The article presents the results of the international project called ALL (Autonomous Language learning) based on Blended learning course and reports on the evaluation of its effectiveness through learners’ needs analysis at the initial stage of the implementation of a new approach, their feedback and evaluation of learning achie- vements at the end of the course. The paper also describes a new teacher’s role in this innovative teaching method while using a specially designed virtual learning environment such as the website developed in this project – a platform for teachers and learners which enables teachers to communicate online with students and students with students.
{"title":"Monitoring the language learning process in blended learning","authors":"Jolita Šliogerienė","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.22","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents the results of the international project called ALL (Autonomous Language learning) based on Blended learning course and reports on the evaluation of its effectiveness through learners’ needs analysis at the initial stage of the implementation of a new approach, their feedback and evaluation of learning achie- vements at the end of the course. The paper also describes a new teacher’s role in this innovative teaching method while using a specially designed virtual learning environment such as the website developed in this project – a platform for teachers and learners which enables teachers to communicate online with students and students with students.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"9 1","pages":"214-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79662571","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 paper deals with the problem of teaching culture in the foreign language classes at all levels of education. Cultural studies should not be separated from the language syllabus and foreign language learning should not be limited to formal learning of systems of sounds, words, and syntactic structures, but should also include learning the culture of the target language. Success in intercultural communication depends greatly on the understanding of a number of cultural features. The article emphasizes the importance of teaching and learning target culture, as well as introduces the analysis of cultural scripts and small talk in English, Russian and Polish languages. Understanding the cultural differences will benefit and facilitate cross-cultural communication under diverse circumstances. Thereby, this issue is relevant to foreign language and ESP classes focusing on the improvement of both students’ language and cultural skills.
{"title":"SOME ASPECTS OF CULTURE TEACHING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND ESP CLASSES: CULTURAL SCRIPTS AND SMALL TALK","authors":"Ivona Baranovskaja, Pavel Skorupa","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.13","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper deals with the problem of teaching culture in the foreign language classes at all levels of education. Cultural studies should not be separated from the language syllabus and foreign language learning should not be limited to formal learning of systems of sounds, words, and syntactic structures, but should also include learning the culture of the target language. Success in intercultural communication depends greatly on the understanding of a number of cultural features. The article emphasizes the importance of teaching and learning target culture, as well as introduces the analysis of cultural scripts and small talk in English, Russian and Polish languages. Understanding the cultural differences will benefit and facilitate cross-cultural communication under diverse circumstances. Thereby, this issue is relevant to foreign language and ESP classes focusing on the improvement of both students’ language and cultural skills.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"55 1","pages":"119-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85662143","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 article presents the kaleidoscopic view on the concept of metacognition. There are a lot of implications showing the link between metacognitive skills, learning and teaching. Metacognitive skills such as self-direction, self-evaluation, and self-control, as well as orientation, planning, monitoring, testing, diagnosing, repairing, evaluation and reflection play an important role in facilitating the process of transition from teacher-centered environment to autonomous foreign language studies. Synthetic Cognitive Apprenticeship m odel is suggested as possible way to help students enhance their metacognitive skills thus becoming more prepared for autonomous foreign language studies.
{"title":"Synthetic Cognitive Apprenticeship Model – Possible Way to Enhance Students’ Metacognitive Skills","authors":"Jelena Suchanova","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.21","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents the kaleidoscopic view on the concept of metacognition. There are a lot of implications showing the link between metacognitive skills, learning and teaching. Metacognitive skills such as self-direction, self-evaluation, and self-control, as well as orientation, planning, monitoring, testing, diagnosing, repairing, evaluation and reflection play an important role in facilitating the process of transition from teacher-centered environment to autonomous foreign language studies. Synthetic Cognitive Apprenticeship m odel is suggested as possible way to help students enhance their metacognitive skills thus becoming more prepared for autonomous foreign language studies.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"11 1","pages":"206-213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76524786","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 article focuses on the study of concessive particles in Modern English. Considering the linguistic research done, the need to further develop the theory of particles from the communicative-functional approach, to define their functions and determine semantic and pragmatic peculiarities in the text is evident. Particles are important means of both natural speech and indirect speech acts formation. Besides, they influence the utterance semantics. Understanding the peculiarities of particles‘ semantics and pragmatics will undoubtedly benefit the communication process. Hence this subject is most topical to the language teaching.
{"title":"On Semantics and Pragmatics of Concessive Particles in Modern English","authors":"Tatjana Rusko","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.20","url":null,"abstract":"The present article focuses on the study of concessive particles in Modern English. Considering the linguistic research done, the need to further develop the theory of particles from the communicative-functional approach, to define their functions and determine semantic and pragmatic peculiarities in the text is evident. Particles are important means of both natural speech and indirect speech acts formation. Besides, they influence the utterance semantics. Understanding the peculiarities of particles‘ semantics and pragmatics will undoubtedly benefit the communication process. Hence this subject is most topical to the language teaching.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"7 1","pages":"198-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76768609","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}
Anatomijos terminijos raida prasideda nuo Hipokrato rastų antikoje. Lietuviskosios anatomijos terminijos formavimas prasidėjo XVII amžiuje. Anatomijos terminija, issami žmogaus kūno dalių pavadinimų sistema buvo kaupiama palaipsniui. Lietuviskosios medicinos terminijos pradininkas buvo J. Basanavicius. Straipsnyje analizuojami J. Basanaviciaus rankrascio Anatomijos ir medicinos vardyno medžiaga anatomijos terminai. J. Basanavicius surinko apie 270 lietuviskų ir rusiskų anatomijos terminų, parinko lotyniskus atitikmenis. Straipsnio tikslas yra aptarti vienažodžių ir daugiažodžių J. Basanaviciaus rankrascio ir Medicinos terminų žodyno anatomijos terminų sutapties ir skirties aspektus. Daroma isvada, kad dalis rankrascio terminų sutampa su Medicinos terminų žodyno terminais, jie prigijo siuolaikinėje anatomijos terminijoje, taciau didžioji dalis terminų skiriasi.
{"title":"Anatomical Terms in J. Basanavičius’ Manuscript Anatomijos ir medicinos vardyno medžiaga","authors":"Nijolė Litevkienė","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.16","url":null,"abstract":"Anatomijos terminijos raida prasideda nuo Hipokrato rastų antikoje. Lietuviskosios anatomijos terminijos formavimas prasidėjo XVII amžiuje. Anatomijos terminija, issami žmogaus kūno dalių pavadinimų sistema buvo kaupiama palaipsniui. Lietuviskosios medicinos terminijos pradininkas buvo J. Basanavicius. Straipsnyje analizuojami J. Basanaviciaus rankrascio Anatomijos ir medicinos vardyno medžiaga anatomijos terminai. J. Basanavicius surinko apie 270 lietuviskų ir rusiskų anatomijos terminų, parinko lotyniskus atitikmenis. Straipsnio tikslas yra aptarti vienažodžių ir daugiažodžių J. Basanaviciaus rankrascio ir Medicinos terminų žodyno anatomijos terminų sutapties ir skirties aspektus. Daroma isvada, kad dalis rankrascio terminų sutampa su Medicinos terminų žodyno terminais, jie prigijo siuolaikinėje anatomijos terminijoje, taciau didžioji dalis terminų skiriasi.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"86 1","pages":"150-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76810475","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 article, which is based on conducted research data, analyzes an attitude of schoolchildren, teachers and parents towards the reasons of schoolchildren’s aggressive behaviour, its frequency and forms. Different factors and motives that stimulate the aggressiveness of schoolchildren, who go to the city, village and different professional (arts and technology) schools are examined. Schoolchildren’s approach towards violence against school fellows and themselves is being discussed, as well as reaction of teachers and parents to this phenomenon. The article reveals opinion of schoolchildren, teachers, and parents about the means used to prevent violence towards schoolchildren and existing ways that can be used to make preventive means to be more effective.
{"title":"Reasons of Aggressive Behaviour Against School Fellows, Its Frequency, Forms: Reaction of Schoolchildren, Teachers and Parents","authors":"V. Pruskus, Gerda Tuzienė","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.19","url":null,"abstract":"The present article, which is based on conducted research data, analyzes an attitude of schoolchildren, teachers and parents towards the reasons of schoolchildren’s aggressive behaviour, its frequency and forms. Different factors and motives that stimulate the aggressiveness of schoolchildren, who go to the city, village and different professional (arts and technology) schools are examined. Schoolchildren’s approach towards violence against school fellows and themselves is being discussed, as well as reaction of teachers and parents to this phenomenon. The article reveals opinion of schoolchildren, teachers, and parents about the means used to prevent violence towards schoolchildren and existing ways that can be used to make preventive means to be more effective.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"86 1","pages":"181-197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81176143","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}
This paper aims at examining students’ attitudes to application of Information and Communication Techno- logy for improving listening skills through online dictation. Dictation has been used in language testing for a long time, but its benefit in language teaching / learning has never been discussed by language teachers. This article is an attempt to put a useful but now undervalued technique back in the language teaching activities. However, there is no data on usefulness of dictation at university level. The research methods include students’ responses to a specially designed questionnaire. The participants in this study are students of two different specializations who study English for Specific Purposes at the Faculty of Social Policy, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania. Our study shows that class dictations of authentic materials are beneficial to students at tertiary level as they help improve listening and writing skills and raise awareness of problematic language areas. Statistical processing by means of the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) has proved that the findings are valid beyond the studied sample. The advice for language teachers is to employ the online dictation technique in language classroom in a way that is beneficial to students.
本研究旨在调查学生对运用资讯通讯科技，透过网路听写提高听力技巧的态度。听写在语言测试中的应用已经很长时间了，但它在语言教学中的好处却从未被语言教师讨论过。本文试图将一种有用但现在被低估的技术重新引入到语言教学活动中。然而，没有数据表明大学水平的听写有用。研究方法包括学生对特别设计的问卷的回答。本研究的参与者是立陶宛米科拉斯罗梅里斯大学社会政策学院学习特殊用途英语的两个不同专业的学生。我们的研究表明，课堂听写真实的材料对高等教育的学生是有益的，因为它们有助于提高听力和写作技能，并提高对语言问题领域的认识。通过SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)进行统计处理，证明了研究结果在研究样本之外是有效的。对语言教师的建议是在语言课堂上采用对学生有益的在线听写技术。
{"title":"Online Tool to Improve Language Proficiency","authors":"G. Kavaliauskienė, Lilija Anusienė","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.04","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims at examining students’ attitudes to application of Information and Communication Techno- logy for improving listening skills through online dictation. Dictation has been used in language testing for a long time, but its benefit in language teaching / learning has never been discussed by language teachers. This article is an attempt to put a useful but now undervalued technique back in the language teaching activities. However, there is no data on usefulness of dictation at university level. The research methods include students’ responses to a specially designed questionnaire. The participants in this study are students of two different specializations who study English for Specific Purposes at the Faculty of Social Policy, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania. Our study shows that class dictations of authentic materials are beneficial to students at tertiary level as they help improve listening and writing skills and raise awareness of problematic language areas. Statistical processing by means of the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) has proved that the findings are valid beyond the studied sample. The advice for language teachers is to employ the online dictation technique in language classroom in a way that is beneficial to students.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"39 1","pages":"31-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73636973","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}
Assessment and evaluation are among the essential functions performed by an educator. What is more, they are closely related to the communication of the teaching process efficiency in terms of verification of learner and educator expectations, determination of learning and teaching quality achievement, and generalization of educational activities. The present study aims at the analysis of assessment techniques applied in the master degree linguistic studies. Initially, a brief theoretical overview of both formal and informal assessment me- thods is provided, with the focus on their distinctive features and ways of application in the light of Bloom’s taxonomy and Dublin description representing the competence requirements set for the gain of definite skills. Further, the results of the survey (conducted at Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Vilnius University) are described. Finally, the eligible assessment techniques serving the purpose of efficient educational process in the second-cycle study process are identified.
{"title":"Assessment Techniques in the Second-Cycle Studies","authors":"Jurgita Kerevičienė, Danguolė Satkauskaitė","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.05","url":null,"abstract":"Assessment and evaluation are among the essential functions performed by an educator. What is more, they are closely related to the communication of the teaching process efficiency in terms of verification of learner and educator expectations, determination of learning and teaching quality achievement, and generalization of educational activities. The present study aims at the analysis of assessment techniques applied in the master degree linguistic studies. Initially, a brief theoretical overview of both formal and informal assessment me- thods is provided, with the focus on their distinctive features and ways of application in the light of Bloom’s taxonomy and Dublin description representing the competence requirements set for the gain of definite skills. Further, the results of the survey (conducted at Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Vilnius University) are described. Finally, the eligible assessment techniques serving the purpose of efficient educational process in the second-cycle study process are identified.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"24 1","pages":"38-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75263428","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}
In the article, the theoretical status of infinitive constructions um zu, ohne zu, statt zu in the German language and principal aspects of their analysis in scientific linguistic literature are discussed: division of infinitive constructions with regard to valency, latent subject, relation of infinitive constructions with subordinate clauses, variants of meaning of these constructions and conditions of usage. The attention is drawn to the fact that in the majority of grammars, usage of infinitive constructions in specialized and scientific texts is mentioned indirectly or only in connection with the impact of these constructions on the text condensation/brevity. This article aims at the more comprehensive analysis of non-valency-determined infinitive constructions um zu, ohne zu, statt zu in specialized and scientific German texts on the basis of works by G. Helbig, O. Leys and S. Zifonun. The conjunction infinitive constructions um zu, ohne zu, statt zu is chosen as the subject matter due to the frequent occurrence in the texts under analysis, the multifunctionality and variety of its transformation opportunities. In this work, the variants of meaning of non-valency-determined infinitive constructions um zu (semantic aspect) and conditions of usage (pragmatic and cognitive aspects) are integrated, and the transformation of this syntactic phenomenon to other syntactic constructions.
{"title":"Conjunction Constructions of Non-Valency Determined Infinitives um zu, ohne zu, statt zu in German Scientific Texts for Special Purposes","authors":"Vita Banionytė","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.02","url":null,"abstract":"In the article, the theoretical status of infinitive constructions um zu, ohne zu, statt zu in the German language and principal aspects of their analysis in scientific linguistic literature are discussed: division of infinitive constructions with regard to valency, latent subject, relation of infinitive constructions with subordinate clauses, variants of meaning of these constructions and conditions of usage. The attention is drawn to the fact that in the majority of grammars, usage of infinitive constructions in specialized and scientific texts is mentioned indirectly or only in connection with the impact of these constructions on the text condensation/brevity. This article aims at the more comprehensive analysis of non-valency-determined infinitive constructions um zu, ohne zu, statt zu in specialized and scientific German texts on the basis of works by G. Helbig, O. Leys and S. Zifonun. The conjunction infinitive constructions um zu, ohne zu, statt zu is chosen as the subject matter due to the frequent occurrence in the texts under analysis, the multifunctionality and variety of its transformation opportunities. In this work, the variants of meaning of non-valency-determined infinitive constructions um zu (semantic aspect) and conditions of usage (pragmatic and cognitive aspects) are integrated, and the transformation of this syntactic phenomenon to other syntactic constructions.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"31 1","pages":"15-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85644850","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}
In modern society teachers experience a significant increase in psychological as well as physical violence of pupils, which, consequently, aggravates the overall educational process and demotivates teachers to carry out their duties properly. On the basis of the research carried out, the article analyses feelings of teachers working in schools of different types and their reaction to experienced insecurity. It is shown that the manifestation of teachers’ insecurity experienced at schools of different types is different: teachers of primary schools suffer from economic insecurity the most, teachers of basic schools suffer from economic and psychological insecurity, and teachers of secondary schools and gymnasiums suffer from psychological insecurity.
{"title":"The Evaluation of Teachers’ Security at School","authors":"V. Pruskus, Jurgita Balevičiūtė","doi":"10.3846/CPE.2011.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3846/CPE.2011.09","url":null,"abstract":"In modern society teachers experience a significant increase in psychological as well as physical violence of pupils, which, consequently, aggravates the overall educational process and demotivates teachers to carry out their duties properly. On the basis of the research carried out, the article analyses feelings of teachers working in schools of different types and their reaction to experienced insecurity. It is shown that the manifestation of teachers’ insecurity experienced at schools of different types is different: teachers of primary schools suffer from economic insecurity the most, teachers of basic schools suffer from economic and psychological insecurity, and teachers of secondary schools and gymnasiums suffer from psychological insecurity.","PeriodicalId":53267,"journal":{"name":"Santalka Filosofija Komunikacija","volume":"26 1","pages":"81-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83499794","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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