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Enhancing Cultural Awareness in Students at First Level at the UPTC in Sogamoso
Authors: Barrera Cárdenas Mauricio 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis project examines cultural awareness of 16 students of the basic English level at the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Sectional- Sogamoso. This intervention was used in order to betterapproach the students and improve the class environment. A KWL chart was used as strategy to encourage the participants. In order to answer the procedure of the first part of the KWL chart, an intervention wasused to clarify and motivate students to speak about their own cultural background. Findings suggest that culture could have an important place and its meaning attend a revision in the program at this institution.Also, the development of cultural awareness is visible in the EFL classroom. However this aspect must be discussed in order toincorporate it in the curriculum, the use of materials and methodology.Keywords: cultural awareness, English/ foreign language. Learner, Sociocultural, EFL classroom ResumenEste proyecto analiza la concienciación cultural en 16 estudiantes de inglés básico en la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Seccional- Sogamoso. Esta intervención se hizo a fin de mejorar elambiente en la clase. Un cuadro de KWL se utilizó como estrategia para motivar a los estudiantes ha hablar de su propia cultura. Los resultados sugieren que la cultura puede tener un lugar importante en estainstitución. También, el desarrollo de la concienciación cultural en el salón de inglés como lengua extranjera es visible. Sin embargo, se debe promover la incorporación de aspectos culturales en los materialesy en la metodología de clase. . A fin de responder Palabras clave: concienciación cultural, inglés como lengua extranjera, salón de inglés como lengua extranjera.
Assessment Alternatives within the English Classroom
Authors: Carvajal Téllez Angélica María 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article is the result of an action research project carried out at the Normal Superior Sor Josefa del Castillo y Guevara School with a group of five trainee teachers and one English teacher. In this paper, I report aresearch study which aims to show how trainee teachers implement Assessments Alternatives within the English classroom using Task Based Learning (TBL), the changes in the assessment practices and the washback of including learners’ needs in the evaluation process. The study showed that trainee teachers used different teachers’ roles when administering TBL lessons, it also reveals that assessment practices were influenced by previous learning experiences as learners, so that they had to make decisions spontaneously. And finally the study allowed trainee teachers to be aware of the facts in their practicum.Key words: Assessment, Alternative Assessment, complementary training program, language awareness, teaching practice.ResumenEste artículo es el resultado de una investigación acción desarrollada en la Escuela Normal Superior Sor Josefa del Castillo y Guevara con un grupo de cinco docentes en formación y su docente de inglés. En este artículo se reporta un estudio investigativo que mostró como los docentes en formación implementaron alternativas de evaluación en las clases de Inglés usando el aprendizaje basado en tareas, los cambios en la evaluación y el impacto que tienen las practicas evaluativas que incluyen las necesidades de los estudiantes . El estudio reveló que las prácticas evaluativas fueron influenciadas por las experiencias deaprendizaje previo y que en consecuencias los docentes en formación deben tomar decisiones en forma espontanea. Finalmente, el estudio permitió que los docentes en formación tomaran conciencia de las situaciones que se presentan en su práctica pedagógica.Palabras clave: evaluación, alternativas de evaluación, programa de formación complementaria, conciencia del lenguaje, practica pedagógica.
Promoting Critical Thinking through Problem-Based Instruction
Authors: Díaz Rojas Jeyson Ricardo , Herrera Rojas Clemencia 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article presents a reflection and a potential applicative proposal about Problem-Based Learning (PBL), in order to change the perspective that students and teachers of public schools and technological adult institutions have about the learning of English in Tunja. This proposal intends to raise awareness about the language learning process, which may not only be the acquisition of rules and grammar structures but also a means to develop critical thinking skills in the students. This process will be developed through six stages, in which students will be invited to reflect and question their learning processes. Problembased learning may help us to change the wrong perception that our students and EFL teachers have regarding the value of learning and using the English language.Key words: problem-based learning, critical thinking, Language learning, Problematic situations, Teaching practices, Public InstitutionsResumenEste artículo presenta una reflexión y una posible propuesta de aplicación sobre el aprendizaje basado en la solución de problemas, con la cual se espera cambiar la perspectiva que los estudiantes y profesores de colegios de instituciones públicas tecnológicas para adultos de la ciudad de Tunja tienen sobre el aprendizaje del idiomainglés. Esta propuesta busca que el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera no se oriente solamente a la adquisición de reglasy estructuras gramaticales, sino que también sea un medio para desarrollar habilidades de pensamiento crítico en los estudiantes.Este proceso se realizará a través de seis etapas en las cuales se invitará a los aprendices a que reflexionen e indaguen sobre sus procesos de aprendizaje. El aprendizaje basado en problemas nos podría ayudar a cambiar la percepción errónea que nuestros estudiantes y profesores de lengua extranjera tienen respecto a la utilidad del aprendizaje y el uso de la lengua inglesa.Palabras clave: aprendizaje basado en la Solución de Problemas, Pensamiento Crítico, Aprendizaje de una lengua, Situacionesproblemáticas, Prácticas de enseñanza, Instituciones Publicas
Literary Show: A Space to Share Students’ Compositions
Authors: Buitrago Escobar Carmen Julia 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis project proposes composition and oral presentation of rhymes in a literary show as a strategy to help students incorporate pronunciation patterns in their speech, based on certain vowel sounds. This paperdescribes a small-scale research project conducted in a public school classroom located in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá (Colombia). All the students in our research were sixth grade students1. In order to collectaccurate information, the following methods were used: a survey, an observation format, a tape recording, and students’ artifacts. Theresults proved that learners were able to create meaningful oral and written texts while practicing and improving their pronunciation.Key words: Rhymes, literary show, pronunciation patterns and vowel sounds.
NO NEGATIVE EVIDENCE? BROWNAND HANLON REINTERPRETED
Authors: SEEDHOUSE PAUL 
Published: October 2024

El presente articulo re-examina el estudio de Brown y Hanlon en 1970, en el que se basa la hipotesis de la evidencia no negativa, y sugiere que la metodologia del analisis conversacional que se usó fue fundamentalmenteimperfecta. Esto significa quea) algunos de los resultados reales no sereportaron,b) los autores fueron incapaces de ubicar ejemplos de evidencia negativa los cuales se encuentran en la informacion recolectada yc) investigadores posteriores llegaron a la conclusión errónea de que Brown y Hanlon habian probado que los padres no suministraron retroalimentación correctiva o evidencia negativa a sus hijos.
Exploration Of Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding The Relation Of Culture And Language
Authors: Soler Sandra Patricia Quintana 
Published: October 2024

El presente documento presenta algunas interpretaciones de la información de una entrevista semi estructurada aplicada a cincodocentes de lenguaje extranjero (Inglés) como una exploración inicial sobre aspectos culturales dentro de la práctica docente. El objetivo de la entrevista era recolectar información acerca del manejo de la culturaen la enseñanza e identificar las percepciones que los docentes tienen acerca del tema. Al final, es imperativo decir que los entrevistadosmencionan la importancia de trabajar niveles interculturales en la práctica docente, como consecuencia, parte de nuestras accionescomo docentes debe ser ayudar a los estudiantes a ser culturalmente competentes. Palabras clave: Cultura, Cultura en la enseñanza del lenguaje y Práctica Social de la Enseñanza.AbstractThe present document presents some interpretations made from raw data obtained through a semi structured interview appliedto five EFL teachers as an initial inquiry interest about cultural aspects within teaching practices. The interview aim was to gather information about addressing culture within the teaching practice and to identify perceptions teachers have about this issue. At the end, it is imperative to say that the respondents agree that it is very important to address cultural aspects in the current teaching practice, hence, part of ouractions in teaching must be to help studentsto be culturally aware and competent. Key words: Culture, Culture in Language Teaching and Social Teaching Practice.
EFL Students’ Perceptions about their English Language Learning and its Uses for Specific Purposes at International Languages Institute at Uptc Duitama Branch
Authors: Puerto Zabala Paola Yesenia , Reyes Vargas Rosalba 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article reports a small scale study that revealed the perceptions students have inTechnology and Industrial Administration major programs. The main objective of thisstudy was to reveal the perceptions of these students about their English learning and itsuse for specific purposes. This study was carried out with students who are takingEnglish as a foreign language at the Languages Institute at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Duitama branch. The paper also presents the analysis of insights in the process of students when connecting their knowledge of English with activities and materials in Telematics and Circuits subject class. Key words: perceptions, Language Learning, Specific Purposes.
Cooperative Learning: Another Way to Learn Together
Authors: D'olivares Durán Nelson 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe purpose of this article is to provide an overview about cooperative learning as another way of learning together in the English classes. Also, as a qualitative study (action participative research), it focused on learning by means of the practice in terms of exploring how cooperative learning helps improve the English speaking skill of students in their English classes, showing it as one more way for raising students’ interest in English learning in a scholarly environment.Key words: cooperative learning, work in small groups, speaking skill.
Fostering reflection in the EFL classroom
Authors: Mesa Solano Viviana , León Posada Geidy Yohana 
Published: October 2024

This article shares a pedagogical experience that attempted to foster reflective and interactive activities in our English lessons development. Besides, it describes some of the resources that learners used to express their ideas critically. From our research experience, it was evidenced that teachers focusedmainly in achieving students’ linguistic development. The main discussion of this study refers to the necessity of implementing new perspectives of teaching where language is taken as a social practice to foster reflective thinking through our pedagogical practices. Therefore, we as teachers should generate a confidentenvironment in order to promote students’ reflection and interaction in a spontaneous way. Those learning opportunities are
Language learning strategies: a study of learners perceptions
Authors: Murcia Sarmiento María Angélica 
Published: October 2024

This study aims at exploring and analyzing howthree seventh graders atNormal School in Chiquinquirá Boyacá perceive the use of language learning strategies. The Activities applied to this group were focused on grammar, speaking, vocabulary and listening based on theories about memory strategies in charge of creating mental linkages, Cognitive strategies like analyzing,Affective strategies related to feelings students have towards language learning and Social strategies that facilitate interaction (Liu, 2010). Datawas collected through interviews, observation and a survey, the findings showed that students had a preference for the activities that involved visual aids and group work, as well as the common use of thememory strategies, especiallywhen they were evaluated.
Rural anthroponyms in the shchuchin dialect of the Voronezh region
Authors: Nedostupova L. V. 
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. The study is carried out in the context of the anthropocentric paradigm and is devoted to the topic of “Man”. Nickname nominations and their unique characteristics are considered. The relevance of studying the thematic group is associated with the observed processes of decreasing the number of dialect speakers, interest in the study of folk speech and the importance of registering the information available to villagers to build a certain linguistic picture. The aim of the study is to analyze unofficial anthroponyms of the small village of Shchuchye in the Liski district of the Voronezh region, reflected in the local dialect.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The field material is used to study the names of village people, functioning in the sphere of informal communication in the Voronezh dialect. Experimental (survey and observation) and descriptive (description and comparison) linguistic research methods are used.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The rural nomenclature includes groups of nickname units, the classification feature of which is the method of nomination, motivational feature and the nature of the derivative base. The emergence of unofficial anthroponyms is associated with the established norms of village communication. The Shchuchin mosaic of onomastic units includes male, female and family nicknames. Male anthroponyms predominate. It is postulated that productive ways of forming names are suffixal, truncation and substantiation.CONCLUSION. The customs of interpersonal provincial communication are quite strong. The original village nomenclature of the Shchuchintsy, depicted through folk speech combining southern Russian and Ukrainian features, is presented by 100 nickname units and represented by 21 groups. It demonstrates the original linguistic imagination of rural residents and is important not only for the dialectal anthroponymy of the 21st century, but also for Russian onomastics in general. The study may be continued by features reflecting other characteristics of unofficial names and their motivational features.
The severity of emotional burnout syndrome among regional journalists
Authors: Zueva G. S. 
Published: October 2024

INTRODUCTION. The relevance of the topic is justified by the attention of society to the mental health of journalists in connection with the tense geopolitical situation: in 2022, UNESCO released a policy document “Safety of Journalists Covering Traumatic and Suffering Events”. The purpose of this study is to identify symptoms of emotional burnout syndrome in young journalists of the Penza region and correlate them with job satisfaction indicators in the editorial office.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The leading method was an anonymous survey of regional journalists (based on the media of the Penza region) aged 20–30 years using psychological methods for diagnosing the level of emotional burnout syndrome and job satisfaction.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. In editorial offices, there is a priority of collective work over individual achievements: this is showed by high indicators on the scale of reduction of personal achievements. However, orientation towards collective work increases self-satisfaction. Compared with those subjects who had high indicators of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, the severity of BS in the group of subjects with reduction of personal achievements is almost two times lower.CONCLUSION. It is possible to talk about a fairly high level of loyalty of Penza journalists to their editorial office – about 65 %. However, the rest of the young journalists do not receive moral or material support to the required extent. The diagnostic data obtained can be used in media psychology classes for journalism students and for developing trainings.
Unveiling User Sentiment: Aspect-Based Analysis and Topic Modeling of Ride-Hailing and Google Play App Reviews
Authors: Pranatawijaya Viktor Handrianus , Sari Nova Noor Kamala , Rahman Resha Ananda , Christian Efrans , Geges Septian 
Published: October 2024

Background: Mobile app usage is increasing in the digital age, with Ride-Hailing app becoming the primary example of this trend. To obtain valuable understanding of how people perceive and interact with mobile app, user reviews on platforms such as Google Play are usually analyzed. This analysis can assist developers to identify areas for improvement in both Ride-hailing and Google Play App. A promising method that can be used to analyze user perception in this instance is Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA).
Objective: This research aimed to apply ABSA to user reviews using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) models. In this context, aspect identification and topic modeling were performed by using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). The model extracted topics from the reviews and used Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to define the aspects of the topics to further enhance the analysis. For consistency and accuracy, the method included sentiment annotation by a human annotator.
Methods: A total of two datasets were used in this research, with the first collected by scraping user reviews of Ride-Hailing App while the second was obtained from Kaggle, and to identify relevant topics, modeling was performed using LDA. These topics were then categorized into aspects using GenAI, covering areas, such as customer experience, service, payment, app features, task management, and event management. Subsequently, sentiment labeling was conducted using human annotators to provide a reliable baseline. BERT model was then used to classify sentiment with aspect hints, and the evaluation included calculations of accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score.
Results: The results showed that BERT model achieved the highest accuracy of 97% in sentiment analysis across all datasets.
Conclusion: This research provided valuable understanding of user experience and established a strong ABSA framework for analyzing user reviews using LDA, Aspect Annotation, GenAI, and BERT sentiment models. Future research could expand this method to other app categories and incorporate real-time ABSA for continuous monitoring and dynamic feedback.

Keywords: User Reviews, Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA), Sentiment Analysis, Topic Modeling, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
Factors Influencing Behavioral Intention to Apply Freemium Services in Islamic Lifestyle Digital Applications Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)
Authors: Timur Yan Putra , Ratnasari Ririn Tri , Pitchay Anwar Allah , Sari Dyah Permata , Rifqi Muhammad 
Published: October 2024

Background: Islamic lifestyle digital applications (ILDA) are a sector in the rapidly increasing digital halal media and leisure industry. To ensure sustainable revenue for ILDA developers, freemium strategy needs to be implemented. However, there is a lack of research examining the factors that influence the adoption of freemium strategies in ILDA products.
Objective: This research aimed to explore the factors within Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework that aid ILDA users to use freemium services. Specifically, the research focused on users trust (UT) and users satisfaction (US) as factors influencing the increase in behavioral intention (BI).
Methods: Quantitative method was adopted in this context and purposive sampling method was used to obtain 400 data from respondents. The data were then analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) method.
Results: The results showed that performance expectancy (PE) as well as effort expectancy (EE) positively and significantly influenced US. Similarly, facilitating conditions (FC) and social influence (SI) significantly affected UT. Both UT and US positively influenced users BI toward freemium services. Digital literacy (DL) had a positive moderating effect between PE and business expectations in US, but the effect was not statistically significant.
Conclusion: The research described that all UTAUT variables, along with UT and US, influenced the intention to adopt freemium services in ILDA. Moreover, DL did not have any moderating effect on the framework considered in this context. These results signified that users tended to be satisfied and trust the benefits enjoyed, rather than being influenced by DL level.

Keywords: Behavioral Intention, Digital Literacy, Islamic Lifestyle Digital Application, Satisfaction, Trust, UTAUT
Changes in Customer Behavior Towards Video Advertising Post-Pandemic
Authors: Surjandy Surjandy , Cassandra Cadelina 
Published: October 2024

Background: Video Advertising (VI) is a powerful media tool used by several companies as a marketing strategy. During COVID-19 pandemic, there was a wide adoption of digital media, particularly VI, to promote company products. However, some changes occurred post-pandemic, which influenced customer behavior.
Objective: This research aimed to explore changes in customer behavior towards VI post-pandemic. The exploration focused on understanding changes in four major factors which included Sensory Appeal (SEN), Informativeness (INF), Entertainment (ENT), and Telepresence (PRE).
Methods: Data were collected using snowball sampling method, resulting in 744 responses. After deleting outliers and non-shopping customer, there were 584 analyzable data. Covariance-Based Structural Equation Model (CB SEM) method facilitated by Lisrel Application was used for data analysis.
Results: The result showed that significant changes have occurred in customer behavior to VI post-pandemic. Among the 13 tested hypotheses, 11 showed significant influences, while 2 did not, indicating shifts in customer behavior.
Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic led to significant changes and imparted customer with a new understanding of VI, which became a major marketing tool. These changes were due to experiences during the pandemic, which affected SEN (72%), INF (77%), ENT (76%), and PRE (70%). Further analysis showed that ENT affected Customer Trust (CT) and Actual Purchase (APU) by 20% and 27%, while PRE caused 34% and 20% respectively, indicating a decrease in customer response from VI to CT and APU. Based on these results, further exploration should build on the identified factors and investigate additional variables that had not been considered.

Keywords: Post-Pandemic, COVID-19, Customer Behavior, Video Advertising