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Towards a Multilingual School Library The new curriculum for primary schools in Norway underlines that knowledge of several languages is a resource both in school and society, and that the pupils should experience this through their education. In this article we investigate the school library as a multilingual arena, based on a study with a linguistically and culturally diverse pupil group. The material contains observation data from library activities, such as book talks and reading aloud, a semi-structured interview with the school librarian, and photo documentation of the school library room. We base the analysis on an overall perspective on the school library as a schoolscape (Brown). Hence we are interested in the linguistic-visual interior of the school library, as well as the literary and pedagogical activities that take place there. The article investigates how language diversity emerges both in the school library’s semiotic landscape and in various reading activities. Overall, the analysis shows that linguistic diversity appears to be valued on a general level, but that the specific languages of the pupil and teacher groups are represented to a lesser degree in the schoolscape. The analysis also identifies a number of framework factors, including at system levels, such as access to multilingual literature, which clearly hinder the school librarian’s work in developing the library’s multilingual collection.

Book Talk: Promoting Race-Conscious Conversations in White Families through a Preschool-Based Reading Curriculum

Book Talk: Promoting Race-Conscious Conversations in White Families through a Preschool-Based Reading Curriculum

Argumentasi Teologis dalam Kisah Rut: Implementasi Hukum Levirat dan Tanggung Jawab Sosial

Talking about redemption, the Old Testament directs us to a book that tells about redemption, namely the book of Ruth. This book talks about levirate marriage. According to Torah law, if a man dies without having children, his brother is obliged to take his wife in a "common law marriage", so that the woman will give birth to children for her dead husband. This article will explore the concept of redemption in the Book of Ruth. The method used is the method of narrative literary exegesis. The methodological principles include structural analysis, stylistic analysis, editorial analysis, exegetical analysis, and theological analysis. As a result, The story of Ruth not only provides insight into the practice of levirate law in a historical context but also conveys theological lessons relevant to the present day. The principles in this story, such as social responsibility, protection of the vulnerable, and commitment to justice, remain pertinent and can be applied in a modern context.

ADAB AHLUL QUR’AN PERSPEKTIF IMAM NAWAWI

The Qur'an is the book of the best morals and adab of all time. The ultimate miracle, the noblest reading, a manual that will guide us in our daily life until the end of the world. Imam Nawawi is a pious and pious scholar, he is also referred to as a scholar who is very productive in terms of writing. So it is not surprising that his works are numerous, popular, printed continuously and used as the main source in religious studies (Islamic studies). One of his works is the Book of Tibyan Fii Adabi Hamalatil Qur'an as the main reference in this research. This paper aims to reveal how Adab Ahlu Al-Qur'an is from Imam Nawawi's perspective and how Imam Nawawi narrates the contents of his book. This research is included in library research (library research). With data collection techniques using documentation studies of books and texts from the Book of Tibyan Fii Adabi Hamalatil Qur'an and content analysis. It turns out that as a whole the book talks about the manners and morals of a teacher, student, lover and practitioner of the Qur'an (ahlul qur’an). Imam Nawawi's perspective between teachers and students must have adab and morals when interacting with the Qur'an. The contents of the book include: the virtue of reading and memorizing it, the virtue of qira’ah and ahlul qira’ah, the obligation to glorify the ahlul qur'an, adab for teachers, students, and memorizing of the Qur'an, adab of reading the Qur'an, adab towards the Al-Qur'an 'an, recommendations for reading verses and letters at certain times, writing and ennobling the Al-Qur'an mushaf.

Book clubs as a possible approach to bibliotherapy: an L2 online book club for EFL learners

ABSTRACT In the spring of 2022, I started an online book club for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in a university in Shanghai. Over the research period of four months, eight participants who joined this book club and stuck around until the last book talk meeting were interviewed. They met every 2 weeks online to talk about the stories. The findings show that a group of Chinese EFL college students’ expectations for this L2 (a second language) book club, such as improving English, enjoying reading, and relaxing, have been met. It concludes that book clubs could be a possible approach to bibliotherapy.

Book Talks

Book talks, however defined, have been programming staples in all types of libraries. In theological libraries, they tend to be focused on faculty authors, or perhaps members of the institutional community. The COVID-19 pandemic, of course, has thrown a wrench into how or if book talks are offered, and has changed how these events are developed and implemented. In this session, three library directors discussed what book talks look like in their libraries and offered practical suggestions for building similar programming. This included discussion of how book talks contribute to institutional missions and goals, and how they demonstrate value.

HOW A GREAT MENTOR & A GREAT MISSION CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND THE WORLD

AbstractThe author, an anti‐racism educator, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leader, first met Frances Hesselbein at a book talk in New York City by Joan Kuhl, also an author in this special issue of Leader to Leader. The author and Frances “quickly became friends of the heart,” and his mentor. He recounts that “Frances sat front and center at my TED Talk in 2016, and when I did a keynote in 2018 at my alma mater—Lafayette College in Easton, PA. With both invitations, without hesitation she said “I’ll be there” and in typical Frances fashion she arrived earlier than everyone else so she could get the best seat.” He continues: “You’ve got to find a mentor who believes in you. A mentor who wants you to be heard. A mentor who asks you and knows what your mission is, so they can marvel when you bring that mission to life, and guide you if you go astray.”

Reference and confusion

ABSTRACT Being in a state of confusion is, unfortunately, an ordinary part of human experience. What is going on in our heads exactly, when we are confused about something? Surely, there are many different ways of being confused, but in his engaging new book Talking About, Elmar Unnsteinsson takes on the special case of what he calls identity confusion. He suggests that understanding what happens when we are in a state of identity confusion – and what kinds of things this confusion allows us to, or inhibits us from doing – will dissolve Frege's puzzle. And more importantly, it will pave the road to a new theory of reference which relies on what he calls the Edenic Constraint – a constraint that makes acts of reference unavailable to victims of identity confusion. I argue that this account is convincing if the Edenic Constraint is restricted to certain cases of combinatory confusion – namely those that involve conflicting intentions – but that it is less plausible that the reference mechanism fails in cases of combinatory confusion that don't involve conflicting intentions, or in any cases of separatory confusion.

Poe in Richmond: Celebrating the Poe Museum’s Centennial

Poe in Richmond: Celebrating the Poe Museum’s Centennial

Changing practices of instruction-giving in video-mediated interaction for an extensive reading book club

This study shows how a facilitator gives directive-instructions to create interactional spaces for second language (L2) learning in an online setting by investigating interactions in a video-mediated extensive reading (ER) book club. Taking a multimodal conversation analysis approach, the study observes the facilitator’s changing practices of instruction-giving over time, focusing on two points. First, from a general standpoint, this study focuses on the way the facilitator, through instruction-giving, establishes the institutional boundaries of participation for the book talk activity. Second, and more specifically, this study focuses on the way the facilitator informs the students of or talks about questions she provides as prompts for the students’ book talk. Overall, the analysis indicates that, over time, the facilitator appears to be taking a less controlled approach toward the students’ freedom to choose the topic of discussion during the book talk activity of the book club. The analysis also shows the facilitator diversifying the interactional resources on which she draws in doing question talk, as well as her becoming more aware of the students’ understanding of the questions and therefore giving instructions that are clearer for the students. The findings contribute to a growing body of research on the embodied work of L2 teaching in general, and on facilitators’ instruction-giving in video-mediated interaction specifically. The study also offers methodological implications for conducting video-mediated interaction research and pedagogical implications regarding giving instructions in online settings.

An Accidental Historian

An Accidental Historian

Book Name: Contagious: Why Things Catch On

Contagious: Why Things Catch On book talks about the science to know why some ideas, goods, behaviours and videos become popular and spread quickly. It is a must-read book for those who are interested in marketing and psychology. The concept of this book is well connected to the basic psychological principle like social influence, and persuasion. The book was praised by Authors like Charles Duhigg, and Chip Heath. The book started with a question that why things become viral or contagious, and the concept of viral or contagious were well explained by the author.

Topicalization as a practice for facilitating L2 discussion in video-mediated extensive reading book club meetings

Conversation analytic work on video-mediated interaction is already well-established, but how teaching is done online remains relatively underresearched. This paper aims to expand our understanding of effective teaching practices in online contexts by examining interactions in an extensive reading (ER) book club implemented via the online videoconferencing tool Zoom at a university in South Korea. The book club met once a week for 10 weeks as an extracurricular program of the university with the goal of creating opportunities for students to read and practice speaking in English as a second language (L2). The study focuses on the book club facilitator's topicalization as a practice for facilitating L2 discussion. By using multimodal conversation analysis, the study shows how the facilitator topicalizes a specific part of a primary speaker's book talk and makes use of that topicalized part of the talk to facilitate discussion. The findings contribute to a growing body of research on L2 teaching in general, and teachers' practices of managing participation in video-mediated teaching contexts specifically. The study also offers pedagogical implications for facilitating L2 discussion online.

PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED BY PAULO FREIRE: A BOOK REVIEW IN AN EXISTENTIAL MANNER

This book is about the development of courage to raise a voice against the dominant society. Also, this book talks about developing the actual teaching method, which is at least a little productive for citizens and society. Finally, this book gives an idea of visualizing the high standards of humanity. In the present article, we shall dive into the ideas of Paulo Freire and will have a chapter-wise better understanding of his philosophy.

Ethical Thoughts in Nalavenba

Nalavenba deals with Nalan-Damayanti's love life and the evil caused by gambling. Although it is a romantic epic, it is seen as a work filled with many virtues. Even though it is a story of a gambling bad king, there are many virtues. The people of the Mavinda city are well educated, they do not beg, and are not deceitful. Nalan is seen as one who distributes love and saves the country with good rules, strength and better mind. Nalan is seen as an expert in offering to the people. Veeman's capital was well guarded by guards. Gambling destroys one's moral behaviour, removes compassion in the mind and creates enmity. The book talks about the disgrace of gambling. Nalan loses his country by gambling, leaves the country with his wife and children. Nalan-Damayanti's familial life is highlighted. The incident of king saving Damayanti from the snake's mouth shows a life-saving feature. Thus, many virtues and ethical thoughts are abounded in this book.

Introduction: Representing the Jewish American Woman in Popular Culture

Introduction: Representing the Jewish American Woman in Popular Culture

Going beyond practicing English: Language alternation in an L2 book club’s Zoom meetings

This study investigates the occurrence of students’ language alternation practices during second language (L2) book talk. The data were collected at a voluntary book club for learning English at a university in Korea. The book club was implemented using Zoom. In this context, using multimodal conversation analysis, I highlight instances in which students successfully construct their book talk in English (their L2) but go further by providing translations in Korean (their first language), thus doing repair to deal with (potential) problems of understanding and speaking. The findings show that through these self-repair practices of translation the student-speakers are not only (1) pursuing mutual understanding with the recipients but also (2) managing their turn construction in their doing of book talk. I argue that through these language alternation practices, the students are treating the establishment of intersubjectivity as a central activity of the book talk, which reflects their anticipation of recipients’ possible difficulties in understanding the L2. The findings contribute to a better understanding of language alternation practices in a language learning context and expand our understanding of the endogenous nature of L2 book club activities conducted in a synchronous online session.

Marketing Strategies and Use of Library Information Services in Academic Libraries in Lagos State, Nigeria

Despite the avalanche of works done on library service utilization, there is a research gap on the role of marketing strategies in enhancing the utilization of information services in academic libraries in Lagos State. Therefore, this study examined the influence of marketing strategies on the use of library information services (LIS) in academic libraries in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The study population comprised 473 librarians. Total enumeration was used. A validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability coefficients values ranged from 0.681 - 0.937. A response rate of 92.9% was achieved. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that marketing strategies significantly influenced the use of LIS in academic libraries in Lagos State, Nigeria (R2 = 0.211, β = .460, t (179) = 6.948, p<0.05). Library information services in academic libraries in Lagos State, Nigeria was sometimes utilized (average weighted mean = 2.38, on a scale of 4). The extent of marketing strategies utilized in marketing LIS in Lagos State academic libraries, was high (Average Weighted Mean =3.09, on a scale of 4). The study has shown that the 'Seven Ps' marketing strategies are vital to enhancing use of library information services (LIS) in academic libraries in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study recommended that management of the academic libraries should pay attention to low usage of radio services, extension services, teleconferencing, TV shows, indexing and abstraction services, book talk, display and exhibition, CD-ROM services and exhibition display services.

The Value at Educated and the Contempt of Uneducated in Pazhamozhi Nanooru

Pazhamozhi Nanooru is one of the pathinen Kilkanaku Books. This book talks about the merits of educations and the development of the learned scholars seek to examine here the condition of the gallant from the point view of society through the book pazhamozhi nanooru. Educated people are self disciplined virtuons and respectful of others feelings, similarly the uneducated are afraid of the learned and do not their opinion to others subtly pride and glorybra man does not come by money or position only the education recoined and the knowledge gained through it are respected by the society. Pazhamozhi nanooru is one of the book order pathinen kilkanakku, that appeared during sangam Maruviya peried. One of the literary genres of Tholkappiyam is Pazhamozhi which is referred to be many names as Mudhumozhi, Mudhusol, Thonpadu Muthumozhi, Tholkappiyar tells about the seven types of literature in the noorp: 1386. In this Noorpa he mentioned Pazhamozhi as Muthusol. The proverb is ancient and they were used in the case during the Sangam period. The need for education to dispel the darkness of ignorance the value of educations and the plight of the uneducated have been exemplified in Pazhamozhi Nanoor by the educated and an educated. This review article sets one to illustrate.

Characteristics of book talks aboutNature of Science

AbstractThis study explores book talks as an approach to teaching Nature of Science (NOS) to young children (4–6 years old). To teach about NOS means to, in one way or another, focus on the processes, humans that build science knowledge, as well as the characteristics and limits of scientific knowledge. Previous research in this area has studied the representation of NOS in science trade books and suggested ways for teachers to highlight this content, specifically in relation to books that have been rendered “exemplary” for teaching NOS. This study focuses on the actual conversations (i.e., book talks) between teachers and children related to science trade books that are available in bookstores. The aim of the study was to contribute further knowledge about the characteristics of book talks related to such books when they are used as an approach to teaching NOS. Book talks (N = 58) between two teachers and their respective groups of children were audiorecorded and transcribed. The results contribute by shedding light on how teachers use the book as a resource in combination with other resources to highlight various aspects of NOS during book talks. This is important since it shows how book talks as an approach to NOS teaching can be staged even if exemplary books are not available. A tentative model that can scaffold teachers' didactic analysis is presented.