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23/ The Language of Literary Texts - Between Artistic Philosophy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

TITLE:   The Language of Literary Texts - Between Artistic Philosophy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy DATE OF READING: 4 APRIL 2021 Authors:  Iuliana Barnaa, Mihai Androne Published:  3 May 2012 Name of the Academic Journal:  ScienceDirect, "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences" Volume 51, Pages 268-272 Source:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812032958 Summary:  The majority of the studies dealing with the autistic children language show that they do not use the pronoun I. At the narrative level, the autistic child exhibits severe language deficits, because the narration of an event, situation, and fiction, despite the use of a special kind of language limited to only a few words, is almost non-existent. Communication does not refer to words, but also to their purpose. In research authors that the autistic child does not avoid only the use of the first person pronoun and its functions, but also the general pattern of building utterances, that
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22/ Facebook: A Shift from Social to Academia

TITLE:   Facebook: A Shift from Social to Academia DATE OF READING: 27 APRIL 2021 Authors:  Prema Ponnudurai, Tarosh Thomas Jacob Published: 20   March 2014 Name of the Academic Journal:  ScienceDirect, "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences" Volume 123, Pages 122-129 Source:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814014438 Summary:  Main objective of this study is to determine if this mode of online writing affects students writing anxiety and to access overall students’ attitudes towards the use of Facebook in the academic domain. 96 students from a variety of disciples partook in this study. The data was analyzed using SPSS, the findings indicated that there was a positive correlation between writing online via Facebook and reduced anxiety levels. The findings indicated that there was a positive correlation between writing online via Facebook and reduced anxiety levels, whilst resulting in an overall positive attitude towards the use of Facebook in
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21/ Inter-religious Relations in the Polish Armed Forces 1918-1939

TITLE:   Inter-religious Relations in the Polish Armed Forces 1918-1939 DATE OF READING: 20 APRIL 2021 Author:  Waldemar Rezmer Published:  14   December 2016 Name of the Academic Journal:  ScienceDirect, "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences" Volume 236, Pages 374-378 Source:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042816316901 Summary:  The article describes inter-religious relations in the Polish Armed Forces between years 1918 and 1939. The Polish Constitution compelled Catholics and the representatives of all other religions to military service. The pastoral care was provided by the Bishop's Curia – the Field Bishop's Curia (for Catholics) or the Department of Non-Catholic Religions – the Bureau of Non-Catholic Religions of the Ministry of Military Affairs (for non-Catholics). The military authorities of the Second Republic of Poland devoted considerable attention to providing an adequate pastoral care to as many soldiers as possible, regardl
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20/ Effective Ways of Teaching British Culture and Civilization

TITLE:   Effective Ways of Teaching British Culture and Civilization DATE OF READING: 13 APRIL 2021 Authors:  Ileana Silvia Ciornei, Traian Marius Tămagă Published: 25   January 2013 Name of the Academic Journal:  ScienceDirect, "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences" Volume 70, Pages 1919-1924 Source:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.01.270 Summary:  This study focuses on the ways British culture is taught at the university level in Romania. This research was carried out over a four year period through a questionnaire applied to third year students from the Faculty of Education Sciences. According to the results, language teaching cannot be separated from culture, and choice of methods for teaching culture depends on the teacher and on learner proficiency. As it was observed, students acquired a considerable cultural and linguistic knowledge.  Thesis Statement: Students were given ten-items questionnaires to assess the effectiveness of their cultural awareness abo
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19/Exploring Poems to Promote Language Learners’ Creative Writing

TITLE:   Exploring Poems to Promote Language Learners’ Creative Writing DATE OF READING: 6 APRIL 2021 Author:  Yasemin Kırkgöz Published:  19 December 2014 Name of the Academic Journal:  ScienceDirect, "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences" Volume 158, Pages 394-401 Source:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.106 Summary:  The journal describes how poems can effectively be used to foster EFL  (English as a Foreign Language) /ESL (English as a Second Language) students’ creative writing. The paper starts with discussing the meaning of creativity, and the importance of creativity within the language learning process. Then, it proceeds to demonstrate how students’ creative writing can be fostered by composing English poems. There was used three-stage writing-using model advocated by Bouman to promote students’ creative writing skills. It can be pointed out that what is missing in many classrooms is lack of tasks that contribute to the improvement of learners’ creativi
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18/ Incorporating multicultural literature in English language teaching curriculum

TITLE:   Incorporating multicultural literature in English language teaching curriculum DATE OF READING: 30 MARCH 2021 Author:  Behbood Mohammadzadeh Published:  August 2009 Name of the Academic Journal:  ScienceDirect, "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences" Volume 1, Issue 1 Pages 23-29 Source:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.008 Summary:  The research aims to examine the ways of incorporating multicultural literary texts in English language teaching curriculum. Teachers mainly use traditional reading methods, therefore, diverse students are unaware of, for example, Eurocentric prejudices that can be examined only by using postcolonial literary criticism. As a result, these teachers are not able to encourage their students to admit uncritically challenging representations of various cultural groups as they encounter these representations in their literary texts. By using the postcolonial literary theory will lead their students to understand more effectively t
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17/ The Study of the Perception of Code-switching to English in German Advertising

TITLE:   The Study of the Perception of Code-switching to English in German Advertising DATE OF READING: 23 MARCH 2021 Author:  Anna V. Zhiganova Published:  14 December 2016 Name of the Academic Journal:  ScienceDirect, "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences" Volume 236, Pages 225-229 Source:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.12.011 Summary:  The research highlights the increasing role of code-switching to English in the context of global transformations. A survey conducted among the German-speaking community was aimed at finding out what socio-cultural values English conveys and how native speakers perceive the presence of English-inserted elements in an advertisement. It showed that code-switching to English is considered a complex phenomenon that has both positive and negative aspects. Code-switching to English looks suitable and does not encounter any tension on the part of the audience. Introduction: 1 paragraphs Body: 3 paragraphs Conclusion: 1 paragraph Perso
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