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{"title":"An inquiry on publishers’ criteria for recruitment of translators","authors":"Zahra Moghadamizad, Bahram Mowlaie, A. Rahimi","doi":"10.18844/ijntss.v4i2.5127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/ijntss.v4i2.5127","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to investigate the criteria considered by Iranian publishers for admitting translators. In order to achieve this purpose, the qualifications developed by Samuelson-Brown were employed to design a 19-item Likert scale questionnaire on a continuum from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree’. Some of the qualifications mentioned in the questionnaire were academic degree, translation competence, work experience, proficiency test, translators’ sense of responsibility for their task and the direct relationship between the publishers and the translators. Next, it was handed out to 140 Iranian publishers who were randomly selected as the participants from different parts of Iran for data collection. The collected data were analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively using the chi-squared test to see whether there were any significant relationships between each item and the participants’ attitudes. The qualitative results showed that almost all participants agreed with considering most qualifications as their own criteria to recruit translators, of course with some variations in their opinions on the significance of the variables of interest. However, the result of the chi-squared test showed a significant relationship only between four variables of inclusion of proficiency test, computer literacy, the translators’ relationship with the publisher and gender. The results can have some practical implications on translation course developers, students and teachers.\u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133190051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bilingualism and reading proficiency: Experiences of Armenian, Persian and Azeri students","authors":"M. Dadashi, Ali Soltani, A. Rahimi","doi":"10.18844/ijntss.v4i2.4768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/ijntss.v4i2.4768","url":null,"abstract":"The study presented here is an attempt to investigate the role of bilingualism in EFL students’ reading comprehension proficiency, and to that end six classes of three high schools were randomly chosen. These high schools were Soghomonian (Armenian bilinguals), Taleghani (Turkish bilinguals) and Ershad (Persian monolinguals). They were given a questionnaire and a reading comprehension test and the obtained data were analysed through one-way analysis of variance test. The performance of the three groups was significantly different. Tukey’s HSD showed that the Armenian bilingual group was the first and best group and the Persian monolingual group was the second one; however, the Turkish bilingual group was the poor third. The results suggest that L1 literacy practices of the Armenian bilinguals have worked to their advantage to the extent that they have outperformed the other two groups. This has not been the case with the Turkish bilinguals whose lack of L1 practices has worked to their detriment.\u0000 \u0000Keywords: Bilingualism, literacy, reading comprehension, EFL students.","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122115333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Örgütsel bağlılık sivil havacılık kabin ekipleri üzerine bir araştırma","authors":"Burcu Arısoy, Emsal Merve Biçer","doi":"10.18844/IJIRE.V7I1.5101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/IJIRE.V7I1.5101","url":null,"abstract":"Örgütlerin amaçlarına ulaşmasında en önemli etken, yapılan işin kalitesidir. Bir işin kalitesi de insan faktörüne bağlıdır. Bu nedenle, örgütler amaçlarını gerçekleştirmek için insan kaynağına sürekli yatırım yapmalı ve örgüt bünyesinde tutmaya çalışmalıdır; yani çalışanların örgüte olan bağlılıklarını artırmalıdırlar. Çalışan memnuniyeti ile örgütsel bağlılık arasındaki ilişkiye yönelik yapılan araştırmalarda, memnuniyetin örgütsel bağlılık boyutları üzerindeki etkileri araştırılmıştır. Araştırmaların ortak sonucuna göre; genel olarak çalışan memnuniyeti ve örgütsel bağlılık arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı ilişkiler ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu çalışmada, havacılık sektöründeki çalışanların memnuniyetlerinin artmasıyla çalışanların örgüte karşı bir bağlılık duyacağı ve bunun sonucunda müşterilere daha kaliteli hizmet verileceği varsayılmıştır. Sivil havacılık sektöründe kabin ekipleri, her havayolu şirketinin ön hattını temsil etmekte ve hizmet kalitesinin sağlanmasında önemli bir rol oynamaktadırlar. Bu nedenle örgütsel bağlılık her organizasyon için yaşamsal bir öneme sahip olmaktadır. Bu araştırma, bir havayolu şirketinden rasgele seçilmiş 100 kabin görevlisinin, bağlı olduğu şirkette çalışmaktan ne derece memnun olduğunu ve bu memnuniyetinin ya da memnuniyetsizliğinin hangi faktörlere bağlı olduğunu ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Aynı zamanda yaş, cinsiyet, medeni durum, deneyim (görev süresi), eğitim durumu gibi bazı demografik özellikler açısından farklılık gösterip göstermediğinin tespit edilmesi de araştırmanın amaçları arasında yer almaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri anket yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Bu bağlamda, çalışma iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci bölümde, örgütsel bağlılığa ilişkin kavramsal çerçeve sunulmuş ve örgütsel bağlılığı etkileyen faktörler literatüre uyumlu bir şekilde ifade edilmiştir. İkinci bölümde ise araştırma bulguları ve bu bulgulara ilişkin değerlendirmeler yapılmıştır. Kabin görevlilerinin örgütsel bağlılık düzeylerinin çeşitli boyutlarının, yaş, cinsiyet, görev süreleri, bulundukları pozisyon ve eğitim durumlarına göre farklılaştığı tespit edilmiştir. Kabin ekiplerinin çalışan memnuniyeti ve örgütsel bağlılık arasındaki ilişkide pozitif yönlü ve anlamlı ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sivil havacılık sektöründe yer alan örgütlerin çalışan memnuniyeti ve bağlılıklarını arttırmaya yönelik uygulamalar tavsiye edilmektedir. Örgütsel bağlılık kavramı gelecek yıllar içinde örgütler açısından önemi koruyacaktır.\u0000Anahtar Kelimeler: Çalışan Bağlılığı; Çalışan Memnuniyeti, Kabin ekibi; Örgütsel Bağlılık, Sivil Havacılık","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125195922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The comparative effects of different gloss types through screencast on vocabulary learning and working memory of Iranian EFL learners","authors":"Mohammad Reza Tavasoli, Bahram Mowlaie, Milad Abdol Majid, A. Rahimi","doi":"10.18844/ijntss.v4i1.4809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/ijntss.v4i1.4809","url":null,"abstract":"Screen cast as a viable digital tool to enhance vocabulary learning and retention is quite rare in many language contexts in Iran. It was stipulated that the application of different gloss types as a new pedagogical technique could be of value for this purpose. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating the effect of different gloss types presented through screen cast on learning vocabulary and working memory (WM). For this purpose, 60 male Iranian EFL learners were assigned to three equal groups (i.e., two experimental and a control group). After pre-tests, the experimental groups were taught vocabulary through different gloss types (i.e., lexical and topic-level) by means of a screen cast presentation. The control group was instructed through traditional techniques. The analysis of the data in post-tests revealed that the experimental groups outperformed the control group. It is thus suggested that gloss types presented via screen cast can boost EFL learners’ vocabulary knowledge and WM. This result can have pedagogical implications for EFL teachers and material developers. \u0000  \u0000Keywords: Gloss types, screen cast, vocabulary learning, working memory.","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127550526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Connection of architectural education with the technological world in Northern Cyprus","authors":"Alp Karaca","doi":"10.18844/IJNTSS.V4I1.5138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/IJNTSS.V4I1.5138","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the developing economic and technological opportunities, our structural environment and living spaces vary. In line with the increasing supply and demands of human beings, technological developments are increasing day by day, and they are trying to meet the expectations. The technological developments that started with the French Revolution show themselves in our living spaces, in every environment, where human beings exist and play the first-order factor in our lives. There is a process where living spaces and designs change and technological developments restructure the social environment of human beings. Technology, which developed rapidly, especially after 1990, is no longer a necessity but has become an indispensable part of our social life. Today, our relations with each other are now in a direct connection with technology. While our living spaces are being renewed and changed so rapidly, today’s adequacy of architectural education should be questioned. Has the education given in architectural education been able to meet the rapidly increasing demands of human beings? Have technological opportunities been a part of architectural education and can they use it effectively? The answer to these questions will be tried to be answered within the scope of architectural education, which is the focus of the research. In particular, the extent to which architectural design, which has a great place in the virtual reality environment, is supported during the university education process will be explored and the relationship between technological developments and design education will be revealed. In addition to the resource and data analyses to be carried out at all universities that provide architectural education accredited by YOK throughout Northern Cyprus, the research will also include observation methods and reports. \u0000  \u0000Keywords: Architectural education, technology, living spaces, virtual reality, design, North Cyprus.","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121315662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Student attitudes towards computer-assisted language learning and its effect on their EFL writing","authors":"A. Jahangard, A. Rahimi, Maral Norouzizadeh","doi":"10.18844/IJNTSS.V4I1.4785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/IJNTSS.V4I1.4785","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to assess the attitudes and perceptions of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students towards the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) programs and their perceived view on an online writing system that was developed in the present study by means of a questionnaire as well as an asynchronous discussion forum. An online writing system was developed and a sample of 30 EFL learners, studying at Sharif University of Technology in Iran, was assigned to the study. The CALL attitudes of the participants were assessed by a CALL questionnaire, which indicated that Iranian students attached a high value to CALL. Moreover, the comments of the participants that were posted on a discussion forum were analysed with the aid of Henri’s framework (1992), which revealed the presence of certain concepts and themes within the views of learners towards the use of computers in their educational settings. \u0000  \u0000Keywords: Computer-assisted instruction (CAI), computer-assisted language learning (CALL), EFL writing, student attitudes.","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"9 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141202402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An elegant lady or a flower girl? A critical discourse analysis of pygmalion through a systemic functional perspective","authors":"A. Rahimi, Hamideh Nami Anarjan","doi":"10.18844/IJNTSS.V3I1.4453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/IJNTSS.V3I1.4453","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to investigate the language of the main female character called Eliza in the play ‘Pygmalion’ by Bernard Shaw. This analysis is done by applying the transitivity system, which is part of English linguist Halliday’s (1985; 1994) systemic-functional grammar. According to the transitivity system, verbs can be classified into six processes: material, mental, relational, verbal, behavioural and existential. The most important ones, which are analysed in the play Pygmalion for the analysis of power status, are the material, mental and relational processes. When considering the pattern of participant representation in a text from the perspective of critical discourse analysis, it is useful to have some general sense of the types of participants, which tend to be construed grammatically as powerful and of those which are construed as less powerful or even powerless. The investigation is based on the ideas suggested by Goatly (2000) who made the interesting suggestion that we may construct a hierarchy of participant power relations in a text based on their roles in different types of clauses and processes. The results show that Eliza's change of power status has an effect on her role as a participant in clauses and processes in the play that is in accordance with Goatly's (2000) theory about participants' power hierarchy in process types. \u0000Keywords: CDA, systemic functional grammar, transitivity, power, participant role.","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116738971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating Microsoft IoT, machine learning in a large-scale power meter reading","authors":"L. Pascu, A. Simo, A. Vernica","doi":"10.18844/ijntss.v3i1.3815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/ijntss.v3i1.3815","url":null,"abstract":"Due to fast technological progress in the power engineering field, the need of new information/communication technologies is more and more underlined. e-Learning has become a viable alternative to traditional teaching/learning techniques, adopted especially due to the advantages offered by the possibility of continuous training. This paper presents a Microsoft internet of things platform for a very large-scale smart power meter reading, used not only for training operative staff of the distribution network operator but also to help end users to control electrical energy that they consume. The strength of this platform for the distribution network operator is that the read data can be used for energy forecast, which is very useful for the future energy consumption optimisation. The platform can be reached through the Internet using a user name and password. A comparison between the results provided by classical teaching/learning methods and the ones achieved using this platform is presented. \u0000Keywords: Machine learning, internet of things (IoT), training.","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131403693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An adaptation of traditional Turkish educational games to the teaching of vocabulary in EFL environment","authors":"Funda Kurt, Fatih Yavuz","doi":"10.18844/ijntss.v2i2.3952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/ijntss.v2i2.3952","url":null,"abstract":"Vocabulary plays a vital role in all methods and approaches in ELT. Vocabulary knowledge is one of the significant sub-skills for not only receptive but also productive skills in foreign language learning process. As the techniques used to teach vocabulary vary in approaches for different purposes, it can be observed that they can be classified as conscious or explicit and unconscious or implicit ones. This paper aims to outline some traditional methods of vocabulary teaching particularly young learners; the significance of game –based teaching process in education; the application of educational games in language classes; some studies carried out with the purpose of searching the effects of educational games in foreign language learning process; the benefits of teaching frequent vocabulary through games for young learners through the related literature. This study concludes by suggesting an adaptation of some traditional Turkish games to the teaching frequent vocabulary to young learners in foreign language teaching. \u0000  \u0000Keywords: vocabulary teaching; game – based teaching process; traditional Turkish games; young learners; frequent vocabulary","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127517556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Model of public choice and political rent","authors":"A. Bezat-Jarzębowska, WÅ‚odzimierz Rembisz, A. Sielska","doi":"10.18844/ijntss.v2i2.3816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18844/ijntss.v2i2.3816","url":null,"abstract":"It can be assumed that the scope of agricultural policy and connected with its financial streams are not accidental. Selection of a particular, policy defines a mechanism in which the benefits and costs are combined. Such an effort of describing and ex plaining the mechanism was presented in the paper. We use the concept of a public choice model. Issues of including political (or admin istrative) interest in defining and shaping the policy are incorporated into the models of public choice. The authors assumed the rationality of decision makers and their goal to maximize their own utility. The analysis presented in the paper is some reference to one of the trends of political economy, according to which the emphasis is on the voters’ behaviour. \u0000  \u0000Keywords: Public choice, political rent, agricultural policy, political economic  analysis","PeriodicalId":189745,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130889424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}