Effect of cognitive & metacognitive Strategy developing reading comprehension emphasizing students’ linguality

Reading comprehension ability is potency of students to comprehend meaning of written texts, text details and main ideas. Furthermore, ability of reading comprehension activated learners to communicate with writers. To understand main ideas of written texts, help learners to be aware and to get particular messages from texts. Cognitive and metacognitive knowledges help readers to analyze, to summarize, to judge, and to distinguish main idea of reading texts and also more details about writer viewpoints to predicate and decision making to monitor text contents too. Monolingual students are those groups which must be aware about impacts of metacognitive strategy upon reading development and comprehension through to prepare and emanate bio feedbacks with teachers. Hence, monolingual groups have to be taught more than bilingual ones due to their low – proficiency levels and also their weak knowledge capacities about reading development strategies. Indeed, today understanding the effective strategies which help to learn language skills for all of scholars in TESOL domains is very significant, so every teacher that is aware about efficacy of those psychological strategies like cognitive and metacognitive or both; he or she is able to teach language skills particularly reading comprehension very conveniently and more productive language learning results. Without understanding reading strategy text comprehension to learn language skills is impossible.

SARCASM ANALYSIS AND MOOD RETENTION USING NLP TECHNIQUES

Sarcasm detection in written texts is the Achilles’ heel of research areas in sentiment analysis, especially with the absence of the rightful verbal tone, facial expression or body gesture that leads to random misinterpretations. It is crucial in sectors of social media, advertisements and user feedbacks on services that require proper interpretation for service evaluation and improvisation of their products. The objective here thereby is to identify sarcasm within a given text by experimenting with the original predicted mood of the text and work on its transformation with the several variations in combination of the standard sarcastic elements present in the corresponding writing. Here standard NLP techniques are used for identification and interpretation. This involves detecting primary connotation of the given text (e.g. positive/neutral/negative), followed by detecting elements of sarcasm. Then, under the presence of the sarcasm indicator algorithm, the rightful interpretation of the previously detected mood is attempted.

A Leitura como Ação Formadora do Desenvolvimento Pessoal e Profissional do Indivíduo / Reading as an Action for the Formation of the Individual's Personal and Professional Development

Resumo: Este artigo trata-se de uma pesquisa de caráter bibliográfico com o objetivo de analisar a importância da leitura para o desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional do indivíduo, bem como, descrever o conceito de leitura, apresentar a participação das instituições no fomento à leitura, e compreender a importância da leitura na construção do indivíduo. Apresenta a seguinte problemática: Qual a importância da leitura na construção pessoal e profissional do indivíduo? Para embasar a discussão foram consultados sites, artigos, dissertações e autores que discorrem sobre a temática em foco, entre eles destacam-se: Burke (2003), Silva (1991), Martins (1994), Freire (1989), Chartier (1990), Solé (1998), Weiers (2011). Com esse estudo espera-se ter êxito na análise da importância da leitura para o desenvolvimento do indivíduo pessoal e profissional. Com o intuito de aprender a ler e de ler para aprender considerando a capacidade de compreender e interpretar textos escritos como um instrumento necessário para atingir um desenvolvimento pleno, no contexto de uma sociedade letrada. Palavras-Chave: Leitura. Educação. Ensino-Aprendizagem. Abstract: This article is a bibliographic research with the objective of analyzing the importance of reading for the personal and professional development of the individual, as well as describing the concept of reading, presenting the participation of institutions in promoting reading, and understanding the importance of reading in the construction of the individual. It presents the following issue: What is the importance of reading in the individual's personal and professional construction? To support the discussion, websites, articles, dissertations and authors who discuss the topic in focus were consulted, including: Burke (2003), Silva (1991), Martins (1994), Freire (1989), Chartier (1990 ), Solé (1998), Weiers (2011). This study is expected to be successful in analyzing the importance of reading for the development of the personal and professional individual. In order to learn to read and to read to learn, consider the ability to understand and interpret written texts as a necessary instrument to achieve full development, in the context of a literate society. Keywords: Reading. Education. Teaching-Learning.

INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WRITING SENSITIVITY AND WRITING ACHIEVEMENT

This study aimed to reveal the relationship between primary school teacher candidates’ writing sensitivity and writing achievement. This quantitative study conducted with the relational survey model consisted of 575 teacher candidates of two public universities. The data about primary school teacher candidates’ writing achievement were collected via Rubric for Written Texts (RWT) with the help of written texts produced by them and the Writing Sensitivity Scale (WSS). According to the findings obtained, primary school teacher candidates had moderate writing sensitivity and writing achievement and there was a statistically significant relationship between writing sensitivity and writing achievement. It can be argued that writing sensitivity and writing achievement significantly differ according to gender, while writing sensitivity does not significantly differ based on year, writing achievement does.

When Language Transfer is Negative

This paper analyses morpho-syntactic interference errors committed by learners of French as a foreign language in four Tanzanian universities: UDSM, UDOM, DUCE and Makumira. The paper has three specific objectives: (i) to identify morpho-syntactic interference errors, (ii) to account for their sources and (iii) to recommend a corrective treatment. The study included a total of 61 respondents. The data was collected through learners’ written texts in French from which a corpus was developed. The study was guided by the interlanguage theory and the error analysis approach. Data analysis was qualitative. The findings reveal that errors included the use of nouns with English origins (18.87%), omission of prepositions (36.79%) and absence of determiners (44.34%). The findings further show that these errors are due to previously acquired or learned languages: Swahili, ethnic community languages and English. Different recommendations are given following the findings. As regards the use of definite and indefinite articles in French, teachers should provide a guided reading of different French texts through which learners will be able to understand how articles are used. To master the use of prepositions, teachers should encourage learners to read a variety of texts in French as this can make them understand and internalize the different prepositions. Moreover, through regular exercises on word formation in French, learners may be able to familiarize themselves with French nouns, hence internalizing their forms. Finally, the learning of French nouns should be done in context.

Topiks im Deutschen und Italienischen

The aim of this paper is i) to investigate the distribution of different topic types in the highest portion (found above valutative adverbs such as glücklicherweise and leider, Cinque 1999) of the German Mittelfeld, i. e. the clause portion found between the finite and non-finite verb forms (Satzklammer), and ii) to compare it with the distribution of topics within the Italian left periphery, i. e. the area found above the finite verb where operators, focalised and topicalised constructions are hosted (Rizzi 1997; Benincà 1988, 2001). Based on a corpus of written and oral German data collected through the DeReKO and the FOLK Databases, we show that in German i) in both written and oral examples a single topic belonging to all topic classes can appear in the highest portion of the Mittelfeld (as proposed by Frascarelli/Hinterhölzl 2007), ii) and that multiple topics are restricted to written texts and appear with the fixed order “Aboutness Topic > Familiar Topic; Aboutness Topic > Contrast Topic”. We compare the distribution of topics above valutative adverbs in German with the distribution of topics in the Italian left periphery. We show that the two languages share the fact that multiple topics are possible, with the difference that i) three topics can appear in the Italian left periphery in the order Aboutness Topic > Contrast Topic > Familiar Topic whereas only sequences of two topics are attested in German; ii) the sentence-initial position functions as an “extra” position for topics in German but not in Italian due to the V2 nature of the former language; iii) the presence of multiple topics in the left periphery is restricted to oral or informal texts in Italian and it is a typical trait of colloquial/informal language, whereas the availability of multiple topics in the German Mittefeld is restricted to written/formal texts and can thus be seen as a written/formal trait.

The Implementation of Total Physical Response (TPR) Method in Improving Arabic Speaking Skills

Students in Islamic boarding schools have difficulty expressing their thoughts verbally using Arabic. Meanwhile, in terms of understanding written texts and reading written language, they have pretty good skills. This study aimed to describe the implementation of the TPR method to improve the speaking skills. This study used a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The data were obtained through observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The subjects of this study were Arabic teachers and selected students using the snowball technique. Based on the results, the TPR method can break the ice of communicating in Arabic among students, their difficulties in expressing their thoughts can be minimized by getting used to responding to those around them.

THE DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY (PYD) AND PEOPLE'S PROTECTION UNITS (YPG) IN TURKISH OFFICIAL DISCOURSE

This article explores the construction of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Turkish official discourse. In the article, I employ critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyze written texts produced during the years 2014–2019 that reflect the position of the Turkish authorities. The article sets out the main narratives that construct the PYD and YPG as terrorist organizations and posits them as a threat to both Turkey and the international community. The analysis reveals that these narratives serve the purpose of delegitimizing the PYD and YPG and legitimizing Turkish military operations and violations against Syrian Kurds. It highlights that the Turkish official position regarding the PYD and YPG is driven by two ideological factors: first, the influence of Kurdish autonomy in Syria on the action of Kurds in Turkey, and second, the barrier that the PYD and YPG have created against the Islamist agenda of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Syria.

Accepting automated news as “low-quality” journalism

This ethnographic case study explores how developers, editors, and reporters in two Norwegian newsrooms evaluate automated news and which logics underlie their assessments. Despite automation being described as the most disruptive data-centric practice of journalism, the observations and in-depth interviews show that all three groups define automated texts as journalism. At the same time, they characterize automated news as simplistic, lacking creativity and a critical approach, and argue that today’s machine-written texts are incapable of fulfilling central professional ideals such as critical scrutiny and advocating on behalf of the citizenry. Accepting automated news as journalism while simultaneously stressing its low quality shows a growing gap between what the newsroom groups are willing to accept because of organizational demands and what they ideally want journalism to be. The conflicting assessments may indicate financial motives gaining ground within Nordic media companies.