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Le lexique mental dans l'enseignement du vocabulaire en FLE : le cas de l'acquisition du passé comosé par des apprenants hispanophones de français L3
No full textThis research presents the force that manifests the mental lexicon in teaching vocabulary in French as a foreign language. This experimental action research was developed with the experimental French group II EG from the program of modern languages at the University of Quindio in Armenia City, in Colombia. Students presented a low level in oral and written French activities. The lack of vocabulary was a recurrent element in the expression of the language. The purpose of this research is therefore focused on improving vocabulary acquisition in French through a series of learning sessions of the French’s present perfect taking into account the three pillars of the knowledge of words expressing by Nation 2013 meaning, form and usage and Pinker 2011 theory about words and rules the ingredients of language and evaluate these sessions to see that so affected their performance on a test of French, final exam. A pre-test and post examination was conducted, the first served as background to establish the problems that had students in learning this tense, the second measured results obtained by students after completion of the respective sessions. Results were compared to a control group CG. Through this study, it was concluded that the sessions learning of the French’s present perfect improved their capabilities to internalize the form, the meaning and usage of both regular and irregular French verbs to reduce the effect of fossilization of an error that was a recurring of students at all levels in the modern languages program. As a result, the EG performed better in the final exam than the CG and thus the appropriation of the French present perfect was improved.Cette recherche-action expérimentale présente la force qui manifeste le lexique mental dans l’enseignement du vocabulaire en FLE. Elle a été développée avec le groupe expérimental du français II du programme de lettres modernes à l’université du Quindío en Colombie. Les étudiants présentaient un faible niveau en français dans les activités orales et écrites. Le manque du vocabulaire a été un élément présent dans la production de la langue. Le but de cette recherche est d'améliorer l'acquisition du vocabulaire en français par le biais d'une série de séances d'apprentissage du passé composé en tenant compte les trois piliers de la connaissance des mots exprimés par Nation 2013 le sens la forme et l’utilisation et la théorie de Pinker 2011 sur les mots et les règles les ingrédients du langage et évaluer ces séances pour voir si elles ont affecté leur performance sur un test de français, examen final. Un pré-test et un post-test ont été appliqués, le premier a servi pour établir les problèmes qui avaient les étudiants en apprenant ce temps verbal, le second a mesuré les résultats obtenus après la fin des séances. Les résultats ont été comparés à ceux du groupe contrôle qui a eu un enseignement centré sur la grammaire. Les résultats obtenus suggèrent que les étudiants ont amélioré les compétences pour s’approprier de la forme, le sens et l’utilisation des verbes réguliers et irréguliers en français afin de réduire l’effet de fossilisation des erreurs ; récurrente des étudiants de tous les niveaux dans le programme. En conséquence, le groupe expérimental s’est mieux comporté dans l’examen final que le groupe contrôle et donc l’appropriation a été améliorée
Desarrollo de Estrategias de Comprensión de Lectura para las Pruebas Icfes Supérate de Grado 11
No full textThis article presents the results of an action research entitled “Development of Reading Comprehension Strategies for the high school Icfes (Supérate) tests, eleventh grade.” This pre-experimental research was carried out with a group of eleventh grade of the Santa Teresa de Jesús school in the city of Armenia, Quindío. The students had a poor level of comprehension of texts in English. This type of study requires a pre-test and a post-test, the former served as a means to evaluate the performance of the students in real tests, followed by a training course on more convenient reading strategies for the type of questions used in the high school Icfes (Supérate) tests, eleventh grade (ISG11, for its initials in Spanish)*. The post-test measured their performance after having finished their training in reading strategies. The purpose of this research was to improve their performance in the analysis of English texts, and to measure how training affects the performance of students in the ISG11 tests. It is concluded from this study that the reading workshops improved the students’ ability to understand readings as well as the degree of familiarity with the English section of the ISG11 tests. This research provides a guide to train students in how to answer this type of test. It was demonstrated that with the training in reading comprehension and recognition of the type of items present in the English session of the ISG11 tests, students are better prepared to overcome their difficulties. As a result of this, the students had a positive performance in the real ISG11 tests, raising for the first time in five years the level of English in the institution.Este artigo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa-ação intitulada “Desenvolvimento de estratégias de compreensão de leitura para o teste ‘Supérate’ de 11º ano”. Esta pesquisa pré-experimental foi realizada com um grupo de alunos de 11º ano da escola Santa Teresa de Jesus da cidade de Armenia, Quindio. Os alunos apresentaram um nível deficiente na compreensão de textos em inglês. Este tipo de estudo requer um pré-teste e um pós-teste, o primeiro serviu para avaliar o desempenho dos alunos nos testes reais, seguido de um curso de treinamento sobre as estratégias de leitura mais convenientes para o tipo de perguntas utilizadas no teste “ICFES Supérate” de 11º ano (ISG11). O pós-teste mediu seu desempenho após ter terminado o treinamento em estratégias de leitura. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi melhorar o desempenho na análise de textos em inglês e mensurar a forma em que o treinamento afeta o desempenho dos alunos no teste ISG11. Conclui-se, a partir deste estudo, que os workshops de leitura melhoram a capacidade dos alunos em compreender as leituras, bem como o grau de familiaridade com a secção de inglês do teste ISG11. Esta pesquisa fornece um guia para treinar os alunos a responder a esse tipo de teste. Foi demonstrado que, com o treinamento em compreensão de leitura e reconhecimento do tipo de itens presentes na secção de inglês do teste ISG11, os alunos estão mais bem preparados para superar suas dificuldades. Como resultado disso, os alunos tiveram um desempenho positivo nos testes reais ISG11, aumentando pela primeira vez em cinco anos o nível de inglês da instituição.Este articulo presenta los resultados de una investigación acción titulada “Desarrollo de estrategias de comprensión de lectura para las pruebas Supérate de grado 11”. Esta investigación pre experimental fue llevada a cabo con un grupo de grado 11 del colegio Santa Teresa de Jesús de la Ciudad de Armenia, Quindío. Los estudiantes presentaban un nivel deficiente en comprensión de textos en inglés. Este tipo de estudio requiere un pre test y un post test, el primero sirvió como medio para evaluar el desempeño de los estudiantes en las pruebas reales, seguido de un curso de entrenamiento en estrategias de lectura más convenientes para el tipo de preguntas usadas en las pruebas Icfes Supérate de grado 11 (ISG11). El pos test midió su desempeño luego de haber finalizado el entrenamiento en estrategias de lectura. El propósito de esta investigación era mejorar el desempeño en el análisis de textos en inglés y medir cómo el entrenamiento incide en el desempeño de los estudiantes en las pruebas ISG11. Se concluye de este estudio que los talleres de lectura mejoraron la capacidad de los estudiantes para comprender lecturas como también el grado de familiaridad con la sección de inglés de las pruebas ISG11. Esta investigación proporciona una guía para entrenar a los estudiantes a responder este tipo de test. Fue demostrado que con el entrenamiento en comprensión de lectura y reconocimiento del tipo de ítems presente en la sesión de inglés de las pruebas ISG11, los estudiantes están mejor preparados para superar sus dificultades. Como resultado de esto, los estudiantes tuvieron un desempeño positivo en las pruebas reales ISG11, aumentando por primera vez en cinco años el nivel de inglés en la institución
The mental lexicon in french foreign language vocabulary teaching and learning : the case of the acquisition of the past perfect by Colombian L3 french learners
No full textCette recherche-action expérimentale présente la force qui manifeste le lexique mental dans l’enseignement du vocabulaire en FLE. Elle a été développée avec le groupe expérimental du français II du programme de lettres modernes à l’université du Quindío en Colombie. Les étudiants présentaient un faible niveau en français dans les activités orales et écrites. Le manque du vocabulaire a été un élément présent dans la production de la langue. Le but de cette recherche est d'améliorer l'acquisition du vocabulaire en français par le biais d'une série de séances d'apprentissage du passé composé en tenant compte les trois piliers de la connaissance des mots exprimés par Nation 2013 le sens la forme et l’utilisation et la théorie de Pinker 2011 sur les mots et les règles les ingrédients du langage et évaluer ces séances pour voir si elles ont affecté leur performance sur un test de français, examen final. Un pré-test et un post-test ont été appliqués, le premier a servi pour établir les problèmes qui avaient les étudiants en apprenant ce temps verbal, le second a mesuré les résultats obtenus après la fin des séances. Les résultats ont été comparés à ceux du groupe contrôle qui a eu un enseignement centré sur la grammaire. Les résultats obtenus suggèrent que les étudiants ont amélioré les compétences pour s’approprier de la forme, le sens et l’utilisation des verbes réguliers et irréguliers en français afin de réduire l’effet de fossilisation des erreurs ; récurrente des étudiants de tous les niveaux dans le programme. En conséquence, le groupe expérimental s’est mieux comporté dans l’examen final que le groupe contrôle et donc l’appropriation a été améliorée.This research presents the force that manifests the mental lexicon in teaching vocabulary in French as a foreign language. This experimental action research was developed with the experimental French group II EG from the program of modern languages at the University of Quindio in Armenia City, in Colombia. Students presented a low level in oral and written French activities. The lack of vocabulary was a recurrent element in the expression of the language. The purpose of this research is therefore focused on improving vocabulary acquisition in French through a series of learning sessions of the French’s present perfect taking into account the three pillars of the knowledge of words expressing by Nation 2013 meaning, form and usage and Pinker 2011 theory about words and rules the ingredients of language and evaluate these sessions to see that so affected their performance on a test of French, final exam. A pre-test and post examination was conducted, the first served as background to establish the problems that had students in learning this tense, the second measured results obtained by students after completion of the respective sessions. Results were compared to a control group CG. Through this study, it was concluded that the sessions learning of the French’s present perfect improved their capabilities to internalize the form, the meaning and usage of both regular and irregular French verbs to reduce the effect of fossilization of an error that was a recurring of students at all levels in the modern languages program. As a result, the EG performed better in the final exam than the CG and thus the appropriation of the French present perfect was improved
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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