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Addressing The Assumption; A Case Study On Student Motivations And Barriers To Study Second Language Abroad, Rebecca Schano

Capstone Collection

Historically, second language learning and study abroad programming have run in natural conjunction. However, in recent years there has been a slow but steady decline in the number of foreign language students in higher education who are choosing to study abroad to further their second language acquisition. This study explores this topic through a case study at Marquette University, and aims to answer the research question: What are the motivations and barriers of foreign language students to study their second language abroad? Using a student survey and in-person interviews with professionals in the field, data is collected on the most …

Rubric Rating With Mfrm Vs. Randomly Distributed Comparative Judgment: A Comparison Of Two Approaches To Second-Language Writing Assessment, Maureen Estelle Sims

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to explore a potentially more practical approach to direct writing assessment using computer algorithms. Traditional rubric rating (RR) is a common yet highly resource-intensive evaluation practice when performed reliably. This study compared the traditional rubric model of ESL writing assessment and many-facet Rasch modeling (MFRM) to comparative judgment (CJ), the new approach, which shows promising results in terms of reliability and validity. We employed two groups of raters”novice and experienced”and used essays that had been previously double-rated, analyzed with MFRM, and selected with fit statistics. We compared the results of the novice and experienced …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Korean Heritage-Speaking Interpreter, Yoonjoo Lee

Theses and Dissertations

The U.S. is a country of immigrants who are non-native speakers of English (NNS), yet its legal system is not always in the favor of them. One of the issues for the NNSs is not being provided with proficient interpreters in legal settings such as police interrogations or courtrooms. There are times when some NNSs are offered qualified interpreters or translators, but others are provided with heritages speakers of needed languages in the local area. The heritages speakers are often thought to have good proficiency in languages, but unfortunately thats not always the case. To investigate the need for qualified …

Switch-Reference In Pastaza Kichwa, Alexander Harrison Rice

Theses and Dissertations

Pastaza Kichwa is a Quechuan language spoken in eastern Ecuador. This thesis describes its use of switch-reference which is traditionally understood to be an interclausal cross-referencing feature. Switch-reference is manifested by one of two morphemes that mark a subordinate clause as having either the same or different subject as another clause. Switch-reference has been described for other Quechuan languages and some of these studies present challenges to the theoretical underpinnings of switch reference (Stewart 1988, Dreidemie 2007) others present associated functions of switch-reference morphemes (Cole 1982). This study tests some of the propositions made about switch-reference in other Quechuan languages …

Review Of Landmarks, By Robert Macfarlane. Published By Hamish Hamilton, London, 2015. Cover Price £20.00., Patrick Armstrong

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

A review of Robert Macfarlane's book, Landmarks.

Role Of Information Technology In Development Of Eritrean Language - ኣበርክቶ ቴክኖሎጂ ሓበሬታ ኣብ ምምዕባል ቋንቋታት ኤርትራ, Filmon Gebreyesus Ph.D

Symposium on Eritrean Literature

Information technology has been affecting us in every day of our lives, especially social media has been the main means of communication in our society. But, all the access to this current and ever-growing technology has always been limited to using it in English, Arab or other languages because our language didn’t come up to speed with the current technology.

Though there has been lots of efforts to develop Tigrigna or other languages application programs to help us use our language, there are still lots of gaps that could be filled to achieve the competence of our languages. In light …

Foreign Language Anxiety, Sexuality, And Gender: Lived Experiences Of Four Lgbtq+ Students, James Donald Mitchell

Dissertations and Theses

The relationship between foreign language anxiety and gender identity has been largely a quantitative endeavor that has shown contradictory results. Furthermore, sexual identity has not been researched in foreign language anxiety literature. A qualitative account of LGBTQ+ language learners with different gender identities has been absent from the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between foreign language anxiety and sexual and gender identity. To gain insight into this relationship, this qualitative study investigated the lived experiences of four LGBTQ+ foreign language university students who represented three gender identities. Data were collected through multiple, in-depth …

The Walking Dead Genealogy: Unsubstantiated Criticisms Of Qualitative Data Analysis Software (Qdas) And The Failure To Put Them To Rest, Kristi Jackson, Trena Paulus, Nicholas H. Woolf

The Qualitative Report

The authors conduct an exposé on the deterministic denunciations of Qualitative Data Analysis Software (QDAS) and how citation errors keep these criticisms alive. They use a zombie metaphor to describe more than two decades of battling these seemingly mindless assessments of QDAS that keep coming –despite their decay – and simply will not die. Focusing exclusively on the criticism of separation/distancing, which alleges that the computer and the software interfere with the researcher’s familiarity with the data, the authors trace one current strand of this criticism through a literature genealogy. Three citation errors (half-truth, proxy, and hearsay) are identified to …

Diversifikasi Desain Produk Sentra Keramik Dinoyo Bersumber Ide Budaya Lokal Malang, Ponimin Ponimin

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Ceramic craft in Sentra Keramik Dinoyo of Malang has been produced in more or less four generations long. In the beginning, local crafters made potteries in traditional kitchenware. The increasing demand of consumer made room for decorative ceramic. Unfortunately, their product design development didn’t reflect local culture nuance. It because crafters weren’t able to develop the design. Through this activity, researcher tried to solve design problem, extracted from local culture as ceramic creation idea. So that local culture could appear as local ceramic characters. Ceramic product design development is done by formulating design concept, manifesting concept into product design image. …

Situating The Self: Overcoming Subjection And Subjectivity In Toni Morrison’S Sula, Dr. T.S. Ramesh

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Individual Autonomy is a prominent feature of women writers. It plans to advance a dream of self-governing self as basically autonomous and independent, a dream that precludes the inevitable connectedness from securing selves and the way that their inundation in systems of connections frames their wants, yearnings, to be sure their extremely personalities. As such, what is denied is that the self is basically social. Toni Morrison, an Afro-American woman writer, works strenuously to get autonomous self to her female protagonist. In her novels, she clearly describes the life of African-American women in white dominated in American society. Combining the …

Morphological And Phonological Varying System Of Gorontalo Language And The Problem Of Organizing Them In Custom Terms Dictionary, Kartin Lihawa, Rasuna Thalib, Agus Lahinta, Adimawati Helingo

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The objective of this research is to describe the morphological and phonological varying system of Gorontalo language, and its problem in organizing them in custom terms dictionary. The method used is qualitative with the data collection techniques involved observing, recording the language in a practical poem of the traditional ceremony, and other published books. The agreement of word-writing problems through workshop alignment and standardization are (1) deletion of sound y and w in certain words, (2) there is no unique phonetic symbols of apostrophe for glottal sound between two sequence vowels written side by side in a row, (3) selection …

Respon Mahasiswa Terhadap Penugasan Musikalisasi Puisi Melalui Media Sosial, Ely Nurmaily

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to find a new method in learning and teaching literature to the students in practical terms and to perceive the students’ response toward the assignment of musical poetry project through social media. Studying literature in the writer's environment (Lampung) is a monotonous activity for students. By having a musical poetry project, students have some creativities in creating, composing, showing and recording and then uploading the result through social media. In the end, the hidden talents of the students can be seen and they are expected to become musicians, writers, event organizers, and others. In addition, the students …

Epiphany Of Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim As Author, Susilo Mansurudin

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Epiphany is a crucial event encountered by an individual which gives him/her an insight in his/her journey of meaning making to life. This qualitative research aims at finding out epiphany of RII represented in her anthology of short stories, novelets, novels. The research has found out that RII, as a diffable figure, is mentally capable of creating extraordinary works which are: (a) useful for others, (b) inspiring, (c) affecting surrounding people to be stronger, and (d) mostly true-story based. As a writer, RII's epiphany covers three main issues, i.e. (i) humanity epiphany, (ii) femininity epiphany, and (iii) diffability epiphany.

Humor Dalam Madihin John Tralala Dan Hendra (Kajian Jenis Humor Perspektif Veatch, Gruner, Dan Hobbes), M. Rafiek

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to describe and explain the types of humor in Madihin John Tralala and Hendra from Veatch, Gruner, and Hobbes perspectives. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with content analysis technique. The results of this study are (1) Tight answers humor based on the emotional transformation theory of Veatch, (2) Praise and jokes humor based on Hobbes' theory of excellence, (3) Defense, clarification, not to be outdone humor based on the theory of aggression from Gruner, (4) ) Narrative, association, and contradictory conditions humor according to the emotional transformation theory of Veatch, (5) Rhetorical questions …

Kesalahan Gramatikal Dan Penerjemahan Literal Buku Durusun Iqtishadiyatun Min Ramadlan, Ridlo Inshofa Kamil, Irhamni Irhamni, Nurul Murtadho

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to describe the grammatical meaning of the translation errors and the use of literal translation in the translation procedure book Durusun Iqtishadiyatun min Ramadlan. This research is qualitative, descriptive, in accordance with the data collected in the form of words, phrases and sentences. Researchers found: (1) the translation of the meanings of grammatical errors include (a) error of morphology, which is caused by three factors, among others errors recognize form words, diction selection mistakes and errors recognize variations of word meaning, and (b) the syntax error is caused by an error in the interpretation of syntax elements …

تطبيق أسلوب المناقشة الفئوية الصغرى والندوة لترقية مهارة الكلام لطلبة قسم الأدب العربي بجامعة مالانج الحكومية, كرميلا أندرينا, إمام أسراري, هنيء محلية الصحة

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

اﻟﻤﻠﺨﺺ: ﯾﮭﺪف ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ إﻟﻰ وﺻﻒ إﺟﺮاءات ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ أﺳﻠﻮب اﻟﻤﻨﺎﻗﺸﺔ اﻟﻔﺌﻮﯾﺔ اﻟﺼﻐﺮى واﻟﻨﺪوة ﻟﺘﺮﻗﯿﺔ ﻣﮭﺎرة اﻟﻜﻼم ﻟﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻗﺴﻢ اﻷدب اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ ﺑﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﻣﺎﻻﻧﺞ اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﯿﺔ. ووﺻﻒ ﻣﺪى ﻓﻌﺎﻟﯿﺔ ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ أﺳﻠﻮب اﻟﻤﻨﺎﻗﺸﺔ اﻟﻔﺌﻮﯾﺔ اﻟﺼﻐﺮى واﻟﻨﺪوة ﻟﺘﺮﻗﯿﺔ ﻣﮭﺎرة اﻟﻜﻼم ﻟﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻗﺴﻢ اﻷدب اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ ﺑﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﻣﺎﻻﻧﺞ ( إن1اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﯿﺔ. واﻟﻤﮭﻨﺞ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺨﺪم ﻓﻲ ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ ھﻮ اﻟﻤﻨﮭﺞ اﻟﺼﻔﻲ اﻹﺟﺮاﺋﻲ. وﻧﺘﺎﺋﺞ ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ ) إﺟﺮاء ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ اﻟﺼﻔﻲ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺪورﯾﻦ وﻟﻜﻞ دور ﻟﻘﺎءان. وﯾﺘﻢ ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ ھﺬﯾﻦ اﻷﺳﻠﻮﺑﯿﻦ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺧﻤﺲ ﻣﺮاﺣﻞ: اﻟﻤﻼﺣﻈﺔ وطﺮح اﻷﺳﺌﻠﺔ واﺳﺘﻜﺸﺎف واﻟﺮﺑﻂ واﻟﺘﻮاﺻﻞ. وﺟﻌﻞ ھﺬان اﻷﺳﻠﻮﺑﺎن أﻛﺜﺮ ﻧﺸﺎطﺎ ( ﺗﺮﺗﻘﻲ ﻧﺘﯿﺠﺔ اﻟﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺴﺘﻮى "ﺟﯿﺪ ﺟﺪا" ﺑﻤﻌﺪل ﻧﺘﯿﺠﺘﮭﻢ2وﻓﻌﺎﻟﯿﺎ ﻟﻠﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺸﺎرﻛﺔ ﻋﻤﻠﯿﺔ اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ) ﺑﻞ …

Variasi Pronomina Persona Bahasa Bali Dalam Layanan Kesehatan Masyarakat, Ni Made Suryati, Ni Made Dhanawaty, I Made Budiarsa, I Wayan Simpen

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Balinese language is divided into two dialects, namely Bali Dataran(DBD), and Bali Aga (DBA) dialect. The DBD variation happens vertically, but not in DBA. Some vocabularies in DBD that are classified into low(Tak-Alus/TA) are classified as common variants in DBA. This research aims to explore the Balinese personal pronoun variations in DBD which DBA in Sembiran(DS), and Seraya Timur(DST). The results, by applying the dialectology theory and correlation method or metode padan, showed that the personal pronouns of DS and DST varied lexically and phonologically. Lexically, the personal pronoun of first person singular in DBD /(ti)tiyaŋ/(A), /(i)–caŋ/ and /yaŋ/(TA) was …

En Busca Del Diamante: Using Tasks To Mitigate Word Reduction In Spoken Learner Spanish, Sergio Ruiz-Pérez, Lorena Alarcón, Avizia Long

Faculty Publications

A common feature of second language Spanish, particularly in the case of native English-speaking learners, is to shorten or reduce segments within words (Schwegler & Kempff, 2007). This is particularly noticeable with multi-syllabic words (e.g., ingeniería, floristería, cafetería), and mispronunciations during second language interaction influence speech intelligibility. To address this pronunciation challenge and provide learners with opportunities for practice of words that demonstrate this reduction, we designed a two-way information gap task to draw learners' attention to these words in second language Spanish interaction. We specifically used principles of task-based language teaching and learning (e.g., Ellis, 2009; M. H. Long, …

Korean Learners' Acquisition Of Intervocalic /B D G/ In Spanish, Avizia Long

Faculty Publications

Research on the second language (L2) acquisition of the voiced intervocalic stops /b d g/ in Spanish (e.g., lobo “wolf,” lado “side,” lago “lake”) has been instrumental in analyzing and describing the process by which learners acquire aspects of a L2 sound system. However, this particular strand of research has been conducted nearly exclusively on native English-speaking learners (e.g., Bongiovanni et al., 2015; Cabrelli Amaro, 2017; Díaz-Campos, 2004; Face & Menke, 2009; Lord, 2010; Zampini, 1994, 1997), limiting the generalizability of attested findings to learners of distinct first language (L1) backgrounds. This study examined 66 native Korean-speaking learners’ acquisition of …

Does The Test Work? Evaluating A Web-Based Language Placement Test, Avizia Long, Sun-Young Shin, Kimberly Geeslin, Erik Willis

Faculty Publications

In response to the need for examples of test validation from which everyday language programs can benefit, this paper reports on a study that used Bachman’s (2005) assessment use argument (AUA) framework to examine evidence to support claims made about the intended interpretations and uses of scores based on a new web-based Spanish language placement test. The test, which consisted of 100 items distributed across five item types (sound discrimination, grammar, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and vocabulary), was tested with 2,201 incoming first-year and transfer students at a large, Midwestern public university. Analyses of internal consistency and validity revealed the …

Elementos Persuasivos De La Citación En El Discurso Académico De Posgrado: Los Verbos Introductores De Las Citas En La Sección De La Conclusión, David Sánchez-Jiménez

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Finding Teaching Inspiration At The Swenson Center, Dr. Kimberly La Palm

Swenson Center Faculty Research Stipend Reports

I spent a week working with the Swenson Center's collections. My original goal was to find material that I could use in my course on Scandinavian Folklore but I found much more material than I realized I would and now I have a list of ideas and inspiration for nearly all of the courses in the catalogue.

Two Questions About Interpretive Effects, Robert Stainton, Christopher Viger

Philosophy Publications

We discuss central themes in Lepore and Stone's Imagination and Convention. We begin by laying out their view, and then pose both empirical and methodological criticisms.

Introduction To Discourse, Structure And Linguistic Choice By T. Price Caldwell, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.

Bursting The Filter Bubble: Information Literacy And Questions Of Valuation, Navigation, And Control In A Digital Landscape, Komysha Hassan

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The evolution of social media platforms and other public forums in the digital realm has created an explosion of user-generated content and data as a component of the already content-saturated digital landscape. The distributed, horizontal nature of the internet as a platform makes it difficult to ascertain value and differentiate between texts of varying validity, bias, and purpose. In addition, the internet is not an inanimate interface. As Pariser (2011) argues, content aggregators, such as Google, actively filter, personalize, and therefore limit each individual's access to information, in both range and type. This has created a crisis of information valuation …

Perspectives On Truth: The Case Of Language And False Belief Reasoning, Jill De Villiers

Philosophy: Faculty Publications

Many theorists take language – vocabulary, mental verbs, syntax, counterfactuals, discourse – to be a significant help in the development of explicit Theory of Mind. Does conversation, with all its point-of-view indicators, betray another’s perspective? By comparing how different linguistic markers behave across clausal environments, I demonstrate that they fall into distinct classes, only one of which – tense – patterns with the truth of the clause in terms of perspective. Sentences with embedded finite complements thus have a special role in representing the truth or falsity of others’ beliefs. Children who master embedded sentential complements can then more readily …

Language, Literacy, And Conscientização In American Public Schools, Julie Ward

Theses and Dissertations

Language, Literacy, and Conscientização in American Public Schools synthesizes poststructural language theory to critique literacy teaching and assessment norms in American public schools in order to theorize a pedagogy of racial and economic justice that embraces globalization and immigration. Chapter I creates a theoretical framework for language that rests firmly on both Lev Vygotsky’s and Jacques Lacan’s sociohistorical approach to language acquisition and language use. Mikhail Bakhtin’s work demonstrates the heteroglossic nature of discourse, while Antonio Gramsci politicizes this framework through an understanding of hegemony. Chapter II sketches ethnographic research on teaching practices of various American communities, focusing on ideology …

An Exploratory Study Of Heritage Spanish Rhotics: Addressing Methodological Challenges Of Heritage Language Phonetics Research, Elizabeth M. Kissling

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

When speaking their heritage language, heritage speakers typically sound much like other “native speakers.” However, recent studies have found that heritage speakers (HSs) are highly variable and produce a range of more and less “native-like” phonetic features. In an effort to stimulate productive new research in this area, this article addresses some of the methodological challenges of heritage language phonetics research, namely dealing with high variability and identifying the best predictors of that variability. A study on heritage Spanish rhotics is presented to elucidate those methodological challenges. The study took an exploratory, bottom-up approach to analyzing the rhotics produced by …

Pronunciation Instruction Can Improve L2 Learners' Bottom-Up Processing For Listening, Elizabeth M. Kissling

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Listening is widely regarded as an important skill that is difficult and necessary to teach in L2 classrooms. Listening requires both top-down and bottom-up processing, yet pedagogical techniques for the latter are often lacking. This study explores the efficacy of pronunciation instruction (PI) for improving learners’ bottom-up processing. The study recruited 116 relatively novice learners of Spanish as a foreign language and provided the experimental groups with brief lessons in PI emphasizing segmental or suprasegmental features followed by production-focused or perception-focused practice. Learners’ bottom-up processing skill was assessed with a sentence-level dictation task. Learners given PI on suprasegmental features followed …

More Than Skin-Deep: Reading Past Whiteness In Hemingway’S “Hills Like White Elephants”, Laura Valeri

Writing & Linguistics: Faculty Publications (1990-2022)

The author argues a much neglected element in the seminal Hemingway's story "Hills Like White Elephant." Reading the story by taking into context a subtext of racial bias lends new interpretation to the story.