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The Importance Of Affective Variables In Private Academic Settings: A Review Of High School Teachers And University Professors’ Approach, Luiza Zeqiri Oct 2022

The Importance Of Affective Variables In Private Academic Settings: A Review Of High School Teachers And University Professors’ Approach, Luiza Zeqiri

UBT International Conference

Understanding students’ feelings in the classroom is a complex phenomenon. There are cases when students come to school or university: sick, feeling sad, afraid, ignored or neglected from their friends or their family members. All these are possible factors which can have an impact on the emotional states of the students in the classroom. As a result, their negative emotions can be a serious threat to their academic achievements. If teachers ignore the influence of affective variables on students’ behaviour, the students are more likely to fail. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how high school teachers and university professors; …


English Is Not Dead! Long Live English: Teaching The Evolution Of English And Inclusive Communication Via Online, Face To Face Or Hybrid Instruction, Teresa Marie Kelly, Stephanie Thompson, Sheryl Bone Apr 2022

English Is Not Dead! Long Live English: Teaching The Evolution Of English And Inclusive Communication Via Online, Face To Face Or Hybrid Instruction, Teresa Marie Kelly, Stephanie Thompson, Sheryl Bone

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

When popular media and many individuals discuss changes in English, some erroneously contend that the language has always been the same and changes amount to little more than “politically correct woke liberalism” desired by only certain people. The English language continually evolves as a natural process that nothing can force nor prevent. Field-specific language also changes with increased understanding and knowledge. The variety of English taught to most students also shifts as Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)/Writing Across Disciplines (WAD) initiatives increasingly focus on Global English rather than the standard of any one country or group. Even informal interactions with …