scholarly journals Assessing Collocational Competence by Probating Emotioncy: Testing the Mediating Role of Gender in Educational Dimensions

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Mustapha Hajebi ◽  
Sadegh Ghaffary
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Advanced Proficiency ◽  
Cloze Test

The purpose of this paper was to examine at shedding more light into the effectiveness of emotioncy on gender in assessing Persian EFL learners’ collocational competence. This study used quantitative methods and the learners were from both intermediate and advanced proficiency groups. The results indicated that male participants who received emotioncy levels performed more efficiently on C-test and open ended test in comparison with females who recorded better performance on cloze test. The study suggested important results for EFL instructors that teacher’s experiences showed Iranian EFL learners generally have inadequate knowledge of English collocations in particular of restricted collocations. Moreover, some participants in this study believed that collocations could not be regarded as something that EFL learners could acquire without any instruction; therefore, it was essential to incorporate collocation instruction into EFL reading classes. The findings could help teachers and curriculum designers to classify errors in a continuum ranging from the least to the most problematic ones.

scholarly journals Cloze Test and C-test Revisited: Appraising Collocational Competence on Second Language Learners’ Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Mustapha Hajebi ◽  
Hosna Zarei
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Advanced Proficiency ◽  
Cloze Test

The current study tried to investigate the particular role of the text in EFL learners’ performance on three types of tests, i.e. cloze test, C-test and open-ended test. This study aimed at comparing three test types of cloze test, C-test and open-ended test in measuring collocational knowledge of Iranian EFL learners. This was a quantitative research. This type of research placed more emphases on collecting data in the form of numbers. To this end, 84 Persian EFL learners were selected. They were both male and female with intermediate and advanced proficiency groups. The results showed that advanced participants in all of these three tests performed much more efficiently compared to their intermediate peers and indicated more collocational competence. The findings of this study had some implications for language learners, EFL instructors and material developers.

scholarly journals The Representation of Bilingual Mental Lexicon and English Vocabulary Acquisition

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Ying
Keyword(s):  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Mental Lexicon ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Proficiency Levels ◽  
Mediating Role

This paper provides an overview of the theories on the organization and development of L1 mental lexicon and the representation mode of bilingual mental lexicon. It analyzes the structure and characteristics of Chinese EFL learners and their problems in English vocabulary acquisition. On the basis of this, it suggests that English vocabulary teaching should be adjusted to learners’ various proficiency levels at different stages. Learners should pay attention to the mediating role of Chinese, cultivate their English thinking pattern, and strengthen the development of in-depth vocabulary knowledge.

Perceived Learning and Students’ Perceptions Toward Using Tablets for Learning: The Mediating Role of Perceived Engagement Among High School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 951-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tal Soffer ◽  
Efrat Yaron
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Perceived Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Positive Attitudes

Integrating mobile technology in schools has become a growing trend in recent years. Studies suggest that the use of tablets has potential contributions for learning. The current study explored the use of tablets for learning among 427 high school students, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods. The purpose was to assess students’ perceptions toward the effectiveness of using tablets in learning and to examine a model in which perceived engagement mediates the effects of content usage types, and technological and social aspects on perceived learning. The findings indicate that overall, students reported moderate levels of positive attitudes toward tablet use in learning. In addition, it was found that the more students consumed information via tablets, perceived tablet software as easy to use, and communicated with other students through tablets, the higher their engagement was, which in turn led to more positive perceptions of learning. Moreover, a qualitative content analysis indicated that students perceived the technological aspects as the main advantage, and barrier, of using tablets for learning. The implications of the results, as well as the role of perceived engagement in enhancing learning outcomes, are discussed in the context of tablet use in learning.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Motivation and Job Satisfaction in the Relationship between Compensation and Organizational Commitment in Micro Finance Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Muhammad Suyuthi Romdlon ◽  
I Ketut R. Sudiarditha ◽  
Henry Eryanto
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Islamic Microfinance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intervening Variables

<p>This study aims to determine the effect of compensation, motivation, and job satisfaction on organizational commitment in Islamic microfinance services. This research has four variables: compensation as an independent variable, motivation, job satisfaction as intervening variables, and commitment as a dependent variable. The subjects in this study were active employees in one of the Islamic microfinance services. It is Baitul mal wa tamwil (BMT). This research uses quantitative methods. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires using a 5-point Likert scale with 240 total valid responses. The data were analyzed using Structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS version 24. The results showed that compensation had a positive and significant effect on motivation, compensation had a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, motivation had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, compensation had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, job satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, compensation had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment through motivation and job satisfaction as intervening variables. This study finds providing several important implications for research and implementing microfinance services.</p>

scholarly journals SELFIE MARKETING AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY: MEDIATING ROLE OF EXPERIENTIAL SHOPPING

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
Ade Octavia ◽  
Yayuk Sriayudha
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Modern Method ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Survey Sample

The increasing growth of modern food stalls showed a change in the behavior of consumers, especially for teenagers to fulfill the needs of a representative place to increase social activity. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of selfie marketing and customer loyalty with experiential shopping as a mediating role. The authors seek to understand how this selfie marketing to determine the customer loyalty of modern food stalls customer through experiential shopping. Design research using quantitative methods with the approach of the survey. Sample consumer research is the modern method of stalls that add up to 150 people. Sampling method using judgement sampling. The tools of data analysis using the method PLS. Finding suggests that   experiential shopping  has a significant effect on selfie marketing and experiential shopping and selfie marketing affects customer loyalty on modern food stalls.

The More You Say, the Less They Hear

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsbeth D. Asbeek Brusse ◽  
Marieke L. Fransen ◽  
Edith G. Smit
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Entertainment Education ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Attitude Measures ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract. This study examined the effects of disclosure messages in entertainment-education (E-E) on attitudes toward hearing protection and attitude toward the source. In addition, the (mediating) role of the underlying mechanisms (i.e., transportation, identification, and counterarguing) was studied. In an experiment (N = 336), three different disclosure messages were compared with a no-disclosure condition. The results show that more explicit disclosure messages negatively affect transportation and identification and stimulate the generation of counterarguments. In addition, the more explicit disclosure messages affect both attitude measures via two of these processes (i.e., transportation and counterarguing). Less explicit disclosure messages do not have this effect. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Coping Humor as a Mediator Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peizhen Sun ◽  
Jennifer J. Chen ◽  
Hongyan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Regulation Of Emotion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Overall Job Satisfaction

Abstract. This study investigated the mediating role of coping humor in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job satisfaction. Participants were 398 primary school teachers in China, who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Coping Humor Scale, and Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that coping humor was a significant mediator between EI and job satisfaction. A further examination revealed, however, that coping humor only mediated two sub-dimensions of EI (use of emotion and regulation of emotion) and job satisfaction. Implications for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.

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