A comparative study of academic English course between western countries and China

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Yinqiu Bai ◽  
Ziyu Liu ◽  
Qichang Wang ◽  
Yang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Western Countries

A comparative study of introductory it in research articles across eight disciplines

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Peacock
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Disciplinary Differences ◽  
Form Function ◽  
And Linguistics

This paper presents a corpus-based analysis of the form, function, and frequency of introductory it plus that-clause and to-clause complementation. These structures are said to be particularly important in academic English. We examined disciplinary variation in 288 research articles across eight disciplines, four science and four non-science — Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Business, Language and Linguistics, Law, and Public and Social Administration. We examined all 6,008 occurrences of it, recorded 110 different forms of the patterns, and investigated function. Results indicate that Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science writers used the structures significantly less frequently than non-science writers, while Law used them more often. Numerous other statistically significant disciplinary differences were found. Conclusions are that the structure performs the important functions of evaluating the likelihood or validity of propositions, evaluating or commenting on the difficulty of procedures and evaluating or commenting on the necessity of procedures.

scholarly journals Drama and Vocals Relation in Singing: a Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samar Khalifa
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Western Countries

Abstract Dramatic situations are more presented in the Eastern countries and this appears in the mass communicative projects that reveals the elevated status of the sense and the feelings. In the contrary, dramatic situations appear to be colder in the Western countries. This paper investigates the relation between drama and vocals in a comparison between Western and Eastern songs.

scholarly journals THE PRAGMATICS OF REFUSING A REQUEST IN ITALIAN AND AMERICAN ENGLISH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-112
Author(s):  
Massimo Verzella ◽  
Laura Tommaso
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
American English ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Avoidance Strategies ◽  
Negative Face ◽  
Pragmatic Strategies ◽  
Cultural Pragmatics

This study falls in the area of cross-cultural pragmatics because it compares how speakers of American English and speakers of Italian refuse a request. We used a guided conversation protocol to elicit refusals to a request. The results show marked differences between the two groups. Speakers of American English tend to rely on Positive face strategies (praise, encouragement) to mitigate their refusals. In contrast, speakers of Italian tend to use Negative face strategies: lengthy explanations combined with apologies. Both groups used avoidance strategies, but speakers of American English were less likely to offer detailed explanations that require the disclosure of personal information. These findings show that pragmatic strategies to perform speech acts might vary significantly even when we compare groups from two different Western countries.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the cognitive technical levels of the students of Diyala University - Iraq: تقييم المستويات الفنية المعرفية لدى طلبة جامعة ديالى- العراق

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousry Abdel Wahab Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

The Paper aims at studying the problem of arts levels Cognitive. The study is limited to students in the University of Diyala in the academic Year 2014-2015. The survey study is adopted. In order to measure the aim, the tool has setting that is comprising (15) questions. Then, the reliability of the tool is founded as the ration of experts, The researcher found out a group of conclusions, most significant among them are:  -Students in the University of Diyala clearly suffer from arts which is arts levels Cognitive verified according to the study results. In the light of the study results, the researcher recommends the following: The necessity of reconsidering the syllabus of arts education in schools for it was set twenty years ago during which various developments took place in the field in Arabic and western countries , a fact that is urging us to follow their steps.-Enrolling current teachers in development and practical training courses relying on the syllabus attempting to improve their performance. We suggested making study, a comparative study arts levels Cognitive concerning among Iraqi Universities, students.

scholarly journals Rethinking Representation: Representative Claims in Global Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Guasti ◽  
Brigitte Geissel
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
China And India ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Transformation ◽  
Multiple Accounts ◽  
The Comparative Study

The established notion of political representation is challenged on multiple accounts—theoretically, conceptually, and empirically. The contributions to this thematic issue explore the constructivist turn as the means for rethinking political representation today around the world. The articles included here seek to reconsider representation by theoretically and empirically reassessing how representation is conceptualized, claimed and performed—in Western and non-Western contexts. In recognition that democratic representation in Western countries is in a process of fundamental transformation and that non-Western countries no longer aim at replicating established Western models, we look for representation around the world—specifically in: Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, China, and India. This enables us to advance the study of representative democracy from a global perspective. We show the limits and gaps in the constructivist literature and the benefits of theory-driven empirical research. Finally, we provide conceptual tools and frameworks for the (comparative) study of claims of representation.

scholarly journals Regulating Terrorism Before the Act of Terror: A comparative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Frederick B. Fedynyshyn
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Financial Crimes ◽  
Benefits And Costs

In light of the growing risks that terrorism presents to civilised society, Western governments have adopted a broad range of laws and administrative regulations designed to thwart terrorists before they can commit acts of terror. Beyond mere conspiracy or attempt, these laws have sought to proscribe activity that exists as a stand-alone offence but that acts as a proxy for the sorts of offences that constitute true terror activity. This article serves to examine these various approaches. It groups these approaches into four categories: prohibitions on membership in terror organisations; intangible support to terror organisations; restrictions on travel to areas that have terror groups operating openly; and money laundering and other financial crimes tied to the financing of terror organisations. It then identifies a single example within each group to use as a case study to explore the contours of the specific approach, while tying the example to larger trends within Western countries’ legal systems. Finally, this article considers the implications for countries considering adopting one or more of these approaches, including the ways that multiple approaches can work in tandem. The article does not make specific recommendations, but rather recognises that each country’s government must consider the benefits and costs of adopting these approaches carefully and with an eye to both its security and its society.

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