Knowledge Of Language Research Articles

Application of Clustering Algorithm in the Evaluation of College Students' English Reading Ability Under the Framework of Big Data

In recent years, China has accelerated the process of internationalization and made more and more achievements in transnational communication and cooperation. English learning is very important for contemporary college students. And English reading is an important means to acquire English language knowledge, understand external information and improve English language practice ability. Therefore, cultivating college students' English reading ability is a pivotal element in college English teaching. This study will focus on the application of clustering algorithm based on big data framework in the evaluation of college students' English reading ability, aiming at exploring and establishing an effective evaluation model to promote the improvement of college students' English reading ability and academic achievement.

ТИПОЛОГИЯ НЕКОТОРЫХ ЛЕКСИЧЕСКИХ ОСОБЕННОСТЕЙ АНГЛИЙСКОГО И РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКОВ В ТЕОРИИ КОММУНИКАТИВНОЙ КОМПЕТЕНЦИИ

Typology of some Lexical Features of English and Russian Languages in the Theory of Communicative competence Summary The article deals with a small comparative grammar analysis of English and Russian languages and reveals some aspects of communicative competence in the study of these languages. It also analyzes the most effective teaching methods for developing communicative competence. In the modern world, knowledge of foreign languages is becoming vital for a person. And from this point of view, the process of proper language teaching is important. Communicative competence plays a big role in learning foreign languages. In this article, we tried to give a small description of the theory of communicative competence by comparing some lexical features of English and Russian languages. Key words: language, communicative competence, linguistic competence, language competence

Generative attention based framework for implicit language change detection

Spoken language change detection (LCD) refers to detecting language switching points in a multilingual speech signal. Most approaches in literature use the explicit framework that requires the modeling of intermediate phonemes and Senones to distinguish language. However, such techniques are limited when used with resource scare/ zero resource languages. Hence as an alternative, this study explores implicit frameworks to perform LCD. The focus of this work is to detect language change when a single speaker is speaking two languages. In this direction, a subjective study is performed to analyze the method humans adapt to discriminate languages. The outcome of the subjective study suggests humans require more neighborhood duration to detect language change. The initial observation suggests, that detecting language change is challenging using the baseline implicit unsupervised distance-based approach. Inspired by human cognition, prior language knowledge is integrated into the computational framework through the Gaussian mixture model and universal background model (GMM-UBM), temporal information via attention, and pattern storage using the Generative adversarial network (GAN) to enhance language discrimination. The experimental results on the Microsoft code-switched (MSCS) dataset show, compared to the unsupervised distance-based approach, the performance of the proposed LCD relatively improved by 19.3%, 47.3%, and 50.7% using the GMM-UBM, attention, and GAN-attention based framework, respectively.

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Methods of Creating Motivation in Students in English Language Teaching Summary This article discusses the importance of methods of creating motivation to make English language teaching more effective. Creating motivation in students during the teaching process helps to develop students' foreign language knowledge, skills and habits. The article talks about the methods and advantages of creating motivation in students in the process of teaching English. Key words: English language, motivation, teaching methods

Optimizing Tourism Accommodation Offers by Integrating Language Models and Knowledge Graph Technologies

Online platforms have become the primary means for travellers to search, compare, and book accommodations for their trips. Consequently, online platforms and revenue managers must acquire a comprehensive comprehension of these dynamics to formulate a competitive and appealing offerings. Recent advancements in natural language processing, specifically through the development of large language models, have demonstrated significant progress in capturing the intricate nuances of human language. On the other hand, knowledge graphs have emerged as potent instruments for representing and organizing structured information. Nevertheless, effectively integrating these two powerful technologies remains an ongoing challenge. This paper presents an innovative deep learning methodology that combines large language models with domain-specific knowledge graphs for classification of tourism offers. The main objective of our system is to assist revenue managers in the following two fundamental dimensions: (i) comprehending the market positioning of their accommodation offerings, taking into consideration factors such as accommodation price and availability, together with user reviews and demand, and (ii) optimizing presentations and characteristics of the offerings themselves, with the intention of improving their overall appeal. For this purpose, we developed a domain knowledge graph covering a variety of information about accommodations and implemented targeted feature engineering techniques to enhance the information representation within a large language model. To evaluate the effectiveness of our approach, we conducted a comparative analysis against alternative methods on four datasets about accommodation offers in London. The proposed solution obtained excellent results, significantly outperforming alternative methods.

EDUCATIONAL EVENT AS A COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM OF LANGUAGE TRAINING OF FOREIGN STUDENTS

The article discusses one of the aspects of the educational process organized by the Department of Language Training at Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, which faces certain challenges due to psychophysiological and linguistic factors. The former are related to overcoming differences in the sphere of education, requirements and control systems, as well as mastering new social-cultural, educational spaces, and moral-ethical norms of behavior; the latter are due to the complete absence or insufficiency of language training. All these and other problematic issues are in the focus of the tutor during the educational process. These two types of activities are interconnected, as the educational process is aimed at acquiring knowledge, professional skills and abilities, while the upbringing process contributes to the personal improvement of the student. Extracurricular educational activities allow students to improve their knowledge of the Ukrainian language, develop communicative abilities, reveal their inner potential and feel the team spirit. This, in turn, improves the quality of two-way communication between teacher → student and student → teacher.

DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS AT ENGLISH LESSONS

In the article the importance of developing communicative competence of students at English lessons, as one of the backgrounds for forming an individual is considered. The recent studies of solving this issue, as one of the necessary conditions in learning a foreign language, are overviewed. In the article the notion “communicative competence” and its components are determined: grammatical competence, discourse competence, that is the ability to build sentences in discourse for the purpose of forming meaningful integrity from a set of utterances, sociolinguistic competence, which lies in understanding the right usage of language standards, that depend on a particular context and strategic competence, which determines language techniques, that are used when interlocutors have a communication gap as a result of imperfect language knowledge. These techniques include: correction, paraphrase, parable, repetition and pause. The article exercises, tasks for developing communicative competence worked out by its author. Special attention is paid to the brainstorming activities, as an example, the author gives spidergram “Teacher”. The developed approach allows to monitor communicative competence development of students and to fulfil additional methodological approaches for developing creative activities of students.

Enhancing Bilingual/ESL Teachers’ STEM Instruction with Targeted Content and Disciplinary Literacy Professional Development: A Study on Knowledge and Practice Outcomes

Background: The increasing presence of English learners (ELs) in U.S. schools underscores the need for effective instructional strategies tailored to their diverse needs, especially in STEM subjects. Previous research primarily focused on self-reported teacher knowledge and specific curricular programs, often neglecting the integration of content and language knowledge. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of a professional development (PD) program aligned with a previously reported teacher training knowledge framework aimed at improving bilingual/ESL teachers’ subject matter knowledge (SMK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), and disciplinary literacy knowledge (DLK). Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental design involving 30 teachers in three cohorts, each experiencing different levels of subject matter and disciplinary literacy knowledge. The program was assessed over four time points using multiple-choice tests on math and science knowledge and an instructional strategy rubric to evaluate teaching quality. Results: Significant improvements were observed in both content knowledge and instructional quality across all cohorts, with the greatest gains in cohorts that started the PD with a focus on SMK. Teachers’ understanding of disciplinary literacy and its integration with subject matter knowledge significantly enhanced their teaching effectiveness. Conclusions: The findings suggest that structured PD programs that integrate disciplinary literacy with content knowledge effectively enhance teacher professional knowledge and classroom practices. Starting PD with a strong focus on content knowledge prepares teachers to better apply disciplinary literacy strategies, thereby supporting more effective instruction for ELs. Implications: This study highlights the importance of considering the sequence of professional learning and the integration of content and disciplinary literacy strategies in PD programs. Future PD efforts should focus on these elements to maximize the impact on teacher development and student outcomes in bilingual/ESL settings.

Foreign language olympiads as a way to increase motivation for its studying in the educational paradigm of higher education

The relevance of the research problem is substantiated by the fact that this procedure creates the basis for developing students’ interest in constant progress in mastering foreign languages (i.e., it increases the level of motivation to learn a foreign language), in systematizing and deepening knowledge of a foreign language. The scope of the research is a consideration and description of the methodology for holding foreign language olympiads as a motivation factor in learning. Thegoal of the research is to prove the positive impact of holding an online Foreign Language Olympiad on motivation in learning a foreign language.The research objectives: to analyze the experience of holding foreign language olympiads, to develop practical advice on the methodology for conducting such procedures. Methods used by the authors to illuminate the stated issues: comparative analysis of sources on the above-mentioned topics, experimental method, statistical mathematical method of data processing – Student's T-test. The results of the research has proved hypothesis about the positive impact of holding olympiads on motivation in learning a foreign language through appropriate scientific research methods. It has been concluded that the results can be recommended as a tool for conducting olympiads of this kind both at the university and at other levels of education.

Research on Ideological and Political Education in College English Curriculum from the Perspective of CLIL

In the context of complex and rapidly changing environments both domestically and internationally, cultivating talents with both moral integrity and professional competence is undoubtedly the core mission of higher education and the primary goal of university classroom construction. The college English curriculum, starting from a deep understanding of contemporary China, contains a wealth of ideological and political education elements. Adhering to the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) teaching philosophy, with a student-centered approach, we delve deeply into the ideological and political educational resources within the textbooks. While teaching language and cultural knowledge, the content of ideological and political education is skillfully integrated into various learning activities such as students independent learning and collaborative learning. Through such teaching methods, the critical thinking abilities of students are gradually enhanced, helping them to truly understand and grasp the essence and characteristics of contemporary China.

Research on primary school Chinese teaching under the guidance of core literacy

In the research of primary school Chinese teaching under the guidance of core literacy, it can be seen that the educational circle has an in-depth discussion and research on how to effectively cultivate students' Chinese core literacy. The concept of core literacy emphasizes the students in the language construction and use, thinking development and promotion, aesthetic appreciation and creation, cultural understanding and dissemination of all-round development, this idea requires teachers in the teaching process not only teach basic language knowledge and ability, but also to the students' thinking ability, correct values and individual emotional experience.

The role of language and education in self-identification and integration of kandas into Kazakhstan society

The purpose of this article is to determine the role of language and education in the self-identification and socioeconomic integration of repatriates into Kazakh society. The study is based on an analysis of historical materials, a comparison of statistical data and scientific works on this topic, as well as the results of field research – narrative biographical interviews with kandas, which were conducted in 3 regions of Kazakhstan: Almaty region, Esik; East Kazakhstan region, Shygys village; and North Kazakhstan region, the village of Sergeevka. These field studies were carried out in July-August 2023 under the project “Identification aspects of the integration of Kandas into Kazakh society”, dedicated to the problems of adaptation and integration of repatriates in Kazakhstan. The article examines various aspects related to language problems, such as insufficient knowledge of the Russian language, the impact of the language issue on self-identification and sociocultural adaptation and economic integration of the kandas. The article also examines the economic opportunities of repatriates depending on their level of education as well as education programs are offered by the state for young repatriates. In conclusion, the article summarizes the results and offers recommendations for improving integration mechanisms, such as strengthening language and cultural training; development of professional retraining and advanced training programs; simplification of bureaucratic procedures related to employment and obtaining documents; improving information support and consulting services for repatriates. This study is important for understanding and supporting the process of adaptation of kandas and creating a favorable environment for their socio-economic integration in Kazakh society. The results of the study can be used to develop and improve government programs aimed at supporting repatriates. The recommendations proposed in the article can help improve integration mechanisms and create more favorable conditions for the socioeconomic adaptation of the kandas. Taken together, the scientific significance of the article is manifested in its ability to expand knowledge about the processes of integration of repatriates and provide practical recommendations for improving these processes.

Contextualized, Multicomponent Language Instruction: From Theory to Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinicians address a wide range of oral language skills when working with school-age students with language and literacy difficulties (LLDs). Therefore, there is a critical need for carefully designed, rigorously tested, multicomponent contextualized language interventions (CLIs) that have a high likelihood of successful implementation and measurable academic impacts. This clinical focus article summarizes the development and testing of a CLI entitled Supporting Knowledge in Language and Literacy (SKILL), which is a supplementary narrative intervention program for elementary school-age children. Our aims are to (a) to review the foundational theoretical models that are the foundation of SKILL; (b) describe the iterative process used to develop the phases, lessons, procedures, materials, and progress monitoring tool; (c) summarize recent findings of the randomized controlled trial that was conducted to test its efficacy; and (d) discuss factors that may contribute to successful implementation of multicomponent language interventions. A total of 357 students in Grades 1-4 with LLDs were randomized to a treatment group or to a business-as-usual control group. The treatment group received the SKILL curriculum in small groups during 30-min lessons by trained speech-language pathologists, teachers, and special educators. Students who received SKILL significantly outperformed those who did not on oral and written measures of storytelling and comprehension immediately after treatment and after 5-months at follow-up. Gains were similar among students with different levels of language ability (at-risk, language impaired) and language status (monolingual, bilingual) at pretest. There is growing support for the use of multicomponent CLIs to bring about educationally relevant outcomes for students with LLDs. The authors present this review of how SKILL was designed, manualized, and rigorously tested by a team of researchers and practitioners with the hope that this approach will serve as a springboard for the development of future multicomponent CLIs that may meaningfully improve communicative and educational outcomes for students with LLDs.

Linguodidactic potential of computer games in teaching English and Chinese languages

Introduction. The modern world makes high demands of the level of future specialists professional training, who must have a wide range of competencies, including knowledge of foreign languages. Today, knowledge of not only English, but also Chinese is becoming increasingly popular. The methodology of teaching foreign languages has never stood still and is constantly evolving. Methodologists are constantly striving to find new teaching methods that would help achieve the most effective results. Today, the introduction of information technology into modern foreign language teaching, namely the use of computer games in the educational process, is of particular interest. The purpose of the study is to identify the linguodidactic potential of computer games in learning the English and Chinese languages. Materials and methods. To analyze the possibilities of using computer games in teaching foreign languages, an analysis of scientific and methodological articles from periodicals, dissertation research and monographs of Russian and foreign authors on this issue was carried out. As a material, we considered and analyzed one of the most popular Chinese games among teenagers and youth, “Genshin Impact”. Research results. The open-world multiplayer role-playing game “Genshin Impact” is analyzed. The linguistic and cultural potential of this game has been revealed, which helps the player not only expand their vocabulary, listening skills, but also knowledge about the culture and history of different countries. The main types of vocabulary that are of interest are proper names and historicisms. Regional studies material can be divided into real-life states and peoples that served as a source of inspiration for developers; prototypes of the game’s geographic locations; references to real historical eras; references to real historical figures; cultural parallels; references to legends, myths and religions of different nations. Conclusion. The results obtained indicate that computer games not only have rich linguistic material, which is perfect for learning a foreign language, but also extensive regional data. Thus, integrating computer games into the educational process not only increases interest and motivation, but also broadens the horizons of its players and instills in them an interest to study world history

Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap

Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap

ARABIC AS A WINDOW IN PERCEIVING THE WORLD: A REVIEW OF SEMANTIC, EDUCATIONAL POLITICS AND LITERARY SOCIOLOGY

This research paper aims to construct a theoretical-practical comprehension of Arabic as a means of perceiving the world. It is based on the content and principles of numerous previous dissertations. The paper's methodology employs qualitative and library research methods. During the analytical process, the theory of al-'Arabiyyah ka Nāfidhah 'alā al-Āyāt al-Kauniyyah (The Arabic language as a window on the cosmic verses), proposed by 'Alī 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Miṣriyy, is utilized. The three primary sources utilized include: 1) Semantik Bahasa Arab dalam Pandangan Al-Anbārī: Kajian Makna al-Taḍād di dalam Alquran by Mahyudin Ritonga (2013); 2) Politik Pendidikan Bahasa Arab di Perguruan Tinggi: Analisis Wacana atas Program Studi Bahasa Arab UIN Jakarta dan UI by Mauidlotun Nisa' (2018); and 3) Sastra dan Nasionalisme: Studi atas Puisi-puisi Mahjar 'Alī Aḥmad Bākathīr by Minatur Rokhim (2021). The study concludes that taking into account local and national environmental needs and interests can transform Arabic language knowledge into a capital asset for scientific, applied, and commercial purposes, thereby contributing to global unification.

Penerapan Metode Bermain Peran Dalam Meningkatkan Ketrampilan Bahasa Inggris Pada Anak Usia Dini

The purpose of this study is to find out how the role play method can be applied to improve the English language skills of young children in Kindergarten Group B of Bakalani Village, Purwantoro District, Wonogiri Regency. This study was conducted in Purwantoro District Bakalan Village Kindergarten, the number of subjects was 19 children, 10 of which were 5-6 years old boys and 9 were girls. This research method uses classroom action research. This study was conducted in 3 cycles and each cycle was conducted in two meetings. The research data collection techniques are observation and speaking skills tests. Meanwhile, the data analysis technique used in this study is a descriptive statistical analysis method that uses percentages. Based on research findings and data analysis, the role-playing method can improve students' #039; English language skills. This can be seen in the survey on the classroom performance of the students in the first session and#039; The knowledge of the English language is only 16% or still classified as very poor. After that, continuing in cycle II, students and#039; English proficiency increased to 44 percent or was still classified as poor. Then in cycle III, the increase was 78% or classified as good.

A pragmatic analysis of selected ASUU strike memes motivated humour on social media

Memes, as humorous and visually captivating pieces of content, have revolutionized the way people communicate and express themselves on social media platforms. During times of academic unrest caused by the recurring ASUU strikes, these memes have played a pivotal role in providing a creative outlet for expressing frustrations, criticisms, and solidarity among students, educators, and concerned citizens. This paper, therefore, undertook a pragmatic analysis of selected 5 (five) ASUU strike memes sourced from WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, and Twitter aiming to unravel the underlying motivations behind their creation and dissemination, with a particular emphasis on the role of humor as a primary motivator. The used critical qualitative research and purposive sampling technique to select five ASUU memes. Acheoach's Pragma-crafting theory was adopted as the theoretical framework of the study. Findings reveal that the nuanced satirical techniques embedded within the memes, including the use of humorous images, wordplay, and linguistic ambiguities, capture and reflect the sentiments and experience of students and educators during the ASUU strikes. The study revealed the significance of communication acts and non-communication acts features such as indexicals (INDXL), shared macro-knowledge (SMK), shared contextual knowledge (SCK), shared knowledge of emergent context (SKEC), contextual presupposition (CP), geoimplicature (GI), behavioural implicature (BI), pragma-deviant (PD), object referred (OR), operative language (OL), and other discourse components were used by encoders (ENCs) of verbal elements (VEs) and non-verbal elements (NVEs) in understanding the interpretation of the sense of the act in ASUU strike memes. The study concludes that the humorous responses to the ASUU strike on social media shed light on the vigorous mix of words, images, and gestures.

Supporting the development of cultural competence in the Brazilian Polish community

The article joins the discussion on the ways of shaping cultural competence in teaching and learning Polish as a foreign language. The pretext for the considerations is the implementation of the project "Polish language beyond borders" financed by the National Agency for Academic Exchange. The activities undertaken were aimed at strengthening the Polish community in Brazil, maintaining Polishness in the world, and increasing the level of knowledge of the Polish language and Polish culture (old and contemporary). The designed activities were built around the idea of popularizing Poland by presenting Lublin and the Lublin region as a region gathering "cultural elements of Polishness”. An additional challenge for the implementation of the title project was the outbreak of the pandemic, which resulted in the transfer of all activities to the virtual space. The article discusses the implemented activities, their attractiveness and effectiveness. The observations made are the basis for the formulation of general conclusions and postulates regarding the possibility of remote education of cultural competences as part of learning Polish as a foreign and inherited language.

Applied Hedge Algebra Approach with Multilingual Large Language Models to Extract Hidden Rules in Datasets for Improvement of Generative AI Applications

Generative AI applications have played an increasingly significant role in real-time tracking applications in many domains including, for example, healthcare, consultancy, dialog boxes (common types of window in a graphical user interface of operating systems), monitoring systems, and emergency response. This paper considers generative AI and presents an approach which combines hedge algebra and a multilingual large language model to find hidden rules in big data for ChatGPT. We present a novel method for extracting natural language knowledge from large datasets by leveraging fuzzy sets and hedge algebra to extract these rules, presented in meta data for ChatGPT and generative AI applications. The proposed model has been developed to minimize the computational and staff costs for medium-sized enterprises which are typically resource and time limited. The proposed model has been designed to automate question–response interactions for rules extracted from large data in a multiplicity of domains. The experimental results show that the proposed model performs well using datasets associated with specific domains in healthcare to validate the effectiveness of the proposed model. The ChatGPT application in case studies of healthcare is tested using datasets for English and Vietnamese languages. In comparative experimental testing, the proposed model outperformed the state of the art, achieving in the range of 96.70–97.50% performance using a heart dataset.