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Faithful Prodigals, Precarious Polity and Re-Jigging National Discourse: Readings from Two African Novels 忠实的浪子、不稳定的政体与重新摇摆的民族话语——解读两部非洲小说

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0016

Ogbu Chukwuka Nwachukwu

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Test Banking in English for Medical Purposes (Dentistry) 医学英语测试库（牙科）

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0012

Ilina Doykova

{"title":"Test Banking in English for Medical Purposes (Dentistry)","authors":"Ilina Doykova","doi":"10.2478/jolace-2019-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2019-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Activities and questions to assess knowledge in English for medical purposes were designed to incorporate terminology, academic vocabulary and grammar items in computer-based tests for bachelor students in Dentistry at Medical University - Varna. During the two-semester study course identification of key words, core lexical patterns, specific collocations and emphasis on their recurrent use were the selected strategies for student retention of specialized language and improved learning outcomes. Medical terms as single-word lexical units with straightforward definitions are easy to learn compared to collocations and multi-word terms including polysemous adjectives. In the present paper we concentrate on the process of formation of structures containing attributive adjectives which can be quite a problematic and error-generating area for second language learners. The aim of the on-going research study is to extract current lists of the sub-technical vocabulary and the terminological units in specialized medical domains as linguistic resources. The collection of assessment materials into a test bank for specific educational purposes is a customizable electronic resource, imported into the University platform to facilitate the process of compilation and creation of new tests. By implementing corpus linguistic tools into test design, the instructor aims at providing an authentic e-assessment environment based on the idea of key words in context, concordances, and lexical patterns as per the contents of the selected textbooks and teaching materials during the course. The paper highlights some strategic issues about creating test resources in EMP such as the adherence to a set of selected linguistic items and grammatical structures based on their frequency in the domain.","PeriodicalId":41689,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Cultural Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42193232","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}

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Metaphorical Nomination in IT Terminology in Lithuanian and English Languages 立陶宛语和英语信息技术术语中的隐喻提名

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0006

Vilija Celiešienė, Saulutė Juzelėnienė

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EFL Teachers’ Moral Dilemma and Epistemic Beliefs 外语教师的道德困境与认识论信念

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0002

Amin Karimnia, Meisam Jamadi

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The Importance of Intercultural Communicative Competences for Tourism Labour Market: Students’ Views and their Self-Assessment 跨文化交际能力对旅游劳动力市场的重要性：学生的观点与自我评价

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0007

Zuzana Sándorová

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PhD graduates at Czech Universities: the Account of their Study, Postdoc Options and Job Ambitions 捷克大学博士毕业生：他们的学习、博士后选择和工作抱负

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0004

A. Wiegerová

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Intercultural competence of university teachers: a challenge of internationalization 大学教师的跨文化能力：国际化的挑战

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0001

A. Zelenkova, D. Hanesová

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Fundamentals of Mathematical Knowledge in the Traditional Culture of Evenks Evenks传统文化中的数学知识基础

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0005

P. Khoroshikh, A. Sergievich

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Gendered Performance, Fluid Identities and Protest in Tess Onwueme’s Then She Said It 苔丝《然后她说》中的性别表演、流动身份与抗议

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0008

R. C. Amaefula

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The Use of Hedging in Research Articles on Applied Linguistics 套期保值在应用语言学研究文章中的应用

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Journal of Language and Cultural Education Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.2478/jolace-2019-0003

Inna Livytska

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