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Change Comes From Anywhere, Emely Ortega Jul 2022

Change Comes From Anywhere, Emely Ortega

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Comfort Zone, Taylor Christie Jul 2022

Comfort Zone, Taylor Christie

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


When Do I Matter, Romell E. Mccalpin-Carter Jul 2022

When Do I Matter, Romell E. Mccalpin-Carter

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Never One Place, Julian L. Contreras Jul 2022

Never One Place, Julian L. Contreras

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Encuentro De Latifundios, Georgina C. Salvarrey Jul 2022

Encuentro De Latifundios, Georgina C. Salvarrey

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Enrique, Nicholas Mavrolas Jul 2022

Enrique, Nicholas Mavrolas

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


“To Whom Do I Owe The Symbols Of My Survival?” To Childhood, I Thank You, Audriana Peñaloza Jul 2022

“To Whom Do I Owe The Symbols Of My Survival?” To Childhood, I Thank You, Audriana Peñaloza

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Cruzando Para Respirar Otro Día, Josue Alva Morales Jul 2022

Cruzando Para Respirar Otro Día, Josue Alva Morales

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Preliminary Pages Jul 2022

Preliminary Pages

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Courageous Cuentos: A Journal Of Counternarratives Jul 2022

Courageous Cuentos: A Journal Of Counternarratives

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Post-Task Anticipation During Online Collaborative Writing In L2, Vararin Charoenchaikorn Jul 2022

Effects Of Post-Task Anticipation During Online Collaborative Writing In L2, Vararin Charoenchaikorn

PASAA

This study was motivated by Skehanʼs (1996, 1998) hypothesis about the potential of post-task anticipation to direct learnersʼ attention towards form and previous online L2 collaborative writing research that found prioritization of meaning in this context. It investigated the effects of post-task anticipation on text length, accuracy and complexity, and learnersʼ perceived effects of anticipation, in online collaborative writing. Ninetyeight Thai EFL learners of English on an online university course were divided into control and experimental groups. The control group performed the main online collaborative writing task without foreknowledge of a post-task, while the experimental group anticipated a peer language …


Narrow Listening As A Method To Improve Efl Learnersʼ Listening Comprehension, Ngọc Yếna Thị Trần, Rob Waring Jul 2022

Narrow Listening As A Method To Improve Efl Learnersʼ Listening Comprehension, Ngọc Yếna Thị Trần, Rob Waring

PASAA

The practice of narrow listening was introduced almost 30 years ago (Krashen, 1996), but has not received enough attention from English language teachers and researchers. Past research has placed a focus on the combination of this method and narrow reading, or the use of this method in teaching languages other than English. This study explored narrow listening as an independent method to improve EFL learners’ listening comprehension. The 38 participants in this study were intermediate EFL adult learners following a general English course. During the experiment, the treatment group were provided with narrow listening materials, while the control group were …


Reading Portfolio And Video-Mediated Reflection Tasks: University Studentsʼ Engagement In Dialogic Reading, Reni Kusumaningputri Jul 2022

Reading Portfolio And Video-Mediated Reflection Tasks: University Studentsʼ Engagement In Dialogic Reading, Reni Kusumaningputri

PASAA

This article reports on a single case study investigating the adoption of reading portfolio and video-mediated reflection tasks so as to promote Indonesian university studentsʼ engagement in dialogic reading. Nested in a classroom ethnography design, data were collected through multiple interviews, teaching journals, and studentsʼ Facebook-mediated interaction records. Drawing on thematic and discursive analysis, the findings showed that the reading portfolio and video-assisted reflection tasks encouraged the students to invest their time and energy into and engage in dialogic reading where collective meaning making practices took place. As the students were engaged in the reading portfolio and video-assisted reflection tasks, …


Novice-Teacher Challenges In Materials Selection, Development, And Use, Jayakaran Mukundan Jul 2022

Novice-Teacher Challenges In Materials Selection, Development, And Use, Jayakaran Mukundan

PASAA

This study investigated the factors that lead the Novice Teacher (NT) towards selection, development, and use of learningteaching materials for classroom use. The participant in this study was a teacher trainee who had completed four years of the teacher training program in the university. She was randomly selected. The researcher (supervisor, evaluator, and mentor) was a participant in this qualitative study. The study first aimed to evaluate NTʼs role as critical and creative needs analyst, materials developer, and monitor and assessor of student learning. Then the study went on to examine if criticality and creativity were evident in the decisions …


The Effects Of Online Corrective Feedback On University Studentsʼ Self-Regulation In Writing, Pajaree Nipaspong Jul 2022

The Effects Of Online Corrective Feedback On University Studentsʼ Self-Regulation In Writing, Pajaree Nipaspong

PASAA

This study aimed to determine how teachers’ online written corrective feedback (WCF) affected university students’ selfregulation in writing and how the effects differed among students of different English proficiency levels. The participants were 27 second-year university students enrolled in a required online writing course. Throughout the 16-week course, the students received online WCF on their writing through Google Docs. Results from pre- and post-questionnaires and interviews revealed the positive effects of teachers’ online WCF on students’ self-regulation in writing, especially those with mid- and low-proficiencies. Results from this study provided an indication of the effectiveness of online WCF in developing …


Formative Multimodal E-Feedback In Second Language Writing Virtual Learning Spaces, Watcharee Kulprasit Jul 2022

Formative Multimodal E-Feedback In Second Language Writing Virtual Learning Spaces, Watcharee Kulprasit

PASAA

In the digital era, writing experience usually comes in the form of digital writing in virtual spaces. Social network sites are the ubiquitous platforms where authentic communication makes writing meaningful in our daily life. In addition, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic encouraged all human activities to be done online. In the academic realm, particularly second language writing pedagogy, digital tools have been used to support digital learning and improve studentsʼ writing performance online. Moreover, as feedback is a crucial learning tool in writing pedagogy to help enhance studentsʼ writing development in campus-based settings, e-feedback takes on this role in …


Is Filipino Esl Academic Writing Becoming More Informal?, Abdul Wahid I. Tocalo, Shainah P. Racman, Kyla Nicole Alibai G. Guiamelon, Bainarin M. Mama Jul 2022

Is Filipino Esl Academic Writing Becoming More Informal?, Abdul Wahid I. Tocalo, Shainah P. Racman, Kyla Nicole Alibai G. Guiamelon, Bainarin M. Mama

PASAA

The observation of informalities in academic writing has become tremendous in recent years, as revealed by a plethora of cross-cultural and diachronic studies. Different users of English have already been explored; however, none has centered on the case of English as a Second Language (henceforth ESL) writers, such as Filipino academic writing scholars, in terms of delineating informalities in their academic writing discourse over time. For this reason, this quantitative study aimed to diachronically analyze informality features in academic writing of Filipino ESL researchers in the applied linguistics field. Using the framework of Hyland and Jiang (2017), a significant association …


The Development Of A Local Online English Proficiency Test For Young Learners: Key Considerations And Challenges, Jirada Wudthayagorn, Chatraporn Piamsai, Phasphan Thanompongchart Jul 2022

The Development Of A Local Online English Proficiency Test For Young Learners: Key Considerations And Challenges, Jirada Wudthayagorn, Chatraporn Piamsai, Phasphan Thanompongchart

PASAA

In Thailand, a series of policies have been implemented at all levels of Thai education. It is hoped that English language ability among Thai citizens will be improved. In primary education, following the English language education policy for primary school students introduced by the Office of Basic Education Commission (2016), English has been introduced to first graders onwards. They study English one hour every day, five days a week. When they finish grade 6, they should demonstrate their language ability at a CEFR A1 level. Various English tests have been used to check if the students are either proficient or …


Elt And Al Research Trends In Thai Scopus-Indexed Journals, Supakorn Phoocharoensil Jul 2022

Elt And Al Research Trends In Thai Scopus-Indexed Journals, Supakorn Phoocharoensil

PASAA

Scopus currently plays a crucial role in guaranteeing the quality of journals included in this prestigious database, which in turns represents the reputation of world universities according to well-known rankings, e.g. The QS World University Rankings, The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, etc. Awareness of the research trends in Scopus can facilitate researchers in making their appropriate decisions on the topics and methodology that are gaining popularity, which will increase their opportunity to have their works published in Scopus journals. This study aims at investigating the current trends in ELT/AL publications based on 180 articles from three Thai Scopus-indexed …


Studentsʼ Perspective On The Importance Of Efl Teachersʼ Tpack (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) And Xk (Contextual Knowledge) For Learning English During The Pandemic, Imelda Gozali, Bambang Yudi Cahyono Jul 2022

Studentsʼ Perspective On The Importance Of Efl Teachersʼ Tpack (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) And Xk (Contextual Knowledge) For Learning English During The Pandemic, Imelda Gozali, Bambang Yudi Cahyono

PASAA

To date, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) seems to be the most widely-used framework for informing teachersʼ interplay of technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge. Mishra (2019) formally included Contextual Knowledge (XK), which has subsequently been conceptualized by scholars as Knowledge of Teachers and Knowledge of Students. While numerous research has been devoted to teachersʼ TPACK competence, scant attention has been given to which of the seven known TPACK subdomains (TK, PK, CK, TPK, TCK, PCK, and TPACK) are more important for students when it comes to learning a particular subject. Besides, insight into the nature of XK, more specifically Knowledge …


MasterʼS Thesis Defense Presentation Slides In Applied Linguistics: Move Analysis Of The Introduction By Chinese Students, Mei He, Issra Pramoolsook Jul 2022

MasterʼS Thesis Defense Presentation Slides In Applied Linguistics: Move Analysis Of The Introduction By Chinese Students, Mei He, Issra Pramoolsook

PASAA

Thesis defense presentation slides (TDPS) are a significant and unique genre in the final ritual of master’s students’ learning journey. However, few studies have explored this genre, especially its rhetorical structure, so students have scant knowledge of it. This study investigates the moves and steps of this genre focusing on their Introduction section. A move analysis was conducted of 20 TDPS introductions produced by Chinese master’s students in Applied Linguistics. Adopting Chen and Kuo’s (2012) framework, interviews with the TDPS authors were then conducted. This study confirms that the framework for M.A. theses, i.e., the source genre of TDPS, is …


Hit By Cupid's Arrow: Hidden Violence In Love Metaphors, Isis Dornbrook Jun 2022

Hit By Cupid's Arrow: Hidden Violence In Love Metaphors, Isis Dornbrook

Anthós

Love is an emotion that typically brings joy. However, the ways in which society talks about love suggest otherwise. The process of metaphor analysis makes the violence in societal expressions of love salient. Additionally, metaphor analysis shows that violent metaphors can inform the way people interact with one another throughout the stages of relationship formation, such as using metaphors to justify sexual and other types of physical abuse. Thus, this paper argues that metaphors, by shaping our attitudes and expectations about love, sex, and relationships, have observable social and cultural implications.


Trauma, History, And Terror In The Poetry Of Yusef Komunyakaa And Sinan Antoon, Reema Binghadeer Jun 2022

Trauma, History, And Terror In The Poetry Of Yusef Komunyakaa And Sinan Antoon, Reema Binghadeer

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her comparative study “Trauma, History, and Terror in the Poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa and Sinan Antoon,” Reema Binghadeer considers the work of the African American poet Yusef Komunyakaa (b. 1941) and the (Arab) Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon (b. 1967) through the lens of trauma theory of some notable theorists including; Freud, Cathy Caruth, Jean Laplanche, Roger Luckhurst, and Shoshana Felman—have negotiated in this field. The article explores the literary manifestations of trauma in two distinct historical periods and geographical settings to show the specificities of each prototype and how the historical-cultural significance and textual meanings of trauma have intertwined …


Cooling Down Transmedia Storytelling, Jan Baetens, Domingo Sánchez-Mesa Jun 2022

Cooling Down Transmedia Storytelling, Jan Baetens, Domingo Sánchez-Mesa

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In this article we propose a reading of “Dead End Street”, one of the most successful songs of one of the most popular British pop groups of the 60s, The Kinks. However, we will not discuss the song as such, but its remediation as a music video (a practice that did not have to wait for MTV to make its appearance in mass media culture). The analysis will briefly contextualize the group, the song and the clip, but its major objective is to use the Kinks example to open a new question in the larger debate on intermediality and transmediality …


Precarity In The Times Of Partition: Personal Vs Communal Love In Khushwant Singh’S Train To Pakistan And Saadat Hasan Manto’S “Gurmukh Singh Ki Wasiyat”, Ayesha Perveen Jun 2022

Precarity In The Times Of Partition: Personal Vs Communal Love In Khushwant Singh’S Train To Pakistan And Saadat Hasan Manto’S “Gurmukh Singh Ki Wasiyat”, Ayesha Perveen

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

The paper studies how various shades of love respond to precarity in anarchic times by comparing the narrative representation of the aftermath of the Partition of the British colonized Subcontinent into independent countries of India and Pakistan in 1947 with particular focus on Sikh-Muslim relationships in Punjab as presented in Khushwant Singh’s novel Train to Pakistan and Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story “Gurmukh Singh ki Wasiyat.” Employing Judith Butler’s concept of precarity, the paper analyzes how both the writers sketch precarity in partition times ensuing in post-Partition communal violence and effacement of love. The selection of the texts is significant …


Degree Of Satisfaction Of Elderly About The Services Provided To Them In Social Care Houses In White Beds Association, Yousef Mohammed Al-Shurman, Ferdous Hasan Omari May 2022

Degree Of Satisfaction Of Elderly About The Services Provided To Them In Social Care Houses In White Beds Association, Yousef Mohammed Al-Shurman, Ferdous Hasan Omari

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

This study aims at identifying the degree of satisfaction of the elderly about the (social, health, entertainment, psychological) services provided to them in social care houses. The sample of the study includes all residents of the White Beds Association for the care of the elderly in Amman. The researcher designed a questionnaire to use in the interviews with the elderly. The questionnaire has four items, and each item includes a group of questions about the service provided to them. The researcher interviewed all the members of the White Beds Association, whose health condition allowed this, (75 elderly people: 44 men …


Because Potato, Candice Evers May 2022

Because Potato, Candice Evers

MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture

This thesis project explores the phenomenological qualities of the internet; asking, since the internet is difficult to grasp, what other modes of investigation might we have available? Using an investigative framework set forth by Jack Halberstam, this thesis declines to come to knowledge solely through understanding the formal, the structural, the highly visible and mainstream. The literature that I have gathered provides a range of modes for interrogating the simultaneously central and inconsequential subject of my thesis itself: the potato. Juxtaposing the physical, political and material conditions of the potato the internet’s least academic mode of knowing: the meme. Analyzing …


The Benefits Of Reading For Pleasure, And How To Instill A Lifelong Love Of Reading In Students, Anna-Catherine Kueng May 2022

The Benefits Of Reading For Pleasure, And How To Instill A Lifelong Love Of Reading In Students, Anna-Catherine Kueng

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.


Sheltered Math Curriculum For Middle School English Learners, Jasmine Ercink May 2022

Sheltered Math Curriculum For Middle School English Learners, Jasmine Ercink

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

Language barriers have shown a need for differentiation and sheltered instruction in the classroom for English Learners (ELs) to be successful in the United States public school system. This project proposes a mathematics curriculum using SIOP so that both groups of students in the middle school level can increase their proficiency in the mathematics content area as well as experience opportunities for academic and social language development. The purpose of this report is to describe the processes, methods, data, and intent of the mathematics curriculum for these learners. The curriculum acts as an effective intervention to fill gaps in both …


Finding Their Chrysanthemum: Linguistic Representation In Children's Literature, Marielena Zajac May 2022

Finding Their Chrysanthemum: Linguistic Representation In Children's Literature, Marielena Zajac

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

Children in America today struggle with finding themselves in the books they read due to societal expectations. From an early age, children are dictated on the correct way to speak and write in “American,” which can leave children and their home languages feeling unseen and dismissed. To help further the conversation and promotion of linguistic diversity in American society, this capstone analyzes dialectal representation in children’s books, with a heavy focus on attitudinal linguistic principles rather than prescriptive mechanics. The secondary research explores current literature and resources that discuss literacy acquisition in adolescents, trends in dialects in America, and childhood …