{"title":"Study on the Diachronic Grammaticalization of Like and Its Variants from Corpus-linguistic Perspective","authors":"Qingliang Meng","doi":"10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/11999d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/11999d","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to investigate the diachronic evolution of the word “like” and its variants “likely”, “like to”, “feel like”, and “would like to”, etc. in the process of grammaticalization. Statistics from the search of corpora BNC and COHA show the variants of “like” and their historical trend of grammaticalization. The results demonstrate the highly active role of “like” in both lexical and grammatical functions in history. Furthermore, the variants and collocations of “like” have been the result of frequent interaction between human beings and languages. The findings have significant implications for second language pedagogy.","PeriodicalId":199067,"journal":{"name":"Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 8","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114954857","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":"A Perspective on an Interdisciplinary Approach to Education","authors":"Russel D'Souza, Nandini Vaz Fernandes","doi":"10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/4067f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/4067f","url":null,"abstract":"Interdisciplinary learning is fundamentally a process in which learning is not compartmentalized in a way that it crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries, and, most significantly, allows learners to evaluate their own learning. Encouraging learners to think divergently, laterally, and to apply conceptual thinking to the world around them to help them understand different domains needs a focused strategy. Interaction of various subjects is what keeps things fascinating to the learners. The present study proposes two ways by which an interdisciplinary approach of teaching-learning can be applied. The proposed strategies are systematic approaches to promote creativity, critical thinking, deep learning and team-based work abilities in the learners. The success of multidisciplinary and experiential learning thus depends on this shift in focus and strategy.","PeriodicalId":199067,"journal":{"name":"Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 8","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133845702","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":"Assessment of the Application of Kirkpatrick Model for Effectiveness of Islamic Education Teacher Programme","authors":"Mohamad Zarkhuan Zainol, Azmil Hashim, A. Kasim","doi":"10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/3816f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/3816f","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":199067,"journal":{"name":"Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 8","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126593112","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":"A Comparative Study on using Contingency Table Approaches in Differential Item Functioning Analysis","authors":"J. Pedrajita","doi":"10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/3998f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mplle/v8/3998f","url":null,"abstract":"This study provides a demonstration of differential item functioning (DIF) analysis. It made use of test scores of 200 junior high school students on a Chemistry Achievement Test, a measure tested for its psychometric properties. One hundred students came from a public school, while the other 100 were private school examinees; one hundred students were males and the other 100 were females; and 95 students were of low ability and 105 students were of high ability based on their English II grades. Four contingency table approaches, the Chi-Square, Distractor Response Analysis, Logistic Regression and the Mantel-Haenszel Statistic, were applied in the DIF analysis to identify test items indicating bias between examinees matched on school type, gender, and English ability. Thereafter, the results for the four approaches were compared. The findings revealed the presence of items indicating school type-, gender-, and English ability-based DIF. There was a high degree of correspondence between the Logistic Regression and the Mantel-Haenszel Statistic in identifying potentially biased test items.","PeriodicalId":199067,"journal":{"name":"Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 8","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126933939","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}