Situated Immersive Gaming Environments For Irish Language Learning,
2021
Technological University Dublin
Situated Immersive Gaming Environments For Irish Language Learning, Naoise Collins
Doctoral
In this thesis, three cycles of design based research are outlined, implementing a situated immersive virtual reality game for Irish language learning. It was undertaken in order to investigate a potential technological solution to improve the limited number of daily Irish adult speakers in Ireland, 3%. It examines the intersection between game based learning, Irish language learning and virtual reality technology and the methodological approach undertaken follows a design based research paradigm. The research focus is on motivation and anxiety through interaction with a virtual reality game. It offers several contributions to current literature including: The utilisation of the Second …
Read My Hands: Evaluating The Deaf Community's Perception Of Survivor Access To Mental Health Services,
2021
Western Kentucky University
Read My Hands: Evaluating The Deaf Community's Perception Of Survivor Access To Mental Health Services, Liz Sandlin
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The limited research done on the Deaf community depicts inflated rates of mental illness and trauma compared to the general population. However, overall, members of the Deaf community are less likely to seek help due to perceived barriers in obtaining adequate mental healthcare. This study aimed to investigate the modern-day American Deaf community’s rates of mental illness and traumatic events and experiences with behavioral and mental healthcare systems. Barriers related to seeking treatment as well as receiving adequate care are explored as well. It was hypothesized that the Deaf community still faces an increased likelihood of trauma and mental illness …
Theories On The Pedagogy Of Asla (Accelerated Second Language Acquisition): A Piikuni Student Approach,
2021
University of Montana
Theories On The Pedagogy Of Asla (Accelerated Second Language Acquisition): A Piikuni Student Approach, Robert Patrick Hall
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
This thesis is an exploration in the pedagogy of ASLA to understand how and why it is successful at being a methodology that enables an instructor to teach endangered languages effectively. The paper explores the current deficits within language revitalization programs and argues that ASLA can improve endangered language programs
Secondary Language Teachers’ Perspectives On Formative Writing Assessments,
2021
Walden University
Secondary Language Teachers’ Perspectives On Formative Writing Assessments, Fang Xie
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
An international school in a Middle Eastern country provides five language options to students in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) program in preparation for the international baccalaureate program. However, despite the use of formative assessments by language teachers, students’ scores on the IGCSE written language exams have not improved over 3 years. Therefore, the problem investigated in this study was that secondary language teachers are challenged to promote writing achievement for students at the study site. The purpose of this basic qualitative study, guided by Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory in second language learning, was to investigate secondary language …
Myth Busting: Low-Income Latinx Immigrant Parental Involvement,
2021
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Myth Busting: Low-Income Latinx Immigrant Parental Involvement, Kathy Bussert-Webb, María E. Díaz
Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications
This longitudinal qualitative study, involving low-income parents and children, tutorial-agency staff, and one college student (all Latinx), took place in a city along the U.S./Mexico border. Data sources included field notes through participant observation, questionnaires, and interviews. The authors asked, “How are parents involved in their children's education? What limitations or barriers do they express?” Using a social justice framework and grounded-theory data analysis, these types of parental involvement emerged: academic, social skills, school volunteerism, extracurricular activities, community, and college enrollment. Conversely, parents expressed involvement obstacles. Implications relate to changing the deficit discourse regarding low-income, immigrant parents' involvement. Collaborating with …
Flipping A Virtual Efl Public Speaking Class Integrated With Moocs During The Covid-19 Pandemic,
2021
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Flipping A Virtual Efl Public Speaking Class Integrated With Moocs During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Zhuo Li, Xiaodi Zhou
Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications
This case study explored Chinese undergraduate EFL students’ attitudes to and perceptions of an online English public speaking course, which employs a virtual flipped classroom model and MOOCs during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Since all classes were moved online, a previously flipped public speaking course integrated with MOOCs was converted into a virtual flipped classroom. All 25 participants of the study were undergraduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field. Zoom, Blackboard, and QQ instant messenger were platforms utilized in instruction. There were weekly two-hour Zoom meetings with learning activities using MOOCs on Blackboard. The study collected …
Eda Kriseová And Her Prophecy Of The Velvet Revolution:
“The Gates Opened” (1984),
2021
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Eda Kriseová And Her Prophecy Of The Velvet Revolution: “The Gates Opened” (1984), Hana Waisserova, Eda Kriseová
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures: Faculty Publications
This is an introduction to a story, “The Gates Opened,” which serves as a memento of a restrictive regime that banned freedom. It also shares a hope and vision that the gates would open someday—and all would be liberated (despite the chaos and lack of natural order). The story was written in 1984 (sharing a strong symbolic value with George Orwell’s masterpiece). Eda Kriseová shares this anecdote: Around 1984, she wanted to stop writing about the mental institution where she was working, while regularly providing a story to the underground monthly Obsah, and many of her stories were set in …
[K], [G] And [ʔ] In Amman: Social Associations And Identity Perception In Young Rural [Fallahin] Palestinian Speech,
2021
West Virginia University
[K], [G] And [ʔ] In Amman: Social Associations And Identity Perception In Young Rural [Fallahin] Palestinian Speech, Shahd Abu Nahel
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Built after several immigration waves, Amman developed its own dialect. Previous studies investigated the stylistic and social reallocation process (Britain & Trudgill, 2005) that happened to some major phonemes. The three phonemes [k], [ʔ] and [g] are dialectal reflexes of the Arabic modern standard uvular phoneme [q], and they correlate with social aspects like gender, identity and social class. This study has two parts the first investigates the distribution of the phonemes of the first generation of rural Palestinians hypothesizing that they will follow the generalizations found in Al-Wer (2011). The second part is a large-scale questionnaire targeting the social …
L’Image D’Amir Timour Dans La Dramaturgie De L’Europe Occidentale,
2020
Université des langues du monde dela République d'Ouzbékistan, Tachkent, Ouzbékistan
L’Image D’Amir Timour Dans La Dramaturgie De L’Europe Occidentale, Bahodir Ermatov Professeur
Philology Matters
Le but de recherches consiste en étude des particularités de tragédies sur Amir Timour crées et mises en scène en Europe occidentale aux XVIXX siècles, de leur sources, la vérité historique et la fiction artistique. Ce sont "Tamburlaine the Great" de Christopher Marlowe, "Tamerlan ou la Mort de Bajazet" de Jacques Pradon, "Tamerlan, a Tragedy" de Nicolas Rowe, "Tamerlan" de Lucien Kehren et autres. La nouvauté scientifique de recherche est en fait que les originaux des différentes tragédies sur Tamerlan créees dans les littératures de l’Europe de l’Ouest durant les XVI-XX siècles, sont analysés du point de vue philologique, leur …
Modern Tendencies In Press Language: Standardization And Expression,
2020
Uzbekistan State World Languages University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Modern Tendencies In Press Language: Standardization And Expression, Dilfuza Teshabaeva Doctor Of Philology, Professor, Shahodat Usmonova Teacher
Philology Matters
This article focuses on the linguistic features of media text. The transformation of the media space, which is currently taking place as a result of the rapid development of communication technologies, promotes the appeal of scientists and researchers to study the media and mass communications, the information space in the context of modern culture. New approaches to the language of the media are not only related to the general tendencies in the development of world linguistics. The changing tasks of the media, the processes of transition taking place in society also have a direct impact on this. This makes it …
Revelation Of Cognitive Context In Pre-Interpretation Analysis Of A Literary Text,
2020
National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Revelation Of Cognitive Context In Pre-Interpretation Analysis Of A Literary Text, Yana Arustamyan Candidate Of Philological Sciences
Philology Matters
The present research discusses the significance of the cognitive interpretation of conceptual information in belles-lettres as a key element in the process of revelation of implicit information veiled by the author. The adequate interpretation of cognitive context affects deeper understanding of the author’s intention and explicates the general idea of a literary text. Moreover, it may help to reveal some characteristic features of the personages or author’s modality related to the described events. Several approaches, which emphasize the correlation between research methods of cognitive linguistics, literary studies, and interpretation of a literary text were observed in the article. The analysis …
Lexicographic Interpretation Of The Tourism Terms In The English And Uzbek Languages,
2020
Bukhara State University, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Lexicographic Interpretation Of The Tourism Terms In The English And Uzbek Languages, Zarnigor Sobirova Intern-Researcher
Philology Matters
Theoretical lexicography studies the history of lexicography, types of dictionaries, requirements for dictionaries, critical analysis of existing dictionaries, practical lexicography deals with the study, compilation, improvement and consumption of a certain type of vocabulary. Practical lexicography involves the application of general theoretical principles and rules of lexicography in the process of creating a dictionary.
The ambiguity of terms, the meaning of terms, the essence of the concept, the excessive length, complex phrases are inconvenient, with an excessive number of foreign terms. The creation of a glossary of terminology in various fields in response to the above problems is an urgent …
Сonnotative Meanings With The Omission Of Speech Sounds In The Pronunciation Of Words,
2020
Bukhara State University, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Сonnotative Meanings With The Omission Of Speech Sounds In The Pronunciation Of Words, Mavluda Norova Independent Researcher
Philology Matters
Among the language units there are also words that have undergone phonetic changes in pronunciation. From a phonostylistic point of view, the pronunciation of such words have additional, i.e. connotative meanings. Phonetically modified words are divided into two, that is, the increase and decrease of speech sound in the pronunciation of words. The phenomenon of so-called sound acquisition includes the phenomena of prosthesis, epenthesis, epithesis. The so-called sound omission includes aphaeresis, syncope, apocope, elision.
The article reveals the phonostylistic meanings associated with the omission of speech sounds in pronunciation of words in the comparison of the English and Uzbek languages. …
Linguistic Essence Of Computer And Internet Jargons,
2020
Uzbekistan State World Languages University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Linguistic Essence Of Computer And Internet Jargons, Nasiba Nasrullaeva Researcher
Philology Matters
This article reflects the experience of a comprehensive systematic and phenomenological study of computer and the Internet jargon, which is now widely recognized as an important tool and subject. One of the unique features of computer and the Internet terminology is the emergence of computer jargon specific to their users. After all, special vocabulary is only used in industry and is self-explanatory. This research is devoted to the study of the sources of computer and the Internet jargon in Uzbek and English.
In fact, the language of science and technology emerges and develops on the basis of the general literary …
The Topic Of Migration And Approach To It In The Online Publications Of Uzbekistan,
2020
National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Topic Of Migration And Approach To It In The Online Publications Of Uzbekistan, Nodira Zokhitova Phd Researcher
Philology Matters
Uzbekistan is one of the most active countries in the migration process. In this process, she participates as a donor country. The problem of migrants is directly related to economic and political factors. However, the media, especially online publications, play a special role in shaping attitudes towards him. Analytical articles of Uzbek researchers and foreign publications on this topic were chosen as a theoretical basis for the work. The article discusses topical articles of leading online publications such as Kun.uz, Daryo.uz, Qalampir.uz Analysis and synthesis of the general research methodology were used as methodological tools. The article examines the attitude …
Linguistic And Cultural Problems Of Translation Of The Socio-Political Vocabulary,
2020
Uzbekistan State World Languages University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Linguistic And Cultural Problems Of Translation Of The Socio-Political Vocabulary, Gulnoza Amonova Independent Researcher
Philology Matters
Socio-political discourse is a text that describes socio-political events and includes extralinguistic, pragmatic, socio-cultural and other factors. The informative, influencing and manipulative functions of this discourse are implemented through variety of language tools that are fixed in the language and that are created by subjects to describe each specific situation.
Several problems, such as linguistic, textual, extralinguistic issues, problems related to the ethical, political and cultural components of the original text and translation, the expression of the author's intention, and many other problems may arise in the process of socio-political translation . Some of them can appear because of underestimating …
Learning And Speaking The Uzbek Language As A Foreign Learning For Speech Activity Preparation,
2020
Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow,
Learning And Speaking The Uzbek Language As A Foreign Learning For Speech Activity Preparation, Begam Кaraeva Candidate Of Pedagogical Sciences
Philology Matters
The purpose of the article is to study the issues of teaching foreign students to read and speak in Uzbek using the types of speech activities in teaching Uzbek as a second foreign language. The content, forms, means of teaching the types of speech activities in the educational process consists of research, generalization and systematization. The object of the article is the current state of the study of speech activities, its essence, the content of the educational process, the comparative status of traditional methods and new approaches to the study of the subject, their application in practice, new modern technologies …
Views Of Eastern Thinkers On Education,
2020
Bukhara State University, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Views Of Eastern Thinkers On Education, Dildora Kahharova Phd, Associate Рrofessor
Philology Matters
The use of the legacy of Eastern scholars and thinkers in the upbringing of young people as modern intellectuals is one of the urgent problems. The hadiths collected by Imam al-Bukhari, the teachings of Naqshbandi, the teachings of Tirmidhi, the wisdom of Yassavi, the works of Ibn Sina, Farobi, Beruni, Mirzo Ulugbek, Yusuf Khas Hajib and others provide views on the education of youth, the use of their sources in the educational process important. The views of Eastern scholars and thinkers on child education can also be used to improve inclusive education. In an inclusive learning environment, classes are conducted …
Mirzo Bedil's Works And Jadid Literature,
2020
Tashkent Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Mirzo Bedil's Works And Jadid Literature, Burkhon Abdulkhayrov Associate Professor, Candidate Of Philological Sciences
Philology Matters
Mirzo Abdulkadir Bedil is a poet who had a strong influence on the Uzbek literary environment of the XIX-XX centuries. His works have been diligently read by Uzbek enlighteners, especially Uzbek Jadid intellectuals. Those who could read Bedil's works well and make comment on their content were given a "bedilkhan" name. It is also known that Bedil's works were skillfully copied by calligraphers who lived in the territory of modern Uzbekistan, and these calligraphers were given the status of "bedilnavis". These facts justify the fact that Bedil's work was extremely popular among the Uzbek people.
In addition, Bedil's work had …
コロナ禍での日本語教育 ―ウズベキスタン国立世界言語大学 の 事例から考える―,
2020
筑波大学, 日本
コロナ禍での日本語教育 ―ウズベキスタン国立世界言語大学 の 事例から考える―, 小野 正樹 教授, ムノジャット ウマロヴァ 研究員, ナルギザ ハミドヴァ 教師
Philology Matters
本稿の目的は、新型コロナウイル ス前後のウズベキスタン国立世界言 語大学における日本語教育の現状を 概観することである。本稿の調査 は、ウズベキスタン国立世界言語大 学がウズベキスタンの大学を代表し て参加している、2020年度日本学術 振興会(JSPS)研究拠点形成事業（B. アジア・アフリカ学術基盤形成型） 「社会的要請に対応可能な日本語 教師養成の拠点形成」のプロジェク トの一部として実施された、2020年 11月14日に行われたキックオフシン ポジウムでの発表を記録としてまと めたものである。まず簡単な大学紹 介、次にコロナまでの日本語学科や 日本語教師の共同での取り組みについて述べた後、コロナ後におけるパ ンデミックの日本語教育への影響や それによる課題、日本語教師の課題 解決への挑戦を紹介する。また、日 本語教師や学生に対して行われた「 リモート教育に対する意見」に関す るアンケートの結果も本稿に反映さ れている。
