<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/178">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Slovene as the second/foreign language in Slovene pre-school institutions]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Slovenia has long been a place for immigration; with the accession into the European Union it has become even more interesting for different groups of immigrants from European and non-European countries. According to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, 106.486 foreigners (5.16% of overall population in Slovenia) were living in Slovenia at the end of 2015. It is expected that this migration trend in the light of world events continues or even increases. One of the key factors for the successful integration of young generations of migrants in society is education. The survey Index of the policy of integration of migrants (MIPEX, 2015), implemented by the British Council and Migration Policy Group, shows that few education systems in Europe are adapting to the realities of immigration. Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Canada, Portugal are the most engaged countries, whereas Slovenia is among the least committed (it ranks 28 among 38 selected countries). Language has a major role in supporting children’s process of identity formation and in helping them understand where they fit in the new environment they are entering. Language is, of course, not the only factor that promotes integration and enables successful education, but the fact remains that immigrant pupils are better achievers in those countries that pay greater attention to second/foreign language learning starting in preschool institutions. In the present paper we discuss the Slovene pre-school teachers’ and pre-school teacher assistants&#039; attitudes towards learning Slovene as the second/foreign language in Slovene pre-school institutions. The research was conducted on a sample of 143 pre-school teachers and pre-school teacher assistants. The results imply that Slovene pre-school teachers and pre-school teacher assistants hold positive attitudes towards learning Slovene as a second/foreign language, they see their role as the promoters of learning Slovene as a second/foreign language to non-Slovene children, but they strongly express the lack of training in language learning strategies of Slovene as a second/foreign language.  Keywords: Slovene, second/foreign language, preschool institutions, pre-school teacher and pre-school teacher assistant]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-12]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3273]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/177">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Writing the Proper Story: The Importance of Personal Experience and Inadequacy of Fiction in Alice Munro’s Story “The Ottawa Valley”]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The tendency among contemporary women writers to look inside themselves for material for fiction is particularly evident in the work of Alice Munro. Munro’s practice of utilizing personal experience in her stories is central to her work, and is therefore identified as an essential element of her fictional aesthetic. In “The Ottawa Valley,” the parallels between Munro’s experiences with her own terminally-ill mother and those of the narrator whose mother has Parkinson’s Disease, are immediately recognizable. Other stories also contain bits and pieces gathered from Munro’s memories; however, she is adamant that her stories should not be seen as strictly autobiographical. Her refusal to allow her work to be described as autobiographical serves as a protective shell into which the author may retreat, and as a reminder that Munro’s stories operate on many levels of reality. In the postscript added to the story, Munro, in the guise of the narrator, deals with the inadequacy of fiction. In several stories the reader is left wondering whether certain events actually occurred or if they were imagined by the teller. This ambiguity between fiction and reality is evident in stories where Munro and/or the characters seem to be second-guessing themselves. For example, the narrator in “The Ottawa Valley” wonders at the end if she has really told a “proper story.” This paper examines the importance of personal experience and inadequacy of fiction in writing by Alice Munro in general, and particularly in reference to her short story “The Ottawa Valley.” The parallels between the narrator’s experiences in “The Ottawa Valley” and Munro’s own experiences with her mother demonstrate that Munro frequently utilizes material from her own life in her stories.      Key words: Alice Munro, Postcolonial literature, personal experience, fiction, short story]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-12]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3274]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/176">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Prospective English language teachers’ perceptions towards a new paradigm in foreign language education: Flipped classroom model]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[A current pedagogic approach is ‘‘Flipped classroom model’ which depends on the use of asynchronous video lectures and practice problems as homework at home, and active, group-based problem solving activities in the classroom. As a new paradigm in educational settings, flipped classroom model promotes student engagement and active learning with an emphasis on the development of problem solving skills and discovery-based learning.  However, the role of flipped classroom model in foreign language teaching remains relatively unexplored in literature. In the present study, we aimed to take traditional lecture instruction one step further and integrated flipped classroom model into “Advanced Reading and Writing” course. In this context, a special website was designed to teach advanced reading and writing skills through videos and power point presentations at home, while students made practice in the classroom with the guidance of the teacher. With an aim to shed light on prospective English language teachers’ perceptions towards the use of flipped classroom model in language teaching, we carried out semi-structured interviews with 30 participants studying at English Language Teaching department at a university in Turkey. The results suggest that the flipped model has the potential to bring radical changes to language teaching and learning practices in future.    Keywords: Prospective English Language Teachers, Flipped Classroom Model, Foreign Language Education]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-13]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3275]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/175">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Zero Semantic Extension of the Persian Origin Words in the Contemporary Bosnian Language]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The Bosnian language lexis is characterised by a number of words of eastern origin, i.e. the words from Turkish, Arabic or Persian have a prominent place. The Bosnian language vocabulary contains a number of the Persian origin words that were introduced to the Bosnian language mainly through Turkish language as an intermediary language during the Ottoman rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina.   Comparison of the Persian words meaning in Bosnian language resulted in a conclusion that a number of Persian words experienced zero semantic extension. The Persian Origin Words that experienced zero semantic extension in Bosnian language are mostly related to expressions limited to narrow specialized areas that we thematically grouped in: flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs; dishes, furniture and different objects; buildings, rooms, different places; apparel, cloths, and jewelry; colors, metals, minerals and chemical elements; food, drinks and spices; religious and sufi expressions; occupations; music instruments and animals.    Keywords: Persian origin words, zero semantic extension, thematic areas]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3276]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/174">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Construct State in Multi-Word Lexical Units Formation in Arabic]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[As times change and new concepts become part of our reality, Arabic, just like any other language, is facing the challenge of building new lexical units into its vocabulary. However, its word formation system, relying heavily on derivation based on root and pattern system, characteristic of Semitic languages, defies the use of affixation, conversion and compounding as major word formation methods in English and other Indo-European languages. Although there are some examples of affixation and compounding in Modern Standard Arabic, their use remains largely limited, with blurred boundaries in linguistic description between the two and the Arabic equivalent of blending, i.e. naḥt. Therefore concepts expressed by compounds in other languages are usually rendered by the construct state or annexation construction in Arabic. Still, such structures manifest a high degree of variation in terms of their lexicalization and semantic compositionality, thus ranging from free word combinations to multi-word lexical units. The paper focuses on description of lexicalized non-compositional instances of Arabic construct state, including examples from Modern Standard Arabic, as well as a phenomenon dating from Classical Arabic. In addition to analysis of syntactic and semantic structure of Arabic construct state multi-word lexical units, based on which they are divided into several classes, discussion centers on different stylistic mechanisms operative in formation of their meaning.    Keywords: Arabic, lexical, units, formation, construct, state.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3277]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/173">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Photographic Message: Common people Images in Contemporary Ads]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The use of common people and objects as persuasive tools is an advertising strategy focuses on the assumption that common man can easily be identified with the masses i.e. target group for an advertiser. The ads feature people who appear to be average and typical ant thus lead the reader to believe that the product is for everyone (Howe and Edelstein 2000: 24). As Goddard (2005: 81-82) points out, ‘symbolic representation can be a powerful source of meaning in texts of all kinds. Symbols are much more about associations of ideas than about any literal or straightforward equation, and much more about group convention than about individual personalized meaning’. Accordingly, the semiotic analysis in this paper contains what Barthes (1977: 33) explained as follows: ‘…if the image contains signs, we can be sure that in advertising these signs are full, formed with a view to the optimum reading: the advertising image is frank or at least emphatic’.        Keywords: semiotics, images, ads, common people, denotation, connotation.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-17]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3279]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/172">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interpretation of Navoi’s Image in the Uzbek Poetry during the Years of Independence]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This article is dedicated to the issue of the interpretation of Navoi’s image in Uzbek poetry during the years of independence. It also sheds light on how this issue is presented in the works of modern Uzbek poets.  Keywords: Alisher Navoi, Uzbek poetry during the years of independence, Navoi’s image, Navoi’s personality, creative work, ailment, spirit, spirituality, perfection.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-17]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3278]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/171">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Women in Coleridge’s “Christabel”, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and “The Eolian Harp”: Sexualisation and the Cultural Expectations]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[To face it, it is quite challenging to draw distinctive borders of women issues when it comes to Romantic poets of English literature. These poets were reforming many issues of the contemporary culture of England such as valuing the nature, which was deteriorated by Industrial Revolution of the period, and emphasizing intuition over reason. However, the changes those poets endeavouring to create might not be considered as revolutionary since these poets could not manage to stay away from the traditions of their societies. The aim of this paper is to analyse the place of women in Coleridge&#039;s &quot;The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Eolian Harp and Christabel&quot;: how he sexualised women and what were the cultural expectation from women at the time. Allocating an exaggerated feminine aspect to women nearly climaxes in one of Coleridge’s memorable poems “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. Coleridge attends sexualising women in “Christabel” with the help of specific word choice. Additionally, it might be put forward that Coleridge gives significance to virginity, which is identified with the Blessed Virgin Mary in Christianity when Coleridge’s being ‘a staunch Anglican in religion’ is taken into consideration. In most of the patriarchal societies, virginity equates purity, which is utilized by men to suppress women. Moreover, negative attitudes of Coleridge towards his wife, Sara Fricker, must be concentrated on to have an insight into the poet’s views on women. Considering the attitudes of Coleridge towards his wife, the assertions above on sexualisation of women and cultural expectations from them in the eyes of Coleridge might be conceived as accurate.    Keywords: Sexualisation, Women, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Cultural Expectations]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-19]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3280]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/170">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Development of the Professional Competencies of Teachers on the Basis of an Innovative Approach]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In the article the question of organization, management and improvement of the quality and effectiveness of teaching processes in secondary institutions,revealed the role of the teacher in coordinating students &#039; activities. The authors have proposed a number of recommendations on the development of the professional competence of the teacher.    Keywords: Competence, a component of the pedagogical process, management, quality, efficiency.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-21]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3281]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/169">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Conceptual Direction of Prevention Informational Threats in Academic and Educational Publications]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this article the ability (potentialities) of pedagogical publications in information security through analysis and monitoring of published materials, developmentcriteria for evaluating their content revealed; the structure of the concept of prevention of information threats in scientific – pedagogical and educational publicationsis presented.  Key words. Pedagogical publications, information threats, psychology, manipulation of consciousness, information, content.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3282]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>