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IN THE WAKE OF METHOD
No full textAbstract: Related with the teaching profession and the Tool Box of the Language teacher, we dedicate this study to the debate on the issue of -To have or not to have a Learning and Instruction English language Methodology. The paper is a synthesis of the preoccupations of the English language teaching profession with the space created by the disappearance of Methods. Because the Pedagogical Methodology is an important component of the teaching profession tools, we consider that such reflective discussions on the topic of Learning and Teaching Methods is very useful for all the Teachers -beginners or mentor level practicionners, or even for the Teachers Trainers. The paper presents and comments on the limits and the myths of Method, and the post-Method condition
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Empowering english language educators through action research : VII Virtual International Spring Symposium Proceedings (26-27 March 2021 ; Bălţi)
No full textThe current proceedings incorporate the research results presented at the 7th Virtual International Symposium held at Alecu Russo Bălți State University. The contributions focus on current issues concerning action research in language education."Empowering english language educators through action research", virtual international spring symposium proceedings (7 ; 2021 ; Bălţi). VII Virtual International Spring Symposium Proceedings "Empowering english language educators through action research, 26-27 March 2021 / edited by: Silvia Bogdan, Dina Puiu ; scientific committee: Anca Cehan (Iaşi), Iulia Ignatiuc (Bălţi) [et al.] ; organizing committee: Silvia Bogdan (coordinator) [et al.]. – Bălţi : [s. n.], 2021 (Tipogr. din Bălţi SRL). – 204 p. : fig., tab. – ISBN 978-9975-50-263-4
Media anddigital literacy in language education : International Virtualsymposium (18-19 September, 2020 ; Bălţi)
No full textThe current proceedings incorporate the research results presented at the 6th International Virtual Symposium held at Alecu Russo Balti State University. The contributions focus on current issues concerning language development and innovative language teaching practice."Media and digital literacy in language education", international virtualsymposium (6 ; 2020 ; Bălţi). 6 th International Virtual Symposium "Media anddigital literacy in language education", 18-19 September 2020 / edited by: Ana Muntean, Dina Puiu ; scientific committee: Anca Cehan (Iași), Gheorghe Popa (Bălți) [et al.] ; organizing committee: Viorica Cebotaroş [et al.]. – Bălţi : [s. n.], 2020. – 158 p. : fig., tab. (Tipogr. "Indigou Color". – ISBN 978-9975-3490-0-0
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