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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The image of the Flying Dutchman inthe literature of Romanticism]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The paper touches upon the peculiarities of the so called “marine theme” in Romantic art as a whole, and its central image – the Flying Dutchman, in particular. The etymology of this image, as well its numerous literary interpretations make up the subject of the research. Three key literary works of Romanticism, the ballad by S.T. Coleridge, the libretto by R. Wagner, and the novel by H. Melville, are in the spotlight of the given paper. The roots of the Flying Dutchman can be traced in the texts by Apollonius of Rhodes and Homer – their legendary books“Argonautica” and “Odyssey”respectively, as well as in the Norse mythology, in Edda  –a notorious Naglfar, the ship made of deadmen’s nails. At the Age of Discovery the story of a mysterious ship came to its final form. Being first mentioned in various European folk tales, with the course of time the plot became highly popular in late XVIII – XIX centuries. In Romantic literature the legend of the Flying Dutchman transformed into the allegoryof a man punished by Heaven for being too proud to resign himself to God’s will – a symbol of purgatory for sinners begging for mercy and forgiveness to rest in peace.    Keywords: Flying Dutchman, Romanticism, Coleridge, Wagner, Melville.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-07]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3263]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/197">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Overcoming EFL Obstacles to (Reading) Academic Texts – Class Observation]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[What are the obstacles that impede understanding and decrease proficiency in reading academic texts in ESP? Correspondingly, how can they be overcome to achieve learning outcomes of EFL courses at tertiary level? Broadly speaking, academic texts are used in numerous learning processes across various stages of study. They are designed or aimed at such a purposeso as to facilitate instruction and the transfer of knowledge in academic subjects studied at the university level by providing textual input for the conceptualization and presentation of facts and hypotheses related to students’ respective fields of study. In ESP teaching they are used to introduce academic language through relevant academic content, aiming to draw upon the students’ existing vocabulary base, build new lexical-semantic connections and raise the students’ overall foreign language proficiency level. Upon direct class observation, the authors have found that students perceive such texts as unnecessarily complex and the language they employ as obsolete and overly pretentious to be considered instrumental. The underlying reasons for this potentially disallowing perspective can be linked to insufficient knowledge of advanced professional vocabulary, elaborate grammatical structures and rhetorical organization patterns, coupled with affective factors, often manifested in the acquired bias toward more “everyday” texts employed in previous language instruction, which provide only a limited representation of language. The role of the teacher is thus to stimulate and channel the students’ professed interest and curiosity for their field of study by exploiting academic texts and various language acquisition techniques in order for students to successfully tackle demanding content and acquire new vocabulary and structures. This paper will aim to determine the common features of texts used in tertiary level ESP, namely in applied health sciences and international relations, and to explore and design effective reading techniques and language exercises that might help develop a comprehensive approach to the multilayer pattern that is academic text.     Keywords: academic text, tertiary level ESP, learning obstacles, reading techniques]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-09]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3264]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Language learning through Facebook: A descriptive case study]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[According to the statistics as of 15 November 2015 in Italy there are about 28,000,000 Facebook subscribers, which means a 46.1% penetration rate.  Facebook is also the most commonly used social networking tool among university students: their involvement and the hours they spend on this popular networking site should encourage educators in higher education institutions to consider it as a place for learning and to integrate it in the academic practices. This paper reports and analyzes the data collected using a questionnaire concerning students’ perceptions of language learning possibilities on Facebook. The survey was conducted at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” (Department of Literary, Linguistics and Comparative Studies) during the academic year 2015-2016 and involved students enrolled in three different courses. At this step, students’ perceptions and attitudes were measured through a questionnaire including several questions about demographic information, their perceptions of Facebook and their use and behavior on this social network site. The main purpose of this study was to find out the role and benefits of Facebook in students’ language learning processes, whether Facebook is able to improve students’ language skills and whether students use specific Facebook groups to facilitate language learning. The study was limited only to the generic social networking site Facebook, excluding all the other social networking sites (including the relatively new Language Learning Social Network Sites (LLSNSs) too, such as Babbel, Busuu, italki; Polyglotclub, etc.)    Keywords: Social networking sites, Facebook, Foreign language learning, Engagement]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3265]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/195">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Pre-Primary Teachers’ Beliefs about Early Foreign Language Learning in Slovenia]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The introduction of foreign languages into the early years has spurred a need for qualified teachers. Most of the recent studies (e.g. Garton, Copland &amp; Burns, 2011; Mourão &amp; Lourenço, 2015; Murphy &amp; Evangelou, 2016) reveal that there are not enough teachers who would be proficient in a foreign language and at the same time have thorough knowledge of the preschool curriculum and methodology of teaching foreign languages to young learners. More pre-service and in-service teacher training in this area is highly recommended. In Slovenia, there is currently only a two-year in-service teacher-training programme for pre-primary teachers who wish to gain a formal certificate to teach English to children from the ages of 3 to 6 and only a few teachers have finished it. Nevertheless, the research shows that in 2009/2010 almost half of Slovene kindergartens (47,5%) offered some form of foreign language teaching to children and we can assume that this number has grown in the last six years. Ideally, foreign languages would be taught by trained pre-primary teachers, proficient in foreign languages and early language teaching methodology, and therefore we have conducted a research among 369 pre-primary teachers, asking them about their beliefs about early foreign language learning. Questionnaires were administered to all the participants in the study. The results show that most pre-primary teachers have a positive attitude to early foreign language learning. Most of them think that children should start learning a foreign language in kindergarten and that foreign language learning should be integrated into the preschool curriculum. They think that foreign languages should be taught by qualified pre-primary teachers and approximately half of them are willing to train for early FL teaching. Their attitude to early foreign language learning brings an optimistic forecast into the future, but there is still a lot to be done for effective inclusion of foreign languages into pre-primary education.    Keywords: preschool children, pre-primary teachers, foreign language learning]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-12]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3266]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/194">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Right of Patient - Consumer to Reimbursement for Cross - Border Healthcare]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Summary: The exercise of fundamental market freedoms in the European Union includes the freedom of movement of persons in order to attain the right to health care. A part of the possibility to access health services in the Member States where they are insured, the citizens of the Union can also demand such a service in another Member State and obtain reimbursement. This is the so called cross-border healthcare.  Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients&#039; rights in cross-border healthcare is a new legal instrument adopted to ensure the mobility of patients within the European Union and eliminate the existing differences in the application of two parallel systems - one based on Regulation 883/2004/EC on the coordination the social security system, and the other on the principles and views of the Court of the European Union, which are based on the provisions of the Treaties on the fundamental market freedoms.    The first report of the Commission on the application of Directive 2011/24/EU from October 2015 shows that all the objectives proclaimed in the Directive have not yet been achieved and all the dilemmas related to different mechanisms of reimbursement for cross-border healthcare in the EU have not been eliminated.  Analysis of the organization of health care systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the right to mobility of patients within and outside of its borders illustrates the complexity and inefficiency of this system, the discrimination related to patient’s mobility as well as a high level of noncompliance of Bosnian legislation with the acquis in this area.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3292]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-5706     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Information overload effect in housing loans to consumers]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper analyses one of the basic consumer&#039;s rights in the Union – the right to be informed, and in the context of the new regulation on housing loans – Directive 2014/17. With its content, Directive 2014/17 regulates key issues of housing (mortgage) lending, and in particular: the consumer&#039;s right to be informed, credit risk management, foreign currency lending and uniform rules of calculating the effective interest rate. As a light motive of the Directive, the consumer&#039;s right to be informed is pointed out in different stages of the credit relations. At the same time, critics of the Directive are in particular focused on the so-called information overload effect. To that extent, this paper seeks to examine the consequences of the „too-informed“ consumers, and risk in decision-making in credit relations based on the quantity of information provided.  Using normative method, the author tries to show the consumer the right to be informed in a broader sense: analyzing the contribution to the consumers protection  - as users of housing loans, as well as the possibility of negative impact of extremely broad spectrum of information that is presented to the consumers in terms of Directive 2014/17. The final part of the work shows the possible parallels with the regulations on the protection of consumers of financial services in the B&amp;H entities.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3297]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-5706     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/192">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Protection of Guarantor in Law on Guarantor’s Protection in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Summary: Parliament of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted Law on guarantor’s protection in 2013. It is a lex specialis which regulates legal protection of guarantor as a special category of persons in loan agreement. However, the law provides a numerous solutions which derogating general rules in obligation law, particularly rules in Law on obligations regarding loan agreement and warranty. In this paper, authors consider both certain rules regarding guarantor’s protection and their compliance with general rules in law of obligations. Definition of loan agreement and special regulation of relationship between creditor and guarantor are not in compliance with rules of warranty – general rules, structure and species. Moreover, there are some limits of freedom of contracting for those who has intention to guarantee for debtor’s liability in loan agreement. Authors in this paper consider validity and acceptability of special rules in order to find answer whether those rules match other relevant rules in positive legislation and do they serve to legal certainty.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3293]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-5706     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/191">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Information Requirements as a Mechanism of Protection of Financial Services Users - Advantages and Limitations]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper analyzes the information obligations as one of the instruments of consumer protection created in European consumer law.  As a result of the  fulfullment obligation of approximation of laws  with ascquis, this instrument takes a important place in the new Act on the Protection of Financial Services Users  in Fedaration Bosnia and Herzegovina. Directive 2008/48/EC on cosumer credit agreements is based on the information approach, which assumes that only the informed consumer can make an informed choice and make responsible financial decisions. This approach follows the domestic legislature in terms of a comprehensive, standardized and highly detailed regulation of obligations to inform users at the pre-contractual stage and once the contract has been concluded. The purpose of this instrument is to empower financial services user, to fill the information gap and make him more equl to counterparty, because of intangibile nature of financial service everithing that consumer has is information. But other than that this instrument has a broader role and that is to preserve stability of financial sector as it enables the implementation of the principles of responsible borrowing and preventing over-indebtedness. The aim of this paper is to critically examine the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Financial Services Users, which regulates the obligation to inform, and consequently point to the advantages and disadvantages of new solutions in view of the financial literacy problem faced by a large number of users.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3291]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-5706     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/190">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Consumer Protection in Croatia with a Special Emphasis on Distance and Off-Premises Contracts]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this paper is to present consumer protection in Croatia with special emphasis on distance and off-premises contracts. The focus in this paper is on a rather narrow, but extremely important field of consumer protection. Namely, it depicts situations in which consumer is unprepared and unable to reconsider a purchase of a certain product or service.   In the first part of the paper a brief overview of the development of consumer protection in Croatia is presented, from the Stabilization and Association Agreement in 2001 until the present. Then, in the second part of the paper novelties which were brought to the „new“ Consumer protection Act by the implementation of Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights, in the manner that regulation of distance contracts are presented prior to the regulation of off-premises contracts.   In the third part of the paper establishment of out-of-court resolution of consumer disputes according to Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Directive on consumer ADR)  and Regulation on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Regulation on consumer ODR)  are presented. Solutions which could enable simplified and efficient resolution of both national and cross-border disputes within a system of alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes originating from distance and off-premises contracts are analysed and a critical consideration of their implementation in  Croatian consumer protection legislation is carried out.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3287]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-5706     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/189">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Harmonisation of Legal Framework in the Field of Consumer Protection through the Prism of Consumer Financial Protection Law of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Summary: In November 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Law entered into force in Federation BIH. The basic intention of the legislator was to achieve complete compliance with primary and secondary sources of EU law governing the issue of consumer protection, respectively users of financial services, and in particular with Directive of the European Union 93/13 / EEC from 5th April 1993, with Directive 2005/29 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council from 11th of May 2005 and Directive 2006/114 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council from 12th of December 2006. In the respective Act, special attention was paid to prohibiting unfair terms in consumer contracts, misleading commercial practices and the obligation of consistent implementation of good faith principle.    The author analyses the actual level of compliance in regard to the relevant regulations of the European Union, and on the basis of empirical experience in the implementation of this law through the entire banking business, analyses the existing regulations and makes proposals for future legislation that will improve the protection of both, consumers and providers of financial services. Special attention in the work is drawn to provisions that have a direct impact on the protection of contracting unfair contract terms.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-04-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3295]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-5706     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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