ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Global Vision, Local Reality: Transforming Pre-Primary Teacher Training in Tanzania
Author: Wilinski, Bethany
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Change,Teacher Education,Preschool Teachers,Longitudinal Studies,Qualitative Research,Policy Analysis,Educational Policy,Human Resources,Program Implementation,Economic Factors,Foreign Countries,Early Childhood Education,Educational Quality,Global Approach,Interviews,Focus Groups,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Questionnaires

Global attention to early childhood education (ECE) has led to an increased focus on ECE teacher training as a critical component of providing young children with access to high-quality ECE programs. In this paper, we ask how Tanzanian stakeholders at different levels of implementation experienced and responded to efforts to build capacity in pre-primary education (PPE) through the introduction of a new PPE diploma program. We examine how national and local stakeholders' responses to the policy were mediated by perceptions of early years teaching, economic realities, and the availability of human and material resources for PPE teacher training. We employ Weaver-Hightower's (2008) ecological approach to policy analysis to make sense of how these environments and structures intersected with the enactment of the PPE diploma program. Drawing on data from the first year of a longitudinal study that employs qualitative methodology to understand the experiences of PPE diploma students, we demonstrate how perceptions about PPE teaching, economic realities and the availability of human and material resources facilitate and constrain program implementation in ways that have implications for its success.
Working of Ideology in the TV Commercials of Cold Drinks in Pakistani Media
Author: Ahmad, Madiha
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Television,Advertising,Food,Mass Media Effects,Discourse Analysis,Ideology,Power Structure,Language Usage,Social Influences

The article aims at the analysis of the TV commercials of three carbonated cold drinks from Pakistani media. The analysis will be carried out using the three dimensional framework presented by Fairclough. Through the analysis, the ideological framing of the commercials will be brought to light. To achieve this purpose different techniques used by the ad-makers will be described, interpreted and explained in the light of critical discourse analysis.
&quot;I Want to Help Girls Like Me&quot;: An Exploration of the Educational Aspirations of Teenage Girls in Kolkata Slums
Author: Ipe, Rebecca
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research,Females,Participatory Research,Adolescents,Urban Areas,Poverty,Slums,Student Experience,Freehand Drawing,Interviews,Student Attitudes,Occupational Aspiration,Social Influences,Social Mobility,Visualization

This qualitative study used participatory visual research in order to develop an understanding of the educational experiences of urban poor adolescent girls in Kolkata and to elicit their capabilities. The sample comprised urban poor girls who were undergoing formal education at a religious, philanthropic primary school in Kolkata. Findings from the drawings and interviews reveal the girls' ambitions to be future providers and breadwinners for their families, roles socially accepted as the preserve of men in India's male-dominated society. Ultimately, longitudinal research on these &quot;first-generation&quot; girls may shed more insight into understanding educational pathways of girls from urban slums and provide more comprehensive understandings of social mobility.
The Impact of Task-Based Instruction Program on Fostering ESL Learners' Speaking Ability: A Cognitive Approach
Author: Mohammadipour, Mohammad
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Task Analysis,Teaching Methods,Language Tests,Undergraduate Students,Interlanguage,Accuracy,Grammar,State Universities,Experimental Groups,Pretests Posttests,Program Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Communicative Competence (Languages),Control Groups,Statistical Analysis,Consciousness Raising

Adopting a direct approach to contrive sufficient focus on form (accuracy) would facilitate interlanguage development without decreasing the naturalness of communication that communicative tasks can generate. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a proposed task-based instruction programme within a cognitive approach in fostering overall speaking proficiency of undergraduate students. 72 students from several public universities participated in the study, which employed an experimental design. The students of the experimental group received training through the proposed task-based instruction programme for three months while those in the control group received regular instruction. The preliminary English Test (PET) was administered as a pre- and post-test measure of speaking proficiency. Findings of the study showed a significant improvement in the overall speaking proficiency of the students who were exposed to the proposed programme. The findings suggest the potential of the task-based programme in enhancing undergraduate students' overall speaking proficiency.
Leaders in Education Program: The Singapore Model for Developing Effective Principal-Ship Capability
Author: Jayapragas, Prashant
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Leadership Training,Administrator Education,Assistant Principals,Models,Leadership Role,Leadership Responsibility,Mentors,Social Networks,Scaling,Sustainability,Transformational Leadership,Educational Benefits,Talent Identification,Talent Development

In this era of constant change, principals need to be able to handle high levels of complexity in its governance and policy implementation. Planning ahead is not sufficient; being able to interpret and plan the future into strategic responses is a huge focus in educational development today. The Leaders in Education Program (LEP) is a 6-month full-time program, which aims to prepare highly capable vice principals and ministry officers in Singapore for principal-ship. This paper examines the value proposition and critical components of the LEP, and through a comparative analysis, it critically reflects on the challenges associated with this model. While the LEP has gained worldwide admiration for heightening participant's awareness of the interactive nature of the &quot;roles&quot; and &quot;minds&quot; of school leadership, this model is found to be &quot;especially selective,&quot; attracting just 5% of the intended population. In order for a larger pool of school leaders to benefit, this paper recommends the &quot;borrowing&quot; of mentoring and networked learning structures to level up distributed and lateral leadership within and across schools. This should gradually develop a culture of leaders growing leaders as a way to ensure scalability and sustainability of leadership talent.
Toward a Successful Translation of the &quot;Reduced&quot; Anadiplosis in the Quranic Verses
Author: Essam, Bacem A.
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Translation,Islam,Discourse Analysis,English,Semitic Languages,Philosophy,Semantics,Language Styles,Diachronic Linguistics,Etymology,Sentence Structure

This study investigates the use of anadiplosis in both English and Arabic. It focuses primarily on outlining and defining the so-called &quot;reduced&quot; anadiplosis in some Quranic verses. The study investigates, too, the most popular English translations of them, highlighting the mismatches between the original holy text and its translations. The Quranic &quot;reduced&quot; anadiplosis is subtly elaborated to show how far it serves textual, semantic and stylistic functions. Evidently, at least one of these elements, if not more, is lost in the translation. Essential to account for the source of dimly lit culpable background is to understand the philosophical and linguistic perspectives and predisposing factors of such a conflict. The paper traces back, etymologically and deductively, the origin of this manacle and proceeds to propose two suggested strategies toward overcoming this awkward status quo in translation.
Exploring a Multifaceted Syllabus Design for Teaching Short Surahs of Qur'an to Novice-Non-Arabic-Speaking Muslims
Author: Saleh, Amira A.
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Course Descriptions,Semitic Languages,Muslims,Practicums,Islam,Religious Education,Student Needs,Translation,Questionnaires,Religious Factors,Language Styles,Discourse Analysis,Student Attitudes,English for Special Purposes,Lesson Plans

The paper's aim is to propose a design for a syllabus for the new Muslims who have recently converted to Islam. The syllabus is multifaceted, addressing the basic linguistic, stylistic, and lexical features of 3 Surahs (chapters) in the holy book in addition to highlighting the most basic information a new Muslim has to know about the sacred book. These features have been presented and graded according to the needs of the students (new Muslims). Three Surahs (Al Fatihah), (Al Ikhlas), and (Al Nasr) will be presented in their translated and transliterated forms in relation to their original Arabic texts, so as to understand these Arabic words when students listen or try to practice them in their daily five prayers. In addition, a practicum session will be given to students in which they apply what they have learned through the first Surah (Al Fatihah). The practicum session includes the analysis of this Surah using the main seven features presented in the theoretical section. Versions of pre- and post-questionnaires will be administered with the syllabus to the students to test how far they have benefited from this course.
A Brilliant Example for Women--Comments on &quot;My Brilliant Career&quot;
Author: Zhang, Xiuqing
Date: 2014-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Novels,Feminism,Twentieth Century Literature,Literature,Moral Values,Family Relationship,Environment,Females

Based on the theory of American feminist critic Elaine Showalter, this paper analyzes a peculiar feature of early Australian novel &quot;My Brilliant Career&quot; and discovers that it spans three phases of Women's Literature. Through her indefatigable strive for equality between men and women, independent personality and self-fulfillment, the bush girl Sybylla in the novel had set a brilliant example for today's women.
Investigating the Relationship between Critical Thinking Skills and the Quality of Iranian Intermediate TEFL Students' Writing
Author: Nikou, Farahnaz Rimani
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Critical Thinking,Writing (Composition),Thinking Skills,English (Second Language),Cognitive Tests,Preservice Teachers,Correlation,Multiple Regression Analysis,Statistical Analysis

The current study intended to find out the relationship between critical thinking skills and the quality of Iranian TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) students' writing. One-hundred forty students who were homogeneous in their language proficiency were selected non-randomly. The researcher asked students to take part in a proficiency test named Nelson test (intermediate 200B) and she chose students whose level was intermediate as participants of the study. This study was an associational (correlational) study. To achieve the goal of the study California Critical Thinking Test (form B) was administered among intermediate students to measure students' critical thinking skills (analysis, evaluation, inference). Then the researcher asked the participants to write on a given topic and their writings were rated by two language teachers by following the rules of scoring in Quellmaz's scale. The inter-rater correlation across all papers calculated in order to be sure about the objectivity and reliability of scores. The Pearson-Product Moment was used to examine the relationship between variables, furthermore multiple regressions was applied to predict the degree of their relationship. The results of the study revealed that there is a positive relationship between critical thing skills and writing quality. Furthermore, it was proved that evaluation has the strongest degree of relationship with the quality of writing.
The Impact of Ideology on Translation of News Stories
Author: Azodi, Javad
Date: 2015-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ideology,Translation,News Writing,News Reporting,News Media,Intercultural Communication,Current Events,Discourse Analysis,Qualitative Research,Content Analysis,Indo European Languages,Foreign Countries,Data Analysis,Nuclear Energy

Translation has always undergone the impact of various metalinguistic factors which impose their impact during the process of translation and rendering its final linguistic product. News stories or better to say political discourses are among those linguistic materials that more than other textual materials undergo the impact of factors such as ideology. Not being aware of such discursive practices leads the so-called translator to suffice to linguistic substitutions without observing imbedded intentions. For the purpose of this study through a qualitative type of research and based on critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach for textual analysis and following van Dijk's concept of ideology (2002) in translation this study aimed to scrutinize the impact of ideology on Persian translations of different pieces of news stories in English in 2012. The corpus consisted of some pieces of English news stories in worldwide news agencies (namely, Reuters, Washington Post, New York Post, and Forbes) about Iran's nuclear program. Results of the study showed that ideology was the very important stimulus which can control and direct the purpose of the news stories being translated from English to Persian and revealed its impact in a desired way as news stories for target audience.
Effectiveness of Inductive and Deductive Methods in Teaching Grammar
Author: Alzu'bi, Mohammad Akram
Date: 2015-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grammar,Teaching Methods,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Comparative Analysis,Course Descriptions,Academic Achievement,College Students,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Experimental Groups,Language Tests,Pretests Posttests,Statistical Analysis

The study investigates the comparative effectiveness of teaching English grammar by using deductive and inductive teaching models. The study also attempts to see which of these two methods has a positive effect on the grammar academic achievement of the university students and elementary school students in Jordan so it answers the following questions: (1) What is the effect of inductive method on grammar achievement compared with deductive method at university level?; and (2) What is the effect of inductive method on grammar achievement compared with deductive method at elementary stage? To answer the questions of the study, the researcher prepares two programs based on inductive and deductive methods for each level based on its syllabus. The sample consists 180 students; eighty at the 1st year level in English departments at university level and one hundred at the elementary stage. The participants of the study consisted of four assigned sections. Firstly, at the university level, two colleges are randomly selected out of the eighteen faculties of Albalqa' Applied University; two sections are randomly selected; one group is randomly assigned as the 1st experimental group (by using inductive method) and the second experimental group (by using deductive method). Similar process is adopted in the case of school students at the elementary stage. The relevant pre-tests are administered to the students of both groups at each stage (university and school) to make sure that the groups are equivalent at the time of starting the experiment. The researcher designs two grammar achievement tests as the instruments of this study (one for the elementary stage and one for university level). The instrument of each stage consists of two achievement tests (pre- test and post-test). At the end of the treatment period, relevant post-tests are administered to the students of both the groups. The results of the study revealed that there were significant statistical differences at (a=0.09) among the grammar performance means of both groups at both levels due to inductive method.
Sohrab Sepehri's Imaginative Voyage from Negative Romanticism to Positive Romanticism in His Cycles of Poems
Author: Oroskhan, Mohammad Hussein
Date: 2014-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Poetry,Romanticism,Twentieth Century Literature,Foreign Countries

Romanticism extended to different countries around the Europe in eighteenth and nineteenth century. This school not only includes European countries but also countries outside the continent like Iran. Similarly, Romanticism developed some of its features out of Iranian contemporary literature. Sohrab Sepehri, the contemporary Iranian poet, has always been at the center of Romanticism investigation in Iran. Regarding Morse Peckham's view of Romanticism, this could be inferred that Sepehri has made a voyage from the &quot;static mechanism&quot; to &quot;dynamic organicims.&quot; Sepehri's change of view causing this journey was his acquaintance with the Far Eastern mysticism. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate this phase shifting by focusing on its effect on his poems.
Teacher's Feedback and Student's Preferences in an Advanced Writing Course: A Case Study
Author: Aliakbari, Mohammad
Date: 2014-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Advanced Courses,Writing Instruction,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Error Correction,Feedback (Response),Masters Programs,Preferences,Student Attitudes,Graduate Students,Teacher Education,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Case Studies,Questionnaires

This paper was intended to examine teacher's corrective feedback and student's preferences in an advanced writing course. The study was conducted using a questionnaire as the instrument and 15 MA TEFL students from Ilam state university in Iran as the participants. The students were asked to prioritize among a list of ten aspects of error correction and feedback. The findings made it clear that a high majority of the students chose to be corrected, commented, and guided on the issue of organization as their first priority. The results further specified that instructors should realize that advanced students do not like to be treated in the same way as the elementary and intermediate pupils do. Otherwise, it may result in students' discontent and boredom in educational setting.
A Self-Assessment Checklist for Undergraduate Students' Argumentative Writing
Author: Nimehchisalem, Vahid
Date: 2014-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Evaluation (Individuals),Check Lists,Undergraduate Students,Persuasive Discourse,Writing (Composition),English (Second Language),Essays,Second Language Learning

With a growing emphasis on students' ability to assess their own written works in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) writing courses, self-assessment checklists are today regarded as useful tools. These checklists can help learners diagnose their own weaknesses and improve their writing performance. This necessitates development of checklists that guide the learners in assessing their own writing. In this study, a self-assessment checklist was developed for undergraduate students in an ESL context to help them with their argumentative essays. This paper presents the related literature and theories, based on which the checklist was developed. The checklist is described and its potential theoretical and practical implications in ESL writing classes are discussed. Further research is necessary to refine the checklist through focus group studies with lecturers and students.
Methodological Flaws in Corpus-Based Studies on Malaysian ESL Textbooks
Author: Zarifi, Abdolvahed
Date: 2014-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Textbooks,Foreign Countries,Textbook Evaluation,Textbook Content,Literature Reviews,Secondary Education,Research Methodology

With the increasing interest among the pedagogy researchers in the use of corpus linguistics methodologies to study textbooks, there has emerged a similar enthusiasm among the materials developers to draw on empirical findings in the development of the state-of-the-art curricula and syllabi. In order for these research findings to have their impact felt in language pedagogy, the researchers should, however, follow the well-established principles of the methodology. In an attempt to investigate the extent to which the researchers abide by these standards, the current paper reviews a number of corpus-based studies carried out on the ELT textbooks in Malaysia. It was specifically intended to shed light on the possible methodological flaws committed by the researchers. The study, it is the hope of the researchers, could provide some guidelines for the researchers to carry out further corpus-based studies on EFL/ESL instructional materials as well.
The Effect of Self, Peer and Teacher Correction on the Pronunciation Improvement of Iranian EFL Learners
Author: Ahangari, Saeideh
Date: 2014-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pronunciation Instruction,Error Correction,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Student Centered Learning,Foreign Countries,Pretests Posttests,Oral Language,Language Tests,Statistical Analysis,Quasiexperimental Design,Females,Comparative Analysis,Teaching Methods

The concept of self correction and peer correction in foreign language teaching has been an important consideration in the past decades due to the increased attention to learner centered curricula. The researchers have concluded that active engagement happens when the students have to think and correct themselves. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teacher, self and peer correction on the pronunciation improvement of Iranian EFL learners in oral productions. To do this, 45 participants were selected from among 60 English language learning students by assigning a PET test and they were divided into three groups. Some picture series were given to the participants to make and then tell a story based on the scripts. In the self correction group every participant had to correct her pronunciation errors individually, in the peer correction group the participants in pairs corrected each others' pronunciation errors and for the third group their errors were corrected by the teacher. This process continued for 15 sessions. A pre-test and post-test were administered. The results showed that the pronunciation of the self correction group improved more than the other two groups and peer correction group outperformed the teacher correction group.
Behavioral Objectives and Standards Movement Revisited
Author: Shakouri, Nima
Date: 2014-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Standards,Behavioral Objectives,Behavior Change,Classification,Systems Approach,Course Content,Equal Education,Educational Objectives,Guidelines

The present paper sparks a complementary argument that the development of standards movement must not be at the expense of sacrificing the achievement of behavioral objectives. Furthermore, due to the systemic and dynamic nature of standards, standards need to be revised off and on. Besides, the present writers taking a more or less relativist stance maintains that if and only if the goal of education is to change one's behavior, the behavioral objectives seem to be plausible; however, it is less than a realistic wish because classroom as a dynamic setting cannot be accomplished within the framework of feed-forward planning, where ends are classified before means are selected.