English Experts Research Articles

An effective approach for emotion detection in multimedia text data using sequence based convolutional neural network

In the recent trends, the world has stepped into a multimedia era for enhancing business, recommendation systems, and information retrieval, etc. Multimedia data is highly rich in contents which express different human emotions. Several issues for emotion detection from multimedia images & videos have been addressed in this domain, but a very less effort has been applied for text data. The evaluation of deep learning has outperformed traditional techniques in sentiment analysis tasks. Inspired by the work done in the field of sentiment analysis, a deep learning based framework has been implemented on multimedia text data for the task of fine-grained emotion detection. The presented work introduces a new corpus which expresses different forms of emotions collected from a TV show’s transcript. A manual annotation of the corpus has been conducted with the help of English expert annotators. As an emotion detection framework, this paper proposes a sequence-based convolutional neural network(CNN) with word embedding to detect the emotions. An attention mechanism is applied in the proposed model which allows CNN to focus on the words that have more effect on the classification or the part of the features that should be attended more. The main aim of the work is to develop a framework such a way to generalize to newly collected data and help business to understand the customer’s mind and social media monitoring as it allows us to gain an overview of the wider public opinion behind certain topics. Experiments conducted on the dataset shows that the proposed framework correctly detects the emotions from the text with good precision and accuracy score.

International Guidelines for the Treatment of Huntington's Disease.

The European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN) commissioned an international task force to provide global evidence-based recommendations for everyday clinical practice for treatment of Huntington's disease (HD). The objectives of such guidelines are to standardize pharmacological, surgical and non-pharmacological treatment regimen and improve care and quality of life of patients. A formalized consensus method, adapted from the French Health Authority recommendations was used. First, national committees (French and English Experts) reviewed all studies published between 1965 and 2015 included dealing with HD symptoms classified in motor, cognitive, psychiatric, and somatic categories. Quality grades were attributed to these studies based on levels of scientific evidence. Provisional recommendations were formulated based on the strength and the accumulation of scientific evidence available. When evidence was not available, recommendations were framed based on professional agreement. A European Steering committee supervised the writing of the final recommendations through a consensus process involving two rounds of online questionnaire completion with international multidisciplinary HD health professionals. Patients' associations were invited to review the guidelines including the HD symptoms. Two hundred and nineteen statements were retained in the final guidelines. We suggest to use this adapted method associating evidence base–medicine and expert consensus to other rare diseases.

A Comparative Analysis of Bundle-Move Connection in Published and EAP Student Writing

This paper explores a group of lexical bundles identified in a corpus of research article (RA) introductions in applied linguistics written by native speakers of English and second Korean learners of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). In a further step in this analysis these lexical bundles were matched to the moves and steps which fulfill communicative functions of RA introductions (Swales, 2004). The findings show that considerably different lexical bundles were used in each step in the two corpora while some lexical bundles were exclusively identified in one step in a move. In addition, it was found that two groups of writers have different priorities for selecting lexical bundles in terms of function in each move/step. This study provides pedagogical implications by establishing English experts’ bundle-move connection as a yardstick for EAP writing instruction. Longitudinal analysis of the emerging patterns is needed in the future studies.

Mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine carcinoma of gallbladder: case report

BackgroundMixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine tumors (MINEN) of the gallbladder are extremely rare; indeed, the English expert literature reports a mere handful of case reports and case series on this topic. According to the WHO classification of 2010, MINEN are considered to be tumors consisting of two major components, neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine, each of which hosts at least 30% of the total cellular population. To date, the etiology and pathogenesis of MINEN have not been precisely determined and the non-specific symptoms generally result in late diagnosis (mainly in the terminal stages of the condition) and contribute to the generally poor prognosis. As far as the management of the disease is concerned, radical surgery plays a crucial role; however, the significance of surgical debulking and biological therapy applying somatostatin analogues has not yet been determined.Case presentationA 56-year-old female was referred to our department for a rapidly progressing tumor in the subhepatic area along with the infiltration of S5 and S6 liver segments. With regard to preoperative findings, the tumor appeared as operable, although, during the surgery, an extensive involvement of the hepatoduodenal ligament by the tumor through the lymph nodes was revealed. Due to acute perioperative bleeding from the necrotic tumor, we decided to perform modified resection. Histologically, the tumor was confirmed as MINEN of gallbladder, where the neuroendocrine component was dominant over the non-neuroendocrine component. Six weeks after the discharge, the patient underwent a follow-up CT revealing large recurrence of the disease. Thereafter, the patient was started on systemic therapy with etoposide and carboplatin in combination with somatostatin analogues. Thirteen months after the surgery, the patient is in good clinical condition, and while a recently performed PET/MRI scan revealed a hepatic lesion and hilar lymphadenopathy in full regression, there was a spread of small peritoneal and pleural metastases. The patient remains in the follow-up care.ConclusionsThe occurrence of mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasms is extremely rare. Radical surgery remains the only potentially effective approach to the cure of this disease. The role of biological therapy and debulking in the management of the disease has not yet been precisely defined. In our experience, both of these methods have the potential to positively influence overall survival rates and the postoperational quality of life of patients.

Game-Based Learning of the Structure and Functioning of Body Cells in a Foreign Language: Effects on Motivation, Cognitive Load, and Performance

Research has evidenced that digital educational games can be effective tools to impart knowledge. Researchers have recommended to focus on motivation and gaming load and their interaction when investigating learning process and success. Gaming expertise and the English proficiency of learners seem to be further important aspects of learning success, especially when non-native speakers play an English game. However, knowledge about the motivational and cognitive impact of games and learner characteristics on learning outcomes needs to be augmented and clarified. The present study aimed to address this need. We conducted an experimental media comparison to investigate the effects of game play and expertise in gaming and English on motivation, cognitive load, and performance. The participating German university students were randomly assigned to an educational gaming group and a hypertext group. Aspects of motivation were assessed before and after studying and gaming, cognitive load was rated during and after learning, and level of performance was measured before and after studying. The gaming group reported a higher level of interest, challenge, and anxiety of failing after introducing the task. Groups did not differ significantly in their perceived probability of success. The group levels of interest were the same after a one-hour learning phase. When learning, cognitive load increased after the initial phase in the gaming group and then stayed on a constant level, whereas the opposite pattern was found in the hypertext group. No differences were found in load ratings after learning between the two groups. Both groups improved their knowledge after learning, but the gain was larger for the hypertext group. Results point to gaming and English expertise as two mediating factors for learning success with educational games. We suggest that gaming expertise and English comprehension ability reduce cognitive load and thus enable learners to focus their resources on meaningful learning.

Use of Lexical Bundles by Korean EAP Students at Two Different Academic Levels

Lexical bundles have been widely investigated as an indicator of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing development in terms of structure and function by exploring the use by students compared to experts. However, little research has compared the use of lexical bundles by second language (L2) Korean EAP students across different academic levels versus first language (L1) English experts with longitudinal corpora. The current study addresses this gap by comparing lexical bundles used both two L2 student corpora and English L1 corpus consisting of introductions of research articles (RAs) and those of term papers. The findings showed the Korean graduate students are in the developmental process in the use of lexical bundles as their academic level advances. However, noticeable development was not found between the students at two levels in terms of function unlike in terms of structure. The pedagogical implications are discussed regarding structural and functional use of bundles for Korean EAP students.

Teachers’ Corrective Feedback Strategies in Assessing Essay Writing

Feedback has been an important topic of discussion in language learning. Although research on written corrective feedback is available, there is little research on the specific strategies employed by teachers in order to provide feedback on their students’ essay writing. This paper reports part of a larger research. One of the objectives of this study was to explore corrective feedback strategies employed by the English as a second language (ESL) teachers and English language expert raters when assessing their students’ written essays. This study used qualitative case study which involved 12 participants. Data were collected through interviewing nine English language teachers and three English language expert raters to obtain their pedagogic practices in providing written corrective feedback. The strategies identified are based on Ellis’s typology of strategies for providing written corrective feedback. The findings showed that the preferred written corrective feedback strategy used by the teachers and raters was Metalinguistic Corrective Feedback with Direct Corrective Feedback and Focused Corrective Feedback used by only a few of them. This study has pedagogical implications in that it explains the ESL teachers/expert raters’ pedagogical attitude and practices towards error correction and their preferred written corrective feedback strategies in dealing with error correction.

Korean graduate students’ self-perceptions of English skills and needs in an English-medium instruction context

ABSTRACTUniversities in East Asia are increasingly adopting English-medium instruction (EMI) to enhance their global competitiveness. Yet little research has been conducted on the impact of English on graduate students in this context, as past research has mostly examined undergraduates. This survey study investigates graduate students at a major university in Korea where EMI is increasingly common, specifically probing their self-perceptions for academic English skills, preferred language learning strategies, and intrinsic motivation to learn and use English. The results indicate correlations between strategy use, efficacy, and intrinsic motivation. They also show limitations in the graduate students’ academic English skills, and shortcomings in their training for English-related tasks. The results show how English and EMI affect graduate students, and also raise some questions about EMI at the graduate school level. Limitations need to be addressed for these students, who will enter academic and professional careers in the global marketplace that demand greater English expertise.

Strategies for Designing and Optimising an English for Medical Purposes for French Medical Students

Due to the considerable volume of medical content knowledge that medical students have to acquire and memorise, very little time can be devoted to medical English learning. Therefore, an English language teacher has to find strategies to both motivate the learners and facilitate language acquisition inside and outside the classroom. Yet, very few teachers can claim to be experts in medical English. Most teachers are sent to university hospitals without prior training and are trained on the job, which is far from being satisfactory. Therefore, after illustrating the specificity of medical English as opposed to general English, this paper discusses the strategies that have been implemented in a medical faculty so as to optimize medical English classes. Finally, this paper will raise the issue of teacher training specifically in English for medical purposes and suggest some solutions to help teachers acquire the medical knowledge sufficient to design relevant and efficient course contents.

PROTOCOL: Mass deworming for improving health and cognition of children in endemic helminth areas: a systematic review and individual participant data network meta-analysis.

PROTOCOL: Mass deworming for improving health and cognition of children in endemic helminth areas: a systematic review and individual participant data network meta-analysis.

ESP发展中的瓶颈：师资，课程——以长春中医药大学为例

ESP (English for Specific Purpose)为培养具有国际视野的外向型人才服务，为国家“一带一路”、“亚投行”等重大战略构想服务，中医药要实现现代化发展和国际化发展目标，为维护、促进人类健康做出贡献，这一切都离不开ESP教学，离不开既具有专业知识、又具备很好外语交际能力的复合型人才的培养。然而，同国内其他类别的专业英语教学相似，高等中医药院校的中医英语教学还处在刚刚起步和探索阶段，在理论和实践两个层面上还存在一定瓶颈问题。本文以长春中医药大学为例，以ESP教学理论为指导，采用案例分析、文献综述的研究方法，对目前制约ESP健康发展的教师队伍建设、课程建设等方面的问题开展研究，力争寻求瓶颈问题的破解方法，为培养适应时代发展需求的高质量中医药人才服务，为推进中医药现代化和国际化进程服务，从而最终为建构适应我国高校实际的创新型ESP教学模式做出有益尝试。 In order to meet the needs of the state “One belt one road”, the “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank” and to accomplish the great strategic plan by training foreign-oriented specialized talents with the international vision, domestic universities and colleges become more and more to realize the importance and its strategic significance and focus on ESP (English for Specific Purposes) personnel training. Traditional Chinese medicine is on the way to its realization of modernization and its international goal to make a great contribution to the health for mankind based on the ESP teaching and training those compound talents with good expertise and excellent communicative ability in English. However, traditional Chinese medicine teaching in higher institutions is still on the rise and on the experimental stage similar to those domestic colleges in specialized English teaching with some difficulties in both theory and practice as its bottleneck of ESP teaching. The paper aims to research the following three aspects as forming ESP teachers, curriculum design based on methods of ESP teaching theory, case study and literature review by taking Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a case in order to solve those problems as bottleneck. In this way, we can do our utmost to pave a way for the new renovation in the domestic ESP teaching with high quality and those talents in traditional Chinese medicine on the way to its modernization and internationalization.

A Study on the Editing Staff of English Department in Early Commercial Press

The English department of early commercial press employed a great number of renowned Chinese English experts and established a first rate English compiling staff in China. Represented by Kuang Fuzhuo, Zhou Yueran and Ping Hainan, the English compiling staffs were related to each other by kinship, academic study or place of birth. They compiled English textbooks, issued English journals and launched English correspondence school, hence greatly contributing to the development of early English education in modern China.

The Dilemma and Countermeasures of Promoting Bilingual Teaching

With the global economy assimilating, the demand for diversified talents is increasing rapidly, especially in practical English experts. How to introduce bilingual teaching into the classroom becomes an issue. This article mainly focused the internationalization of bilingual courses from the students, teachers, policy and other aspects, and give recommendations base on the current situation of the common university, while using Canadian successful teaching case as comparison.

English education for healthcare professionals in Japan.

SummaryIn a global environment, education for healthcare professionals should include cultivating human resources who have the necessary skills to work in an international arena. This article will review the current status of English education for dental healthcare professionals in Japan. After conducting a literature search using the keywords: English education, Japan, and dental, only a few studies were found that investigated and proposed suggestions for dental professional English education. Even so, these were still in the early stages with outcomes yet to be fully evaluated. Even though English is thought indispensable for global professionals, and that increasing chances for communication skills is necessary, little attention has been addressed to English education for dental professionals or the implementation of such education in the Japanese undergraduate dental curricula. With the current reality of field expansion in dentistry, the need for not only improved English communication skills for Japanese dentists, but also the acquisition of essential expertise, psychomotor, teambuilding, critical thinking, and creative thinking skills in English as well as Japanese, is a definite probability. In order to reach this level of knowledge, further efforts and research would be necessary for the advancement and development of dental professional English education in Japan.

Inuit interpreters engaged in end-of-life care in Nunavik, Northern Quebec

ABSTRACTBackground: Inuit interpreters are key players in end-of-life (EOL) care for Nunavik patients and families. This emotionally intensive work requires expertise in French, English and Inuit dialects to negotiate linguistic and cultural challenges. Cultural differences among medical institutions and Inuit communities can lead to value conflicts and moral dilemmas as interpreters navigate how best to transmit messages of care at EOL.Objectives: Our goal was to understand the experience of Inuit interpreters in the context of EOL care in Nunavik in order to identify training needs.Design: In the context of a larger ethnographic project on EOL care in Nunavik, we met with 24 current and former interpreters from local health centres and Montreal tertiary care contexts. Data included informal and formal interviews focusing on linguistic resources, experiences concerning EOL care, and suggestions for the development of interpretation training.Results: Inuit working as interpreters in Nunavik are hired to provide multiple services of which interpretation plays only a part. Many have no formal training and have few resources (e.g. visual aids, dictionaries) to draw upon during medical consultations. Given the small size of communities, many interpreters personally know their clients and often feel overwhelmed by moral dilemmas when translating EOL information for patients and families. The concept of moral distress is a helpful lens to make sense of their experience, including personal and professional repercussions.Conclusions: Inuit interpreters in Nunavik are working with little training yet in context with multiple linguistic and cultural challenges. Linguistic and cultural resources and focused training on moral dilemmas unique to circumpolar contexts could contribute to improved work conditions and ultimately to patient care.​​​​

The Adaptation of Student Communication Satisfaction Scale into Turkish Culture

The aim of this study was to analyze the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Student Communication Satisfaction Scale (SCSS) (Goodboy, Martin & Bolkan, 2009). Participants were 272 students of education faculty at Sakarya University. Confirmatory factor analysis of the 24 items, one factor and the uni-dimensional scale was found (x²=1318.35, df=249, RMSEA=.126, NFI=.90, NNFI=.91, CFI=.92, IFI=.92, SRMR=.087). The Turkish version of the scale was translated and checked by 5 English experts for language validation. The final Turkish version of the scale was formed. The reliability of the scale was found .91. Overall findings demonstrated that this scale is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring students’ tendency to communication satisfaction in Turkish culture.

The Adaptation of Lifelong Learning Scale into Turkish Culture

The purpose of the study was to analyze the reliability and validity of the Lifelong Learning Scale (WielkLLS) which was developed by Wielkiewicz and Meuwissen (2014) and adapt the scale into Turkish culture. First of all the English form was translated intoTurkish by 5 English experts and translated into English. Then, they translated into English again for language validation. Another study was done for language validation. A piloting section was happened with ELT students at Sakarya University. First, the English version of the scale was applied to the students and then they did the same for the Turkish version of the scale. The correlation between two applications was found .81. The study was done with 399 candidate teacher students who are studying at Sakarya University Education Faculty. The reliability of the scale was found Cronbach’s alpha .78. Confirmatory factory analysis of the 16-item loaded one factor and unidimensional scale was done (X²= 277.09, DF= 64, RMSEA= .091, NFI= .92, NNFI= .93, CFI= .94, IFI= .94, SRMR= .061). All findings shows that the scale is valid and realiable enough to measure the lifelong learning tendencies of students in Turkish culture.

Wrong Use of Internet and Neglect of Library by Nigerian University Students: An Implication for English Studies

<p>With the advent of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools like mobile phones, computer, satellite TV, smartphones, internet, among several other devices, gross neglect use of libraries is very rampant among Nigerian students while a tremendous use of the ICT devices is on the increase. This has led to “Stereotyping” and “Xeroxing” of what ought to be a serious academic work as only a few students are regarded as ardent users of libraries. The population of the study consists of two government-owned universities and two privately owned universities in the North Central Zone of Nigeria. Random sampling technique was employed to select 25 male and 25 female students from each of the four universities, but only 196 students out of 200 made available their questionnaire that was used in computing the result. Two library experts and two English experts’ advice were sought on the questionnaire for content validity. The instrument was subjected to test re-test technique producing 0.57 at 0.05 alpha level of significant. The finding of the result showed that very high percentage of the respondents favoured the use of ICT related gadgets for their academic pursuit. Based on this, it was concluded that the use of ICT related gadgets now affects students’ serious academic work since they rely mostly on stereotype and Xerox kinds of studying. To this end, it was recommended among other things that teachers should, as a matter of seriousness, cross check all submitted assignments by students to make sure that they are devoid of stereotype or Xerox.</p>

ENGLISH LEARNING DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS IN AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY COURSE

This research was designed to assess the development of English ability in agricultural students in an agricultural machinery course. The participants were second year students in the Crop Production major of the Agricultural Technology Faculty, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand in the academic year 2/2014. This research ran from January to April 2015. There were forty five students studying agricultural machinery. At the first meeting of the class, they were each given a one-hour pre-test to assess their ability in English. There were 100 questions and pictures. The questions and pictures of the pre-test and the post-test were the same and both tests were administered by the same researcher. The questions were recommended by three lecturers who are experts in agricultural machinery, research and English. For every question, there was a picture with the Thai name of that picture. Students then had to write the name in English. The questions covered topics such as tillage, planting, crop protection and fertilizing, as well as harvesting and processing equipment. The questions were divided into three parts: multiple choice, check list and essay. This class met twice a week for two hours each class. At the final meeting, participants were given a post-test to assess any changes. After that, the lecturer shared the answers with the students. The statistics applied in this research were frequency, percentage and mean. There were forty five students made up of sixteen males and twenty nine females. The all student average mean of the pre-test was 20.36 and the post-test was 81.6. The all student average improvement was 61.24. The average improvement for the males was 62.06 and for the females was 60.79. There was a significant difference between pre-test and post- test at a .05 level of significance.

영문학 작품을 기반으로 둔 스토리 DB의 필요성 연구: 모티프 추출 방안을 중심으로

Abstract The purpose of this study is to suggest a development model of English literature database, which will be widely available for narrative creation and editing in digital environment. The database will be allowed to assist effective recycling of various motifs prompted by existing literary works. This paper suggests how to build a story database of English literature by demonstrating a motif abstracting model with Hamlet originally written by William Shakespeare. It is hoped that this study will contribute to producing quality contents of storytelling and also give English literature experts chances of collaboration in the development of digitalized contents. Key Words : English literature, story, story database, motif, hamlet, storytelling, convergence Received 20 July 2015, Revised 24 August 2015Accepted 20 September 2015Corresponding Author: Dong-il Shin(Chung-Ang University) Email: shin@cau.ac.krⒸ The Society of Digital Policy & Management. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is ISSN: 1738-1916 properly cited.