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Exploring the Effectiveness of Songs for Learning Improvement: A Case of Elementary Level Students’ English Skills
Get PDFThis research study explores the effectiveness of incorporating songs into the English language learning curriculum for elementary-level students, focusing on their impact on various language skills. In an educational landscape that increasingly emphasizes creative and engaging approaches, this investigation delves into the potential benefits of integrating songs into traditional language instruction. This study was a descriptive qualitative study, while the data is collected through classroom observations and literature studies in order to provide a comprehensive view of the multifaceted effects of using songs as a pedagogical tool. The findings highlight the positive influence of songs on vocabulary acquisition, pronunciation refinement, and listening comprehension development. Additionally, songs contribute to a richer cultural context for language learning, fostering greater cultural awareness among elementary students. Importantly, the research underscores the motivational power of songs, which enhances student engagement and willingness to participate actively in English language activities. This research concludes that integrating songs into the curriculum is a promising strategy for enhancing English language skills at the elementary level. It advocates for a thoughtful and strategic approach to song selection and pedagogical methods while recognizing the need for continued exploration and research to refine the implementation of songs in language education. Ultimately, this study underscores the value of creative and engaging learning methods in nurturing well-rounded language skills among young learners
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
Integrated Skill in English Language Learning: Examining Folklore-Implemented Teaching Toward EFL Students’ English Skill
Get PDFThis correlational study investigates the impact of folklore-implemented teaching on the integrated English language skills of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. Embracing a holistic approach to language learning, the study explores the interconnected development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills when exposed to the immersive context of folklore narratives. The study employs a correlational research design to analyze the associations between folklore-implemented teaching and the enhancement of various language skills. Utilizing qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, including questionnaire, observations, and literature study, the research seeks to discern patterns and correlations that elucidate the potential benefits of integrating folklore into the EFL curriculum. The findings contribute valuable insights into the effectiveness of folklore-based instruction in cultivating not only linguistic proficiency but also cultural awareness among EFL learners, where from data processing, sig 0.039 < 0.05 means reject Ho, thus it can be understood that there is a significant correlation or relationship between the folklore-implemented and student English skills in integrated learning. The results may inform instructional practices and curriculum design, providing a foundation for the integration of folklore as a pedagogical tool to enhance the integrated language skills of EFL students. Ultimately, the study contributes to the ongoing discourse on innovative and culturally relevant approaches to language education, aiming to advance the quality and efficacy of English language instruction for diverse learner populations
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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