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Do ESP Students Prefer Face-to-Face Instruction Over Digitally Embedded Instruction? Blogs vs. Reports? Debates vs. Online Discussion?
No full textAbstractThis paper is a part of the PhD study carried at the South East European University in Macedonia. So far, no relevant research has been done with the students at the SEEU regarding their expanding preferences for both in-class learning and technological resources for learning English. The author has attempted to determine how the technology can be optimally used to improve students⿿ English language learning and increase their motivation and participation. In order to conduct this research and gather useful results, combined qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were used, such as classroom assignments, student questionnaires and structured interviews with randomly selected students. For the purpose of conducting the research one class of ESP students with compare-contrast types of digital literacy was used. The idea was for the author to create tasks that are similar but means to learning is different. This paper will focus on students⿿ preferences in writing in-class reports vs. online blogs and in-class discussions vs. online discussions done in the SEEU's LMS. Instructors can provide the most beneficial learning environment for their students if they understand whether students prefer a digital learning environment, either in some situations, not at all, or always. The expected conclusions of the proposed study are as follows: 1. It is difficult to prove a statement that digital learning is always as effective as in-class instruction is. 2. The digital learning depends a great deal on students⿿ initiative and motivation
Digital vs in-Person Learning Environment in ESP Classrooms: Let the Students Decide
No full textIn this study of English Foreign Language Learners, the author explored the learning preferences of 14 students (ages 18-20) enrolled in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. All students were provided with the same content, course materials, assignments and time for completing the assignments. They were all given the same pre and post-learning questionnaire, writing tasks and final exam. However, they completed these tasks either in a digital environment or in-class
Learning English in a cuturally diverse classroom - the case of South East European University in Macedonia
No full textTeaching in a culturally and ethnically diverse classroom can be an experience worth sharing because both students and teachers bring their own background into the classroom and that affects the process of teaching and learning. The presented study was carried out with students from the first and second year attending the South East European University in Macedonia during the fall term of the 2014/15 academic year. This is a culturally and ethnically diverse institution, which makes English language classroom a challenging place to teach and learn in. The students were given a set of questionnaires and the collected data were analyzed according to students’ level of English. An interesting finding suggested that students from higher level of English not only knew the English language better, but were more aware of the different cultural characteristics within Macedonia and were willing to learn more
Teaching ESP in the Digital World – Developing a Blended Learning Environment for Computer Science Students
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Variations on the Author
No full text“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
Imparare le lingue per abbracciare il mondo
No full textL’autrice che si colloca, come Daniela Zorzi, tra i fautori di una linguistica “impegnata”, propone in ricordo della studiosa amica, una riflessione sul ruolo cruciale del multilinguismo e delle lingue- culture, per il successo professionale e il benessere sociale, nella società contemporanea. Il multilinguismo appare come un’urgenza educativa che interpella studiosi e formatori a tutti i livelli al fine di promuovere nei giovani un apprendimento consapevole efficace ed autonomo.Multilingualism constitutes an urgent objective for education, which needs to involve teachers and researchers at all levels if we are to promote effective and autonomous learning in the young. Like Daniela Zorzi, the author considers herself a socially engaged linguist, and in memory of her friend’s work, offers a reflection on the key roles of languages and cultures and of multilingualism for professional success and social welfare today
Reclamações ambientais em Aveiro, Portugal: atores, preocupações, padrão territorial e resoluções
No full textThis paper presents an environmental diagnosis based on public complaints on environmental
issues submitted to the Environmental Department of the Aveiro City Council, Portugal, between
2000 and 2005. It discusses the potential influences of these in local environmental planning
and governance. The paper has been organised into five sections. The first of these introduces
the study. The second section focuses on the conceptual approaches relating to environmental
grassroots movements, the main actors involved in these movements and the role played by
local government. It also contains a brief review of the most recent urban environmental
quality challenges in the European context together with a description of the main features of
the associated political and legal framework in Portugal. The third section describes the case
study and the methodology used. The results of the empirical study are detailed in the fourth
section. The final section critically analyses these results with emphases on the temporal
evolution of the submission of complaints, the actors involved, the local environmental problems
and their associated spatial pattern as well as the responses given by the City Council. This
information may then be used to provide a useful indicator for the perception of environmental
quality as well as a credible instrument for the visualisation and evaluation of local performance
in terms of environmental planning and management.AlBan Programme - n. E05M053040B
Jak rozumieć „historyczność” biblijnego Daniela? Różne kierunki wyjaśniania orędzia Księgi Daniela
No full textThe subject of this article is the issue of the historicity of the figure of Daniel, who is the main character of the biblical book bearing his name. The question of whether Daniel is a historical or just a literary figure is important because it influences the exegesis of the text of the Book of Daniel. First, the author will indicate the reasons for questioning the historicity of Daniel, and then he will present different approaches to interpreting the content of the Book of Daniel.Przedmiotem artykułu jest kwestia historyczności postaci Daniela, który jest głównym bohaterem księgi biblijnej noszącej jego imię. Pytanie o to, czy Daniel jest postacią historyczną, czy tylko literacką, jest ważne z tego powodu, że ma wpływ na egzegezę tekstu Księgi Daniela. Najpierw autor wskaże powody, na podstawie których podważa się historyczność Daniela, a następnie przedstawi różne podejścia w interpretacji treści Księgi Daniela
Selected Works of Daniela Krolupperová in Leisure Education for Reading
No full textThis thesis is concerned with usage of selected works of contemporary Czech author Daniela Krolupperová in leisure time education to reading. The thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. In theoretical part the curriculum vitae and literary creation of the crucial author of publishing houses Albatros, Mladá fronta and Portál Daniela Kroulupperová is presented. Further, literary genre preferred by the author, target groups and selected methods of her work incl. texts used in practical parts, are described. There are also working sheets, their verification in practice and reflection in practical part
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