79 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. 3431 Title A name given to the resource LANGUAGE ATTRITION AND CODE-SWITCHING AMONG KURDISH PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA OF TURKEY Author Author Başkan, Fuat Abstract A summary of the resource. Language is in the process of change in the course of time. Most of the languages have taken several steps of modifications by changing or by borrowing words. Kurdish language like other languages in the world passed through a number of stages until reaches the present position. We can see different words in Kurdish language which were borrowed from different languages , such as, Persian, English, Turkish and Arabic. The aim of this study is to examine the first language attrition, code-switching words from Turkish to Kurdish. Owing to geographical influence and being neighbor of each other, Kurdish language has taken a good deal of Turkish words. There are numerous causes behind availability of Turkish words in Kurdish language. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3516 Title A name given to the resource LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN A NEW ERA: DO MOBILE PHONES HELP? Author Author Bekleyen, Nilüfer Hayta, Fatma Abstract A summary of the resource. Learning a language is a long and demanding process that requires a great deal of perseverance as learners need to be actively involved in all stages of it. In their search for finding ways to alleviate the difficulty of this process, which may sometimes be extremely challenging, many students use some language learning strategies (LLS), namely, the behaviours, steps, or techniques that learners apply to facilitate the language learning process. Studies have shown that using effective LLSimprove language students’ academic performance. The present study aimed to examine the role of mobile phone technology in the employment of LLS. For the purpose of the study, the students of a state university in Turkey were selected. The participants consisted of first and second year undergraduate students majoring in English Language Teaching. Quantitative data analysis methods were employed to find out the answers to the research questions.The results indicated that the students exploited mobile phones to improve their English language proficiency levels by using different types of language learning strategies. Affective strategies were found to be favored by the research participants, and these were followed by Compensation, Cognitive, Metacognitive, and Memory strategies, whileSocial Strategies were the least preferred strategies. The findings also suggested that the students’ use of mobile phones to employ LLS did not exceed their computer use for the same purpose. However, in the future, this may change if all the students are given the opportunity to use mobile phones withmore advanced features. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3550 Title A name given to the resource LISTENING - A NEGLECTED SKILL IN ESP COURSES AT IT DEPARTMENTS IN SERBIA Author Author Belov, Vadim Abstract A summary of the resource. This research has two main purposes: 1. to distinguish structural types of synonymic groups; 2. to verify the headwords of synonymic groups as a linguistic or psycholinguistic concept. Typically headword has: 1) common semantic elements, 2) the highest frequency, 3) no stylistic and emotional connotations. The main source of data is results of two experiments and data Russian National Corpus. Subjects' task was to choose the main words of the submitted groups. We use 32 synonymic groups, taken from the Russian synonymic dictionaries: the first experiment contained 12 synonymic groups, the second - 20 synonymic groups. 45 subjects participated in the first experiment, 67 – in the second experiment. We distinguished two types of synonymic groups with a different structure. The first type (centric synonymic groups) consists of synonymic groups, headword of which can be uniquely identified by experimental and corpus data. In such cases, the subjects unanimously determined the headword, and the headword is the most frequent word of the synonymic group. There are 8 (67%) such groups in the first experiment and 14 such groups (70%) in the second experiment. The second type (non-centric synonymic groups) includes synonymic groups, in which the subjects were not able to choose the main word of the synonymic groups. There are 4 (33%) such groups in the first experiment and 6 such groups (30%) in the second experiment. It is impossible to distinguish the headword in non-centric synonymic groups. Such synonymic groups are integrated by a semantic gestalt based on a nonverbal semantic code. Formal and component analysis of non-central synonymic groups is not effective. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3370 Title A name given to the resource ASKING STUDENTS TO READ IN CLASS: APPLYING NEW IDEAS IN TEACHING READING Author Author Bihter Sakin, Atiye Abstract A summary of the resource. The present study is an attempt to increase the amount of reading time of twenty two intermediate students in class. Six students at a preparatory school of Suleyman Sah University, Istanbul individually participated in a structured interview which focused on their possible reasons for not being able to read articles till the end in class. The qualitative data has revealed that these students have similar common reasons for not being able to give their full attention to their reading activities in class. The reasons were identified as; having large amount of unknown words in the texts, boring and uninteresting topics of the texts, long texts and not having prior knowledge about the topics of the texts. These possible reasons have led to new innovations and students have demonstrated a high level of concentration. It is clear that without discovering learners’ needs, it is not possible to attract their attention and motivate them to read. However, teachers should decide what serves best for the reading purposes of their particular student groups, and thus design materials accordingly. Keywords: EFL reading, learners’ needs, increase time of reading, motivation, design materials. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3479 Title A name given to the resource FREQUENCY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE USE IN B&H UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LANGUAGE PERCEPTIONS AND IDENTITY Author Author Bilkić, Maida Osmanović, Džalila Abstract A summary of the resource. Although many studies have been conducted on second language acquisition and bilingual education, there is a lack of research-based information on developing foreign language identity, especially regarding the frequency of language use and its influence on language perceptions and identity. EFL is taught in most primary and secondary schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as at the university level, resulting in foreign language learners who spend approximately twelve years studying the language. However, the length of studies does not guarantee that the learners will use the language frequently or efficiently, and there is a lack of an instrument which would indicate how often the students use the language and how this affects their language perceptions and identity development. Therefore, the research questions of this study are: what is the frequency of using English as a foreign language in B&H students, how this frequency affects students' identities, and how language perceptions are reflected in students' language practices. This study explores the perceptions which students have about the significant roles English plays as a foreign language, and how students’ identities are constructed through these perceptions. For this study we use semistructured questionnaires. Questions are focused on the subjects’ background information, the frequency of English language use, and students’ perceptions and attitudes to English. Subjects are students of different faculties and universities in B&H. This paper aims to raise the awareness of relevant bodies in forming foreign language learning strategies which would benefit the efficient foreign language learning and internationalisation of B&H. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3478 Title A name given to the resource BENEFITS OF FEEDBACK ON CONTENT IN AN EAP COURSE Author Author Birtić Vučić, Marijana Štulina, Anamarija Botunac, Sandra Abstract A summary of the resource. Feedback in second language writing is an important issue in learning and teaching practices. However, whether or not to use feedback in instruction is not the only criteria for success. Feedback focus, form, and other characteristics of feedback are also crucial in affecting how valuable this tool will be. The authors decided to carry out anexperimental research among hundred-fifteen undergraduate (first year) students enrolled in eight classes of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at the Centre for Foreign Languages, at the University of Zadar and verify the feedback benefits in order to subsequently redesign the academic programme, and focus on process writing. Specifically, the study aims at answering whether feedback on writing with focus on content can help students improve their performance in essay writing and to what extent; and how significant essay revision is in this progress. The results suggested that all three groups improved in overall performance of the writing process but that one group (feedback-and-revision) showed statistically significant improvement. Keywords: feedback practice, writing instruction, EAP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3376 Title A name given to the resource A CROSSLINGUISTIC STUDY ON THE ACQUISITION OF SUBJECT AGREEMENT IN CROATIAN AND YUKATEK Author Author Blaha Pfeiler, Barbara Hržica, Gordana Palmović, Marijan Kovačević, Melita Abstract A summary of the resource. The aim of this study was to apply a comparative method to the analysis of the acquisition of subject person marking in two typological different languages, Croatian and Yucatec Maya. Since no equivalent target entities have been identified in these languages, the comparison is based on surface features of person verb marking, such as suffixation and periphrasis. We focus on how subject participants emerge in children’s speech. Longitudinal data from child language corpora of both languages were chosen in order to test several factors which could influence the development of person verb marking: position, alignment and the pro-drop parameter. Position has been shown to play the crucial role in the acquisition of person marking in this research since suffixation was identified as the most important factor for early person marking in both languages. In Croatian and Yukatek children use the verb inflection in the obligatory context and also for different persons from early age on. The acquisition of person marking in periphrastic constructions turned out to be quite different in these languages. We compared the use of the Croatian auxiliary in verbs in perfect tense with the use of the auxiliary and the ergative marking of the Yukatek verb complex. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3383 Title A name given to the resource THE IMPACT OF INFORMAL EDUCATION Author Author Boncescu, Diana Elena Abstract A summary of the resource. Informal education exceeds formal education both in impact and duration; therefore, it is important that educators take it into consideration in their effort to improve school performance. There are numerous activities that occur in a person's everyday life and offer opportunities for informal learning, shaping the individual from the cultural, cognitive and social point of view. The two main sources of informal education remain the family and the mass-media. However, the quality and the quantity of the mass-media intake are directly dependent on the social, economic and educational level of the family, especially in rural areas, where the other sub-environments, friends, community and society, are less productive in terms of influence, due to the strong boundaries that isolate the individual within the nucleus family. The outcome of a limiting environment translates mainly into reduced creative capacity and communication skills, a limited vocabulary and biased information input. Taking all these into account, I conducted a qualitative and quantitative research on students from a rural Secondary School in Romania. Firstly, I performed a number of eight activities in class with the 6th and the 8th graders. Secondly, I applied a questionnaire to the same students in order to establish whether their family environment acts as a stimulus or, on a contrary, as a limit. The findings led me to the conclusion that equal chances to education are possible only theoretically, from the perspective of the formal education. However, informal education open or closes the door to success, leaving it in the hands of the educators to try and fill the gap. The purpose of the present paper is to shift the attention of the educators from the formal and non formal education and to deconstruct the fallacious idea that informal education, consisting of spontaneous influences, does not have a direct impact on the students in terms of knowledge and skills acquisition. Given the challenges brought upon educators by the differences in response and results of children and students with various cultural, economic and social backgrounds, the theoretical, as well as the practical approach on education have to change in order to fit to the realities of the contemporary society. The paper contains two parts, one concerned with a general theoretical framework while the other presents a case study designed in order to establish the impact of informal influences on school performance. The findings are to be considered as possible grounds for further research attempts on a larger national and even international scale. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3436 Title A name given to the resource THE BOOK EVOLUTION IN TOKUGAWA JAPAN (1603-1867) Author Author Borriello, Giovanni Abstract A summary of the resource. For about 265 years in Edo there was a period of relative peace. The four successors of Ieyasu (15431616), the first Tokugawa shōgun, through the bakufu, ruled the country organized in a rigid social system that saw society divided into four classes: 1) aristocracy divided into civil (kuge) and military (buke), 2) peasants, 3) craftsmen and 4) merchants.1 As philosophy of state the shōguns adopted the so-called Neo-Confucianism of Chu Hsi (1130-1200). This philosopher, who lived under the Sung and whose doctrines were disseminated in Japan by Fujiwara Seika (1561-1619), argued that the supreme good consisted in the social order, in the stability of the institutions and in the obedience to the authorities, philosophy that well suited to the spirit of the supremacy of the bakufu. The phenomenon that characterized and influenced the most the whole period was the rise and the success of a new social class, the chōnin (lit. “townspeople” or more precisely “people in the city wards”), the city merchants, who at first were the users and then the authors of the so-called “chōnin culture”, which developed especially among the merchant classes of Edo and Ōsaka. The cultural phenomenon was fed in particular, by three factors: the spread of printing, the organization of the pleasure districts and the great impact of the kabuki and the jōruri theatre. In this paper in particular we will deal with printing. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English 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. 3402 Title A name given to the resource A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF SOME LAKOFF AND JOHNSON'S METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS FROM LOVE IS A JOURNEY METAPHOR AND THEIR CROATIAN EQUIVALENT Author Author Božić Lenard, Dragana Abstract A summary of the resource. Many people would argue that metaphor is a characteristic of extraordinary rather than ordinary speech. However, Lakoff and Johnson (2003: 8) strongly disagree with that claiming that our conceptual system is fundamentally metaphorical in its nature. Moreover, metaphors do not only shape our communication but the way we think or act. Occurring primarily in thought, metaphors are grounded in culture; hence serve as a valuable resource for a cross-cultural linguistic research. This paper aims at studying similarities and differences of English and Croatian perspective of love in terms of a journey. For the purpose of this research, Lakoff and Johnson’s 8 metaphorical linguistic expressions of LOVE IS A JOURNEY conceptual metaphor from Metaphors we live by (2003) were used in a survey and offered to 28 native Croatian speakers and former English language and literature students majoring in the field of translation studies being asked to provide their Croatian equivalents. After the conducted survey, the research has shown the great similarity of metaphorical linguistic expressions in English and Croatian language. However, it has shown that, in order to maintain the same effect, sometimes different tenses or voice perspectives have to be used. Furthermore, it has shown the existence of the same metaphorical expression in the respective languages, yet used within different conceptual metaphor. Moreover, the research has shown not only interliguistic but also intralinguistic differences, i.e. synonimical options Croatian language has due to a close geographical, historical, cultural and linguistic contact with Serbian language. In conclusion, it has been proved that even though two languages might share the same conceptual metaphor, the actual linguistic expressions underlying the conceptual metaphor may be coined on the basis of cultural-ideological differences, thus referring to metaphors being both cognitive as well as cultural entities. Keywords: metaphorical expressions, love, journey, cross-cultural linguistic comparison Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Keywords Keywords. Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed PE English