100 10 3494 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 870 Title A name given to the resource Contrastive Analysis of Discourse Markers in the Interviews with Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the U.S.A. Author Author Zovko, Ivana Abstract A summary of the resource. Since politics and politicians are two of the most popular and most discussed topics in today’s world, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this paper the author tries to make a brief analysis of political discourse but from the linguistic point of view, pointing out usage of discourse markers in the interviews with presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina and trying to compare them with the one used in the interviews with the U.S.A presidents. The introductory part is focused on some theoretical hypotheses regarding function of discourse markers, their main purpose and usage in English and Croatian. By comparing examples of discourse markers found in the English and Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian speaking area the author shows how often they are used by politicians as means for linking their ideas with the primary function of bringing to the listener’s attention what they want to say, what they want to point out in order to be attractive with their thoughts to the listeners. Many politicians also use them in order to show disagreement with the idea they are about to relay or suggest a cause and effect relationship between what they just said and the next bit on its way. Final chapters bring a statistical analysis of discourse markers used in the interviews from the mentioned speaking areas and author’s viewpoints and conclusions which can be summarized in one most important and that is that usage of those linking devices makes political discourse more vivid or real for a listener no matter in which speaking area. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 767 Title A name given to the resource Top-down (Qatar) vs. Bottom-up (Poland) in-Service CLIL Teacher Training Author Author Zaparucha, Aleksandra Abstract A summary of the resource. The presentation will compare and contrast the two models of introducing CLIL programs - top-down in Qatar and bottom-up in Poland and what implication they have for in-service teacher training as well as the concept of CLIL teacher competencies. The Qatari example will be based on the British Council's Academic Language Support Programme (2008-2011), while the Polish one will be based on the annual workshops for Geography bilingual teachers organised by the Association of Adult Educators in Torun (since 2006). The Qatari project included courses in General English as well as modules in Classroom Language and CLIL specific methodology. In Poland, however, there are no such governmental programs and the gap is filled in by various institutions, including the one mentioned here. The author was/has been engaged in both programs as a teacher trainer. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 866 Title A name given to the resource Validity of Multiple-Matching Tasks for reading comprehension tests Author Author Yu,Chen, Hsuan Abstract A summary of the resource. The purpose of this study aimed to investigate the validity of multiple-matching tasks by examining test-taking processes. Specifically, test-taking processes were analyzed by test-taking strategies. Hence, the researcher identified what test-taking strategies participants employed. Also, this study investigated whether high proficiency level learners employ more strategies than low proficiency learners do. Six Chinese-speaking English learners participated in the present study and were divided into high, intermediate and low proficiency groups. Participants were asked to think-aloud while performing one reading comprehension test. Findings indicated that participants employed five major test-taking strategies throughout the task. Moreover, locating the task in Messick’s (1989) theory, Kane’s (2006) and Bachman and Palmer’s (2010) validity frameworks, the researcher argued that the validity was violated in that (1) test takers could choose a correct answer without understanding the text; (2) test-taking processes did not correspond to the processes in natural settings and (3) test takers did not really show their comprehension because they were given main ideas to choose from. Therefore, cautions should be made for test users when they interpret test takers’ scores. In terms of the amount and types of strategy use cross different proficiency learners, results showed that except for one high-proficiency learner, other learners of different proficiency did not differ considerably from each other. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 820 Title A name given to the resource Second Language Learning and Cultural Alienation: The Usage of the Media Author Author Yaman , Adnan Karakuzu, Melih Abstract A summary of the resource. Today the Media is almost inseparable from our daily lives. For the new generations what is seen on the screen is more relevant than what is seen outside. The Media has also become one of the main components in second language acquisition (SLA) and specifically English learning. Thanks to technology children are exposed to English via internet, TV, and radio. In this way children easily make connection with the target language as well as finding motivation and immersion to it. However no language comes by itself. It also brings its culture. In this way our children not only are exposed to English, but also to American and British way of living. Such exposure may enhance intercultural understanding and dialogue on one hand, but may also affect the cognitive development of children in negative ways on the other. Being exposed to other cultures without control also carries the seeds of alienation from one’s own roots and loss of self-identity. How can parents control this process? Are children mature enough to make their own choices regarding ways of living? To what extend do we want our child to be exposed to other cultures to implement intercultural dialogue, tolerance, and harmony? Where is the line between loss of self-identity and appreciation of multiculturalism? Is it possible for parents to raise a healthy awareness towards the Media`s influences? To what extent can parents teach their children critical viewing of the Media? This paper focuses on second language acquisition via usage of the Media from an intercultural perspective and elucidates the extent and practicability of equipping children intellectually against the underlying ideologies with which the materials are produced on the Media. It critically analyzes the usage of the Media in second language acquisition and its negative effects on cognitive development of the children. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 899 Title A name given to the resource Evaluacija Ortografskih Testova Kao Diferencijalnih na Završnim Ispitima iz Novogrčkog Jezika Author Author Vulovic, Ljiljana Abstract A summary of the resource. Značaj dobrog poznavanja ortografije novogrčkog jezika kod studenata prve godine, na nivoima A1 i A2 /CEFR je veoma veliki. S obzirom da je ortografski test eliminatoran, i ukoliko se uspešno ne položi, studenti ne mogu pristupiti polaganju testova iz drugih jezičkih veština. (gramatička kompetencija, veština prevodjenja, veštine slušanja i čitanja).U radu se analiziraju najčešće greške kod studenta prve godine Neohelenistike na završnim ispitima iz Savremenog grčkog jezika 1 i 2 ( prvi i drugi semestar) . Daje se sistematski prikaz grešaka i model po kome bi se jedan deo grešaka mogao uspešno savladati na časovima Savremenog grčkog jezika Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 882 Title A name given to the resource The Role of the Nonlinguistic Knowledge of Preschoolers in Their Mental Categorization of Antonyms in Croatian Language Author Author Vignjevic , Jelena Kovacevic, Maja Abstract A summary of the resource. Language education of preschool children in Croatian kindergartens often involves lexical-semantic tasks. In the analyzing of the knowledge of paradigmatic lexical relations in preschool children, their knowledge about the world is an essential factor. This work, pulls away from the traditional theoretical approach based only on linguistic knowledge, and the acquisition of antonyms in preschool language development reflects on the foundations of cognitive-functional theory of language. In the absence of metalinguistic and metalexical knowledge, children's derivation of antonyms depends on nonlinguistic experience, on the knowledge about the world. The tasks in the generation of antonyms conducted among children in Zagreb kindergartens show that differences in success in the production of antonyms are attributable to the children's cognitive characteristics, to the familiarity of the words involved, to the familiarity on the tasks, and to nonlinguistic experience of children. Conclusions presented in this paper illuminates acquisition of metalexical and lexical knowledge of the Croatian language in preschool children. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 793 Title A name given to the resource Is Speed Detrimental to Culture - How do Students Simultaneously Interpret Culture-Bound Terms? Author Author Vančura, Alma Omazić, Marija Abstract A summary of the resource. This paper will present a study of culture-bound terms in simultaneous interpreting of trainee simultaneous interpreters by using a combination of Newmark's (1988), Vinay’s (qtd. in Klaić, 1992) and Ivir's (1998) grids of different procedures for culture-bound terms that translators/interpreters can use. This paper attempts to investigate the preferred procedures of student-interpreters working under significant time-constraints. It is a well-known fact that language is embedded in the culture of the people and that it is primarily a cultural and social product (Troskot, 1992). Interpreters serve as mediators between languages, but since languages do not exist in a vacuum it is the interpreter’s task to convey not only the formal level of the message (lexical, grammatical, syntactic level), but semantic, aesthetic, and connotative levels as well. The corpus is composed of recorded interpreting sessions of 19 first-year graduate students interpreting speeches from the Speech Repository Portal during three months of training. The instances of culture-bound items and their interpretations were identified and analyzed with the aim of identifying the preferred strategies. The basic quality standards in interpreting are accuracy, adequacy, equivalence and successful communicative interaction (Pöchhacker, 2002). In the corpus we tried to gain information about equivalency (intended effect) of the source and target text, since accuracy does not necessarily imply adequacy and equivalence. The results show that the students mostly use naturalization/borrowing, literal translation and omission. The findings have implications for interpreter theory, practice, and training, but the insights may also be valuable for teaching English at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, when the linguistic and extralinguistic knowledge base (Gile, 2009), including cultural awareness, is being built. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1001 Title A name given to the resource English Language Teaching Quality Criteria in Turkish Secondary Education Author Author Uygun, Serkan Abstract A summary of the resource. Foreign language learning is an unavoidable concept of life in the 21st century. In our daily lives, we are constantly in touch with people with different languages and cultures, and we are living in a multilingual and multicultural world. Competence in one or more foreign languages is not only essential, but also rewarding for the careers of working people. As there is so much demand and need to learn foreign languages, there are many courses and institutions offering language courses. However, finding the right course and support for language learners is not so easy. It is very important to make these courses effective and enjoyable as education in this century is less concerned with the facts or rules of a language, but it is more concerned with learning practical skills that make use of these facts or rules. EAQUALS, the European Association for Quality Language Services, aims to assure the quality of teaching and learning in language schools and departments. The main task of EAQUALS is to ensure that the language teaching and other services provided in the institutions it accredits are of high quality. This qualitative study tries to find an answer to the question of to what extent the secondary education institutions in Turkey are able to apply the quality criteria of EAQUALS in English language teaching. The present study is going to broaden the research on improving and maintaining the quality of foreign language learning and teaching in Turkish secondary education institutions. (245 words) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 916 Title A name given to the resource Awareness of Syntactic Variation in English Dialects: A Survey of Turkish Pre-Service EFL Teachers Author Author Uygun, Dilek Abstract A summary of the resource. This study investigates Turkish pre-service EFL teachers’ awareness of the syntactic variation between English dialects, mainly between British and American English varieties. Considering the current status of English as a world language, the importance of having a heightened awareness of dialect variation in English both on the part of teachers and learners has been emphasized by several researchers (Adger, 2004; Jenkins, 2006; Matsuda, 2003; Seidlhofer, 2004; Sifakis, 2004). This study focuses particularly on one aspect of variation in English, syntactic variation, and aims at exploring prospective teachers’ awareness of the syntactic differences between British and American English regarding (a) the use of prepositions; (b) the use of articles; and (c) the use of tense and mood. The data is collected through a questionnaire given to 125 students attending the ELT department of a state university. The results of the study are discussed with reference to their implications for teacher training. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1014 Title A name given to the resource Croatian Dialects – from Child's Reception to Methodological Context Author Author Turza-Bogdan, Tamara Abstract A summary of the resource. One on the main objectives of Croatian elementary school language teaching is to develop „respect towards the language of the Croatian people, its literature and culture“. (Elementary school curriculum, 2006, 25). It originates the tasks of continuous elementary-school learning of themes regarding the three dialects of the Croatian language: Kajkavian, Štokavian and Čakavian, as well as adopting the language standard and the language in other communication situations. A research into students' reception of the Kajkavian dialect and literature showed that the reception of speech or nonspeech dialect opens up possibilities for different interpretations in methodological context. Hence we can speak of different possibilities of access and levels of dialect understanding in terms of the speakers adopting it. Students are showing interest for the dialect either because it is a part of their mother tongue or because it is not, but rather it represents a relatively unfamiliar content. The interest shown should become a methodological incentive in teaching. The paper presents the results of a research on primary school teachers' thoughts on the dialects of the Croatian language. The circumstances influencing the dialect teaching have been examined: awareness of the value of dialect within the Croatian language, understanding the ways of adopting the standard language through dialects, the methods of preparing for classes and issues arising when encouraging language activities in dialects. The results of the research are compared in various speech communities relative to the Kajkavian dialect which is in the focus of the research. The similarities and differences in teachers' thoughts regarding the speach and nonspeech dialect are discussed. A conclusion is reached on the necessity of constant development of teachers' competences relating to this subject matter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-05 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed P Philology. Linguistics