scholarly journals Sensoriality and pupil immersive meaning making in a virtual secondary school: A pedagogical avatarial interaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Caroline Corvasce ◽  
Martine Gadille ◽  
Joséphine Rémon
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Salient Features ◽  
Academic Profile

We present a study of avatarial interactions in a pedagogical virtual 3D world. We find that there are variations as regards the three dimensions of immersion, symbolic, bodily and social, according to the academic profile of the pupils. The class with a lower mastery of academic skills in maths, French, English and a second language, was found to be more involved with the symbolic immersion aspects, and less with aspects of bodily and social immersion, whereas the class group with a higher mastery of academic skills presented the opposite features. When merging the two class groups, it was the medium high score group that was found to present salient features, namely high indicators as far as the three forms of immersion were concerned.

Gamification in English as Second Language Learning in Secondary Education Aged Between 11-18

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
English As Second Language

Since gamification has strengthened its place in education over the years, it is frequently preferred in English as a Second Language Learning. This study aims to investigate the literature on the effects of gamification on students’ English learning as a second language and the tendency of students to use games to learn English as a second language. This review contains a systematic review of published articles about gamification in English as a Second Language Learning for learners aged between 11-18 from 2013 to 2020. The study was designed according to the specifications of the PRISMA 2009 Checklist. A combination of words related to gamification, game-based learning, English as a Second Language, and secondary school was included as a search strategy. After selection, ten research articles written in English were reviewed. Their results indicated that the games enhance the fun, raise students’ motivation, and boost their participation while helping their autonomous learning. This review includes suggestions to support planning game-based English lessons.

Lexical richness development in Chinese second language writing: empirical research based on Cambodian Chinese learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-206
Author(s):  
Huan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Error Rate ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Lexical Variation ◽  
Lexical Richness ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Lexical Errors ◽  
Developmental Features

Abstract This study investigates the developmental features of lexical richness in Chinese compositions by Cambodian native speakers (n = 40) and the relationship between lexical richness and writing quality in Chinese Second Language (CSL) writing from three dimensions of lexical variation, lexical sophistication and lexical error rate.The results show that with the improvement of Chinese level, there are notable increases in lexical variation (p = 0.000 < 0.05) and lexical sophistication (p = 0.000 < 0.05). As for lexical errors, the overall lexical error rate is decreasing. Among which, the form error rate is decreasing obviously (p = 0.000 < 0.05), while the usage error rate is increasing, but not significantly (p = 0.039 > 0.005). Multiple regression analysis shows that lexical sophistication and lexical error rate are more closely related to CSL writing quality, which can predict writing quality well, while lexical variation has less impact on writing quality.

scholarly journals Right-angled Artin groups as normal subgroups of mapping class groups

2021 ◽  
Vol 157 (8) ◽  
pp. 1807-1852
Author(s):  
Matt Clay ◽  
Johanna Mangahas ◽  
Dan Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Mapping Class Groups ◽  
Braid Groups ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Artin Groups ◽  
Normal Subgroups ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Right Angled Artin Groups ◽  
Proper Normal Subgroup

We construct the first examples of normal subgroups of mapping class groups that are isomorphic to non-free right-angled Artin groups. Our construction also gives normal, non-free right-angled Artin subgroups of other groups, such as braid groups and pure braid groups, as well as many subgroups of the mapping class group, such as the Torelli subgroup. Our work recovers and generalizes the seminal result of Dahmani–Guirardel–Osin, which gives free, purely pseudo-Anosov normal subgroups of mapping class groups. We give two applications of our methods: (1) we produce an explicit proper normal subgroup of the mapping class group that is not contained in any level $m$ congruence subgroup and (2) we produce an explicit example of a pseudo-Anosov mapping class with the property that all of its even powers have free normal closure and its odd powers normally generate the entire mapping class group. The technical theorem at the heart of our work is a new version of the windmill apparatus of Dahmani–Guirardel–Osin, which is tailored to the setting of group actions on the projection complexes of Bestvina–Bromberg–Fujiwara.

scholarly journals A Well-Rounded Education: The Gateway to Successful Careers and Lives

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
Michael Goldbloom
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Community Leader ◽  
Student Life ◽  
Good Communication

Michael Goldbloom explains how his education in Liberal Arts and Law has helped him pursue careers as varied as lawyer, newspaper publisher, community leader and now, Principal of Bishop’s University. He believes that learning good communication skills in elementary and secondary school as well as interacting with others in an effective and respectful way are key elements to any future career. His family’s emphasis on education and community involvement was critically important to the educational and career choices he made. He makes a case for the model of the small university as an ideal community for young people to develop their academic skills, participate in sports or artistic pursuits, contribute to student life and forge relationships with fellow students and professors. Lastly, Mr. Goldbloom supports the idea that entrepreneurship should be a key ingredient in postsecondary education, not just for business students, but for all students to have the ability to manage their careers.

scholarly journals TEACHING GRAMMAR IN SECONDARY SCHOOL: ALTERNATIVE TO DEFINITION APPROACH

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Grammar Teaching ◽  
Teaching Grammar ◽  
Grammatical Structures

This paper examines the teaching of grammar in relation to Nigerian classroom. The paper examines the controversy of whether or not to teach grammar to students learning a second language pointing out the arguments advanced by those in favour and against it. Two approaches to the teaching of grammar - explicit and implicit - were equally discussed highlighting arguments for and against each. The paper finally gives support to an integrative approach to grammar teaching and recommends the same for use in teaching grammatical structures in Nigerian schools.

scholarly journals La terminologia per il CLIL in lingua straniera e in italiano L2

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Silvia Gilardoni
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Second Language Teaching ◽  
Italian Context

In this paper we examine the treatment of terminology in CLIL context (Content and language integrated learning), through the analysis of a corpus of subject textbooks in a foreign language and in Italian as a second language. After introducing the CLIL methodology and its application in the field of foreign language and Italian as a second language teaching as regards the Italian context, we consider the role of terminology in CLIL environment. Then we present the results of the analysis of the corpus, which consists of CLIL textbooks in English for the secondary school and of subject textbooks in Italian as a second language for non-native speakers of secondary school and adult migrants who need the qualification of Italian secondary school. The analysis of the treatment of terminology in the corpus allows to outline methodological suggestions to integrate the terminological approach into teaching practice in different CLIL contexts.

On Central Ω-Krull Rings and their Class Groups

1984 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Jespers ◽  
P. Wauters
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Ring ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Condition ◽  
Semi Group ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Krull Domain ◽  
Direct Limits ◽  
Commutative Theory ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

The aim of this note is to study the class group of a central Ω-Krull ring and to determine in some cases whether a twisted (semi) group ring is a central Ω-Krull ring. In [8] we defined an Ω-Krull ring as a generalization of a commutative Krull domain. In the commutative theory, the class group plays an important role. In the second and third section, we generalize some results to the noncommutative case, in particular the relation between the class group of a central Ω-Krull ring and the class group of a localization. Some results are obtained in case the ring is graded. Theorem 3.2 establishes the relation between the class group and the graded class group. In particular, in the P.I. case we obtain that the class group is equal to the graded class group. As a consequence of a result on direct limits of Ω-Krull rings, we are able to derive a necessary and sufficient condition in order that a polynomial ring R[(Xi)i∊I] (I may be infinite) is a central Ω-Krull ring.

scholarly journals A Note on Ideal Class Groups

1966 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenkichi Iwasawa
Keyword(s):  
Class Group ◽  
Cyclotomic Field ◽  
Theoretical Method ◽  
Number Fields ◽  
Ideal Class ◽  
Ideal Class Group ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Algebraic Number Fields ◽  
Ideal Class Groups ◽  
The Ideal

In the first part of the present paper, we shall make some simple observations on the ideal class groups of algebraic number fields, following the group-theoretical method of Tschebotarew. The applications on cyclotomic fields (Theorems 5, 6) may be of some interest. In the last section, we shall give a proof to a theorem of Kummer on the ideal class group of a cyclotomic field.

Referring In a Second Language

1985 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Andy Bentlage
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Nonnative Speakers ◽  
Referential Communication ◽  
L2 Proficiency ◽  
Identification Task ◽  
School Students ◽  
Proficiency Levels ◽  
Data Analyses

Naming and describing are important aspects of referential communication (RC). In an investigation of RC in a second language (L2), 36 secondary school students, divided into three groups of 12 with different proficiency levels, had to work in pairs on a description/identification task involving twelve nonrepresentative shapes. One task session consisted of six trials which were performed in English. The results of three different data analyses (numbers of words, naming and describing, and referential strategies) showed that RC in L2 differs from RC in L1 in three aspects: nonnative speakers (NNS) need longer references for the shapes; NNS' final references are structurally more complex; NNS with a lower L2 proficiency use their L1 more often than NNS with a higher L2 proficiency.

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