scholarly journals Web ACE - A Study in Reciprocal Informing

10.28945/2785 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Miliszewska ◽  
Grace Tan
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
Oral Presentations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Web Based System

A Computer Science degree includes a compulsory final year Project subject. The Project involves the design and implementation of a real-life computer application for a client, and gives students an opportunity to work in a setting emulating a real-life information technology environment. Students undertake the Project subject together with its co-requisite subject in English Language and Communication. The English subject focuses on consolidating written and oral communication skills such as compilation of technical reports, and delivery of oral presentations - skills directly relevant to the Project. This paper reports on a unique Project experience where a group of students developed a Web based system for ‘special’ clients - their English lecturers. The paper discusses the rationale for the project, its details and benefits. It highlights the relationship between the Project students and the English lecturers and the dual roles of informers and clients, that each of the parties played in the process.

scholarly journals Analysing Legitimation Strategies in Relationship Advice Articles of Women’s Magazines

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Sharifah Nurulhuda Alkaff ◽  
Reem Adib Lulu
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
English Language ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Women's Magazines ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the strategies used to legitimate relationship advice articles in locally produced English language women’s magazines from three different contexts, which are, Malaysia, the US, and two Middle Eastern countries (UAE and Egypt). Six women’s magazines, two from each context, were chosen for this study. Sixty articles, ten from each magazine, from the relationship advice sections of each magazine were analysed using content analysis. We focused on the strategies used to legitimise these advice articles based on similar studies on the legitimisation of advice through the use of intertextuality and voices appearing in these texts. In addition, we also investigated if there are differences in the strategies of legitimation used in these articles due to differences in the cultural norms in the three contexts. Our findings revealed four legitimation strategies which were employed to construct advice in the texts we analysed, namely, ‘Cross-Section of Real-Life’, ‘Appealing to Authorities’, ‘Celebrity Endorsement’, and ‘Popular Culture References’. Our findings also revealed that the writers of sex and relationship articles in all three contexts have to carefully craft their texts in order to produce advice that is considered legitimate and can be accepted by their readers. Finally, our study showed that there appears to be a clear connection between the legitimation strategies used and the socio-cultural aspects of each society.

scholarly journals Transnational Education through Engagement: Students' Perspective

10.28945/2609 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Miliszewska ◽  
John Horwood ◽  
Albert McGill
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
Group Context ◽  
Science Degree ◽  
Hong Kong Students ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Project Model ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
Cultural Constraints

A Computer Science degree is offered by Victoria University both locally in Australia and transnationally in Hong Kong. The degree includes a compulsory final year project subject. The project, a team effort, involves the design and implementation of a real- life computer application for an external client. The project model in Hong Kong was modified to accommodate a variety of time, distance, and cultural constraints, but its core components of group context, project-based problems, and outside focus remained unchanged. Australian teachers responsible for the program consider these three project components essential to transforming computing students into competent graduates. Do Hong Kong students support this view? This paper reports on a study of the students’ perceptions of the project experience and the relative importance of its three components. The paper concludes by considering the implications of the study on the project model.

scholarly journals Creating Machinima (3D) and Real Life Videos in an ESP Classroom

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Anne Ochoa Alpala ◽  
William Ricardo Ortíz García
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Electronic Engineering ◽  
Oral Presentations

This research paper reports on the development of oral presentation skills in a 3D virtual world called Moviestorm machinima, in contrast with real-life videos. In this way, the implementation of both types of videos sought to promote the improvement of oral communication skills, specifically oral presentations in a foreign language, as well as promoting collaborative work. The study involved 60 students from different semesters of a private Colombian university from the schools of electronic engineering, computer science, and law, focusing on English for specific purposes. The results showed how students from different faculties worked collaboratively to achieve one goal: improve their oral presentation skills.

scholarly journals SISTEM PAKAR PENDIAGNOSA PENYAKIT MENULAR PADA ANJING

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
KADEK RISNA WITARI ◽  
I G.K. GANDHIADI ◽  
I PUTU EKA NILA KENCANA
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Expert System ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Certainty Factor ◽  
Inference Method ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Web Based System

The closeness of the relationship between dogs and human makes the dog can be trained, played together, lived together with human and are invited to socialize with human and other dogs. But, despite its this relationship, the dogs can also have a contagious disease that may be harmful to human. Diagnostic expert system for infectious disease in dogs for as web-based system with the media android used as a tool for diagnosing infectious diseases in dogs based on physical characteristics or symptoms that can be seen or felt without through examination of the specifics. The diagnostics final results are expected to be a reference for further examination and handling of dogs that contract the disease is detected to prevent the disease for humans. This expert system uses a forward chaining inference method and Certainty Factor to infer.

scholarly journals Analysis of the English Language Needs of Students at the Russian Technological University

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-100
Author(s):  
Olga G Rossikhina ◽  
Polina V Ermakova ◽  
Olga A Aleshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
Technological Universities ◽  
English Competence

The article looks into the English language needs of engineering students and young graduates at one of the leading technological universities in Russia - NUST MISiS. The authors used a mixed methodology approach to explore how often and in what real-life situations current and former students use the English language. 107 paper questionnaires were completed by master’s degree students in class and the answers were counted; 123 responses were received online from 2015 and 2016 graduates and processed statistically; 17 structured interviews with college administrators and subject professors were recorded and then coded for the main categories. The results demonstrate that despite dramatic changes at NUST MISiS under The Competitiveness Enhancement Program 5-100, good English competence is not a priority, with the majority of young graduates being ‘unsure’ about its benefits for their career and some administrators calling it ‘the least required competence’. However, the English language needs vary across subject departments. Thus, students majoring in new materials and programming use English on a regular basis, while economists and metallurgists might not really need it in both studies and future job. Overall, the most required skill is reading, and the least used ones are oral communication and academic writing in English. The authors discuss how orientation on potential rather than actual needs can affect the ESP/EAP course design in the context of engineering education in Russia.

scholarly journals Analisis dan Perancangan Operasional Sistem Berbasiskan CRM (Studi Kasus pada PT Terang Dunia Internusa)

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1083
Author(s):  
Tanty Oktavia
Keyword(s):  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
The Business Cycle ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Web Based System

Article to design an operational system based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) that can connect customers with the company. It is expected that the exchange of information between both parties can be properly channeled, in short, accurate, and actual business-process occurs. Information is an important part in the business cycle because it includes all the transactions that are closely related business activities that occurred. The method used in designing this system is the Object Oriented Analysis and Design. Results to be achieved from this research are the formation of a web-based system that is able to become a liaison between the customer and the company, so the relationship can be well maintained. Customer satisfaction towards services obtained during the conduct of business transactions will have a positive impact for the company, as this can make the customers stay loyal to the company, as well as company profit can be increased as increasing customer loyalty.

scholarly journals Cluster analysis on Chinese university students’ conceptions of English language learning and their online self-regulation

2019 ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Jing Tao ◽  
Chunping Zheng ◽  
Zhihong Lu ◽  
Jyh-Chong Liang ◽  
Chin-Chung Tsai
Keyword(s):  
English Language Learners ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Conceptions Of Learning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Learning English

This study investigated learners’ conceptions of learning English and their online self-regulation in a web-based learning environment among. Two questionnaires, Conceptions of Learning English (COLE) and Online Self-regulation of English Learning (OSEL) were administered to 843 university students in China. Based on their different conceptions of learning English, participants were clustered into four groups. Two groups of students considered the process of learning English as understanding and seeing in a new way or being test-oriented. Another two groups consisted of students with high commitment to or low engagement in learning English. The results of ANOVA analysis and Scheffé’s test revealed significant differences among the profiled participants in four groups. Students who considered learning English as understanding and seeing in a new way tended to have the strongest online self-regulatory competence. However, students who were test-oriented reported poorly in all aspects of online self-regulation. Our findings echoed previous studies on the relationship between conceptions of learning English and online self-regulation, particularly the negative association between learners’ test-oriented conceptions of learning English and their online self-regulation. This research enables us to better understand English language learners in China, particularly in the era of information technology.

The Impact of Web-Based Media on Evolution of Participatory Urban Planning and E-Democracy in Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Grabkowska ◽  
Łukasz Pancewicz ◽  
Iwona Sagan
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
Urban Issues ◽  
Activist Groups ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The article examines the relationship between the use of Web-based media and the emergence of social movements focused on urban agenda in Poland. The authors’ aim is to investigate how and to what extent a growing body of smaller activist groups use opportunities provided by the Internet to achieve their political objectives. The authors’ research results indicate that electronic media have helped to raise the profile of local initiatives and increased awareness of systemic urban issues between different groups of grass-root actors. The findings of the article are based on the analysis of the Congress of Urban Movements (Kongres Ruchów Miejskich), a broad coalition of smaller non-governmental organizations and bottom-up activist groups, which use Internet-based tools to network. The results indicate that the Web-based tools increase the members’ ability to connect and interact, consequently improving the ability to coordinate joint initiatives and expand real-life social networks.

Social media in EFL teaching

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-211
Author(s):  
Leonie Wiemeyer ◽  
Sabrina Zeaiter
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Linguistic Challenges ◽  
Media Learning ◽  
And Task

This article presents an approach to fostering (oral) communication skills in L2 English using social media. It proposes that social media provide a setting for synchronous and asynchronous oral CMC and can be a motivating environment for communicative tasks in the lingua franca English as adolescent learners are used to participating online, both in written and spoken modes. This can be exploited in complex competency tasks in which learners are exposed to real-life discourse and the associated linguistic challenges. Complex competency tasks can provide a framework for web-based language learning and facilitate the development of oral communicative competencies. Among the implications for teaching discussed are sensible embedding in tasks, potential issues of student participation and motivation, and the authenticity of the environments. The article concludes that social media provide a fruitful platform for combining web-based and task-based language and media learning in (semi-)authentic contexts in complex competency tasks.

scholarly journals Teaching and Testing English in the Algerian Educational System

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Othmane Meriem ◽  
Naima BOUYAKOUB
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
System P ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
The Status ◽  
Multimodality Approach ◽  
Oral Presentations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

The relationship between teaching and assessment seems to be direct since they both complete each other. This current paper is an attempt to provide a systematic description of instruction and evaluation in the Algerian educational context within the License- Master- Doctorate reform (LMD reform). The present study has significant benefits in terms of researching the adequacy of applying new approaches in the classroom -as a new envision- for assessing the learners’ competences. Using a multiplicity of modes enables the teacher to evaluate his learners’ capabilities elaborately and consequently fulfill their needs. This paper is an attempt to answer the question, how can EFL teachers assess their learners’ competences with the implementation of new approaches that foster their communication skills. First, it tackles the status of English in the globalization era and the effect of this latter on evaluation. Second, it sheds light on the LMD reform with its main changes that affects teaching and testing, finishing up with speaking about English Language Teaching (ELT) in Algeria and, more precisely in Biskra , to provide data about the implemented methodology of measurement. In the present study, we employed classroom action research to assess the learners’ communicative competence using a range of multimodal speaking tasks (videos, games, songs, role- plays, oral presentations, and discussion tasks). We opt for the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods for two chief reasons; first, to investigate the effectiveness of using the multimodality approach while assessing learners’ competences and performances, second to explore the area under study. The findings revealed that EFL Teachers might evaluate their learners' abilities using a multiplicity of modes (visual such as videos, auditory such as songs, kinesthetic such as role-plays). Consequently, teachers are highly recommended to use innovative approaches to assess their learners’ competences.

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