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子ども向け絵本シリーズの語彙使用レベルの研究
No full text2016年に始まった Family Reading プロジェクト（FRP）は，日本人小学生の親を対象に，英語絵本の読み聞かせを練習する機会を提供するものである（Ferguson, Sponseller, & Yamada, 2017）。FRP で用いる絵本は，内容が面白いだけでなく，プロジェクトに参加する親の語彙に合わせて選ばなければならないが，現在，子ども向けテクストの包括的なコーパスや，その難易度を測定する方法は確立されていない。本研究の主目的は，FRP に用いるテクストの一貫した分析方法の開発とその改良にある。FRP が将来にわたって継続されていくためには，語彙に基づいてFRP で用いる本を選ぶ必要がある。そこで，子ども向け絵本シリーズとして有名な The Berenstain Bears から55作品を選んで電子化し，小規模コーパスを作成した。本論文では，そこからシリーズ全体と個別の作品の語彙使用レベルに関して調査し，今後のFRP において使用可能なテクストの評価について示唆を述べる。The Family Reading Project (FRP), initiated in 2016, trains Japanese parents to read English language storybooks to their elementary schoolers (Ferguson, Sponseller, & Yamada, 2017). One challenge the FRP has faced is selecting storybooks that are not only interesting in terms of content but lexically within the reach of the participating parents. At present, no comprehensive corpus of children’s texts or principled manner for measuring the difficulty of a text for children exists. The primary aim of this research was to begin developing and refining a principled approach to analyzing candidate texts for inclusion in the FRP. A principled approach is needed if the FRP wishes to make lexically-informed book selections for future iterations of the program. Fifty-five titles from the popular children’s storybook series The Berenstain Bears were digitized in order to create a miniature corpus. The lexical profiles for the series overall as well as individual titles that were generated and investigated are discussed, and implications for evaluating potential texts for use in the FRP are briefly discussed
Aaron Abbott
No full textPhotograph of Aaron Abbott of Sulphur, OK, c. 1910-1918. He was a publisher and author of, "The Lure of the Indian Country" using the pseudonym Oleta Littleheart
The C-terminal domains of leucyl-tRNA synthetases
No full textThe mitochondrial Leucyl-tRNA synthetase (mtLeuRS) of certain Caenorhabditis species contains an idiosyncratic C-terminal addition. Bioinformatic analyses identified this domain in the mtLeuRS and also four putative nuclear localization sequences (NLSs) encoded within the domain (Ezak, Hong, Chaparro-Garcia, & Ferkey, 2010). This C-terminal extension of Caenrhabditis mitochondrial LeuRS, or CECL domain, is highly positively charged and shows no obvious homologs in protein databases. Bioinformatic and computational modeling suggest that CECL is an added domain rather than being a part of the canonical C-terminal domain. An annotated splice-variant of the mitochondrial LeuRS hints at a mechanism for subcellular localization. Deletion of CECL from the chromosome prevents homozygous worms from surviving fertilization in most cases. From these observations, we hypothesize that the mitochondrial LeuRS of C. elegans performs an alternate nuclear function, perhaps carried out specifically in the neurons of the animal.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-12-01The student, Aaron Frimel, accepted the attached license on 2016-12-07 at 13:02.The student, Aaron Frimel, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-12-07 at 13:04.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-12-08 at 16:13.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10471 on 2017-02-28 at 14:43:22Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-01T17:02:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Author Correction: Discovery and refinement of genetic loci associated with cardiometabolic risk using dense imputation maps
No full textCorrection to: Nature Genetics https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3668, published online 26 September 2016.
In the version of the article published, the surname of author Aaron Isaacs is misspelled as Issacs
Violence and Restraint: An Interview with Aaron Sheehan-Dean
No full textToday we are speaking with Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Fred C. Frey Professor of Southern Studies at Louisiana State University and the Chair of LSU’s History Department. He teaches courses on nineteenth-century U.S. history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and southern History. He is the author of Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia (UNC Press, 2007), Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2008), and is the editor of several other volumes. His most recent book, The Calculus of Violence: How Americans Fought the Civil War, was released by Harvard University Press in Fall, 2018. [excerpt
Arte Fragmentada: <em>A \ufaltima Obra Prima</em> de Aaron Slobodj
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altima Obra Prima de Aaron Slobodj (2004) de Jos\ue9 Carlos Fernandes assenta nas ideias de fragmenta\ue7\ue3o e de mistifica\ue7\ue3o: apresenta uma obra composta por supostos fragmentos de texto e ilustra\ue7\ue3o que podem ser associados indiferentemente pelo leitor e um autor inventado como se fosse real. Embora Fernandes seja sobretudo um autor de banda desenhada, a defini\ue7\ue3o do g\ue9nero do presente livro n\ue3o \ue9 facilmente resolvida e os textos cr\uedticos e biobibliogr\ue1ficos inclu\ueddos no volume contribuem para a sua indecidibilidade genol\uf3gica. Al\ue9m das quest\uf5es referidas, o livro de Fernandes permite refletir sobre uma quest\ue3o comparatista fulcral: a rela\ue7\ue3o entre dois meios de representa\ue7\ue3o distintos, texto e ilustra\ue7\ue3o. ABSTRACT: A
altima Obra Prima de Aaron Slobodj (2004) by Jos\ue9 Carlos Fernandes can be described as a fake in fragments, since the book consists of fragments, both texts and illustrations, that the reader can freely relate and Slobodj is an invented author who is taken as a real one. Although Fernandes is mainly known for his comics, the genre of A
altima Obra Prima de Aaron Slobodj is not easily definable. Moreover, the critical and bio-bibliographical texts included in the volume reinforce the difficulty in identifying its genre. Additionally, Fernandes’ book invites a comparative perspective to discuss the relationship between two different media, text and illustration
Attempting to Develop Transferrable Oral Fluency in Storybook Reading: A Yomikikase Case Study
No full textA popular component of family literacy programs consists of encouraging parents to read stories to/with their children. Reading together has been linked with considerable improvements in literacy in L1 contexts, however reading together in an L2 remains underexplored. In Japan this area is practically unexplored altogether. Given most Japanese parents of elementary-age children today have been through six years of compulsory English in JHS and HS, as well as the fact that the storybooks used in such programs are typically comprised of low-level vocabulary and accompanied by pictures that support the story, it is reasonable to wonder if a storybook reading intervention for Japanese parents presents a feasible option for augmenting young Japanese English learners’ English language development. Specifically, this study investigated two things. First, are oral fluency gains in storybook reading possible for a Japanese reader of English storybooks over just 10 days? Second, do hypothetical fluency gains in reading one storybook aloud transfer to a storybook of similar difficulty? This case study followed one participant over the course of ten days as she practiced reading a single storybook aloud. She spent three days reading aloud, three more days listening to a native speaker model of the text and then reading aloud, and finally three days shadowing that native speaker model. The results showed excellent gains on the text practiced for over 10 days, however no transferrable fluency gains were observed for the second storybook. The case study participant offers her thoughts on the texts and activities. Limitations of the study and implications for future research in this area are briefly discussed
Exploring EAP Self-Efficacy Ratings of an Academic Faculty at a Major Japanese Research University
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「スーパー・グローバル大学創生支援事業」下における学部構成員の学術英語に対する自己効力感の調査 : ラッシュ（Rasch, G.）の方法論を用いた学部構成員のための段階的な課題設定
No full text文部科学省が創設した「スーパー・グローバル大学創生支援事業」のもと，各大学はこれまで行ってきた大学のグローバル化のための方策や取り組みを，より高い目標へと転換する必要に迫られている。これまで，各大学において実施されてきたグローバル化を目指すための主要な取り組みは，留学生や外国人教員の増員，英語による授業の開講，教員や大学院生による国際学会発表や海外の学会誌への投稿の奨励などであった。本研究では，日本のある主要大学の一学部において，大学のグローバル化を図る手段として実施された，学部構成員の学術英語に対する自己効力感の調査について述べる。調査では，ラッシュ（Rasch, G.）の方法論を用いて学部構成員の学術英語能力に関する喫緊の課題を特定し，学部は，その結果に基づいて一連のワークショップの企画に着手した。本研究で提示した調査結果は，何をもって学部構成員が学術英語を使える／使えないと判断したかという点を含め，調査の過程と方法の両面において限界性を持つ。また，大学全体を対象として同じ調査を展開する場合にも，改良する余地を残すと思われる。Upon attaining the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology’s (MEXT) designation of the so-called “Super Global” university status, universities must necessarily shift their focus from merely setting aggressive goals to the actual implementation of policies and practices which will move them toward meeting those lofty goals. In many cases a significant portion of the benchmarks these universities are aiming to reach involve increasing the enrollment of foreign students, the number of foreign faculty, the courses taught in English, and the frequency with which their faculty and students present at international conferences and publish in international journals. The following research illustrates how one department at a major research university in Japan has taken the initial steps in this direction by developing and distributing a brief survey exploring faculty members’ feelings of self-efficacy in English for academic purposes (EAP). By employing a Rasch-based analysis to validate the items on that survey, the department was then able to begin taking the initial steps towards meeting their Super Global goals by designing a series of workshops targeting the academic English skills identified by the faculty as most critically needed. The focus of the research presented here, however, is limited to a discussion of the challenges involved in the process of designing and validating an instrument capable of quickly measuring what faculty members believe they can and cannot do academically in English. Possible improvements for the next iteration of this instrument, which may be deployed across the entire university, are also included
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