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MEETING STUDENTS' DIVERSE NEEDS FOR READING THROUGH DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION STRATEGIES
Get PDFThe focus of this research is on meeting South East European University (SEEU) students’ diverse needs for reading. Although in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom, all four language skills are important, reading becomes most important when students enter university without enough strategies for reading. Therefore the reading material presented should be differentiated to suit everyone’s needs. According to Biancarosa & Snow (2006) "a full 70 percent of U. S. middle and high school students require differentiated instruction (DI), which is instruction targeted to their individual strengths and weaknesses" (p.8). Consequently, since it is difficult for native learners to read in their mother tongue then it can be imagined how difficult it might be for EFL learners to read in English. Thus, differentiation in reading classrooms becomes an important responsibility for EFL lecturers. The methods of data collection used in this research were teacher questionnaires and classroom observations to help discover the level of knowledge and application of DI reading strategies among SEEU EFL lecturers to meet diverse learners’ needs. The results of the study conducted showed that there is a discrepancy between the researcher’s observations and lecturers’ responses regarding the application of DI strategies and also there is some inconsistency between some lecturers’ own responses that claim to have applied DI strategies but fail to provide examples of such tasks. Hopefully, this research will help raise teachers’ awareness that DI reading strategies should be implemented in their EFL classes generally as well as in their reading classes to enhance diverse students’ reading skills and help them with their academic development
LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE NON-DIVERSE CLASSROOM
Get PDFThe aim of the paper is to propose some simple ways of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity in a homogenous classroom made of students brought up in a bi-lingual environment and country. The ideas and suggestions come from the experiences of the authors in different environments and workplaces. The comparing groups are of different ages from compulsory school to a university/college level. The paper will be divided in two parts: on one hand there are suggestions which would be useful in a classroom with a teacher coming from the same place as the students, and on the other hand how would those and other ways work out in promoting a linguistic and cultural diversity in a classroom where the teacher/lecturer comes from another cultural and linguistic background. What has been the meeting point, how this type of cultural and language diversity would affect the critical thinking of the students; why would students benefit from diversity-promoting classes are some of the questions answered in the paper. This is a cross-sectional study which tries to put together some possible forms of promoting diversity in the aspect of a language and culture in the classroom which does not mean that is based on a longitudinal type of research but on personal experiences and views of the authors. Moreover it is based on a questionnaire and displays its result
SMIJE LI SIROMAŠTVO BITI PRETPOSTAVKA ZA ODUZIMANJE RODITELJSKOG PRAVA
Get PDFU radu se propituju trendovi u suvremenim društvima koji utječu i na pravne sustave u kojima se imati nameće kao dominanta koja potire ono praiskonsko biti. Evidentno je da ideologija neoliberalizma širi utjecaj na društvene i humanističke znanosti. Ukida se povijesna geneza obitelji, a pojedinac se podvrgava tržišnim zakonima i u sferi privatnog života. Društvo tako postaje uronjeno u gospodarstvo, umjesto da je gospodarstvo uronjeno u društvo. Tržišna demokracija nudi se kao zamjena za socijalnu demokraciju, a budući da tržište nije podređeno etičkim normama ono osiromašuje društvene odnose koji se temelje na uzajamnosti i solidarnosti. Temelj obiteljskih odnosa je ljubav. Siromaštvo ni u kojem slučaju ne smije biti spomenuto u zakonu, niti se smije pojavljivati u obrazloženjima sudskih odluka kojima se roditelje kažnjava oduzimanjem roditeljskog prava.
Ključne riječi: siromaštvo djece, obiteljsko pravo, socijalna država
BESPLATNA PRAVNA POMOĆ U GRAĐANSKIM STVARIMA U PRAVNOM SISTEMU BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
Get PDFBesplatna pravna pomoć je zakonskim odredbama uređen način ostvarivanja prava fizičkog lica na jednak pristup pravdi pred sudom i drugim organima, čije troškove u cijelosti ili djelimično snosi organ za pružanje besplatne pravne pomoći. U demokratskim društvima mogućnost efikasne zaštite ugroženih i povrijeđenih prava osoba jedan je od osnovnih uslova za ostvarivanje principa vladavine prava i prava na pravično suđenje, koje je garantovano mnogim međunarodnim instrumentima o ljudskim pravima. Autorica u radu, primjenom komparativne metode, obrađuje institut besplatne pravne pomoći, te ističe odgovarajuće prijedloge de lege ferenda.
Ključne riječi: besplatna pravna pomoć, pravično suđenje, međunarodni izvor
KRIVIČNOPRAVNA ZAŠTITA PRAVA DJETETA NA IZDRŽAVANJE U FEDERACIJI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
Get PDFU slučaju neispunjena dužnosti roditelja da izdržavaju svoje maloljetno dijete, država se nije ograničila samo na primjenu sredstava u okviru porodičnog prava, već je, radi ostvarivanja prava na izdržavanje djeteta zagarantovanog međunarodnim dokumentima i nacionalnim zakonima, predvidjela i sredstva iz drugih pravnih područja. Krivično djelo Izbjegavanje izdržavanja predstavlja jedno od krivičnih djela iz glave XX Krivičnog zakona Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine: Krivična djela protiv braka, porodice i mladeži. U sklopu razmatranja ovog krivičnog djela sa kriminološkog aspekta, u ovom radu bit će obrađena fenomenologija krivičnog djela izbjegavanja izdržavanja izvršenog u periodu od 2008. do 2013. godine na području Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine. Poseban osvrt će biti dat na razloge ili motive zbog kojih je djelo izvršeno. Izvor podataka su pravomoćne presude Općinskih sudova u Federaciji Bosne i Hercegovine.
Ključne riječi: izdržavanje, najbolji interes djeteta, krivičnopravna zaštit
PROCEDURE I USLOVI ZA UVOZ MLIJEKA I MLIJEČNIH PROIZVODA PORIJEKLOM IZ TREĆIH ZEMALJA U EVROPSKU UNIJU - SLUČAJ BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
Get PDFKroz više od pola vijeka Evropska unija (EU) posvećena je uspostavljanju sistema sigurnosti hrane čije su osnovne odlike najviši svjetski standardi sigurnosti hrane i odsustvo njihove parcijalne primjene prema zemljama porijekla. Unošenje pošiljki hrane i hrane za životinje iz trećih zemalja na teritoriju EU moguće je samo pod uslovom da udovoljavaju zahtjevima koje propisuje acquis EU ili zakonodavstvo treće zemlje za koje je EU ocijenila da je istovjetno acquis-u. Posebno su zahtjevi rigidni za proizvode životinjskog porijekla sa kojima je povezan i veći rizik za potrošače, javno zdravlje i zdravlje životinja. Ovaj rad primarno analizira procedure i uslove za unošenje u EU mlijeka i mliječnih proizvoda, kao dio opštih procedura i uslova EU za unošenje proizvoda životinjskog porijekla iz trećih zemalja, te ih stavlja u kontekst Bosne i Hercegovine (BiH). U radu su korištene metode dedukcije, apstrakcije, sinteze, analize sadržaja i komparativne analize. Zaključna misao konstatira da BiH treba dalje raditi na uspostavljanju sistema službenih kontrola hrane i hrane za životinje, te da „ad hoc“ rješenja koja tretiraju samo jednu grupu proizvoda u sistemu, nisu održiva u dugom roku. Potrebni su sistemski zakoni koji će moći odgovoriti na zahtjeve EU i zahtjeve domaćih proizvođača i potrošača.
Ključne riječi: acquis EU, UHT mlijeko, uslovi, uvoz, izvoz, Ured za hranu i veterinarstvo (FVO), službene kontrole hrane i hrane za životinje.
(Mišljenja izražena u radu predstavljaju mišljenje autora i ne odražavaju mišljenje Direkcije za evropske integracije i Vijeća ministara Bosne i Hercegovine
EFEKTIVNA ZAŠTITA BIH GRAĐANA OD NESIGURNIH PROIZVODA KROZ HARMONIZACIJU TEHNIČKIH PROPISA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE SA DIREKTIVAMA EVROPSKE UNIJE
Get PDFBosna i Hercegovina se danas nalazi u vrlo nezavidnoj poziciji, jer pored toga što nema uspostavljen sistem sigurnosti proizvoda baziranog na evropskim standardima, sporadično se primjenjuju čak i propisi bivše Jugoslavije. To znači da građani BiH nisu ni na kakav način zaštićeni od nesigurnih proizvoda jer ne postoji nikakav adekvatan sistem koji bi ih zaštitio i osigurao kontrolu kvaliteta i provjere proizvoda koji se uvoze po evropskim standardima. Neposredni cilj ovog rada je da prikaže i približi značaj razumijevanja novog pristupa harmonizaciji tehničkih propisa u Evropskoj uniji (EU), koji je, kroz direktive novog pristupa rezultirao usklađivanju tehničkog zakonodavstva i ubrzano stvaranje evropskog tržišta koji primjer Bosna i Hercegovina (BiH) treba slijediti.
Sa druge strane, naše kompanije ne mogu izvoziti ni jedan proizvod na druga tržišta zbog toga jer u BiH ne postoji sistem ocjenjivanja usklađenosti proizvoda sa zahtjevima o sigurnosti. Prema tome, BiH je industrijski prilično izolovana, sa nerazvijenim sistemom zaštite građana od nesigurnih proizvoda što bi u budućnosti moglo dovesti do pitanja opstanka BiH tržišta u cjelini.
Na svom putu ka evropskim integracijama BiH mora preuzeti evropsko zakonodavstvo, od kojeg su direktive novog pristupa nezaobilazni segment. Preuzimanjem direktiva novog pristupa u BiH pravni sistem, izgradnja jedistvenog unutrašnjeg tržišta BiH će biti olakšana, kao i konkurentnost i otvorenost prema izvozu na evropsko i druga regionalana tržišta.
Radi postizanja navedenih ciljeva ovog članka, pravne, komparativne i sociološke metode metode će se koristiti.
Ključne riječi: direktive novog pristupa EU, usklađivanje, tehničko zakonodavstvo, žaštiita građan
Evaluating ESL Students’ Creativity in Writing
Get PDFWriting as a productive skill isan integral part of the language-learning process. However, students do not consider writing an easy skill to learn and many ESL teachers certainly consider it a difficult skill to teach.Creative writing normally refers to the production of texts that have an aesthetic rather than a purely informative, instrumental or pragmatic purpose. Creative writing in ESL classes has started developing lately, but only to be incorporated as a supportive skill in teaching writing.Responding to students’ writing is an important issue to discuss when considering teaching creative writing. Response is a process that includes peer review, peer editing and continuous feedback through the stages of creative writing. By providing constructive feedback, the teacherunderstandsa writer’s problems and intentions by making students responsible for finding and analyzing what needs to be improved.
Key words: teaching, writing, creativity, feedback, assessmen
Running Rabbits and Shoulder Markings: Metaphorical Terms in Aviation English
Get PDFThe role of metaphor as a basic cognitive mechanism in the construction and retrieval of specialized knowledge has been well studied within cognitive terminological theories (Faber, 2012; Tercedor Sánchez et al, 2012; Temmerman, 2000). However, the results of these analyses have mainly been applied in designing or improving terminological resources, leaving somewhat aside the impact metaphor has on bridging general and specialized knowledge, especially in the acquisition of new knowledge.
This paper discusses the role of metaphor as a cognitive process in the conceptualization of certain key concepts in the domain of aviation. A number of terms and their collocations that reflect metaphorical mappings from the source domains the HUMAN BODY and ANIMALS have been extracted out of a corpus of English aviation textbooks and manuals related to the field of air traffic management. Instances of metaphorical conceptual mapping are identified and analyzed both at the conceptual and terminological level.
Ana Ostroški Anić is a research assistant at the Department of General Linguistics of the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics in Zagreb, Croatia. Her research interests lie in the areas of terminology, specialized translation, LSP, phraseology, and cognitive semantics. She has been working on several terminological projects within the Croatian Special Field Terminology (Struna) program.
Keywords: ESP, LSP, terminology, Aviation Englis
The Interconnection and Interrelation Features of Words and Their Importance in Compiling Second Language Dictionaries
Get PDFIn the process of teaching language the most important task is to know the peculiarities of interconnection of words. And one of the effective factors of learning and teaching Uzbek as a second language is to conduct specific research on interconnection and interrelation features of words and to compose special dictionaries of the Uzbek language for Russian-speaking students. Meanwhile, the issue of interconnection and interrelation peculiarities of words has been investigated not only by many linguists but by some psychologists as well.One of those prominent psychological scientists is N.I.Jinkinn. According to him, the integration of speech units is divided into two phases. He also relates “the grammar field” with the second phase of speech-unitintegration. Furthermore, he points out that in the first phase of this process, words and word forms are spread out in the “speech field”. In the second phase a speaker selects the necessary words for the primary explanation of the idea,which is followed by the correct grammar form, and then collocates with a suitable word [1,45]. For instance, according to N.I.Jinkinn,a noun, an adjective and an adverb do not usually collocate with other words. They are called as lexics, which are spread in the “vocabulary field” but divided into characteristic groups.
Keywords: Uzbek language, dictionaries, interrelation, second language, interconnectio