scholarly journals First contact with language corpora: perspectives from students

2019 ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Alex Boulton
Keyword(s):  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Adverse Conditions ◽  
Students First ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
First Contact ◽  
Personal Feedback ◽  
Regular Reading

Corpora are not the preserve of corpus linguists. In education, learners and teachers can analyse almost any collection of text for linguistic or non-linguistic purposes where regular reading is not efficient or feasible. This paper describes students’ first contact with corpora in a distance master’s degree where they are required to build a corpus on a topic of their choice and complete a short research report. Following a brief outline of the course, we turn to a description of 122 papers submitted over the last 5 years, with particular attention on the Personal Feedback sections of each among both high- and low-achievers. The opening sentences typically reveal bewilderment on initial encounter with corpus linguistics, which contrasts with growing mastery or sudden enlightenment. Further analysis of the 30k-word corpus suggests that a corpus approach may not be immediately easy, but most users can derive benefits with a little perseverance even in adverse conditions.

Student Experience Applying to Graduate School for Speech-Language Pathology

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-205
Author(s):  
Lesley Sylvan ◽  
Andrea Perkins ◽  
Carly Truglio
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Master's Degree Programs ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Master’S Degree

Purpose The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences faced by students during the application process for master's degree programs in speech-language pathology. Method Data were collected through administering an online survey to 365 volunteers who had applied to master's degree programs in speech-language pathology. Survey questions were designed to gain the student perspective of the application process through exploration of students' deciding factors for top choices of graduate programs, emotional involvement in the application process, biases/rumors heard, student challenges, advice to future applicants, and what students would change about the application process. Results Factors that influenced participants' reasoning for selecting their “top choice” programs were largely consistent with previous studies. Issues that shaped the student experience applying to graduate school for speech-language pathology included financial constraints, concern regarding the prominence of metrics such as Graduate Record Examinations scores in the admissions process, a perceived lack of guidance and advising from faculty, and confusion regarding variation among graduate program requirements. Conclusion Gaining insight into the student experience with the application process for graduate programs in speech-language pathology yields useful information from a perspective not frequently explored in prior literature. While the data presented in this study suggest the process is confusing and challenging to many applicants, the discussion highlights practical solutions and sheds light on key issues that should be considered carefully by individual graduate programs as well as the field as a whole.

Master's Degree in Psychology

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Kohout ◽  
William E. Pate
Keyword(s):  
Master's Degree ◽  
Master’S Degree

Balancing the Spheres of Life During Professional Economic Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 886-900
Author(s):  
O. A. Zolotina ◽  
M. A. Serpukhova
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Work Family

Aim. The presented study aims to determine the key employment parameters that allow bachelor’s and master’s degree students to combine work with professional education in the optimal way and help people enrolled on further professional education to maintain a balance between work and family functions.Tasks. The authors analyze surveys of bachelor’s and master’s degree undergraduates and graduates of continuing professional education (CPE) programs of the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU).Methods. This study uses general logical methods: dialectical, logical, comparative, and systems analysis; methods of sociological research, including public surveys.Results. The authors identify major employment characteristics that help working students maintain high academic performance and positively affect the work-family balance of older people receiving further professional education.Conclusions. Increased flexibility of the labor market in the form of more part-time job offers could make a significant contribution to maintaining and improving the quality of training of students who combine work and studies, which is especially relevant for bachelor’s degree students. Diversifying the available forms of employment can positively affect the decision to gain intitial professional experience while studying at the university. Due to the development of remote employment, the forms of occupation available to students need to be further studied in detail.

A Qualitative Research on the Process of Writing a Master’s Degree Thesis for Graduate Students of Literature Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 9-44
Author(s):  
Ju-Hyeong Park ◽  
Min-Jae Kim ◽  
Hye-Jin Kim ◽  
Lin-Chang Wang ◽  
Jang-Beom Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Literature Education

Eficacia del Diseño Universal de Aprendizaje para el fortalecimiento del pensamiento espacial y sistemas geométricos en estudiantes de primer grado / Effectiveness of the Universal Learning Design for the Strengthening of Space Thought and Geometric Systems in First Grade Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Diana Carmenza Sánchez Botero ◽  
Nancy Milena Valencia Yepes
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Spatial Thinking ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Geometric Systems ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Conventional Methods

ABSTRACTThis document approach the research phase of the Master's degree in mathematics didactics at the Caldas University, called comparative study between universal learning design and conventional methods as a strategy for strengthening spatial thinking and geometric systems in the children of the first grade of the Institución Educación Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Manzanares, (Caldas). The objective of this preliminary analysis is to evaluate the effectiveness of learning through the DUA and compare it with the traditional method.RESUMENEste documento abordó la fase de indagación del trabajo de grado de la Maestría en didáctica de la matemática de la Universidad de Caldas, denominado estudio comparativo entre el diseño universal de aprendizaje y los métodos convencionales como estrategia para el fortalecimiento del pensamiento espacial y los sistemas geométricos en los niños del grado primero de la Institución educativa Nuestra Señora del Rosario del municipio de Manzanares, (Caldas). El objetivo de este análisis preliminar consistió en evaluar la eficacia del aprendizaje por medio del DUA y compararlo con el método tradicional.

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