Engaging the senses

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Cerreta ◽  
Pavel Trofimovich
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
French Canadian ◽  
Pronunciation Instruction ◽  
Sensory Learning ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Types Of Instruction

Abstract This case study examined the benefits of a sensory-based approach for teaching second language pronunciation to actors, addressing the unique learning goal of nativelike speech for nonnative professional actors. Two French Canadian actors (Marianne and Sebastian) were followed over 10 weeks of pronunciation instruction based on Knight’s (2012) theatrical voice methods and Gibson’s (1969) principles of sensory learning. Audio samples from scripted performances before and after instruction were rated for global and linguistic measures by 10 linguistically trained listeners and for performance measures by 10 advanced acting students. Listener ratings showed a significant improvement in accentedness for Marianne and greater comprehensibility for both actors, while qualitative data revealed actors’ preferences for different types of instruction. Results suggest that sensory learning appears beneficial for some learners and that pronunciation instruction could be supplemented with sensory-based activities.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence in Distance Learning: A case study of English as a second language via distance learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-165
Author(s):  
George Boon Sai Teoh ◽  
Agnes Wei Lin Liau
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Learning English

Distance learners studying English confront emotionally demanding obstacles. A mixed methods study was conducted to explore the role that distance learners’ emotional intelligence (EI) plays as they learn English. In phase one of the study, 238 students responded to a composite questionnaire that yielded their EI scores, demography, and viewpoints regarding the English course. In phase two, 18 volunteers selected based on their EI scores were interviewed to obtain qualitative data to build upon the quantitative results. This paper presents a case study of a student called Aini. The findings revealed that Aini’s EI helped her manage her emotions, perceptions, and actions, and ultimately obtain her obligatory English credits for graduation. It is imperative to inculcate students’ EI to help them manage their emotions in order to adapt and persevere, not only when learning English via distance learning but also to successfully accomplish one’s goals in life.

Medicines education at home – A case study in Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 986-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Hokkanen ◽  
Anna-Liisa Elorinne ◽  
Katri Hämeen-Anttila ◽  
Tuula Keinonen
Keyword(s):  
Family Member ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Mixed Methods Case Study ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Medicine Cabinet

Background: Educating children about medicines and medicine use is part of health education and is often seen as parents’ responsibility. However, to date, little research has been conducted on medicines education as provided in the home. Objective: To explore (1) parents’ attitudes towards medicines, (2) medicines education practices in the home and (3) the interaction in medicines education between the home and at school. Design: Mixed-methods case study. Setting: Pupils and their parents in one comprehensive school in Finland. Method: Before an educational intervention with Year 4 (aged 10–11 years) and Year 7 (aged 13–14 years) students, parents completed a background survey concerning their perceptions, beliefs and knowledge of medicines ( n = 250). Following the intervention, interviews with 12 mothers and 12 children, and medicine cabinet studies ( n = 10) were conducted. Quantitative data were analysed using K-mean cluster analysis to see whether respondents could be divided into different clusters based on their attitudes towards medicines. Qualitative data were analysed using theory-guided content analysis to obtain a picture of home medicines education. Results: Participants, mostly mothers, were divided into different types of medicine educators, whose attitudes towards medicines were either positive or neutral. Medicine consumption practices varied between families, but medicines were usually discussed when the child, a family member, a relative or a friend had a long-term illness; when a family member was suffering from a sickness; and while taking a medicine. In general, interaction between the home and the school was rather limited. Conclusion: The majority of mothers exhibited a strong reliance on public systems of health care. Greater interaction between schools and the home is needed in Finnish medicines education.

scholarly journals Om sammenhenger mellom forskningsspørsmål, aksjonsforskning, casestudier og generalisering

2020 ◽  
pp. 163-189
Author(s):  
Kristin Emilie Willumsen Bjørndal ◽  
Svein-Erik Andreassen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the article is to contribute to the discussion about the relationship between action research with qualitative data and generalization. Working towards this purpose, we look into two other elements of research design. These two are research questions and case study as a research strategy. We apply theoretical concepts about different types of action research, different types of case study and different types of generalization in qualitative research. We also derive various formulations of constructive research questions. By experimenting with compilations of the theoretical concepts and the various formulations of constructive research questions, we promote a possible mindset about how different types of action research can justify ambition or not ambition of generalization.

scholarly journals Changes in Fish Consumer Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bandung City

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Nabila Nur Rania ◽  
Zuzy Anna ◽  
Achmad Rizal ◽  
Asep Agus Handaka Suryana
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Wald Test ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Fresh Fish ◽  
Before And After

This research was conducted in Cicendo District, Bandung City, West Java. To analyze factors that influence changes in fish consumers behaviour and preference before the COVID-19 pandemic. Case study with quantitative and qualitative data analysis was employed and an accidental sampling technique method using 100 respondents. The results showed changes in factors during the COVID-19 pandemic are the system and place of purchase, the frequency of fish consumption, the amount of consumption of fish and products consumed, and the price of fish. Based on binary logistic regression analysis, before and after the Covid-19 pandemic, the Wald test showed that income, education and age variables had an influence on preferences between fresh fish and processed fish. Preferences between fresh freshwater fish and marine fish before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wald test shows that employment and income variables have an influence.

Motivation in Reading Among Learners of English as a Second Language

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-361
Author(s):  
Zahid Ali ◽  
Illahi Bux Gopang ◽  
Farhad Qassemi ◽  
Faraz Ali Bughio
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Crucial Issue ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Reading Activities

The prominent significance of motivation on all skills of language learning is brilliant to all. Despite considerable researches have been done on motivation, there is no sufficient study on the effects of motivation on reading. So far, this study attempts to demonstrate influences of different types of motivation on reading of second language learners. Using a qualitative case study approach, this study examines different aspects of motivation affects on 20 Malaysian girls studying in Master Degree in University of Malaya. The candidates took part in an interview and all questions were explained to them and then they filled up a reconstructed Wigfield questionnaire. The challenge of identifying different types of motivation led to finding out that efficacy and competition in reading plays significant role in reading activities. In sum, the data is presenting the crucial issue that extrinsic and intrinsic motivation empowers each other.

Interrelationships between Key Actors in Local Economic Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Wong
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Subjective Meanings

The author examines the interrelationship between different organisations in the local economic-development field and the practitioners' response to various policy issues. A sociological perspective is adopted to achieve a sympathetic understanding of the situation as the actors see it, and of the subjective meanings they ascribe to their actions. Empirical findings were yielded both from quantitative and from qualitative data for two case-study areas—the North West and the Eastern regions of England. These two regions were chosen because of their very contrasting socioeconomic experiences, which provide a compelling account of how practitioners perceive different issues and how these perceptions vary between different types of organisations in different localities.

scholarly journals Punctuation and text segmentation in 15th-century pamphlets

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Text Segmentation ◽  
White Space ◽  
Specific Relationship ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Function ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects

Abstract The use of punctuation in German incunabula is often described as arbitrary, irregular, and unsystematic (cf. Masalon 2014: 54–56). This concerns the inventory, frequency, and function of punctuation marks as well as pragmatic aspects such as how typesetters treated punctuation in their respective target texts. In this paper, punctuation is not seen as an independent linguistic subsystem, but as a means of text segmentation that – along with other measures (e. g. capital letters, pilcrows, and white space) – was used to structure a text with respect to its formal appearance, helping the reader to decode information. This case study is based on a corpus of German pamphlets written by the Bohemian astrologer Wenzel Faber and printed annually beginning in 1481 at various print shops, principally in Leipzig and Nuremberg. The analysis finds significant changes in the editions before and after 1490. These changes include an increasing consistency in the intensity of text segmentation, and a use of capital letters and punctuation marks developed from a polyfunctional to a monofunctional approach. Finally, different types of text segmentation are proposed, each characterized by a specific relationship between its frequency and its function. Despite this overall tendency, one must still take into account that typesetters followed individual punctuation practices in their search for suitable forms of text segmentation.

scholarly journals Development of Second Language French Oral Skills in an Instructed Setting: A Focus on Speech Ratings

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Trofimovich ◽  
Sara Kennedy ◽  
Josée Blanchet
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Read Aloud ◽  
Pitch Range ◽  
Pronunciation Instruction ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Oral Skills ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Listening And Speaking ◽  
Intonation Accuracy

This study examined the relationship between targeted pronunciation instruction in French as a second language (L2) and listener-based ratings of accent, comprehensibility, and fluency. The ratings by 20 French listeners evaluating the speech of 30 adult L2 French learners enrolled in a 15-week listening and speaking course targeting segments, prosody, fluency, and connected speech processes (e.g., liaison, enchainment) were compared before and after instruction in read-aloud and extemporaneous (picture description) speaking tasks. Results showed that the learners improved in all speech ratings, especially in extemporaneous speaking. Results also revealed that accent ratings were linked to prosody (intonation accuracy, pitch range), while fluency and comprehensibility ratings were additionally linked to fluency phenomena (length of fluent run, hesitation rate). These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for L2 pronunciation learning and links between instruction, listener-rated dimensions of speech, and performance in different tasks.

scholarly journals Different yet complementary: Two approaches to supporting victims of sexual violence in the UK

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Robinson ◽  
Kirsty Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
The Other ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Partnership Models

This article explores the strengths and limitations of two different types of settings that provide specialist support to victims of sexual violence in the UK: Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) and voluntary sector organizations such as Rape Crisis. Qualitative data from six case study sites and quantitative data from 35 sexual violence projects in England and Wales revealed that the type of setting affected the types of referrals received and this, in turn, shaped the services required by victims and thus the nature of the work preformed. Consequently, each type of project had different emphases in their workload with which they were particularly well equipped to handle. Each type also had its own unique challenges; for example, while there were notable benefits from delivering support in partnership models, such as SARCs, their affiliation with statutory partners was perceived by some as a disadvantage, especially for those seeking support in relation to historical sexual abuse. On the other hand, those delivering support in voluntary sector projects had to work harder to establish and maintain relationships with other agencies, but their independence was seen to be greater and this was perceived as a strength for gaining access to victims and maintaining their confidence. Both approaches had notable benefits and, given the diverse array of sexual violence victims in any given area, providing these two different, yet complementary, approaches to supporting them is recommended.

Processing the Spanish imperfect subjunctive: Depth of processing under different instructional conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGIO ADRADA-RAFAEL
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Think Aloud ◽  
Depth Of Processing ◽  
Reading Task ◽  
Target Form ◽  
Think Aloud Protocols ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Types Of Instruction ◽  
Comprehension Tests

ABSTRACTThis study aimed to examine 88 intermediate learners of second language Spanish’ depth of processing under different types of instruction when being exposed to a complex grammar form, the imperfect subjunctive, on a reading task. Depth of processing was measured by employing think-aloud protocols. Due to the absence of reactivity, six silent and think-aloud conditions were merged into three experimental ones differing in explicitness. The study followed a pre-, post-, and delayed test design with 2 weeks between tests, which consisted of interpretation, controlled-production, and comprehension tests. Overall, results showed that participants in the more explicit condition produced more instances of processing, and that deeper processing correlated with a more accurate production of the target form and with a higher comprehension of the reading passage.

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