scholarly journals Análisis de las causas de errores de sentido en traducciones literarias alemán-español

2014 ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
María Pilar Castillo Bernal
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Process ◽  
German Language ◽  
Grading System ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Corrective Measures ◽  
The University ◽  
Ongoing Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Main Language

This paper discusSt>s the dnalysis of crrors of meaning in trnnsJntions made by stud !Tits of Líterary Trn.nsla.tion C>A GermanSpanish. This subject was formerly taught in the fourth year of the Degree in Translation and lnterpre ting at the Univers-ity of Cordoba. The contents analysed are fragments of literary works in German language translated into Spanish by tudents in the course of the ongoing assessment process. Thc tests comprise two different gerues: drama and novel. The purpose is first to identify the gaps in students' performance regarding language and translation competences, in order to take corrective measures in the classroom. The second purpose is to establish a grading system to be consistently applied in the evaluation of tests. Thirdly, this analysis aims at providing feedback for syllabus planning of this subject in the B.A. Translation and Interpreting of the University of Cordoba. As to the findings, the main language gaps identilied include mainly the lack of mastery of grammar structures and literary features of the corresponding works. Similarly, the need for a flexible grading system was detected in order to assess the impact of a given error on each translation. Fragments or terms that are considered particularly complex should be given extra points when properly translated.

scholarly journals Grading Controversies in the Assessment of University Graduates in Bangladesh

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-74
Author(s):  
Ziaul Karim ◽  
Jamal Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Grading System ◽  
Grading Practices ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
The Past ◽  
Grading Scale ◽  
Method Of Assessment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Tertiary education has undergone several changes in the past few decades in Bangladesh. And one of the important alterations seems to be the introduction of letter grade system instead of numeric marking for assessment. Though letter grading as part of assessment is now an integral component of all the universities in Bangladesh, surprisingly this method of assessment is not consistent, even though the University Grants Commission (UGC) has provided a uniform grading scale to follow. This study attempts to find out the purposes of grading, problems with current grading practices and the impact of such discrete grading system on the learners and teachers. Finally, it suggests some ways out in order to bring harmony to the overall grading process. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ctbijis.v2i1.10813 Crossing the Border: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Vol.2(1) 2014: 61-74

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF PEER ASSESSMENT ON STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXT

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Nur Laili Indasari ◽  
Oikurema Purwati ◽  
Syafiul Anam
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Students First ◽  
The University ◽  
Giving Feedback ◽  
The Impact

Peer Assessment is one of the alternative methods to enhance the students’ motivation and ability in writing. Providing feedback is the goal of peer assessment. It is not an easy task as it is required an ability to deliver the feedback critically and competence to master the knowledge of writing. Therefore, the present study is going to explore the impact of giving feedback in the peer assessment process on students’ recount text and to acknowledge the students’ challenges while giving and receiving feedback in that process. Qualitative study assisted the researcher to get the data. The university students in the second semester became the subjects of the study. Documents and interviews were techniques to collect the data. The results revealed that the students’ first draft and the last draft of recount text got improvements mainly on the aspect of grammar. Meanwhile, most students’ challenges while giving and receiving feedback in the process of peer assessment were the aspect of psychology and the knowledge of grammar. In conclusion, the process of peer assessment which involves giving and receiving feedback provides a positive impact on the students’ recount text and the challenges which are faced by the students can be used as inputs for the lecturer in teaching.

scholarly journals Strategies for Determining German Nouns' Gender by College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Svitlana Kiyko ◽  
Yuriy Kiyko ◽  
Viktor Drebet
Keyword(s):  
Native Language ◽  
Correct Choice ◽  
German Language ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Gender Categorization ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Given

The article is dedicated to the study of strategies for determining the gender of nouns of the German language by Ukrainian-speaking first-year-students at the Yuriy Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi, Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to establish the strategies for determining the gender of nouns on the basis of phonetic, morphological, and semantic criteria and experimentally trace the impact of interlingual and intralingual interference in the process of gender categorization of nouns. The material of the study included 60 nouns, out of which 30 were phonetic equivalents and 30 – semantic ones. Each group contained 10 nouns of the masculine, feminine and neuter gender respectively, with the same number of structurally different nouns among them, which were selected according to semantic, morphological, and phonetic rules of gender identification. To identify strategies for determining the gender of German nouns, two psycholinguistic experiments were held with a month interval. The experiments involved 30 first-year-students at the University of Chernivtsi (German department), who had to decide whether the noun gender specified in DMDX program is correct. Thus, the article in half of the given nouns was set incorrectly in the program. The obtained results indicate that the gender of the noun of the native language significantly affects gender determining of the German phonetic equivalent (85% of all mistakes in determining the gender in Experiment 1 and 47% – in Experiment 2). The students also focus on the suffixes or endings of German nouns when choosing the correct gender. Phonetic or semantic rules for determining gender play a secondary role. The gender of a noun in the native language prevents the correct choice of the gender in the German language, which is twice as often recorded for phonetic equivalents.

scholarly journals The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Educational Process: A Student Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 7770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria-Crina Radu ◽  
Carol Schnakovszky ◽  
Eugen Herghelegiu ◽  
Vlad-Andrei Ciubotariu ◽  
Ion Cristea
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Effective Teacher ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The paper presents the results of a students’ survey carried out at “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Romania, on the quality of educational process on online platforms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was addressed to students from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports. The results of survey highlighted that most of students were satisfied with the measures taken by the university during the lockdown period and the way the teaching—learning-assessment process took place. However, some negative aspects were reported as: lack of an adequate infrastructure for some students, less effective teacher-student communication and interaction, impossibility of performing practical applications, lack of socialization, lack of learning motivation, less objective examination (e.g., possibility of cheating), possibility of physical and mental health degradation (e.g., too much time spent in front of screens, installation of a sedentary lifestyle). Consequently, for the new academic year, effective, and efficient measures must be implemented by the management of the university to remove, as much as possible, these negative issues and to improve the performance of online educational process.

The Impact of Anglicizing Former German-Language Psychology Journals on Authorship and Citation Frequencies

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günter Krampen ◽  
Thomas Huckert ◽  
Gabriel Schui
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
English Language ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
German Language ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Number Of Authors

Exemplary for other than English-language psychology journals, the impact of recent Anglicization of five former German-language psychology journals on (1) authorship (nationality, i.e., native language, and number of authors, i.e., single or multiple authorships), (2) formal characteristics of the journal (number of articles per volume and length of articles), and (3) number of citations of the articles in other journal articles, the language of the citing publications, and the impact factors (IF) is analyzed. Scientometric data on these variables are gathered for all articles published in the four years before anglicizing and in the four years after anglicizing the same journal. Results reveal rather quick changes: Citations per year since original articles’ publication increase significantly, and the IF of the journals go up markedly. Frequencies of citing in German-language journals decrease, citing in English-language journals increase significantly after the Anglicization of former German-language psychology journals, and there is a general trend of increasing citations in other languages as well. Side effects of anglicizing former German-language psychology journals include the publication of shorter papers, their availability to a more international authorship, and a slight, but significant increase in multiple authorships.

The Impact of a Potential Public/Private Initiative on a Defined Region of the South Suburban Chicago Metropolitan Area

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-32
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Market Area ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The university is considered one of the engines of growth in a local economy or its market area, since its direct contributions consist of 1) employment of faculty and staff, 2) services to students, and supply chain links vendors, all of which define the University’s Market area. Indirect contributions consist of those agents associated with the university in terms of community and civic events. Each of these activities represent economic benefits to their host communities and can be classified as the economic impact a university has on its local economy and whose spatial market area includes each of the above agents. In addition are the critical links to the University, which can be considered part of its Demand and Supply chain. This paper contributes to the field of Public/Private Impact Analysis, which is used to substantiate the social and economic benefits of cooperating for economic resources. We use Census data on Output of Goods and Services, Labor Income on Salaries, Wages and Benefits, Indirect State and Local Taxes, Property Tax Revenue, Population, and Inter-Industry to measure economic impact (Implan, 2016).

Working at the Crossroads: A Guide for Border Crossing

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mckiernan-González
Keyword(s):  
American Studies ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Keynote Address ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Academic Labor ◽  
Boyle Heights ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This article discusses the impact of George J. Sánchez’s keynote address “Working at the Crossroads” in making collaborative cross-border projects more academically legitimate in American studies and associated disciplines. The keynote and his ongoing administrative labor model the power of public collaborative work to shift research narratives. “Working at the Crossroads” demonstrated how historians can be involved—as historians—in a variety of social movements, and pointed to the ways these interactions can, and maybe should, shape research trajectories. It provided a key blueprint and key examples for doing historically informed Latina/o studies scholarship with people working outside the university. Judging by the success of Sánchez’s work with Boyle Heights and East LA, projects need to establish multiple entry points, reward participants at all levels, and connect people across generations.I then discuss how I sought to emulate George Sánchez’s proposals in my own work through partnering with labor organizations, developing biographical public art projects with students, and archiving social and cultural histories. His keynote address made a back-and-forth movement between home communities and academic labor seem easy and professionally rewarding as well as politically necessary, especially in public universities. 

Factors Influencing Academic Stress on Students of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nham Phong Tuan ◽  
Nguyen Ngoc Quy ◽  
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen ◽  
Hong Tra My ◽  
Tran Nhu Phu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Stress ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
National University ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of seven factors causing academic stress on students of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University: Lack of leisure time, Academic performance, Fear of failure, Academic overload, Finances, Competition between students, Relationships with university faculty. Based on the results of a practical survey of 185 students who are attending any courses at the University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University, the study assesses the impact of stress factors on students. The thesis focuses on clarifying the concept of "stress" and the stress level of students, while pointing out its negative effects on students. This study includes two cross-sectional questionnaire surveys. The first survey uses a set of 16 questions to assess students’ perceptions and attitudes based on an instrument to measure academic stress - Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA). The second survey aims to test internal consistency, the robustness of the previously established 7-factor structure. Henceforth, the model was brought back and used qualitatively, combined with Cronbach’s Alpha measurement test and EFA discovery factor analysis. This study was conducted from October 2019 to December 2019. From these practical analyzes, several proposals were made for the society, the school and the students themselves.

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