ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Functions of Code Switching from Arabic to English among Jordanian Pilots in Their Daily Informal Conversations: A Case Study
Author: Yaseen, Maha S.
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Code Switching (Language),Transportation,Foreign Countries,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Semitic Languages,Memory,Interpersonal Communication,Language Usage,Language Variation,Audio Equipment,Pragmatics,Communication Strategies,Aviation Technology,Vocabulary

This study examines the frequency and the functions of code switching in informal conversations among Jordanian pilots, who have created their own jargon. It also explores the most frequent English expressions that the pilots switch to in their informal Arabic discourse. The conversations of eight Jordanian pilots aged between thirty and fifty-five were tape-recorded in three separate informal natural settings. The data were used for the purpose of finding out what the pragmatic and communicative functions are that the pilots' code switching serves, and to investigate the most frequent expressions used in their conversations. The results showed that eight main conversational functions can be identified in their code-switching routines, namely: to compensate for the lack of exact equivalents in Arabic, to avoid interruption to the communication when not knowing the Arabic equivalent, to replace long and technical terminology in Arabic with acronyms in English (acronyms are not common in Arabic), to use aviation titles and ranks, to quote/ directly report phrases of speakers, to say the numbers, to refer to names of companies, places, documents, and organizations, and to insert some English formulaic expressions. The findings also showed that the most frequent terms and expressions used in code switching amongst Jordanian pilots are more related to the aviation register than to common-core vocabulary.
Indonesian Teachers&apos; Perception on the Implementation of Lesson Study: Exploring Teachers&apos; Awareness of Pedagogical Knowledge
Author: Aimah, Siti
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Communities of Practice,Elementary School Teachers,Knowledge Level,Teacher Collaboration,Teaching Skills,Program Effectiveness,Pedagogical Content Knowledge

This study aims to know Indonesian teachers' perception of the implementation of lesson study. A case study was used as the design of this study with six teachers of Islamic Elementary School in Semarang, Indonesia, were chosen by using purposive sampling. A questionnaire with the Likert Scale of 1 to 4 was distributed to the respondents after implementing lesson study. A deep interview was also given to the teachers to explore their awareness of pedagogical knowledge. The quantitative data were analyzed statistically and they were used to support the qualitative data got from the interview. The result showed that the teachers had a new perspective in the pedagogical context in which a preparation of teaching could be prepared well by formulating and designing the lesson collaboratively with the other teachers to achieve the learning goal. Through the intensive collaboration with the teachers, they were more aware to create the effective and meaningful teaching to the students. They knew how to teach the students through the instructional strategies designed.
The Use of Hypermedia Technologies in Higher Education Institutions during COVID Lockdown
Author: Koliasa, Olena
Date: 2021-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Hypermedia,Multimedia Materials,Technology Integration,Higher Education,Electronic Learning,Educational Technology,Curriculum Implementation,Distance Education,Affordances,COVID-19,Pandemics,Foreign Countries

The World Wide Web continuously provides rapid access to information, and numerous information resources, virtually unlimited. The convenience and interactivity of its usage encourage people to turn to it in the educational process rather often while teaching or studying unfamiliar topics. Hypertext resources of different kinds have become a virtual educational environment. They offer new opportunities for structuring, presenting, adapting, and integrating contemporary learning materials. Besides, hypermedia technologies have made a considerable breakthrough in the educational process, particularly in self-education, combining hitherto incompatible elements. The article focuses on practical experience in the introduction of hypertext in the educational process of higher education institutions in general and during pandemic periods, in particular, the world faces nowadays. In the course of the research, it was emphasized that such technologies are pretty significant in implementing distance learning. Hypermedia technologies create especially suitable conditions for the independent acquisition and quality assimilation of the necessary information, which can be easily integrated into the educational process. The provided analysis of the implementation of e-learning materials based on hypertext and multimedia tools made it possible to point out the advantages and disadvantages of the described technologies (compared to traditional usage of printed textbooks), thus identifying their didactic potential. They became especially of great importance during the coronavirus lockdown.
The Impact of Metacognitive Online Reading Strategies on Online Reading Disposition of Saudi EFL Learners
Author: Yaghi, Eyhab T.
Date: 2021-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reading Strategies,Metacognition,Reflection,Electronic Learning,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,College Students,Student Characteristics,Correlation,Internet,Problem Solving,Foreign Countries

The scientific knowledge related to online reading dispositions and factors affecting the occurrence of these dispositions is limited. Therefore, this treatise aims at studying the impact of metacognitive online reading strategies on online reading dispositions. To achieve this goal, the mixed method was employed using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Students' responses were keyed to AMOS software. The statistical analysis has shown students' preference for utilizing support strategies to tackle the problems they might face while they engage with online materials. Reflection, as a disposition, was the most frequently reported by students through their responses to the questionnaires. Further, the results confirmed the impact of metacognitive online reading strategies on online reading dispositions, which was the aim of this paper. These findings provide a holistic understanding of the nature of the relationship between metacognition and dispositions, paving the way for further research that touch other aspects of online reading dispositions.
Motivation and Habits of Recreational Reading of University Educated Youth in the United Arab Emirates
Author: Ennaji, Tamimount
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reading Motivation,Reading Habits,Recreational Reading,Student Characteristics,Undergraduate Students,Late Adolescents,Arabs,Gender Differences,Public Colleges,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries

A claim made this decade that 'Arabs don't read' raised concerns among civil society and authorities in the Arab countries which resulted in growing research to investigate this claim and major initiatives to promote reading among Arabs. This paper aims to contribute to our knowledge about reading in this region by studying the motivation and habits of recreational reading of university educated youth in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It specifically aims to answer the questions: what are the recreational reading frequency, and the type and language of the reading material? Which personal characteristics correlate with recreational reading habits? And which factors impact the motivation to read? The findings are based on a survey of 775 undergraduate students at UAE University. The survey questionnaire included an adult reading motivation scale developed by Schutte and Malouff (2007) which was modified after assessing its goodness-of-fit to the UAE context using confirmatory factor analysis. Pearson's chi-square test, Poisson regression and ANOVA were used to identify the correlates of reading habits and compare motivation scores across demographic groups. Seventy-one percent of the students read at least one book for pleasure in the last six months and they read, on average, for 2.3 hours per week. Reading frequency depends on gender, the student's secondary education, and the parents' education. Gender, parents' education have significant effects on the motivation scores and the preferred language of reading (p-value &lt; 0.01). Students read more during the academic year than in the vacation.
Digital Media and University Political Practices in the Public Sphere
Author: Maltos-Tamez, Ana-Laura
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Citizen Participation,Mass Media Use,Politics,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries,Political Socialization,Computer Use,Speech

In a predominantly digital communicative context, the political practices of young university students are relevant for the vitality of public spheres and the consolidation of participatory democracy. The objective of this study was to learn how the use of digital media relates to the political talk and participation practices of university students. Using quota sampling, a survey was conducted among 435 undergraduate students residing in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Mexico, during the second semester of 2020. Among these students with favorable access to digital media, positive correlations with small to moderate and statistically significant magnitudes were found between the various uses of digital media and their political practices. News use was moderately correlated with political talk, as was social use with politically motivated activities, and creative use with all forms of participation. Political talk mainly affected the relationship between participation and news use. These findings support the relevance of the active role of young people in their political socialization, as social interaction and content creation were more closely correlated with political participation than news consumption was, which was more beneficial to participation when articulated through political talk.
Facing Disinformation: Five Methods to Counter Conspiracy Theories amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Guan, Tianru
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Misconceptions,COVID-19,Pandemics,Cognitive Processes,Mass Media Effects,Beliefs,Media Literacy,Adults

Among the burgeoning discussions on the argumentative styles of conspiracy theories and the related cognitive processes of their audiences, research thus far is limited in regard to developing methods and strategies that could effectively debunk conspiracy theories and reduce the harmful influences of conspiracist media exposure. The present study critically evaluates the effectiveness of five approaches to reducing conspiratorial belief, through experiments (N=607) conducted on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Our results demonstrate that the content-based methods of counter conspiracy theory can partly mitigate conspiratorial belief. Specifically, the science- and fact-focused corrections were able to effectively mitigate conspiracy beliefs, whereas media literacy and inoculation strategies did not produce significant change. More crucially, our findings illustrate that both audience-focused methods, which involve decoding the myth of conspiracy theory and re-imagining intergroup relationships, were effective in reducing the cognitive acceptance of conspiracy theory. Building on these insights, this study contributes to a systematic examination of different epistemic means to influence (or not) conspiracy beliefs -an urgent task in the face of the infodemic threat apparent both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. [Note: The volume number (20) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct citation for this article is v29 n69.]
Teaching Citizenship with Art! Look at What I Can Do - Do Not Look at What I Say!
Author: Moura, Anabela
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Citizenship Education,Art Education,Foreign Countries,Service Learning,College Students,Cultural Background

This article will approach issues related to the teaching of the concept of citizenship according to Higher School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Through the analysis of artistic practices, we propose to determine how concepts of culture, heritage, education for development, service learning and human rights in society are addressed in curricular activities and how interdisciplinary perspectives are considered the appropriate way to such approaches in terms of Art Education in the 21st Century School.
The Effects of COVID-19 on EFL Learners&apos; Anxiety at the University of Bisha
Author: Mohammed, Ghazwan Mohammed Saeed
Date: 2021-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,COVID-19,Pandemics,School Closing,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Gender Differences,College Students,Anxiety,Coping

This study investigates the effects of COVID-19 on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' anxiety at the University of Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The differences between male and female learners and learners of the different study levels in terms of anxiety caused by COVID-19 were investigated. Moreover, the study sheds light on two factors which are the internal factors and external factors that increase learning anxiety during COVID-19 and the strategies used by the learners to decrease the negative effects of COVID-19 on learning anxiety. The data of the study were collected from 80 EFL learners (40 males and 40 females) at the University of Bisha. This study is considerable as it deals with something that is important in the learning and teaching processes these days. The study revealed that COVID-19 causes normal anxiety to the EFL learners at the University of Bisha. It was also revealed that there is no significant difference between the male and female learners in terms of anxiety caused by COVID-19 and external factors. There is a significant difference between them in terms of the internal factors and strategies used by the learners to decrease the negative effects of learning anxiety during COVID-19. Lastly, there was no significant difference between the learners of the different study levels in terms of anxiety, internal factors and external factors that increase negative learning anxiety and the strategies used by the learners to decrease the negative learning anxiety during COVID-19.
The Impact of Individual Differences in Cognition on L2 Learners&apos; Reading Outcomes
Author: Huang, Xiaorui
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Individual Differences,Cognitive Processes,Second Language Learning,Reading Achievement,Metacognition,Short Term Memory

There are a large number of factors contributing to the reading outcome diversity. Individual differences in cognition are possibly regarded as one of the most significant causes and have a predominated impact on the reading development. Individual differences, like meta-cognition and working memory, are found to have a positive correlation with L2 learners' reading outcome variety and have a profound influence on their ultimate achievement in reading to some extent.
Researching Anxiety of Pre-Service Teachers in Teaching Science and Mathematics Program
Author: Prachagool, Veena
Date: 2021-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Anxiety,Research Methodology,Research Training,Graduate Students,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Science Education,Mathematics Education,Instructional Effectiveness

This study purposed to investigate researching anxiety of pre-service teachers that might want to explain why they are able to learn successfully in the context of difference in program of study. There were 15 pre-service teachers in M.Ed. program of teaching science and mathematics voluntary participated. Learning Anxiety Questionnaire (LAQ) was employed their anxiety towards learning through Google Form. The study revealed that pre-service teachers had anxiety at medium level. However, some of item present they had different level of anxiety. The effective learning for decreasing level anxiety needs to be more discussed.
Reviewing Students&apos; Evaluation Standards for &quot;Practical Education&quot; in Arab Open University/Jordan
Author: Abood, Harith
Date: 2021-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary Education,Student Evaluation,Evaluation Methods,Standards,Student Attitudes,Skill Development,Preservice Teacher Education,Experiential Learning,Student Teaching,Undergraduate Study,Teacher Education Programs,Teacher Competencies,Teaching Skills

This study was an assessment of the evaluation standards of &quot;Practical Education&quot; module of the Elementary Education Undergraduate Program in Arab Open University/Jordan. Its main focus was to investigate problems and views raised by the students in order to develop more accurate standards to evaluate their performance. The curriculum characteristics of the module as well as the students' portfolios and field reports had been reviewed. A questionnaire and a detailed face-to-face interactive meeting had been conducted with 55 male and female students in the academic year 2018/2019. The results show that the students stress the need to adopt practical applications standards to evaluate the skill goals sought by the curriculum instead of focusing on their knowledge. The students express their need to develop their skills in planning, implementation of teaching tasks and evaluation, while the evaluation standards measure their ability to recall theoretical information. They stress their need to extend their training period in field in order to acquire enough practical experience to be more efficient to carry out their tasks properly. The findings of the study can be applicable for other countries, especially the developing countries, in the sense of developing modern evaluation standards for practical field training of their student teachers, as well as improving curricula that respond to the schools' requirements in a changing world.
The Affordances and Limitations of Collaborative Research in the TESOL Classroom
Author: Slaughter, Yvette
Date: 2020-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Affordances,Barriers,Classroom Research,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Adult Educators,Teacher Educators,Teacher Collaboration,Research Projects,Action Research,Instructional Effectiveness,Refugees,Immigrants,Professional Development,Foreign Countries

The diversity of learning needs within the TESOL field creates inherent tensions between the need for targeted professional learning for TESOL teachers, the more generalist nature of tertiary TESOL courses, and the varied research interests of teacher educators. This article describes a collaborative research project between university-based teacher educators and TESOL teachers working in an adult education centre. With a range of aims amongst the research participants, this article reports on the 'fluid' and 'messy' process of collaborative research (Burns &amp; Edwards, 2014, p. 67) as we investigate the use of identity texts (Cummins &amp; Early, 2011) as a mediating tool for professional learning. In acknowledging the practice of teaching as highly situated, the data presented focuses on the individual experience of each teacher, voiced through an action research frame, before we discuss the achievements and challenges which emerged through this collaborative research process. In the findings, we argue for the importance of championing the case for the messy processes of collaborative research within the broader research academy.
The Schemes of Students&apos; Understanding through Digital Argumentation in Online Learning during Pandemic COVID-19
Author: Lukitasari, Marheny
Date: 2021-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Persuasive Discourse,School Closing,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Science Instruction,Biology,Physics,Online Courses,Discussion (Teaching Technique),Computer Mediated Communication,Foreign Countries

The student conception needed to analyze problems and obtain effective solutions. It is also required to train students to think reflective and argumentative, so expressing student conception is necessary. This research aimed to describe the schemes of students' conception through digital arguments in online learning. This research was descriptive qualitative by uncovering students 'digital arguments and making schemes of students' understanding based on digital arguments presented in written discussions. Research Data were from electronic discussion forums, and unstructured interviews in biology and physics. The analysis results describe that digital argumentation can use to schemes students' conception.
Effective Regulation of the Israeli Higher Education System in the Global and Neoliberal Era
Author: Davidovitch, Nitza
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Neoliberalism,Case Studies,Global Approach,Educational Administration,Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Educational Change,Public Agencies,College Faculty,Educational Policy,Teacher Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Administrative Organization,Government School Relationship,Politics of Education,Academic Standards,College Administration,Comparative Education,Technology Integration,Information Technology,Employment,Administrator Attitudes,Access to Education,Excellence in Education,Private Colleges,State Universities

For over six decades Israel's system of higher education has been managed by the Ministry of Education and the Council for Higher Education (CHE). During this period, significant transitions have occurred in the academic system throughout the world and in Israel, leaving their mark on research and teaching and on the related regulatory agencies. The purpose of the study is to examine the need for regulation of higher education in a capitalist world, with Israel serving as a case study. The study examines the CHE's management of changes that occurred in the academic world and the overall considerations utilized by the pilots of this regulatory agency, which led to shaping policy from a perspective of time and with an eye to the challenges of the future, in comparison to supervisory agencies around the world. The research method is based on research literature addressing the system of higher education in Israel and elsewhere as well as on interviews with senior academics occupying key positions in the CHE in the past and present. The research findings indicate that the CHE has a bureaucratic image, a short-sighted policy, and that it reacts to events more than leading them, as opposed to its declared goal of promoting high standard, innovative, and accessible research and teaching processes to benefit the economy and society. The conclusion generated by the research findings is that implementation of a hybrid model suitable for the twenty first century, which combines liberalization and regulation, should be explored. This model will let institutions of higher education develop independently while reducing government supervision, and will allow the regulatory body to regulate their activity via incentives and restrictions, while identifying market failures that it will define. Such a regulatory body will include an array of academic experts from the field of higher education with proven experience in the fields of academic research and teaching, in order to separate the managing of Israel's system of higher education from politics and bureaucracy.