Dialectical Variations in English: Its Effects on Speaking Proficiency

10.17158/213 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel E. San Jose
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Bachelor Of Science ◽  
School Year ◽  
Speaking Proficiency ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Information Technology Students ◽  
The Relationship

This study determines the relationship between the use of dialects and the English speaking proficiency among the students of the University of the Immaculate Conception. Employing descriptive-correlation method and involving 72 Freshmen Bachelor of Science in Information Technology students in English 1 of the First Semester, School Year 2010-2011, the author made use of validated questionnaire with Cronbach Alpha = 0.83 to ascertain the level of dialect use and also considered Thomas E. Miller’s standard scoring rubric for integrated speaking to evaluate the speaking proficiency of the respondents, in addressing the main issues of the investigation.  Based on the collected data and their statistical analyses set at α = 0.05, it was found that respondents have moderately used dialects in their communication and that they do not solely engage the dialects in their day to day communication. The study establishes also that English speaking proficiency of the respondents is generally poor and that each of the tested variables namely,  sex,  status of the high school, community profile, as well as the economic status of respondents, has failed to establish itself as a discriminating factor with respect to English speaking proficiency.  Likewise, the study also points out the non-significance of the relationship between the dialect use among the respondents and their English speaking proficiency.  However, it is important to note that among the indicators of the speaking proficiency, delivery has established a significant relationship with dialect use. <br />

scholarly journals Professional Image, Anger Management and Instructional Leadership of Non-Sectarian School Administrators

10.17158/485 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelia R. Pacaña
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Anger Management ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
College Faculty ◽  
School Year ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Professional Image ◽  
Instruction Leadership ◽  
Gathering Data

<p>The goal of this study was to determine whether professional image and anger management significantly influence instructional leadership of nonsectarian school administrators. It used descriptive-correlation method employing a validated questionnaire in gathering data. It was conducted to 101 college faculty of non-sectarian selected colleges in Region XI School Year 2009-2010. Random sampling was utilized in this study. The statistical tools used, percentage, Pearson r, and multiple regression. The findings revealed that the level of professional image of school administrators is moderately positive. The level of anger management of school administrators is moderately managed. The level of instructional leadership of school administrators is sometimes manifested. Professional image is significantly related to instructional leadership. Anger management is significantly related to instructional leadership. Professional image and anger management have significant influence to instructional leadership of school administrators.</p><p><br /><strong>Keywords:</strong> Professional image, anger management, instruction, leadership, Region XI, Davao City, Philippines.</p>

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN PERCAYA DIRI DENGAN HASIL BELAJAR PKn PESERTA DIDIK KELAS V SDN-4 PAHANDUT PALANGKA RAYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143
Author(s):  
Misyanto Misyanto
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Class V ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
School Year ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to determine the relationship of confidence with the results of learning Civics students Class V SDN-4 Pahandut Even Semester Year Lesson 2016/2017. The population in this study is all students of class V in SDN-4 Pahandut in the 2016/2017 school year, amounting to 45 people. The sample of this study is the entire study population (population research). Instruments in this study are questionnaires and tests. The method used in this research is correlation method and the analysis used is Product Moment Correlation formula. Conclusion that there is a relationship Confident with Learning Outcomes Civics Students Class V SDN-4 Pahandut Palangka Raya Lesson 2012/2013. It is based on the results of data analysis is r arithmetic> r table = 0.797> 0.248 (at 5% significance level).

scholarly journals Mathematical Dispositions of Graduating Students of the College of Engineering, University of Eastern Philippines (UEP)

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Lonel I. Morado ◽  
Benjamin D. Varela
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Bachelor Of Science ◽  
Agricultural Engineering ◽  
School Year ◽  
Average Grade ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Graduating Students ◽  
Age And Sex

This study was conducted to determine the mathematical disposition of graduating engineering students of the UEP College of Engineering in the School Year 2016-2017. Specifically, the study assessed the profile of the graduating students in terms of their age, sex, average grade in calculus and academic performance in professional subjects; the mathematical disposition in terms of self-efficacy component; math as sensible component; and perseverance component; the relationship between the profile and mathematical disposition of students, and between the mathematical disposition and academic performance in professional subjects of the respondents. The 132 graduating students taking up Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering (BSAE), Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE), Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) who are officially enrolled in the second semester of the school year 2016-2017 were the respondents of this study. The study found out that there were more graduating engineering students whose age is beyond 22 to 24 years old; more males; and have passing performance in calculus subjects. Generally, the graduating engineering students for the school year 2016-2017 have good mathematical disposition, specifically described as more efficacious, sensible, and more persevering. The students’ performance in calculus subjects was significantly related to mathematical disposition, while the age and sex of respondents have nothing to do with mathematical disposition. Specifically, respondents’ age and sex did not affect the three components of mathematical disposition, while average grade in calculus subjects was found to have something to do with their sensibility and perseverance level in mathematics. On the relationship between mathematical disposition components and the academic performance in professional subjects of graduating engineering students, it was found out that only the math as sensible component affected their performance in professional subjects. The result of this study also revealed that these students who were more efficacious, more sensible and more persevering performed good in their professional subjects.

scholarly journals The Relationship between the Students’ English Speaking Skills and Their Closeness to English

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-240
Author(s):  
Hawa Asma Ul Husna
Keyword(s):  
Capital City ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
School Year ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Using Data ◽  
English Articles ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Speaking Skills

Speaking English skills is a frightening thing for some English for Foreign Language Learners (EFL), including students at one of the universities in Jakarta. Even though they live and stay in Jakarta and its surroundings, which is the capital city of Indonesia with high job competition, there are still many students who have a low level of English speaking skills. This study aims to determine the relationship between English speaking skills and their closeness to English as seen from the 5 levels of students' proficiency in speaking English. This research uses the descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this study were 2 classes with a total of 60 students at a university in Jakarta in the 2019-2020 school year. Researchers used tests, questionnaires, interviews, and literature studies as data collection techniques. While the data analysis technique used by researchers is using data triangulation. The results of this study indicate that the closer they are to English in their daily lives, both by frequently reading English articles, frequently watching English films, often listening to English music, the better the students' level of English speaking skills.

scholarly journals The relationship of body mass indexs in high school students with socio demographic and nutritional characteristicsLise öğrencilerinde beden kütle indeksi durumunun sosyodemografik ve beslenme özellikleri ile ilişkisi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eylül Gülnur Erdoğan ◽  
Belgin Akın
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This descriptive study was conducted for the purpose of determining the relationship of body mass index in high school students with socio-demographic and some nutritional characteristics. The study group of the study consisted of 530 students between the ages of 13-18 attending a high school in Eskişehir in the school year of 2015-2016. A survey form and height-weight measurements developed by the researcher were used to collect the data.BMI had no correlation with gender, socio-economic status, training on nutrition, consumption of convenience foods or skipping meals, whereas the obesity rate was higher among those who reported to consume convenience foods during recess and due to lack of free time during school hours and the rate of thinness/very thinness was higher among those who reported to consume convenience foods by choice. ÖzetBu araştırma lise öğrencilerinde beden kütle indeksi durumunun sosyo-demografik ve bazı beslenme özelikleriyle ile ilişkisinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Türkiye/Eskişehir’de bir lisede 2015-2016 eğitim ve öğretim yılı içinde liseye devam eden 13-18 yaş aralığında ki 530 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin toplanmasında araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen bir anket formu ve boy-kilo ölçümleri kullanılmıştır.Cinsiyet, sosyoekonomik durum, beslenme konusunda eğitim alma, hazır gıda tüketip tüketme ya da öğün atlama BKİ ile ilişkili değilken okulda vakit bulamama nedeniyle ve ders aralarında hazır gıda tüketenlerde obezite oranı ve tercih nedeniyle hazır gıda tüketenlerde aşırı zayıf/zayıf oranları daha yüksektir.

Poverty and Threat Reactivity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lou Safra ◽  
Coralie Chevallier ◽  
Amine Sijilmassi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Relationship

A correlational study to test the relationship between socio-economic status and reactivity to threats.

scholarly journals Orthorexia nervosa and Instagram: exploring the Russian-speaking conversation around #opтopeкcия

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Zemlyanskaya ◽  
Martina Valente ◽  
Elena V. Syurina
Keyword(s):  
Orthorexia Nervosa ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Russian Speakers ◽  
Global North ◽  
Harmful Content ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Comparative Content ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Informative Text

AbstractThis mixed-methods study explored the conversation around orthorexia nervosa (ON) on Instagram from a Russian-speaking perspective. Two quantitative data sources were implemented; a comparative content analysis of posts tagged with #opтopeкcия (n = 234) and #orthorexia (n = 243), and an online questionnaire completed by Russian-speakers (n = 96) sharing ON-related content on Instagram. Additionally, five questionnaire participants were interviewed, four of which identified with having (had) ON. Russian-speakers who share ON-related content on Instagram are primarily female, around their late-twenties, and prefer Instagram over other platforms. They describe people with ON as obsessed with correct eating, rather than healthy or clean eating. Instagram appears to have a dual effect; it has the potential to both trigger the onset of ON and encourage recovery. Positive content encourages a healthy relationship with food, promotes intuitive eating, and spread recovery advice. Harmful content, in turn, emphasizes specific diet and beauty ideals. Russian-speaking users mainly post pictures of food, followed by largely informative text that explains what ON is, and what recovery may look like. Their reasons for posting ON-related content are to share personal experiences, support others in recovery, and raise awareness about ON. Two main target audiences were people unaware of ON and people seeking recovery support. The relationship between ON and social media is not strictly limited to the global north. Thus, it may be valuable to further investigate non-English-speaking populations currently underrepresented in ON research.Level of evidence: Level V, descriptive study.

Assessment of Intelligibility in Children with Velopharyngeal Insufficiency: The Relationship between Intelligibility in Context Scale and Experimental Measures

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Hedieh Hashemi Hosseinabad ◽  
Karla N. Washington ◽  
Suzanne E. Boyce ◽  
Noah Silbert ◽  
Ann W. Kummer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Application ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Indirect Measure ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Parental Reports ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Children's Speech

<b><i>Purpose:</i></b> The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical application of the Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) instrument in children with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). This study investigated the relationship between clinical speech outcomes and parental reports of speech intelligibility across various communicative partners. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> The ICS was completed by the parents of 20 English-speaking children aged 4–12 years diagnosed with VPI. The parents were asked to rate their children’s speech intelligibility across communication partners using a 5-point scale. Clinical metrics obtained using standard clinical transcription on the Picture-Cued SNAP-R Test were: (1) percentage of consonants correct (PCC), (2) percentage of vowels correct (PVC), and (3) percentage of phonemes correct (PPC). Nasalance from nasometer data was included as an indirect measure of nasality. Intelligibility scores obtained from naive listener’s transcriptions and speech-language pathologists’ (SLP) ratings were compared with the ICS results. <b><i>Result:</i></b> Greater PCC, PPC, PVC, and transcription-based intelligibility values were significantly associated with higher ICS values, respectively (<i>r</i>[20] = 0.84, 0.82, 0.51, and 0.70, respectively; <i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.05 in all cases). There was a negative and significant correlation between ICS mean scores and SLP ratings of intelligibility (<i>r</i> = –0.74; <i>p</i> &#x3c; 0.001). There was no significant correlation between ICS values and nasalance scores (<i>r</i>[20] = –0.28; <i>p</i> = 0.22). <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> The high correlations obtained between the ICS with PCC and PPC measures indicate that articulation accuracy has had a great impact on parents’ decision-making regarding intelligibility in this population. Significant agreement among ICS scores with naive listener transcriptions and clinical ratings supports use of the ICS in practice.

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