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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ambiguity Tolerance, Emotional Intelligence, Listening Comprehension, EFL learners]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this study is to examine the role of ambiguity tolerance and emotional intelligence in listening comprehension of second language learners. Sixty freshman students who are majoring in English teaching in Arak University are chosen. Oxford placement test (1994) was administered to homogenize students. Thereafter, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale (SLTAS) (Ely 1995), Norton&#039;s Measurement of Ambiguity Tolerance (1975), and Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i; Bar-On, 1997) were administered to analyze the level of ambiguity tolerance and emotional intelligence of students, respectively. Moreover, the listening part of OPT was used to investigate the students’ listening comprehension. The results of the study reveal that there is a relation among ambiguity tolerance, emotional intelligence and listening comprehension.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[998]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1030">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[AN (UN)FETTERED ALBANIAN LANGUAGE IN THE POST-MODERN AGE: TAKING A GLANCE AT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JANET BYRON IN LIGHT OF REVISITING THE CURRENT STANDARD]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Nearly four decades have passed since the publication of Janet Byron’s contributions in the 1970s concerning official language policy and planning (LPP) efforts for Unified Literary Albanian (i.e., Literary Albanian or more recently Standard Albanian). Her analyses have been found to be well-grounded and substantiated, especially by linguists who have dealt extensively with Albanian. Further, over the years, numerous scholars have voiced their concerns regarding ULA’s monocentrism, basing the standard on primarily the Tosk dialect (at the expense of other plausible varieties and alternatives), where such a selection reflected elements of what has come to be known as standard language ideology, involving an imposition of linguistic uniformity and invariance, an attitude of moral superiority, and hegemony, among others. Given Byron’s characterizations of LPP for ULA, including its inception and later culmination in Tiranain 1972 at the Congress of Orthography, perhaps an approach that integrates an adequate dose of what has been referred to as de-standardization of language, combined with elements of a critical approach to LPP, could result in a more relaxed, balanced language, one that allows for the integration of what Byron refers to as the “rejected alternates,” one that is more user-friendly for the majority of its speakers, including for both NSs and NNSs (in that it would reflect actual language usage) in the 21st century. Such an approach is of particular importance in a contemporary linguistic landscape that takes into account the current sociolinguistic reality, recent literature on standard language ideology, critical sociolinguistics, local practices of language users, linguistic variation and diversity, linguistic ecology, identity, metrolinguism, plurilingualism, literacy, and multiculturalism in a constantly shifting urban space. (Word count: 271)    Keywords: Albanian; G(h)eg (variety); Tosk (variety); Unified Literary Albanian; language policy and planning; standard language ideology; (de)standardization; language variation; criticalsociolinguistics; critical social theory; language ecology; linguistic human rights (word count: 29)]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3463]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1681">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis in Banking Sector with Knowledge  Management Assessment Tool]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The main problem of today&#039;s enterprises is to sustain their development  and growth, because of the changing environmental conditions and the  global competitiveness. Therefore, the concept of knowledge, especially  after 1990s’, has begun to be seen as one of the most valuable strategic  resource of businesses. Additionally, the concept of knowledge  management has been discussed frequently in management research and  applications.  Knowledge management is defined as the process of creating, storing,  transferring, applying and saving organizational knowledge (Schultze and  Stabell, 2004); discovering the sources of required information  (SabherwalandSabherwal, 2005); the process of gathering, transferring and  effective use of information (Davenport, 2001); developing informal  knowledge flow among individuals; codifying knowledge in organizations  and building systems for sharing (Birkinshaw, 2001). It has been suggested  that knowledge management practices has provided many positive  outcomes for businesses. In the literature, there is a number of empirical  studies about knowledge management, revealing organizational learning,  developing new product/service by creating a more suitable environment  for innovation (Corso and etc, 2001; Lester, 2001; Sherman etc, 2005),  increasing employee performance by improving core competencies  (Sabherwal and Sabherwal, 2005), providing competitive advantage (Roth,  2003) and sustainable organizational performance (Bogner and Bansal,  2007). In this context, the aim of this research is to examine the level of  organizational knowledge management skill and practices in banking  sector and also whether there is a difference between public and private  banks in terms of knowledge management skills. The reason for selecting  banking sector as sample is because customer satisfaction, creativity and  innovation are so important and the sector is so sensitive to technological  development. Therefore knowledge management practices are being used  intensively in this sector. The scale used for data collection is “Knowledge  Management Assessment Tool” which was developed by American  Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) and Arthur Andersen in 1995. It is  aimed to analyze the dimensions of knowledge management which are  leadership, technology, process, and culture. There are a few studies in this  field in literature. So based on the framework and the insights generated  by the investigation, the study will lead scholars to new research areas and  contribute to business world.  Keywords: Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Banking Sector, KMAT.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1581]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3059">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis of Environmental Costs for a Midlle Sized Printing and Packing  Company]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In the past three decades, awareness of the companies towards the environmental  issues increased because of new regulations and increased public awareness. In order to satisfy  the public demand and accomplish the legal obligations companies initiated using environmental  friendly technologies and made changes in their manufacturing processes and material usage.  Implementation of environmental friendly manufacturing systems brings additional costs to the  companies. In this study the classification of environmental costs in small and medium sized  enterprises (SMEs) are discussed and previously suggested environmental costs classification  system for SMEs were applied to a middle size printing and packing company. The share of  environmental management cost of the company was calculated as 2.7% of annual expenses  while the average annual cost of environmental investments were about at the level of 0.6%. In  the main part of this study, we discussed how environmental costs are being done varies in a  number of respects and applications for a selected type of work sector, how they can be grouped  or classified, and what could be the magnitude of the environmental investment to fulfill new  national regulations established.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[250]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3060">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis of Environmental Costs for a Midlle Sized Printing and Packing  Company]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In the past three decades, awareness of the companies towards the environmental  issues increased because of new regulations and increased public awareness. In order to satisfy  the public demand and accomplish the legal obligations companies initiated using environmental  friendly technologies and made changes in their manufacturing processes and material usage.  Implementation of environmental friendly manufacturing systems brings additional costs to the  companies. In this study the classification of environmental costs in small and medium sized  enterprises (SMEs) are discussed and previously suggested environmental costs classification  system for SMEs were applied to a middle size printing and packing company. The share of  environmental management cost of the company was calculated as 2.7% of annual expenses  while the average annual cost of environmental investments were about at the level of 0.6%. In  the main part of this study, we discussed how environmental costs are being done varies in a  number of respects and applications for a selected type of work sector, how they can be grouped  or classified, and what could be the magnitude of the environmental investment to fulfill new  national regulations established.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[303]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/11">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis of Gender Differences in the use of Swear Words on Facebook]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Abstract: The question of gender differences in language use has been repeatedly explored and claims about these distinctions that were once considered invariable have been questioned and refuted. One of the less explored areas within this issue, however, is the phenomenon of swearing. This paper aimed to explore how and why men and women swear on one of the most popular social media sites, Facebook, and how the context in which such utterances are produced modulates their frequency and form. The study found that both men and women are more likely to swear when commenting on the content produced by the same gender and also when surrounded by other males and females, respectively. Furthermore, the research confirmed some previous studies in which men were found to swear more out of aggressiveness, while women do so to exaggerate their words.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Melika Muhanović]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Nejla Babić]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Esma Latić]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Journal of Education and Humanities<br />
Volume 1 (2)]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Winter 2018]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Keywords: gender, differences, taboo language, swear words, social media]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2566-4638<br />
DOI 10.14706/JEH2018125]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2544">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis of Relationship between Ambiguity Tolerance, Emotional Intelligence and Listening Comprehension Performance of Iranian EFL Learners]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this study is to examine the role of ambiguity tolerance and emotional intelligence in listening comprehension of second language learners. Sixty freshman students who are majoring in English teaching in Arak University are chosen. Oxford placement test (1994) was administered to homogenize students. Thereafter, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale (SLTAS) (Ely 1995), Norton&#039;s Measurement of Ambiguity Tolerance (1975), and Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i; Bar-On, 1997) were administered to analyze the level of ambiguity tolerance and emotional intelligence of students, respectively. Moreover, the listening part of OPT was used to investigate the students’ listening comprehension. The results of the study reveal that there is a relation among ambiguity tolerance, emotional intelligence and listening comprehension.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[926]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1905">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis of Students’, Teachers’ And Parents’ Views About Lack Of Success in Teaching English at Public High Schools in Turkey (Antalya Province Sample)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Key words: English Teaching, Reasons for Lack of Success, Students’ / Teachers’ / Parents’ Views  ABSTRACT  The aim of this study is to find out the reasons for the lack of success in English subject at public high schools by taking students’, teachers’ and parents’ views into consideration and put forward solutions and implications for the problems on the subject.  The population of the research is teachers of English, students and parents in public high schools throughout Turkey in 2011-2012 educational year. The sample of the study is comprised of 402 students studying at fifteen public high schools which are located in five central counties (Aksu, Döşemealtı, Kepez, Konyaaltı and Muratpaşa) in Antalya province, 58 parents and 50 teachers of English who are currently working at the aforementioned fifteen public high schools. Random sampling method is utilized in the process of comprising student, teacher and parent samples. As data collection tool, Students’ / Teachers’ / Parents’ Views on the Problems Encountered at Public High Schools in Teaching English Questionnaire developed by the researcher was used.  As for the results of the study, crowded classrooms in English lessons affect teaching negatively; forming homogeneous level classrooms in English lessons would affect learning positively; student books and workbooks should be prepared taking into consideration student concerns and levels; weekly English lesson schedule is insufficient; weekly English lessons should be increased and English should be presented to students as an elective subject together with the compulsory English lesson; providing contemporary audio-visual tools which can contribute to teaching process in classrooms and using these tools affect learning positively; subject contents, books and programmes appropriate for revised class levels studying English and revised weekly schedule for English lessons should be prepared are reached.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[IBU Publishing]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-03]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1780]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2650">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis of the Azeri Translation of English Collocation of That-Complement]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This article deals with collocation in general and then concentrates on grammatical collocations  based on Benson et alʹs category of grammatical collocations. The emphasis is on a study conducted to find out the Azeri translation of collocation of That-complement. The importance of collocation in the learning of a foreign language and the problems that English learners face with in using collocations have been underscored by researchers. However, there have been few studies to take all types of collocations, particularly, the grammatical type, into consideration. Therefore the translation  and production of these collocations  may cause some problems for English learners .  According to Benson et al., collocation could be sorted systematically into two major groups--lexical collocations and grammatical collocations. A lexical collocation could be made up of nouns, adjectives, verbs, or adverbs. On the other hand, a grammatical collocation was made up of a dominant word, such as a noun, an adjective, or a verb, and a preposition or grammatical structure like an infinitive or a clause. Based on Benson et alʹs category of grammatical collocations, there are four collocations for That-complement : noun+ that-clause, adjective+ that-clause, transitive verb +that-noun clause and subject it+ verb+ that-clause. Based on the analysis of English translated materials into Azeri, it has been found that (1) English collocation noun+ that-clause mainly translated as complex sentences in Azeri with the percentage of 70%.Moreover 18% translated as simple sentences involving verbal combinations and 12% translated as simple sentences lacking verbal combinations.(2) Regarding English collocation of adjective+ that-clause,  it can be said that they are translated as complex sentences in Azeri with the percentage of 86%,and also some sentences translated as simple sentences involving verbal combinations with the percentage of 10% .The percentage of sentences translated a simple sentences without verbal combinations is 4%.(3) The results of this research shows that collocation of transitive verb +that-noun clause basically translated as complex sentences with the percentage of 90% and 10% translated as simple sentences involving  verbal combinations.(4) Based on the findings of this research, it has been cleared that in Azeri ,  the dummy subject &quot;it&quot;is nottranslated at all. Since in English , extraposition construction consists copular verbs  , in Azeri translation of these sentences  instead of copular verbs  , there are  some expressions called &quot;modal words&quot;, functioning like verb phrases, are used according to the meaning of copular verbs. In addition, extraposition constructions followed by that-clause ,  translated as complex sentences in Azeri , with the percentage of  75%. It should be said that the percentage of the sentences which have been translated as simple sentences without verbal combinations is 15% while  the percentage of  sentences translated as simple sentences involving  verbal combinations is 10%. Moreover, it can be said , generally, in Azeri language, collocation noun+that-clause translated as noun +verb+ that-clause, collocation adjective+ that-clause translated as adjective +verb+ that-clause ,collocation transitive verb +that-noun clause translated as transitive verb +that-noun clause and subject it+ verb+ that-clause translated as  (object)+modal words +that clause.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[951]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2961">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analysis of the Contents of the Studies Carried Out on the Relationship  between the Strategy and the Performance of the Organization]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this research is to analyze the methodology used in the papers that deal  with the relationship between strategy and business performance in the last decade. In this  context; it is intended to determine the fields of study on which the papers focus, the research  methods and data collection techniques used and the findings achieved, and to compare and  contrast the findings obtained with the methods of research used. In this research, a qualitative  research method was used and the data were acquired through literature review. The data  acquired were put to content analysis and they were analyzed within the theoretical framework  formed in accordance with the objectives of the research. The main restriction of the research is  that the academic papers only in the data bases of Emerald and Sciencedirect were included in  the research. Within this, 15 papers in both data bases mentioned were reviewed. The findings of  the research indicate that the papers reviewed have been published in 10 different academic  journals and they focus on 6 different fields. Furthermore, quantitative research methods were  used in 11 of total 15 papers whereas qualitative research methods were used in 4 of them.  Questionnaire technique was chosen to collect data in the papers in which quantitative research  methods were used. On the other hand, while literature review was mainly preferred in the  papers in which qualitative research methods were used, case method was used in one of them.  The results of the research point out that the papers have similar findings although they have  used different methods, and it has been found out that there is a positive relationship between  strategy and business performance in the consequence of each paper.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[148]]></dcterms:extent>
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