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Make a suggestion Refine your searchComputer usage in the classroom : assessing the utility of computer -based games and songs for the acquisition of a second Language / Besarta Zhaku
Title : Computer usage in the classroom : assessing the utility of computer -based games and songs for the acquisition of a second Language : doctoral studies-third cycle Material Type: printed text Authors: Besarta Zhaku, Dissertant ; Andrew Goodspeed, Thesis advisor Publisher: Tetovo : Faculty of Languages Cultures and Communications - SEEU Publication Date: 2011 Pagination: 119 p. Layout: ill. Size: 30 cm General note: Includes bibliographical references
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Includes indexLanguages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Abstract: ABSTRACT
This study examines the effect of the computer in acquiring a second language. Moreover, this study shows how the use of computer based activities, such as computer games and songs, increase the pupils' ability to understand the spoken and written form of English and their ability to recognize the written form of the new vocabulary. It describes the pupils' and their parents' attitudes and beliefs towards the usage of computer in the classroom; moreover, the thesis provides the pupils' attitude towards computer usage for the purpose of learning, their impressions about the computer games and songs, and their impressions about computer based lessons prepared for this research. The main objective of the study is not just to discover whether the computer games and songs have a positive effect in acquiring a second language, but to discover why the use of computer games and songs is effective in English language learning. To achieve this aim, I examined twenty-three fifth grade learners, who study English as a foreign language. This research took place in the primary school Nuri Mazari in Dollogozhda, Struga. Since computer usage was necessary for this study, I prepared a questionnaire with general questions about the learners' ability to use computers. They completed this questionnaire before the study. The learners were divided into two groups, the control and the experimental group. Both of the groups took a pre- and a post-test. At the beginning of the study, pupils took the pre-test. It examined the learners' current knowledge about English. At the end of the study, pupils took the post-test, which examined the learners' knowledge after the study took place. In this way, the learners' progress in learning English is more obvious. The pre-test results of the control group were a little bit higher than the experimental group. However, the results gathered from post- test indicate that the experimental group who received computer-based lessons outperformed the control group who received only teacher based instructions.Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=19386 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status M10702-000152 M10702-000152 Zhaku, B. 2011 General Collection Thesis Repository Master Not for loan
Title : Contemporary challenges of multiculturalism and language policies : conference proceeding Material Type: printed text Authors: Veton Latifi, Editor ; Andrew Goodspeed, Editor Publisher: Tetovo : Scientific Institute "Max van der Stoel" - SEEU Publication Date: 2015 Pagination: 173 p. Size: 24 cm ISBN (or other code): 978-6-08-248002-2 General note: Includes bibliographical references Languages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Descriptors: Ethnicity
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Multiculturalism - MacedoniaClass number: 306.08 Abstract: The citizens of the Republic of Macedonia (RMJ seem to be very proud of their multiethnic, multilingual and multicultural environment. Very often, the common Balkan culture and tradition are considered as mutual characteristics and values that make them fee! close to each other. In spite of this, when it comes to the language use, there is certain hesitation. More and more young native speakers of Albanian do not speak Macedonian and native speakers of Macedonian are not encouraged enough to learn Albanian. Such positions are in danger of bringing about a situation, present even now, that young people from different nationalities in Macedonia communicate among themselves in English. This paper aims to reconfirm the benefits of multilingualism and make some recommendations about its promotion in the local community, taking into consideration the views of parents of elementary school children from both nationalities: Macedonian and Albanian. 20 people will be asked to present their opinion about the obligatory and elective language courses that their children follow in primary schools. In addition to this, an expert opinion will be required from language professionals about the same issue. The conclusions are expected to be of use to the policy makers, the educational institutions and parents. Contents note: Multilingualism in the education setting; Language policies; Challenges of the multiculturalism; Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16695 Hold
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Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status 1702-001707 306.08 Contemp 2015 General Collection SEEU Library Skopje English Available
Title : Depiction of feminine perception of domestic Violence in roddy doyle's 'the woman who Walked into doors' and Paula Spencer : master thesis - second cycle Material Type: printed text Authors: Argenita Salii, Author ; Andrew Goodspeed, Thesis advisor Publisher: Tetovo : Faculty of Languages Cultures and Communications - SEEU Publication Date: 2013 Pagination: 95 p. Layout: ill. Size: 30 cm General note: includes bibliographical references
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Includes appendixLanguages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Abstract: INTRODUCTION
The main focus of this study is the analysis of the main character in Roddy Doyle's The Woman Who Walked into Doors (1997) and the sequel Paula Spencer (2006). This study will analyze the perception of domestic violence from the main character's point of view, and other issues concerning women such as their position in the society and family. This study will also look deeply in the way the author himself depicts the perception of domestic violence through the character and narration of Paula Spencer. Roddy Doyle is a contemporary Irish writer, and works as a full time writer. He worked as a teacher of Geography and English for fifteen years. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. In his writings Doyle describes problems that could be part of any family and in any place of the world. Despite this, his work is almost always located specifically in the city of Dublin, Ireland, particularly among the disadvantaged or poor of Dublin. He also writes about poverty, violence, unemployment, marriage, family life and describes the working class families and their struggles to change the situation they are facing. He presents real life situations, and shows them as they really are, he also uses slang and profanity, and presents characters whose lives are tough and with no easy way out. But, he leaves us with the impression that the strong will survives, and that the good intention and the beauty of the good things survives which makes his characters triumph. The novels of our research deal with most of these themes. In The Woman Who Walked into Doors, the author discusses a working class family, which lives in poverty, with an abusive father and an alcoholic mother.Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=19895 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status M10702-000260 M10702-000260 Salii, A. 2013 General Collection Thesis Repository Master Not for loan
Title : Evaluation of first grade English Language materials in some primary schools in Macedonia : master thesis - second cycle Material Type: printed text Authors: Burbuqe Raufi, Author ; Andrew Goodspeed, Thesis advisor Publisher: Tetovo : Faculty of Languages Cultures and Communications - SEEU Publication Date: 2013 Pagination: 79 p. Layout: ill. Size: 30 cm General note: includes bibliographical references
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Includes appendixLanguages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Abstract: Abstract
For first year students, an important step toward learning English as their first foreign language (FL) is the teaching of English as a compulsory subject in primary schools in Macedonia. With this change Macedonia joined other European countries in instituting a policy of learning a second language (SL) from a younger age (six years old) in primary schools, hi Macedonia, the school year 2007/2008 was the first year of embarking on this project. First year students of primary school were taught only one foreign language as a compulsory subject and that was English language parallel with their first language (Albanian or Macedonian). Through this change in curriculum, the Macedonian government attempted to achieve the following goals: The students should be motivated to learn the foreign language, To develop listening and understanding basic vocabulary and simple sentences. To develop speaking skills of basic vocabulary and phrases To get introduced to English alphabet and spelling To get some cultural knowledge of English speaking countries. (Hrvatovic, 2007) With these goals in mind, the purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum new placed in Macedonian primary schools. By evaluation of the materials, I assessed component parts and processes of the curriculum and provided suggestions as to how the program can be improved, as has been done in other new curricula (e.g., Shadish, Cook and Leviton, 1995). As with all new public school curricula, evaluation is essential to effective revision. Having experienced this English program firsthand on the school year 2007/2008,1 had the resources and acces; to this program to successfully assess the strengths and weaknesses of the new English curricula for primary schools in Macedonia. Further, as a teacher in the schools myself, I have a personal interest in the improvement of the schools and curriculum provided, and wish to make a contribution through a rigorous assessment of the current state of this new program.Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=19887 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status M10702-000253 M10702-000253 Raufi, B. 2013 General Collection Thesis Repository Master Not for loan
Title : Female Discourse and Gendered Depiction in Shakespearean Tragedies, mainly exemplified by Macbeth : master thesis - second cycle Material Type: printed text Authors: Emilija Kraguevska, Author ; Andrew Goodspeed, Thesis advisor Publisher: Tetovo : Faculty of Languages Cultures and Communications - SEEU Publication Date: 2012 Pagination: 87 p. Layout: ill. Size: 30 cm General note: includes bibliographical references
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Includes appendixLanguages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Abstract: ABSTRACT
This academic work is only one of the hundreds of researches that have been conducted about Shakespeare. Nonetheless, this research project has its own significance because it uses Shakespeare's language as a source for ESL learners. First, it examines how second English language learners understand complex texts, and this is especially important because the learners are coming in non-English speaking environment. The findings of the research are beneficial for English language lecturers, because they would know whether or not students have difficulties with understanding difficult content, up to what degree are those complications, which gender group has more adversity male or female. Therefore, this research has its justifications from the methodological point of view. Second, the project is directly engaged with feminist theories. It straightforwardly explores students' awareness of feminism in Shakespeare's lines. The research definitely does not intend to change someone's attitude towards feminism, but it just tries to find out whether male and female students of English Language and Literature are aware of the feminist dimension that that can be argued to exist in Shakespeare's language. The current study is a research project that was carried out by a questionnaire which contained two parts: multiple-choice questions and experiments based upon language usage. The findings suggest that there are no significant discrepancies between male and female 'reading' of Shakespeare's language when students' answers are based on the grammatical structure of the text or the choice of vocabulary. Moreover, the boys are almost always consistent in their responding, whereas the girls' feedback is almost always divided. The findings from the experiments based upon language usage, show great percent of stereotypical answers both from male and female group of examinees. From the very beginning I would like to emphasize that those stereotypes are roughly equally represented in the responses of both genders. It is not only the male examinees who recognize the gender stereotypes encoded in the language, but also the female.
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Ова академско истражување е само едно многуте кои се направени за Шекспир. Како и да е, тоа има свое значење бидејќи ги користи Шекспировите текстови како извор за студенти кои изучуваат англиски како втор јазик. Прво, истражувањето се обидува да дознае како студентите кои учат англиски јазик ги разбираат сложените текстови, а тоа е особено важно затоа што испитаниците доаѓаат од средина каде што не се зборува англискиот како мајчин јазик. Резултатите од истражувањето се корисни за лекторите по англиски јазик, затоа што тие обезбедуваат податоци дали студентите имаат тешкотии при разбирањето на комплексни текстови, колкави се тие тешкотии и кој пол повеќе, машкиот или женскиот, наидува на вакви проблеми. Според тоа, ова истражување е оправдано од методолошка перспектива. Второ, проектот е поврзан со феминистички теории. Тој директно го истражува знаењето на студентите за постоењето на феминизам во текстовите од Шекспир. Целта на истражувањето не е да промени нечиј став во однос на феминизмот, туку само да дознае дали студентите од Англиски јазик и Литература се свесни за постоењето на една феминистичка димензија во јазикот на Шекспир. Истражувањето е извршено со помош на прашалник кој се состои од два дела: прашања со неколку понудени одговори и експерименти базирани врз употреба на јазикот. Резултатите покажуваат дека нема значајни разлики во разбирањето на текстот помеѓу машкиот и женскиот пол кога нивните одговори се базираат врз изборот на вокабулар или граматичката структура. Испитаниците од машки пол скоро секогаш се усогласени во своите одговори, додека пак кај женскиот наидуваме на разновидност. Резултатите од експериментите базирани врз употреба на јазикот покажуваат јасни стереотипи и кај двата пола. Од самиот почеток би сакала да потенцирам дека тие стереотипи се подеднакво изразени и кај машките и кај женските, што значи дека стереотипи и денеска постојат и тоа не само кај испитаниците од машки, туку и кај тие од женски пол.
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Ky studim akademik, është vetëm një shumë që e bëri Shekspirit. Megjithatë, ajo ka rëndësinë e saj, sepse ai përdor tekstet e Shekspirit si një burim për nxënësit mësimin e anglishtes si gjuhë e dytë. Së pari, hulumtim përpiqet për të gjetur se si nxënësit mësojnë anglisht që të kuptojnë tekstet komplekse, dhe kjo është veçanërisht e rëndësishme sepse të anketuarit vijnë nga një mjedis ku nuk flasin gjuhën angleze si gjuhë të tyre amtare. Rezultatet e sondazhit janë të dobishme për lektorët e gjuhës angleze, sepse ato sigurojnë të nëse nxënësit kanë vështirësi për të kuptuar tekstet komplekse, çfarë janë ato vështirësi dhe gjini që më shumë, mashkull apo femër, që hasen probleme të tilla. Prandaj, ky hulumtim është i justifikuar nga perspektiva e metodologjike. Së dyti, projekti është i lidhur me teori feministe. Ajo drejtpërsëdrejti shqyrton njohuritë e nxënësve rreth ekzistencës së feminizmit nëtekstet e Shekspirit. Qëllimi i hulumtimit nuk është që të ndryshojë qëndrimin e dikujt ndaj feminizmit, vetëm për të gjetur nëse studentët e gjuhës angleze dhe letërsisë janë të vetëdijshëm për ekzistencën e një dimension feministe në gjuhën e Shekspirit. Hulumtimi është kryer duke përdorur një pyetësor të përbërë nga dy pjesë: pyetje me përgjigje disa dhe eksperimentet bazë në përdorimin e gjuhës. Rezultatet tregqjnë se nuk ka dallime të rëndësishme në të kuptuarit e tekstit mes mashkulli dhe femra kur përgjigjet e tyre bazohen në zgjedhjen e fjalorit ose struktura gramatikore. Të anketuarit meshkuj pothuajse gjithmonë konsistent në përgjigjet e tyre, ndërsa femra gjen diversitetin. Rezultatet e eksperimenteve të bazuara në përdorimin e gjuhës tregon stereotipe të qarta në të dy gjini. Që në fillim do të doja të theksoj se këto stereotipet janë shprehur në mënyrë të barabartë në meshkuj dhe femra, që do të thotë se stereotipet ekzistojnë sot dhe jo vetëm në mesin e të anketuarve meshkuj, por në ato të femrave.Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=20068 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status M10702-000316 M10702-000316 Kraguevska, E. 2012 General Collection Thesis Repository Master Not for loan
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