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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Teaching Business English for Distance Learning Students – Challenges,  Problems and Potential Solutions]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Distance learning has become a type of learning which is increasingly  preferred by students both in bachelor and master programs at the Faculty of Economics  and Business Administration, mainly due to economic reasons which force young people  to start working immediately after finishing high-school. However, distance learning is  also a solution for middle-aged people who graduated different universities in their youth,  but have professions which are no longer requested on the job market. As the spectrum of  distance learning students is so heterogeneous from different points of view such as age  or professional background, teaching English to such students has encountered a number  of challenges and problems that we have been trying to cope with so far. In order to  identify these problems, we have made a survey among distance learning students from  our faculty by using questionnaires and guided interviews. We have also made a  summary of the issues identified in our teaching experience and we have talked to  colleagues who are in the same situation in order to discover the common points. The  paper will present the results of this investigation and the solutions we propose, solutions  which are based on our 10 year-experience in teaching distance learning students as well  as on the review of specialized literature in this area.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[54]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2699">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A study of anxiety among the Graduation Learners of English as a Foreign  Language in Pakistan.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The learning of English as a foreign language in Pakistan takes place in  two different types of Educational Institutions – Urdu and English Medium. Some  students, in a pilot study, were reported to have acquitted themselves well in their  language class while others not so well, particularly in speaking the language in the  classroom. The main reason for low performance in this regard was reportedly  attributed to anxiety and nervousness among the low performers. In order to ascertain  this hypothesis empirically, this researcher carried out a full fledge research to this  effect. The study as such used qualitative semi- structured individual interviews and  focus group discussion. A total of thirty four participants including twenty seven  learners and seven experienced language teachers participated in the research. The  findings suggest that anxiety in communication stems, on the one hand, in the learners  from their self created perceptions and beliefs about themselves, and on the other,  from the strict and formal classroom environment in the educational institutions. On  the basis of these findings the study suggests some measures to be followed in the  classroom to alleviate the element of anxiety in the learners. Such measures are  expected to yield positive results in the performance of the learners.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[22]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Corrective feedback on the oral production and its influence in the  intercultural classes]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The role of error correction or corrective feedback has been studied and  emphasized since the beginning of language learning. The term largely relates to the four  skills of language such as reading, writing, speaking and writing. This article will focus  on the oral production and will have a look at language acquisition in an intercultural  classes. The positive feedback will be discussed and the attitude of the teacher towards  the learners will be explored through the research. The language learning can be effected  negatively or positively by the way of the teachers‘ attitude towards the learner. The  article focuses on the different examples of corrective feedback and its influence in the  intercultural classes.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[41]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2701">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Analytic Interpretation of Grammatical Phrases  Construing the English Articles]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper studies the English article system from the perspective of  dialectics. The aim of the study is to expand the area of understanding the English  article system by showing that at the very elementary communicative level is more  relevantly indicated as a relational dialectical system rather than a simple binary one  as characterized in most traditional pedagogical grammar books. This research  attempts to reach this objective by interpreting such key metalingustic notions as  anaphoric generic uniqueness etc as well as the three main descriptors of the English  articles which involve article definite and indefinite For Plato dialogues or our Daily  communicational acts are fundamentally dialectical. Thus the base reasoning for his  research is that if we understand the Notion linked to dialectic or dialectical acts  better this will in turn help us comprehend our own dialogical acts in general and the  English articles as a key dialogical marker in particular.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[30]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2702">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Jezik SMS poruka - novi zajedniĦki jezik]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[SMS poruke su postale jedan od najdominantnijih sredstava komunikacije u  Ħitavom svijetu. Za lingviste predstavljaju poseban jeziĦki ―varijetet― sa specifiĦnim  pravilnostima u razliĦitim vidovima jeziĦke upotrebe. Kroz kratki istorijat o nastanku  SMS poruka, u nańem radu pokuńaĤemo da tumaĦimo specifiĦnost jezika SMS -  tekstualnih poruka, analizirajuĤi, prije svega, skraĤenice koje se u italijanskom jeziku  najĦeńĤe koriste prilikom njihovog pisanja, kao i uticaj koji SMS poruke imaju na sam  jezik. SMS jezik nije novi jezik, ali je sigurno jezik s daleko vińe moguĤnosti i promjena  od onog kojeg uĦimo u ńkoli i kao takav, razvijajuĤi kreativnost, dozvoljava nam da se  igramo jezikom i rijeĦima, pa Ħak i izmińljamo nove rijeĦi.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[118]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2703">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Troublesome Subjunctive: An Examination of the Frequent Mistakes  Made in Tense Conjugation]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Why do some English grammar issues pose problems to otherwise fully competent  and fluent students in Croatia? From our experience, reported speech and conditional  sentences rank high on the list of such issues. The aim of this paper is to explore some  problems Croatian students have with the concept of the subjunctive and its application in  conditional sentences. The key problems for Croatian students in forming conditional  sentences derive from their inherent desire to translate Croatian to English directly, which  does not address the changing tense of the verb in the conditional clause. For example, the  sentence, ―If I were rich, I would travel the world‖ would translate into Croatian, ―If I am  rich, I would travel the world.‖ In general, the concept of using a verb in the past tense to  express a present or future desire is simply alien to native Slavic language speakers. Examples  of common errors in the translation of conditional sentences type 2 and 3 from Croatian to  English and vice versa are presented in the paper followed by some suggestions of how to  help students master the concept of the subjunctive and successfully apply it in conditional  sentences.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[56]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2704">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Using Current Issues of Interest on Vocabulary Learning]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study attempted to investigate the effect of the teacher‘s using currents  issues of interest in the society in English classes on the students‘ achievement of the  vocabulary in reading comprehension. It was hypothesized that using awareness of  current issues of interest has a positive influence on the students‘ achievement of the  vocabulary in English class at the university. The research was conducted at Islamic Azad  University in Hidaj with participants--male and female-- who were majoring at courses  other than English. The research method which was employed was an experimental pretest  post-test control group design, and t-test was used to analyze the data. After  analyzing the data, it was proved that when teachers contribute current issues of interest  in the society to the class materials in teaching reading passages, their students learn  vocabulary better.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[114]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2705">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The founding myth of the Schola Salerni:  the importance of contact among languages and the activity of translation  for interreligious and intercultural dialogue and the development of  knowledge.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[According to the legend, the Schola salernitana was born by the casual  meeting of four physicians, symbolic characters, whose dynamics and values aim to  underline the confluence (in the civitas Hippocratica, cosmopolitan Mediterranean port,  ‗open‘ and ‗syncretic‘ as its nascent School) of different medical, and cultural more in  general, traditions: disembodied from their legendary traits, the four figures show how  peculiar, in that intercultural and interreligious dialogue (among the Jewish, Arabic,  Greek and Latin ones), is the role of languages and the importance of the work of  translation, in its first, and primary, etymological meaning of tra(ns)-ducere, ‗transport  from coast to coast‘.  The proposed contribution intends to frame the founding myth of the Schola Salerni in  the wider cultural background which was its host, contributor and supporter, highlighting  the modern, meaningful value of its everlasting message also for the contemporary world,  which is risking to lose sight of the main way of meeting, contact, exchange, dialogue for  welfare and peace.  The exemplum of the Schola medica Salernitana, a litmus test of a wider cultural and  linguitic debate (from the quite medieval research of the ‗language of God‘ to the  experiments of Frederick II), is emblematic of the absolute necessity of comparison in the  construction of civilization and knowledge, comparison primarily passing through  communication, and then, ultimately, on the linguistic field and activity of translation: the  figure and work of Constantine Africanus are perhaps, in the specific case, the most  significant examples.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[51]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Turkish EFL Learners‘ Beliefs about Learning Second Foreign  Languages]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper reports on a study that investigated beliefs about  second foreign language learning of Turkish EFL learners, compared their  beliefs about learning German, Italian and French as a second foreign  language and explored within-group variation in these learners‘ beliefs.  The primary purpose of this study is to identify Turkish learners‘ beliefs  about compulsory second foreign language courses in French, Italian and  German at an English-medium university in Turkey. Another aim of the  study is to identify the underlying reasons the students have for choosing  and not choosing a particular second foreign language course among  available options as well as to see whether beliefs varied according to the  semester of the students. The results indicated that the participants had  different beliefs about second foreign languages and that their beliefs are  stable over time.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[669]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2707">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[POSITIVE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN SLA]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper is aimed to discuss corrective feedback in oral reading  skills. It mainly focuses on the role of transitions and conjunctions in texts and  questions the conditions of efficacy of corrective feedback for the development of  reading skill among 4 language skills. It discusses what corrective feedback is, what  kind of types there are, and which type should be preferred mostly for the best result.  Swain (1985), Pica (1988) and Pica, Holliday, Lewis and Morgenhaler (1989)  provided that corrective feedback techniques lead to modified output and self-repair  are more likely to improve learners&#039; ability to monitor their output and lead to IL  development.  As it is a very dynamic subject, there are a lot of claims by the leading linguists such  as Gass, Long, Krashen, Schachter, Varonis, Ellis and Schmidt. By dealing with their  significant approaches to it in the light of various empirical and theoretical  researches, its impact and issues related to it will be examined.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[690]]></dcterms:extent>
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