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Learning communities and the acquisition of academic literacy skills of Generation 1.5 students at a community college: a case study
No full textGeneration 1.5 students are American-educated children of immigrants who have completed part of their elementary and sometimes, secondary education in their native country and in their native language before immigrating to the United States (Harklau, Losey, and Siegal, 1999; Goen, Porter, Swanson, & vanDommelen, 2002; Thonus, 2003). Because of the interruption in their education, many Generation 1.5 students experience difficulties as they negotiate through the academic reading and writing requirements of the freshman college composition course even after they graduate from an U.S. high school. At the same time, the schism in research between composition studies and second language instruction has resulted in the difficulty of composition specialists to understand and address problems faced by second language learners, especially Generation 1.5 students (Matsuda, 2003; Silva & Leki, 2004). This study investigated the impact of Learning Communities (LCs) as an alternative format of delivering instruction to Generation 1.5 students in freshman composition classes in a community college. An LC offers two or more linked classes as well as additional support in the form of tutoring, mentorship, and counseling to a cohort of students (Brownell & Swaner, 2009; Killachy, Thomas, & Accomando, 2002; Smith, MacGregor, Matthews, & Gabelnick, 2004). Participants in this semester-long study included six Generation 1.5 students, four of whom were enrolled in composition classes within two separate LCs, and two in a stand-alone composition course. Data for this study emerged from essays and interviews of the six participants as well as interviews with their instructors and tutors. These data were analyzed qualitatively to assess the manner in which the LCs shaped the writing skills of the participants. The study demonstrated that well-designed LCs had a number of positive, even redundant features from which several participants chose the most appropriate ones to improve their writing skills. In doing so, they became active actors in the learning process, using their funds of knowledge and working with instructors, tutors, and their peers to improve their academic skills. However, other students, some with a higher level of confidence in their writing skills, resisted the idea of participating in LCs and their academic progress was less obvious. The study is significant as it contributes to the fields of both second language composition studies and the learning communities. The study addresses the existing gap in research on Generation 1.5 students, a subset of second language learners, in the composition classroom. It also explores the potential of LCs in serving these students in their freshman year in college.Ed. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Mahua D
Ma Hwa Ring; Mahua SSR; Mahua Ring; Double Ring
No full textDouble, tightly coiled stainless steel ring. No cervical threads. The Ma Hwa or Mahua Ring was produced in seven sizes ranging from 18 to 24mm in diameter
STUDIES ON MAHUA STEROL FROM BASSIA LATIFOLIA
No full textSTUDIES ON MAHUA STEROL FROM BASSIA LATIFOLI
Mahua: A Holy Tree Owing Diverse Benefits
No full textMahua (Madhuca longifolia) occupies a significant place in the diet and economy of people belonging to the tribal community. It belongs to the Sapotaceae family. In India, it is majorly found in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Gujrat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal & Karnataka. Every part of this holy tree is used by the tribal people for their livelihood. However, nowadays importance of mahua as food is reduced due to urbanization. At present, the most popular use of mahua is in liquor making, due to its significant taste, smell, and high sugar content. The leaves and the bark of trees are used in medication, by tribal communities for curing various types of diseases. Mahua flower is a rich source of nutrients like vitamins, carbohydrates, minerals, enzymes, and organic acids. Earlier, value-added technology related to the diversified use of mahua was unknown that resulting in distressed sales. Keeping this in view an attempt was made to publicize its miscellaneous use for food security as well as higher income
Sejarah Terjemahan Karya Sastera Mahua Moden
No full textDalam arus kemajuan dan pembangunan bidang Pengajian Terjemahan, fokus dalam bidang ini diperluas daripada tumpuan semata-mata pada tekstual dan linguistik kepada pencerapan terjemahan sebagai aktiviti yang berkaitan rapat dengan konteks sosial. Selaras dengan anjakan tersebut, kajian ini dijalankan bagi menyelusuri sejarah terjemahan karya sastera Mahua moden (iaitu sastera yang dikarang oleh penulis Cina tempatan dengan menggunakan bahasa Cina) dalam bahasa Melayu dengan memberikan penekanan dari sudut sosiologi. Kajian ini menyasarkan tiga objektif utama, iaitu pertama, untuk meneroka, mengenal pasti dan mendokumentasikan terjemahan karya sastera Mahua moden dalam bahasa Melayu antara tahun 1919-2021, kedua, untuk mencerakin kewujudan bidang terjemahan tersebut melalui pengupasan terhadap faktor-faktor yang mendorong penterjemah untuk menterjemah karya sastera Mahua moden ke dalam bahasa Melayu, dan ketiga, untuk menganalisis peranan ejen-ejen utama (penerbit atau persatuan) dalam bidang penerbitan terjemahan karya sastera Mahua moden. Bagi mencapai objektif tersebut, definisi sejarah terjemahan oleh Woodsworth (1998), serta definisi dan pengkategorian sastera Mahua moden oleh Goh Thean Chye (1975) dimanfaatkan untuk mengenal pasti data kajian; lapan objek kajian sejarah terjemahan D’hulst (2010), konsep bidang, kapital dan ilusio oleh Bourdieu (1986, 1987, 1990 & 1993) serta model analisis struktur bidang penerbitan oleh Bourdieu (2017) dimanfaatkan sebagai kerangka teori untuk analisis data
The dissemination of modernist Mahua literature, 1959-1989 / Chiah Seng
No full textThis is a qualitative study and the subject is Mahua Modern Literature. Specifically, the study aims to analyse the strategies and methods employed by literary media in disseminating the Modernist Mahua Literature. The researcher has identified evidence which shows that the literary magazine Chao Foon Monthly, the Sirius Poetical Society and literati such as Bai Yao, Chen Ruixian and Wen Renping are the three main media vital in the dissemination of Modernist Mahua Literature. Research findings indicate that Mahua Literature has become a major component in the World Chinese Literature, and the emergence of Mahua Modernist Literature was the result of the influence by Modern Literature from Mainland China and Taiwan. The literary magazine Chao Foon Monthly is considered as one of the important media in promoting the emergence and development of Mahua Modernist Literature. It has employed various strategies to introduce and bring in the modernist resources from the West and Taiwan. It has finally changed the literary taste of local writers and readers, and also nurtured a big number of modernist writers. In the 1970s, the Sirius Poetical Society played an important part in promoting and strengthening Mahua Modernist Literature by publishing three representative anthologies of modernist poems and many other personal collections of different genres. It has thus enriched the publication of Mahua Modernist Literature. As for literati, Bai Yao was the pioneer in promoting and disseminating the modernist literature. He had written several articles to promote literary revolution and published the first modernist poem in Mahua literary arena. His footsteps were followed by Chen Ruixian, a modernist writer from Singapore, who joined the editorial board of Chao Foon Monthly and published various special issues to introduce Western modernist literature, modernist writers and the translations of modernist articles. During his term as the editor of Chao Foon Monthly from August 1969 to December 1974, he had supplied abundant resources to local writers and readers, thus improving the writing techniques of writers and consequently nurturing many Mahua modernist writers. The third literati Wen Renping on the other hand started disseminating the concept of modernism, the theories of modernist poetry and prose by publishing modernist poems, modernist prose and literary criticism in the 1970s. His poems and prose have proven that the use of modernist techniques is appropriate. It is very pertinent to recall here that Mahua Modernist Literature would have faced many difficulties without Chao Foon Monthly and its achievement would not have been as outstanding as what we have today. Similarly, without the Sirius Poetical Society, the three representative anthologies of Mahua modernist poems would not be published. Last but not least, the three literati Bai Yao, Chen Ruixian and Wen Renping have played active roles in disseminating Modernist Mahua Literature. In conclusion, the strategies employed by the three different media in disseminating Modernist Mahua Literature from 1950s to 1980s were successful
“Republic of Southern sinophone literature” and its memorandum a Uchronian Hong Kong–Mahua literary relation
No full textThis essay reexamines two Sinophone literary uchronias, i.e. Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) author Ng Kim Chew’s dystopian account of the People’s Republic of Nanyang, and Hong Kong writer Dung Kai-cheung’s fabrication of the history of a disappeared street in Hong Kong. As representative pieces of Sinophone literature, these two literary uchronias not only rewrite the authors’ local histories but also bring together a critical examination of the geo-political conditions in the Sinophone sphere. Reflecting on the spatialized and materialist models of world literature studies, this essay aims to investigate the Hong Kong-Mahua link in terms of their world-making power.</p
Emissions analysis on mahua oil biodiesel and higher alcohol blends in diesel engine
No full textHigh cetane number and energy content of octanol can be an excellent alternative fuels for existing diesel engines. It is necessary to have an extensive analysis on octanol as an additive in diesel engines. In this study neat mahua oil biodiesel is blended with different proportion of octanol in stationary diesel engine to observe its emission characteristics. Mahua oil biodiesel is prepared by conventional transesterification. The main aim of this study is to reduce various emissions of mahua oil biodiesel by appending octanol. This study discovered a significant reduction in all the emissions associated with mahua oil biodiesel by appending octanol at different proportions. Keywords: Higher alcohol, Mahua oil, Emissions, Combustio
Educational issues in Mahua fictions (1934-1999)
No full textChinese education in Malaysia began in the early 19th century. Since then, Chinese education has been an integral part of the Chinese community in Malaysia. It transmits the language and culture and therefore plays a vital role in the Chinese community. The Chinese community were of the utmost concerned about the development of their mother tongue education. From the establishment of Chinese
education up till now, it has all along gone through many obstacles and setback until what it has been preserved today. During this period, whatever hardships that the
Chinese education went through have become the inspiration of writing for Malaysian writers in Chinese. Since early 19th century, Chinese who came to Malaya as teachers used to write fictions based on local educational issues, together with their own observations and experiences. They had created a significant number of works that reflected the problems encountered by the Chinese education. After
independence, in order to preserve the mother-tongue education, the writers created many works that further reflected the voice of the Chinese community i.e. the
struggles, hardships and their pains. The writings were likening to perpetuate the Chinese culture. Mahua fictions further emphasized the points above. This study analyses the issues of Chinese education in the fictions in order to understand the social and cultural problems faced by the community. The period of this study started from 1934-1999, through the analysis of the subject content of these fictions, the Chinese education issues in the Mahua fictions in the 20th century are studied. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is the introduction; the second chapter outlines an overview of the writing of educational issues in Mahua fictions. The following third and fourth chapters reveal the objective and subjective factors that closely related to the Chinese education in Mahua literature. The fifth chapter is the conclusion of the thesis. The study found that the problem of education in the 20th century seen in Mahua fiction prevail that the relationship between Chinese education and Chinese literature are inseparable and closely related one to another. The problems of Chinese education in Malaysia are clearly reflected in Mahua fictions with themes of educational issues, and it seems to be a microcosm of the development of Chinese education in Malaysia
Pembinaan jati diri Kesusasteraan Mahua: gagasan dan perbahasan
No full textSebagai salah satu cabang kesusasteraan gejala baru pada era pasca kolonial, pembinaan jati diri kesusasteraan Mahua pada dasarnya banyak dipengaruhi faktor dari negara China, selain kolonialisme Barat dan mekanisme nasional selepas negara ini mencapai kemerdekaan. Dalam jangka masa yang agak panjang itu, dengan pembinaan jati diri budaya Mahua belum begitu ketara, persoalan bahasa dan genealogi budaya sememangnya telah menjadi isu yang perlu ditangani dalam proses penafsiran diri itu.(copied from articles
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