Common Language Research Articles

Clinical Linguistic Proficiency Program: An Innovation to Bridge Language Incompatibility in the Training of Psychiatric Residents.

Clinical Linguistic Proficiency Program: An Innovation to Bridge Language Incompatibility in the Training of Psychiatric Residents.

The Role of Internet to Bridge Language Gaps in Learning English as a Foreign Language in Solo's Multilingual

This study investigates the role of the internet in bridging language gaps and enhancing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction within Solo's multilingual context. The focus is on how internet resources aid students in navigating between Bahasa Jawa, Bahasa Indonesia, and English, reflecting the multilingual dynamics of EFL classrooms. Utilizing a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with students from grade XII public senior high schools in Solo, Central Java. The findings reveal that the internet plays a significant role in facilitating language learning by providing access to diverse resources and interactive platforms. It is reported that internet tools help them create more engaging and culturally relevant lessons, which cater to the multilingual backgrounds of the students. Students highlighted that online resources offer immediate feedback, diverse learning materials, and opportunities for practicing English in real-world contexts, which are crucial for mastering a foreign language. Moreover, the study shows that the internet supports students in developing digital literacy skills, which are essential for effective language learning in the 21st century. The use of internet-based learning tools helps students seamlessly transition between languages, enhancing their overall language proficiency and confidence in using English. This research underscores the importance of integrating internet resources in EFL education to address the unique linguistic needs of students in multilingual settings. Future studies should explore the long-term impacts of internet use on language acquisition and its potential integration with traditional teaching methods to create a more holistic and effective EFL learning environment.

The Phenomenon of Ethnocultural Enclaves of Russophone Koreans “Koryŏin Maŭl” in South Korea

This article details the findings of a study conducted from October 2022 to December 2023 on the ethnocultural enclaves of Russophone Koreans in South Korea. The research delves into the origins of the term “Koryŏin Maŭl” and proposes a refined definition. It identifies key characteristics shared by these enclaves and introduces a preliminary classification scheme. Distinguished by a strong ethnic presence and a somewhat insular community formed around a common language (Russian) and shared cultural practices, the “Koryŏin Maŭl” can be defined as ethnocultural enclaves. These areas are self-determined and universally recognized among their residents.Through my research, I have concluded that the Koryŏin Maŭls in South Korea share a number of common characteristics. They all have distinct boundaries, formed by both terrain features and patterns of residential development. These neighborhoods also house a significant number of ethnic businesses, whose success largely hinges on the customer base formed within the ethnic enclave itself.

NEW COMMUNICATIVE METHODS IN MILITARY ENGLISH TEACHING

In the ever-evolving landscape of global military operations, the proficiency in English, as the lingua franca, is paramount for effective communication, strategic alliances, and execution of international missions. This has necessitated a paradigm shift in military English teaching methodologies towards more dynamic and interactive communicative methods. The traditional didactic approaches, focused on grammar and vocabulary, are increasingly being supplemented and replaced by innovative strategies that promote practical language use in real-life military contexts. These new communicative methods leverage task-based learning, simulations, technology-enhanced platforms, and cultural immersion to develop not just linguistic competence but also intercultural communication skills crucial for modern military engagements. This article explores the transition towards these communicative methods, emphasizing their importancein fostering operational effectiveness and international military cooperation.

Blockchain-Enhanced Traceability Framework for Smart Farming with Integrated Ontology-Based Data Standardization

This paper introduces a new conceptual framework to enhance crop traceability within smart farming environments. The framework merges blockchain technology with ontology-based data standardization to address persistent challenges in traditional traceability systems, such as data fragmentation and inconsistencies. The primary goal is establishing a transparent, reliable, and efficient traceability process from farm to table. The methodology employed in this research follows the Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM), involving iterative cycles of designing, building, and evaluating the proposed framework to ensure its effectiveness in real-world applications. The framework offers a promising solution to improve food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and data-driven agricultural decision-making by capitalizing on blockchain's immutable and decentralized attributes and leveraging standardized data formats facilitated by ontologies. The proposed framework comprises three key components: ontology development, system integration, and blockchain implementation. Ontology development addresses data fragmentation and inconsistencies by providing a common language and structure for data exchange. Meanwhile, system integration ensures seamless data exchange among stakeholders, and blockchain implementation secures and verifies traceability records to maintain data integrity and trust. This integrated system is expected to foster trust and collaboration among all participants in the agricultural supply chain, thereby advancing the efficiency and sustainability of smart farming practices. Through continuous refinement and validation, this research aims to significantly contribute to the practical implementation of advanced traceability solutions in the agricultural sector, ensuring that these systems are robust, scalable, and adaptable to various farming contexts.

The English Language Needs of Health Sciences Students in Turkey

With English established as the lingua franca for science and technology, and considering the growing number of international patients in Turkey, the English education of health science students is now recognized as a significant factor in health education. To our knowledge, no study has investigated the English language education needs of health sciences students in the Turkish context. In an effort to address this gap, this study explored (1) the opinions of Turkish health sciences students about English language education, (2) their needs regarding reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, (3) their perceived problems in learning English, and (4) their opinions and suggestions about the English language education they receive. Six hundred and thirty-one students enrolled in the Faculty of Health Sciences at a foundation university participated in this study. Data were collected through a questionnaire comprising fifty-nine five-point Likert scale items and two open-ended questions. Findings revealed that health sciences students consider both general and academic English significant. They prefer course materials in English lessons to be related to health education fields and express a desire for more interactive lessons with a special emphasis on speaking. According to the study results, students always need all four language skills for their profession; however, speaking and reading were identified as the most essential skills. Concerning perceived challenges in learning English, students face more difficulties in using English for academic purposes than for general purposes, highlighting the necessity for an effective language program tailored to their specific needs.

Towards Cross-lingual Social Event Detection with Hybrid Knowledge Distillation

Recently published graph neural networks (GNNs) show promising performance at social event detection tasks. However, most studies are oriented toward monolingual data in languages with abundant training samples. This has left the common lesser-spoken languages relatively unexplored. Thus, in this work, we present a GNN-based framework that integrates cross-lingual word embeddings into the process of graph knowledge distillation for detecting events in low-resource language data streams. To achieve this, a novel cross-lingual knowledge distillation framework, called CLKD, exploits prior knowledge learned from similar threads in English to make up for the paucity of annotated data. Specifically, to extract sufficient useful knowledge, we propose a hybrid distillation method that consists of both feature-wise and relation-wise information. To transfer both kinds of knowledge in an effective way, we add a cross-lingual module in the feature-wise distillation to eliminate the language gap and selectively choose beneficial relations in the relation-wise distillation to avoid distraction caused by teachers’ misjudgments. Our proposed CLKD framework also adopts different configurations to suit both offline and online situations. Experiments on real-world datasets show that the framework is highly effective at detection in languages where training samples are scarce.

Speaking the Language of Administrators to Communicate Value: Advocacy for Dance Educators

To effectively promote and advocate for our dance programs, we need to educate administrators, fellow teachers, counselors, and school board members using strategies that will help them deepen their understanding of dance’s impact on student learning. In this article, we discuss how dance educators can use common educational language, brain research, and federal, state, and school improvement regulations to advocate for their programs. We also share sample instructional activities that demonstrate how dance instruction addresses common educational theory and strategies.

BODY LANGUAGE VOCABULARY IN ALBANIAN AS A PROOF OF AN ABUNDANT AND ANCIENT LANGUAGE!

The richness of language vocabulary is directly related to the personal culture of reading and educational background of the person belonging to a specific ethnic community, altogether with the tradition, customs and folklore, as factors of its historic cultural development. The historical development of an ethnicity plays a decisive role in the richness of words and the abundance of vocabulary for specific types and fields of cultures, such as the musical culture, the culture of fine arts, legal and institutional culture, culture of housing buildings, culture of healthy living, etc. The national conscience is related to the common language speaking and the cultivation of tradition, folklore and clothing by the people living in a common geographic territory. Their fights for survival and freedom, as well as the wars for defense of the territory has produced an abundant vocabulary up to details and stylistic varieties and a detailed description of the fighting tools and processes, such as struggle, fight, wars, call for freedom, on the other hand, but also is a lack of words and poorness of vocabulary related to the technical description of the manufactured products and merchandises coming from abroad. Depending on the cultural development of the institutions, the law enforcement and written rules regulating the rights and the responsibility for obeying the legal restrictions and prohibitions has produced a better legal and institutional culture in one country, rather than in an old fashioned organization of social life in countries of a specific stage of national development, where the legal institutions were perceived as strange and hostile originating by an occupying country or nation. These institutions were only accepted as temporary and people obeyed them only by coercion, unwillingly and due to the threat of use of force, in case of lack of obedience. The culture of reading newspapers and watching TV has influenced the richness of vocabulary by meeting new words of the literary, official and the international language, except for the vocabulary of the dialects in their native language.

AN ANALYSIS OF CODE-MIXING USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER IN CLASSROOM INTERACTION AT NINETH GRADE MTS ANAK BANGSA

The research entitled "Analysis of the Use of Code Mix by English Teachers in Classroom Interaction" aims to identify the types of code mixing used by English teacher as well as the reasons behind their use in the teaching process. This research uses descriptive qualitative method, with the research subject being an English teacher at Mts Anak Bangsa. Data were gathered through observation, documentation, and interviews, and then analyzed using techniques for data reduction, data display, and drawing and verifying conclusions, as outlined by Sugiyono. The research findings show that there are three types of code mix used by teachers in classroom interactions, namely intra-sentential code mixing (77.16%), intra-lexical code mixing (12.34%), and involving change of pronunciation (10.50%). Among the three types, intra-sentential code-mixing is the most frequently used. English teachers use code-mixing due to situational factors, intrinsic messages and language attitudes which include dominance and security. The study concludes that teachers' use of code-mixing helps bridge language gaps between teachers and students, thereby enhancing students' comprehension of the subject matter.

Problematic Workplace Behaviours in the Software Development Profession: Using Transactional Analysis to Diagnose Toxicity and Improve Relationships at Work

The growing and unmet demand for coding skills is becoming critical in a world that is ever-more driven by digital technologies, embedded algorithms and artificial intelligence systems. However, sustainability of the profession is threatened because of the failure to attract and retain women developers, which has been an ongoing and corrosive problem for decades and remains unresolved. While many previous studies attribute ‘toxic’ workplace cultures in the software development industry, as a major contributing factor, few examine their root causes and almost none offer practical solutions. To address this lack of both knowledge and effective response, we propose a novel approach building on psychoanalytical Transactional Analysis (TA) theory that is little used in the field of management and organisation studies. TA theory provides a framework using common and simplified language to better understand why communications in the workplace fail, and how occupying incompatible ego states might lead to ‘ negative’, ‘ problematic’ and, in the worst cases, ‘ toxic’ behaviours and workplaces. We propose a TA-based model (OCTAPos) that helps explain how crossed communications at work can result in a lack of acceptance of women in the workplace and attrition among female software developers and the resultant dearth of diverse coders. We further propose a theoretically informed HRM Structured TA Response (STAR) to help increase self-awareness, emotional intelligence, empathy and mutual understanding, with the ultimate aim of positively impacting prevailing attitudes, behaviours and organisational culture to achieve more inclusive and sustainable recruitment and retention in the longer term.

Mohandas Gandhi and the uses of Esperanto

Abstract In the vast literature that deals with Mohandas Gandhi, very little attention has been paid to his opinions on questions of language. This essay studies Gandhi’s use of the international auxiliary language, Esperanto, as a negative example of a way to find a common language. Gandhi was willing and able to collaborate with Esperantists. And yet, Esperanto was repeatedly invoked by Gandhi in order to attack it as an utopian ideal irrelevant in Indian contexts. Gandhi’s arguments against Esperanto established the rejection of an internationalism of which he perceived Esperanto to be a part. His rejection of Esperanto as an artificially constructed language is integral to his failure to acknowledge Hindi’s artificial construction and imposition in South Indian contexts. The Gandhi-led All Indian Education Conference at Wardha (1937) is situated in this essay, therefore, within a wider context of linguistic parochialisms.

The Use of English Songs to Improve the Listening Comprehension of Eighth-Grade Students at SMP Negeri 2 Babahrot

English is the world's international language of communication. In some countries, English is even a common language or mother tongue. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using English songs in improving students' listening skills. The population of this study is VIII-grade students at SMP Negeri 2 Babahrot. The study involved two groups: experimental group that learned by using songs and control group that used traditional teaching methods. The experimental group, consisting of 23 students, took a pretest and a posttest to measure the impact of the learning intervention using songs on their listening ability. The comparison between the two groups showed that the experimental group showed greater improvements in English language skills compared to the control group, with a mean pretest score of 60.70 and posttest score of 74.43. The use of English songs significantly improved the listening skills of the grade VIII students. These results support the hypothesis that using songs into English language learning, especially in improving listening skills, can improve students' listen skills. This suggests that songs can be an effective strategy for improving students and used as additional materials to increase students' motivation and engagement in learning.

Language Diversity in “Monolingual” Japan: Language Awareness Among High School Teachers of English

ABSTRACT Decades of research has investigated the heterogeneity of English among speakers of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds, but there still remains a significant gap between how English is taught in schools in Japan and the use of the language in international communication. The “standard English” of formal education is considered to relate to ways in which students perceive kyōtsūgo (common language), as a correct and universally intelligible variety of Japanese. In light of this cross-linguistic finding, the paper explores how language diversity is conceptualised across English and Japanese by six Japanese high school teachers of English. Data drawn from interviews and correspondence were analysed using a language awareness (LA) frame. The findings revealed tension between the teachers’ understanding of language and perceptions of Japan as a “monolingual” context for English language teaching (ELT). The study has the potential to contribute to the incorporation of language diversity in ELT in Japan and beyond.

Patient selection, ventricular tachycardia substrate delineation and data transfer for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS).

Stereotactic arrythmia radioablation (STAR) is a novel, non-invasive and promising treatment option for ventricular arrythmias (VA). It has been applied in highly selected patients mainly as bail-out procedure, when (multiple) catheter-ablations, together with anti-arrhythmic drugs, were unable to control the VAs. Despite the increasing clinical use there is still limited knowledge of the acute and long-term response of normal and diseased myocardium to STAR. Acute toxicity appeared to be reasonably low but potential late adverse effects may be underreported. Among published studies, the provided methodological information is often limited, and patient selection, target volume definition, methods for determination and transfer of target volume, and techniques for treatment planning and execution differ across studies, hampering pooling of data and comparison across studies. In addition, STAR requires close and new collaboration between clinical electrophysiologists and radiation oncologists, which is facilitated by shared knowledge in each collaborator's area of expertise and a common language. This clinical consensus statement provides uniform definition of cardiac target volumes. It aims to provide advice in patient selection for STAR including etiology specific aspects, and advice in optimal cardiac target volume identification based on available evidence. Safety concerns and the advice for acute and long-term monitoring including the importance of standardized reporting and follow-up are covered by this document. Areas of uncertainty are listed, which require high-quality, reliable pre-clinical and clinical evidence before expansion of STAR beyond clinical scenarios in which proven therapies are ineffective or unavailable.

Land sovereignty in depressed and contested agro-territories: The cases of Portugal and Brazil

This article offers an exploratory operationalisation of the concept of land sovereignty applied to land politics in 2 agro-territories from different countries and continents sharing a common language and deeply linked histories: Portugal and Brazil. These display a similar model of agricultural development, representing a contradiction between the promise of profit based on aggressive exploitation of the territory and the marginalised condition of its population. How this agricultural model took hold in each country and manifested the agrarian question differs according to key socio-historical factors, such as the role of each in the colonial history that links them. Today, however, these agro-territories face similar challenges: human rights abuses, environmental destruction, lack of sound territorial management and fair policies, coupled with the dilapidation of socio-economic infrastructures. This makes them especially vulnerable to climate change, unemployment and poverty, while also caught in a clash between development models: a hegemonic hyper-intensive production model and the peasant-based model that has been resisting the advances of the former. This double jeopardy has prompted us to speak of ‘depressed and contested agro-territories’. Our study shows how, in the case of Brazil, despite physical violence and threats to life, social movements are propelling land reform, linking it to the concept of the social function of land. In Portugal, in contrast, the country’s alignment with neoliberal development has civil society divided about how to contest land use. Our analysis indicates that in both cases: (i) today’s land politics are heavily biased towards a neoliberal, export-based, hyper-intensive agriculture controlled by large corporations, with weak legislation in place to defend both social and environmental rights; (ii) land reform based on land sovereignty and the social function of land is deemed crucial to assist agro-territories in regaining socio-ecological balance and to attain democratisation of land politics by regaining control over land, natural resources and local markets.

Diagnosis journey for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a qualitative study

ObjectiveThe objective is to explore the journey to diagnosis and referral pathway from the onset of symptoms to the initial assessments at paediatric rheumatology (PR) centres, based on the experience...

Syntactic priming in the classroom: using narratives to prime L2 arabic speakers

A robust finding in psycholinguistics is that prior language experience influences subsequent language processing. This phenomenon is known as syntactic priming. Most of the empirical support for L2 syntactic priming comes from lab-based experiments. However, this evidence might not reflect how priming occurs in typical language activities in the L2 classroom. As such, we conducted a classroom-based priming study. Using a between-subject design, 52 L2 Arabic speakers read and listened to eight story-reading sessions over two weeks that either included a high proportion of the fronted temporal phrase (TP) structure (experimental group) or included no fronted TPs (controls). The effect of L2 proficiency was also investigated. Results revealed that the experimental group did not significantly increase their use of fronted TPs in the immediate posttest or the one-week delayed posttest relative to the baseline. A null effect of Arabic L2 proficiency was also observed. We discuss our findings in light of related priming theories and previous findings. This study highlights the need for more research on syntactic priming via common language tasks in the L2 classroom.

Mapping the dimensions of family language policy for young children: the case of Emirati families

ABSTRACT The United Arab Emirates has a unique multilingual landscape with over 100 languages considered as the first languages of its population, English as the dominant lingua franca for communication among virtually all residents, and Arabic as the official language. The Emirati (native Arab citizens) families with young children have been in a unique sociolinguistic dilemma, and little is known about how they deal with the dilemma. This study aimed to address the gap. Individual ethnographic interviews were conducted with 20 Emirati families by trained Emirati ethnographic interviewers. Focused open and axial coding generated three dimensions of family literacy policy (FLP). Language ideology encapsulates the parents’ perception, assumption, and aspiration about Arabic and English and the child’s learning of the two languages. Language behavior features environmental control, motivational control, and task control concerning language education. Language metacognition foregrounds the parents’ evaluation of their child’s language learning and reflection on their own language behaviour. The three dimensions of FLP are reciprocally related. The three-dimensional model may serve as a useful conceptual framework for future investigation into FLP.

A novel approach to enterprise technical collaboration: Recommending R&D partners through technological similarity and complementarity

Choosing the right partner is a key factor in the success of enterprise R&D cooperation, directly affecting innovation outcomes and market competitiveness. Technical similarity provides a common language and foundational understanding between enterprises, while technical complementarity offers opportunities for knowledge exchange and innovation. However, no previous research has effectively integrated these two features within a collaborator recommendation framework. This study aims to explore a method that combines technological similarity and complementarity for collaborator recommendations. We introduced the Technological Similarity and Complementarity Enhanced Collaborator Recommendation (TSCE-CR) model, which constructs a heterogeneous corporate collaboration network and designs a tailored loss function. This model effectively integrates features of technological similarity and complementarity, enabling the neural network to capture and elucidate the nonlinear and multidimensional relationships in corporate collaborations. Experimental validation on patent data in the field of artificial intelligence demonstrated that our TSCE-CR model excels in identifying potential collaborators, effectively confirming the critical role of technological complementarity in R&D collaboration. This research provides a flexible framework for future studies on collaborator recommendations and offers reliable decision-making support for enterprises in selecting R&D partners.