scholarly journals Estudio contrastivo de las competencias orales en las aplicaciones móviles (apps) para el estudio del Francés Lengua Extranjera (FLE)

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Mª José Arévalo Benito ◽  
Arrate Aldama Epelde
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
General Public ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nous Permet ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Analyse Comparative ◽  
Oral Skills

El objetivo de este artículo es establecer un análisis comparativo de cuatro aplicaciones móviles (apps) diseñadas para la adquisición del francés como lengua extranjera (FLE). Dos de ellas se dirigen a un público generalista en el que el francés es una de las lenguas ofrecidas: Bussu y Duolingo. Los otros dos han siso creadas exclusivamente para aprender FLE: Le Bon Mot et Français Premier Pas.La revisión bibliográfica nos permite afirmar que la autonomía y la sencillez son ventajas del uso de las apps, mientras que el aspecto repetitivo sigue siendo una limitación. Nos centraremos en el estudio de los ejercicios propuestos en las aplicaciones seleccionadas con respecto a las habilidades orales de comprensión y expresión. Nuestro estudio llega a la conclusión de que, aunque las habilidades de comprensión están bastante bien desarrolladas, las de expresión podrían mejorarse para que estas aplicaciones sean herramientas eficaces. The purpose of this article is to establish a comparative analysis of four mobile applications (apps) designed to acquire French as a Foreign Language (FFL). Two of them are aimed at a general public where French is one of the languages offered: Bussu and Duolingo. The other two were created exclusively for FLE learning: Le Bon Mot and Français Premiers Pas. The bibliographical review allows us to affirm that autonomy and simplicity are assets of the use of apps, while the repetitive side remains a constraint. We will then focus on the study of the exercises proposed in the selected apps with regard to the oral skills of comprehension and expression. Our study comes to the conclusion that, even if comprehension skills are quite well developed, expression skills could be improved to make these apps efficient tools. Le but de cet article est d’établir une analyse comparative de quatre d’applications mobiles (apps) conçues pour acquérir le Français Langue Étrangère (FLE). Deux d’entre elles sont dirigées à un public généraliste où le français est l’une des langues proposées : Bussu et Duolingo. Les deux autres ont été crées exclusivement pour l’apprentissage du FLE: Le Bon Mot et Français Premier Pas. La révision bibliographique nous permet d’affirmer que l’autonomie et la simplicité sont des atouts de l’utilisation des apps, tandis que le côté répétitif reste une contrainte. Nous nous centrerons, par la suite, dans l’étude des exercices proposés dans les applications choisies en ce qui concerne les compétences orales de compréhension et l’expression. Notre étude arrive à la conclusion que, même si les compétences de compréhension se trouvent assez bien développées, celles d’expression pourraient améliorer pour faire de ces apps des outils performants.

Prosody- vs. segment-based teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Capliez
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Prosodic Features ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
International Language ◽  
Oral Skills ◽  
Oral Perception

English, an international language, is widely taught and learnt as a foreign language in France. However, French learners face pronunciation difficulties, as the two languages differ both on the segmental level (i.e. individual sounds) and on the suprasegmental, prosodic level (i.e. stress, rhythm, intonation). It has been argued that focus on the prosodic features of the target language (L2) would improve learners’ oral skills. Nevertheless, very few studies have brought evidence of the greater role of prosody in the acquisition of a second or foreign language. The current study seeks to address this gap by directly comparing prosody-centred and segment-centred teaching to determine whether one approach is more effective than the other in the improvement of L2 oral perception skills. The study shows that both teaching approaches enabled French EFL learners to improve their perception skills; however, neither method proved to have a stronger impact, suggesting that both segmental and suprasegmental aspects should both be addressed in L2 teaching.

scholarly journals Le récit à la deuxième personne dans l’écriture du malaise. Analyse comparative d’Un homme qui dort de Georges Perec et de L’Inconsolable d’Anne Godard (Ire partie)

Cahiers ERTA ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 9-25
Author(s):  
Martyna Zapolnik
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Georges Perec ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
History Of ◽  
Analyse Comparative

The secondperson narration in the writing of malaise. The comparative analysis of A Man Asleep by Georges Perec and L’Inconsolable by Anne Godard (Part One) The history of mankind is the history of malaise. Melancholy, discomfort, anxiety or grief are just a few names and examples of this phenomenon. The heroes created by Georges Perec and Anne Godard experience the deep malaise of depression and grief disorder. However, this is not the only common feature of the characters – they are both described by the pronoun “you”. Due to its properties, the second‐person narration seems to be an effective tool of description of minor and major mental disorders. It helps to situate the heroes between life and death, and it is naturally associated with the concept of the Other, who plays a significant role in creation of a suffering Human being.

scholarly journals Representing the victorious past: Chinese revolutionary TV drama between propaganda and marketization

2021 ◽  
pp. 016344372110227
Author(s):  
Yingzi Wang ◽  
Thoralf Klein
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Fictional Characters ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
The One ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Revolutionary History ◽  
Over Time

This paper examines the changes and continuities in TV representations of Chinese Communist Party’s revolutionary history and interprets them within the broader context of China’s political, economic and cultural transformations since the 1990s. Drawing on a comparative analysis of three state-sponsored TV dramas produced between the late 1990s and mid-2010s, it traces how the state-sanctioned revolutionary narratives have changed over time in response to the Party’s propaganda imperatives on the one hand, and to the market-oriented production environment on the other. The paper argues that while recent TV productions in the new century have made increasing concessions to audience taste by adopting visually stimulating depictions and introducing fictional characters as points of identification for the audience, the revolutionary narratives were still aligned with the Party’s propaganda agenda at different times. This shows the ongoing competition between ideological and commercial interests in Chinese TV production during the era of market reforms.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis and phylogenetic investigation of Hong Kong Ilex chloroplast genomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bobby Lim-Ho Kong ◽  
Hyun-Seung Park ◽  
Tai-Wai David Lau ◽  
Zhixiu Lin ◽  
Tae-Jin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Species Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Trna Genes ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Chloroplast Genomes ◽  
Plant Group ◽  
Ilex Rotunda

AbstractIlex is a monogeneric plant group (containing approximately 600 species) in the Aquifoliaceae family and one of the most commonly used medicinal herbs. However, its taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships at the species level are debatable. Herein, we obtained the complete chloroplast genomes of all 19 Ilex types that are native to Hong Kong. The genomes are conserved in structure, gene content and arrangement. The chloroplast genomes range in size from 157,119 bp in Ilex graciliflora to 158,020 bp in Ilex kwangtungensis. All these genomes contain 125 genes, of which 88 are protein-coding and 37 are tRNA genes. Four highly varied sequences (rps16-trnQ, rpl32-trnL, ndhD-psaC and ycf1) were found. The number of repeats in the Ilex genomes is mostly conserved, but the number of repeating motifs varies. The phylogenetic relationship among the 19 Ilex genomes, together with eight other available genomes in other studies, was investigated. Most of the species could be correctly assigned to the section or even series level, consistent with previous taxonomy, except Ilex rotunda var. microcarpa, Ilex asprella var. tapuensis and Ilex chapaensis. These species were reclassified; I. rotunda was placed in the section Micrococca, while the other two were grouped with the section Pseudoaquifolium. These studies provide a better understanding of Ilex phylogeny and refine its classification.

Toward an international art library: the growth of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute, 1979-2002

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Art History ◽  
General Public ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Research Institute

The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is one of four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust, an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts, all of which reside at the Getty Center situated high on a beautiful hilltop in Brentwood, California. (The other programs of the Getty Trust are the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Grant Program.) From the beginning it was understood that the GRI would develop a research program in the discipline of art history and more generally the humanities, and that a library would support its work. Since its founding the GRI has, in fact, developed a major library as one of its programs alongside those for scholars, publications, exhibitions and a multitude of lectures, workshops and symposia for scholars, students and the general public. What is now known as the Research Library at the GRI has grown to be a significant resource and this article focuses on its history, the building that houses it, its collections and databases, and access to them all.

A Corpora-Based Analysis of Rely on and Depend on

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21
Author(s):  
Namkil Kang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
American English ◽  
The Other ◽  
Information State ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
British National Corpus ◽  
National Corpus

The ultimate goal of this paper is to provide a comparative analysis of rely on and depend on in the Corpus of Contemporary American English and the British National Corpus. The COCA clearly shows that the expression rely on government is the most preferred by Americans, followed by rely on people, and rely on data. The COCA further indicates that the expression depend on slate is the most preferred by Americans, followed by depend on government, and depend on people. The BNC shows, on the other hand, that the expression rely on others is the most preferred by the British, followed by rely on people, and rely on friends. The BNC further indicates that depend on factors and depend on others are the most preferred by the British, followed by depend on age, and depend on food. Finally, in the COCA, the nouns government, luck, welfare, people, information, state, fossil, water, family, oil, food, and things are linked to both rely on and depend on, but many nouns are not still linked to both of them. On the other hand, in the BNC, only the nouns state, chance, government, and others are linked to both rely on and depend on, but many nouns are not still linked to both rely on and depend on. It can thus be inferred from this that rely on is slightly different from depend on in its use.

Ontogenetic instars of Melanozetes paramollicomus sp. nov., with remarks on morphological ontogeny of Sphaerozetinae (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5086 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-89
Author(s):  
BADAMDORJ BAYARTOGTOKH ◽  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV ◽  
UMUKUSUM YA. SHTANCHAEVA ◽  
LUIS S. SUBÍAS
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
The Other

Although the juvenile instars of oribatid mite subfamily Sphaerozetinae is well known compared to the other subfamilies of Ceratozetidae (Ceratozetinae and Trichoribatinae), information on morphological ontogeny of some species is still incomplete. Herein, Melanozetes paramollicomus sp. nov. is proposed from Ethiopia, based on adult and juvenile instars. Additionally, comparative analysis of ontogenetic instars of species belonging various genera of Sphaerozetinae with known juveniles, is given, and the major characteristics of juvenile instars of 20 species are presented.  

Mobile Phones' Video Recording Tool

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-32
Author(s):  
Van Huynh Ha Le ◽  
Huy Ngoc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Foreign Language Anxiety ◽  
Oral Performance ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact

Foreign language anxiety (FLA) has a debilitating influence on the oral performance of EFL speakers. Over the past decade, most research in MALL has emphasized the use of mobile applications on improving language skills, but little research has explored the impact of using video recording tool to decrease foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA). Hence, this study examines the effect of using video recording tool on students' EFL speaking anxiety. Twenty-eight pre-intermediate freshmen at Van Lang University, Vietnam, participated in a seven-week project. In this research, mixed method was used in combination with three data collection instruments: questionnaire, observation notes, semi-structured interview. The results indicated that video recording tool significantly lowers EFL speaking anxiety. Therefore, this study makes a major contribution to research on FLA by exploring freshmen's anxiety causes and its impacts on learners' oral performance and offering a technique to help them overcome that phobia: mobile phone video recording.

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