scholarly journals Learners’ Dialogical Interaction in the Service of Linguistic Knowledge Acquisition in Group Settings: Based on Contextual Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1376
Author(s):  
Huanjie Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Group Settings

This paper highlights some connections between dialogical interaction and knowledge acquisition in group settings. In learners’ quest to develop communicative competence and self-identity or social identity and acquire knowledge, dialogical interaction is applied to three contexts of knowledge-acquiring process where learners’ identity, learners’ mindset, learners’ rapport, learners’ communicative competence and learners’ knowledge are involved. Simply speaking, learners in collaborative contexts tend to share existing knowledge to generate potential knowledge; learners in competitive contexts are inclined to build knowledge, learners in cohesive contexts just use knowledge as a tool to organize knowledge. However, it is contended that dialogues are supposed to be explicitly regarded as part of the knowledge-acquiring process. There is a tendency to enable more effective knowledge acquisition through communicative talk, especially dialogues, in the interactive contexts with scaffoldings, tutoring or even intervention.

The Distinction between Linguistic and Conceptual Semantics in Medical Terminology and its Implication for NLP-Based Knowledge Acquisition

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 327-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Buekens ◽  
G. De Moor ◽  
A. Waagmeester ◽  
W. Ceusters
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Natural Language Understanding ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Medical Terminology ◽  
Language Understanding ◽  
Conceptual Semantics

AbstractNatural language understanding systems have to exploit various kinds of knowledge in order to represent the meaning behind texts. Getting this knowledge in place is often such a huge enterprise that it is tempting to look for systems that can discover such knowledge automatically. We describe how the distinction between conceptual and linguistic semantics may assist in reaching this objective, provided that distinguishing between them is not done too rigorously. We present several examples to support this view and argue that in a multilingual environment, linguistic ontologies should be designed as interfaces between domain conceptualizations and linguistic knowledge bases.

Self-Perceptions and Benefit Finding Among Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders and Their Caregivers: A Qualitative Analysis Guided by Social Identity Theory of Cessation Maintenance

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-423
Author(s):  
Natalie M. Brousseau ◽  
Valerie A. Earnshaw ◽  
David Menino ◽  
Laura M. Bogart ◽  
Jennifer Carrano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Young People ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Benefit Finding ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Psychosocial Processes

Substance use disorders (SUDs) among young people have been linked with a range of adverse health consequences that can be successfully mitigated with early SUD treatment. According to the Social Identity Theory of Cessation Maintenance (SITCM), psychosocial processes including self-perceptions and benefit finding evolve with treatment, influencing recovery-based identities that can facilitate treatment success. However, this process has only been documented with adults; thus, the current study seeks to characterize these psychosocial processes among young people in SUD treatment and their caregivers. Nineteen young people receiving SUD treatment and 15 caregivers were interviewed about treatment experiences including negative self-perceptions, positive self-perceptions, and benefit finding. Results support the SITCM: Adolescents described escaping negative self-perceptions associated with the “substance use self” identity and strengthening a new “recovery self” identity characterized by positive self-perceptions and benefit finding. Caregivers described how extrinsic sources of support can help mitigate negative self-perceptions.

Understanding and Reducing Homophobic Harassment and Victimization in Schools

2016 ◽  
pp. 15-38
Author(s):  
V. Paul Poteat
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Heterosexual Youth ◽  
Homophobic Harassment ◽  
Over Time

Bias-based harassment, or harassment based on one’s actual or perceived social identity, such as sexual orientation, remains a prominent concern in many schools. Homophobic harassment is one form of bias-based harassment evident in schools. Not only is homophobic harassment common compared to non–bias-based victimization, it also carries distinct and elevated consequences for those who experience it. Given the seriousness of homophobic harassment and the consequences of experiencing it, this chapter addresses three key issues. First, it provides a review of individual and contextual factors that underlie homophobic behavior and its perpetuation over time. Second, the chapter describes the various processes by which homophobic victimization predicts health and academic concerns for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and heterosexual youth. Finally, the chapter covers several factors that may promote resilience among youth who experience this form of victimization. Each section notes implications for research, practice, and policy.

scholarly journals Demarginalizing Standpoint Epistemology

Episteme ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Briana Toole
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Pragmatic Encroachment ◽  
Traditional Epistemology ◽  
Standpoint Epistemology

Abstract Standpoint epistemology, the view that social identity is relevant to knowledge-acquisition, has been consigned to the margins of mainstream philosophy. In part, this is because the principles of standpoint epistemology are taken to be in opposition to those which guide traditional epistemology. One goal of this paper is to tease out the characterization of traditional epistemology that is at odds with standpoint epistemology. The characterization of traditional epistemology that I put forth is one which endorses the thesis of intellectualism, the view that knowledge does not depend on non-epistemic features. I then suggest that two further components – the atomistic view of knowers and aperspectivalism – can be usefully interpreted as supporting features of intellectualism. A further goal of this paper is to show that we ought to resist this characterization of traditional epistemology. I use pragmatic encroachment as a dialectical tool to motivate the denial of intellectualism, and consequently, the denial of both supporting components. I then attempt to show how it is possible to have a view, similar to pragmatic encroachment, that takes social identity, rather than stakes, to be the feature that makes a difference to what a person is in a position to know.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITTEN SPEECH COMPETENCE BY COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ELECTRONIC DIDACTIC TOOLS

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Svitlana Kiyko ◽  
Yuriy Kiyko
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Speech Training ◽  
Written Speech

The article considers audiovisual technologies (AT) for written speech training in second language acquisition. The aim is to form and to develop written speech competence that includes different skills, abilities and knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, skills in reading, writing, audition. The research provides some ideas of the students’ perception of AT such as the Internet, podcasts, blogs, video conferences, special mobile applications in the education process. The functional features of a video film in the training process and four stages of audiovisual education technology are described. To present the process of training, the pedagogical algorithms based on the structure of the knowledge acquisition process are developed according to the aims of viewing. The stages of AT realization (previewing, presen­tation, after-viewing, and actualization) are considered. An educational interven­tion using AT is developed and we investigate the effectiveness of audiovisual technology as a teaching method and the degree of knowledge acquisition of the language content proposed to students. To estimate the written speech competence level, we used the calculation of knowledge acquisition factor of training material. A significant improvement was observed in the acquired knowledge of written speech training and AT were perceived to be effective in teaching German as a second language. Thus, the Internet teaching resources can contribute to the formation and development of the following competencies for students: foreign communicative competence, including linguistic, sociocultural, educational and cognitive components; communicative-cognitive abilities to search and select, generalize, classify, analyze and synthesize the information received; communicative skills to present and discuss the results of work with Internet resources; the ability to use Internet resources for acquaintance with the cultural and historical heritage of various countries and peoples; the ability to use resources to meet their information and educational interests and needs. Foreign language training based on AT positively influences students’ performance and should play a leading role in the effective communicative competence formation and development.

scholarly journals Frameworks of Intercultural Language Teaching: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Long Chen ◽  
Peng Yi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Teaching Intervention ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Teaching Paradigm

This article mainly summarizes the important achievements of domestic intercultural teaching research from the perspective of intercultural competence and teaching and finds that the research of intercultural teaching has gradually shifted from being teacher-centred to learner-centred, focusing on the influence factors of intercultural teaching intervention by different methods and students' intercultural and the improvement of communicative competence, and the teaching paradigm. However, the application background of existing research has certain limitations, and insufficient attention has been paid to learners' own differences. Future research can further research on specific level one or all level students explore ways and methods to effectively improve the intercultural knowledge and abilities of second language learners, and further, promote the optimization of intercultural knowledge acquisition and implement and teaching theories.

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