Faculty Of Humanities Research Articles

Impactos de las políticas gubernamentales e institucionales - de garantía de derechos - en las trayectorias formativas de los estudiantes de Turismo de la FHyCS – UnaM Impactos das políticas governamentais e institucionais - garantia de direitos - sobre as trajectórias educacionais dos estudantes de Turismo na FHyCS - UNaM

In the analysis of the multicausalities that have an impact on the high levels of university drop-out rates in the Tourism courses at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, it is considered important to address the impact of national and institutional programmes and grant projects that seek to mitigate this situation. In this way, the set of scholarships provided by the institution has been analysed, based on a quantitative study of data collection by means of surveys to admissions of the cohorts 2017 and 2018, which determined which have been the most demanded scholarships. Finally, we have described a programme - PATFEs - its scope and limitations, as a policy designed to address the complex process of transition between secondary and higher education, which has not been formally recognised by the teaching staff of Tourism degree courses.

Genetics of the behavior of students at the Faculty of Humanities of the Cru Cocle towards his partners with cancer. Social neuroscience

This paper deals with an important problem from the point of view of human genetics, neurobiology, and social neuroscience. The aim of this study was to analyze neurogenetic factors of behavior in students of the Faculty of Humanities of the C.R.U. from Cocle. In addition, from a bibliographical review on relevant information, the behavior is explored, through an n-dimensional questionnaire, of students who have cancer patients as classmates. It is concluded that the intervention of personnel from the areas of psychology, biology, genetics, and sociology is necessary to work on the elements of communication and interaction with people with cancer in the Regional Center.

Challenges of First-Year Extended Curriculum Programme Students at a University in South Africa

The Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) is an academic foundation programme established and supported by South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training as a route and an enabling environment for educationally disadvantaged, underprepared, unprepared, and at-risk students to access and succeed in higher education. However, beyond the academic concerns for students enrolled on this programme, there are social issues that could hinder the success of the enrolled students. This study examines the challenges of students enrolled in Extended Curriculum Programme in a selected university in South Africa. Using a qualitative research method, data was collected following a focus group discussion comprising twelve groups in the Faculty of Management and Commerce ECP first-year students. This study found that students face a number of challenges including information asymmetry, mismatch between high school subjects and university courses, transitioning from high school to university setting, inadequate and unequal academic support, and stigmatization. The findings imply a need for guidance and counselling in the choice of a future career at high school level, an awareness about ECP, and strengthened support beyond academic support by improving social integration and boosting ECP students’ self-confidence. Government and institutions need to introduce educational anti-stigma interventions to correct individuals’ and society’s misinformed perceptions about ECP programmes and to promote awareness about the potential and possibilities of the programme.

The Influence of Online-Based Independent Learning Methods and Learning Motivation on Students' Entrepreneurship Skills UNP Kediri

The study examines the effect of online-based independent study methods and learning motivation on students' entrepreneurship skills at the University of Nusantara PGRI (UNP) Kediri. This is important because several undergraduate graduates are suspected of being unemployed due to not having entrepreneurship skills to support their lives. The focus of this research includes 1) whether there is an effect of online-based independent study methods on student entrepreneurship skills, 2) whether there is any influence of learning motivation on student's entrepreneurship skills, and 3) whether there is an effect of online-based independent study methods and learning motivation on student entrepreneurship skills. This research uses descriptive quantitative data analysis using the ANOVA analysis technique. This analysis was used to examine the mean differences between groups. This will facilitate the analysis of several different sample groups with minimal risk of error. The population of this research is the students of the Faculty of Management and Economics, UNP Kediri. The sample consists of two classes in the Department of economics education. The results show 1) there is an influence of online-based independent study methods on students' entrepreneurship skills, 2) there is an influence of learning motivation on students' entrepreneurship skills, and 3) there is a mutual influence of online-based independent learning methods and learning motivation on student entrepreneurship skills.

ONLINE EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. STUDY ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS` AND TEACHERS` PERCEPTION

COVID-19 had a tremendous impact on education and the well-being of both students and teachers. The paper analyses the undergraduate students’ and academics’ perception of the online education services provided by the Faculty of Administration and Public Management (FAPM) of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (BUES). Individual interviews and an online survey were carried out in order to reflect both the pros and cons of online learning and the determinants that significantly impact the satisfaction of the main stakeholders of the education services. Research findings reveal that despite the great challenges related to online learning, many opportunities have emerged to advance the quality of education. Thus, students and teachers agree on the fact that traditional education and online education provide both advantages and disadvantages, suggesting that, in the future, a hybrid teaching-learning system might help bring together the strengths of both approaches.

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Plant Biotechnology JournalEarly View CorrigendumOpen Access This article corrects the following: Genetic variation in CaTIFY4b contributes to drought adaptation in chickpea Rutwik Barmukh, Manish Roorkiwal, Vanika Garg, Aamir W. Khan, Liam German, Deepa Jaganathan, Annapurna Chitikineni, Jana Kholova, Himabindu Kudapa, Kaliamoorthy Sivasakthi, Srinivasan Samineni, Sandip M. Kale, Pooran M. Gaur, Someswar Rao Sagurthi, Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso, Rajeev K. Varshney, Volume 20Issue 9Plant Biotechnology Journal pages: 1701-1715 First Published online: May 21, 2022 First published: 11 April 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14044AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat In the article “Genetic variation in CaTIFY4b contributes to drought adaptation in chickpea” by Barmukh et al. (2022), the authors wish to add a double affiliation to co-author Jana Kholova, and insert an additional funding grant in the Acknowledgements section. The affiliation of Jana Kholova is as follows: 1Crops Physiology & Modeling, Accelerated Crop Improvement Research Theme, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, 502324, Telangana, India 2Department of Information Technologies, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague, 165 00, Czech Republic In the Acknowledgements section, the additional funding grant is: The Internal grant agency of the Faculty of Economics and Management from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Life Sciences 4.0 Plus, grant no. 2022B0006. Reference Barmukh, R., Roorkiwal, M., Garg, V., Khan, A.W., German, L., Jaganathan, D., Chitikineni, A. et al. (2022) Genetic variation in CaTIFY4b contributes to drought adaptation in chickpea. Plant Biotechnol. J. 20, 1701– 1715. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue ReferencesRelatedInformation

Factors Influencing the Success of E-Learning Implementation: A Study of Afghan-Postgraduate Students at UTM-Malaysia

Comprehending and utilizing information technology and online platforms are the dire need of todays’ educational era. Current research aims at investigating the factors influencing the successful implementation of e-learning use among Afghan-postgraduate student at University Technologi Malaysia. Particularly, centered on identifying students’ characteristics, design and content, and technological factors that affect E-learning environment. At total of seventy-two (n=72) postgraduate students from the faculty of education, engineering, science and management at Universiti Technologi Malaysia (UTM) participated in survey questionnaire. The findings resulted that most of the students have positive perception about the E-learning environment. In addition, the most influential factors are (1) students’ characteristics that contained motivation, computer skills and attitudes, (2) design & content with professed use of IT and quality of content, while (3) technology with effectiveness of IT and quality of technology have been graded as the lowest influential factors hindered the successful implementation of E-learning use. Specifically, students’ motivation, encouragement, and satisfaction are the key elements toward the successful implementation of E-learning and accomplished their learning activities better and easily than the traditional method. However, most of the learners revealed that before initiating into the E-learning environment, they need more assistance and training in E-learning environment than the traditional methods. Besides, using E-learning is more complicated during learning and teaching process. Finally, it is suggested that university authority and policymakers put into their curriculum to initiate some special workshops and seminars to the international students who are newly admitted to their desired field of studies at UTM Malaysia.

Диспозиционные предикторы конфликтоустойчивости студентов

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective. </strong>The study of dispositional predictors of students' conflict resilience.<br><strong>Background. </strong>Against the background of the consequences of self-isolation and the limitations of real communication, it is relevant to study resilience to conflicts as an important communicative and professional characteristic of social self-determination. The study of dispositional predictors of conflict resilience allows creating scientifically based programs for its formation among students.<br><strong>Study design. </strong>The influence of the severity of stress, aggression, empathy, assertiveness and other independent variables on conflict resilience, considered as a dependent variable, was studied. Statistical hypotheses were verified by means of factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM).<br><strong>Participants. </strong>The sample consisted of students of the natural sciences and humanities faculties of St. Petersburg State University in the number of 205 people, 49 of them men (24%) and 156 women (76%), aged 17 to 27 years, the median value is 19 years.<br><strong>Methods (tools).</strong> Questionnaire Determination of the level of conflict resilience (N.P. Fetiskin, V.V. Kozlov, G.M. Manuilov); Personality assertiveness test (V.P. Sheinov); PSM-25 psychological stress scale, in adaptation by Vodopyanova N.E.; diagnostic questionnaire for empathy A. Mehrabian, N. Epstein; diagnostic questionnaire for indicators and forms of aggression A. Bass, A. Darkey.<br><strong>Results. </strong>Because of confirmatory factor analysis, the variables stress, hostility, irritation were combined into the factor "paranoia" (suspicion, suspiciousness, resentment, stress and irritability). The variables verbal, physical, indirect types of aggression and negativism are combined into the factor "aggressiveness" (contradiction to the norms of society and the focus on causing harm to others). The variables empathy, assertiveness (–), guilt are combined into the "tolerance" factor (empathy, the desire to understand the reasons for the behavior of another, compliance and auto-aggression due to regular sacrifice of one's own interests). The joint influence of these factors on conflict resistance was revealed, the total variance is 55%. "Paranoia" and "aggression" reduce conflict resilience and promote conflict striving, "tolerance" enhances conflict resilience, but at high values, causes conflict avoidance.<br><strong>Conclusions. </strong>Psychological dispositions that affect conflict resilience can be combined into three factors: paranoia, aggression, tolerance, which have a multidirectional effect. Paranoia and aggression promote conflict-seeking behavior and reduce conflict resilience. Tolerance increases conflict resilience, but contributes to conflict avoidance. This conflict resilience dynamics can be described by an inverted V-shaped curve, which shows that conflict resilience arises because of a balance of the identified factors.</p>

Formation of the Bachelors’ Communicative Competence Implementing the Informational Technologies in the Stidy Process

The purposes of the article. The new digital stage of society's development has caused a huge jump in information technologies. Now, for the efficient functioning of the economy and society, it is necessary to have well-formed communication competences. The methodology is based on such general scientific methods as analysis, synthesis, generalization, and the statistical method is also used. Scientific novelty. Electronic document management, e-learning and cloud technologies, the development and use of social networks cause a change in the content of education in the preparation of future specialists. The implementation of the competence approach in higher education, the formation of communication competence, taking into account the modern informatization of society, is very important. Of course, the acquisition of communication skills is regulated by the standards of higher education, because it is an important component of the educational process. For the specialty 029 "Information, library and archival affairs" for the first (bachelor) level of higher education, the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 12.12.2018 No. 1378 was approved, which determined the formation of communication competencies that will be needed by future specialists. The article analyzes the data of the experiment, which was conducted on the basis of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences West Ukrainian National University, to define the level of formation of students' communication competence in accordance with their use of information technologies during the educational process. Conclusions. It was determined that the overall understanding of the interpretation of the electronic information and educational environment is correct, but there is no formed attitude towards information communication competence as such. Also, students are very interested in information technology disciplines and have a desire to learn new subjects. Keywords: communicative competence, information technologies, bachelor's degree, Information, library and archival work.

The English Communication Experiences of Accounting Undergraduates During Internships

The issue of poor communication skills among undergraduates, which hamper their performance during internship and employment, has been researched extensively in the literature. However, empirical studies on what the interns have gained and learnt from the internship have not been widely explored. This paper presents the findings of a study of Accounting interns’ experiences in their English communication during their six-month internship at respective companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The study employed a qualitative research method using semi-structured interviews with five undergraduate interns from the Faculty of Economics and Management of a public university in Malaysia. Interviews with the managers and supervisor who were in charge of the respondents were also carried out. The interview data was transcribed verbatim, coded and analyzed into specific themes and subthemes using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six-step thematic analysis. The interns’ data was triangulated with supervisor and managers’ views and validated by three independent coders using the Cohen’s Kappa Reliability Test. The findings of the study show that during the internship, the accounting interns gained valuable experience in practicing their English communication skills, which included opportunities to communicate with clients, colleagues and supervisors, enhance professional communication, learn new terms and knowledge and lastly improve their self-confidence. The language and communication skills in which the interns were still lacking need to be addressed by the university in its efforts to produce Accounting graduates who are competent in English communication.

Integration of Esports in Educational Innovation: A Design-Based Research Approach

To meet the growing and innovative career opportunities in technology and sport, particularly in electronic sports, both practitioners and scholars must engage in an iterative process to analyze, design, and evaluate educational interventions and innovations with design-based research. Being in a young academic discipline, sport management faculty shape the next generation of practitioners, so the purpose of this research was to examine faculty’s openness to innovation through an andragogical teaching approach and the incorporation of the business of electronic sports within the curriculum. Through a two-part study, results revealed that faculty had a balanced teacher- and learner-focused approach, which demonstrated that advancement of electronic sports can transcend all types of faculty in a young field. Implications from this novel, yet extremely relevant, research will help both practitioners and scholars innovatively and collaboratively navigate institutional complexities.

A Need Analysis for Kanji Learning Applications

This study aims to analyze the need in learning kanji through applications that can make it easier for students. This study uses a quantitative descriptive method with a research instrument used is a questionnaire. Respondents in this study were 20 students of the Japanese Department Faculty of Humanities at the Universitas Komputer Indonesia for the Academic Year 2022/2023. The results of this study described that students need an application with a brightly coloured design with decorations that have kanji characteristics, but the colour used must still be considered for its saturation because it can become a user attraction, equipped with complete features such as sounds, kanji illustrations, as well as other features such as quizzes or games that can test the ability to remember and write kanji as well as practice questions that focus on the JLPT. Other features can also be used, such as media images, pictures, or others. Therefore, learning kanji with media applications that are equipped with illustration, sound, quizzes, and game features is needed. In addition, an attractive design with bright colours can also attract users' attention in learning kanji through the application.

Journal Article Writing Assistance Program: An Effort to Improve Publication in Islamic University

PurposeThis mixed-methods study aimed to explore how the Faculty of Humanities carried out Journal Article Writing Assistance Program (JAWAP) in 2021, and determine its contribution to the participants’ English articles. MethodThis mixed methods research used a convergent mixed methods design that relied on 17 participants’ perception towards its implementation as the main data collected using questionnaire, interview, and document analysis. The quantitative data were analyzed using correlational statistics and compared with qualitative data to confirm or dis-confirm each other. FindingsThe study revealed that JAWAP worked in an online scheme where the communication between the participants and reviewers did not occur intensively. The study identified weaknesses in the review process, such as the article’s compliance with the author guidelines, lack of interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration with others, and the deservedness to be published in internationally journals. However, the study shows the JAWAP contributed significantly to the participants’ English articles. ConclusionJAWAP as an assistance program can help the participants to write quality English articles. To increase its contribution to the English article quality, the faculty should conduct the program intensively during the writing process openly in an intensive communication between reviewers and participants in small groups.

Stability and disruptive speech

Stability and disruptive speech

Human capital and mobility as competing antecedents of career success: the case of academia

PurposeHuman capital and boundaryless career theory prevail in studies that examine objective and subjective career success respectively. However, evidence indicating that each framework offers superior suitability for its respective career outcome is unclear. The purpose of this study is to contrast the predictive validity of the frameworks with respect to both career success criteria.Design/methodology/approachThe sample involved 182 management faculty in the USA. The authors relied on hierarchical regression analyses to test the study hypotheses.FindingsResults indicate that human capital outperforms mobility across career success criteria. Yet, this study found that industry segment amplifies the effect of mobility on career success.Research limitations/implicationsWhile findings primarily speak to the superiority of human capital as a career success antecedent, the significant effect of the industry segment as moderator of mobility calls for a granular definition of the setting where careers are analyzed. Replication of findings across industries are needed before assuming the generalization of results.Practical implicationsFindings reveal the relevance of early career movements for professional careers in academe.Originality/valueDespite the extensive use of human capital and mobility as antecedents of career success, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that directly contrasts the predictive validity of these competing antecedents.

Beyond speaking: neurocognitive perspectives on language production in social interaction.

The human faculty to speak has evolved, so has been argued, for communicating with others and for engaging in social interactions. Hence the human cognitive system should be equipped to address the demands that social interaction places on the language production system. These demands include the need to coordinate speaking with listening, the need to integrate own (verbal) actions with the interlocutor's actions, and the need to adapt language flexibly to the interlocutor and the social context. In order to meet these demands, core processes of language production are supported by cognitive processes that enable interpersonal coordination and social cognition. To fully understand the cognitive architecture and its neural implementation enabling humans to speak in social interaction, our understanding of how humans produce language needs to be connected to our understanding of how humans gain insights into other people's mental states and coordinate in social interaction. This article reviews theories and neurocognitive experiments that make this connection and can contribute to advancing our understanding of speaking in social interaction. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Face2face: advancing the science of social interaction'.

An Investigation of Academic Dishonesty among Undergraduates in Four Universities in Laos: Critical Analysis of Students’ Final Reports

The purposes of this study were to examine academic dishonesty, which focuses on plagiarism, in final reports written by English-majored students at four different faculties in four public universities and to study the in-text citations and references used in the final reports. A survey research was adopted in the current study, in which 80 final reports written by English-major students between 2014 and 2020 at four faculties—the faculty of languages (Souphanouvong University), the faculty of linguistics and humanities (Savannakhet University), the faculty of education (National University of Laos), and the faculty of education (Champasak University)—were collected through simple random selection. The Plagiarism Checker X was used to analyse and detect plagiarism in the students' final reports, and the number of plagiarized words and improper in-text citations and referencing are presented in the frequency. The results showed that 30,819 (67%) out of 45,999 words written by students at the faculty of languages (Souphanouvong University) were plagiarized, followed by 13,219 (63%) out of 20,982 words created by students at the faculty of education (Champasak University), and 27,735 (66%) out of 42,022 words were also cited as plagiarism at the faculty of linguistics and humanities (Savannakhet University). In contrast, only 9,674 (36%) out of 27,123 words written by students at the faculty of education (National University of Laos) were plagiarized. Another key finding of the current study is that 623 (76%) out of 926 references in the 80 manuscripts were checked and found to be inappropriately referenced, while 966 in-text citations were checked and showed that 45% (434 citations) were found to be incorrect.

Beyond the logic of promoting independent living of older adults

Australasian Journal on AgeingVolume 42, Issue 1 p. 6-7 INVITED EDITORIAL Beyond the logic of promoting independent living of older adults Shiufai Wong, Corresponding Author Shiufai Wong [email protected] Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao, China Correspondence Shiufai Wong, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Shiufai Wong, Corresponding Author Shiufai Wong [email protected] Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao, China Correspondence Shiufai Wong, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 30 March 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13173Citations: 1 Guest Editorial for the Special Feature ‘Ageing in Place in China’. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume42, Issue1March 2023Pages 6-7 RelatedInformation

Resurrecting Bogdanov on the 150th anniversary of his birth

Systems Research and Behavioral ScienceVolume 40, Issue 2 p. 285-289 EDITORIAL Resurrecting Bogdanov on the 150th anniversary of his birth Örsan Şenalp, Corresponding Author Örsan Şenalp [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-2287-7391 Institute of Logic, Language and Computation, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Centre for Systems Studies, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull, Hull, UK Correspondence Örsan Şenalp, Institute of Logic, Language and Computation, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGerald Midgley, Gerald Midgley orcid.org/0000-0003-0390-1392 Centre for Systems Studies, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull, Hull, UK Department of Informatics, Faculty of Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorViacheslav Maracha, Viacheslav Maracha orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-3363 Department of Systems Analysis in Economics, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia Research Centre for Applied Political Science, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia Higher Engineering School, National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), Moscow, RussiaSearch for more papers by this authorSvetlana Shchepetova, Svetlana Shchepetova orcid.org/0000-0002-1545-7383 Department of Systems Analysis in Economics, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, RussiaSearch for more papers by this author Örsan Şenalp, Corresponding Author Örsan Şenalp [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-2287-7391 Institute of Logic, Language and Computation, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Centre for Systems Studies, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull, Hull, UK Correspondence Örsan Şenalp, Institute of Logic, Language and Computation, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGerald Midgley, Gerald Midgley orcid.org/0000-0003-0390-1392 Centre for Systems Studies, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull, Hull, UK Department of Informatics, Faculty of Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorViacheslav Maracha, Viacheslav Maracha orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-3363 Department of Systems Analysis in Economics, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia Research Centre for Applied Political Science, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia Higher Engineering School, National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), Moscow, RussiaSearch for more papers by this authorSvetlana Shchepetova, Svetlana Shchepetova orcid.org/0000-0002-1545-7383 Department of Systems Analysis in Economics, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, RussiaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 16 April 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2941Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Volume40, Issue2Special Issue: Resurrecting Bogdanov on the 150th anniversary of his birthMarch/April 2023Pages 285-289 RelatedInformation

Contextualisation of CEFR and its application to the study of Japanese language and Japanese language teaching

In 2001, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) began to be used to validate individuals' language abilities. It began as a European initiative but has grown to incorporate other languages, including Chinese, and many are calling for it to be adopted in Japan. Given that learning Japanese is a daunting idea for many foreigners, it would be beneficial to develop a form of the Japanese language that is easier to understand and can serve as a gateway to traditional Japanese. Professor Masaki Ono, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, and his team are conducting research on the relationship between an easy-to-understand form of Japanese and the more traditional form. Ono believes the development of a more easily understood Japanese would enable foreigners to better communicate with Japanese citizens and also benefit Japanese society. The project was motivated by the positive potential social aspects and Ono's interest in the mechanisms and functions of verbal communication, which was sparked by his experience of 'semantic satiation' while practising Aikido in college. Another inspiration for the project was a comment from an international student at the University of Tsukuba who said that he was practising conversation in his Japanese class, but did not know how to use what he had learned in real life. The project seeks to address this disconnect between learning something 'properly' and 'academically' and applying it in practical settings by developing a Japanese that is easy to speak and easy to understand.