scholarly journals Humour-integrated language learning (HILL) in perspective, progress and prospect

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-245
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
The Hill

This research note brings readers’ attention to an extensive, ongoing research project named Humour-Integrated Language Learning (HILL). The project investigates HILL as an innovative approach to language education and humour literacy. Within the limits of this short article, HILL is initially conceptualised, and then, an outline of the project is provided. Then, I describe ongoing lines of the research, giving a snapshot of the preliminary results. Finally, future directions of the HILL project are elaborated on.

scholarly journals MOOCs in Language Education and Professional Teacher Development: Possibilities and Potential

2014 ◽  
pp. 294-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Manning ◽  
Brian R. Morrison ◽  
Tara McIlroy
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Professional Teacher ◽  
Exciting Area

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) developed from the traditions of distance and self-access learning, and are growing in popularity. As a new and exciting area of education, the potential of MOOCs to transform education by allowing free access to courses for anyone with the access to technology and the internet has potential for teachers and learners to benefit from the courses offered. In this short article, three different perspectives on using MOOCs in educational contexts within Japan are discussed. The first describes a collaborative project in which one of the authors participated in a MOOC alongside a group of language learners. In the next, individual students pursuing self-directed language learning chose MOOCs to meet their various goals of knowledge and skill development as they prepared to study abroad. Finally, this article considers the role of MOOCs in professional teacher development through the reflections from a teacher participant. All three discussions relate their ideas to the themes of possibility and potential, while considering practical issues for language learners and educators.

African Americans in World Language Study: The Forged Path and Future Directions

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 97-112
Author(s):  
Uju Anya
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Black Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
World Language ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
World Languages ◽  
Language Study ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article examines the history of African Americans in the academic study of world languages and presents an overview of inquiry on the topic. The paper focuses on the impact of race in second language acquisition (SLA) as exemplified through the experience of black students in language education and study abroad. It discusses objectives, policies, instructional priorities and strategies, conditions, and materials related to how black students have in the past, are currently, or should be engaged in language learning. The article examines the path forged by African Americans in world language study, signals gaps in the present body of knowledge, and suggests future directions for investigations into this important topic in the field of applied linguistics and SLA for ARAL's 40th anniversary.

Shipbuilding in times of war: Contracts for the construction of ships and provision of supplies in the Spanish Empire in the early seventeenth century

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-192
Author(s):  
José Luís Gasch-Tomás ◽  
Koldo Trápaga Monchet ◽  
Ana Rita Trindade
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Spanish Empire ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
High Seas

In the early seventeenth century, the construction of galleons and high seas warships became an essential strategic concern for the king of Spain, even more so than in the previous century. In 1603, Philip III ordered the establishment of a Committee for the Building of Ships ( Junta para la Fábrica de Navíos), which signed several contracts ( asientos) with private individuals to build squadrons and ships. What were the shipbuilding conditions outlined in contracts signed under the auspices of such a committee? By addressing this question, this research note sheds light on the shipbuilding strategies of the Spanish Crown before the Twelve Years’ Truce (1609–1621). The notes are part of an ongoing research project on the Spanish Empire’s political restructuring of shipbuilding policies during the first half of the seventeenth century.

scholarly journals Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) Monastic Sites North of Lake Tana - Preliminary Results of an Exploratory Field Trip to Ethiopia in December 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 309-344
Author(s):  
Bar Kribus ◽  
Verena Krebs
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Lake Tana ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Enclosure Wall ◽  
Beta Israel

This paper presents results of the first field trip aimed at locating and studying the remains of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) monasteries, as part of an ongoing research project aimed at shedding light on Beta Israel monasticism. Prior to this field trip, no Beta Israel monastery had ever been mapped, and no study focused on these monasteries has ever been conducted. On the trip, two former Beta Israel villages north of Lake Tana were examined: Amba Gwalit and Aṭeyä. At Amba Gwalit, the remains of a Beta Israel holy site, which may have been a monastery containing a synagogue and surrounded by an enclosure wall, were documented. In a nearby Beta Israel cemetery, the tomb of a well-known Beta Israel monk was found. At Aṭeyä, remains of well-preserved Beta Israel dwellings were examined. Both sites demonstrated that Beta Israel material culture in Ethiopia is sufficiently preserved to enable further research aimed at locating and examining Beta Israel monasteries.

Medieval juristic regulae: unity or disunity?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Ilya A. Kotlyar
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Dialectical Method ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University

Summary This article is dedicated to the regulae iuris in general, and their role in medieval jurisprudence in particular. After providing a survey of the state-of-the-art literature on regulae and discussions surrounding them, the article provides arguments in support of the thesis that the use of existing regulae and the creation of new ones were an integral part of the method of medieval jurisprudence, itself part of the general medieval dialectical method of reasoning. The article also discloses the parameters and interesting preliminary results of an ongoing research project on regulae iuris in the University of Ghent.

TBLT through the lens of applied linguistics

2016 ◽  
Vol 167 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bygate
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Real World ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Research To Practice ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Real World Problems

Ever since the establishment in the 1940’s of the distinguished journal Language Learning, a significant proportion of research in applied linguistics has defined itself as aiming to address practical problems of language teaching. Given the definition of applied linguistics as ‘the theoretical and empirical study of real world problems in which language has a central role’ (after Brumfit, 2001), an ambition to relate its work to practical language teaching problems is appropriate. Task-based language teaching is a subarea of applied linguistics which deliberately aims to link research to practice. With this in mind, this paper will seek to evaluate the extent to which TBLT research has to date engaged with — and helped address — the real world problems of language education. It then attempts to derive some implications for future directions of TBLT research as a part of an empirical applied linguistics.

scholarly journals Phytochemistry and Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants Used on Safeen Mountain in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1601101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuad Othman Abdullah ◽  
Faiq Hama Saeed Hussain ◽  
Abdullah Shukur Sardar ◽  
Paola Vita-Finzi ◽  
Giovanni Vidari
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Caffeoylquinic Acid ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mountain Province

In remote villages of Kurdistan-Iraq, such as in those on Safeen Mountain, decoctions, potions, and oils from the local herbal tradition have provided the only medicinal remedies for centuries, up to today. A variety of diseases are treated with different plant preparations, ranging from simple rheumatism to diarrhea, skin diseases, and highly complicated kidney and heart problems. This survey describes, for the first time, the mostly used medicinal plants, resulting from several interviews with local herbal healers. The bioactivity of some isolated compounds is, indeed, strictly related to traditional uses of plants in Safeen Mountain Province. We also report the preliminary results of our ongoing research project on the constituents of the still uninvestigated plant Pterocephalus nestorianus Nab., which is traditionally used against inflammation and oral diseases. Luteolin-7- O-glucoside, 3,5-di- O-caffeoylquinic acid and loganic acid were isolated.

scholarly journals Reflection on Loving Pedagogy and Students' Engagement in EFL/ESL Classrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengxue Zhao ◽  
Manman Li
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Affective Pedagogy

The role of positive emotions in language education has been exponentially approved in the literature. One such emotion which has been mostly neglected in EFL/ESL contexts due to irrational ethical and professional sensitivities is the concept of love. Although love in education highlights a caring environment and relationship which is oriented toward students' feelings and needs, little (if any) research has been done on a loving pedagogy in the context of EFL/ESL. Trying to shed some light on this novel construct, this review article presents the theoretical underpinnings of love, its definitions, dimensions, and positive outcomes in language learning. Moreover, two trends of positive psychology and affective pedagogy are described. Finally, the study presents the possible implications of this line of research for different stakeholders in EFL/ESL domains along with a number of research gaps and future directions for avid scholars in this area.

scholarly journals Project-based Language Learning in China: A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Wang
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
China National Knowledge Infrastructure ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Knowledge Infrastructure

Project-based language learning (PBLL) has great potential for language education because PBLL would be able to make learning relevant, personalized, and engaging. This is particularly true under today’s circumstances where language learners’ are expected to reach the five goals in areas of communication, cultures, comparison, connection and communities as put forward by the ACTFL (www.actfl.org). This paper presents a content analysis of 39 PBLL research studies published between 2002 and 2017 in the English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) context in China. The studies were collected from the two most frequently used Chinese academic journal databases—CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) and Wanfang Data. This paper presents a synthesis of the PBLL approach as applied in EFL instruction in China, discusses the research results, gaps, and future directions for PBLL research and pedagogy.

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