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The Usability Outlook of Computer-Based Exams as A means of Assessment and Examination: A case study of Palestine Technical University
Get PDFRecently, computer-based exams, in replacement for the traditional paper-based exams, have become a booming trend that is endorsed by many educational institutions and universities all over the world; this endorsement has been a direct outcome of the advancement in computer technology and the rapid spread of the internet. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the usability outlook of computer –based exams as a means of assessment and examination , and to identify some of the reflections on the experiment of Palestine Technical University- Kadoorie (PTUK)\ Tulkarm Campus in implementing such an assessment on one of the English language introductory courses , namely, Remedial English course (no.15200099). To achieve the purpose of this study, and to answer its questions, the researcher scrutinized, in a survey-like and a descriptive methodology, throughout the findings and conclusions of the available related literature in order to draw a line of understanding in regard to the main aim of this study and its questions. The findings of this study revealed that using computer-based exams in replacement for the traditional paper-based exams represents a domain of an ongoing debate between adherents and opponents who anchor their points of view to various sets of reasons and rationales. The findings also pointed out some problems and setbacks in regard to the experiment of (PTUK) in implementing computer-based exams, as means of assessment and examination , on one of the English language introductory courses, namely, Remedial English course (no.15200099); some of these problems and setbacks are mainly connected with the (LMS-Moodle), which is used as a medium of carrying out and disclosing the Remedial English Exam, and, in addition, the complete dependence on multiple-choice questions, which are the only type used by (LMSMoodle). The study concluded with some recommendation for future research.
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Trump’s Strategies in the First Presidential Debate: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Get PDFThe young and vibrant 243-year-old U.S. has long claimed its status as a world power. As stated by the U.S.'s Congressional Research Service (2019), the U.S. shoulders the responsibility of defending and promoting freedom, democracy, and universal values, which means that America, being an active internationalist global leader, a superpower, and a world policeman, has been maintaining the power of manipulating partially, if not most, the whole world. Whatever this country does attracts the whole world's attention. This attention gets more significance as Donald Trump aims to take center stage once more in the presidential campaign in 2020. The way Americans choose their presidents will affect the world situation in many respects. While it is noticeable that there is an anti-intellectual trend in presidential discourse (Lim, 2008), Trump's presidential linguistic style is highly distinctive in terms of its simplicity, anti-elitism, and collectivism (Oliver & Rahn, 2016). Realizing the importance of Donald Trump's linguistic presidential style, the attention that it drew, and the likelihood that Trump may reuse his approach in the 2020 presidential campaign, this study focuses on the first presidential debate’s strategies of Donald Trump in 2016. The analysis of the debate’s strategies is influenced by the work of Fairclough (1993), Halliday (1971) and Goffman (1967). The results of the study revealed that Trump combined four strategies of presidential debates, including (1) self-acclamation, (2) describing opposing candidates through the verbal attack, (3) and selfrectification or image-enhancement through the defense against opposing candidates' blaming argument, and (4) extra-vocalization. Trump's presidential speech is a source of valuable knowledge that makes use of both typical candidates' traditional strategies with a more business-oriented approach. This is the valuable foundation on which researchers can base to consider Trump's changes in linguistic style when he comes to the upcoming presidential campaigns in 2020
PWPQRPQ and ImageReel: Engaging Students into Activities Converging Poetry and Cinematography
Get PDFA challenge to Filipino educators is the constant adaptation to teaching and learning styles as millennial learners become more exposed to and adept with handy electronic devices, multimedia technology and digital applications but less engaging in their school subjects especially a reading and literature class. This paper discusses simple and innovative activities which enhance the teaching and learning of basic literary concepts, like poetry, through the aid of cinematography. These are “Play, Watch, Pause, Question, Resume, Pause, Question” (PWPQRPQ) and ImageReel. This paper centers on the Poetry Class of the researcher during the first semester of 2015-2016 using modified guidelines and rubrics of photobased learning and filmmaking techniques/strategies of Katherine Kuta, Sarah Kavanagh, Katherine Schulten and Dave Bonta. In the process of these two activities, the learners were able to not only appreciate literature and film but also develop skills in deciphering, questioning, assessing and short filmmaking. Moreover, such shared activities transformed the class into an interdisciplinary and multilayered teaching and learning environment for both educator and learners. In creating this teaching and learning space, literary educators significantly address the common reading issue of learners being passive readers but active screen viewers. These activities result to learners becoming active readers, critical thinkers, constructive interpreters, creative narrators, and sensitive individuals. Future researchers, whose interest lie on the teaching of literature and film through technology can study on other aspects of the learning performances of students, such as their attitude, interest, engagement, and creativity. They also can study the effectiveness of the teaching strategies used by teachers whose materials are similarly digital-driven using quasi or experimental designs
Measuring Vocabulary Knowledge of English as a Foreign Language among Undergraduate Jordanian Students
Get PDFThis study aimed at measuring the size of vocabulary knowledge of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among undergraduate Jordanian students at different Jordanian universities. For this purpose, research questions were presented and the answers to these questions were provided and discussed. The participants of this study consisted of 39 undergraduate Jordanian students. A vocabulary test was used by the researcher to investigate the vocabulary storage of undergraduate Jordanian students. The results of the study indicated that the vocabulary size of Jordanian undergraduate students is fairly high. This is particularly true with the first few thousand-word list: 2000 and 3000-word list. However, for the 5000-word list, 10000-word list, university students have a lack of vocabulary storage which normally resulted in many difficulties in English language skills
The Ideological Impact on the English Translations of the Qur'an: A Case Study of Muhammad Asad's Translation
No full textThis research attempts to explore the influence of ideology on Muhammad Asad's translation "The Message of the Qur'an". It exposes how the translator remodels the source text to present his viewpoints in the target text. Moreover, the article demonstrates and scrutinizes the relationship between translation and ideology. The research answers the main questions about the ideology and translation so it divides into two parts. The first part focuses on the definition of the ideology and translation of the Qur'an especially Asad's work while the second one highlights the impact of ideology practically through exploring mistranslation, misinterpretation, and misrepresenting the Islamic creed and Islamic sciences. The research uses the comparative method to compare Asasd’s translation from different perspectives for scrutinizing the influence of ideology on the translated text. Muhammad Asad follows the rational and Mu’tazalite attitudes in his translation so he prefers the intellect, personal knowledge and rejects the imitation of traditions. He supports the allegorical meaning of verses, mentions unintended meaning of the verses to convey his opinions, rejects the mainstream exegesis and interprets the meaning regarding to the probability
Mother Tongue Proficiency and Early Literacy: the Missing Link in Kenya?
Get PDFThis article is part of a larger study conducted to assess levels of Mother tongue
proficiency among primary school pupils in Meru Central District, Kenya. The study
focused on assessment of the levels of Kimeru proficiency among lower primary
0school pupils and its impact on literacy among early learners. The study was
conducted in five primary schools in Meru Central District using a descriptive
research design. The target population comprised of thirty standard four pupils
from three public primary schools and twenty teachers from both public and
private schools while the research instruments were Kimeru proficiency tests and
focused group discussions. This research only focused on class four pupils in
selected public primary schools for the reason that they had just stopped learning
Kimeru at school. Data was analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods.
The study found out that there are low levels of Kimeru proficiency among primary
school pupils. Cognizant of the role Mother tongue proficiency plays in early literacy
and learning; primary school pupils have a difficult task acquiring literacy and
accessing curriculum (which is in English)
Conceptual Enantiosemy
No full textThis article discusses the phenomenon of enantiosemy, offers a general overview of the history of its development and also presents the main types of enantiosemy. The main attention is paid to the consideration of cognitive signs of enantiosemy in English, Russian and Uzbek languages. The research is mainly done on associations of interviewees. The purpose of this article is to present and prove a new type of enantiosemy “conceptual enantiosemy” through deep research. The main methods of the research were the survey method. This article proves that each person perceives words differently, either in a negative or in a positive aspect. Interviewees (different levelled students, teachers) were to write the very first associations to the data in questionnaire that consisted of thirty words in three languages, regardless of the part of the speech, whether that word would be a noun, adjective or verb. From the results, antonymic pairs of word associations were analyzed, which were the proof to the existence of conceptual enantiosemy
Effectiveness of Teaching English Unlimited Special Edition on Developing Speaking Skill: The case of Students of the Preparatory Year Program at Al-Baha University
Get PDFThe aim of the study is to investigate effectiveness of teaching the Book English Unlimited Special Edition 1 (EUSE) on Developing Speaking Skill for Students of Preparatory Year of Al-Baha University. In order to answer the questions of the study, the researcher adopted the experimental approach. The sample of the study consisted of (50) students of preparatory year of AlBaha University. The speaking skills integrated in the set book were used with the study group in the first term of the academic school year (2019 – 2020). A test of (20) items was designed to be used as a pre -posttest. The study indicated that there are statistically significant differences in mean scores of speaking skills test in favor of the post application. Speaking skills (request, suggestion and asking for directions) included in the taught course (EUSE 1) book are convenient to enhance those students’ understanding and language progress. They can be considered as a remedial program to what they lacked in secondary schools as well as upgrading preparatory year students’ levels. In the light of these results, the study recommended the suitability of using Unlimited Special Edition (EUSE) for developing Speaking Skill for Students of preparatory year of Al-Baha University. It also suggested that further research should be conducted on the role of teaching listening to enhance speaking skill for students of preparatory students at Al-Baha University
Translation of Culture-bound Items: A Case Study of the Movie "sensitive floor"
No full textCulture-bound elements are of great significance in translation, especially when it comes to translating popular media, such as movies. The present study investigated strategies and techniques used in translating expressions containing culture-bound elements in the English subtitle of the Iranian movie, " ط بق ه ح س ا س "
) Sensitive Floor ( , Crystal Simorgh Award winner for best actor in the Fajr Film Festival and Grand Cinema of Iran, in 2014. Based on Pedersen’s (2005) taxonomy, Persian sentences and expressions which contained culturebound items were extracted and compared with their English counterparts in the subtitles. The results of the analyses revealed that out of the 40 culturebound items extracted, 15 used source language oriented strategies (including 4 retention, 2 specification, 9 direct translation) and 25 used target language oriented strategies (including 7 generalization, 8 substitution and 10 omission). It was also concluded that direct translation and omission of cultural expressions could result in strange meanings and consequently, misunderstanding of the message by the audience in the target language community and should be avoided whenever possible
Attitude Conception: The Role of Blended Learning in Environmental Education
Get PDFTechnology transition stage in 21st century try to reach the goal of elaborate the educational quality for knowledge transfer in learning process. Blended learning is interest variety of technologies utilization that combined from face-to-face learning and E-learning process. This study intends to convey the role of blended learning based on teacher’s perception with respect to attitude conception. The student attitude is the major affective factor to language instruction and become a predictor of successful language learners. Therefore, the presence of blended learning was providing opportunities for students to independently hold control of achieving the learning goals. Data was gained from 68 students and teachers as the fundamental facilitators or as the main controlled of attitude process in students by applying blended learning and students as a subject of instructional process. The data gained was analyzed qualitatively that create from observation and interview. The results of study were [1] blended learning is more appropriate than traditional learning, [2] percentages of blended learning for environmental education is frequently occurring on Self-Paced Learning which obtained 41% , and [3] the role of blended learning seen from attitude conception that found on the students integrative motivation, instrument motivation, and attitude toward the environmental education. Thus, this study suggested controlled teacher’s perception for teaching that might help students for instructional technology skill by attitude from role of blended learning on preparing suitable digital literacy.