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The /Ħ/-Rhymed Amr Bin Qumayah’S Poem Reading In Technical And Linguistic Structures, Aatif Kana’An

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This paper seeks to investigate the different bases on which the cultural structure of the Arabic poetry is built from the discourse point of view. To lachieve the study main purpose, the researcher examines Amr Bin Quayah’s the poem as a workable example to cite and analyze. In the first subject, the study dealt with two basic topics: the technical structure in terms of the basic structure, (the internal architecture of the poem), In the second the subject discussed subject the linguistic structure in terms of the minor unity of the word, namely sound. IS the researcher shall light on …

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Tulsa Law Review

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The Problem-Based Learning Approach Towards Developing Soft Skills: A Systematic Review, Sadia Deep, Ali Ahmed, Nazia Suleman, Muhammad Zahid Abbas, Uzma Naza, Hina Shaheen, Abdul Razzaq

The Qualitative Report

In this paper, we review systematically the role of problem-based learning (PBL) in developing soft skills in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and other fields of studies. The Systematic Literature Review (SLR) includes the most recent empirical, review, and conceptual studies from TVET and other multiple fields of studies including medicine, humanities, and engineering between the years of 2001 and 2016 collected from four databases. A qualitative method was used to accomplish the systematic review. After the collection of articles, the selected studies were analyzed through thematic analysis. From this review, we concluded that PBL as an instructional …

An Interviewer’S Reflection Of Data Collection In Building An Archive Of Language Learner Experiences, John G. Patkin

The Qualitative Report

Interviewing is one of the most common data collection tools in qualitative research. It is widely discussed in research methods classes and literature and considered as an invaluable tool for gathering facts and feelings. In this paper, I reflect systematically on the first 270 interviews conducted for a large-scale investigation into the English language learning history of Hong Kong university students. I discuss how existing literature served as a guide to interviewing but once in the field, I reflect on how I adapted and improvised to improve my interviewing skills. I also analyze and discuss the strategies I employed to …

A Cross National Comparison Of Family Friendly Work Policies: The Potential Influence Of Cultural Values, Adeline Grace Hardten

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Around the world people must work for a living, but also must raise their families. To balance these obligations, parents need high levels of support. But the existence of family friendly work policies, defined as paid parental leave and affordable, high-quality childcare, vary significantly across nations, making it difficult for many to obtain the necessary support. Research indicates that countries providing supportive family friendly policies see economic benefits, increases in profitability, and stronger overall youth development. Even though research reveals strong positive outcomes, there is a deficiency of exploration into why more countries still lack comprehensive policies that support working …

Translating Loss – Reading Translation As Resistance, Huzaifa Pandit

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

The act of translation is not a linear and static process but a circulatory and dynamic process that permits an enriching negotiation of meaning. One of the ways in which a text can be translated is by trusting that its meaning can be employed outside the local contexts in which it was produced, and employed to comment on contexts far removed from it in time and space. This trusting then allows for the translated texts to intervene in the negotiations between poly-systems, as marginal poly-systems seek a more pronounced space in the literary and cultural networks in a particular space. …

Giving God Glory: How Christian Tharus Negotiate Belonging Through Ritual Music In Nepal, Victoria M. Dalzell

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

In Nepal, ethnicity is often constituted through ritual practice. If ritual participation is a key way of exercising membership in an ethnic group, how might Christians--who no longer participate in many community rituals--demonstrate their belonging in ethnic communities? In this article, I argue that modifying traditional songs and dances for a church context is one way that Christian Tharus continue to identify with their ethnic communities within a multicultural Christian community. I examine two Christian Tharu performances: performing the huri nāc (a Kathariya Tharu song and dance genre performed during Holi) at interchurch events and arranging an original, Nepali-language hymn …

The Reproduction Semantics And Its Symbolism In The Poetry Of Samih Al-Qasim, Eftikhar Mohidin, Abed Al-Mohdi Al-Jarah

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This research deals with the phenomenon of reproductionsemantics in Samih al-Qasim's poetry, highlighting its nature and formations, as well as its symbolic, stylistic and expressive functions, to show its role in the structural and expressive process of the poem. The research plan necessitated the study of the following research terms: the poetic significance from stability to reproduction, then the reproductionsemantics and its nature in Samih al-Qasim's poetry, thereproductionsemantic and its functional aspects in Qasim's poetry. The research concluded that the poet Samih al-Qasim employed this phenomenon in the structural and expressionistic processes of the poem. He also ascended through this …

The Degree To Which Kindergarten Teachers In The State Of Kuwait Practice Language Skills, Kholoud Al Shammari, Hmoud Olaimat

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The current study aimed at identifying the degree of practicing of kindergarten teachers in the State of Kuwait for the language readiness skills of children. The study sample consisted of seven governemental kindergartens; belong to the capital educational area, seven teachers were also selected randomly from each kindergarten, who were teaching first and second level of kindergarten. To achieve the objectives of the study, a note card consisted of 57 items was prepared by the researchers to measure kindergarten teachers' practice of language readiness skills dur-ing the education situation, which was verified in terms of credibility and stability. The study …

The Impact Of The Roundhouse Strategy In Teaching Syntax Of Arabic Language On The Achievements Among Ninth Grade Students, Ayed Abu Serhan

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of the Roundhouse Strategy in teaching Arabic syntax on the achievement among ninth grade students. In order to achieve the study’s aims, the researcher designed teaching material was based on the roundhouse strategy. An achievement test in Arabic syntax was also performed, to measure instructional achievement. The sample of the study consisted of (121)9th grade students distributing on (4) sections: (2) representing the experimental group and the other (2) representing the control in the school year 2016\ 2017. The sample was selected using purposeful sampling from Russaifa. Results of the study indicated significant …

The Impact Of (Friday Speech) Translation To Sign Language Among People With Hearing Disability According, Mohammed Abushaira, Ibrahim Hammad

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed to investigatethe effect of Friday SpeechTranslation to Sign Language(FStSL)among sample of persons with hearing disability,according to variables of: Age, hearing loss level and educational level. A questionnaire was built to achieve study goals, it consisted of two parts,1st:Personal information aboutparticipants,2nd: Questionnaire items, which were 14 itemsthat weredividedtothree dimensions: Effectsof (FStSL) on Friday speech attendance,effects of (FStSL)on knowledge, and: effects of (FStSL) on psychosocial skills. The questionnaire was applied to apurposive sample of 18 persons with hearing disability who attended(FStSL). Descriptive approach wasused in thisstudy. The results indicated that there was high to moderate effects of (FStSL) on …

Agenda, November 17, 2020, Programs Committee

Programs Committee (PC)

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Program Review Report, November 17, 2020, Program Review Committee

Program Review Committee

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Approved Programs, November 17, 2020, Programs Committee

Programs Committee (PC)

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Representation Of The National Trauma In Train To Busan: Based On A Semiotic Approach, Junshik Shik Yun

Theses and Dissertations

The object of this project is to dissect the filmic elements in Train to Busan (2016) to analyze how the film represents the Sewol Ferry incident, a national disaster occurred in South Korea, and how the audience is able to engage with the trauma. As the first zombie blockbuster created in South Korea, Train to Busan adapted the elements of the zombie genre that has been delineated repeatedly. The film inherited the traits of zombies, representation of government and media, and feature of human characters from the genre created in Hollywood. Additionally, national characteristics had been added through reflecting the …

Social Interaction In The Spanish Classroom: How Proficiency And Linguistic Background Impact Vocabulary Learning, C. Cecilia Tocaimaza-Hatch, Jonathan Santo

Psychology Faculty Publications

Spanish learners engaged in two-way interaction gap tasks where, through social interaction, they identified and defined low-frequency vocabulary. Participants (referred to as actors to differentiate them from task partners) completed two such tasks. Each time, they collaborated with different partners of varying degrees of Spanish proficiency and linguistic background, either an L2 learner or a heritage speaker (HS). The purpose of the study was thus to shed light on if and how features of the collaborating partners in mixed (HS–L2) and matched (L2–L2; HS–HS) partnerships impacted vocabulary learning. Through a mixed methods analysis of the data (perception measures and qualitative …

Bert Efficacy On Scientific And Medical Datasets: A Systematic Literature Review, Clayton Cohn

College of Computing and Digital Media Dissertations

Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) [Devlin et al., 2018] has been shown to be effective at modeling a multitude of datasets across a wide variety of Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks; however, little research has been done regarding BERT’s effectiveness at modeling domain-specific datasets. Specifically, scientific and medical datasets present a particularly difficult challenge in NLP, as these types of corpora are often rife with technical jargon that is largely absent from the canonical corpora that BERT and other transfer learning models were originally trained on. This thesis is a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of twenty-seven studies that were …

‘How To Recognize If Your Child Is Seriously Ill’ During Covid-19 Lockdown: An Evaluation Of Parents’ Confidence And Health-Seeking Behaviors, Emma Lim, Ravi D. Mistry, Alexandra Battersby, Kerry Dockerty, Aaron Koshy, Michelle N. Chopra, Matthew C. Carey, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Taxonomy Of Communication Noise Impacting The Quality Of Library Resources, Emmanuel Ifeduba, Benedette Ogoo Unuigboje Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Frequently media reports draw attention to errors in published books and other publications. Sometimes the reports emanate from libraries and schools that bicker with suppliers of flawed publications. Notwithstanding much of the noise-related research in information science literature focus on noise within and around libraries and schools; and fail to explore the breadth and depth of this phenomenon described as communication noise. This study, therefore, aims to explore the breadth and depth of communication noise by identifying, describing and classifying the various types affecting information quality with a view to finding solutions to them. This is a taxonomical study of …

Manifestations Of Stuttering Disorder Of Communication Disorders In Ordinary And In People With Language Learning Difficulties, Haitham Abu-Zeid, Mohammad Al-Momani, Amjad Al Abd Alazeez

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The aim of thisstudy aimed at recognizing the respects of manifestationsofstutteringdisorderforordinaryand those withlearningdisabilities. To achieve theobjectives of the study, the researcherdesigneda check list consisted of(30)items addressed thesevendimensions ofthe manifestations ofstuttering: repeating, prolongation, stops, addandthe input, behavioravoidance, physicaland troublebreathing. Troublesthecheck list was applied to asampleconsisted of(40)children, (20)ordinarychild, and (20)childrenwith learning difficulties, and each of themhasa class(10)male, and (10)were female.The study found that"repetition" hasranked first, followed by "prolongation" in the second place,while "the process of breathing disorder," ranked last. The study also foundthat there aresignificant differences in theperformanceaspects(dimensions)stutteringamong the studentswith learning disabilitiesandlanguageOrdinaryat avoidancebehavior, andphysicalmanifestationsand overall performancein favor of students withlearning disabilities.The results …

Social Sciences Research In Pakistan; Bibliometric Analysis, Ikram Ul Haq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Aim. The study aimed to explore the progress of social science research carried out by Pakistan for the duration of 59 years.

Method: This retrospective study was carried out on the data retrieved from the Scopus database to determine the research output in the area of social science by Pakistani authors from 1961 to December 2019. The word “Pakistan” has been written in the main search box and “Affiliation” has been selected in the subsequent box. The targeted time duration was selected, further, the social sciences documents were selected and downloaded for data-analysis. Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and SPSS …

Purposes Of Custom And Habit In Directing Linguistic Text - A Semantic Grammatical Study, Mammon Mobarakeh

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The search is made summary categories accepted by grammarians and customary bases their normative basis in the language and cannot install its provisions against customary linguistic realities which the functional May conflict with those grammatical norms as established by the grammarians, this difference does not necessarily mean the grammar in custom forms as it means that Arabic — like many languages. Capacity and flexibility that allows the development of sophisticated compositional means customary collective understanding speakers agreed with new standard out different fact situation to custom Grammar, besides taking care of search highlighting the tyranny of truth in the functional …

Common Strategies In Children Learning And Teaching Adopted By Female Teachers Of The First Three Grades In Jordan, Ahmed Daoud, Abdulsalam Al-Jaafreh

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed at identifying the common strategies of children learning and teaching among female teachers of the first three grades in Jordan from Their point of View. The population consisted of (72) female teachers from Al-Quwaismeh directorate of education in Jordan. The study used a questionnaire tool consisted of (27) items to achieve the objectives, the study results revealed that The common strategies of children learning and teaching among Female teachers of the first three grades was moderate level, and there were no statistically significant differences of the attributed to the variable of experiences and class.

Bloody Thoughts: Violence And Wit In Shakespeare's The Tempest, Aubrey Keller

Honors Scholars Collaborative Projects

In this Honors thesis, I examine the roles of wit and violence in Shakespeare's The Tempest, exploring my original suspicion that the play is a pacifist work. Noticing references to "bloody thoughts" in both Hamlet and The Tempest, I hypothesized that while Shakespeare resolves his tragedies using violence, he resolves his comedies using wit, making the two foil plot devices. I discovered that the plot is not propelled by either violence or wit on their own, but by Prospero's cunning. Rejecting the conventional reading of Prospero as a sorcerer, I read Prospero as a Machiavellian figure. I examine …

No Conference? No Problem! Says Tytko About Presenting Online During Covid-19, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Exploring Language Endangerment And Language Change In Tohono O'Odham, Keiko F. Beers

Linguistics ETDs

Endangered languages are often assumed to undergo grammatical losses. Grammaticalization – which is concerned with how grammar evolves – has been largely overlooked in such contexts. In this dissertation, I address two questions: 1) Do grammaticalization processes in endangered languages look as they do in more robustly spoken languages, and 2) are there other changes that require explanations outside of grammaticalization?

The language that I consider is Tohono O'odham (Uto-Aztecan), spoken in Arizona (US) and Sonora (Mexico), which has become endangered over the last century due to coercive assimilationist policies. I conduct a comparative analysis of pre-existing oral data over …

Hope, Acculturation, And English Language Proficiency In The Career Decision Self-Efficacy Of East Asian International Students, Yang Ai

Dissertations

The present study explored the predictive abilities of hope, acculturation to American culture, acculturation to the home culture, and English language proficiency to career decision self-efficacy for East Asian international students in the United States who are originally from China, South Korea, and Japan. A total of 167 international students from China, South Korea, or Japan participated in this study. This study used a correlational design to measure the relationship between four predictor variables, including hope, acculturation to American culture, acculturation to the home culture, and English language proficiency and an outcome variable, career decision self-efficacy, among East Asian international …

Oral Health Literacy Status Of School Staff Members In Southern Minnesota, Gabrielle Sullivan

Dental Hygiene ETDs

Purpose:

This study evaluated the oral health literacy OHL of school staff in Southern Minnesota. OHL is the degree to which individuals can understand health information. Dental caries is the most common chronic disease in school aged children, and school staff members spend a large portion of the day with children. Therefore, it is important for all school staff members to have a moderate or higher OHL status.

Methods:

The survey used a convenience sample of school staff in 3 different schools in southern Minnesota and used the REALD-30 OHL instrument with slight modification, to simplify data collection.

Results:

Fifty …

An Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Cuban Cyberactivism, Neta Kanny

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective

This article applies power-law degree distribution and network theory as a conceptual framework for assessing the effectiveness of Cuban cyberactivism based on an analysis of previous scholarly work on the topic. While Cuban cyberactivism indicates the potential for a more accessible, just, and transparent media environment, the movement continues to face serious obstacles due to extensive controls put in place by the Communist Party of Cuba.

Episode 4: Sandra Pauleti, Christina Torres

Futures in Languages Transcripts

Listen to Sandra Pauleti talk about her experiences in the MATESOL program and what she's been up to since then.