scholarly journals EFL Supervisors’ Written Feedback Focus and Language Functions on Masters Degree Students Thesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
abate demissie gedamu ◽  
Tesfaye Habtemariam Gezehagn
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Written Feedback ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Genre Knowledge ◽  
Frequency Counts

Abstract The objective of this study was to examine EFL supervisors’ written feedback focus, and language functions at some selected public universities in Ethiopia. To address the objective of the study, a descriptive exploratory design was adopted. 55 supervisees were randomly selected of 255 for the questionnaire survey. Besides, four supervisors were selected for interviews. Moreover, feedback comments on five theses drafts were utilized as data sources. To decide the language functions and feedback foci, frequency counts and percentage were used. Nonetheless, the interview data were analyzed qualitatively as per their themes. The results showed thesis supervisors used the directive feedback language function most prevailingly over the expressive in their feedback provision. There was no balance of praise, criticism, and suggestions in the provision of feedback comments. The supervisors largely focused on content knowledge, followed by genre knowledge, and then linguistic accuracy and appropriateness (forms), respectively.

scholarly journals EFL supervisors’ written feedback focus and language functions: a mixed methods study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abate Demissie Gedamu ◽  
Tesfaye Habtemariam Gezahegn
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Written Feedback ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Frequency Counts

AbstractThe objectives of this study were to examine the EFL supervisors’ written feedback focus, and language functions at selected public universities in Ethiopia. To address the objectives of the study, qualitative and quantitative approaches with concurrent mixed methods design was adopted. 55 supervisees were randomly selected out of 205 for the questionnaire survey. Besides, four supervisors were selected for interviews. Moreover, feedback comments on five theses drafts were utilized as data sources. To decide the language functions and feedback foci, frequency counts and percentages were used. Nonetheless, content analysis was used to analyze the interview data. The results showed that thesis supervisors used the directive feedback language function most prevailingly over the expressive function. Besides, the result indicated there was no balance of praise, criticism, and suggestions in the provision of feedback comments. The supervisors largely focused on content knowledge, followed by genre knowledge, and then linguistic accuracy and appropriateness (forms), respectively. Based on the results, supervisors were recommended to write their feedback comments in helpful and constructive ways based on the needs and preferences of their supervisees for the development of writing skills.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE FUNCTION OF INDONESIAN THERAPEUTIC DISCOURSE: CUPPING THERAPY

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leony Mayang Seruni ◽  
Hamzah Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Cupping Therapy ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Institutional Discourse ◽  
Therapeutic Discourse ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Descriptive Method

The conversation in therapeutic is a kind of institutional discourse that have its own characteristic to make the communication. This research aims to find the language function in the Cupping conversation between the therapist and the patient. This research uses descriptive method. The data of this research are the the transcriptions of recorded conversation between the therapist and the patient. The sources of this data are the conversation from five therapist and each therapist have four patients. Hence, there are 20 conversation recorded in this research. The records of their conversations are transcribed as the data. The theory that used in this research is Leech (1974) to show language functions of the conversation. The result of this research shows that the conversation between the Cupping therapists and the patients have the tendency to used several forms of language functions. It is found that almost all conversations contained the informative language, directive language, and phatic language.

scholarly journals PENGGUNAAN BAHASA INDONESIA DALAM INTERAKSI KELAS MATA PELAJARAN BAHASA INDONESIA (STUDI KASUS DI SMA NEGERI 2 SRAGEN)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Dina Handayani ◽  
Sarwiji Suwandi ◽  
Budhi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Instrumental Function ◽  
Heuristic Function ◽  
Interaction Function ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia ◽  
Case Study Methods

<em>This research aims to describe and explain: (1) the conversation structure in the classroom interaction of Indonesian language subject between teachers-students and among students and (2) the language function of the teachers' language and students' language in the classroom interaction. This research was conducted at SMA Negeri 2 Sragen. The subjects of this study were the use of language the teacher and students in Indonesian language course. The data in the form of sentences and discourse were analyzed by Sinclair &amp; Cotlthard (1975) theory and Halliday (1973) theory. This research belongs to qualitative research using case study methods. The results of this study are; first, in the teachers-students conversation structure and the students-students conversation structure found new actions, namely, repeat. Both of the sequences of the conversation structure unit are from the largest to the smallest, namely: lesson, transaction, exchange, move, and act. Second, the language functions in the teachers’ language and students’ language, namely: the instrumental function, the regulatory function, the interaction function, the representational function, the personnel function, and the heuristic function.</em>

Cerebral Dominance and Its Relation To Psychological Function

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-395
Author(s):  
RANDOLPH K. BYERS
Keyword(s):  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Cerebral Dominance ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Psychological Function ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
The Subject

This little book is a review of and contribution to the subject of language and its relationship to cerebral dominance. In general it emphasizes that in right-handed people language function is nearly regularly and fairly strictly localized to the left hemisphere. In left-handed and clearly ambidextrous people there is still a tendency for language to be localized in the left hemisphere, but its localization is not as complete, and various language functions may escape in injury to one hemisphere. Recovery tends to be more complete following acute lesions of the left hemisphere in predominantly left-handed individuals.

scholarly journals Role of Functional Imaging Techniques to Assess Motor and Language Cortical Plasticity in Glioma Patients: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Cirillo ◽  
M. Caulo ◽  
V. Pieri ◽  
A. Falini ◽  
A. Castellano
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Functional Imaging ◽  
Cortical Plasticity ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Intraoperative Mapping ◽  
Mapping Techniques

Cerebral plasticity is the ability of the central nervous system to reorganize itself in response to different injuries. The reshaping of functional areas is a crucial mechanism to compensate for damaged function. It is acknowledged that functional remodeling of cortical areas may occur also in glioma patients. Principal limits of previous investigations on cortical plasticity of motor and language functions included scarce reports of longitudinal evaluations and limited sample sizes. This systematic review is aimed at elucidating cortical brain plasticity for motor and language functions, in adult glioma patients, by means of preoperative and intraoperative mapping techniques. We systematically reviewed the literature for prospective studies, assessing cortical plasticity of motor and language functions in low-grade and high-grade gliomas. Eight longitudinal studies investigated cortical plasticity, evaluated by motor and language task-based functional MRI (fMRI), motor navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (n-TMS), and intraoperative mapping with cortical direct electrocortical stimulation (DES) of language and motor function. Motor function reorganization appeared relatively limited and mostly characterized by intrahemispheric functional changes, including secondary motor cortices. On the other hand, a high level of functional reshaping was found for language function in DES studies. Occurrence of cortical functional reorganization of language function was described focusing on the intrahemispheric recruitment of perilesional areas. However, the association between these functional patterns and recovery of motor and language deficits still remains partially clear. A number of relevant methodological issues possibly affecting the finding generalization emerged, such as the complexity of plasticity outcome measures and the lack of large longitudinal studies. Future studies are required to further confirm these evidences on cortical plasticity in larger samples, combining both functional imaging and intraoperative mapping techniques in longitudinally evaluations.

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Language Function in Children

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne P. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Functional Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Language Functions

AbstractFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been recognised as a neuroimaging technique suitable for examination of higher cognitive function in children. It has been used to elucidate cognitive neural networks associated with various aspects of language function in several group and case studies of school-aged children. Language function has been lateralised and localised with fMRI in clinical samples, neurologically normal children and children with developmental language disorders. Issues of plasticity of language function during development and following injury have also been considered. Several paediatric case studies have also raised questions with respect to the interpretation of fMRI language activation. In spite of methodological challenges, fMRI has proved a useful technique for examination of the brain-behaviour relationship in developmental language functions. This paper reviews fMRI studies of language, including reading, in children.

Stereotactic biopsy of nonpolar tumors in the dominant hemisphere: a prospective study of effects on language functions

1997 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 923-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Marie Thomson ◽  
Robert Taylor ◽  
Diane Fraser ◽  
Ian R. Whittle
Keyword(s):  
Stereotactic Biopsy ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Dominant Hemisphere ◽  
Ct Guided ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A prospective study of patients undergoing computerized tomography (CT)—guided stereotactic biopsy of nonpolar tumors in the dominant hemisphere was undertaken to determine if stereotactic biopsy caused a deterioration of language functions. Language was assessed using the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) and the Boston Naming Test (BNT) before and after a biopsy sample was obtained. Of 16 patients studied, five (31%) were dysphasic preoperatively. After the biopsy the Aphasia Quotient (AQ), derived from the WAB, had significantly deteriorated in four (80%) of these patients, whereas in the fifth it remained relatively unchanged. One of these patients with an extensive infiltrating hemispheric oligoastrocytoma subsequently recovered normal language function after radiotherapy. In 10 of the 11 patients who had normal language function preoperatively there were no deleterious changes after biopsy in either the WAB subtest or BNT scores. In the other patient whose WAB score was normal preoperatively, there was a significant deterioration in postoperative AQ. This patient, who declined steroid therapy before and after biopsy, had a glioblastoma multiforme in Wernicke's area. A postoperative CT scan revealed no changes from what was shown on preoperative scan. This clinical study shows that CT-guided stereotactic biopsy of nonpolar tumors in the dominant hemisphere using the Brown-Roberts-Wells system and the Sedan—Nashold biopsy cannula carries a 9% risk (95% confidence intervals 0–26%) of impairing language functions if the patient is not dysphasic preoperatively. If the patient is dysphasic preoperatively, there is a very high risk of aggravating the dysphasia with stereotactic biopsy.

Chinese Students’ Awareness of Functions in Their Learning of Spoken English

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 560
Author(s):  
Qian Liu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Spoken English ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status

In the past decade, language functions have attracted increasing attention of Chinese secondary school English teachers. However, students seem not to have explicit knowledge in this aspect. This study investigated Chinese students’ awareness of functions and explored the causes of the status quo. Based on the results achieved through a questionnaire survey, textbooks analyses and teaching analyses, suggestions are put forward for the building of students’ awareness of functions in the teaching of speaking.

scholarly journals Intraoperative subcortical mapping of a language-associated deep frontal tract connecting the superior frontal gyrus to Broca's area in the dominant hemisphere of patients with glioma

2015 ◽  
Vol 122 (6) ◽  
pp. 1390-1396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masazumi Fujii ◽  
Satoshi Maesawa ◽  
Kazuya Motomura ◽  
Miyako Futamura ◽  
Yuichiro Hayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
White Matter ◽  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Navigation System ◽  
Broca’S Area ◽  
Language Function ◽  
Broca's Area ◽  
Mr Images ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Subcortical Mapping

OBJECT The deep frontal pathway connecting the superior frontal gyrus to Broca's area, recently named the frontal aslant tract (FAT), is assumed to be associated with language functions, especially speech initiation and spontaneity. Injury to the deep frontal lobe is known to cause aphasia that mimics the aphasia caused by damage to the supplementary motor area. Although fiber dissection and tractography have revealed the existence of the tract, little is known about its function. The aim of this study was to determine the function of the FAT via electrical stimulation in patients with glioma who underwent awake surgery. METHODS The authors analyzed the data from subcortical mapping with electrical stimulation in 5 consecutive cases (3 males and 2 females, age range 40–54 years) with gliomas in the left frontal lobe. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tractography of the FAT were performed in all cases. A navigation system and intraoperative MRI were used in all cases. During the awake phase of the surgery, cortical mapping was performed to find the precentral gyrus and Broca's area, followed by tumor resection. After the cortical layer was removed, subcortical mapping was performed to assess language-associated fibers in the white matter. RESULTS In all 5 cases, positive responses were obtained at the stimulation sites in the subcortical area adjacent to the FAT, which was visualized by the navigation system. Speech arrest was observed in 4 cases, and remarkably slow speech and conversation was observed in 1 case. The location of these sites was also determined on intraoperative MR images and estimated on preoperative MR images with DTI tractography, confirming the spatial relationships among the stimulation sites and white matter tracts. Tumor removal was successfully performed without damage to this tract, and language function did not deteriorate in any of the cases postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS The authors identified the left FAT and confirmed that it was associated with language functions. This tract should be recognized by clinicians to preserve language function during brain tumor surgery, especially for tumors located in the deep frontal lobe on the language-dominant side.

scholarly journals Important Biological Issues for Elementary Pupils – A Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eija Yli-Panula ◽  
Eila Jeronen ◽  
Heidi Seiko-Ahlströn ◽  
Elsa Ruotsalainen
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Core Curricula ◽  
Subject Content Knowledge ◽  
Science Educators

This study aimed to investigate what kind of conceptions pre-service teachers have concerning the issues they find important in teaching and management of biology in order to be able to provide adequate learning to Finnish elementary school pupils. A questionnaire survey was conducted over three years in a Finnish university. Answers were subjected to content-based analysis. As background information, the pre-service teachers’ self-evaluation estimations of their biological content knowledge and management were measured.The important issues mentioned by pre-service teachers were mainly knowledge and skills, also experiences, attitudes, teaching, and some other matters concerning the Finnish National Core Curricula were mentioned. The conceptions of pre-service teachers were discussed in connection with subject content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. The implications for science educators were also presented.

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