... repertoire of language systems whilst sustaining the primary language through the schooling process instead of subtractive bilingualism found inthe current educational system whereby the first language ... in their schooling. 30 In most parts ofthe world, education is for the most part the preserve ofthe few (elites). The choice of which language or dialect to use to teach (medium of instruction) ... instruction) reflects the interests of those elite. In countries in which one ofthe languages dominate, there is usually an issue about where to place other languages intheeducation system....
... ADAPTING THE DIALOGUE TO THEIR LIVES.(Using prompts)Explain to the students that they are going to do the dialogue again in pairs, using their own information. This time the teacher is going ... with the next finger.Squeeze the two fingers together to show the contraction (e.g. “I’ve“).[b] missing worde.g. “I’ve got a bike.”Point to the finger which represents the missing word inthe ... year16 The teachers feel that they have a good The teachers would like to find out more knowledge ofthe following topics and about the following topics for their use them regularly in their...
... 2: An Investigation into the Current Performance of English Teaching and Learning in Junior High Schools in Quang Ngai Province 72.1. Introduction 72.2. The Junior High School Community in Quang ... Improve the Teaching of Oral Skills for Junior High School Teachers in Quang Ngai Province 14 3.1. Techniques for teaching speaking 14 3.1.1. Introduction 14 3.1.2. Controlled speaking activities ... speaking activities 21 3.1.4. Summary 24ii TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements iv List of abbreviations v Part 1: Introduction 1. Rationale ofthe study 12. Aims ofthe study 23. Methods of...
... disambiguated word meaning. It is thein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined. The processes are independent ofthe know- ledge ... affected. The study includes off-line picture naming which forces use of articles in all ofthe above contexts, as well as on-line production of these morphemes in an attempt to determine in which ... Because ofthe parallel activation of all meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination ofthe phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active...
... and the entropy of a single feature:G(D, f) = H(D) − H(Df) The information gain G(D, f) is the reduction in uncertainty in D we expect to achieve by learning the value ofthe feature f. In other ... H(Df=vi) is the entropy of subset ofthe in- stance base which has value vifor feature f. The information gain of a feature then is simply the difference between the total entropy ofthe in- stance ... data moreoften then the pair b, a, then a ≺ b. If the re-verse is true, and b, a is found more often thana, b, then b ≺ a. If neither order appears in the training data, then neither a...
... of( 的) infections(感染)", the sys-tem translates the term into "感染数量". Besides using the Chinese description (C-desc) inthe description field ofthe original TREC topic as the ... up the dictionary and takes the first translation inthe entry as the translation ofthe term without any further analy-sis. When the term is a string of words such as "number(数量) of( 的) ... released by the Xinhua News Agency in 1994 and 1995. It includes totally 164,789 documents. The topic set contains 54 topics. In the relevance judgment file, a binary indication of relevant...
... (I) the input for the generation of a sentence includes an instance of an object present in a recent input; and (2) thethe previous instance of this object (the po- tential antecedent} is in ... distinguish the following major contributing factors for selecting one verb over the other;, (I) the intended perspec- tive of the situation, (2) the emphasis of one activity rather than another, ... slots in input frames; 4. The history of processing, structured Mong the lines of the episodic memory oWaa~zat~on suggested by Kolodner (1984) and including the feedback ofthe results of...
... make sure that the words activated in their minds fit with the meaning ofthe context. In addition, they must linknew information to what they have already read, as well as to theirbackground ... children inthe lowest reading group were relatively orallyproficient in English (after two years of schooling in English), but still couldn’t read well. In summarizing the findings, the authors ... on the findings ofthe National Reading Panel in describing what is known about effective literacy instruction for English-speaking students.10 In the sections that follow, the review examines...
... withothers (collaborative learning), andtransforming the role ofthe teacher. The integration of e-learning into medical education can catalyze the shift towardapplying adult learning theory, ... undere-learning as the Internet becomes the integrating technology.A concept closely related to e-learningbut preceding the birth ofthe Internet isDr. Ruiz is assistant professor of clinical medicine,Division ... e-learning in medical education, the differential use of e-learning in preclinical versus clinicalyears, the adaptation of e-learning to awide variety of medical specialties andclinical settings,...
... of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of ... determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, ... its administration and inthe selection of its members,sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering...
... ideas write of the role oflanguagein this concept of Spain inthe same vein that Herder saw the link with language and national identity. They were writing of course at the 36 THE ‘CASTILIANISATION’ ... where the use of Spanish is largely on the decline and even likely to become extinctaltogether. The use of Spanish in Latin America, and particularly inthe US, is,on the other hand, on the increase ... definitions offered in Chapter 1containing within their political borders many nations, whether these be Catalan,Basque, Galician in Spain, or any ofthe many indigenous nations in LatinAmerica.The...
... difficulties controlling the movement and sequencing of orofacial muscles, causing deficits in the production of fluent speech. In- depth studies ofthe KE family showed that, in these individuals, speech ... path-ways and the inherent difficulties of precisely defining them inthe laboratory.FOXP2 inthe braine expression of FOXP2 is not limited to the brain but is also seen in several other organs, ... understanding ofthe cause of language impairments, leading to the development of improved diagnostic and treatment strategies for affected individuals. In turn, knowledge regarding the cause of such...