scholarly journals Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunus Pınar ◽  
Fatma Ünal ◽  
Nihal Kubilay Pınar
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
School Children ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
High Income ◽  
Turkish Children ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Study Results

AbstractIn this study, we examine the mother tongue proficiency of pre-school children from high-income and highly educated families in Antalya, Turkey. The study used the Turkish version of the Hamburger Instrument for the Analysis of the Language Level of 5-year olds (HAVAS 5) linguistic-level diagnostic tool that is originally employed to form the basis of individually customized language support programs. The study group of this research was made up of 41 pre-school children (n= 41; 29 boys, 12 girls). Furthermore, a semi-structured interview (SSI) form was developed by the authors and finally conducted with 3 mothers and their husbands (n=6). Our study results show that the majority of the children (33/41) from high-income and highly educated families showed an advanced level of language proficiency especially in the realm of vocabulary acquisition. In particular, the children were observed to be self-confident when using their mother tongue and that they did not hesitate to take initiatives during the HAVAS 5 storytellings. Our qualitative results suggest also that a small group of children who are either introverts or having lower level language proficiency may have a specific trait, condition or characteristic. Based on the data from interviews, emotional atmosphere of the family, parenting styles, speech sound disorder (SSD) or excessive screen-based media use might reasonably be suspected of having some influence on mother tongue proficiency.

scholarly journals Language Proficiency Analysis of Turkish Children Aged 5 in Antalya

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunus Pinar ◽  
Fatma Ünal ◽  
Nihal Kubilay Pınar
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Turkish Children ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Linguistic Level ◽  
Development Levels

The purpose of this research is to investigate the mother tongue development levels of pre-school children within the context of various language skill categories. Within the framework of the research, the children’s potentials in terms of their verbal presentation skills, their self-confidence developed toward their mother tongue and their communication competences were evaluated. The study used the Turkish version of the HAVAS 5 linguistic level diagnostic tool that is originally employed to form the basis of individually customized language support programs. 41 (N= 37; 29 boys, 12 girls) pre-school children registered in the kindergarten of a school located in the Muratpaşa district of Antalya and selected using the random sampling method were included in the research.

scholarly journals Language Proficiency Analysis of Turkish Children Aged 5 in Antalya

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunus Pinar ◽  
Fatma Ünal ◽  
Nihal Kubilay Pınar
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Turkish Children ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Linguistic Level ◽  
Development Levels

The purpose of this research is to investigate the mother tongue development levels of pre-school children within the context of various language skill categories. Within the framework of the research, the children’s potentials in terms of their verbal presentation skills, their self-confidence developed toward their mother tongue and their communication competences were evaluated. The study used the Turkish version of the HAVAS 5 linguistic level diagnostic tool that is originally employed to form the basis of individually customized language support programs. 41 (N= 37; 29 boys, 12 girls) pre-school children registered in the kindergarten of a school located in the Muratpaşa district of Antalya and selected using the random sampling method were included in the research.

scholarly journals Interference in Japanese Learning by First-Year Students of Hospitality Department in State Polytechnic Of Bali

IZUMI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-205
Author(s):  
Harisal Harisal
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
First Year ◽  
Speech Communication ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Real Phenomenon ◽  
Passive Interference ◽  
Phonetic Features

The second-language learning process is often constrained by the influence of mother tongue or first language-Acquisition learners, which is called interference. Interference is principal language irrelevance in bilingual due to one or more language to be introduced or Speech Communication. Based on its phenomenon, students of State Polytechnic of Bali are considered passive interference learners, putting their mother tongue (Javanese and Balinese) elements and Indonesian Language in Japanese consciously or intuitively. This study aims to disclose the type of interference by the hospitality program students for those studying Japanese in State Polytechnic of Bali and explain its factors. The method used is Descriptive Qualitative, which is concerned with taking document field notes and literature Review to represent the real phenomenon of passive Interference types. The population in this study were all students in State Polytechnic of Bali in Japanese class. In contrast, the sample was taken from the results of purposive sampling based on their 100% attendance. There were about 65 first-year or second Semester students in Japanese Class and showed their Interferences. The study results showed that about 75 Passive Interference has commonly occurred in grammatical cases, such as phonetics, morphology, and syntax. Moreover, the occurrence factors of Passive Interference are distinctive Phonetic Features, The Language pattern differences between Mother Tongues (Local Languages) – Japanese, and lack of Japanese Language Proficiency skills and its dictions.

scholarly journals MASTERING THE MOTHER TONGUE AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION FOR STUDENTS IN MALAYSIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING: A DETAILED STUDY ON THE CONCERN OF MULTIRACIAL LANGUAGE COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (41) ◽  
pp. 38-54
Author(s):  
Muhammad Safuan Yusoff ◽  
Irma Wani Othman ◽  
Herlina Jupiter ◽  
Saifulazry Mokhtar
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
National Language ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning

Malaysia is a multi-racial country with a multi-racial composition, thus producing a variety of communication languages spoken as a result of ethnic assimilation from various races. Malay language is the mother tongue and is upheld as the national language, and thus becomes an element of the identity of Malaysians. It is also considered a point of unity of all the people that lead to national cohesion. The increase in the enrolment of international students every year proves the success of the Ministry of Education Malaysia in fulfilling the vision and mission of the Internationalisation Policy of Malaysian Institutions of Higher Learning. However, in the excitement of pursuing modernisation of education today, the university is bearing heavy responsibility in lifting the position of the Malay language as the official forum for learning and teaching as well as a selection of the main medium of communication among students, especially international students. Discussion of this paper focused on dismantling trade empowerment in the context of the Malay language proficiency in the language that seeks to help assimilation and accommodating international students. This research chooses a qualitative approach by utilising the semi-structured interview method to generate empirical data from a target group of 30 international students in selected Malaysian Public Universities. The findings show that international students utilise their mother tongue to recognise their abilities and agree that the importance of understanding and having the skills of the local language can contribute to the transformation of assimilation in the culture of Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society. Ultimately, mastering the mother tongue as a medium of communication for HLI students is a universal skill requirement of international students for the improvisation of self-confidence in facing the challenges of language learning in a multi-racial country.

Met Deze Kun je Huisje Bouwen

1987 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 91-105
Author(s):  
Marloes de Bie
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Conceptual Development ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Production Test ◽  
Turkish Children ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
Fixed Order ◽  
Dutch Children

In the research on the second language proficiency of non-native speakers of Dutch little attention has been paid to the semantic level of proficiency. The research reported in this article is concerned with the relation between the conceptual-cognitive development in the mother tongue and the acquisition of vocabulary in the second language. Six Turkish and six Dutch children, aged between seven and eight years, were tested with a frequently used Dutch language reception and production test, the UTANT. In one of the subtests the subjects were asked to describe four objects. The descriptions were transcribed and analysed on the use of denotational and connotational features. The analysis showed that the Turkish subjects tended to name the connotational features first and to name denotational features only when they were asked to. The Dutch subjects exhibited the opposite tendency. In addition the analysis showed that the Turkish subjects named features in a fixed order. On the basis of the results of this analysis another experiment was carried out, in which the subjects were asked to match two objects in each item which were comparable on one denotational feature. The order in which the features had to be named was manipulated. An analysis indicated that the Turkish subjects did not match the objects according to their specific denotational features and that these subjects showed the same order in naming the features while describing the objects as with the UTANT. This structural tendency seems to point to the fact that during pre-school interaction the conceptual development of Turkish children is organized in another way than that of the Dutch children. If this should be the case - which has to be confirmed by further research - this might influence the acquisition of vocabulary in the second language.

scholarly journals Interference in Japanese Learning by First-Year Students of Hospitality Department in State Polytechnic Of Bali

IZUMI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-205
Author(s):  
Harisal Harisal
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
First Year ◽  
Speech Communication ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Real Phenomenon ◽  
Passive Interference ◽  
Phonetic Features

The second-language learning process is often constrained by the influence of mother tongue or first language-Acquisition learners, which is called interference. Interference is principal language irrelevance in bilingual due to one or more language to be introduced or Speech Communication. Based on its phenomenon, students of State Polytechnic of Bali are considered passive interference learners, putting their mother tongue (Javanese and Balinese) elements and Indonesian Language in Japanese consciously or intuitively. This study aims to disclose the type of interference by the hospitality program students for those studying Japanese in State Polytechnic of Bali and explain its factors. The method used is Descriptive Qualitative, which is concerned with taking document field notes and literature Review to represent the real phenomenon of passive Interference types. The population in this study were all students in State Polytechnic of Bali in Japanese class. In contrast, the sample was taken from the results of purposive sampling based on their 100% attendance. There were about 65 first-year or second Semester students in Japanese Class and showed their Interferences. The study results showed that about 75 Passive Interference has commonly occurred in grammatical cases, such as phonetics, morphology, and syntax. Moreover, the occurrence factors of Passive Interference are distinctive Phonetic Features, The Language pattern differences between Mother Tongues (Local Languages) – Japanese, and lack of Japanese Language Proficiency skills and its dictions.

scholarly journals Understanding the clinical reasoning processes involved in the management of multimorbidity in an ambulatory setting: study protocol of a stimulated recall research

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-C. Audétat ◽  
S. Cairo Notari ◽  
J. Sader ◽  
C. Ritz ◽  
T. Fassier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Video Sequence ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ambulatory Setting ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Stimulated Recall ◽  
Study Results

Abstract Background Primary care physicians are at the very heart of managing patients suffering from multimorbidity. However, several studies have highlighted that some physicians feel ill-equipped to manage these kinds of complex clinical situations. Few studies are available on the clinical reasoning processes at play during the long-term management and follow-up of patients suffering from multimorbidity. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding on how the clinical reasoning of primary care physicians is affected during follow-up consultations with these patients. Methods A qualitative research project based on semi-structured interviews with primary care physicians in an ambulatory setting will be carried out, using the video stimulated recall interview method. Participants will be filmed in their work environment during a standard consultation with a patient suffering from multimorbidity using a “button camera” (small camera) which will be pinned to their white coat. The recording will be used in a following semi-structured interview with physicians and the research team to instigate a stimulated recall. Stimulated recall is a research method that allows the investigation of cognitive processes by inviting participants to recall their concurrent thinking during an event when prompted by a video sequence recall. During this interview, participants will be prompted by different video sequence and asked to discuss them; the aim will be to encourage them to make their clinical reasoning processes explicit. Fifteen to twenty interviews are planned to reach data saturation. The interviews will be transcribed verbatim and data will be analysed according to a standard content analysis, using deductive and inductive approaches. Conclusion Study results will contribute to the scientific community’s overall understanding of clinical reasoning. This will subsequently allow future generation of primary care physicians to have access to more adequate trainings to manage patients suffering from multimorbidity in their practice. As a result, this will improve the quality of the patient’s care and treatments.

Empirical Investigation of Online Searching and Buying and Their Relationship to Shopping Trips

2005 ◽  
Vol 1926 (1) ◽  
pp. 242-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sendy Farag ◽  
Tim Schwanen ◽  
Martin Dijst
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Product Information ◽  
High Income ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Online Searching ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Shopping Trips ◽  
Attitudinal Characteristics ◽  
People Search

Searching product information or buying goods online is becoming increasingly popular and could affect shopping trips. However, the relationship between e-shopping and in-store shopping is currently unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate empirically how the frequencies of online searching, online buying, and nondaily shopping trips relate to each other, after controlling for sociodemographic, land use, behavioral, and attitudinal characteristics. Data were collected from 826 respondents residing in four municipalities (one urban, three suburban) in the center of the Netherlands, with the use of a shopping survey. Path analysis was used to model direct and indirect effects. The findings suggest that complementarity or generation between e-shopping and in-store shopping appears to be more likely than substitution. The more often people search online, the more shopping trips they tend to make. Individuals who frequently search or buy online tend to be male, young, single, adventurous, and frequent Internet users; have a high income; and have a positive attitude toward e-shopping. The residential environment affects e-shopping indirectly via Internet use; urban residents shop online more often than suburban residents do because urban residents use the Internet more often. Frequent in-store shoppers tend to be female and highly educated, have a high income, have no car, and have a positive attitude toward in-store shopping. It appears that for most individuals e-shopping is just another way of shopping, complementary to their in-store shopping.

Factors predicting classroom WTC in English and French as foreign languages among adult learners in Spain

2021 ◽  
pp. 136216882110540
Author(s):  
Elvira Barrios ◽  
Irene Acosta-Manzano
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
French Language ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Relative Standing

This study aimed to identify associations and predictors of willingness to communicate (WTC) of adult foreign language (FL) learners and whether they are contingent upon the FL being learned. To this end, our research investigated learner variables associated with WTC in adult FL learners of English and of French in an under-researched field of WTC studies in Spain. More specifically, the following variables were studied: gender, age, level of multilingualism, perceived relative standing in the class, language proficiency, teacher’s use of the FL in class, out-of-class foreign language use (OCFLU) and the two emotions of foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA). Of the 9 independent variables examined, FLCA and language proficiency were found to be predictors of the WTC of both English and French language learners; additionally, enjoyment was found to be a predictor of WTC of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) and OCFLU, of learners of French as a foreign language (FFL). Our findings indicate that the construct of WTC needs to be further studied as research may produce dissimilar results depending on the instructional setting, population and foreign language. Pedagogical implications for language teaching practices seeking to enhance adult FL learners’ WTC were also drawn from the study results.

The Use of Multisensory Technique in the Teaching Open Syllables Reading Skill for Preschoolers from a Teacher’s Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 820-828
Author(s):  
Nurul Nabila Amirah Rostan Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Learning Session ◽  
Reading Methods ◽  
Proper Material ◽  
Children's Reading ◽  
Reading Activities ◽  
Teacher's Perspective ◽  
Children’S Reading

The ability to read is important for an individual as it is related to language proficiency. Therefore, language proficiency among children is the foundation of cognitive development which involves the process of knowledge acquisition through reading activities. Various ways and methods can be applied in order to improve children’s reading skills. This is to ensure that they are not experiencing any problems during a learning session. This study aims to identify the teacher’s perspective towards the use of multisensory technique in a teaching lesson for 6-year-old pre-schoolers on reading open syllables. By using a qualitative approach, two teachers from a private pre-school in Shah Alam are chosen to participate in a semi-structured interview. Both teachers are experienced in the field of Malay literature, specifically in reading methods. The study has found that teachers used multisensory technique in reading lessons on how to read open syllables. It produced a positive effect towards the development of children’s reading skills. However, multisensory technique must be strengthened by using the proper material that is suitable for children to ensure its effectiveness.

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