scholarly journals The Role of Structural Complexity in Learning English Relative Clauses

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-497
Author(s):  
Miseon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Relative Clauses ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
English Relative Clauses ◽  
Learning English

Modelling of structural complexity in sedimentary basins: The role of pre-existing faults in thrust tectonics

1993 ◽  
Vol 226 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 97-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Sassi ◽  
B. Colletta ◽  
P. Balé ◽  
T. Paquereau
Keyword(s):  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Thrust Tectonics

The role of task sequencing in fluency, accuracy, and complexity: Investigating the SSARC model of pedagogic task sequencing

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 642-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Malicka
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Complexity ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Simple Complex ◽  
Complexity Measures ◽  
Complex Sequence ◽  
Task Sequencing ◽  
Sequence Versus ◽  
Individual Task

This study set out to test the theoretical premise of the SSARC model of pedagogic task sequencing, which postulates that tasks should be sequenced for learners from cognitively simple to complex. This experiment compared the performance of three tasks differing in cognitive complexity in a simple–complex sequence versus in the absence of any other tasks. There were two groups in the study: (1) participants who performed the three tasks in the simple–complex sequence, and (2) participants who performed either the simple, the complex, or the most complex task. The participants’ speech was analysed using fluency, accuracy, and complexity measures. The results indicate that simple–complex sequencing led to a higher speech rate, greater dysfluency, enhanced accuracy, and greater structural complexity, as compared to individual task performance. The results are discussed in terms of the SSARC model and pedagogical implications of the findings are presented.

scholarly journals The Role of the Portal to English Syllabuses in Developing the Language Skills of Preparatory School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Telal Mirghani Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preparatory School ◽  
Preparatory Schools ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Oral Interaction ◽  
Learning English

Teaching English through an effective curriculum enables EFL students to establish and achieve effective communication. The study aims to investigate issues affecting EFL students by learning English and discussing the role of Portal to English syllabuses in developing the language skills of Qatari school students. Research has harmonized the analytical approach. The required information was collected from a questionnaire distributed to twenty (20) Qatari EFL teachers in preparatory schools. Then, the data was analyzed according to the SPSS system. The results show that the Portal course syllabuses of Qatari preparatory schools introduce language activities that promote oral interaction in addition to the previous syllabuses. This current syllabus motivates students and builds a good understanding of learning English and improving language skills. The textbooks emphasize the use of English in social media and in the practice of Qataris customs and traditions. Portal lessons emphasize oral interactions with group work and discussions. Vocabulary and writing activities are presented and tested in many units in the Portal course series.

scholarly journals The Role of NLP Principles as Tools for Facilitating Learning EFL For Saudi Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. Abuzaifah
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Sensory Acuity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Learning English

Learning English language for the majority of Saudi students has always been considered difficult and rarely successfully achieved. “English poses difficulties for many Saudi students due to the low English levels acquired at secondary schools” (Al-Shami, 2004). Additionally, the overall achievement in English language among the majority of Saudi students, after completing six years of studying EFL extensively, is remarkably low (AL-Karood, 2006; Al Buna’yan, 2003; Al Guaid, 1997; Abuammah, 2002). This research paper will investigate, discuss and analyse the NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) concepts; change and modelling, as well as NLP four principles; outcomes, rapport, sensory acuity and flexibility, in order to specify the actual extent to which these concepts and principles can assist the Saudi EFL students to achieve better, easier and faster performance in learning the English language. By the end of this paper, the researcher intends to highlight the relationship between the NLP principles and the SLA learning strategies (O’Malley, 1990), as well as to attempt to describe some possible ways for applying the NLP principles into SLA.

scholarly journals Regional musical culture management in 1939-1945 (on materials of the Volga Region)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
Olga Vladimirovna Tuzova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Models ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Volga Region ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Professional Affiliation ◽  
Functional Complex ◽  
Different Levels

The paper deals with some problems of musical institutions management in the Volga Region in 1939 1945 on the example of 8 musical cultural models of rear, frontal and front-line types: Kuibyshev, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Saratov, Engels, Kazan, Stalingrad, Astrakhan. The author reconstructs the structure and functional complex of the management component, describes the responsibilities of the commissioners of Performances and Repertoire Control Main Department at different levels and detects the role of the Communist party in the music management of the region. The author notes instability and incomplete correspondence of the administrative board in some models as a negative factor. A significant impact on musical culture management in the region provided emergency-revaluation processes: range of competencies and staff. Changes in the geography of governance structures affected the Stalingrad model of front type. Some actual data about the material provision of the management component are provided: departments placement and employees salaries. Structural complexity of administrative areas during 1939 1945 is stated. The author restores a number of regional culture managers names and their professional affiliation.

The Role of Memory in Processing Relative Clauses in Children With Specific Language Impairment

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Frizelle ◽  
Paul Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Relative Clauses ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Matrix Clause ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Almost All

Purpose This study investigated the relationship between 2 components of memory—phonological short-term memory (pSTM) and working memory (WM)—and the control of relative clause constructions in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Method Children with SLI and 2 control groups—an age-matched and a younger group of children with typical development—repeated sentences, including relative clauses, representing 5 syntactic roles and 2 levels of matrix clause complexity. The Working Memory Test Battery for Children was administered. Results All 3 groups showed significant associations between pSTM and both types of matrix clause construction. For children with SLI, significant associations emerged between (a) WM and more complex matrix clause constructions, (b) WM and relative clauses including a range of syntactic roles, and (c) pSTM and the least difficult syntactic role. In contrast, the age-matched control group could repeat almost all syntactic roles without invoking the use of either memory component. Conclusions The role of pSTM and WM in the production of relative clauses by children with SLI is influenced by the degree of difficulty of the structure to be recalled. In therapy, the effect of WM limitations can be minimized by approaching each structure within the context of a simple matrix clause.

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