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An exploration of English teachers’ beliefs and practices of speaking assessment: bring English teachers into focus
Get PDFThe present study aimed at exploring and describing English teachers' beliefs and their practices of speaking assessment through a semi-structured interview. This study employed a qualitative method. There were two sets of research questions: (1) What were English teachers’ beliefs about their roles in assessing students’ speaking? (2) How did English teachers assess students’ speaking? There were nine teachers from three different levels of education participated in this study. The findings indicated that the beliefs of English teachers and their practices in assessing speaking were not always aligned with one another due to some factors. The pedagogical implications of the study included a need for (1) guidance to teachers in how to conduct a good speaking assessment, (2) guidance to teachers in how to develop their speaking assessment rubric that can be modified to meet the needs of the school context and later build the accountability system at the school
Code-switching as a translanguaging to transfer cross-cultural understanding in English classroom: teachers’ perception
Get PDFThis study was identifying code-switching as a translanguaging to transfer cross-cultural understanding in the classroom. This study used observation to one classroom and unstructured questionnaire to seven English lecturers/ teachers qualitatively. Most of the participants used Inter-sentential Code Switching, which describes a switch of language at sentence boundary or between the sentences. They used the code-switching consciously for some factors, such as the desire to convey meaning effectively, the desire to make the communication more inclusive, the desire to improve students’ comprehension, the desire to convey the meaning contextually, the desire to emphasize the meaning or comprehension, and the desire to help EFL learners by bilingual. Moreover, the most important thing is they believe that code-switching affects English classroom positively in transferring cross-culture understanding, such as code-switching eases students to understand more to the cultural topics, code-switching can improve students’ comprehension on conceptual knowledge such as cultural activities, attitude and belief, and code-switching is useful for EFL learners where they can match their English with local wisdom
Literary translation: implantation vs transference
Get PDFThe figurative language employed by authors, which reflects their styles of writing, is one main reason behind the challenges that most literary translators encounter when dealing with literary works. Usually employed for aesthetic and poetic purposes, figures of speech imply connotative meanings. In literary works, words are used only assigns to settle down the flying spirits of meanings and ideas so that the audience can have a thread that could lead them to intended meanings. I believe that literary translators should face the challenges of translating literary works through two main approaches. First, transferring the work of art as it is without trying to find any equivalent in the target language for any piece of text in the source language. The aim of such type of translation would be familiarizing the audience in the target language with the literature and culture of the source language. Second, translating the SL work of art creatively, i.e. using all possible strategies and procedures to find natural equivalents in the TL for any stylistic features in the SLT. This type of translation should aim at pleasing and entertaining the TL audience
Representation of Iraqi prisoners' abuse in Judith Thompson's palace of the end: a politico-cultural perspective
Get PDFThe paper is a study in the representation of the systematic abuse inflicted by the American Female Soldier (being an image of American militarism) upon the Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib jail. The American misconducts exercised are based on political and cultural grounds: it is dramatically evident that the American Female Soldier has prejudicially transformed the stage into a battleground, whereon, post colonially, the Iraqi prisoners are viciously addressed by demeaning terms
Biomass energy potential in Manabí province
Get PDFThe present work aims to determine the energy potential of biomass in the province of Manabí, having as main actors the residues of cocoa, dry corn, bananas, and African palm, these being the products with the greatest abundance within the province since during Its production is constant throughout the year and this allows it to be used as a base for energy production. The increase in greenhouse gases in the production of consumable electrical energy has led to a significant advance in the development of biologically friendly alternatives. Among these alternatives, one of the options for immediate implementation is obtaining energy through the combustion of conventionally wasted waste, also known as biomass
Machiavellian character mediate the effect of locus of control in auditor dysfunction behavior
Get PDFThis study aims to examine the character of Machiavellian in mediating the effect of locus of control on auditor dysfunctional behavior. This research was conducted by survey method through the distribution of questionnaires to auditors who work in public accounting firms in the province of Bali. The study population used in this study were all auditors working on KAP with a purposive sampling method. The number of samples acting as respondents amounted to 43 auditors, then the data obtained were analyzed by path analysis in SPSS. Based on the results of data analysis shows that the external locus of control and Machiavellian trait have a positive effect on the auditor dysfunctional behavior. This study also proves that Machiavellian trait variables mediate the influence of external locus of control on auditor dysfunctional behavior
Effect of organizational commitment, job stress and work-family conflict to turnover intention
Get PDFThis research was conducted in several hotels in the Kuta Badung area, Bali. The number of samples taken was 105 married female employees, using the nonprobability sampling method, specifically purposive sampling. Data collection is done through observation, interviews, and questionnaires. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. Based on the results of the analysis found that (1) organizational commitment has a negative and significant effect on turnover intention, so the higher organizational commitment is felt by employees, the lower the desire to leave the company, and vice versa, the lower the organizational commitment felt by employees, the higher the desire to leave the company. (2) work stress has a positive and significant effect on turnover intention, so the higher the level of work stress felt by employees, the greater the intention of employees to leave the organization. (3) work-family conflict has a positive and significant effect on turnover intention, so the higher the conflict a person feels, the higher the person's desire to leave the company
Evaluation of intellectual disability in Ecuador: a challenge for psychology
Get PDFOne of the crucial aspects that Psychology assumes in the study of people with limitations in the Republic of Ecuador is the approach to intellectual disability. It is precisely and, within the framework of the implementation of the Manuela Espejo Solidarity Mission, it was necessary to address this issue of high social impact, this purpose the methodology used in conducting previous studies has taken as background in Cuba and Venezuela and of which the largest of the Antilles has been protagonist and manager. With this work, the objective has pursued, in the first instance, of reflecting on the complexity of the subject, due to the factors so diverse and dynamic that intervene in the classification of the different levels of intellectual affectation. Descriptively, the methods used in the 24 provinces of Ecuador have explained, verifying their effectiveness in the sample studied by the specialty. It has suggested, as a significant element, the implementation of new psychometric methods for subsequent studies, as well as the creation of diagnostic centers that detect, from earlier ages, people with intellectual disabilities for better treatment, intervention and quality improvement of life
Community participation in Blangsinga tourism village development
Get PDFThis study aims to determine the form of community participation and strategies to increase community participation in Blangsinga Tourism Village. The theory used in this study is Community Based Tourism (CBT). The type of data used in this study is qualitative data which is data in the form of information either in the form of direct interviews or documents related to research. Data sources used are divided into two, namely primary data and secondary data. Based on the results of the research conducted, it can be concluded that the development of Blangsinga Tourism Village is inseparable from the participation of the community. The form of Blangsinga community participation in the planning and implementation stages. Efforts to increase community participation are carried out by the village government and third parties by making policies that certainly have a positive impact on the community and the development of Blangsinga Tourism Village
Community based education development patterns in Nurul Iman Islamic Boarding School Jambi Province
Get PDFThis research was conducted with the aim of knowing the pattern of community based education development in the Nurul Iman Islamic boarding school in Jambi. This research is a descriptive study using a qualitative approach with case study research design in the sense that research is focused on just one phenomenon that is chosen and wants to be understood in depth. This research was conducted directly by using field notes and cameras for documentation. Data collection is done by the method of in depth interviews and observations. The results of the research from the Community Based Education Development Pattern in the Nurul Iman Islamic boarding school in Jambi can be divided into two important components, namely: through the first component is the Teaching Pattern with Community Spiritual Education and Community Work Education and the second component is the Islamic Leadership Pattern. Participation Community members in the Nurul Iman Islamic Boarding School and Stakeholders in Educational Development have felt well in the form of thought participation, labor participation, property participation, skills participation or proficiency and social participation