Rhetoric, Citizenship, And Cultural Literacy,
2013
Ghent University
Rhetoric, Citizenship, And Cultural Literacy, Kris Rutten, Ronald Soetaert
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
In their article "Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Cultural Literacy" Kris Rutten and Ronald Soetaert start from concerns in contemporary educational debates about a growing lack of civic literacy. These complaints are raised both in the public sphere, in institutions of pedagogy, and in scholarship about the form, content, and function of civic literacy and civic education. Although there is an ongoing debate about the alleged decrease of political interest and the current state of civic literacy, it is clear that civic education has become an important focus of different governmental initiatives. Rutten and Soetaert aim to move away from a straightforward …
Integrating Social Media In Education,
2013
Ghent University
Integrating Social Media In Education, Hadewijch Vanwynsberghe, Pieter Verdegem
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
In their article "Integrating Social Media in Education" Hadewijch Vanwynsberghe and Pieter Verdegem propose a framework in order to integrate social media literacy in an educational setting. In today's networked society students are new media users and hence the relevance in curricula to include social media literacy. Vanwynsberghe and Verdegem propose a multidimensional conceptual framework of social media literacy that includes the practical, cognitive, and affective competencies needed to deal with information of social media, to communicate with others through social media, to create content on social media, and to handle the consequences related to these three activities. On the …
Practical And Theoretical Implications Of Digitizing The Middle Ages,
2013
University of Trento
Practical And Theoretical Implications Of Digitizing The Middle Ages, Roberta Capelli
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
In her article "Practical and Theoretical Implications of Digitalizing the Middle Ages" Roberta Capelli discusses scholarship about and the teaching of medieval culture in digital humanities. While every medieval manuscript is an individual entity, displaying a series of unique and unrepeatable material, structural and aesthetic characteristics, digital devices are able to generate only two-dimensional photographic reproductions. However, the digital medium brings about some major improvements in the study — and teaching — of medieval manuscripts because the hypertextual nature of its applications allows us to analyse simultaneously synchronic and the diachronic dynamics. From a theoretical point of view, the difference …
Foreword,
2013
Western Michigan University
Foreword, David Kutzko, Molly Lynde-Recchia
Transference
Thoughts on the inaugural volume by editors-in-chief David Kutzko and Molly Lynde-Recchia.
Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013,
2013
Western Michigan University
Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013
Transference
Transference is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dedicated to the celebration of poetry in translation, the journal publishes translations from Arabic, Chinese, French and Old French, German, Classical Greek and Latin, Japanese, and Russian into English verse. Transference contains translations as well as commentaries on the art and process of translating.
To The Jew First: A Socio-Historical And Biblical-Theological Analysis Of The Pauline Teaching Of `Election' In Light Of Second Temple Jewish Patterns Of Thought,
2013
Liberty University
To The Jew First: A Socio-Historical And Biblical-Theological Analysis Of The Pauline Teaching Of `Election' In Light Of Second Temple Jewish Patterns Of Thought, Anthony Thornhill
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Paul's "doctrine" of election has remained a controversial and enigmatic topic for centuries. Few studies, however, have approached Paul's doctrine through the context of Second Temple Judaism. This study examines Paul's view of election through the lens of Second Temple Jewish texts written prior to 70 CE. In doing so, it is argued that the best framework through which to view Paul's discussion of election is through a primarily corporate model of election. While such a model is rooted in Judaism, Paul departs from his Jewish contemporaries in arguing that the locus of election is in God's Messiah, Jesus.
Content Video In A Low-Stakes Listening Test: Efl Learners' Perceptions Of The Video Input And Strategy Use,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
Content Video In A Low-Stakes Listening Test: Efl Learners' Perceptions Of The Video Input And Strategy Use, Sukanya Tanewong
PASAA
This article reports the findings of an investigation into the perceptions of EFL learners regarding video input used in a listening test and the strategies they employed during the comprehension process. Content videos composed of TV commercial messages (TVCMs) and public service announcements (PSAs) were used as the listening texts and question preview, along with repeated input, were embedded in the test design. Forty-three EFL learners took the test and expressed their opinions about it via questionnaire. Twenty students were then purposively selected for retrospective interviews. Their perceptions of the video input and their strategy use while comprehending the video …
Review Of Janine Barchas, Matters Of Fact In Jane Austen: History, Location, And Celebrity,
2013
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Review Of Janine Barchas, Matters Of Fact In Jane Austen: History, Location, And Celebrity, Laura White
Department of English: Faculty Publications
Janine Barchas’s thought-provoking study of Austen’s naming practices unearths a wealth of historical antecedents for Austen’s characters and posits an Austen whose gamesmanship with the names of persons and places rivals the knowingness and playfulness of James Joyce. In earlier decades, such a highly ambitious and wide-reaching work could not have been accomplished except through protracted antiquarian research. Web scholarship, however, has made it possible for Barchas to uncover in a relatively short time a remarkable array of the many interconnected historical figures bearing such names as Wentworth, Darcy, Vernon, Ferrars, Allen, and Dashwood whose heroic exploits, political machinations, tragic …
A Special Talk With Professor Richard Donato The University Of Pittsburgh,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
A Special Talk With Professor Richard Donato The University Of Pittsburgh, Pramarn Subphadoongchone
PASAA
In this issue, we are privileged to have an interview with Professor Richard Donato, Chairperson of the Department of Instruction and Learning in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Donato's research interest lies in the areas of second and foreign language acquisition, early language learning, classroom discourse analysis, and sociocultural theory. He has worked internationally on language education issues, and his work has appeared in a broad range of prestigious journals. With his wealth of publication and editorial experience, he has graciously shared with us invaluable practical tips and considerations in writing for scholarly publication in …
English In Southeast Asia: Features, Policy And Language In Use,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
English In Southeast Asia: Features, Policy And Language In Use, Srowcha Dumrongthaveesak
PASAA
Low, E. L., & Azirah. H. (Eds.). (2012). English in Southeast Asia: Features, policy and language in use. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
An Analysis Of English Language Learning Needs And Problems Of Underprivileged Children In A Slum Area In Bangkok Metropolis,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
An Analysis Of English Language Learning Needs And Problems Of Underprivileged Children In A Slum Area In Bangkok Metropolis, Chanisara Tangkijmongkol, Punchalee Wasanasomsithi
PASAA
For underprivileged children living in a slum area, education is one of the primary tools contributing to a better life when they grow up. The present study aimed at investigating the needs and problems in English language learning of disadvantaged children in the Klong Toey slum, the largest slum in the Bangkok Metropolis. Data were collected by means of questionnaires and interviews with 100 children, volunteer teachers, and community members. The study findings showed that children from the slum area realize the significance of English and that they are interested in learning English through games, songs, videos, and TV programs. …
Practicing And Conducting Oral Tests In The Classroom,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
Practicing And Conducting Oral Tests In The Classroom, David Evans, John Herbert
PASAA
There are many directions that English language teaching approaches have taken in the past, including the grammar translation method, direct method, audio-lingual approach, and communicative teaching (Crystal, 2007, pp.437-440). Following on from the communicative approach that became popular in the 1970s, we have seen a move towards content-based teaching, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Moreover, as the concepts of English as an international language (EIL) and English as a lingua franca (ELF) grow in importance, the debate over which kind of English we should be teaching continues. In spite of the changing English teaching context, in many institutions …
Politeness Strategies In Research Articles: A Cross-Disciplinary Study,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
Politeness Strategies In Research Articles: A Cross-Disciplinary Study, Kunyarut Getkham
PASAA
This corpus-based study investigates cross-disciplinary differences in the use of politeness strategies in research articles (RAs). The corpus consists of thirty-six RAs from applied linguistics, educational technology, and economics journals published in the year 2009. The data were statistically analyzed. Findings indicate that in academic/ research writing, writers employed both positive and negative politeness strategies when expressing opinions but the negative politeness strategies, especially impersonality devices and hedges, were the most frequently used by writers of RAs in the three disciplines. The use of impersonality and the use of hedging devices play a vital part in RAs especially in the …
When Affective Factors Change: A Corpus-Based Analysis Of Students' Reflections In English E-Portfolios,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
When Affective Factors Change: A Corpus-Based Analysis Of Students' Reflections In English E-Portfolios, Wasana Phasomyard, Pattamawan Jimarkon, Sonthida Keyuravong
PASAA
Affective factors can play an important role in learning and may change over time. This paper investigates emotional states of first-year engineering students towards self-study experience through words associated with affect used in their reflections in eportfolios over a semester. The study employed a corpusbased analysis by focusing on keywords of affect with the statistical criteria and analyzing the context those keywords occurred in. To uncover the students' recurrent feelings, the concordance lines for each keyword were further analyzed qualitatively to identify each of them into a category of pre-determined affective factors. Then, relative frequencies of each instance of each …
Considerations In Performance-Based Language Assessment: Rating Scales And Rater Training,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
Considerations In Performance-Based Language Assessment: Rating Scales And Rater Training, Bordin Chinda
PASAA
Performance-based assessment has gained more attention from ELT practitioners since the actual performances produced by students are evaluated in this type of assessment. However, the assessment of students' performances involves more complicated procedures when compared with more traditional testing methods. This paper, therefore, points out crucial considerations in adopting this type of assessment in a language class. First, the article introduces the concepts of performance-based language assessment and its major characteristics. Then, the two main characteristics: rating scales and rater training are discussed. In the rating scales section, different types of rating scales, as well as approaches in developing rating …
Pmi - A Tool For Student Reflection,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
Pmi - A Tool For Student Reflection, Ubon Sanpatchayapong
PASAA
This idea-sharing paper is written from my own teaching experience with tertiary level students who studied English for Specific Purposes (ESP). These courses were English foundation subjects, and they were mandatory for first- and second-year students at my university. I used PMI (de Bono, 1993) with year one students to get their reflection after class in order to learn about their problems, progress, and reactions toward each class so that I could understand them and could give them relevant facilitation. Though I took care of more than one class each semester, I will focus on solely a class I have …
Clil Activities: A Resource For Subject And Language Teachers,
2013
Chulalongkorn University
Clil Activities: A Resource For Subject And Language Teachers, Charinee Chansri
PASAA
Dale, L., & Tanner, R. (2012). CLIL Activities: A Resource for Subject and Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Setting As Character,
2013
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Setting As Character, Tracy A. Townsend
The Short Story
This lesson uses Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young Goodman Brown” to explore tone and characterization in short fiction. It requires students to demonstrate an understanding of the role character plays in fiction and to use specific textual evidence to support a claim. The lesson can be completed in a single class period of fifty to seventy minutes and is suitable for grades 9-12.
Ironic Appropriation Of Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls In Bulosan's The Cry And The Dedication,
2013
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Ironic Appropriation Of Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls In Bulosan's The Cry And The Dedication, Robert Brown
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
In his article "Ironic Appropriation of Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls in Bulosan's The Cry and the Dedication" Robert Brown discusses Carlos Bulosan's The Cry and the Dedication and Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Brown claims that Bulosan's appropriation of For Whom borders on plagiarism and that this in part defines The Cry as a postcolonial text. Brown maintains that E. San Juan Jr.'s otherwise comprehensive introduction to The Cry ignores Hemingway's text in favor of a Filipino author, Luis Taruc, with an implicit argument that Bulosan used Taruc to make his novel a more …
The Myth Of Nothing In Classics And Asian Indigenous Films,
2013
Michigan State University
The Myth Of Nothing In Classics And Asian Indigenous Films, Sheng-Mei Ma
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
In his article "The Myth of Nothing in Classics and Asian Indigenous Films" Sheng-mei Ma discusses how the desert and the permafrost region are terra incognita, except nomads and Indigenous peoples. Given the extreme conditions of these forbidding places, Western modernity sees its own shadow cast on such black holes on earth. Since the 1960s, classic Hollywood or art house films by David Lean, Akira Kurosawa, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Anthony Minghella, and Sergei Bodrov romanticize and/or mythologize what is perceived as modernity's mirror image. Indie films in recent decades, particularly by Asian Indigenous filmmakers Byambasuren Davaa, Zacharias Kunuk, and Khyentse …
