Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.33422/2nd.icshe.2019.06.322
Svetlana Shaynoga, Anna A. Kharitonova
The article studies the practice of applying various correction methods in the process of teaching English to future specialists in the field of information technology at a technological university. The study, conducted in the form of a questionnaire survey of students’ opinions concerning their attitude to error correction is aimed at drawing attention to this issue; increasing participants’ awareness of the existing correction methods; identifying the differences in teachers’ approach to correcting students’ oral mistakes and finding the most “working” methods in a particular learning context. The target competence of future IT specialists is the ability to communicate in oral and written forms in a foreign language, to solve problems of interpersonal and intercultural interaction, speak a foreign language at the level of social and professional communication, to be able to use special vocabulary and professional terminology. In the authors` teaching context the individualized approach is of particular importance. It means varying the level of complexity of materials and evaluation criteria and approaches to correcting errors. Based on the results of the study and the teaching situation we focus on the following methods to correct mistakes in the students’ speech: immediate correction; self-evaluation or self-correction ; the task repetition method and the teacher’s positive feedback.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.33422/2nd.icshe.2019.06.316
A. Zabrovskaya
The modern society sets new challenges for university students increasing the demand for the well-qualified, skilful workforce. These challenges inevitably bring about innovative tools and educational mechanisms which teachers can use to meet students’ needs and interests. The changing attitude of contemporary Russian youth to conventional educational methods has revolutionized the role of a teacher in the learning experiences and the image of a teacher in academic system as a whole. The paper analyses the students’ learning needs of methods of teaching a foreign language at technical university, and shows the impact of these changes on the teacher’s role and image in the educational process. Due to the technical progress and rapidly changing modern society, the approach to university learning and teaching undergoes significant transformations. The image of a modern student determines different rules and inevitably leads to the appearance of a new image of a teacher, thus, fostering new teaching methods. In our work, we focus on a social profile of a student of the XXI century, make an attempt to reveal the similarities and differences between students of the past and present days, and highlight the necessity of innovative teaching methods which can meet the needs of students and tackle important problems. New conditions of social and technological transformations of the XXI century are obvious and give rise to the search of new approaches in education.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.33422/2nd.icshe.2019.06.321
Manju Gundumogula, Rojina Prusty
Teachers face rising pressure in their job: In a connected, computerized world all information’s can be found one click away in the internet, all achievements can be compared, there is a rising competition among the students and among the schools, students get more and more demanding and challenging for the teachers. The aim of present study is to find out, if the anxiety level differs between teachers that practice meditation and those who do not. To select the samples the purposive sampling method was used. The sample included 60 government school teachers, 35 male and 25 female, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh state in India. Among them 30 meditative teachers, who are practicing Sahaja Yoga meditation about 10 years and more and 30 non-meditative teachers. Age of the subjects ranged from 35 to 59 years. The data was collected through State Trait Anxiety Test, in a questionnaire method. SPSS statistic software was used for the interpretation of the data and the statistical tools mean, Standard Deviation and T-Value and t-ratio were employed at .05 level confidence. The statistical analysis shows that there exists significant difference on anxiety level among meditative teachers and non-meditative teachers. Moreover both state and trait anxiety level of non-meditative teachers is higher than meditative teachers. Keeping this in view, it can be concluded that Sahaja Yoga Meditation practice helps the teachers to overcome their anxiety level and hence it can be used as a therapeutic technique for teachers to keep their mental health peaceful and balanced.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.33422/2nd.icshe.2019.06.309
Geethani Amaratunga
In the Sri Lankan social organization, the ‘Kinnara’ people represents one of the bottom most strata in the Sinhalese caste hierarchy. In the Sri Lankan research literature, this research carries the objective of identifying the cultural features which had been unique to Kinnara community and their transformation in the modern times. Kinnara people had been identified as a tribe by M.D. Raghavan through an anthropological research. A rapid dissociation from those unique cultural features and a swift assimilation into the main society can be well observed. Therefore the research problem in this research is “What are the modern changes that can be seen among the Kinnara people?” Case study method was used to identify the current situation of the community. Kinnara people are spread out in the Central, Sabaragamuwa, North-Western and Western provinces. Even if it’s dispersed in various parts of the country, a considerable population still lives in the hill country. After taking that into consideration, Central province was used as the field of research. Within the Sinhalese caste structure, weaving mats was the traditional caste occupation of the Kinnara people. It is known that they cultivated paddy and millet. But the contemporary Kinnara people do not show any distinctive cultural characteristics. It’s fact that a majority of them are engaged in casual labour for their living. They have disengaged from the traditional dress codes and presently clothe-in accordance to the transformation. Changing of the hereditary occupational surnames in to surnames used by the upper castes also signifies the numerous modern shifts ongoing within the Kinnara people.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-21DOI: 10.33422/icshe.2018.12.79
Michela Canepari
This article aims at exploring the role translation can play within a CLIL environment. Although the practice of translation has increasingly acquired importance in our societies, it has often been excluded from the language class and identified with an obsolete methodology. Yet, in our multicultural societies, translation – understood as a fundamental form of cultural mediation – has become an essential tool in all professional and non-professional contexts. Consequently, as this article argues, translation can certainly become a valuable tool and, in consideration of its fundamental aims, be effectively (and beneficially) included in a CLIL course. Indeed, as this article demonstrates, a Learning Unit where translation works in synergy with CLIL methodology is likely to be perceived as stimulating and motiving by students, thereby facilitating the development of various skills.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-21DOI: 10.33422/icshe.2018.12.62
Shayan Nitta Kumar
Body Language is expressing a certain meaning in a kind of silent language by its elements such as eye contact, gestures, posture, smile, movements, and expressions which are important media through which people communicate with each other. In the EFL process, teachers can use the body to create a vivid, confidential, and realistic atmosphere in the classroom, and realize how body language plays a constructive role in educating the students' characters. Our body movements are expressing how we feel by the way we sit, stand, move, etc, rather than by words. Our bodies send out messages constantly, and often we don't recognize that we're communicating a lot more than we realize. Foreign language teachers should be able to perform and dance for joy, make a passionate gesture, movement, and countenance as an actor; should not always be a lady or a gentleman or just stand on the platform thinking that simply teachers have the reason. If the teacher can use Body Language appropriately, accurately, and proficiently to assist the teaching process in the classroom, it can not only draw the students’ attention and bring up their study interest, but also enable them to develop accurate understanding of language contents, and make them build their knowledge by themselves consciously. Lastly, Eyesight, Countenance, Gesture, and Manner are the four key attributes of Non-verbal communication. Body Language will help determine whether the teachers successfully gain and hold the students’ interest.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-21DOI: 10.33422/icshe.2018.12.71
M. Mesárošová, Martina Ďurišová
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Pub Date : 2018-12-21DOI: 10.33422/icshe.2018.12.67
E. Eroğlu
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Pub Date : 2018-12-21DOI: 10.33422/icshe.2018.12.72
A. Anastasia, Rachanioti Eleni, Giaouri Stergiani
Research on intellectual functioning suggests that intelligence weaknesses could involve deficits in Executive functions. In addition, research on the reading skills of students with Intellectual Disabilities, due to unspecified etiology, is sparse. Thus, the purpose of our study was to investigate inhibitory processes and working memory as well as their relationship to different degrees of intellectual disability and reading attainment. It was conducted on a randomized sample including 20 school children in the age of 6-8, whose intelligence was evaluated with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. A modified version of a go/no go task was used to assess inhibition. Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS) was administered for the assessment of the working memory and the “Test of Reading Difficulties in kindergarten and 1st-2nd Elementary School” for the assessment of their reading performance. Results are analyzed in terms of deficits and strengths in children with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intelligence. The predictive role of the working memory in both groups is also discussed.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-21DOI: 10.33422/icshe.2018.12.78
M. Malim
In more than two decades Somalia witnessed ethnicity and religious fundamentalism which led to the emergence of assertive identity politics with a capacity to mobilize public support for its cause exploiting the advantages and disadvantages of globalization. For a conspicuously distinguished homogeneous Somali society, alternatives to traditional conflict management has yet to achieve clarity on how modern governance framework will best manage their rich diversities of people, achieve good governance, and draw upon its extremely indigenous culture, values, and institutions as sources of strength and legitimacy. International support has proven largely ineffective instigating crisis of identity playing unity through the suppression of diversity which left traditional elders feeling disempowered and unable to see themselves reflected in the governance of their own nation. Since recorded history, tribal elders have been instrumental in mediating and resolving a variety of disputes between diverse local groups. The role of elders (usually men) has been a human resource used to great advantage although ignored at great peril in our modern intellectual landscape. In this study, i argue that, if national governance framework is to embody the soul of the nation, they must reflect the essential cultural values and norms and build on their governance architect to stifle the tendency to focus on traditional conflict management as outdated rather than praising their positive and functional integrative role in nation building. Traditional leaders seek to be recognized for their distinctive role and their underrating has led to some disparities among ethnic groups in the shaping and sharing of power and resources. Somali traditional mediation, called Xeer (customary law), existed before Somali people were introduced to other categories of laws during the colonial period. Since then, many in the community believe that traditional mediation (Xeer) is the best justice system suited for
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