scholarly journals The Multimodal Effects of Voice-Based Asynchronous Technology-Mediated Communication on EAP Speaking Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-109
Author(s):  
Soroush Sabbaghan ◽  
Murray Peglar ◽  
M. Gregory Tweedie
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Video Feedback ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Personalized Feedback ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Communication Framework ◽  
Practice Opportunities ◽  
Speaking Performance ◽  
The Voice

This study investigates how using a voice-based Asynchronous Technology-Mediated Communication framework (ATMC) can affect English for Academic Purposes (EAP) students’ fluency, accuracy, and intelligibility. Research has highlighted the benefits of ATMC in improving various elements of spoken communication, but to date, its application to EAP contexts has been little studied. In EAP speaking/listening courses at a large Canadian university, a team of instructor-researchers developed a system to provide learners more speaking and listening practice opportunities and to give individualized video feedback (veedback) on speaking performance. The instructor-researchers used a practitioner enquiry research methodology to investigate the effectiveness of the voice-based ATMC for 14 participants, drawing upon qualitative data from student interviews and the instructor’s qualitative and quantitative assessment of the students’ responses to tasks. Findings indicate that the system resulted in overall gains in fluency, accuracy, and intelligibility due to a combination of the voice-based ATMC design, repetition and practice, and the veedback. Qualitative comments from participants indicate personalized feedback led to increased motivation. The framework described in this article, therefore, represents several important benefits for the application of voice-based ATMCs in EAP classrooms. La présente étude examine les façons dont le recours à un cadre de communication asynchrone au moyen de la technologie (ATMC) axé sur la voix peut affecter la maîtrise de la langue, la précision et l’intelligibilité chez les apprenantes et apprenants d’anglais académique. Les recherches ont fait ressortir les avantages de la communication asynchrone au moyen de la technologie pour l’amélioration de divers éléments de la communication orale, mais cette méthode d’enseignement a été peu étudiée jusqu’ici dans des contextes d’anglais académique. Les membres d’une équipe de professeurs-chercheurs actifs dans l’enseignement de l’utilisation et de l’écoute de l’anglais académique dans une grande université canadienne ont élaboré un système permettant de fournir aux apprenantes et apprenants davantage d’occasions d’apprendre à utiliser et à comprendre l’anglais académique en mettant à leur disposition un système de rétroactions personnalisées par vidéo (veedback) qui leur permet de constater la justesse de leur expression orale. L’équipe de professeurs-chercheurs a utilisé une méthodologie de recherche basée sur l’interrogation des praticiens pour examiner l’efficacité de la communication asynchrone au moyen de la technologie axée sur la voix chez 8 participantes et 6 participants à l’aide de données qualitatives obtenues lors d’entrevues avec ces derniers et d’évaluations qualitatives et quantitatives fournies par les enseignantes et enseignants relativement à la réponse des étudiantes et étudiants aux tâches qui leur étaient assignées. L’étude a permis de constater que le système produisait des avantages globaux dans les domaines de la maîtrise, de la précision et de l’intelligibilité de l’anglais académique grâce aux effets combinés de la conception du système de communication asynchrone au moyen de la technologie axé sur la voix, à la répétition, aux exercices et au veedback. Les commentaires qualitatifs fournis par les participantes et les participants indiquent que la rétroaction personnalisée faite par le système a eu un effet positif sur leur motivation. C’est donc dire que le cadre décrit dans le présent article représente plusieurs avantages importants relativement à l’utilisation d’un système de communication asynchrone au moyen de la technologie axé sur la voix dans les classes d’anglais académique.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXTS THROUGH WORD WEBBING TECHNIQUE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diah Fauzi Ningtyas ◽  
Lidiman Sinaga
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Text Word ◽  
Procedure Text ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Planning Action

This study concerns on improving students’ achievement in writing procedure texts through word webbing technique. The research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR). The population was the 2012-2013 nine grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Batang Kuis. The number of students was 36, consisting of 21 females and 15 males. The procedure of the research was administrated into two cycles where each cycle consisted of three meetings. Each meeting included four steps namely: planning, action, observation, and reflection. There were two kinds of data collected during the study, qualitative and quantitative data. The instrument for collecting the quantitative data was the writing of procedure texts test while the qualitative data were gathered by using interview, diary notes and observation sheet. Based on the data analysis, the mean of students’ score in Test I was 53,47, for the Test II was 63,05, and for the Test III was 75 The qualitative data showed that the students were interested in the applying of Word webbing Technique. The conclusion is that Word Webbing Technique in writing Procedure Texts improves the students’ achievement in writing procedure texts. Keywords: Students’ achievement, writing, procedure text, word webbing

scholarly journals The Improvement of Students’ Ability to Write Exposition Text through Learning Cycle Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Roy Efendi ◽  
Emzir Emzir ◽  
Aceng Rahmat
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Learning Cycle ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Third ◽  
Educational Sciences

This research aims at improving students’ ability to write exposition text through learning cycle model to the third-semester students of Indonesian Language Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences, Pakuan University. The method used for this research is action research with qualitative and quantitative approach. Qualitative data are taken from data analysis and analysis of learning process from three cycles. Meanwhile, quantitative data are taken from the comparison of students' score from the first to the third cycle. The implementation of learning cycle that consists of engagement, exploration, explanation elaboration and evaluation in writing exposition activity done in  every cycle successfully improves students’ ability to write exposition text. It is shown on the average score which increases from 52.38 to 80.13. This improvement comes along the improvement of students’ activity in expressing their ideas throughout learning cycle. As a result, learning cycle can improve students’ ability to write exposition text.

scholarly journals Quality improvement supervision comparison between training and non training posts

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S196-S196
Author(s):  
Qutub Jamali ◽  
Tarun Khanna ◽  
Gareth Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
List Type ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Training Post ◽  
Method Approach

AimsTo explore the level of supervision between training and non-training posts at LSCFT.Background•Supervision is defined as ‘provision of guidance and feedback on matters of personal, professional and educational development in the context of a trainees' experience of providing safe and appropriate patient care’.•Along with the trainees, doctors working in non-training posts such as staff grade, specialty doctors, trust grade doctors (TJD)and MTI (Medical training initiative) doctors form an integral part of patient care in the NHS.Method•A mixed method approach was adopted with both qualitative and quantitative data collected simultaneously in the form of an online questionnaire.•An anonymous online questionnaire was sent to junior doctors currently in training and non-training posts at LSCFT in 2019 using Meridian software.Result1- Quantitative Data: - Participants included were doctors in training post such as Foundation Doctors (5), Psychiatry Core Trainees (6), GP STs (2) and doctors in non-training post such as TJD (4), Specialty Doctors (2) and MTI doctors (4). Based on the Meridian score, 84% of doctors were satisfied with the supervision. It was found that 72% of doctors received weekly supervisions, 10% monthly (1 TJD, 1 Foundation trainee) and16% bi-monthly (1 MTI, 1 SAS, 2 CTs). The data suggested that there was no difference in the frequency of supervisions between training and non-training posts at LSCFT.2- Qualitative Data: - The feedback was common as there was no major difference between training and non-training doctors. •Positives – WPBAs, discussion on reflections, management of complex cases and medication, personal issues affecting work.•Negatives – Limited discussion on QI, Audit, Research and Psychotherapy.- More specific help, need more support at times.Conclusion1.To prepare a checklist of contents to be discussed during supervision.2.To prepare a timeline chart of supervision.3.Preparing a ‘menu’ of QI projects that junior doctors can sign up to at the start of each post.4.To formulate training packages available to support junior doctors with QI/Audits.

scholarly journals Penerapan Pendidikan Karakter di Era Digital Melalui Kegiatan Bazar Bulanan (Monthly Bazaar)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Zakiyah Ismuwardani ◽  
Sri Hastuti
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Exploratory Strategy

This study aims to make students have an independent character, discipline and responsibility in the digital era through the Monthly Bazaar. The method used in this research was Mixed Method with a sequential exploratory strategy. The sequential exploratory strategy involves collecting and analyzing quantitative data in the second stage based on the results of the first stage. Weights / priorities are more likely to be in the first stage, and the mixing process between these two methods occurs when the researcher makes a connection between qualitative data analysis and quantitative data collection. The results of the study were obtained from qualitative data analysis in the first stage and quantitative data in the second stage. The results of the first stage were obtained from educators' observations of students after completing the monthly bazaar. The results of the second stage are obtained through calculations using a Likert scale and it is obtained the data of 43.75% (ever) if it is categorized in interpretation of scores based on intervals. This data was obtained before the implementation of the monthly bazaar. After implementing the monthly bazaar for two times, the data is 72.75% (often). From the two stages, the relevant results obtained between qualitative and quantitative data analysis showed that there was an independent character, discipline and responsibility embedded in students after the implementation of the monthly bazaar activities.

scholarly journals Efektifitas SUSCATIN dalam Membentuk Keluarga yang Sakinah Mawaddah Wa Rahmah

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-129
Author(s):  
Muhammad Al Faruq
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Director General ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Family ◽  
Harmonious Family

Abstract Ministry of Religious initiatives to implement the program in accordance with the regulations issued by the Director-General of Islamic Community guidance of the Department of Religious candidates for the No. DJ. II/491 Year 2009. Therefore, the quality of a marriage is determined by the readiness and maturity of the two prospective spouses to meet the life of the household in order to form a harmonious family in accordance with the premarital ideals. The research uses Research and Development (R&D) methods by combining qualitative and quantitative research. Qualitative data is obtained through verbal and written interview results. The problems that occur in the community that the effectiveness of the prospective bride course has not walked fully well, with a variety of factors that inhibit, so that the bride who has not understood the whole material about the concept of family Sakinah that has been poured in the course process Bride brides. For that, the research seeks to uncover the implementation of the bride candidate course at the Office of Religious Affairs (KUA) of Papar District of Kediri, as well as how the prospective bride understanding the family concept of Sakinah.

Voice, Soma, and Psyche: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Opera Singers

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Maria Sandgren
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Mere Existence ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Opera Singers ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Study ◽  
The Voice

Specific problems in the professional life of opera singers were examined in an exploratory study with both a qualitative and quantitative approach. Semi-structured interviews involved 15 opera singers who were asked to report problems related to their professional work, coping strategies, motivational factors, and, particularly, strongly emotional singing experiences. Psychological problems were most frequent: the opera singers’ preoccupation with the risk of vocal indisposition, i.e., not being able to sing and worry about others’ opinions about their performance. A specific habit of singers involved testing the voice (vocalizing) regularly to prove its quality and mere existence. Concern with physical problems centered on respiratory tract symptoms that could cause vocal indisposition. Psychosocial problems concerned mostly difficulties in maintaining a family life due to travel and irregular working hours. A questionnaire was designed to collect qualitative data and sent to 36 permanently employed and 36 freelance opera singers. Response rate was 67%. Differences regarding singers’ ages, genders, and occupational situations were examined. Significant positive correlations were found between worry about others’ opinions and a number of variables: somatic problems, testing the voice, depression, and performance anxiety.

Mixing Methods: A Bayesian Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
MACARTAN HUMPHREYS ◽  
ALAN M. JACOBS
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Causal Effects ◽  
Causal Process ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Prior Beliefs ◽  
Joint Learning ◽  
Multimethod Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Process Level

We develop an approach to multimethod research that generates joint learning from quantitative and qualitative evidence. The framework—Bayesian integration of quantitative and qualitative data (BIQQ)—allows researchers to draw causal inferences from combinations of correlational (cross-case) and process-level (within-case) observations, given prior beliefs about causal effects, assignment propensities, and the informativeness of different kinds of causal-process evidence. In addition to posterior estimates of causal effects, the framework yields updating on the analytical assumptions underlying correlational analysis and process tracing. We illustrate the BIQQ approach with two applications to substantive issues that have received significant quantitative and qualitative treatment in political science: the origins of electoral systems and the causes of civil war. Finally, we demonstrate how the framework can yield guidance on multimethod research design, presenting results on the optimal combinations of qualitative and quantitative data collection under different research conditions.

scholarly journals Vocal Control of Sound Synthesis Personalized by Unsupervised Machine Listening and Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Fasciani ◽  
Lonce Wyse
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Adaptive Method ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Machine Listening ◽  
Vocal Control ◽  
Perceptual Characteristics ◽  
The Voice

In this article we describe a user-driven adaptive method to control the sonic response of digital musical instruments using information extracted from the timbre of the human voice. The mapping between heterogeneous attributes of the input and output timbres is determined from data collected through machine-listening techniques and then processed by unsupervised machine-learning algorithms. This approach is based on a minimum-loss mapping that hides any synthesizer-specific parameters and that maps the vocal interaction directly to perceptual characteristics of the generated sound. The mapping adapts to the dynamics detected in the voice and maximizes the timbral space covered by the sound synthesizer. The strategies for mapping vocal control to perceptual timbral features and for automating the customization of vocal interfaces for different users and synthesizers, in general, are evaluated through a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods.

scholarly journals Local Government Capacity on E-Participation in Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
Stella Malangalila Kinemo
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Government Capacity ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Collection Methods

Rapid development of information has made governments to employ e-participation by using ICT tools for the purpose of involving citizens in government policy issues. The purpose of this study was to examine e-participation tools and local government capacity on e-participation with reference to technical, financial and human resource in Tanzania. The study employed descriptive statistics whereby qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied. The data collection methods used were questionnaire and in depth interviews. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. The study findings revealed that the municipality does not have adequate technical and financial capacity for e-participation. The findings also revealed that websites and emails were the only e-participation tools used by the municipality. To improve capacity of Kinondoni Municipality in e-participation it is recommended that more funds should be injected to ICT infrastructures and that staff should be recruited and trained for ICT use.

scholarly journals Using big data to discriminate charged price in the Car Insurance Industry: Evidence from United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Doaa Salman Abdou
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Insurance Rates ◽  
Car Insurance

The purpose of this paper is to examine the gender-based discrimination in car insurance rates and whether the reasons provided by the car insurance companies for the different rates are valid or not. The paper studies the average annual premiums paid by men and women across different age groups from 16 years old to over 56 years old along with the percentage differences. Additionally, the concept of big data and how it is utilized by businesses to apply personalize price discrimination is investigated. The research design is conclusive and secondary data is used in both qualitative and quantitative forms. Qualitative data is collected from articles for the literature review and as for the quantitative data it is in the form of reports and surveys. The data shows that at lower age groups women pay less than men for car insurance but as the age increase men start paying less. The paper reaches a conclusion that gender is not necessarily a crucial risk-factor as the regular factors such as driving record can provided accurate risk determinants. 

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