scholarly journals Global Personnel Development through Study Abroad and Study + Work Abroad

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Cheryl Kirchhoff
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
University Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Personnel Development ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Work Abroad

The definition of global human resources provides a useful way to evaluate study abroad options for university students. In this qualitative study, study abroad and study + work abroad students’ narratives were analyzed for growth in English language use, initiatives to take challenges and responsibility, and intercultural learning. Participants who studied and worked abroad described more growth in elements of global personnel development, particularly in taking the initiative to engage in a fruitful study abroad experience. This study suggests that study abroad experiences should include student-directed challenges outside the classroom to assist in developing graduates with global personnel characteristics. グローバル人材の定義を用いれば、様々な大学の海外留学プログラムを評価することが可能となる。この質的研究では、外国で語学学習のみを経験した者と、就業経験を伴う語学留学経験者が書いた文章とを比較・分析した。グローバル人材の定義の3要素は、1）語学力およびコミュニケーション能力、2）主体性・チャレンジ精神・責任感、3）異文化学習である。語学と就業の両方を経験したグループの方が、3つの要素すべてにおいて、語学学習経験のみのグループに比べて高い度合の成長が見受けられた。本論は、グローバル人材の要素を兼ね備えた卒業生を生み出すためには、教室外の学生主体の活動を含む海外留学経験が必要であると提案する。

scholarly journals Verbal Aggressiveness and Hate Speech: New Considerations for Study Abroad Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Brian Rugen
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
University Students ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Curricular Content ◽  
Work Abroad ◽  
The U.S

Escalating political and racial tensions across the U.S. have led to increased incidents of what communication scholars call verbal aggressiveness, including hate speech. Instances of verbal aggressiveness can occur anywhere, including university and workplace contexts. For Japanese university students preparing for study and/or internship opportunities abroad, this raises the question: To what extent are these learners being prepared for such instances? This article offers suggestions for addressing this topic with students who plan to study and/or work abroad in the future. First, the article offers suggestions for curricular content, specifically drawing on a well-known model for de-escalation and bystander intervention training that is used in the U.S. Second, the article explains how focused communicative tasks are ideal for teaching the specific content material. It is hoped that the article will open a dialogue regarding the extent to which verbal aggressiveness and hate speech should be addressed with students preparing to study in the U.S. アメリカ合衆国内での政治的、民族的緊張の高まりはヘイトスピーチを含む言語的攻撃による衝突を増加させている。例えば、言語的攻撃は大学や職場など、どのような場においても起こり得る。留学や海外インターンシップを控える日本人大学生が、このような場面に備えてどの程度まで対策ができるのか。この論文では、将来的に留学や海外インターンシップに臨む学生達が、言語的攻撃やヘイトスピーチに対処できるように提案をする。初めに、アメリカ合衆国で取り入れられている教育プログラムを紹介する。これは、学生達が問題に直目しても、感情的にならず、冷静に議論ができるようにするためのトレーニングである。その後、コミュニケーションの手法に重点を置く教材が、どれほど理想的であるかを説いていく。この論文が、アメリカ合衆国に飛び立つ学生達にとって、言語攻撃やヘイトスピーチに負けないための指南書になることを願う。

scholarly journals Studiare l’apprendimento linguistico interculturale come pratica discorsiva e interazionale

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Borghetti
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Theoretical Part ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Class Interaction ◽  
Interactional Features

This paper focuses on intercultural language learning and on the methods to study it. The discussion is divided into two parts. In the first theoretical part, intercultural language learning is defined as a linguistic and discursive practice, according to a non-essentialist approach. In the second methodological part, the paper overviews the limited number of studies which, coherently with a language-use-based definition of intercultural learning, have employed forms of linguistic analysis to detect traces of such learning in class interaction. Finally the analysis of one extract from a class-based student-student interaction is presented, in order to showcase how different forms of linguistic analysis can be adopted to investigate the discursive and interactional features of intercultural learning.

scholarly journals Social Network Development, Language Use, and Language Acquisition during Study Abroad: Arabic Language Learners’ Perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan P. Dewey ◽  
R. Kirk Belnap ◽  
Rebecca Hillstrom
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Network Development ◽  
Levels Of Use

In this paper, we explore language use, social network development, and language acquisition by second learners of Arabic in Jordan and Morocco.  Students in these programs reported speaking, listening to, and writing as much English as Arabic during study abroad, but they reported reading more Arabic than English. While patterns indicated similar levels of use of English and Arabic in general, questions focusing on learners' use of language with more familiar friends and acquaintances indicated learners thought they used Arabic more than English with these native friends. Regarding English language use, learners felt that speaking English with natives often created opportunities to interact in Arabic as well.  Students’ Arab social networks tended to be small, but there was considerable variation in these networks.  The closer their friendships with natives, the more likely students were to report gains in Arabic. English proficiency of friends and acquaintances in one’s social network, degree of friendship, and time spent speaking with people outside of this network predicted language proficiency development.

scholarly journals AN UNBALANCED TRILINGUALISM: LINGUISTIC IDEOLOGIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-171
Author(s):  
Carles De Rosselló ◽  
Emili Boix-Fuster
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Linguistic Ideologies ◽  
Language Of Instruction ◽  
Linguistic Ideology ◽  
Local Students ◽  
The University

Due to the heterogeneous origin of university students and the diverse language use guidelines in their departments, as well as the peculiar language contact that takes place in the territory of Catalonia, the University of Barcelona is one of the most linguistically complex universities of the occidental world. Catalan, Spanish and English are seen as enriching elements although dissenting voices do arise concerning the use of each of these languages. For this reason, we carried out a qualitative study, asking thirty-two students of the University of Barcelona (UB), the first Catalan University, how they perceive and face the challenges of their sociolinguistic environment. Briefly, in this article we study—in the first place—how students view the fact that English is becoming a language of instruction; and secondly, we analyse the main arguments that local students use to justify their linguistic ideology regarding Erasmus students.

scholarly journals Capturing Photo Narratives in Short-Term Study Abroad

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-205
Author(s):  
Annie Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Education Abroad ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Visual Theory ◽  
Short Term Study

In a qualitative study, photo narratives from eight students covering eighty total photos were collected and analyzed to understand the existing student experience across eight short-term study abroad programs from three different institutions in Texas. Photos and their connected narrative interviews were examined for compositional focus, statements connected to intercultural growth, and whether photos were related to planned program activities. Given the growing visual libraries of students, this research provides an initial look at ways digital media already exists in study abroad. Moving forward, photo narratives offer the potential for education abroad leaders to embrace digital media while enhancing intercultural learning through structured assessments rooted in visual theory and photoethnography to better prepare and reveal students’ stories, learning, and intent. Abstract in Vietnamese Trong một nghiên cứu định tính, những câu chuyện bằng hình ảnh của tám sinh viên bao gồm tám mươi bức ảnh được chọn, sau đó phân tích để hiểu được trải nghiệm của các sinh viên hiện có trong tám chương trình du học ngắn hạn từ ba cơ sở dại học khác nhau ở Texas. Các bức ảnh và các cuộc phỏng vấn về các câu chuyện được kết nối của họ đã được kiểm tra về trọng tâm thành phần, về các tuyên bố liên quan đến sự phát triển giữa các nền văn hóa, và về việc liệu các bức ảnh này có liên quan đến hoạt động của chương trình đã được lên kế hoạch hay không. Với các thư viện trực quan ngày càng tăng của các sinh viên, nghiên cứu đã cung cấp một cái nhìn ban đầu về các phương tiện truyền thông kỹ thuật số hiện có trong chương trình du học. Trong tương lai, việc tường thuật bằng hình ảnh sẽ mang lại tiềm năng cho các nhà lãnh đạo giáo dục ở nước ngoài tiếp nhận phương tiện truyền thông kỹ thuật số trong việc tăng cường học tập giữa các nền văn hóa thông qua các bài đánh giá có cấu trúc bắt nguồn từ lý thuyết trực quan và việc mô tả dân tộc học bằng ảnh để chuẩn bị và trình bày tiểu sử, quá trình học tập, và ý định của các sinh viên được tốt hơn.

scholarly journals Improving the acquisition of English language competencies with international workgroups of university finance students

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria T Tascon ◽  
Paula Castro ◽  
Francisco J. Castaño
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
University Finance ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
Language Competencies ◽  
Practical Implications

This paper discusses a teaching innovation project that integrates technological communication advances with the small group methodology to improve the English competency of university students of finance. This is a fundamental competency for studies in finance considering the increasingly international framework of financial business and the increasingly required mobility of human resources in all types of financial careers. This methodology requires the cooperation of a foreign university to help students understand the practical implications of using English when applying the theoretical concepts and methodologies studied in class in an international professional setting. As a first approach, we implement and assess the implementation of this methodology and its impact on students’ learning process in an elective module offered in an official degree in finance in Spain.

scholarly journals An ESP Needs Analysis: Addressing the Needs of English for Informatics Engineering

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Elok Putri Nimasari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Need Analysis

English for specific purposes (ESP) have different needs of English language use. These needs will be the fundamental indicators to develop appropriate ESP syllabus. In order to find those needs, a need analysis research is necessary to conduct. This qualitative study addresses the result of ESP needs analysis for 95 Informatics Engineering of Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo students. Brief reviews of ESP, needs analysis, and current learners’ situation of ESP classroom for Informatics Engineering are described as theoretical frameworks. A needs analysis questionnaire is utilized as an approach to find specific needs and to evaluate the current class situation. The results address 10 areas of English language use for Informatics Engineering major.

An historical analysis of species references in American English

Corpora ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-349
Author(s):  
Craig Frayne
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
American English ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Corpus Studies ◽  
Google Books

This study uses the two largest available American English language corpora, Google Books and the Corpus of Historical American English (coha), to investigate relations between ecology and language. The paper introduces ecolinguistics as a promising theme for corpus research. While some previous ecolinguistic research has used corpus approaches, there is a case to be made for quantitative methods that draw on larger datasets. Building on other corpus studies that have made connections between language use and environmental change, this paper investigates whether linguistic references to other species have changed in the past two centuries and, if so, how. The methodology consists of two main parts: an examination of the frequency of common names of species followed by aspect-level sentiment analysis of concordance lines. Results point to both opportunities and challenges associated with applying corpus methods to ecolinguistc research.

ON LITERATURE AND GRAMMAR: A Selection of Annotated Medieval and Renaissance English Texts for (Spanish) University Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gema Chocano Díaz ◽  
Noelia Hernando Real
Keyword(s):  
William Shakespeare ◽  
University Students ◽  
Geoffrey Chaucer ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Christopher Marlowe ◽  
Sir Philip Sidney ◽  
William Langland ◽  
Sir Thomas Wyatt ◽  
Selection Of

On Literature and Grammar gives students and instructors a carefully thought experience to combine their learning of Middle and Early Modern English and Medieval and Renaissance English Literature. The selection of texts, which include the most commonly taught works in university curricula, allows readers to understand and enjoy the evolution of the English language and the main writers and works of these periods, from William Langland to Geoffrey Chaucer, from Sir Philip Sidney to Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and from Christopher Marlowe to William Shakespeare. Fully annotated and written to answer the real needs of current Spanish university students, these teachable texts include word-by-word translations into Present Day English and precise introductions to their linguistic and literary contexts.

Problems in English Communicating Skills for Learners of English

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (07) ◽  
pp. 20484-20491
Author(s):  
Dr. Ishag Adam Hassan Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Small Component ◽  
Curriculum Review ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

This paper is devoted to presenting the methods in English communicating skills for Learners of English in general and the problems specific to University of Bahri. English language major’s graduates then; it discusses the notion of communicative competence, and defines strategic competence. It also briefly deals with the various definitions of communication strategies and taxonomies of conversation strategies. Also, I give brief definition of the word conversation, that is the act of talking together or exchange ideas, opinions, skills, and information. As accustomed, speaking is natural and automatic but communication is an art which must be learned and practiced. Also the aim of this paper is to present you with suitable suggestions about how you can solve problems while reading English? In order to comply with this objective: we considered two variables. The first one is that within our daily practice at the university we have students with different abilities while reading English. Therefore, we need to help them increase the ability in reading comprehension. However, we don’t have enough teachers and needed resources to supply them with the help they need. The second variable is related to the fact that at University there are different centers where the students’ skills can improve and their reading comprehension skills deficiencies could be overcome by getting help from the teachers. This study is small component of a larger curriculum review exercise. The findings of study in general suggest that both students and English language lecturers were in agreement that Sudanese students had a problem in writing and speaking English and due to that the conversational problems are raised.      Finally, the paper concludes by representing the pedagogical implications of conversation strategies.

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