scholarly journals La rappresentazione delle diversità nei materiali glottodidattici Un’indagine comparativa sui manuali di inglese americano e d’italiano per stranieri

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Daloiso ◽  
Barbara D’Annunzio
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
A Value ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Textbook Design ◽  
Selection Of

This chapter presents the results of a research study on the photographs used in a sample of foreign language coursebooks (FLC). The study aimed to determine to what extent the pictures are representative of the different types of diversity that constitute our societies. A corpus of 699 pictures taken from a selection of FLC of English and Italian was created. On the whole, the analysis showed that, while cultural diversity is widely present in the FLC, other types of diversity, such as disability or the LGBT community, are mostly neglected. The results of the study are relevant for researchers and publishers interested in inclusive textbook design, as it highlights the relevance of pictures in FLC not only as an aesthetic and pedagogical support, but also as visual representations of diversity as a value in our society.

Nomination

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-69
Author(s):  
Ralf Müller ◽  
Nathalie Drouin ◽  
Shankar Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Influence Tactics ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Selection Of

This chapter discusses how teams are nominated in projects. As teams are also used in organizations, the chapter points out the differences between the characteristics of teams in organizations and those in projects. Projects use different types of teams at different times; the types of teams used in projects and the sequence in which they are acquired are explained. The selection of appropriate team members is critical to the success of projects. Hence, the processes used in selecting them in practice are described. However, project managers may find it difficult to recruit the team members they need as they lack authority over resources in organizations. To overcome this, project managers should understand the role that influence plays in organizations and how influence can be used to secure resources for projects. A research study is summarized that illustrates some influence tactics that project managers use in practice in nominating team members to their projects.

Different Types of Materials Used for Stone Column

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
Mohd Ashraf Mohamad Ismail ◽  
Lye Khong Ng ◽  
Hooi Min Yee
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Soft Soil ◽  
Stone Column ◽  
Consolidation Process ◽  
Column Material ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Selection Of

The degree of improvement of a soft soil by stone column is due to the inclusion of a stiffer column material and the densification of the surrounding soft soil during the installation of the vibrocompacted stone column itself and the subsequent consolidation process occurring in the soft soil before the final loading of improved soil. Research study on different materials for stone column has not attracted much attention. A systematic verification of the effectiveness of different materials for stone column need to be carried out. It is an important output to be presented as a general guidelines for the selection of proper stone column material which can be used effectively and economically.

scholarly journals The methods how to work with a poetry in teaching Russian as a foreign language

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.N. Glebova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Speech Activity ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Poetic Text ◽  
Grammatical Skills ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

The article is devoted to using poetry in the practice of teaching Russian as foreign. With the aim of developing educational, developmental, educational and cognitive aspects of language education suggests principles for the selection of poetic works, are considered appropriate tasks, working with artistic and expressive means of the language adds emotion to the product and the brightness of the images. Development of grammatical skills, the author of the article refers to the playing technique and considers different types of games. Thus the work with a poetic text on the lesson, not only as a fact of culture but a base for a certain number of jobs, which together would ensure the inclusion of all aspects of language education and kinds of speech activity.

Tauchnitz for Translators. The Circulation of English-language Literature in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Outi Paloposki
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Book History ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Book Production ◽  
German Publisher ◽  
Language Literature ◽  
Selection Of

The article looks at book production and circulation from the point of view of translators, who, as purchasers and readers of foreign-language books, are an important mediating force in the selection of literature for translation. Taking the German publisher Tauchnitz's series ‘Collection of British Authors’ and its circulation in Finland in the nineteenth and early twentieth century as a case in point, the article argues that the increased availability of English-language books facilitated the acquiring and honing of translators' language skills and gradually diminished the need for indirect translating. Book history and translation studies meet here in an examination of the role of the Collection in Finnish translators' work.

Visual Representations and Comprehension: The Exploration of Image-Word Relations and Types of Design

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Siti Sarah Fitriani ◽  
Nira Erdiana ◽  
Iskandar Abdul Samad
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Primary Students ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Language Background ◽  
Multimodal Text ◽  
Language Visualisation ◽  
Do So

Visualisation has been used for decades as a strategy to help readers construct meaning from reading passages. Teachers across the globe have introduced visualisation mostly to primary students with native language background. They used the strategy to understand their own language. Little is known how this strategy works for university students who learn foreign language. Visualisation can be done internally (by creating mental imagery) and externally (by drawing visual representation). The product of visualising texts by using both models can be further investigated to find out if the meaning represented is appropriate to the meaning written in the text. This study therefore aims at exploring meaning by analysing the visual representations drawn by 26 English Education Department students of Syiah Kuala University after they read a narrative text. The exploration was conducted by looking at the image-word relations in the drawings. To do so, we consulted Chan and Unsworth (2011), Chan (2010) and Unsworth and Chan (2009) on the image-language interaction in multimodal text. The results of the analysis have found that the equivalence, additive and interdependent relations are mostly involved in their visual representations; and these relations really help in representing meanings. Meanwhile, the other three relations which are word-specific, picture specific and parallel are rarely used by the students. In addition, most students created the representations in a form of a design which is relevant to represent a narrative text. Further discussion of the relation between image-word relations, types of design and students’ comprehension is also presented in this paper.

Visual Communication: A Study of Library Virtual Reference Icons Online

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina M. King
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Virtual Reference ◽  
Site Web ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Selection Of

Libraries use icons (visual representations) on their websites to draw attention to features and services. How are library staff to evaluate their icons? This session reports the results of a thesis study which examines and assesses a selection of virtual reference icons from Association of Research Library websites.Les bibliothèques utilisent des icônes (représentations visuelles) sur leur site Web pour attirer l'attention sur certains éléments et services. Quelle est l'aptitude des employés de bibliothèques pour évaluer ces icônes? Cette séance présente les résultats d'une étude de thèse qui examine et mesure une gamme d'icônes de référence virtuelle trouvés sur les sites Web des membres de l'Association of Research Library. 

A Selection of Bandung City Travel Route Using The FLOYD-WARSHALL Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ghifari Arfananda ◽  
◽  
Surya Michrandi Nasution ◽  
Casi Setianingsih ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Route Selection ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
A Value ◽  
Distance Data ◽  
Simple Additive Weighting ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

The rapid development of information and technology, the city of Bandung tourism has also increased. However, tourists who visit the city of Bandung have problems with a limited time when visiting Bandung tourist attractions. Traffic congestion, distance, and the number of tourist destinations are the problems for tourists travel. The optimal route selection is the solution for those problems. Congestion and distance data are processed using the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method. Route selection uses the Floyd-Warshall Algorithm. In this study, the selection of the best route gets the smallest weight with a value of 5.127 from the Algorithm process. Based on testing, from two to five tourist attractions get an average calculation time of 3 to 5 seconds. This application is expected to provide optimal solutions for tourists in the selection of tourist travel routes.

Frazeolohichnyy minimum z ukrayinsʹkoyi movy dlya slovʺyanomovnykh studentiv (rubizhnyy ta vysokyy rivni, B1-B2)

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Halyna Kuz’
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Qualitative Structure ◽  
Selection Of

The article deals with the volume and composition of the phraseological minimum as a necessary and effective element of the formation of linguistic and cultural competence in the process of language learning at intermediate and upper intermediate levels, outlines the quantitative and qualitative structure of the phraseological minimum for learning the Ukrainian language by Slavic students, and offers a list of phraseological units as a component of the described minimum. The material presented in the textbooks of the Ukrainian language as a foreign language was used to form the list of phraseological units, which was minimized according to the criteria of selection of the phraseological minimum for levels B1-B2.

scholarly journals Multi-Criteria Selection of Additives in Porous Asphalt Mixtures Using Mechanical, Hydraulic, Economic, and Environmental Indicators

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2146
Author(s):  
Anik Gupta ◽  
Carlos J. Slebi-Acevedo ◽  
Esther Lizasoain-Arteaga ◽  
Jorge Rodriguez-Hernandez ◽  
Daniel Castro-Fresno
Keyword(s):  
Cellulose Fiber ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Asphalt Mixtures ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Modified Bitumen ◽  
Porous Asphalt ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Product Assessment ◽  
Polymer Modified Bitumen ◽  
Selection Of

Porous asphalt (PA) mixtures are more environmentally friendly but have lower durability than dense-graded mixtures. Additives can be incorporated into PA mixtures to enhance their mechanical strength; however, they may compromise the hydraulic characteristics, increase the total cost of pavement, and negatively affect the environment. In this paper, PA mixtures were produced with 5 different types of additives including 4 fibers and 1 filler. Their performances were compared with the reference mixtures containing virgin bitumen and polymer-modified bitumen. The performance of all mixes was assessed using: mechanical, hydraulic, economic, and environmental indicators. Then, the Delphi method was applied to compute the relative weights for the parameters in multi-criteria decision-making methods. Evaluation based on distance from average solution (EDAS), technique for order of the preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), and weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS) were employed to rank the additives. According to the results obtained, aramid pulp displayed comparable and, for some parameters such as abrasion resistance, even better performance than polymer-modified bitumen, whereas cellulose fiber demonstrated the best performance regarding sustainability, due to economic and environmental benefits.

scholarly journals Methods for Preventing Visual Attacks in Convolutional Neural Networks Based on Data Discard and Dimensionality Reduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 5235
Author(s):  
Nikita Andriyanov
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Network Inference ◽  
Recognition Accuracy ◽  
Network Architectures ◽  
Reduced Dimensions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Rectangular Area ◽  
Noise Impulse ◽  
Selection Of

The article is devoted to the study of convolutional neural network inference in the task of image processing under the influence of visual attacks. Attacks of four different types were considered: simple, involving the addition of white Gaussian noise, impulse action on one pixel of an image, and attacks that change brightness values within a rectangular area. MNIST and Kaggle dogs vs. cats datasets were chosen. Recognition characteristics were obtained for the accuracy, depending on the number of images subjected to attacks and the types of attacks used in the training. The study was based on well-known convolutional neural network architectures used in pattern recognition tasks, such as VGG-16 and Inception_v3. The dependencies of the recognition accuracy on the parameters of visual attacks were obtained. Original methods were proposed to prevent visual attacks. Such methods are based on the selection of “incomprehensible” classes for the recognizer, and their subsequent correction based on neural network inference with reduced image sizes. As a result of applying these methods, gains in the accuracy metric by a factor of 1.3 were obtained after iteration by discarding incomprehensible images, and reducing the amount of uncertainty by 4–5% after iteration by applying the integration of the results of image analyses in reduced dimensions.

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