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Vizualizācijas skolēna saziņas kompetences attistības sekmēšana

2020

Diplomdarba “Vizuālizācijas skolēna saziņas kompetences attistības sekmēšana ” mērķis ir pārbaudīt un izstrādāt jauno metodiku piemērotu lai apgūt jaunu materiālu, iemācīt jaunus vārdus svešvalodā. Pētījuma aktualitāti nosaka vizualizācijas integrēšanu svešvalodas apgušana mācību procesā un ļaut risināt daudzus pedagoģiskus uzdevumus, kas saistīti ar bērna intelektuālās, mākslinieciskās un estētiskas izglītības veidošanos.

Personality filter of the English student at South Carelia Polytechnic

2001

The Translation of Sex-Related Language: The Danger(s) of Self-Censorship(s)1

2009

While censorship is an external constraint on what we can publish or (re)write, self-censorship is an individual ethical struggle between self and context. In all historical circumstances, translators tend to produce rewritings which are ‘acceptable’ from both social and personal perspectives. The translation of swearwords and sex-related language is a case in point, which very often depends on historical and political circumstances, and is also an area of personal struggle, of ethical/moral dissent, of religious/ideological controversies. In this paper we analyse the translation of the lexeme fuck into Spanish and Catalan. We have chosen two novels by Helen Fielding—Bridget Jones’s Diary (…

The Relationship between Knowing Sign Language and Quality of Life among Italian People Who Are Deaf: A Cross-Sectional Study

2023

Deafness is a medical condition with important relational implications. This condition could affect well-being and self-esteem and cause social anxiety. Sign language is not only a simple mimic but can be considered as a different kind of communication that could be protective for those who have learned it. However, some people do not use sign language because they think it can be marginalizing. The present study aimed to compare the quality of life (QoL) between people who learned Italian sign language as their first language with those who had never learned it or learned it later. This cross-sectional study involved 182 deaf Italian adults (70.3% females) who were recruited from Ente Nazi…

Self-assessment : a motivating tool for achieving better language skills

2011

Kielitaidon itsearviointi on tärkeä taito, sillä sen avulla kielten oppijat voivat tehostaa oppimistaan toisaalta arvioimalla kielitaitonsa tasoa ja toisaalta asettamalla mielekkäitä oppimistavoitteita. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää kielten opiskelijoiden kykyä arvioida kielitaitoaan ja käsityksiä itsestään kielenoppijoina. Tutkimukseen osallistui 59 Jyväskylän yliopiston kielten laitoksen pää- ja sivuaineopiskelijaa. Aineisto kerättiin lokakuussa 2009 osana ainelaitoksen kurssia Johdatusta kieleen ja sen tutkimukseen, ja se koostuu opiskelijoiden kurssin oppimistehtävää varten kirjoittamista noin sivun pituisista kirjoitelmista. Opiskelijoita pyydettiin tehtävässä arvioimaan…

L2 or L3? Foreign Language Enjoyment and Proficiency

2017

Enjoyment is among the achievement emotions encountered in school and university settings. While often identified with a sense of belonging not necessarily connected with learning (Lumby, 2011), foreign language enjoyment (FLE) in SLA has been found to correlate with teachers’ professional and affective skills, and the existence of a supportive peer group. The risk involved with meeting the challenges of the SLA process induces both private and social feelings of FLE (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2016). This study hypothesizes that a good command of language may be a source of elevated levels of enjoyment, because greater language proficiency is connected with greater control perception, especially…

Positive Predictive Value of Extraversion in Diagnosing L2WTC

2021

Willingness to communicate in a foreign/second language (L2 WTC) is now considered an influential variable underlying the second and foreign language learning processes. It is also perceived in terms of a fundamental goal of second language education, because its higher levels result in a greater desire to practise oral communication, bringing about successful language learning. According to the pyramid model of L2 WTC, it is rooted in personality which produces both distal and enduring influences on a student’s verbal behaviour. It can thus be expected that extraversion, a personality dimension identified with energy and enthusiasm and characterised by sensitivity to reward and sociability…

Kritisku gadījumu analīze 11. klases skolēnu pašrefleksijas prasmju attīstībā angļu valodas stundās

2016

Darba mērķis ir izpētīt, kā kritisku gadījumu analīze ir izmantojuma 11. klases angļu valodas (kā svešvalodas) stundās, lai veicinātu skolēnu pašrefleksijas prasmes. Pētījumā piedalījās divdesmit divi 11. Klases skolēni un viens skolotājs. Pētījums noformēts kā skolotāja portfolio. Darba praktiskā daļa pamatota ar teorētiskiem pētījumiem. Pētījumā nepieciešamie dati iegūti, veicot skolēnu aptaujas, individuālās un grupu intervijas, skolēnu pašrefleksijas žurnālu un analizējot skolēnu rakstiska atsauksmes. Lai attīstītu skolēnu pašrefleksijas prasmes un nosacījuma palīgteikumu (conditional phrases) lietojumu, pētījumā tika izmantota Flanagana (Flannagan, 1954) un Tripa (Tripp, 1993) attīstīt…

Motivational Regulations Across the Stages of Change for Exercise in the General Population of Monterrey (Mexico)

2018

Few studies have examined exercise adherence in the Mexican population using self-determination theory proposals and the stages of change model. The objectives of this study were:(a) to translate and adapt the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3 (BREQ-3) to Mexican Spanish and examine its internal consistency and factorial structure (six dimensions); and (b) to analyse variations in behavioral regulations using the stages of change model. This study included 530 participants between 11 and 76 years old who lived in the metropolitan area of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The Mexican version of the BREQ-3 presented an acceptable six-factor model that agrees with the …

Dynamic assessment of word derivational knowledge: Tracing the development of a learner

2016

The present paper reports on a case study that explored the applicability of dynamic assessment (DA) for promoting learners’ word derivational knowledge in English as a second or a foreign language (L2). One learner’s performance on tasks assessing his word derivational knowledge was measured four times. The first two measurements were conducted before and after three weekly human-mediated DA sessions and the last two, which took place a year and a half later, before and after three weekly computerised DA sessions. Think aloud protocols and interviews were used to trace changes in the learner’s use of strategies and knowledge sources. The results revealed that following the dynamic assessme…