Immigration

Sociology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Bloemraad ◽  
Edwin Lin
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The People ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
Almost All

The field of immigration research is broadly interested in understanding why people migrate across international borders, and what the consequences of migration are for the individuals involved, as well as the people and societies they enter and leave behind. In some countries, more than one in five residents were not born in the country where they live, while the economies of other countries are heavily dependent on the money that migrants send back. Migration thus affects a wide range of societies around the globe and can affect almost all aspects of human life. Sociologists consequently seek to explain population movements and state policies of migration control, debate theories of integration across a range of human activities, and consider the consequences of migration for development, national identities, and conceptions of membership in a world increasingly characterized by human relationships that span the borders of contemporary nation-states. Sociologists who work on migration do so in conversation with scholars drawn from many disciplines, including anthropology, demography, economics, ethnic studies, geography, history, legal studies, and political science. Given that the sociological field of migration studies is fundamentally interdisciplinary, any bibliography must be multidisciplinary, and it will invariably provide only a very small snapshot of the whole. The snapshot below, to remain manageable, is restricted to English-language publications, and it provides greater coverage of the US case than of other countries or regions of the world.

scholarly journals LEXICAL MEANS OF LOVE VERBALIZATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
N. О. Hertsovska ◽  
O. М. Labosh
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
English Language ◽  
Human Life ◽  
High Status ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
The People ◽  
Conceptual Aspect ◽  
History Of ◽  
Inner World ◽  
Main Components

In the history of any national culture, issues relating to human relationships, such as love and friendship, have always been and still remain of paramount importance. Aspects and the peculiarities of such relationships have always been the cause of misunderstandings among people. The phenomenon of love is still not fully understood. Therefore, the article explores the conceptual aspect of the love notion in English, the means of its verbalization and its main components. The love concept, which is verbalized by the means of contemporary English, is defined as a certain abstract unit that reproduces the centuries-old experience of the people in the form of various notions about this feeling. Love as a complex phenomenon of various spheres of human life has a high status in many disciplines of different cycles, therefore the study of this notion is relevant not only in lexicology or linguistics, but also in philosophy, ethics, sociology, and other sciences. Various linguistic means for representation of love in English have been studied and the main components of this notion have been identified. The main components of the notion of love have been defined, the expression of the notion in psychological texts has been analyzed, and duality as a conceptual feature of love has been described. Verbalized ideas about the inner world of a person who is the bearer of a particular culture have been considered. The notion of love has been investigated precisely from the linguistic side, also because the culture of love in the European space is primarily a verbal culture, which is closely linked to its verbal expression. There is every reason to believe that love is understood as one of the main aspects of human life and is recognized as one of the primary factors in human relationships, which is reflected in the language conceptualization. Thus, the conducted analysis allowed to reveal the versatility and multi-component character of the notion of love in the English language. 

scholarly journals Quebec’s Economic and Commercial Linkages with the United States, 1994–2017

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earl H. Fry
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
The North ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the ebb and flow of the Quebec government’s economic and commercial relations with the United States in the period 1994–2017. The topic demonstrates the impact of three major forces on Quebec’s economic and commercial ties with the US: (1) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which became operational in 1994 and was fully implemented over a 15-year period; (2) the onerous security policies put in place by the US government in the decade following the horrific events of 11 September 2001; and (3) changing economic circumstances in the United States ranging from robust growth to the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The article also indicates that the Quebec government continues to sponsor a wide range of activities in the United States, often more elaborate and extensive than comparable activities pursued by many nation-states with representation in the US. 1 1 Stéphane Paquin, ‘Quebec-U.S. Relations: The Big Picture’, American Review of Canadian Studies 46, no. 2 (2016): 149–61.

Podcasting as a Next Generation Teaching Resource

2009 ◽  
pp. 350-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Ang Lu
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Almost All

This chapter aims to investigate how podcasts can be made to fit into the repertoire of resources utilized by teachers, especially in language education. It focuses on arming the language teacher with a fundamental knowledge of podcasting, centering on its potential applications in the classroom. Podcasts are ideal resources for language teachers, especially English language teachers, because almost all topics imaginable are now being treated in podcasts and the bulk of podcasts are recorded in English. Aside from making use of language-teaching podcasts, language teachers can also incorporate English language podcasts dealing with a wide range of issues to cater to the varying preferences of students. In addition to discussing these points, this chapter also provides suggestions for the practical incorporation of podcasts in language learning and teaching, both inside and outside the classroom. Two case studies demonstrating possible ways to use podcasts in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context are presented.

scholarly journals An Analysis of English Language Orthography, Typography and Grammar used by Millennial on Social Media Platforms

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Alia Khan ◽  
Prof. Mohammad Rizwan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Education System ◽  
English Language ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Social media is a term with which most of the people around the world are well acquainted. The advancement of technology has provided a new medium through which we can propose, deliver, swap, and share our ideas without moving a single inch. It is a new avenue for conveying information and a trend which is now-a-days in vogue. From infants to adults, everyone is somehow in contact with the social media. Similarly, education system too has a profound influence of social media. From placement institutes, school authority, teachers, learners, to parents in fact every stakeholder of education system is somehow tied to social media. Jeff Bezos, CEO at Amazon.com once described the power of social media by asserting that “If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends” (Pencak 2019). Thus, we can assume the potency and status of social media in our life. Though social media is affecting many significant areas of human life, but the area which itself is considered as a ‘systematic means of communication’ (that is ‘Language’) is too being swayed by this virtual medium. Social media has exceedingly affected English language skills. The paper explores how the social media has influenced linguistics habits of millennial, whether it has affected upcoming academicians in a positive or negative way, and what should be done in order to protect their linguistic habits from the negative influence of social media.

Fk yea I swear: cursing and gender in MySpace

Corpora ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Thelwall
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
English Language ◽  
Home Pages ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Language Context ◽  
Identity Expression

Youth-orientated social networking sites, like MySpace, are important venues for socialising and identity expression. Analysing such sites can, therefore, provide a timely insight into otherwise hidden aspects of contemporary culture. In this paper, MySpace member home pages are used to analyse swearing in the US and UK. The results indicate that almost all young MySpaces, and about half of middle-aged MySpaces, contain some swearing, in terms of both males and females. There was no significant gender difference in the UK for strong swearing, especially for younger users (16–19). This is perhaps the first significant evidence of gender equality in strong swearing frequency in any informal English-language context. By contrast, US male MySpaces contain significantly more strong swearing than those of females. The assimilation by UK females of traditional male swearing in the informal context of MySpace, suggests deeper changes in gender roles in society – possibly related to the recent rise in `ladette culture'.

On the disappearance of calendar anomalies: have the currency markets become efficient?

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satish Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Least Square ◽  
January Effect ◽  
Currency Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
Financial Decision ◽  
Calendar Anomalies ◽  
Almost All

Purpose This study aims to examine the presence of the day-of-the-week (DOW), January and turn-of-month (TOM) effect in 20 currency pairs against the US dollar, from January, 1995 to December, 2014. Design/methodology/approach Ordinary least square with GARCH (1,1) framework is used to examine the presence of DOW, January and TOM effect to test the efficiency of the currency markets. The sample period is later divided into two sub-periods of equal length, that is, from 1995 to 2004 and 2005 to 2014, to explore the time-varying behavior of the calendar anomalies. Further, the authors also use the non-parametric technique, the Kruskal–Wallis test, to provide robustness check for the results. Findings For the DOW effect, the results indicate that the returns on Monday and Wednesday are negative and lower than the returns on Thursday and Friday which show positive and higher returns. The returns of all the currencies are higher (lower) in January (TOM trading days) and lower (higher) during rest of the year (non-TOM trading days). However, these calendar anomalies seem to have disappeared for almost all currencies during 2005 to 2014 and indicate that the markets have achieved a higher degree of efficiency in the later part of the sample. Practical implications The results have important implications for both traders and investors. The findings suggest that the investors might not be able to earn excess profits by timing their positions in some particular currencies taking the advantage of DOW, January or TOM effect, which in turn indicates that the currency markets have become more efficient with time. The results might be appealing to the practitioners as well in a way that they can consider the state of financial market for financial decision-making. Social implications The findings of lower returns on Monday and Wednesday and high returns during Thursday and Friday for all the currencies indicate that the foreign investors can take the advantage by going short on Monday and Wednesday and long on Thursday and Friday. Similarly, the returns of all the currencies are higher (lower) in January (TOM trading days) and lower (higher) during rest of the year (non-TOM trading days). During this period, investors in the currency markets could benefit themselves by taking long (short) positions in January (TOM trading days) and short (long) positions during rest of the year (non-TOM trading days). Originality/value The author provides a pioneer study on the presence of calendar anomalies (DOW, TOM and the January effect) across a wide range of currencies using 20 years of data from January 1995 to December 2014. To the best of the author’s knowledge, no study has examined the presence of January effect in the currency market; therefore, the author provides the first study in which January effect in a number of currencies is investigated.

scholarly journals TELEVISION: MEDIA FOR ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN MILLENNIUM ERA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-138
Author(s):  
Mu’amalah Mu’amalah
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
Technology And Communication ◽  
Almost All

Abstract The advances in technology and communication have affected almost all aspects of human life, including Islamic education. Television has become one of the products of this technological progress, bringing its advantages such as its audio-visual nature. The ability to reach the public has brought benefits in the education sector, especially Islamic education. In other words, the media have been able to provide Islamic education to the people of Indonesia. Television programs presented are able to manifest as textbooks with Islamic content, while the actors and figures presented were forms of teachers on television. Islamic studies on television can be seen in different events, ranging from tele-da'wah programs, music (nasyid, shalawat, and qasidah), operas and films, and other entertainment programs. Keywords: Television, Education Media, Islamic Studies ملخص انتباها إلى التقدم في التكنولوجيا والاتصالات التي أثرت تقريبا على جميع جوانب الحياة البشرية ، بما في ذلك مجال التعليم الإسلامي، قد أصبح التليفزيون أحد منتجات هذا التقدم التكنولوجي ، حيث جلب ميزاته ، مثل طبيعته السمعية والبصرية والقدرة على الوصول إلى عامة الناس ، وفوائده في مجال التعليم خاصة فى التعليم الإسلامي . أو بعبارة أخرى ، تمكن التليفزيون وسيلة من وسائل الإعلام من تقديم التربية الإسلامية لشعب إندونيسيا. وتمكنت البرامج التلفزيونية التي كانت موجودة من إظهارها ككتب مدرسية تحتوي على متغيرات المحتوى الإسلامي فيها ، في حين كانت الجهات الفاعلة والأشكال المقدمة عبارة عن أشكال من المدرسين في التلفزيون. يمكن رؤية الدراسات الإسلامية على شاشات التلفزيون في مناسبات مختلفة ، تتراوح بين برامج الدعوة ، والموسيقى ، والمسلسلات والأفلام والبرامج الترفيهية الأخرى. مفتاح الكلمات: التلفزيون ، وسائل التعليم ، الدراسات الإسلامية Abstrak Memperhatikan kemajuan teknologi dan komunikasi yang telah mempengaruhi hampir seluruh aspek kehidupan manusia, termasuk juga bidang pendidikan agama Islam. Televisi telah hadir menjadi salah satu produk dari kemajuan teknologi tersebut, dengan membawa serta kelebihan-kelebihannya seperti sifatnya yang audio-visual serta mampu menjangkau khalayak umum telah membawa manfaat dalam sektor pendidikan khususnya pendidikan Islam, atau dengan kata lain relevisi telah mampu menjadi media dalam memberikan pendidikan keislaman kepada masyarakat Indonesia. Acara-acara televisi yang hadir mampu menjelma sebagai buku pelajaran dengan varian konten keislaman didalamnya, sedangkan para aktor maupun figur yang dihadirkan merupakan bentuk guru yang ada di televisi. Studi-studi keislaman dalam televisi tersebut bisa kita lihat pada kemasana acara yang berbeda, mulai dari program tele-dakwah (pengajian), musik (nasyid, shalawat, qasidah), sinetron dan film, serta acara-acara lainnya yang bersifat entertainment. Kata Kunci: Televisi, Media Pendidikan, Studi Islam

scholarly journals Teaching Medical English through Professional Captioning Videos

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-107
Author(s):  
Božena Džuganová
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
The Internet ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Medical English ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Global Language ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Since the Barcelona objective released on 16 March 2002, European Union met an ambitious goal: to promote learning of “at least two foreign languages from an early age” (European Commission 2019). Thus, bilingualism, multilingualism, and linguistic diversity became a part of European policy (Pokrivčáková 2013a; Pokrivčáková 2013b; Schunz 2012). Nevertheless, English language is still considered to be the global language, used as lingua franca. English is the language of international dialogue facilitating further educational and professional development, it is the language of international communication, science, academia, and the Internet (Dearden 2014). English is the first foreign language taught in Slovakia, and therefore majority of Slovak medical students chose the course of Medical English during their study. To develop communicative competence and performance in students, it is necessary to offer a very wide range of stimulating activities in English classes. Videos published on the Internet offer enormous potential for foreign or second language (L2) acquisition at every level according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in almost all learning phases, covering a significant variety of authentic topics (Barnau, Džuganová, Malinovská 2018). Our study is particularly aimed at watching of YouTube professional medical videos with/without captions and their effect on English language skills, especially listening comprehension in medical students at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (JFM UC).

scholarly journals Human Activity Affects Forest Fires: The Impact of Anthropogenic Factors on the Density of Forest Fires in Poland

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 728
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kolanek ◽  
Mariusz Szymanowski ◽  
Andrzej Raczyk
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Road Density ◽  
Regression Methods ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mixed Regression ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Forest fires, due to climate change, are a growing threat to human life, health, and property, especially in temperate climates. Unfortunately, the impact of individual factors on forest fires varies, depending on the geographical region and its natural and socio-economic conditions. The latter are rarely introduced into fire warning systems, which significantly reduces their effectiveness. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to quantify the impact of a wide range of anthropogenic factors on forest fires, using Poland as a representative example of a Central European country. Data were analyzed in relation to districts for the period 2007–2017, using correlation analysis and regression modeling applying global and local/mixed regression methods. It was found that almost all of the 28 variables taken for analysis significantly determined the density of forest fires, but the greatest role was played by the length of the border between forests and built-up areas, and road density. In addition, the impact of most of the analyzed variables on forest fires varied over the study area, so implementing non-stationarity in geographically weighted regression models significantly improved the goodness-of-fit compared to global models.

scholarly journals Learning From Collaborative Teacher Development in an EAP/ESP Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Elena Velikaya
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Development ◽  
Research University ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Peer Observation ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
Almost All

‘Collaborative teacher development is an increasingly common kind of teacher development found in a wide range of language teaching contexts’. Teachers can collaborate with other teachers in writing materials, books, doing research, and analysing observed lessons. Even the format and the content of a teaching journal can be developed in cooperation with other colleagues. The article reports on collaborative teacher development of English language teachers at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) in Moscow, Russia. The study used a survey to investigate needs for teacher development at NRU HSE. Findings reveal that not all teachers practise self-observation; many teachers believe that feedback must be personal; the majority of teachers find peer observation subjective; almost all teachers have teaching journals but their understanding of what a teaching journal is seems to be erroneous. These results indicate that without a clear understanding of the listed above issues and their implementation in a given context professional development can hardly be possible. The author analyses the results of this research and makes suggestions about teacher development as a continuous and collaborative process.

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