ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Self-Concealment and Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Seeking Psychological Help among Undergraduate Students
Author: Demir, Ramazan
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Help Seeking,Emotional Intelligence,Undergraduate Students,Parent Attitudes,College Students,Gender Differences,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Mental Health,Health Services,Measures (Individuals),Self Disclosure (Individuals)

In this study we investigate self-concealment, emotional intelligence and seeking psychological help among undergraduate students in Turkey. The attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help-short form (SPH), Self-concealment scale (SC) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EI) were used and data were collected from a total of 785 university students studying in various faculties. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the psychological levels of the participants differed according to gender for seeking of psychological help, self-concealment and emotional intelligence. Moreover, self-concealment levels differed only according to perceived parental attitudes and the levels of seeking psychological help differed only according to whether or not they had previously received psychological help. However, the levels of seeking psychological help, self-concealment and emotional intelligence did not differ depending on whether the participants received a scholarship, were members of the community or were studying in the department of their choice. The results of Pearson's correlation showed a positive significant relationship between seeking psychological help and emotional intelligence (r=0.124), self-concealment and emotional intelligence (r=0.118). Beside, negative significant relationship between seeking psychological help and self-concealment (r = -0.133). The results of the regression analysis showed that self-concealment, emotional intelligence, who prior receiving psychological help and gender (male) are predictive of the seeking psychological help among students and explain 8.6% of the total variation of student's attitude toward seeking psychological help.
The Attitudes of Professional Translators and Translation Students towards Computer-Assisted Translation Tools in Yemen
Author: Mohammed, Othman Saleh Mahdy
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Translation,Costs,Professional Personnel,Computational Linguistics,Accuracy,Language Processing,Language Proficiency,Student Attitudes,Computer Software,Social Media,Positive Attitudes,Foreign Countries,College Students,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Computer Literacy,Usability,Employment Qualifications,Employment,Work Experience

The translation industry has witnessed rapid technological improvements in recent years. This rapid improvement is ascribed to a huge demand for the workload. Using a computer in the field of translation is very important due to the huge demand for fast and accurate translation. Translation tools came to existence due to the low proficiency of machine translation. CAT tools have become essential for many institutions, companies, and organizations. CAT tools increase productivity and minimize translation costs. The purpose of this study is to scrutinise the attitudes of professional translators and translation students towards CAT tools in Yemen. The questionnaire of this study was composed of 27 statements distributed to four constructs. The link of the questionnaire was distributed via WhatsApp to the participants. The other tool was an online interview about some issues related to CAT tools. These responses were analysed qualitatively. The researchers distributed the questionnaire to 250 people, and the valid responses of the participants were 56. The analysis shows that they have positive attitudes towards CAT tools. The results of the study show that professional translators and translation students show a positive attitude. Unexpectedly, the profiles of the participants do not play any role in their attitudes towards CAT tools.
Examination of Pre-Service Teachers&apos; Stress Levels towards Academic Expectations and Goal Commitment in Terms of Various Variables
Author: Bayrakdaroglu, Yesim
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Stress Variables,Academic Achievement,Expectation,Goal Orientation,Public Colleges,Foreign Countries,Departments,Student Characteristics,Grade Point Average,Gender Differences,Parent Attitudes,Self Efficacy

This study was carried out with the aim of examining the stress levels towards academic expectations and goal commitment of pre-service teachers (students who are not yet teaching professionally) in terms of various variables. The data were obtained from pre-service teachers (n=465) studying at a public university. In this study, two scales were used to collect data. One was the Academic Expectations Stress Inventory developed by Ang and Huan (2006) and adapted to Turkish by Akin, Abaci, and Cetin (2009). The other was the Goal Commitment Scale developed by Hollenbeck, Klein, O'Leary, and Wright (1989) in 9 items, revised in 5 items by Klein, Wesson, Hollenbeck, Wright, and DeShon (2001) and later adapted to Turkish by Senol and Turan (2019). Descriptive statistics, Independent T-test, One Way ANOVA, Pearson Correlation and Simple Linear Regression were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the analysis, significant differences were found in the variable of the department in terms of &quot;expectations of self&quot; and &quot;goal commitment&quot; of pre-service teachers. Similarly, significant differences were found in the variable of academic grade average in terms of &quot;expectations of self&quot;. In addition, it was observed that goal commitment levels and stress levels of &quot;expectations of parents/teachers&quot; of pre-service teachers were high. At the same time, it was observed that the stress level of &quot;expectations of self&quot; of pre-service teachers was above the middle level, but close to the high level.
The Second Formants of the Laterals in Turkish
Author: Börtlü, Göktug
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Turkish,Phonetics,Phonemes,Acoustics,Cues,Phrase Structure,Native Speakers,Human Body,Speech Communication,Audio Equipment,State Universities,College Students,Foreign Countries,Males,Articulation (Speech)

The study shows that there are two distinct lateral phonemes in Turkish with a minimal pair example. 20 male native speakers of Turkish, aged 20-26, were asked to read six short phrases and a minimal pair which contained laterals. The spectrograms were examined by PRAAT to determine whether it is possible to identify the laterals with regard to their second formants. As the laterals could have been greatly affected by the formants of the surrounding sounds, they were detected by following acoustic cues and the F[subscript 2] values were gathered at the middle of these sounds, which minimized the impact of the other sounds. The non-velarized lateral /l/ is marked by a higher F[subscript 2] than the velarized lateral because of a tongue raising gesture. In order to distinguish between the two laterals, the Mann-Whitney U test was employed based on their F[subscript 2] values in the minimal pair example, for [alpha] = 0.01. With reference to the data, it appears that there is a statistically significant difference between the F[subscript 2] values of the laterals (p &lt; 0.01). There is strong evidence that second formants help define the laterals in Turkish.
EFL Learners&apos; Perceptions about Language Learning and Culture When Using Telecollaboration
Author: Ramírez-Lizcano, Natalia
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Grade 6,Student Attitudes,Second Language Learning,Language Attitudes,Cultural Awareness,Computer Mediated Communication,Cooperative Learning,Telecommunications,Intercultural Communication,Self Expression,Ideology,Learning Motivation

This phenomenological study explores students' perceptions about the relationship between foreign language learning and culture when using telecollaboration. Three main concerns underlie this work: the lack of studies that explore how students perceive the relationship between foreign language learning and culture in the local context, the need to explore the incidence of culture in language learning, and the role of telecollaboration in cultural exchange. Data were collected through questionnaires, focus groups, video recordings, field notes, and students' artifacts. The findings show students' understanding of the nature of language situated within functional and humanistic perspectives. Furthermore, participants alluded to the importance of language learning as a means to understand the scope of culture and cultural identity.
Impact of Bilingual Practice on EFL Learners&apos; Self-Efficacy
Author: Rathert, Stefan
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bilingualism,Native Language,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Self Efficacy,Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Comparative Analysis,Measures (Individuals),Student Attitudes,Student Needs,Universities,Bilingual Education,Language Usage

Acknowledging the increased appreciation of the learner's L1 for L2 learning, this study reports on a criteria-based implementation of bilingual activities in a course of 26 young adult EFL learners at a Turkish university. To investigate potential effects of the bilingual practice on the learners' self-efficacy, a self-efficacy scale of English was administered before and after the 14-week course. Interviews were conducted to triangulate the results of the comparative analysis of the self-efficacy scale. The analysis revealed that only five out of 25 students' self-efficacy perceptions (related to speaking and writing) changed significantly with moderate effect size. The findings from the interviews suggest that changes in self-efficacy were only partly associated with the implementation of bilingual activities, and that unfavourable conditions of the course context overshadowed potential positive effects of the bilingual practice. However, the results also indicate that the bilingual practice was perceived conducive to L2 learning and that it may serve as a tool to addresses the specific needs of learners with diminished self-efficacy.
A Study on the Punctuation Knowledge Levels of Freshmen Students
Author: Sülükçü, Yusuf
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Punctuation,College Freshmen,Knowledge Level,Turkish,Writing Skills,Gender Differences

The present study was conducted to determine the use of punctuation marks by freshmen college Turkish language course students whose native language was Turkish. The study is a quantitative study where descriptive techniques were used. The study group included 204 students (157 female and 57 male students). An anonymous short story text that did not include any punctuation marks was used as the data collection instrument. The original text included 8 punctuation marks used in different parts of the text. The data were obtained by asking students to rewrite the text based on composition rules and including the missing punctuation marks. T-test, One-Way ANOVA, Tukey HSD tests available on IBM SPSS Statistics 22 software were used in data analysis. The study findings demonstrated that students made several mistakes in all punctuation marks. The period was the only punctuation mark used correctly by the majority of students. The students made the most mistakes when using the dash (98.34%). Analysis of the findings based on student department, there was a difference in the use of exclamation marks only between PDR I. instruction 1/B and PDR II instruction 1/B classes. A significant difference was determined favoring the female students only between the use of quotation marks based on gender. [This article was presented orally at III International Educational Sciences and Social Sciences Symposium held in Nevsehir on March 25-27, 2019.]
Translating Culture in Children&apos;s Literature: A Case Study on the Turkish Translation of &quot;Letters from Father Christmas&quot;
Author: Hastürkoglu, Gökçen
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Translation,Cultural Education,Childrens Literature,Foreign Countries,Turkish,Holidays,Intercultural Communication,Figurative Language

Translation has been considered as a cross-cultural act comprising the transference of the cultural signs, rather than only finding the equivalence of linguistic patterns in the target text. As bridge-builders between different cultures, translators assume a very significant role in order to achieve the most appropriate cognitive, cultural, stylistic, and linguistic equivalence in the target system. This role becomes more challenging and problematic when the target audience are children. By emphasizing the difficulties in translating children's literature and the required strategies, the present study examines the Turkish translation of culturally-bound words and expressions in Tolkien's &quot;Letters From Father Christmas.&quot; Within the framework of Lawrence Venuti's concepts of domestication and foreignization, and Klingberg's scheme of cultural context adaptation categories, this study analysed the translator's strategies and decisions and discussed whether the translator successfully conveys the same impression in the target audience in a context which is foreign to the Turkish culture and children in particular.
Attachment, Ego Resilience, Emerging Adulthood, Social Resources, and Well-Being among Traditional-Aged College Students
Author: Lane, Joel A.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Attachment Behavior,Self Concept,Resilience (Psychology),Young Adults,Mental Health,Well Being,Generational Differences,Social Support Groups,Social Media,Life Satisfaction,Security (Psychology),Public Colleges,Undergraduate Students,Counseling Techniques,Stress Management

To improve conceptualizations of college student mental health, the present study (N = 538) compared predictors of well-being that comprise both well-established counseling theories (e.g., attachment) and newer models specific to the life experience of the millennial generation and Generation Z. Predictors included internal resources (i.e., attachment security, ego resilience), emerging adulthood identification, and social resources (i.e., social support, social media usage). Each variable set predicted significant variance. The emerging adulthood and social media variables accounted for approximately 7% of variance in both psychological well-being and life satisfaction. Identifying emerging adulthood as a time of negativity and instability was the second strongest predictor of psychological well-being, while identifying emerging adulthood as a time of experimentation and possibilities was the second biggest predictor of life satisfaction. Implications for conceptualizing and treating today's students are discussed.
Existential Negation in Turkish: A Functional Approach
Author: Seydi, Muberra
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Morphemes,Turkish,Morphology (Languages),Syntax,Semantics,Structural Analysis (Linguistics),Form Classes (Languages)

Existential negation is the one type of negation present in languages, which its item is called &quot;negative existential&quot;, and it provides to tell the case of &quot;absence&quot;, &quot;lack&quot;, &quot;there is not&quot;, &quot;poor&quot;, &quot;empty&quot;, &quot;dead&quot; etc. Negative existentials are generally used for the common similarity of a structure as morphological, syntactic and semantic typologies. In Turkish, existential negation occurs with the independent morpheme &quot;yok,&quot; which is defined as &quot;absolute absence/non-existence&quot;. &quot;Yok&quot; is the main negative existential that is different from the standard negation and it is a separate lexical item with negative content. Since it is a powerful negator with its &quot;absolute absence/nonexistence&quot; meaning, it can be used in different positions, such as existential negation, possessive negation, emphatic negation, standard negation, short answer &quot;no&quot;, prohibition or double negation. In addition to &quot;yok,&quot; the bound morpheme &quot;-sXz&quot; is used with &quot;without/lack&quot; meaning in existential negation by implying the non-existence case. Besides, general rejection item &quot;degil,&quot; which means &quot;is not&quot;, is used in existential negation, which implies the non-existentiality by rejecting the existence case that is presupposed.
A Systematic Review on Flipped Learning in Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language
Author: Arslan, Abdullah
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Literature Reviews,Blended Learning,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Curriculum Implementation,College Students,Language Skills,Technology Uses in Education,Second Language Learning,Barriers

The aim of this study was to discuss benefits and challenges of flipped learning in teaching English as a foreign or second language through a systematic review. Prior to conducting this systematic review, 78 studies published in journals that are indexed in Web of Science (WOS), ERIC, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, IGI Global, and Wiley Online Library databases were selected in accordance with a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria. As a result of the coding process, themes and sub-themes emerged based on the content analysis. The findings reveal that there is an increase in the publications on the implementation of flipped learning in teaching English as a foreign or second language. It is also seen that the majority of the studies about the implementation of flipped language learning includes university students as participants. One of the most reported benefits of the use of flipped learning in this field is that it has positive effects on enhancing students' English language skills such as writing and speaking. In some of the reviewed studies, however, some issues like access to the Internet and workload for both students and teachers are among the most expressed challenges.
Investigation of Cultural Competence Development Processes of English Translation and Interpretation Department Students
Author: Köksal, Onur
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Translation,High School Students,Foreign Countries,Universities,Departments,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Program Descriptions,Preferences,Student Attitudes,Undergraduate Students,Writing Skills,Reading Comprehension,Language Proficiency,Language Processing

The purpose of the present research is investigating cultural competence development processes of students studying at Selcuk University Department of English Translation and Interpretation. Data of the research were collected with English Translation and Interpretation Students' Cultural Competence Development Processes Survey, developed by the researcher. The courses promoting cultural competence were identified based on the analysis of the collected data. Additionally, the present research studies whether students' cultural competence development habits varied and how they formed these habits in terms of different demographic features. At the end of the research some suggestions below were given. High school students at foreign language and other programs should be offered with clear information about the department of English Translation and Interpretation. English Translation and Interpretation students, who were born abroad, can be detected and further studies can be conducted on the reasons for their preferences of the department. Even English education starts at an earlier age in Turkey, most of the participants stated that they started to learn English between the ages 9-11. A more comprehensive study should be conducted by language educators on the reasons for this finding. In the present research, the participants were asked to self-report on their speaking, reading comprehension and writing proficiency levels. In a further study on this subject, researchers can conduct proficiency exams to define participants' levels.
Errors in Written Expressions of Learners of Turkish as a Foreign Language: A Systematic Review
Author: Yildiz, Funda Uzdu
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Error Patterns,Written Language,Turkish,Second Language Learning,Educational Research,Adult Students,Foreign Students,Spelling,Punctuation,Grammar

The present study systematically reviewed research that was conducted to analyze the errors within the written expressions of individuals learning Turkish as a foreign language. The sample of the study consisted of 16 articles that were identified through the review of literature. The articles that focused on the written expression errors made by learners of Turkish as a foreign language, published between 2010 and 2019, and written in Turkish with the participation of adult learners of Turkish as a foreign language were included in the study. The findings of the articles were assessed using content analysis to organize the systematic review. The results of the systematic review indicated that the errors that were most frequently made by foreign students in writing were related to spelling and punctuation (40%), followed by grammatical errors (34%). While lexical errors constituted 14% of errors, syntactic errors constituted 12% of the errors. At all levels, lexical and syntax errors were fewer than other types of error.
Agency Responses to Counselor Survivors of Client Suicide
Author: Wagner, Nathaniel J.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Suicide,Counselor Client Relationship,Counselor Training,Empathy,Supervision,Mental Health,Health Services,Public Agencies,Case Studies,Counselor Attitudes,Counselor Characteristics,Supervisor Supervisee Relationship,Measures (Individuals),Policy Analysis,Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,Symptoms (Individual Disorders)

According to recent research, counselors may benefit from a variety of supports offered by mental health agencies after a client dies by suicide. Research is sparse concerning how often agency supports and outreach are offered to counselors and what supports counselors find to be the most helpful after a client suicide. In this cross-sectional survey research study, the researchers recruited a sample of counselors (N = 228) who self-identified as having experienced a client suicide. The authors examined relationships between perceived organizational support, supervisory alliance, and the impact of the event on counselors. The authors also examined the use and perceived helpfulness of agency policies regarding counselor-oriented support after client suicide. Results highlight the need for more counselor training around suicide, increased empathy for counselor survivors, and the need for agency policies related to postvention.