Language history questionnaire (LHQ 2.0): A new dynamic web-based research tool

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
PING LI ◽  
FAN ZHANG ◽  
ERLFANG TSAI ◽  
BRENDAN PULS
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Language History ◽  
Dynamic Web ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
Multiple Languages ◽  
Privacy Issues ◽  
The Web

The language history questionnaire (LHQ) is an important tool for assessing the linguistic background of bilinguals or second language learners and for generating self-reported proficiency in multiple languages. Previously we developed a generic LHQ based on the most commonly asked questions in published studies (Li, Sepanski & Zhao, 2006). Here we report a new web-based interface (LHQ 2.0) that has more flexibility in functionality, more accuracy in data recording, and more privacy for users and data. LHQ 2.0 achieves flexibility, accuracy, and privacy by using dynamic web-design features for enhanced data collection. It allows investigators to dynamically construct individualized LHQs on the fly and allows participants to complete the LHQ online in multiple languages. Investigators can download and delete the LHQ results and update their user and experiment information on the web. Privacy issues are handled through the online assignment of a unique ID number for each study and password-protected access to data.

Language History Questionnaire (LHQ3): An enhanced tool for assessing multilingual experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 938-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Li ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Anya Yu ◽  
Xiaowei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Data Recording ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Language History ◽  
Important Improvement ◽  
Automatic Scoring

AbstractThe language history questionnaire (LHQ) is an important tool for assessing the linguistic background and language proficiency of multilinguals or second language learners. Previously we developed a generic LHQ based on the most commonly asked questions in published studies (Li, Sepanski & Zhao, 2006) and provided a web-based interface (LHQ 2.0) that has flexibility in functionality, accuracy in data recording, and privacy for users and data (Li, Zhang, Tsai & Puls, 2014). LHQ3 (version 3) introduces new functions, developed in response to many comments/requests from users. One important improvement is the addition of an automatic scoring system, in that the new interface automatically calculates aggregated scores for language proficiency, language dominance, and language immersion levels. Finally, LHQ3 allows researchers to assign different weights to the modules when calculating the aggregated scores, addressing the issue of different focuses that different researchers put on multilingual speakers’ language usage and background.

Design and Implementation of the Web-Based Book Recommendation System

2013 ◽  
Vol 427-429 ◽  
pp. 2143-2146
Author(s):  
Qi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Recommendation System ◽  
Web Design ◽  
System Implementation ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
The Web

The book recommendation system is mainly designed with Struts2 + Hibernate + Spring technologies in the Web design. This paper analyzes the functions of the system, introduces the systems architecture and the key technologies of system implementation, and proves the effectiveness and practicability of the system through experiment.

scholarly journals Language Dominance Modulates the Perception of Spanish Approximants in Late Bilinguals

Languages ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Martha Black ◽  
Marc F. Joanisse ◽  
Yasaman Rafat
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Dominance ◽  
Language History ◽  
Dominance Score ◽  
Perceptual Difficulty ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
L2 Perception

The ability to discriminate phonetically similar first language (L1) and second language (L2) sounds has significant consequences for achieving target-like proficiency in second-language learners. This study examines the L2 perception of Spanish approximants [β, δ, ɣ] in comparison with their voiced stop counterparts [b, d, g] by adult English-Spanish bilinguals. Of interest is how perceptual effects are modulated by factors related to language dominance, including proficiency, language history, attitudes, and L1/L2 use, as measured by the Bilingual Language Profile questionnaire. Perception of target phones was assessed in adult native Spanish speakers (n = 10) and Spanish learners (n = 23) of varying proficiency levels, via (vowel-consonant-vowel) VCV sequences featuring both Spanish approximants and voiced stops during an AX discrimination task. Results indicate a significant positive correlation between perceptual accuracy and a language dominance score. Findings further demonstrate a significant hierarchy of increasing perceptual difficulty: β < δ < ɣ. Through an examination of bilingual language dominance, composed of the combined effects of language history, use, proficiency, and attitudes, the present study contributes a more nuanced and complete examination of individual variables that affect L2 perception, reaching beyond proficiency and experience alone.

Protecting Datasources Over the Web

2003 ◽  
pp. 299-330
Author(s):  
Silvana Castano ◽  
Eena Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Security Policies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Information Release ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
Acquisition Processes ◽  
The Web

Since the Web is becoming the main means of disseminating information in private and public organizations, both at internal and external levels, several applications at Internet and intranet level need mechanisms supporting a selective access to data available over the Web. Through XML, the document exchange and acquisition processes, which can be very frequent in Web-based systems, are simplified and standardized. The development of suitable security policies for both access control and information release and distribution are relevant research topics in the security field, and XML compatibility is an important requirement for Web datasource protection. This chapter covers the issues related to the definition of security policies, models and mechanisms for access control and dissemination of Web data, and is organized in two parts. In the first part, we introduce the general issues and requirements related to the definition of different types of security policies for access control and for information release in Web datasources. Then, we present security policies and mechanisms specifically devoted to the protection of XML data. In the second part, we describe the use of XML for the specification of security relevant information, focusing on security policies, subject credentials, and content protection.

scholarly journals Utilizing lexical data from a Web-derived corpus to expand productive collocation knowledge

ReCALL ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoqun Wu ◽  
Ian H. Witten ◽  
Margaret Franken
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Expert User ◽  
Innovative System ◽  
British National Corpus ◽  
Lexical Data ◽  
The Web ◽  
National Corpus

AbstractCollocations are of great importance for second language learners, and a learner’s knowledge of them plays a key role in producing language fluently (Nation, 2001: 323). In this article we describe and evaluate an innovative system that uses a Web-derived corpus and digital library software to produce a vast concordance and present it in a way that helps students use collocations more effectively in their writing. Instead of live search we use an off-line corpus of short sequences of words, along with their frequencies. They are preprocessed, filtered, and organized into a searchable digital library collection containing 380 million five-word sequences drawn from a vocabulary of 145,000 words. Although the phrases are short, learners can browse more extended contexts because the system automatically locates sample sentences that contain them, either on the Web or in the British National Corpus. Two evaluations were conducted: an expert user tested the system to see if it could generate suitable alternatives for given text fragments, and students used it for a particular exercise. Both suggest that, even within the constraints of a limited study, the system could and did help students improve their writing.

scholarly journals THE COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND MALAY LANGUAGES

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Nazri Latiff Azmi ◽  
Lidwina Teo Pik Ching ◽  
Norbahyah Binti Jamaludin ◽  
Muhammad Nur Haziq Bin Ramli ◽  
Muhammad Habibbullah Bin Razali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Language History ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

English and Malay languages are categorized as popular languages in the world.  However, both languages underwent different history and composition. This study investigates the languages in terms of history, phonology, loanwords, grammar, morphology and semantics. The purposes of studying the comparisons and contrasts of both languages are not only to analyze the uniqueness of the languages but also to identify the process of understanding the languages especially the view of second language learners. It is found that two languages come from different background; somehow they share similar characteristics such as the vowels sounds, loanwords and semantics. However, the learners face difficulty in learning both languages especially in pronunciations and spelling.Keywords: English language, Malay language, history of language

scholarly journals Rent A Trend

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Atik Zakirhusen Mujawar ◽  
Akash Lalitkumar Makwana ◽  
Lalit Shailesh Jain ◽  
Dev Vikesh Doshi ◽  
Smita Bansod
Keyword(s):  
Web Design ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Web Based ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Great Exposure ◽  
The Web

This paper presents the execution of an on the web design rental help. It very well may be arranged as an online stage where individuals can lease things with practically no issue. It employments an extremely proficient way of advancing employing selective dresses and assistants to individuals who doesn't possess the ability to claim costly items or are less keen on claiming for different reasons. People are more or less familiar with buying and selling clothes, but have not really experienced clothes renting or reselling online. A web-based platform where people can easily rent fashion things will be a great exposure. Useful for people who are not able to own expensive products for various reasons. The system is designed in a way that takes care of the user by providing accurate information about the product. We aim to create an application that will provide a one stop solution for all fashion related problems.

scholarly journals The Performance of Web-based 2-tier Middleware Systems

10.28945/2937 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnson Dehinbo
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Home Page ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Application Systems ◽  
Query Result ◽  
Dynamic Web ◽  
Java Server Pages ◽  
Active Server Pages ◽  
The Web

The overall aim of this study is to determine the performance of selected web-based dynamic middleware systems that are used for designing and implementing dynamic web application systems. This is necessary in a world where more applications are moving to the web, and slow performance of such applications can discourage users, thereby reducing profit, and reduce programmers’ productivity and quality of applications due to slow testing and execution. Java Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP), and Personal Home Page (PHP) were used to perform some operations on the server, like retrieving all records from a database stored on the server. The time taken since the query is initiated from the browser, to the time the query result is displayed on the client browser were measured for each of the four middleware systems as an estimate for their performance. Records were increased in multiples of thousands to estimate scalability along with the performance. PHP proved to be more efficient and more scalable.

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