacts, Michele Gibney, Anita Mirijamdotter, Mary M. Somerville, Patrik Elm, Krenare Pireva Nuci
UBT International Conference
During the 2017 spring semester, international educators from the United States and Sweden collaborated on an Information Systems, Analysis, Design and Modeling course at the University of Business and Technology (UBT) in Kosovo for graduate students. In the spring of 2018, the collaboration and course were repeated with both graduate and undergraduate students. In the initial course, student work was focused on the conceptual design of a UBT Knowledge Center through the lenses of soft systems methodology and co- design activities. The Spring 2018 course built upon and expanded this work with additional stakeholder input from a mixed group of …
The Cosmopolitan Echo Of Maya Angelou In Her Novel ``I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings``, Vlera Ejupi, Halil Bashota
The Cosmopolitan Echo Of Maya Angelou In Her Novel ``I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings``, Vlera Ejupi, Halil Bashota
UBT International Conference
A whole portrayal of the most brilliant echoes against the unbearable shown racist feelings on the black population, is without any doubt pretty well present in the American novel `I know why the caged bird sings` by Maya Angelou. The sad echoes of extreme loneliness, the feeling of being under evaluated, of not being even noticed as human beings, are depicted in a marvellous way in this novel. Maya did not have a pleasant childhood at all. She was the sister of Bailey whose parents were divorced. They were sent to St. Louis. From this moment, the very realistic feelings …
Translation Aspects Of Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales And Comparison To Translation Between English And Albanian Version, Redi Papa, Halil Bashota
Translation Aspects Of Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales And Comparison To Translation Between English And Albanian Version, Redi Papa, Halil Bashota
UBT International Conference
The main aim of this paper is to provide an in depth analysis regarding some of the underlying translation aspects of Brother Grimm Fairy Tales. The paper will closely elaborate and make comparison to translation between the English and Albanian version. Due to the fact that translation in itself is a multidisciplinary field of study, its reasonable tackling and profoundly analyzing some of the core stylistic features of this genre as well as carry out an elaboration of lexical components will a special emphasis on synonymy, phraseology and metaphors. Undoubtedly, the paper also incorporates and interweaves methods of translation, aspects …
An Investigation Of The Effect Of Bilingual Education On Language Achievement Of Kosovar Teenagers, Marigona Sefedini
An Investigation Of The Effect Of Bilingual Education On Language Achievement Of Kosovar Teenagers, Marigona Sefedini
UBT International Conference
The present study investigated the effect of bilingual education on language achievement of Kosovar EFL learners. It used bilingual education as an important factor on language achievement, its effect on a third language, and also in the cognitive development. To have a clearer image of the issue, the topic was researched through 40 bilingual learners and 40 monolingual learners. The bilingual learners were chosen according to their background of study. The bilinguals were students who were part of a private secondary school operating a bilingual program, which means every subject of the program was taught in two languages, English and …
Developing English Writing Skills For Students With Specific Learning Difficulties, Alma Lama
Developing English Writing Skills For Students With Specific Learning Difficulties, Alma Lama
UBT International Conference
In a context of learning, writing as a valuable tool, helps students think critically and demonstrate what they know. But, for students with specific learning difficulties, the writing process can bring different challenges as it can be much harder and slower. As a result, they may struggle academically and can fall behind the school work; they can get discouraged and avoid writing assignments. When it comes to developing English writing skills in students with specific learning difficulties, this can double the challenges and can lead students to feeling frustrated about their academic achievements. Also, it can lower students’ self-esteem and …
Examining Student Engagement In The Learning Process, Marigona Sefedini
Examining Student Engagement In The Learning Process, Marigona Sefedini
UBT International Conference
Becoming skilled readers, writers, speakers, listeners, and thinkers requires ample opportunity for practice, authentic reasons for communicating, and effective instructional support (Marzano, 1992). To achieve competence in literacy, students must be motivated to engage with literacy tasks and to improve their proficiency as readers and writers. Instruction and practice then provide the coaching and feedback necessary to gain competence. Increased competence inspires continued motivation to engage (Irvin, 2007). This paper researches three levels on student engagement and how those levels can be enhanced. It first discovers behavioral engagement from students to reveal if behaviors have an influence in the learning …
Organization Of Cognitive Constructionist Memory (Occm) In Using Adverbial Subordinators As Cohesive Devices In Essay Writing In English, Florim Ajdini
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In Psychology, the cognitive approach studies the mental processes of people; the organization of memory is a major area of research within this perspective. There are many theories of organization and memory originated from a study performed by Bousefield (1953). All these claim that organization in categories is the natural way to process information in long term memory involving Cognitive Processes as memory call propellers. Modeled after Bousefield’s study, the aim of this study is to examine the effects of words’ organization on the ability of recalling from memory, when they are stored. It is supposed to give a learning …
Quality As A Subject Of Study In The Field Of Management And Education, Gkarnara Rodoula-Stavroula
Quality As A Subject Of Study In The Field Of Management And Education, Gkarnara Rodoula-Stavroula
UBT International Conference
This article attempts to discuss the term of quality both in Management and Education field in order to present the similarities and the differences of the term. The concept of quality was introduced in the 1950s and 1960s, when the Japanese faced serious problems with the export and sale of their products. Then, many scientists have dealt with this concept, which has begun to grow in the field of Management and Business. The delimitation of quality has proven to be a complex process, which even today is a controversial issue because of the subjective nature that is given to it. …
Creating And Curating New Knowledge: A North American University Case Study, Niraj Chaudhary, Michele Gibney
Creating And Curating New Knowledge: A North American University Case Study, Niraj Chaudhary, Michele Gibney
UBT International Conference
In the Fall of 2017, a cross disciplinary team at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, USA worked together to identify ways of creating new knowledge for an undergraduate engineering course titled Building Information Modeling. The team included faculty from the School of Engineering and Computer Science and technical staff from the Cube, a digital makerspace in the library. Students were tasked to design and model a one-story building to house the University of the Pacific Garden Program on campus. The cross disciplinary team had the students explore an immersive way of seeing the building model by using a …
Civic Education Program Motivates Psycho Pedagogic Interaction, Denis Çelçima, Votim Hanoli
Civic Education Program Motivates Psycho Pedagogic Interaction, Denis Çelçima, Votim Hanoli
UBT International Conference
The proper method of psychological treatment of the problem of academic formation and student citizenship, which may be recommended for all levels of guidance and teaching in our school, orientates the use of three practical tips for an accepted and more mature change. Quick change will take more time to absorb. Big mistakes cannot be repaired easily. In a wider context, many of the various analyzes that have been carried out so far in the state of the education system, we must admit that a delicate and distinctive feature emerges in this delicate and important field of life in the …