scholarly journals The process of acquiring the heritage or home language by children in immigrant families (A case study of Iranian migrant families to Georgia)

2021 ◽  
Vol X (3) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
Akram Khosravi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heritage Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Home Language ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Impact

In this study, we are researching the impact of immigration on acquiring the heritage language in Iranian immigrant families to Georgia whose children age was between 3 to 15 years. The methodology used in this research is a survey study in the Iranian community, and the results methodology is questionnaires. According to the answers and the independent variable which is immigration, the result has shown that Iranian immigrant families to Georgia try to keep their heritage language even though some families were multinational. People are immigrating in the 21st century more than ever. This result is that people are being separated from their mother tongue and joining a new world and language. One of the challenges people face is how to preserve their heritage language while it faces a variety of obstacles that may be lost by its speakers. In this research, we study the effects of immigration on language knowledge from each side in addition to find out how the immigrant family’s children acquire languages.

scholarly journals The Impact of Rhetorical Argumentation on Achieving the Mastery of Fluency and Accuracy in Communicative Competence: A Case Study of 2 nd Year Students at the University Des Frères Mentouri, Constantine

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abderrahim Bouderbane
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Procedural Fluency ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Problematic Issue ◽  
Rhetorical Argumentation ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The present study is a comparison between the impact of rhetorical argumentation and narrating stories on students’ fluency and accuracy in communicative competence. We aimed at evaluating the usefulness and suitability of these tasks, and their efficiency when it comes to teaching fluency and accuracy by analysing the direct effects of the tasks on the indices of fluency and accuracy. The problematic issue in this research investigates the effects of the task rhetorical argumentation, and whether it is an important task that teachers should rely on it in teaching speaking in academic contexts. The sample is composed of 65 students which are divided in between 30 students in the control group and 35 students in experimental group. The data was collected by a test which was used to evaluate three main areas which are: classroom interaction, topic knowledge and language knowledge. The results of the experiment show that there are two types of fluency which are procedural and automatic. Rhetorical argumentation can be used to develop procedural fluency, and not automatic since the task is considered as difficult and students were not familiar with it.

The Impact of Home Language and Literacy Support on English-Chinese Biliteracy Acquisition among Chinese Heritage Language Learners

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-235
Author(s):  
Chan Lü ◽  
Keiko Koda
Keyword(s):  
Heritage Language ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Home Language ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
Literacy Support ◽  
Oral Vocabulary ◽  
Chinese Heritage Language ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

Studies on monolingual children have shown that home language and literacy support is crucial in children's early literacy acquisition. However, such support has not been examined as thoroughly among bilingual children, including heritage speakers. This study investigated the effect of home language and literacy support on important precursors of literacy skills including oral vocabulary knowledge, phonological awareness, and decoding skill in English and Chinese, among a group of 37 Chinese heritage language (CHL) learners. Our results suggest that the use of Chinese at home supported children's language and literacy skills in Chinese, especially their oral vocabulary knowledge; support of learning Chinese at home did not hinder children's acquisition of literacy skills in English. Implications for parents and teachers of CHL learners in relation to their biliteracy learning are discussed.

scholarly journals How much does parental language behaviour reflect their language beliefs in language maintenance?

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanjiang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Language Maintenance ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Home Language ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Know How ◽  
Migrant Families

It has been widely accepted that parental language beliefs play a crucial role in language maintenance. Studies show that Chinese immigrants are not exempted from language shift although they are frequently reported cherishing their language as an important part of their culture. This paper attempts to find out how parental language beliefs reflect their daily language behaviour. Eight recent Chinese migrant families had 60 minutes of conversation recorded each month for one calendar year. Their language use has been analyzed and compared with the information gathered from a home language use questionnaire. Results show that there is a substantial gap between parental language beliefs and their actual language behaviour. Although the parents state they strongly support mother tongue maintenance, within 28 months, the use of mother tongue had dropped significantly and there is very little evidence showing much effort from the parents to prevent this from happening. This could be either because they want their children to keep their first language but do not know how to do this, or, their language beliefs are different from their behaviour. This should raise methodological issues regarding how to interpret parental language beliefs properly in the research area.

scholarly journals The Impact of Administrative Empowerment on the Employees' Creativity: A Case Study of Kamaran Factory in Hodeidah City

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Tariq Ali Abdullah Amr ◽  
Mohammed Abdurasheed Ali Zomailan
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Creativity Training ◽  
Major Study ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Descriptive Method

The study aimed to identify the impact level of administrative empowerment on employees' creativity at Kamaran Factory. The analytical descriptive method was used and the study population consisted of all the employees (400) who work in the factory. 133 employees were selected for the study using the random stratified method. The questionnaire was used to collect data from the study sample and the SPSS V20 package was used for the statistical analysis. Major study findings revealed that there were varying degrees of the level of practicing administrative empowerment and the employees' creativity in favor of the dependent variable (employees' creativity). There was also a statistically direct effect of the independent variable (administrative empowerment) on the employees' creativity at Kamaran factory.  Further, (44%) of the variables that occur in the employees' creativity were attributed to the variables which occur in the administrative empowerment, and the remaining (56%) were attributed to other factors which are beyond the scope of this study. Keywords: administrative creativity, training, entrusting of powers, administrative empowerment.

Intergenerational heritage language practices: A case study of Spanish-speaking families in Britain

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Tyrrell ◽  
Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes ◽  
Claudia Blandon
Keyword(s):  
Heritage Language ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
Language Practices ◽  
Geographical Patterns ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Multiple Method ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Home Space

AbstractThis paper analyses data from a multiple-method study exploring intergenerational heritage language practices in Spanish-speaking families in Britain. The paper harnesses interdisciplinary perspectives (human geography, childhood studies and socio-linguistics) to explore families' accounts of their intergenerational language practices within the home specifically, due to the dearth of work in this area in Britain. There is an urgent need to examine the multiple intersections between language, home and identity, particularly from intergenerational and/or life course perspectives. Currently, little is known about the ways in which members of migrant families evaluate their heritage language practices socially and linguistically in the home in European contexts, or how their heritage language practices are informed by their identities (often multiple) in European migrant-receiving countries. Specifically, the paper explores: the comparative geographical patterns of Spanish in Britain, using data from Census 2011; how and why children's and parents' heritage language practices differ in the home space (and beyond); and the ways in which these practices are rooted in senses of identity and belonging.

scholarly journals Impact of on-the-job Training on Employee Performance (A Case Study of Microfinance Banks in District Khairpur)

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 4524-4529
Author(s):  
Dr. Syed Muneer ◽  
Turab Ali Shah ◽  
Syed Hassan Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Reduction Technique ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
On The Job Training ◽  
Data Reduction Technique ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

The study was conducted to examine the impact of on-the- job training on employee performance by using a questionnaire for collecting responses from the sample to check the above relation through SPSS 16. Data reduction technique was used to form the factors from number of variables and then linear regression was applied by putting employee performance as a dependent variable and training as a independent variable. Study concluded that 50% of employee performance depends on- the- job training. 

scholarly journals Does the Tax Burden impact the Performance of Companies? A case study for Romania

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-244
Author(s):  
Victor Ogneru ◽  
Stelian Stancu
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Tax Burden ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The paper analyzes the relationship between the total tax amount paid by the Romanian companies and several indicators of size, financial performance, and capital structure to identify whether there is an impact of these indicators on the tax potential and to assess the impact of the tax burden on the performance of companies as well. The total tax amount is viewed on the one hand as a tax burden when it is used as an independent variable, and as tax potential when it is used as a dependent variable. To assess these relationships, we applied cross-sectional regression models for each year of analysis, 2014-2018, using balance sheet data from the entire population of Romanian companies. In literature, is questioned only the relationship between tax burden and economic performance. Our study emphasizes the link between tax potential and some characteristics of the companies. We have identified, also, the determinants of return of equity in the case of Romanian companies. Overall, the data reveal major structural changes during the period of analysis. This movement did not affect the tax potential, but the performance of undertakings. Our findings show that it is necessary to rethink economic and tax policies.

scholarly journals Determinant of Nokia's Users Loyalties (Case Study on Societies of Air Simpang Village, Ketahun Subdistrict, Bengkulu Utara)

ETIKONOMI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Andi Azhar ◽  
Novilia Novilia
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Regression Testing ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Price Perception ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aimed to analyze the impact of the quality and price perception to the loyalty of Nokia mobile phone users in the Air Simpang Village. Ketahun Subdistrict, Bengkulu Utara. The primary data used in this study was obtained from a questionnaire distributed to 318 people who meet the criteria respondent sample. The results showed that the quality of the product has positive effect on customer loyalty, and price has a positive effect on customer loyalty. Based on regression testing, the independent variable that most influence on customer loyalty of mobile phone users in the Water Village Simpang is the price.DOI: 10.15408/etk.v15i1.2837 

scholarly journals The impact of governance on strengthening organizational immunity in greater Madaba municipality: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1881-1892
Author(s):  
Ziad Ali Alshawabkeh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Sample Method ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the effect of governance in strengthening the organizational immunity in the Greater Madaba municipality. The study includes two variables, an independent variable, governance and four dimensions including organizational justice, accountability, sustainability, and transparency, and the dependent variable is organizational immunity. The researcher designed a questionnaire consisting of (30) items that included the independent variables, organizational justice, accountability, sustainability, and transparency, and the dependent variable, organizational immunity, and it was distributed to employees of the Greater Madaba municipality, where the researcher used the random sample method, as the size of the study population reached (210) employees. The study used a sample size of 136. The study found a set of results, including the level of both organizational immunity and governance in Greater Madaba municipality, was high, according to the viewpoint of the sample members, and the existence of a statistically significant impact at the level of significance (α ≤ 5%) of governance with its combined dimensions, organizational justice, accountability, sustainability, and transparency, on the organizational immunity in the Greater Madaba municipality. Likewise, the absence of a statistically significant impact at the level of significance (α ≤ 5%) for sustainability was one of the governance dimensions in organizational immunity in Greater Madaba, and there was no effect of transparency on regulatory immunity. The study recommends that the Municipality of Madaba focus on providing programs to develop employees and involve them in training courses in institutes, specialized centers, and universities and pay attention to sustainability and transparency.

scholarly journals A Case Study of Three Finnish Pre-Service Teachers’ Emotions and Understanding of CLIL During an Online Practicum

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-68
Author(s):  
Sotiria Pappa
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

The novel exigencies of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift towards online learning environments and teleconference platforms, which have also affected teaching practicums. The impact of this approach on teacher preparation is yet unknown and may render pre-service teachers (PSTs) more vulnerable to the challenges of early professional learning through practice, especially when implementing a methodology they have been insufficiently introduced to. Following three students of primary teacher education who opted for a practicum in a CLIL class at a Finnish teacher training school, this case study examines how the online practicum affected these PSTs’ emotions and understanding of CLIL. The case study is based on the analytical categories of teacher identity and emotion and draws on essay, diary, and interview data. The thematic analysis of the data suggests that the online practicum met participants’ expectations for building confidence and was perceived as an overall instructive experience, which was improved by the quality of mentorship and peer support they received. However, feelings of frustration or dissatisfaction accompanied moments of conflict with incoming expectations, principally related to using English in CLIL. The analysis further suggests that the online practicum strengthened participants’ earlier conception of CLIL as a language-oriented teaching tool. Regardless of whether online CLIL practicums remain a future option, acquiring disciplinary and language knowledge alike are important aspects in teacher preparation for CLIL, which could be an optional part of teacher education programs for PSTs who are aware of or sensitive to language as a tool for learning.

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