scholarly journals Factors of the Work of National and Foreign Heads of the Pre-school Institutions with International Projects

Pedagogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-191
Author(s):  
Dainora Zakutauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Development Process ◽  
School Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Obstacle ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
International Projects

The article reviews the attitude of the heads of pre-school institutions towards the experience of working with international projects. Pre-school education is specific by its functions and is of pivotal importance in forming the potential of the state’s human resources. Attendance in activities of international projects opens important opportunities to pre-school education establishments, while on the other hand requires due professional abilities of the leaders. Factors stimulating the participation of pre-school institutions in international projects are emphasized along pointing out the obstacles of taking part in activities of international projects. Improvements of the projects activities abilities of the heads of pre-school institutions are researched. Increasing importance of engagement of pre-school institutions in activities of international projects made the raise for the research of the problem: what are the factors of the work with international projects by the heads of pre-school institutions? The aim of research is to reveal the factors influencing on the work of national and foreign heads of the pre-school institutions with the international projects. The object of research is the factors of participation of the heads of pre-school institutions in international projects. Methods of the research: quantitative analysis – interviewing of Lithuania’s heads of pre-school institutions; qualitative analysis – standard (via questionnaire) interviewing of the Lithuanian, Slovenian, Swedish heads of pre-school institutions; statistical analysis. Quantitative analysis has showed that Lithuanian heads of pre-school institutions are stimulated to attend the international projects by the challenge of acquiring new skills, improvement of development process and project activities abilities. Results of the qualitative analysis revealed the following factors motivating the work of the heads of pre-school institutions with the international projects: acquiring new experience, improvement of development process and leaders’ project activities abilities as well as co-operation on the international level. The main obstacle preventing from the work with the international projects revealed in both quantitative and qualitative analysis is the language barrier. According to respondents more active work in international projects could be supported through arrangements of various tutorial seminars including seminars for foreign language improvement. The conclusion based on the results of qualitative analysis may be drawn that active experience gained by participating in the activities of international projects strengthens leader’s position and creates positive conditions for divided leadership at a pre-school institution as well as predetermines the motivation of working with international projects.

Tense variation as a performance feature in a Scottish folktale

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dick Leith
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
The Other ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Present Tense ◽  
A Performance

ABSTRACTAnalysis of two versions of a long fairy tale, “The Green Man of Knowledge,” as narrated by the same storyteller on two separate occasions, shows considerable variation in the use of performance features, especially the historic present tense. One narration is in “additive” style, with the historic present as the norm; the other shows a gradual “breakthrough to performance,” with the historic present dominant in certain segments. There are more patterns in the use of this tense, and more factors affecting it, than have hitherto been acknowledged; it may be instructive to see how it co-occurs with other performance features. The discussion raises questions about the usefulness of quantitative analysis, and about issues of meaning, genre, audience, and the individuality of the storyteller. (Folklore; Scots; narratology; genre; rhetoric; qualitative analysis)

Interactional metadiscourse of gender in Persian

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-537
Author(s):  
Mohammad Amouzadeh ◽  
Raha Zareifard
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Academic Status ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Conference Presentations

Abstract The present study sets out to investigate an important aspect of gendered performance, namely, the presence of interactional metadiscourse in conference presentations delivered in Persian. The study pursues two primary objectives: firstly, to compare the quantity and quality of interactional metadiscourse markers as expressed by male and female academics; secondly, to investigate some other factors influencing the phenomenon under investigation. The data include twenty-four conference presentations by twelve males and twelve females. The quantitative analysis showed a statistically significant difference in the use of interactional metadiscourse by male and female presenters. However, the qualitative analysis helped the authors to identify more similarities than differences. In point of fact, such factors as academic status and nativeness had caused the speakers to use different metadiscourse strategies.

scholarly journals Compound Pronouns in English and Albanian

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Esmeralda Sherko
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Compound Words ◽  
Specific Category ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This study concentrates on compound pronouns in English and Albanian. Compounding is considered as one of the most prolific word formation techniques in both languages. The study is made up of three basic parts: compounding is analysed theoretically; compound pronouns collected by the Dictionary of Contemporary Albanian Language and Oxford Student’s Dictionary are analysed; conclusions are drawn as of their similarities and differences. Albanian language provides interesting results as it includes a specific category of pronouns under a different heading than compounding and that is agglutinated pronouns. Compound pronouns are analysed quantitatively and qualitatively in both languages. Quantitative analysis deals with their positioning in relation to all compound words per each dictionary. Qualitative analysis deals with the elements constituting the compound pronouns. The study also pinpoints the differences and similarities between compound pronouns when translated from English into Albanian and vice versa. The study is illustrated with abundant examples in both languages. Statistic results of the study show that Albanian compound (agglutinated) pronouns outnumber the English compound pronouns→ 81: 18; also constituent structures of Alb. vs Eng. pronouns are →9:2. Translation of pronouns from one language into the other: one English pronoun – different Albanian pronouns and vice versa.

The continous training of the rural school teachers - opinions and behaviours of the interested factors

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-115
Author(s):  
Muza Maftei
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Rural School ◽  
School Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Equality Of Opportunities

The objective evaluation of the quality and potential of the human resources involved in education, the rural school education in particular, according to the continuous training and improvement, represents one of the major premises necessary to the projection of some realistic strategies, sustainable of changing and efficiency in the rural school education for continuous development. The identification of the involved factors' value, teachers', students', parents' and all the other rural community people's, will bring relevant benefits to the assurance of the equality of opportunities and the increase of participation to education.

scholarly journals The Influence of the Mother Tongue on the Use of Metaphor in English as a Second Language

10.29007/3mn2 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandra Iaroslavtseva ◽  
Hanna Skorczynska
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
British National Corpus ◽  
Central Tool ◽  
National Corpus

Metaphor has been widely recognized as a central tool of our cognitive apparatus, motivating the widespread use of metaphorical words and expressions in language and discourse. Therefore, it is important for language learners to use metaphors in the target language appropriately. The influence of the mother tongue on the use of metaphors in essays written by Spanish learners of English was analysed. Three corpora were used for this study: the experimental corpus contained 100 essays of Spanish-speaking learners of English, 50 with B2 level and 50 with C1 level (CEFR). The other two corpora were used as reference corpora: the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA). MIPVU method (Steen et al., 2010) was used to identify metaphors in the experimental corpus. The quantitative analysis showed that the influence of Spanish on errors in metaphors is higher at B2 level than at C1 level. The results of the analysis are especially helpful for learners and teachers of English as a Foreign Language as well as for testing researchers.

scholarly journals Business Process versus Human Resources Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Stašák ◽  
Eva Škorvagová
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Expert System ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Semantic Networks ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Reference Databases

The contribution deals with qualitative and quantitative analysis of relationship between business processes performance to be investigated (hereinafter BP) versus performance of employees who are interested in that BP functionality hereinafter known as Employees). The qualitative analysis deals with human resources performance psychological aspects, while the quantitative analysis is closely related to BP and Employee performance quantification and modelling. On one hand, the qualitative analysis describes psychological aspects concerned to human resources and the investigated BP performance. On the other hand, the contribution deals with quantifying those relationships with use of linguistic sets, which create basis of business process linguistic modelling (BPLM) approach as well. The PBPL (Principle Business Process Linguistic) Equation is applied in order to create a conceptual model of the objective oriented expert system, which operates over the knowledge base, which contains adequate semantic networks (SNWs| and reference databases (RDBs), while an appropriate inference engine is applied for user communication with that expert system too.

scholarly journals The Development and Validation of the EFL Learning Context Questionnaire

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 496
Author(s):  
Weningtyas Parama Iswari ◽  
Haryanto Atmowardoyo ◽  
Muhammad Asfah Rahman ◽  
Susilo Susilo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Efl Learning

A context where learning a language takes place may be one of many factors influencing the result of the learning. So far, there has been very few, if not at all, a ready-to-use instrument to examine systematically the condition of learning contexts, especially related to English as a foreign language. Therefore, this study intends to develop a self-reported questionnaire for that purpose, named the EFL Learning Context Questionnaire (ELCQ). The instrument was developed in reference to the existing theories and previous related studies. The development process started with writing the draft of the questionnaire in English and then translating into Indonesian language. The next stage would be validation the instrument, including: expert judgement for content validity and to gather constructive feedbacks (i.e. revisions and suggestions), initial piloting for analysing item validity and reliability (N = 64), and final piloting using Factor Analysis to obtain a stable self-reported instrument (N = 692). The validation result showed that the QELC has been proved to be a valid and reliable questionnaire. Since the ELCQ has been validated through some formal stages, it can be assumed that this instrument can be used in EFL contexts, especially in Indonesia. However, because this study took place in only one region, further studies across samples, time and countries are needed to improve the applicability of the ELCQ.

scholarly journals Vom Text zur Übung. Kollokationen in Lesetexten und ihre Widerspiegelung in Übungen (am Beispiel ausgewählter DaF-Lehrwerke)

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Targońska
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Qualitative Analysis

Collocations are an important part of lexis. Their use is often indispensable and they cannot be replaced by any other lexical means. Unfortunately, they pose a big problem for learners of a foreign language because they are not conspicuous and the learners are not aware of their conventionality and fixed character. It is then important to draw the learner’s attention to that part of lexis, for example by placing collocations in the vocabulary practice. This analysis attempts to investigate to what degree the lexical practice following specific texts in a coursebook incorporates the collocations that have been used in those texts. The analysis focuses on the coursebooks for German as a foreign language for learners at B1+ level. The objective of the analysis is to check if the students’ attention is directed to collocations in the texts themselves and then if the collocations are part of the vocabulary practice. The research concerns the degree to which the collocations in the texts become part of the vocabulary practice (quantitative analysis) and their quality (qualitative analysis).

scholarly journals Reputación de los medios de comunicación españoles

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justo Villafañe ◽  
Yolanda Ortiz-de-Guinea-Ayala ◽  
José-Luis Martín-Sáez
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Digital Radio ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Media ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
Broad Consensus ◽  
Digital Press

Two studies, one qualitative and the other quantitative, have been carried out, each using two samples differentiated by the degree of knowledge of the performance of media: informed population and communication professionals. A quantitative analysis of the reputation of the Spanish media is carried out, based on a qualitative analysis of the professional and business reality of the media with the best reputation. It is concluded that there is a broad consensus that there is no confidence in the media because the information that they disseminate is manipulated. The credibility of a medium shows a high correlation with its history, consistent with the theory of reputation, because consolidation of a stable reputation requires time. The reputation of each type of media (paper press, digital press, radio, and television) is evaluated, yielding two rankings of the 16 media with the best reputation in Spain, corresponding to the two samples analyzed. Resumen Se han llevado a cabo dos estudios, uno cualitativo y otro cuantitativo, con dos muestras en cada uno. Cada muestra se diferenciaba por el grado de conocimiento del desempeño de los medios de comunicación –población informada y profesionales de la comunicación–. Se realiza un análisis cuantitativo de la reputación de los medios de comunicación de España, a partir de un análisis cualitativo de la realidad profesional y empresarial de los medios españoles con mejor reputación. Se concluye que existe un amplio consenso en que no existe confianza en los medios de comunicación al considerar que la información que difunden está manipulada. La credibilidad de un medio tiene una alta correlación con su trayectoria –algo coherente con la teoría de la reputación–, pues la reputación necesita tiempo para consolidarse como un valor estable. Se valora la reputación de cada tipo de medio –prensa en papel, prensa digital, radio y televisión–. Se incluyen dos rankings con los 16 medios con mejor reputación en España, correspondientes a las dos muestras citadas.

The continous training of the rural school teachers - opinions and behaviours of the interested factors

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-115
Author(s):  
Muza Maftei
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Rural School ◽  
School Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Equality Of Opportunities

The objective evaluation of the quality and potential of the human resources involved in education, the rural school education in particular, according to the continuous training and improvement, represents one of the major premises necessary to the projection of some realistic strategies, sustainable of changing and efficiency in the rural school education for continuous development. The identification of the involved factors' value, teachers', students', parents' and all the other rural community people's, will bring relevant benefits to the assurance of the equality of opportunities and the increase of participation to education.

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