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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Effect Of Using Board Games In Reducing Language Anxiety And Improving Oral Performance, Yi-Chun Cheng Jan 2018

The Effect Of Using Board Games In Reducing Language Anxiety And Improving Oral Performance, Yi-Chun Cheng

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Many English as a second language (ESL) learners feel anxiety about speaking English, and their oral performance is affected in this situation. This study aims to determine the effect of using board games on the improvement of ESL students’ oral performance. Task-based instruction and communicative approaches to pedagogy were used for the games. This is a descriptive method of research which intends to determine the correlation between the usage of educational board games and the level of learners’ language anxiety as well as their improvement in oral performance. The pre-test and post-test which were adapted from the Speaking Proficiency English …


Cumulative Disadvantage, Poverty, And The Role Of Community Capitals: A Spatial Analysis Of Uneven Development In The Multi-State Delta Region, Katrina Danielle Alford Jan 2018

Cumulative Disadvantage, Poverty, And The Role Of Community Capitals: A Spatial Analysis Of Uneven Development In The Multi-State Delta Region, Katrina Danielle Alford

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Understanding space and how space impacts uneven development is crucial when examining inequalities within sociology. Uneven development perpetuates the segregation of space, highlighting disparities in power and inequalities that are rooted in spatial design and relations. Characteristics like geographic location and history have long-term influences on development, yet are not able to be easily changed within a community. Historical events have helped shape the successes and failures of communities, creating a "path dependence" that goes beyond any one individual's control. There are, however, locally-modifiable characteristics of people in spaces, such as human and social capital. These community capitals can be …


“They Didn’T Teach This In Library School”: Identifying Core Knowledges For Beginning Acquisitions Librarians, Lindsay Cronk, Rachel Fleming Jan 2018

“They Didn’T Teach This In Library School”: Identifying Core Knowledges For Beginning Acquisitions Librarians, Lindsay Cronk, Rachel Fleming

Against the Grain

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Deadlines Jan 2018

Deadlines

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Op Ed-Epistemology — A Matter Of Trust, Scott T. Plutchak Jan 2018

Op Ed-Epistemology — A Matter Of Trust, Scott T. Plutchak

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The Best Of The Charleston Conference Blog, Tom Gilson, Donald Hawkins Jan 2018

The Best Of The Charleston Conference Blog, Tom Gilson, Donald Hawkins

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Cases Of Note-Copyright - A Desny Implied-In-Fact Contract, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery Jan 2018

Cases Of Note-Copyright - A Desny Implied-In-Fact Contract, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery

Against the Grain

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Expanding Options — Promoting The Adoption Of Reasonably Priced Texts That Are Also Available As Library Ebooks, Kate Pittsley-Sousa Jan 2018

Expanding Options — Promoting The Adoption Of Reasonably Priced Texts That Are Also Available As Library Ebooks, Kate Pittsley-Sousa

Against the Grain

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Booklover — Birds, Donna Jacobs Jan 2018

Booklover — Birds, Donna Jacobs

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Back Talk — The Disintegrated Library System, Jim O'Donnell Jan 2018

Back Talk — The Disintegrated Library System, Jim O'Donnell

Against the Grain

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From Your Editor, Katina Strauch Jan 2018

From Your Editor, Katina Strauch

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Atg Interviews Joris Van Rossum, Director Of Special Projects, Digital Science, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson Jan 2018

Atg Interviews Joris Van Rossum, Director Of Special Projects, Digital Science, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

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Cases Of Note- Copyright - Rock Legends And Substantial Similarity, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery Jan 2018

Cases Of Note- Copyright - Rock Legends And Substantial Similarity, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery

Against the Grain

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Squirreling Away: Managing Information Resources & Libraries — Boy, If Life Were Only Like This, Corey Seeman Jan 2018

Squirreling Away: Managing Information Resources & Libraries — Boy, If Life Were Only Like This, Corey Seeman

Against the Grain

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One Monographs Bucket, Kelly Smith Jan 2018

One Monographs Bucket, Kelly Smith

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Booklover — Picking Blackberries, Donna Jacobs Jan 2018

Booklover — Picking Blackberries, Donna Jacobs

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Mayflower: Ode To New Beginnings — Distinction For The Library Profession: Taking A Page From The Business Playbook, Antje Mays Jan 2018

Mayflower: Ode To New Beginnings — Distinction For The Library Profession: Taking A Page From The Business Playbook, Antje Mays

Against the Grain

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Bet You Missed It-Press Clippings — In The News — Carefully Selected By Your Crack Staff Of News Sleuths, Bruce Strauch Jan 2018

Bet You Missed It-Press Clippings — In The News — Carefully Selected By Your Crack Staff Of News Sleuths, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

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Little Red Herrings — Giving Thanks: Libraries, Mark Y. Herring Jan 2018

Little Red Herrings — Giving Thanks: Libraries, Mark Y. Herring

Against the Grain

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Biz Of Digital — Out In The Library: Digital Scholarship At An Art And Design School, Michelle Flinchbaugh, Lisa Conrad Jan 2018

Biz Of Digital — Out In The Library: Digital Scholarship At An Art And Design School, Michelle Flinchbaugh, Lisa Conrad

Against the Grain

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Both Sides Now: Vendors And Librarians — It’S All About “The Relationship”, Michael Gruenberg Jan 2018

Both Sides Now: Vendors And Librarians — It’S All About “The Relationship”, Michael Gruenberg

Against the Grain

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Don's Conference Notes- Transforming The Information Community: The 33rd Annual Nasig Conference, Donald T. Hawkins Jan 2018

Don's Conference Notes- Transforming The Information Community: The 33rd Annual Nasig Conference, Donald T. Hawkins

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Atg Interviews Beth Marhanka, Interim Associate University Librarian For User Services & Engagement And Head, Gelardin New Media Center/Maker Hub, Georgetown University, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson Jan 2018

Atg Interviews Beth Marhanka, Interim Associate University Librarian For User Services & Engagement And Head, Gelardin New Media Center/Maker Hub, Georgetown University, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Op Ed-Epistemology — Fact Or Opinion, Scott T. Plutchak Jan 2018

Op Ed-Epistemology — Fact Or Opinion, Scott T. Plutchak

Against the Grain

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Wryly Noted-Books About Books, John D. Riley Jan 2018

Wryly Noted-Books About Books, John D. Riley

Against the Grain

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One Health: Connecting The Dots, Pamela Rose Jan 2018

One Health: Connecting The Dots, Pamela Rose

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Library Analytics: Shaping The Future — Consortial Usage Statistics Analytics And The Cc-Plus Project, John Mcdonald, Kathleen Mcevoy, Anne C. Osterman, Jill Morris Jan 2018

Library Analytics: Shaping The Future — Consortial Usage Statistics Analytics And The Cc-Plus Project, John Mcdonald, Kathleen Mcevoy, Anne C. Osterman, Jill Morris

Against the Grain

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Textbooks On Reserve — Seven Years And Going Strong, Becky Demartini, Marynelle Chew, Michael Aldrich Jan 2018

Textbooks On Reserve — Seven Years And Going Strong, Becky Demartini, Marynelle Chew, Michael Aldrich

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch Jan 2018

If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

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Bet You Missed It-Press Clippings — In The News — Carefully Selected By Your Crack Staff Of News Sleuths, Bruce Strauch Jan 2018

Bet You Missed It-Press Clippings — In The News — Carefully Selected By Your Crack Staff Of News Sleuths, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.