This study examined several descriptive parts of speech (e.g., strong verbs, descriptive adjectives, and descriptive adverbs) and figures of speech (e.g., simile, metaphor, and personification) in The New York Times’ digital mega-story Snow Fall by John Branch. A corpus-based approach was applied to examine the occurrences of each category hereof in the six-chapter multimedia presentation. The theoretical framework of the descriptive language list was based on Barcelona’s (2003), Strausser’s (2009), Mathis (2013), and Dunkelberg’s (2017) propositions. Results reveal the function of descriptive language is a means of cohesive and artistic devices in journalism writings and, in particular, online digital mega-stories in order to allure readers today. Hopefully, thefindings might be a parameter for skill-training for the future of journalism.
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{"title":"Knowing Our Limits","authors":"Theptawee Chokvasin","doi":"10.55766/pxbh2381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55766/pxbh2381","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>-</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":145995,"journal":{"name":"Suranaree Journal of Social Science","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124439043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The aims of this research were to explore students’ learning achievements, satisfaction levels and attitudes regarding the use of research-based learning (RBL) approach in a Digital Collection Development and Preservation course. Participants of the study are 17 Digital Information Management (DIM) undergraduates registered in the course in the second semester of 2016 at Walailak University, Thailand. The instruments used were pre- and post-attitude questionnaires, and questionnaire measuring levels of students’ satisfaction. The results indicated that 1) studentspassed the learning achievement test at a rate of 58.82 %; 2) their overall satisfaction with RBL was generally high, and 3) students’ attitudes towards RBL were significantly higher after its use than before, specifically regarding their perceptions of enhancing analysis and critical thinking skills, and the extent to which RBL will be helpful in their future careers. Additionally, the students also reported they were happy to study in this type of course.
{"title":"A Study of Applying Research-Based Learning to a Digital Collection Development and Preservation Course for Digital Information Management Undergraduate Students at Walailak University","authors":"Suthanya Doung-In","doi":"10.55766/xpaa5202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55766/xpaa5202","url":null,"abstract":"The aims of this research were to explore students’ learning achievements, satisfaction levels and attitudes regarding the use of research-based learning (RBL) approach in a Digital Collection Development and Preservation course. Participants of the study are 17 Digital Information Management (DIM) undergraduates registered in the course in the second semester of 2016 at Walailak University, Thailand. The instruments used were pre- and post-attitude questionnaires, and questionnaire measuring levels of students’ satisfaction. The results indicated that 1) studentspassed the learning achievement test at a rate of 58.82 %; 2) their overall satisfaction with RBL was generally high, and 3) students’ attitudes towards RBL were significantly higher after its use than before, specifically regarding their perceptions of enhancing analysis and critical thinking skills, and the extent to which RBL will be helpful in their future careers. Additionally, the students also reported they were happy to study in this type of course.","PeriodicalId":145995,"journal":{"name":"Suranaree Journal of Social Science","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124311762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of this research is to study and compare the competency, job happiness, work motivation, accounting performance and career success of Thai and Myanmar accountants, and to study the relationship model of accountants’ competency factors for Thai and Myanmar accountants that affect success of Thai multinational enterprises in Myanmar. This research is quantitative research using the PLS-SEM method and the ADANCO program to analyze structural equations. The sample was divided into 2 groups: 452 samples of Thai accountants and 406 samples of Myanmar accountants, using the purposing sampling technique. It was found that all the factors are significantly different between Thai and Myanmar accountants, but some observed variables, including purpose in life, personal growth, hygiene factor, and invisible success are not significantly different. Finally, it was found from the structural equation model of Thai accountants that theaccountants’ competency does not directly affect career success, which is not in line with the theory. However, the factor that is suitable for measuring career success of Thai accountants is work motivation, which has a direct impact on career success at a significance level of 0.01. On the other hand, accountants’ competency has a direct effect on career success of Myanmar accountants at a significance level of 0.05. Important findings are that the factor suitable for measuring career success of Myanmar accountants is accounting performance, which has a direct impact on careersuccess at a significance level of 0.01.
{"title":"The Comparison between Thai and Myanmar Accounting Competency of Thai Multinational Enterprises in Myanmar","authors":"Chananyoo Tintabura, Sakchai Chanruang","doi":"10.55766/uyce6478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55766/uyce6478","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to study and compare the competency, job happiness, work motivation, accounting performance and career success of Thai and Myanmar accountants, and to study the relationship model of accountants’ competency factors for Thai and Myanmar accountants that affect success of Thai multinational enterprises in Myanmar. This research is quantitative research using the PLS-SEM method and the ADANCO program to analyze structural equations. The sample was divided into 2 groups: 452 samples of Thai accountants and 406 samples of Myanmar accountants, using the purposing sampling technique. It was found that all the factors are significantly different between Thai and Myanmar accountants, but some observed variables, including purpose in life, personal growth, hygiene factor, and invisible success are not significantly different. Finally, it was found from the structural equation model of Thai accountants that theaccountants’ competency does not directly affect career success, which is not in line with the theory. However, the factor that is suitable for measuring career success of Thai accountants is work motivation, which has a direct impact on career success at a significance level of 0.01. On the other hand, accountants’ competency has a direct effect on career success of Myanmar accountants at a significance level of 0.05. Important findings are that the factor suitable for measuring career success of Myanmar accountants is accounting performance, which has a direct impact on careersuccess at a significance level of 0.01.","PeriodicalId":145995,"journal":{"name":"Suranaree Journal of Social Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132318862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The present study investigated the development of pragmatic competence of Thai EFL university students majoring in business studies. Data were collected from two groups of participants, 40 first-year and 40 third-year EFL students, all majoring in business studies in a university in Thailand. The participants’ pragmatic competence was evaluated by employing a Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) which covered 16 business scenarios aiming to elicit 4 face-threatening acts: refusal, request, complaint, and advice. Comparisons between the two groups’ WDCT data revealed that when confronting the 4 face-threatening acts in business interactions, the third-year participants demonstrated a statistically noticeable improvement compared to their first-year counterparts and were proved to have a relatively wider access to typical expressions, appropriate amount of information and politeness strategies in the business situations under examination. Finally, based on the interviews with selected informants from the two groups, 6 potential factors, i.e. explicit instruction, textbooks, input from multimedia sources, L1 transfer, language proficiency and output, were identified for the intricate roles they each played in accounting for the participants’ development in pragmatic competence.
{"title":"Pragmatic Competence in Business Context: A Case Study of Thai EFL University Students","authors":"Yimin Zhang, Fengling Wang, Anchalee Wannaruk","doi":"10.55766/rqsp1038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55766/rqsp1038","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigated the development of pragmatic competence of Thai EFL university students majoring in business studies. Data were collected from two groups of participants, 40 first-year and 40 third-year EFL students, all majoring in business studies in a university in Thailand. The participants’ pragmatic competence was evaluated by employing a Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) which covered 16 business scenarios aiming to elicit 4 face-threatening acts: refusal, request, complaint, and advice. Comparisons between the two groups’ WDCT data revealed that when confronting the 4 face-threatening acts in business interactions, the third-year participants demonstrated a statistically noticeable improvement compared to their first-year counterparts and were proved to have a relatively wider access to typical expressions, appropriate amount of information and politeness strategies in the business situations under examination. Finally, based on the interviews with selected informants from the two groups, 6 potential factors, i.e. explicit instruction, textbooks, input from multimedia sources, L1 transfer, language proficiency and output, were identified for the intricate roles they each played in accounting for the participants’ development in pragmatic competence.","PeriodicalId":145995,"journal":{"name":"Suranaree Journal of Social Science","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120953496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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