scholarly journals Juggling ideals and constraints

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Dale ◽  
Ron Oostdam ◽  
Marjolijn Verspoor
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Target Language ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
Shared Language ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Shared Understandings

Abstract In bilingual streams in the Netherlands, school subjects are taught in an additional language so that pupils learn both subject content and the target language by using language meaningfully. Teachers of English in bilingual streams (TEBs) are often expected to collaborate with subject teacher colleagues (STs). In addition, they teach separate language lessons. This provides TEBs with specific challenges. This article reports on a focus group (FG) study exploring the extent to which the ideals of stakeholders in bilingual schools in the Netherlands reflect the literature on this topic, using a frame of reference developed for this purpose (Dale, Oostdam, & Verspoor, 2017). Five FGs were held with TEBs and STs from Dutch schools in the network for bilingual education and with members of the network’s quality assurance panels. Each FG consisted of between three and six participants with a similar role in bilingual education; audit panel chairpersons, audit panel secretaries and STs and TEBs from different schools. Participants were asked to discuss what an ideal English teacher would do in English lessons and in cooperation with subject colleagues. Data consists of five transcripts of the FG discussions. On the basis of inductive and deductive analyses (using MaxQDA), the ideals of stakeholders are positioned in the framework to explore to what extent different types of stakeholders have complementary or conflicting views. The findings suggest that stakeholders need to develop more shared understandings and a shared language to allow TEBs to realise their ambitions.

Aboriginal language programmes and language maintenance in the Kimberley

1986 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 108-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick McConvell
Keyword(s):  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Language Maintenance ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Oral Side ◽  
Cultural Maintenance ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Language Renewal ◽  
Australian Languages

Different types of language programmes for indigenous Australian languages should be developed to suit different language situations. Programmes are here divided into three types: Bilingual Education, Language Maintenance and Language Renewal. The Kija language of Warrmarn community, Western Australia is cited as an example of a situation requiring a Language Maintenance programme. In Language Maintenance programmes thought needs to be given to the intended function of the target language in the future. Consideration of this question tends to favour an approach which emphasizes cultural maintenance and the oral side of the programme.

Double, triple or quadruple hits? Exploring the impact of cybercrime on victims in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
pp. 026975802110106
Author(s):  
Raoul Notté ◽  
E.R. Leukfeldt ◽  
Marijke Malsch
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Victim Blaming ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

This article explores the impact of online crime victimisation. A literature review and 41 interviews – 19 with victims and 22 with experts – were carried out to gain insight into this. The interviews show that most impacts of online offences correspond to the impacts of traditional offline offences. There are also differences with offline crime victimisation. Several forms of impact seem to be specific to victims of online crime: the substantial scale and visibility of victimhood, victimisation that does not stop in time, the interwovenness of online and offline, and victim blaming. Victims suffer from double, triple or even quadruple hits; it is the accumulation of different types of impact, enforced by the limitlessness in time and space, which makes online crime victimisation so extremely invasive. Furthermore, the characteristics of online crime victimisation greatly complicate the fight against and prevention of online crime. Finally, the high prevalence of cybercrime victimisation combined with the severe impact of these crimes seems contradictory with public opinion – and associated moral judgments – on victims. Further research into the dominant public discourse on victimisation and how this affects the functioning of the police and victim support would be valuable.

Organizational Dependence: An Exploration of External Power Relationships of Companies

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem Koot
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Active Control ◽  
External Control ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Different Types ◽  
External Power ◽  
Binding Mechanisms

The concept of dependence is developed by explication of the concept used in the Aston Programme, and by elaboration from new data. Data from a study of 66 companies in The Netherlands go beyond the Aston dependence scales to construct indices for three different types of commercial binding mechanisms as used by companies: (1) striving for active control of 'partners', (2) reacting to relations of dependence, and (3) safeguarding production rationality. Mintzberg's hypothesis regarding external control is tested and a new one regarding commercial ties and autonomy is offered. The existence of a large variety of interorganizational control mechanisms is em phasized.

Operational storm surge forecasting in the Netherlands: developments in the last decade

2005 ◽  
Vol 363 (1831) ◽  
pp. 1441-1453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Verlaan ◽  
Annette Zijderveld ◽  
Hans de Vries ◽  
Jan Kroos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Kalman Filtering ◽  
Model Calibration ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Operational Environment ◽  
Hydrodynamic Models ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Storm Surge Forecasting

The accurate forecasting of storm surges is an important issue in the Netherlands. With the emergence of the first numerical hydrodynamic models for surge forecasting at the beginning of the 1980s, new demands and possibilities were raised. This article describes the main phases of the development and the present operational set-up of the Dutch continental shelf model, which is the main hydrodynamic model for storm surges in the Netherlands. It includes a brief discussion of applied data-assimilation techniques, such as Kalman filtering, the model calibration process and some thoughts on quality assurance in an operational environment. After further describing some select recent investigations, the paper concludes with some remarks on future developments in a European context.

scholarly journals Implementation of a quality assurance instrument (Preffi 1.0) to improve the effectiveness of health promotion in The Netherlands

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard R. M. Molleman ◽  
Louk W. H. Peters ◽  
Clemens M. H. Hosman ◽  
Gerjo J. Kok
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
The Netherlands

scholarly journals Friend or foe? First language (L1) in second/foreign language (L2/FL) instruction & Vygotsky

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Liaquat A. Channa ◽  
Daniel Gilhooly ◽  
Charles A. Lynn ◽  
Syed A. Manan ◽  
Niaz Hussain Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Sociocultural Theory ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Target Language

Abstract This theoretical review paper investigates the role of first language (L1) in the mainstream scholarship of second/foreign (L2/FL) language education in the context of language learning, teaching, and bilingual education. The term ‘mainstream’ refers here to the scholarship that is not informed by sociocultural theory in general and Vygotskian sociocultural theory in particular. The paper later explains a Vygotskian perspective on the use of L1 in L2/FL language education and discusses how the perspective may help content teachers in (a) employing L1 in teaching L2/FL content and (b) helping L2/FL students to become self-regulative users of the target language.

scholarly journals The choice of lucerne varieties in the Netherlands.

1953 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-185
Author(s):  
W. Scheijgrond
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Cold Resistance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Different Types ◽  
North And South America ◽  
North And South

Trials were carried out at 2 stations in the Netherlands in the period 1949-51 to compare the amounts of dry matter and crude protein yielded per ha. by 5 different types of lucerne. The Northern French varieties (Du Puits, Flamande Chartain-villiers and Flamande Flandria) gave considerably higher yields of dry matter and protein than Provence or Italian lucerne. A further trial was carried out in the Netherlands in co-operation with O.E.E.C., in which the performances of varieties from Western, Eastern, Central and Southern Europe, North and South America, New Zealand, India and South Africa were compared. The results are tabulated under the following headings: yield in comparative figures, speed of regrowth after winter, earliness of flowering, degree of infestation by grasses and cold-resistance. The Northern French varieties Du Puits, Flamande Flandria, Flamande Chartainvilliers, Flamande Socheville and Flamande C49, gave higher yields of dry matter and crude protein, regrew more rapidly after winter and were less susceptible to infestation by grasses than the other varieties tested. Their cold-resistance was satisfactory. There were no considerable differences in performance between the Northern French varieties tested.-W.J.B. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

scholarly journals Evaluation of Different Bilingual Education Models and Its Application on Primary School Children Literacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 667
Author(s):  
Yang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Second Language Development ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Impacts

<p><em>The term “bilingual education” can be described as a concept of educational research, based on its literal meaning, it usually refers to any educational program that involves two languages in the progress of teaching and learning. In modern society, bilingual education becomes increasingly popular, and has been widely used for the purpose of early education in many countries. This essay evaluates different types of bilingual education (early immersion, two-way language education, maintenance education) by analysing their strengths and limitations mainly in aspects of first language and second language development. From the systematic overview on the three most well-known forms of bilingual education, the author finds that all of them have influence on improving language skills and academic skills in a rolling basis while generally have no negative impacts on their growing process.</em></p>

scholarly journals Practice Model of Read-Examine-Decide-Write Strategy In Strengthening Students’ Reading Comprehension

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitrotul Mufaridah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Reading Text

Teaching reading in ESP Class is a challenging work not only for the English teacher but also for the students of Islamic Education Program or PAI of University of Muhammadiyah Jember. Teacher should be selective and creative in implementing teaching strategy in order to encourage students to comprehend reading text and communicate their understanding in the target language. The implementation of Read-Examine-Decide-Write (REDW) Strategy was done in ESP class of PAI. Read-Examine-Decide-Write Strategy was found as a good solution to teach them reading comprehension. By grouping the students in pair, they did their learning effectively through the steps of REDW. 75.8% or 22 of 29 students got score ≥ 75. They were active in comprehending the text through steps of REDW. The research result showed that Read-Examine-Decide-Write Strategy was able to improve PAI students’ reading comprehension in the first semester of 2015-2016 Academic Year.Keywords: reading comprehension, read-examine-decide-write strategy

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