IEE Professional Group S10: Engineering Institutions' Foreign Language Group

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Kurt Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Language Group

From the Experience of Training Russian As Foreign Language: Group and Individual Lessons for the Development of the Speech, with the Pupils, Having Different Level of Preparation

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-29
Author(s):  
Салимова ◽  
D. Salimova ◽  
Кудрявцева ◽  
E. Kudryavtseva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Foreign Nationals ◽  
Individual Form ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Complex Methods

The article deals with the peculiarities of teaching Russian as a foreign language by teachers of the department, the main burden of whom is to work in the Russian groups, the preparation of teachers of Russian language and literature. Special conditions, namely uneven preparedness for the group of trainees, different goals and intentions of the students, a variety of ethnic composition – all this requires from specialists in Russian philology maximum compression and concentrated types and forms of learning, different both in structure and content. Only the most advanced and complex methods causing interest in the subject, participation in the classroom at the same time two or three teachers, attraction to participate in the classroom as a teaching and Russian students give the opportunity to work effectively in a group of foreign nationals. Maximum results and maximum impact can be achieved only by the individual form of training (two or three teachers and one trainee).

Language as a determinant of participation rates in Finnish health examination surveys

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Tolonen ◽  
Päivikki Koponen ◽  
Katja Borodulin ◽  
Satu Männistö ◽  
Markku Peltonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Health Examination ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
High Participation ◽  
Survey Results

Aim: A high participation rate is considered as a prerequisite for representative survey results, especially when it is known that non-participation is selective. In many countries migration is increasing and the proportion of people speaking other language(s) than the official language(s) of the country is also increasing. How does this affect survey participation rates? Methods: Data from four cross-sectional health examination surveys (the FINRISK Study) were used to evaluate the effect of the registered mother tongue to participation in the survey. Results: Finland has two official languages (Finnish and Swedish). Between 1997 and 2012, the proportion of the population with some other language as their registered mother tongue has increased significantly. Participation rates in the health surveys have been highest among the Finnish language group (68% in men in 1997 and 76% in women in 1997), while lowest among the foreign language group (43% in men in 1997 and 57% in women in 1997). In 2012, the participation rates had declined in all language groups: for men, 58%, 62% and 41% for Finnish, Swedish and foreign groups respectively, and for women 68%, 75% and 56%. Conclusions: The participation rate for the foreign language group was significantly lower than for the Finnish and Swedish groups. In future surveys it will be important to include actions to promote participation, e.g. providing survey material in several languages. These actions will increase costs but will be essential to ensure high participation rates and reliable results for the total population.

LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC FEATURES OF IDIOMS WITH COMPONENTS GOTT AND TEUFEL IN THE DIALECT TEXT CORPUS OF RUSSIAN GERMANS

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-262
Author(s):  
L. I. Moskalyuk ◽  
◽  
O. S. Moskalyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Text Corpus ◽  
Original Language ◽  
German Dialects ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Russian Germans

This article presents the results of the study of the structure and semantics of phraseological units with component Gott and Teufel in the text corpus of Russian Germans. The phraseological Fund of Russian Germans includes numerous studied phraseological combinations. Such phraseological units are represented in Russian-German dialects as General German idioms, as well as phraseological expressions, which are characterized by features of dialect structure and semantics. They reflect the results of the preservation of native traditions, development according to the laws that were obtained from the mother dialects, as well as the results of long-term development in isolation from the original language group under the influence of foreign language environment.

scholarly journals Correlation Analysis between Cultural Differences and Normal Music Perception Based on Embedded Voice Multisensor

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Zhuo Wang ◽  
Zhenjiang Zhao ◽  
Lujia Wei
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Music Perception ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Recognition Rate ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
The Impact

In order to effectively improve the sense of difference brought by the extracorporeal machine to users and minimize the related derived problems, the implementation based on embedded multisensor has become a major breakthrough in the research of cochlear implant. To explore the impact of different cultural differences on timbre perception, effectively evaluate the correlation between cultural differences and music perception teaching based on embedded multisensor normal hearing, evaluate the discrimination ability of embedded multisensor normal hearing to music timbre, and analyse the correlation between cultural differences and timbre perception, it provides a basis for the evaluation of music perception of normal hearing people with embedded multisensor and the design and development of evaluation tool. In this paper, adults with normal hearing in different cultures matched with music experience are selected to test their recognition ability of different musical instruments and the number of musical instruments by using music evaluation software, and the recognition accuracy of the two tests is recorded. The results show that the accuracy of musical instrument recognition in the mother tongue group is 15% higher than that in the foreign language group, and the average recognition rates of oboe, trumpet, and xylophone in the foreign language group are lower than those in the mother tongue group, the recognition rate of oboe and trumpet in wind instruments was low in both groups, and the recognition rate of oboe and trumpet in foreign language group was high.

scholarly journals Collective Digital Storytelling: An Activity-theoretical Analysis of Second Language Learning and Teaching | Les histoires numériques collectives : une analyse systémique de l’activité d’apprentissage-enseignement d’une langue seconde

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmenne Kalyaniwala-Thapliyal
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teaching Resource ◽  
Collective Activity ◽  
Langue Seconde

This paper describes the collective activity of a group of four students who created a digital story as a teaching resource that was to be used for teaching English as a foreign language. It uncovers and analyzes the actual processes underlining the activity as it unfolds from one stage to another. Four processes, viz., sociocognitive interactions, methodological processes, reflective processes and techno-semiopragmatic interactions were identified during the unfolding of the collective activity. Moreover, the results of this study highlight the role of the community in determining the activity of a lower level language group. Cet article décrit l’activité collective d’un groupe restreint de quatre étudiants qui a créé une histoire numérique en tant que ressource pédagogique pour l’enseignement de l’anglais langue étrangère. Il analyse et révèle des processus de l’activité lorsqu’elle se déplie d’une phase à une autre. Quatre processus, à savoir les interactions sociocognitives, les processus méthodologiques, les processus réflexifs et les interactions techno-sémiopragmatiques ont été identifiés. Les résultats de cette étude soulignent également le rôle de la communauté pour déterminer l’activité d’un groupe restreint ayant un niveau linguistique inférieur par rapport aux autres groupes.

Employing Latino Value Orientations to Facilitate Success in Stuttering Treatment

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Lourdes Ramos-Heinrichs ◽  
Lynn Hansberry Mayo ◽  
Sandra Garzon
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Collaborative Partnership ◽  
The Family ◽  
Therapy Services ◽  
Cultural Connections

Abstract Providing adequate speech therapy services to Latinos who stutter can present challenges that are not obvious to the practicing clinician. This article addresses cultural, religious, and foreign language concerns to the therapeutic relationship between the Latino client and the clinician. Suggestions are made for building cross-cultural connections with clients and incorporating the family into a collaborative partnership with the service provider.

Eye Movements of Children and Adults While Reading Television Subtitles

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Géry d'Ydewalle ◽  
Wim De Bruycker
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Verbal Information ◽  
Single Text ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Reading Patterns ◽  
Attentional System

Abstract. Eye movements of children (Grade 5-6) and adults were monitored while they were watching a foreign language movie with either standard (foreign language soundtrack and native language subtitling) or reversed (foreign language subtitles and native language soundtrack) subtitling. With standard subtitling, reading behavior in the subtitle was observed, but there was a difference between one- and two-line subtitles. As two lines of text contain verbal information that cannot easily be inferred from the pictures on the screen, more regular reading occurred; a single text line is often redundant to the information in the picture, and accordingly less reading of one-line text was apparent. Reversed subtitling showed even more irregular reading patterns (e.g., more subtitles skipped, fewer fixations, longer latencies). No substantial age differences emerged, except that children took longer to shift attention to the subtitle at its onset, and showed longer fixations and shorter saccades in the text. On the whole, the results demonstrated the flexibility of the attentional system and its tuning to the several information sources available (image, soundtrack, and subtitles).

Use of the TOEFL as a Standard for University Admission: A Position Statement by the Canadian Psychological Association

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin L. Simner
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Considerable Evidence ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Weak Relationship ◽  
University Admission ◽  
Canadian Psychological Association

Nearly all Canadian universities employ, as a standard for university admission, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). In light of considerable evidence indicating only a weak relationship between TOEFL scores and academic achievement, the Canadian Psychological Association recently issued a report containing a position statement that called upon Canadian universities to refrain from employing the TOEFL in this manner. Because the concerns raised in the report are likely to apply to many universities outside Canada, the entire report is reproduced in this article.

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