scholarly journals Shared Experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol XV (1) ◽  
pp. 28-55
Author(s):  
John Crutchfield
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
The North ◽  
Experiential Approach ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

During the academic year 2018-2019, the Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of the North Carolina – Asheville (UNCA) launched a pilot curriculum in Intercultural Education for intermediate-level foreign language students in French, Spanish and German. It was decided early on to adopt a performative/experiential approach, and to accompany the project with an empirical study based on qualitative data. This article lays out the parameters, contexts and challenges of the project itself and summarizes the findings of the accompanying study, including an articulation of questions that remain for future exploration.

scholarly journals STUDY OF MOTIVATION TYPES OF ENGLISH-MAJORING STUDENTS AND DEMOTIVATING FACTORS - IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA, ERDENET SCHOOL

2020 ◽  
pp. 083
Author(s):  
Solongo Shagdarsuren ◽  
Ulambayar Batchuluun ◽  
Daniel Lindbergh Lang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
National University ◽  
English Learning Motivation ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Learning English

A decline in number of credit hours of English courses for English-majoring students at National University of Mongolia is forcing teachers and students to focus on how to learn English more effectively and what factors would affect that process within credit hours allowed at the university. However, the English teaching class hours in Mongolian secondary schools have been increasing for the last few years, due to the interest in learning English as a foreign language, and resulting in a growth in the demand for English teachers. This study has a goal to investigate into motivation of English-majoring students towards learning English and the factors affecting them to be demotivated. Twenty students studying English as a major at National University of Mongolia, Erdenet School completed the research questionnaire  which intended to discover English learning motivation through 12 items and attended focus group interview with 5 questions to find internal and external demotivating factors in 2019-2020 academic year. The students had instrumental orientation and demonstrated a strong desire to learn English. Furthermore, they were demotivated by their teachers’ and classmates’ attitudes and living conditions. The researchers suggested some recommendations based on the study findings. 

scholarly journals 4299 The University of North Carolina CTSA Hub (NC TraCS) Service Evaluation: Using Customer Feedback to Improve Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (s1) ◽  
pp. 75-75
Author(s):  
Shayne Thomas McKinley ◽  
Tanha Patel ◽  
Tim Carey ◽  
John B Buse ◽  
Andrea Carnegie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Customer Feedback ◽  
The North ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
Expectation Management ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
The University

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) supports faculty and staff in carrying out clinical and translational research at UNC-Chapel Hill. To better understand customer satisfaction and impact, a survey was administered among NC TraCS users. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: NC TraCS has 13 program areas that range from Biostatistics to Community and Stakeholder Engagement. These programs provide services to faculty, staff, students, and outside researchers in the area of clinical and translational science. A customer feedback survey was administered in Spring 2019 to anyone who had used at least one NC TraCS service between March 1st, 2017 and February 28th, 2019. A total of 856 survey invitations were sent. The survey included questions around users’ perception of the ease of access, helpfulness, outcome, and promptness of the services received using 6-point Likert scale. The survey also addressed career impact, communications, and suggestions for improvement. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We received 268 responses, (31% response). Majority of respondents were satisfied with Overall Helpfulness (95%), Outcome of Service (96%), Ease of Access (93%), and Promptness of Service (90%). They also noted that their careers had at least slightly improved in the following areas: Mentorship (76%), Research Methods (75%), Skill Development (77%), Research Direction (71%) and Collaboration (80%). Furthermore, 96% responded positively to returning to TraCS. The feedback received was shared with service administrators and NC TraCS leadership to identify areas of improvement and further strengthen their services. Concerns, when present, were addressed by service directors or the overall PI’s. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Need to communicate expectations to customers the expected turn-around time for help emerged as a clear take-away. In response, TraCS leadership is working to improve staffing and workflows for efficient service delivery including expectation management, especially among the most popular services.

scholarly journals TO IDENTIFY THE READINESS OF STUDENTS OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY TO PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
pp. 257-263
Author(s):  
Джоландан Нахид Шейхи ◽  
Мина Зангане
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
The University

Проведено эмпирическое исследование по определению уровня теоретических знаний студентов Тегеранского университета, изучающих русский язык, об основных понятиях и сущности метода проектов, его типологиях и этапах работы над проектом, необходимых умениях при выполнении проектов на уроках и вне уроков. С помощью анкетирования выявлена степень знакомства иранских студентов с проектным методом, а также их готовность к проектной деятельности. Показаны ожидания студентов разных курсов перед выполнением творческих и игровых типов проектов, их представления о роли преподавателя при выборе и реализации проектов. Предложено применение проектного метода при обучении русскому языку как иностранному в Иране для повышения мотивации студентов к изучению русского языка. An empirical study was conducted to determine the level of theoretical knowledge of students of the University of Tehran studying Russian, about the main concepts and essence of the project method, its typologies and stages of work on the project, the necessary skills when performing projects in the classroom and outside the classroom. The survey revealed the degree of familiarity of Iranian students with the project method, as well as their readiness for project activities. The expectations of students of different courses before performing creative and game types of projects, their ideas about the role of the teacher in the selection and implementation of projects are shown. Russian Russian as a foreign language in Iran is proposed to use the project method to increase the motivation of students to learn Russian.

scholarly journals THE ANALYSIS OF BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY ON TEACHING WRITING IN THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Elia Puspitasari ◽  
Titik Lina Widyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
University Level ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This research was aimed to analyze a brainstorming strategy on teaching writing, especially in writing a short story for the second-semester students of the English Department in (STKIP) PGRI Tulungagung in the academic year 2017/2018. This research was conducted using qualitative methodology. The researcher observed and analyzed the writing class where the lecturer was applying a brainstorming strategy. Qualitative data had been collected from observation of the teaching-learning process, interview with the lecturer and the students, and also questionnaire given to twenty students in that class. The data was in the form of observation, interview transcripts, and the results of the questionnaire. In this research, the researcher involved twenty participants to fill the questionnaire. There were six students from those twenty students and the lecturer who were involved in the process of interview. The result of the research showed that implementing a brainstorming strategy in writing class could improve student's skills in writing, especially writing a short story. The brainstorming strategy helped students to generate their ideas and express the ideas into a systematic paragraph. The students also felt that this strategy could improve their writing. When the lecturer applied a brainstorming strategy, the students could do their writing assignments better and also got good results. Thus, the researcher suggested that the lecturer and the students to apply a brainstorming strategy in ordered that the students’ writing skills could be improved.

scholarly journals Tutor at the preparatory faculty: a teacher’s point of view

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
Marina Anatolievna Droga ◽  
Dina Ivanovna Romero Intriago ◽  
Irina Mikhailovna Subbotina ◽  
Yuliya Aleksandrovna Klimova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Forecasting Method ◽  
First Results ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

The article analyzes the experience of tutoring teachers teaching foreign students in the distance learning mode. It is also about the interaction of a teacher and a student throughout the whole academic year, as well as the importance of all elements of systematic work in teaching Russian as a foreign language from scratch. A team of tutors was organized at the faculty, whose mission was to contact their wards within the framework of distance learning: from their connection to the educational platform of the university to organizing their admission to Russian universities. Purpose of the study: consider the role of a tutoring teacher in the system of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a distance mode. The main methods of work are the methods of observation and description of the features of the pedagogical process. The forecasting method is also used to model the future educational mode of foreign students. The survey method is applied, which allows to get “feedback” from the respondents. The quantitative technique allowed us to analyze the number of responses as a percentage. The changes taking place in the world have given a powerful impetus to the improvement of digital educational resources. Teachers were able to mobilize and conduct their own experiment, while adhering to the new standards of distance learning. An attempt is made in the work to comprehensively analyze the introduced system of tutoring and summarize its first results.

scholarly journals Hochschulgermanistik in Oberschlesien – Sprachstand und Motivation der Germanistikstudierenden der Schlesischen Universität Katowice

2019 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 309-326
Author(s):  
Mariusz Jakosz
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
German Studies ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Language Level ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

Das Germanistikstudium in Polen ist seit einiger Zeit von einer merklichen Krise betroffen, was mit der stark abnehmenden Zahl der Lernenden und Studierenden im Bereich des Deutschen als Fremdsprache einhergeht. Im Beitrag wird zunächst der aktuelle Status des Deutschen als Fremdsprache in Polen umrissen. Dann geht der Autor auf die gegenwärtige Situation der polnischen Germanistik am Beispiel der Schlesischen Universität Katowice ein. Die Aufmerksamkeit richtet sich auf die Analyse der Ergebnisse eines grammatisch-lexikalischen Einstufungstests, der zum Zwecke der Sprachstandsdiagnose am Institut für Germanische Philologie zu Beginn des akademischen Jahres durchgeführt wird. Darüber hinaus verweist der Autor auf die Facetten der Lernmotivation anhand ausgewählter Sprachlernbiografien von Germanistikstudierenden.German studies at university level in Upper Silesia – students’ language level and motivation, taking the University of Silesia in Katowice as an exampleOne can notice quite a serious crisis that German studies in Poland have been facing for some time, which is connected with the fact that the number of those who learn German as a foreign language and the number of students of German are significantly dwindling. At the beginning of the article, the author describes the current status of German as a foreign language in Poland. Next, he discusses the present situation of academic German studies in Poland paying particular attention to the profile of German studies offered by the University of Silesia in Katowice. The researcher concentrates on the results of the vocabulary and grammar test that is administered at the Institute of German Studies at the beginning of the academic year in order to diagnose students’ language skills. Finally, the author shows various reasons for learning German and taking up German studies using selected language biographies of students.

ABO Hemolytic Disease in Puerto Rico and North Carolina

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 875-883
Author(s):  
Carolyn C. Huntley ◽  
Anne D. Lyerly ◽  
Miriam P. Littlejohn ◽  
Helen Rodriguez-Trias ◽  
Glenn W. Bowers
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Parasitic Infection ◽  
Hemolytic Disease ◽  
The North ◽  
Abo Hemolytic Disease ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of

A prospective study was carried out at the University of Puerto Rico Hospital (UPRH) and at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital (NCBH) in order to establish the incidence of ABO hemolytic disease (ABO HD) in the two populations and to determine the relationship of intestinal parasitic infection of the mother to ABO HD in the infant. The incidence of ABO HD among UPRH at risk pregnancies (type O mother with type A or B infant) was 28.3% or 1 in 3.5 as compared with 18.4% or 1 in 5.4 of NCBH at risk pregnancies (P > .05). Indirect Coombs' tests in cord sera, representing the passive transfer from mother to fetus of antibodies directed toward antigens on the infants' erythrocytes, were positive in 58.8% of UPRH at risk infants as opposed to 40.4% of NCBH at risk infants (P < .001). Maternal isohemagglutinin titers at term were higher in type O UPRH mothers than in type O NCBH mothers (P < .01). A relationship between helminth parasitic infection of the mother and ABO HD in the infant was suspected but not proved.

William R. Davie

2019 ◽  
pp. 237-256
Author(s):  
Scott King-Owen
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
State Court ◽  
Court System ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
The North ◽  
Federal Constitutional ◽  
Relative Decline ◽  
The University

This profile of the lawyer and planter William R. Davie illustrates the relative decline of North Carolina’s conservative, political elite in the post-Revolutionary era. Educated at Princeton, Davie served as a cavalry commander and as state commissary general during the Revolution. As a member of the North Carolina assembly in the 1780s, he favored modernization of the state court system and the lenient treatment of Loyalists while opposing paper money. As a delegate to the federal Constitutional Convention,Davie supported the Connecticut Compromise, which resolved the issue of congressional representation, and was an outspoken advocate of the Three-Fifths Compromise regarding the counting of slaves. He played a more influential role in championing the ratification of the Constitution in North Carolina. Davie also sponsored legislation creating the University of North Carolina, served as a university trustee and briefly as governor, and helped negotiate a settlement of the Quasi-War with France. But public opinion soon turned against Davie’s aristocratic leadership style, and after losing a race for Congress in 1803, he left North Carolina in disgust.

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