Year: 2015
Typography and Iconography: Influential Tools in Visual Communication
Graphic design is the most effective art form to quickly communicate a message to the viewer. People are influenced by …
The Convergence of Aesthetics and Politics in the Poetry of Yasmeen Hameed: A Voice from Pakistan
The paper looks at the mystique of the poetic process and the manner in which the subterranean cultural and primal …
Baby Factories in Nigeria: Implications for Education and Women Empowerment
The growth of Baby Factories has added a new dimension to the incidence of trafficking in persons in Nigeria. The …
Case Study on the Business Performance of Suppliers to the Portuguese Health System During the Period of International Financial Assistance
A multiple linear regression model and corresponding inferential analysis were used to study the business performance (Y-sales) and impact of …
An Impact Assessment of Green Initiatives of the Central Bank on the Environmentally Sustainable Banking in Bangladesh
Environmental concern is at the centre of Green Banking policies and strategies. Policy makers in many economies have been undertaking …
Development of a Solar Cooling System Based on a Fluid Piston Convertor
Solar water pumping and dynamic water desalination has been developed at Northumbria University during the last few years. These systems …
Rainwater Harvesting in Nigeria: A Survey of Common Water Supply Practices
Rainwater harvesting systems in Nigeria vary in terms of design and operation. To better understand common practice and motivation for …
Magnetic Separation of Fine Particles from Process Water Circuits in the Steel Industry
Within a European collaborative research project aimed at reduction of fine iron containing particles (0.5-m - 10-m) in steelmaking process …
Gypsum to Gypsum (GtoG): The European Life+ Project That Aims to Transform the Gypsum Waste Market
The GtoG project is working for creating a recycling culture of gypsum products, changing the way this waste is usually …
Towards an Inventory of Best Practices for an Efficient Gypsum Recycling Value Chain
In Europe, increased use of gypsum plasterboard began in 1960s – 1970s, especially growing popularity since the mid-1980s. A large …
Perception of the Resident Population towards Tourist Presence: A Survey Research in Alcossebre, Castellón, Spain
This empirical research has as main objective to analyze the perceptions of resident population of Alcossebre, on Spanish Mediterranean, in …
The Semiotic of Bangkai-Bangkaian: A Special Space for the Spirit
The major purpose of this paper is to offer a brief ethnographic description of death ritual among the west coast …
Virtual Water Trade as a Tool of Managing Water Resources in Egypt
In regions, which suffer from water shortage or potential water shortage like the Middle East, water policies and different mitigation …
Language as a Discourse of Legitimate Power
Every state must legitimize itself with a discourse of legitimate power. The state of Pakistan was originally imagined as a …
Development of Holistic Creative Learning Skills for Elderly People in Rural Area of Thailand: Career Dimension
Thailand is entering the aging society because the elderly population is increasing rapidly and the elderly population, living in the …
Exploring the Mediating Role of Employee Motivation in the Relationship Between Post-Selection Human Resource Management (Hrm) Practices and Organizational Performance
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the meditating role of employee motivation in the relationship between post-selection …
The Difference of Perception of Facial Emotions for People with Different Ages
Emotions are an incredibly important aspect of human life and basic research on emotions of the past few decades has …
Hearing Filipino Journalists Side of the Story: A Mixed Method Approach
Journalists have the power to relay important information to the public, sometimes endangering their own safety and health in order …
Stages of Consciousness Formation
The purpose was to describe the basic stages of formation of the personality: A. On the basis of development of …
The Relationship between Gambling Behavior, Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem in Adolescence
Accumulating research suggests that gambling can negatively affect core domains of development, particularly among adolescents. The present study sought to …
Sustainable Design Practices, Analysis and Assessment Tools for Students Using Openstudio
Integration of sustainability and its vision across multiple disciplines has become standard in many industries. The vision for sustainability embraces …
Reflections of Ab English Students on Their English Language Learning Experiences
This study seeks to investigate the language learning experiences of the thirty-nine AB-English majors who were selected through fish-bowl technique …
Utilisation of Resources As Correlates of Undergraduates’ Academic Achievement in Cataloguing and Classification in Library Schools in Southern Nigeria
Cataloguing and classification is still a compulsory course in library and Information Schools in Nigeria. Despite the importance of the …
Attitudes and Behavior of Ajman University of Science and Technology Students Towards the Environment in Light of Some Variables
This study examined the attitudes and behavior of Ajman University of Science and Technology (AUST) students towards the environment according …
Experiencing Desired Outcomes of Adult Education Through Participatory Practice Design
The need for direct relevance, be it for academic, professional and/or self-actualisation purposes, has added impetus for higher education institutions …
Tannenbaum Theory of Labeling: Impact Among Juvenile Inmates
Frank Tannenbaum, the “Grandfather of Labelling Theory” suggests that a youth who succumbs to a label may proceed to act …
The Adolescents’ Habitual Use of New Media: The Mapping of New Media Habit Indonesian Adolescents
The future of the world, culture, and style will be owned by digital native. For that reason, the comprehension of …
An Application of Asset Based Community Development Approach: A Case Study from Rural Community in Egypt
Many communities in Egypt, specifically the rural areas, are unquestionably distressed places as a result of the major economic and …
Deconstruction of Power: An Ethical Response to Organizational Surveillance
Technological surveillance in the workplace today is alarmingly amplified raising more ethical apprehensions. The two major ethical approaches to surveillance, …
The Role of Ethical Principles in New Media: A Case of Pouring New Wine into Old Wine Skin?
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the issues of right and wrong actions. Beyond the issue of …
Environmental Ethics and the Concept of Life
The situation of our planet has generated serious cause for concern. Everyday humanity is confronted with serious environmental crises created …
Self Efficacy and Locus of Control as Predictors of Prosocial Behaviour and Organizational Commitment among a Sample of Nigerian Nurses
There are lot of negative perceptions people have about nurses’ prosocial behaviour and organizational commitment. However, only few researchers have …
Classifying and Defining Heterogeneity within Antisocial Behaviour
Antisocial behaviour is often classified into physically aggressive and non-aggressive behaviour with respect to the aetiology, correlates and development trajectories …
Power- Conflict: Empowering Human Relation
‘Power-conflict’ has been in existence in different forms in our lives. Notionally, it estranges interpersonal relations. But the present paper …
Job Stress and Occupational Burnout among Police Personnel: Moderating Roles of Gender and Marital Status
Concern about health of police personnel has dominated the focus of research in recent time. Previous studies on occupational burnout …
Sensitivity and Interpretativity- Between Schizoaffective Disorder and Paranoid Schizophrenia
Motivation of topic: A differential diagnosis between schizoaffective disorder and paranoid schizophrenia in this case is difficult to make, patient …
Cumulative Perspective of Expression Pathological Love (Libidinal Fixation)
Motivation of topic: The issue of couple relationships represents a benchmark topic in everyday life. Regarding this case, it hides …
An Alternative Paradigm to Cognize Power: Spiritual Subscription
The paper situates power in the hand of spiritualism which guides our daily activities starting with highly intellectual to simple …
Perceptions of the Concept Moral Courage: The Stories of Religious and Secular Teachers in the Israeli Ethnocentric Educational System
Moral courage of teachers in Israeli education system has an additional value, because the Ministry of Education has complete control …
Ten Facets of Cosmic Wisdom (In Relation to Power)
This paper discusses the nature of power as projected in the Indian philosophical notion of Dasamahavidya (ten facets of cosmic …
Through Hamlet’s Subversive Character
Over the centuries when people are faced with the deaths of their beloved ones in the family and suffer from …
Representing the Power: The Habsburgs in the Transylvania, from Piety to Dynastical Loyalty
The Habsburgs and their monarchy occupy a privileged place in the history, because they have embodied one of the most …
A Comparative Study on Positive Psychological Strength between Chinese and Taiwanese University Students
The study investigated positive psychological strength between Chinese and Taiwanese first-year university students. Both Chinese students (N = 514) and …
Mean Girls in the Legal Workplace
Purpose This quantitative study examined relationships between perceptions of aggression, workplace incivility, and job satisfaction among legal professional women. Framework …
Power of Unconscious: In Clinical Usage
As a practicing Psychoanalyst, I have found in my clinical experiences that power often comes as a non-verbal sign language …
The Collective Role of Religion & Education in Promoting the Power in Man: The Legacy of Swami Vivekananda
The indissoluble linkage between the Religion and Education, as suggested long years back by Swami Vivekananda, a great religious teacher …
The ZEA and the ZED: Examining Zones of Ethical Agreement and Disagreement between Premillennial Dispensationalism and a Realism Approach to International Relations
The eschatological belief of Premillennial Dispensationalism has been a cornerstone of the fundamentalist evangelical belief system in the United States. …
Power, Religion and the Informational Nature of Reality
Technological advances change our view of reality. Published articles and books suggest that we live in a Matrix-like simulation or …
Psychological Well-Being and Bullying/Victimisation among Adolescents from Polygamous and Monogamous Families in Saudi Arabia
Introduction: Family structure is an important context for children's upbringing. Polygamy is a type of marriage that effects the structure …
The Power of Integrated Treatment for Caregivers of Dementia Patients
Study Premises There is great power in a model of psychosocial treatment that works well. Caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients are …
An Alternative Study on the Ethical Concepts of the Hebrew Bible in Terms of the Ethical Structure of the Kanun
Jesus declared that his advent marked the turning point in value, saying "If I had not come and spoken unto …
Gender Differences in the Relationship between Job Instability and Depression: A Preliminary Study
Stress factors in the workplace can affect workers' mental health, increasing the risk of developing psychological disorders. The relationship between …
Power and Domination
Historically, we speak about women as the ignored and the invisible, while the standard of humanity is male. Much recent …
Will Christianity Dominate the Chinese Faith System? On the Comparison between China’s Belief System and Christian Belief
This article attempts to explore the issue of faith in China including the main deep reasons why Christianity as both …
Evaluation of the Practice of the Apostolic Church Lawna Territory, Nigeria on Women’s Role in Church Leadership
In this paper women's role in church leadership is critically examined with reference to The Apostolic Church LAWNA Territory, Nigeria. …
The Relationship of Religious Orientation with Happiness and Resilience and the Mediational Role of Locus of Control
The goal of the study was to study the relationships between intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientations, and happiness and resilience …
Mutual Distrust between China and Japan and the Locked Sino-Japanese Relations
The two giants--Japan and China--in East Asia have been trapped in a negative political relationship for several decades. Even if …
Correlation between types of Personality and Learning Styles of Selected Students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP): Basis for Learning Enhancement Program
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines, as one of the top universities in the country, has to maintain its competitive …
Multiple Identities of Media Labourers and Experiences of Creative Autonomy: An Empirical Investigation from a TV Programme Producer’s Perspective
The paper shows that media labourers are likely to form multiple selves throughout their career path, and their perception and …
Examining Identity Formation of Third Culture Kids through Transnational Engagements
This paper studies the identity formation of Third Culture Kids (TCKs)—who have spent a considerable amount of their childhood and …
Archivists to Activists: The Evolving Role of Museum Educators
Traditionally, museums have displayed their collections with a tendency towards a single, authoritative interpretation. Many contemporary museums, however, now design …
Teaching Idiom and Metaphor via Poetry in the Chinese EFL Classroom
I discuss the use of poetry as a vehicle for teaching concepts of idiom and metaphor to EFL students in …
“Soledad”: A Depiction of a Filipino Woman’s Chastity as Perceived by Pre-Service Teachers
"Soledad" is a poem written by Angela Manalang-Gloria during a time when the Philippines was steeped in Catholic faith and …
Are Women Still Better at Learning Languages? Examining Gender Differences on Learners’ Academic Performance at University
Several past studies (for instance, Steffens & Jelenec: 2011, Heinzmann: 2009) investigated gender stereotypes on language learning at school. They …
The Influence of Gender Role Ideologies in Women’s Careers: A look at Marianismo and Machismo in the Treatment Room
Global statistics document an increase in women’s careers in the professions and portray successful female roles in the industrial, political …
The Struggle of Waria Buddies to Achieve Symbolic Capital in an Infectious Diseases Intermediate Care Unit in Indonesia
HIV/AIDS is a major health issue that has become the concern of various parties. Infection Diseases Intermediate Care Unit (Unit …
National and Gender Power Negotiations in Harriett Low’s Lights and Shadows of a Macao Life
Dictated by the cult of domesticity, American women's status in the mid-19th century remains largely the same from previous centuries: …
Now the Powerless Speaks: A Study of Bama’s Sangati and Baby Kamble’s ‘The Prisons We Broke’ From a Dalit Feminist Standpoint
In context of the powerful and the powerless in the social formation of India, caste system has been a matter …
A Comparative Study of Religious Other-Making and Power between Muslims and Christians at the First Crusade
Religious other-making means to recognize and approve the owning identity or discourse as the ultimate truth based on the negation …
Japan, the Global Novel and the Question of Responsibility
Recent years have seen the arrival of a number of novels, which, while they thematically touch on Japan to some …
Awakening from Dream, Back to the Pre-Modern: Satoh Makoto’s “The Dance of Angels Who Burns Their Own Wings”
Japanese playwright and stage director Satoh Makoto (shows an acute insight that human suffering is the outcome of the illusion …
Re-Heating’ Hope through Recognition in Japanese Late Capitalism: A Sociological Analysis of Ryo Asai’s “The Kirishima Thing”
How is invisible power exerted through recognition? By adopting Ulrich Beck’s social theory of reflexive modernisation, this paper analyses Ryo …
Positive Disciplinary Power
For decades now, academics have developed analyses for uncovering oppressive forms of power in society. These investigations often reveal conscious …
An Analysis of Pembayuns Speech Acts in the Sorong Serah Ceremony of Sasak Marriage: A Ritualistic Discourse Study
This study investigated the Pembayuns speech acts in Sorong Serah ceremony of the Sasak marriage. As such, it examined the …
Developing Social Work Practice for People with Disability through Digital Storytelling
The International Federation of Social Workers adopted the new global definition of social work in 2014. Although promotion of social …
The Empirical Analysis of Tea Price Under the Influence of Wage Earners
This paper pays attention on the variation of tea plantation wage earners from 2006 to 2015. A detailed description on …
Community-Based Tourism’s Image Positioning and Strategic Management in Thailand and Lao PDR for Achieving ASEAN Community
This research is a synthesis of knowledge gathering from related researches in the realm of image, management, participation, tourism activities, …
The Dynamics of Indonesia-Malaysia Bilateral Relations Since Independence: Its Impact on Bilateral and Regional Stability
The bilateral relations between Indonesia-Malaysia since the independence of Indonesia can be categorized in three phases. The first is the …
Factors Affecting Malaysia-Singapore Relations during the Mahathir Era
The relationship between Malaysia and Singapore tends to fluctuate from time to time. At times the relation is very good …
International Development in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) and Its Impact on East West Economic Corridor (EWEC)
Following the post-Cold War era, in 1992 the Mekong region countries established an Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development …
Cultural Values in Selected Southeast Asian Countries as Reflected in Representative Short Stories: A Comparative Study
This study reveals the intent of the researcher to investigate the commonalities of cultural values in the community life and …
Million People March against Pork Barrel Projects: from Potentiality to Actuality
In this paper, we endeavored to ask how virtual reality becomes a public space for advocacies, which call for crowd …
America, Our Home? A Qualitative Study of 1.5 Generation Asian Americans
Background: As the population of Asian immigrants and their children continues to grow in the U.S., it becomes increasingly important …
Hegemonic and Counter-Media Frames of the Unsolved-Past Tragedy
Tempo magazine has brought the memory of the unsolved-past tragedy of Indonesia, “1965/66 Event” in some ways in both New …
Political Parties Re-Disconnected? Websites and Social Media of Indonesian Political Parties
Political parties of Indonesia nowadays have created their own websites (Hameed, 2007) in which the patterns of the use of …
Between the Concept of Rights and the Philosophy of Ethics: An Investigation on the Concept of Marriage of Chinese Lesbians
This article examines the issue of how the Chinese citizen makes a choice when a confliction appears between the pursuit …
Skateboarding Subculture in China: Development Path, Characteristics and Representation of Values and Social Change
Youth subcultures were for a long time located out of the public eye in China. Only over the last 30 …
Temples: Probing the Possibilities of Economic Regeneration of the Local Communities in Goa
Temples of Goa have played a very vital role as symbols of cultural resistance to the Portuguese hegemony. In the …
One Nation-Different Fates: Kazakhstan in Pursuit of Cultural Identity
This article provides analysis of experience which modern Kazakhstan went through in process of determination of its own identity and …
Musical Pedagogy’s Improvement through New Technologies and Musicology: The Ogma Project
What is musical pedagogy? A way to teach someone the technical practice of an instrument? To learn how to express …
Moral Aspects of Economic Theories and Present-Day University Curriculum
Contemporary science of economics considers itself to be primarily based on the teachings of the 18th century moral and political …
A Dilemma or Hope for China’s Democratization: A Research on Cyberpolitics Participation of Chinese Citizen Based on Chai Jing Event
This article examines the main characteristics of Chinese cyber-politics participation and reveals the deep reasons behind those characteristics of Chinese …
Who Makes the Garden? (The Comparison Between And Ancient Chinese Documents)
Tachibana Toshitsuna(橘俊纲)，the author of
Implications of the Japanese 2014 Election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a landslide victory in the snap election …
Weaving the Traditions for the Future: Building a Sustainable Support Framework for Iranian Traditional Hand-Woven Textile Arts
Iran has been notably applauded for its luxurious hand-woven textile art of the Persian carpets which has been a tremendous …
Inspecting the Bad Society? Bentham’s Panopticon Revisited
In Panopticon; or, The Inspection-House (2008 [1797]), the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham outlined what he perceived to be a model …
Comparative Analysis of Purchasing Behavior at Physical and Online Bookstores by University Students
This study conducts a comparative experiment on the purchasing behavior of university students at both physical and online bookstores. Recently, …
An Empirical Study of Cloud Maturity across Industries
The cloud adoption can be regarded as a paragon shift of business transaction, which will accompany with business process reengineering. …
Demand on Commodities Contributor of Poverty in Aceh Province: Analyses on Urban Households
Commodities contributor of poverty is dominated by food commodities. Rice and cigarette filter are commodities that contributes a lot to …
Guidelines for Improving Productivity, Inventory, Turnover Rate, and Level of Defects in the Plastic Industry
The purposes of this study are to study the current situation, opportunity, and obstacle in plastic industry, to create a …
Twenty-Five Years after the Fall of Communism: Toward a Symbolic Interactionist Approach to the Study of Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe
Even when the domestic political system has undergone reform, it sometimes seems unlikely that any outside force can introduce enough …
Governing International Commercial Contract Law: The Framework of Implementation to Establish the ASEAN Economy Community 2015
The Head of the State Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Summit of Association of South East Asian …
Asset Allocation Applying Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO)
Portfolio optimization is an important problem in finance. Its goal is to discover an efficient frontier which shows highest expected …
Research on Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction in Labor Relations of New Generation of Migrant Workers in China: The Sample from Tianjin Binhai Development Zone of China
New generation of migrant workers (NGMW) refers to the ones who were born in the countryside from 1980s to 1990s, …
Willingness to Pay for Ecotourism Management with Community Participation in Lipe Island, Satun Province
Lipe island, specially the most popular tourist destinations in the southern island, Satun province Thailand. A part of beautiful beaches, …
Exploring Local Movie Markets in the Field of Cultural Democracy and Social Media Practice
Film awards and professional positive film reviews usually suggest a successful film box office. However, that is often not the …
Impact of Financial Reward on Employees’ Commitment in College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State
The need for increased efficiency has become extremely important in educational institutions like the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti. In order …
Needs and Health Problems of the Elderly: A Perspective of the Family Care Giver in the Community
Objective: Aging is natural process which unique occurred in the old age population. This study aims to examine the elderly …
Empowering and Engaging the ESL Learners in the Task-Based ESL Curriculum Evaluation
The research delved into evaluation as central to curriculum planning, designing, and implementation in the teacher-initiated negotiated curriculum. What seemed …
Finding a Voice in EFL Classroom Discussions: A Bakhtinian Interpretation of Formative Assessment
This presentation will give a Bakhtinian micro-evaluation of formative assessment practices for classroom discussions in a Japanese university classroom. Students …
Explaining ESL Chinese Students’ In-Class Participation Using the Theory of Planned Behavior: An Exploratory Study
Chinese demand for American-style education is on the rise as many Chinese students seek opportunities to gain a true global …
What Motivates You towards Academic Success? A Comparative Study
Student motivation is a very difficult element to identify in academic success, has been the focus of many studies in …
A Comparative Study of Narrative Ability in English-Chinese Bilingual Primary School Students
This study aims to compare Singapore primary students’ English and Chinese narrative abilities from a developmental perspective. Little research has …
Integrating Global Education into the University English Curriculum through Technology-Enhanced News Circles
Living in an increasingly globalized world, human beings have to solve more and more problems and face many new challenges …
A Cognitive Approach on Bidirectional Language Transfer: How to Figure Out the Ground?
The purpose of this study is to examine the bi-directional language transfer between Mandarin and English from the cognitive approach. …
A Study of Theme and Information Structure in Postgraduate Business Students’ Multimodal Written Texts: A SF-MDA of Management Accounting Texts
Thematic progression patterning plays a vital role in organizing the flow of Theme and Information structures in a text. SFL-based …
Exploring International Programme Students’ Intercultural Communication Competence in Thailand
The purpose of this study is to explore the international students’ Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) in the international programme at …
Cross-Cultural Investigation of Eye-Gaze Patterns for E-Learning Content Optimization
E-Learning in developing countries is still in a marginal state, mainly because of the cost of its introduction, and the …
Application of Media in an ESL Environment
All too often, EFL programs focus on developing students’ language ability without concern for providing meaningful content. A previous paper …
Authenticity in Project Based Learning: Building Community
The benefits of using authentic material as a form of input in Project-Based Learning are well established, but creating authentic …
Foreign Language Acquisition in a Multi-User Virtual Environment
Learning a language is best achieved when learners can practice the target language in a natural context, or immersed in …
Digital Tablets: A Trojan Virus for ICT in Education?
ICT, like classical PC, has not really invaded education because their use is a work overload for the teacher. It …
Assessing the Applicability of 3d Hologram Technology as an Enhanced Technology for the Distance Learning
Distance learning has provided an excellent platform for students in geographically remote locations while enabling them to learn at their …
Pechakucha Presentations in the Classroom – Supporting Language Learners with Public Speaking
Presentation skills are vital for language learners, but traditional PowerPoint presentations are often intimidating for second language students because of …
The Result of the Study for Learning Management Suitable to Develop Blended Learning Model in IT for Education Course
This qualitative research on blended learning has two main proposes. The first aim is to investigate situation of blended learning …
The Development Gamification on the Concepts Teach Less Learn More for Vocational Education
This research studied the components of the development the Gamification on the concept "Teach Less Learn More" for learning in …
Parental Involvement in Children’s Gaming and Students School Outcomes
Although research on parents' involvement in their children's gaming (PMG) should be an important area of research, there is little …
Students’ Teaching Practices Using Participatory Learning Technique and Multiple Online Learning Platforms
This paper reports on an implementation of peer-participatory learning technique in reflective teaching practices in a teacher training program. The …
Role of First Culture Knowledge in Foreign Language: Socialization in Japanese English Classroom Discourses
This study shows the relation between knowledge of first culture and its role in foreign language socialization in Japanese English …
A Step-By-Step Approach to Learning English Vocabulary for Beginners as a Second Language
During spring 2007, special needs education became part of Japan’s school education program by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, …
Engaging Students with Integrated Language Skills through Tailor Made Summer Camp Activities: A Case Study
In Taiwan, the four skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) in English are usually taught separately with the focus on …
Learning from English Lecturers’ Voices in Teaching Oral Communication in EFL Classrooms in Indonesia
Research in English as a foreign language (EFL) settings indicates that teaching oral communication has been problematic due to various …
An Analysis of the ESP for Economics: Approaches to Determine the Feasibility of a Reading Program at Secondary Level as
This case study will examine the overarching approaches to second language (L2) reading instruction reflected in the Libyan ESP secondary …
The Influence of Saliency and Frequency of Morphosyntactic Structures on Attention to Recasts during Spoken Interaction
Studies on the effectiveness of recasts have drawn mixed results, which is possibly due to the role of attention to …
The Usage of Games (Adapted from Korean Reality Shows) in Oral English Classroom to Increase Participation in Speaking
This study aims to understand how games influence oral English learning in terms of participation and motivation through a context-aware …
Application of Morphological Typology and English Affixation Instruction
This study aims at investigating the effects of application of morphological typology into the instruction of English Affixation instruction for …
Enhancing Reading Ability through Vocabulary Learning and Reading Satisfaction of Grade Eight Thai Rural Students with Self- Made Stories of Virtue and Morality
Reading is the English language skill most emphasized in all Thai educational levels. Therefore, Thai learners of English’s reading ability …
Foreign Language Education in the Wake of Globalization: The ‘Learning-To-Communicate’ Approach
In 2010, the Industry-Academia Partnership for Human Resource Development Committee (METI & MEXT), suggested that one of three skills to …
Using Personal Diaries to Improve Students’ Academic Writing Skills in English
Most students in Japan leave high school having been exposed to a wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary items. …
The Frequent Errors in English Writing of Students Who Study in the English Writing for Careers Course
This study investigated common English language errors made by 28 participants who enrolled the English Writing for Careers course in …
How to Teach the Expletive “It”
In some school grammar books in Japan, the expletive ‘it’ in a sentence like “(1) It seems that John loves …
Developing English Communicative Ability and Promoting Collaborative Learning through Project-Based Voice Acting in an Holistic Approach
This study aims to assure the positive influence of integrated language learning and teaching focused on improving English communicative ability …
Improving Teacher Questions and Feedback through Action Research
Teachers are constantly striving to improve student learning. One way teachers can do so is through action research within their …
Enhancing a Bridge Program with the First Year Experience Concept
In September 2014, the Petroleum Institute (PI) in Abu Dhabi adapted the Freshman Year Experience concept to its Bridge, or …
The Study of the First Year Students’ Multiple Intelligences in Learning English, Faculty of Liberal Arts, RMUTSV
The purposes of the study were to examine the first year student's multiple intelligences preference in studying English, explore the …
Investigating Students’ Learning Styles in Studying Chinese, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya
The purposes of the study were to study Chinese learning styles of students and to compare the student's Chinese learning …
Using Drama-Based Projects in EFL Classroom: A Whole-Language Approach to Learning Language
This paper examines the effectiveness of leaning English through drama-based group projects in an EFL class. A whole language approach …
Shared Adventures: How International Students from Four Continents Learn English Together
This presentation will introduce the feature of the Intensive English Bridge Program (IEBP), the teaching methods and learning strategies the …
Development of English Reading Comprehension Ability, Problem Solving Skills and Ethics by Integrating Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy for Undergraduates
Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Thailand has been the leading institute for teaching for more than 123 years. Moving the university into …
Studying How to Study Kanji: A Practical Approach
One of the biggest challenges for Japanese language students is to effectively learn kanji (Chinese characters used in modern Japanese …
Digital Literacy Skill of Students in Public Higher Education Institutes
This research is the quality research with the objective of studying the digital literacy skill of students in public higher …
A Move Analysis of the “About Us” Page on University Engineering Websites
This study investigated the rhetorical structure of the “About Us” page on North American universities’ engineering website based on move …
A Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of Visual Cues on Sentence Stress Production of EFL Elementary Students
Teaching English phonics is a common practice in pronunciation instruction in Taiwan’s elementary English language classes. However, elementary students in …
The Role of Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension
It is generally agreed that many factors contribute to one's reading comprehension and there is consensus that vocabulary size one …
A Corpus-Based Analysis and Appraisal of News Reports on Protesters from Political Conflicts in Thailand by Foreign News Agencies
Appraisal has been employed in previous foreign studies. They have focused on corpus-based analysis and comparison of news reports. However, …
The Derivation Words Recognition: Understanding the Suffixational Patterns of English Vocabulary
Words are one of the important elements that language learners must master as having insufficient words will be a barrier …
Integrated Teaching Strategy in the Reading Classroom
Integration in language instruction still remains an elusive, if not an impossible, goal. In describing integrated literacy instruction, Shanahan (1997) …
Sculpture Walks: Mobile Technology and the Aesthetic Experience
This paper looks at how the use of mobile technology can affect the aesthetic experiences of sculptures for students. In …
A Journey in Moodle: Lessons Learned in Insitutionalizing an Open-Source Constructionist Blended Learning Tool
Utilizing technologies to enhance traditional forms of learning is an important task for institutions, particularly in a maturing education system. …
A Comparison of the Pedagogical Applicability of Two Approaches to Teaching English Word Stress Patterns
The present study has compared the pedagogical applicability of Dickerson’s (1989) four word stress rules with Yamini’s (1997) three word …
Positive Outcomes of Contrastive Instruction on L2 Phonology
This research essay attempts to examine the effect of explicit pronunciation teaching by reporting the findings of a quasi-experiment which …
Examining a Teacher Education Course in English for the Medium of Instruction Using 5Is
Policies requiring English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) are sprouting at many universities in Asia and Europe. In many …
Enhance Teachers’ Composition Teaching Literacy and Autonomy through Online Interactive Writing Course – “Learning by Doing”: An Effective Way of Teacher Training
Composition writing is an important yet difficult component of Chinese language teaching. In the MOE 2011 Syllabus, composition writing is …
Effects of a Professional Development Programme on New Zealand Language Teacher Beliefs and Teaching Practice
The study is set in the context of New Zealand where teaching and learning other languages is not compulsory, and …
The Colour and the Shape of Translation in the Foreign Language Classroom: The Dis/Integration of an Interdisciplinary Field?
The development of translation in the foreign language classroom in recent decades originates from the wide revision it has undergone …
Improving Children’s Cognitive Modifiability by Dynamic Assessment in 3d Immersive Virtual Reality Environments
Increasing evidence reveals the efficacy of dynamic assessment procedure (DA) in providing rich and reliable feedback regarding children's cognitive modifiability. …
A Study of Problem of Learning Photography for Communication Module to Develop the Patterns of Teaching Through a Virtual Classroom
One of the purposes of the research on the “The Development of problem based learning model via virtual classroom” was …
How to Strengthen Teacher Education Experiences Using Web 2.0 Technologies as Instruments to Enhance Learning
This article provides insights into the use of Web 2.0 technologies from a personal perspective of an Australian education academic …
Fostering Independent Learning through the Use of Edmodo and a Self-Access Learning Center
Web 2.0 technologies have become an ubiquitous component of our daily lives (McBride, 2009), and their immediate exploitation in the …
Using Blogs for Real World Writing: Encouraging Learner Independence
This study aimed to investigate students' opinions on using blogs for writing and giving comments among classmates outside class. Results …
Blog for Sex Education for Teenagers
In Mexico, we have a growing number of unwanted pregnancies in teenagers. The government family planning programs have failed in …
An Analysis of Weblogs’ Grammatical Errors of Filipino Learners of English as Second Language
This study investigated grammatical errors in a corpus of 58 blog posts written by 58 participants through weblogs. It aimed …
A Study of Anxiety Levels amongst Chinese Students for a Master Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at a UK University
Foreign language anxiety, as one of the most important affective variables, has been attracting more and more attention in second …
Three Approaches to Cultivating Academic Honesty and Fighting Plagiarism
Academic honesty is a critical concept for students who are enrolled in university studies; however, many of these students have …
Feeling Righteous? Stress Shift in English L2 Learners
This study examines the stress assignment of English suffixed words produced by L2 learners. The stimuli were disyllabic words and …
Exploring Approaches to Help Students with Reading Disabilities Enhance Their Reading Comprehension through the Use of the Tablet
Reading is the foundation of learning in formal education. In the mobilized digital century, how the mobile device can facilitate …
Vietnamese Learners’ EFL Acquisition: From Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills to Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
This study aims to investigate how English as a foreign language is acquired to help Vietnamese teachers and learners of …
Campus Based Students’ Perspectives on Strategic Management Simulation: A Study in Context
Business simulations are widely used in management education. However, there is no consensus on optimising their application. We explore business …
EFL Learners Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward the Use of Reader Theater for Improving Oral Skills in an Esp Course
In today's global world, English speaking skills are important for international contexts. For EFL learners, good oral English skills require …
Class Book: A Case Study of a University English Class Sharing Their Experiences to Enhance Learning with Peers
Dewey (1938) argued that educational activities should begin from the immediate personal and social experience of the learners. He also …
An Interactive Example for Game-Based Programming Environment
Many researchers suggest that programming is beneficial to career and the development of problem solving skills. However, traditional teaching methods …
Effectiveness in Using the Learning Package on “How to Make Questions in English” for Improving Speaking Skills of Degree Students
The objectives of this study were (1) to study the effectiveness in using the learning package on how to make …
The Paperless Classroom
This presentation will discuss the implementation of the paperless classroom in the context of an IELTS class at a university …
Reinterpreting School Vandalism: A Textual Analysis
This study unravel the meaning conveyed from vandalism through textual analysis. It determined the profile of the respondents, the reasons …
Meta-Level Intervention in Case-Based Teaching Method Implemented in Esp Course
This paper discusses the fundamental principles involved in case-based teaching method applied in an ESP course; the implementation of meta-level …
Designing Digitally Enhanced Print for International Conferences and Tourism
This year at TEDxKyoto, a new interactive team was assembled and geared to get participants more engaged with speakers, vendors, …
Learning by Digital Games Design in Children’s Teaching and Learning Process: Issues and Challenges
The development and rapidity on the usage of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the community showed that the …
An Immersive, Interactive and Augmented Classroom: A Proof-of-Concept
The use of mobile technology has individualized education and even when there is a sense of a connected learning community, …
Creating Meanings on Ice by Photos and Textiles
Northern residents experience the ice as an element which shapes an everyday environment. The ice can be identified also as …
An Analysis of Cognitive Context and Attitudes of Undergraduate Students towards Their Patterns of Library Use
Introduction. In the system of university education, libraries are playing a vital role in dissemination of information in achieving outmost …
Rephotographic Powers: Teaching Rephotography As a Platform for Visual Communication in Turkey
Rephotography is the act of re-taking a previous photograph from the same vantage point, usually separated by a period of …
Strategic Motivations for Australian Military Intervention in the Middle East
Australia has once again sent its armed forces to join a military coalition in the Middle East, this time as …
The Metamorphosis of Selected Maranao Stories into Dances
This study was designed to select folk stories where the five Maranao folkdances were believed to have originated from. Since …
Investigating the Information Preferences of University Researchers in the Philippines: Sketching the Collection Profile of the Future
This study found out that compared to its neighboring Southeast Asian countries, Philippines ranked only 5th in university research outputs …
The Image of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as Reflected in Philippine Children’s Literature : A Contextual Analysis
Every year millions of Filipinos opt to work abroad mainly for economic reasons. According to the Commission on Overseas Filipinos, …
The Endangered Dialect of the Bugkalots
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of Bugkalot native dialect and the factors that cause its …
Space[Less]City : Students’ Perceptive Journey beyond Urban Analysis
In Architectural Design classes as in Architectural everyday practice, preliminary urban analysis is a mandatory step of the design process …
International Education and Global Education of High Schools in Taiwan
To expand the vision of students is one of the most important issues of Taiwan��s education policy. Schools in Taiwan …
Material Selection, Design and Construction through CALL: EFL Teacher Reflection
The commercial software for English language learning in a computer lab has recently been implemented as part of practice hours …
Effects of Two Implementations of Cross-Age Repeated Reading Treatments
Learning sight words enables learners to decode unfamiliar words by sight, thus learners can read words in text more efficiently. …