Language Faculty Research Articles

Faculty Members’ Perspective on Employing YouTube in Teaching English for ESL Undergraduate Students

The study investigated the use of YouTube videos for teaching English as a foreign language to English major students at universities and explored teachers' perspectives on implementing this method. It also aimed to identify potential issues that teachers and students might encounter. A mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative data collection was employed. A Five-Likert scale questionnaire assessed teachers' perspectives on using YouTube to teach various English language skills. The study involved 42 English language faculty members from private and public universities, and their responses were analyzed statistically and analytically. The findings indicated that teachers have a positive attitude as they successfully utilize YouTube videos to improve students' English language skills. Faculty members observed that the monotony of teaching decreased while students' motivation to engage with the English language increased. The study also revealed some challenges students face in developing their English language skills, such as a lack of self-confidence and an inability to express their thoughts adequately.

Pengaruh Kreativitas dan Family Background Terhadap Intensi Berwirausaha Mahasiswa

This study's goal is to determine how students in Padang State University's Faculty of Languages and Arts Visual Communication Design Study Program perceive the impact of creativity and family history on their aspirations to pursue entrepreneurship. This study uses a quantitative method to investigate causal relationships. 560 students from the 2019–2022 class made up the study's population. Both primary and secondary sources of information were employed. An 85-person sample is subjected to a sampling method known as proportionate random sampling. Using the SPSS V.21 software, The method used for analysis is multiple linear regression analysis. To assess the research hypothesis, data were gathered using t statistical tests at a=0.05, normality testing, F tests, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and validity tests at reliability tests. The study's conclusions show that: 1) inventiveness significantly influences the desire to start a business. 2) Ambition for entrepreneurship is influenced by family background 3) The desire to start one's own business is greatly influenced by one's ingenuity and family background.

The impact of 24-h take-home exam on language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university

Take-home exam (THE) use has been reported in various disciplines, but research on THE use in language modules in higher education appears to be scarce. The current study employed surveys and interviews to examine how the shift to written THE, in place of the traditional in-class exam (ICE) during the pandemic, impacted language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university. Additionally, correlation analyses were conducted with ranking data of students from the same cohort under THE and ICE to explore patterns in student performance under these exam conditions. In surveys and interviews, teachers reported that their teaching foci did not change under THE, while many students reported that their learning practices were different under THE and ICE. Students also exhibited a tendency to spend more time practicing skills that they expected to be assessed in the exam. Overall, both teachers and students expressed preference for ICE, with many raising concerns about fairness issues in THE. Furthermore, correlation analyses showed that, overall, for a given group of students, written ICE rankings exhibited strong correlations with each other but written THE rankings did not, suggesting relative instability of THE results. However, when written THE and oral ICE results from the same module are combined, the resultant rankings strongly correlated with pure ICE rankings. This indicates that combining ICE and THE components for assessment could help mitigate some perceived shortcomings, including the instability issue, of THE used alone.

ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕ ИСКУССТВЕННЫХ НЕЙРОННЫХ СЕТЕЙ ДЛЯ ПОИСКА РЕШЕНИЙ ДИФФЕРЕНЦИАЛЬНЫХ УРАВНЕНИЙ

An approach to modeling chemical technological processes for calculating solutions of differential methods using artificial neural networks is considered. The capabilities of the Keras module of the Python programming language within these problems are described

The Model of Adaptation of First-Year Language Faculty Pedagogical University Students to Studying at the University

The purpose of the article is to consider the pedagogical model of adaptation of first-year students of the language faculty of the Pedagogical University to the learning process at the university. The proposed model includes the following blocks: target – defining the goals and objectives of the formation of adaptability among students of a pedagogical university; theoretical and methodological, including appropriate methodological approaches and scientific and practical principles; content-activity, which includes components that contribute to the development of socially significant personality qualities: gnostic, aimed at activating cognitive activity students; communicative, focused on the development of students’ communication skills within the group and interaction with teachers; educational, stimulating the spiritual and moral development of personality; constructive, including interactive activities of the teacher to create academic disciplines; design, focused on the development of skills for solving urgent problems, taking into account future specialization. All these components make it possible to form socially significant personality qualities that are in demand in society. The model also includes an effective generalizing block, which includes an analysis of the results based on criteria-based diagnostic tools. Research methods. The main methods used were analysis, synthesis, systematization and generalization of psychological and pedagogical literature, and the modeling method. The results of the study. The implementation of the model of adaptation of first-year students to university studies developed by us is capable of achieving a high level of academic adaptability. The implementation of this model allows students to successfully enter the new environment of the university, contributes to their acquisition of subjectivity, formation, development and strengthening of qualities that contribute to increasing their level of adaptability. Conclusion. The adaptation of first-year students to studying at a university is the most important factor in the success of further education and professional realization of a graduate.

Analysis of the Book "Arab Economics" at the Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business on Ibn Khaldun's Theory

The teaching of Arabic in Islamic universities faces many problems, including the lack of special educational materials and used by each teacher differently, the existing class is few than he had to perform for four skills, the lack of vocabulary to practice the language skill, and in addition to the lack of enthusiasm in learning Arabic only from the Faculty of Arabic Language Teaching only. The aim of this study is to know the objectives, material, method and evaluation of the book "Arab Economic" on the theory of Ibn Khaldun, and this research of the type of qualitative descriptive study, the researcher observed the Arabic book of economics, and the evidence and its sources of objectives, material, method and evaluation in the Arab book of economics, collected books and documents in the style of analysis of the doctrine of Mehlis and Hubermin. It is concluded that Ibn Khaldun's theory towards the goals, material, method and evaluation in this book Arabic economics is: the goal aspect includes improving thinking, improving society and improving spirituality suitable for improving thinking for the community of the Faculty of Economics with good Arabic language and the Holy Quran. In terms of the subject, it includes conversation, vocabulary, grammar and exercises to understand the language like the queen at the Faculty of Economics. In terms of method, it is appropriate to gradually or repetition, discussion and exemplary in the process of teaching economic Arabic writers. In terms of the calendar, it has exercises, exercises and songs to support the acquisition of the four language skills. The final result of this research is that the Arabic book of economics has helped students at the Faculty of Economics and Business to learn the fun Arabic language and train the four skills according to the practice of objectives, material, method and evaluation according to Ibn Khaldun.

Foreign Language Online Teaching of Bachelors at Language Universities. For or Against?

The purpose of the article is to consider the pedagogical model of adaptation of first-year students of the language faculty of the Pedagogical University to the learning process at the university. The proposed model includes the following blocks: target – defining the goals and objectives of the formation of adaptability among students of a pedagogical university; theoretical and methodological, including appropriate methodological approaches and scientific and practical principles; content-activity, which includes components that contribute to the development of socially significant personality qualities: gnostic, aimed at activating cognitive activity students; communicative, focused on the development of students’ communication skills within the group and interaction with teachers; educational, stimulating the spiritual and moral development of personality; constructive, including interactive activities of the teacher to create academic disciplines; design, focused on the development of skills for solving urgent problems, taking into account future specialization. All these components make it possible to form socially significant personality qualities that are in demand in society. The model also includes an effective generalizing block, which includes an analysis of the results based on criteria-based diagnostic tools. Research methods. The main methods used were analysis, synthesis, systematization and generalization of psychological and pedagogical literature, and the modeling method. The results of the study. The implementation of the model of adaptation of first-year students to university studies developed by us is capable of achieving a high level of academic adaptability. The implementation of this model allows students to successfully enter the new environment of the university, contributes to their acquisition of subjectivity, formation, development and strengthening of qualities that contribute to increasing their level of adaptability. Conclusion. The adaptation of first-year students to studying at a university is the most important factor in the success of further education and professional realization of a graduate.

Students' Perceptions Towards Direct and Indirect Feedback in Speaking for Social Purposes

Speaking is one of the most important subjects in learning a foreign language. In speaking class, there are some mistakes that students found, which must be corrected. One way that teachers usually do to help the students cope with their problems is giving feedback. This study was aimed to find out about students’ perceptions towards direct and indirect feedback in Speaking for Social Purpose class. This study was guided by these two questions: What are PBI students’ perceptions towards direct feedback given by the teacher in the Speaking for Social Purposes class? What are PBI students' perceptions towards indirect feedback given by the teacher in the Speaking for Social Purposes class? This research involved 5 fifth-semester and 5 eight-semester students from the English Language Education Program (ELEP), Faculty of Language and Arts (FLA), Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Central Java. They were randomly chosen to be the participants for the research sample. A semi-structured interview was used to collect the data. The researchers found that there were several problems faced by students during the Speaking for Social Purposes class. Moreover, it was found that the students recognized teachers’ feedback was very important for their study, especially in speaking because it helped them to know their mistakes or problems and they can correct their mistakes. The direct feedback became the most favorite kind of feedback and was very important for the students.

The evolution of musicality and cross-domain co-evolutionary interactions

The evolution of human musicality has often been linked to the evolution of the faculty of language since the development of musical and linguistic abilities seems to share a common phase in their ontogenesis. Apart from that, both singing and speaking are, on the one hand, universal forms of human vocal expression and, on the other hand, consist of culturally specific elements. Such a probable co-occurrence of the predisposition to speak and sing, with the cultural variability of both these forms of communication, has prompted researchers to indicate gene–culture co-evolution as the probable mechanism responsible for the emergence of human musicality and the faculty of language. However, in most evolutionary scenarios proposed so far, the evolutionary paths of music and language followed independently after divergence from a common precursor. This article, based on observations of contemporary interactions between language and music, presents a different view in which musical and language-like forms of proto-communication interacted leading to the repurposing of some of their neural mechanisms. In this process, the Baldwinian interplay between plasticity and canalization has been proposed as the most probable evolutionary mechanism that shaped our musicality. The premises that support the presence of cross-domain co-evolutionary interactions in the contemporary communicative niche of Homo sapiens are indicated.

Image to Label to Answer: An Efficient Framework for Enhanced Clinical Applications in Medical Visual Question Answering

Medical Visual Question Answering (Med-VQA) faces significant limitations in application development due to sparse and challenging data acquisition. Existing approaches focus on multi-modal learning to equip models with medical image inference and natural language understanding, but this worsens data scarcity in Med-VQA, hindering clinical application and advancement. This paper proposes the ITLTA framework for Med-VQA, designed based on field requirements. ITLTA combines multi-label learning of medical images with the language understanding and reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) to achieve zero-shot learning, meeting natural language module needs without end-to-end training. This approach reduces deployment costs and training data requirements, allowing LLMs to function as flexible, plug-and-play modules. To enhance multi-label classification accuracy, the framework uses external medical image data for pretraining, integrated with a joint feature and label attention mechanism. This configuration ensures robust performance and applicability, even with limited data. Additionally, the framework clarifies the decision-making process for visual labels and question prompts, enhancing the interpretability of Med-VQA. Validated on the VQA-Med 2019 dataset, our method demonstrates superior effectiveness compared to existing methods, confirming its outstanding performance for enhanced clinical applications.

WAYS OF USING ORIGINAL MATERIALS IN ADVANCED COURSES OF LANGUAGE FACULTIES

The article talks about the ways of using authentic materials in the upper courses of language faculties. The author of the article points out that the use of authentic materials in the language learning process in the upper courses of language faculties is of great benefit, and these authentic materials help students to familiarize themselves with the language and provide opportunities for students to use it naturally in real-world contexts, including idiomatic expressions, cultural references, and various notes and styles. serve. These functions related to authentic materials show that the inclusion of these materials in the target language classes in the upper courses of language faculties is an important factor in the formation of multicultural identity and one of the main goals of language teaching. The author comes to the conclusion that authentic materials mainly enrich students' vocabulary, develop verbal creativity, linguistic abilities, and improve listening, speaking and pronunciation skills.

АYDIN SAYILI AND THE FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT OF FARABI STUDIES IN TURKEY

The authors of the article write about the scientists-farabiologists and their heritage. It made a great contribution to the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey. The formation of Farabi studies in Turkey happened in 1930s. In this period the Faculty of Language and History-Geography was created at Ankara university. Then after three years a group of Philosophy was founded at the Faculty of Language and History-Geography. One of the famous scholars Aydın Sayılı worked on that group of Philosophy and wrote a plethora of articles about al-Farabi and Ibn Sina. Authors were able to learn about the activities of several historical figures, got acquainted with their heritage regarding the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey (Necati Akder, Aydın Sayılı, Fuat Sezgin, Necati Lugal, Mübahat Türker Küyel, Remzi Demir). Goals and objectives. To review and analyze the scientific works of scientist-farabiologists, starting with Aydin Sayili, and familiarization with scientists who made a great contribution to the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey. Results. Working with the funds of the National Library of Turkey, the library of the Ataturk Cultural Center and other scientific libraries made it possible to get acquainted with Turkish representatives of the science of Farabi studies. Conclusion. After studying the formation and development of the Farabi studies in the Republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the authors attempted to determine the formation and development of Farabi studies in Turkey.

The Implementation of ICT in Teaching Speaking to Students of EFL Class at Faculty of Languages and Literature Universitas Muslim Indonesia

The Implementation of ICT in Teaching Speaking to Students of EFL Class at Faculty of Languages and Literature Universitas Muslim Indonesia

Arabic Language Module For Madrasah Ibtidaiyah

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of using Arabic language modules developed for students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah. The material represented essential learning and was relevant to everyday life. This study uses Design and Development Research (DDR) with the ADDIE model. The effectiveness testing stage was carried out at MIS of Nurul Ijtihad Lubuk Gaung, Indonesia, involving ten third-grade student participants. Qualitative data comes from the validation of media, material, language, and teacher practitioner experts. Meanwhile, quantitative data is obtained from test results. Data were analyzed qualitatively, and quantitative data were analyzed using paired t-test analysis. The study results showed that this Arabic language module was feasible and well-used for teaching Arabic in elementary schools. It also shows the development of significant student learning outcomes using this module.

From the Lens of Scholarship Grantees: Objectives, Opportunities, and Challenges in a Language Doctorate Program

Pursuing a PhD Language program with the support of a scholarship grant has several positive implications for both the individual and society. The study aimed to gain insights into the experiences of the grantees and identify specific areas of support and improvement needed within the program. Through a combined quantitative and qualitative design, the study found that the grantees strongly agree on their level of agreement of the attainment of the PhD Language program objectives along becoming a globally competitive language faculty, developing the attitudes of commitment, dedication, culture of inspiration and service to others as language teachers, conducting researches on language and performing extension work in the field of language. Moreover, the language opportunities offered by the program to the grantees are: advancing in English language instruction, research, management and administration, getting permanency, promotion, and designation, expanding in language collaboration, and becoming a language learning provider. Finally, there are PhD language program-related challenges and scholarship related challenges that were experienced by the grantees. Therefore, the PhD Language Program is committed to its attainment of its objectives along instruction, research, and extension. The program has exposed the grantees on language learning opportunities that impacted their professional advancement through deepening their knowledge in their domain and enabling them to explore their limits as teachers, mentors, researchers, and administrators. Lastly, while scholarship grants through post-graduate programs are considered as privileges and opportunities, program and scholarship-related challenges strengthen and substantiate the credibility and professional growth of the grantees.

Students’ Perception on Hybrid Learning in ELT in the New Normal Era

This study aims to explore students’ perceptions of hybrid learning in ELT in the new normal era. The researcher applies a qualitative method. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher used an instrument namely interviews. The class of 2021 English Education students from Universitas Negeri Makassar's Faculty of Languages and Literature make up the research's population.The class of 2021 English Education students from Universitas Negeri Makassar's Faculty of Languages and Literature make up the research's population.The sample of this interview was 20 students from class E (class SL). The researcher interviewed 13 students via online and 7 students through face-to-face interviews using taken semi-structured interview technique. According to the data analysis results, most students had a positive opinion of hybrid learning in ELT. The respondents' positive statements about the approach were based on their own experiences learning through it. The result of hybrid learning was very flexible to use, efficient for learning, helpful to learn and increasing their skill technology and motivation. Negative opinions about the students' struggles with hybrid learning were also discovered, as a result of their lack of internet access and inability to comprehend the subject matter. Keywords— Students’ perception, Hybrid Learning, English Learning Teaching

Perception of University Students on The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools For The Development of Autonomous Learning

Objective: To explore the perception of university students on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for the development of autonomous learning. Theoretical Framework: The research is based on Technological Acceptance Theory and Constructivism, focusing on the perception of AI in autonomous learning of university students. Method: Quantitative approach with a descriptive scope, the sample consisted of 665 students enrolled in the Faculty of Education Sciences and Languages (FCEI) of the Peninsula de Santa Elena State University (UPSE)-Ecuador; in the collection of information, the Questionnaire of Perception on the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Learning was designed based on 4 dimensions of both variables, and the statistical program SPSS version 29 was used for data processing. Results and Discussion: The results indicate that students show a favorable perception towards the use of AI tools for the autonomous learning process, however, although AI is recognized as a potential tool in university environments, there are still challenges to be overcome. Research Implications: The study has practical implications for strengthening in students the digital competencies needed to effectively use AI tools in their autonomous learning. Originality/Value: The research provides data on the perception of AI tools among university students, offering a starting point for future technology integration strategies in universities.

Human musical capacity and products should have been induced by the hominin-specific combination of several biosocial features: A three-phase scheme on socio-ecological, cognitive, and cultural evolution.

Various selection pressures have shaped human uniqueness, for instance, music. When and why did musical universality and diversity emerge? Our hypothesis is that "music" initially originated from manipulative calls with limited musical elements. Thereafter, vocalizations became more complex and flexible along with a greater degree of social learning. Finally, constructed musical instruments and the language faculty resulted in diverse and context-specific music. Music precursors correspond to vocal communication among nonhuman primates, songbirds, and cetaceans. To place this scenario in hominin history, a three-phase scheme for music evolution is presented herein. We emphasize (1) the evolution of sociality and life history in australopithecines, (2) the evolution of cognitive and learning abilities in early/middle Homo, and (3) cultural evolution, primarily in Homo sapiens. Human musical capacity and products should be due to the hominin-specific combination of several biosocial features, including bipedalism, stable pair bonding, alloparenting, expanded brain size, and sexual selection.

AI Based Chatbot: A Case Study Afghanistan Healthcare Services Mental Health Disorder

Artificial intelligence increasingly integrates our daily lives with the creation and analysis of intelligent software and hardware, called intelligent agents. Intelligent agents can do a variety of tasks ranging from labor work to sophisticated operations. A Chatbot is a typical example of an artificial intelligence system. For developing artificial intelligence Chatbot, we have implemented encoder-decoder attention mechanism architecture memory cells, TFIDF (term frequency-inverse document frequency) algorithm and LLM (Large Language Module). To conduct this research, mixed methods research could involve combining both qualitative and quantitative methods to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the research topic. Survey utilized as the main methods for collecting the primary data and reviewed the existing literature for collecting the secondary data in this research. The data was collected from 18 participants, including medical doctors, patients, lecturers and university students in Afghanistan. Additionally, secondary data was obtained through a review of literature from other countries that have faced similar situations. Moreover, the analysis reveals a widespread belief among respondents that the implementation of AI based Chatbot for Afghanistan healthcare service in mental health disorder will contribute to reduce illness in Afghanistan.

Memetics and the Parallel Architecture.

The evolution of human communication and culture is among the most significant-and challenging-questions we face in attempting to understand the evolution of our species. This article takes up two frameworks for theorizing about human communication and culture, namely, Jackendoff's Parallel Architecture of the human language faculty, and the cultural evolutionary framework of Memetics. The aim is to show that the two frameworks uniquely complement one another in some theoretically important ways. In particular, the Parallel Architecture's account of the lexicon significantly expands the range of linguistic phenomena that are plausibly covered by Memetics (e.g., from words to constructions and pure rules of syntax). At the same time, taking a "meme's-eye-view" of the lexicon retools the Parallel Architecture's treatment of the origins and subsequent cultural evolution of language.