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The lexical patterning of light verbs in GRICLE and native corpora: A comparative corpus-based study

Author(s): Marina Mattheoudakis,Anna-Maria Hatzitheodorou / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This corpus-based study compares the lexical patterns of three English light verbs, make, give and take, in native and non- native student writing. Since these verbs are highly polysemous and form a large number of collocations, they pose problems for foreign language learners. The frequency and variety of collocations with light verbs are examined in the Greek Corpus of Learner English (GRICLE), and in the native corpora LOCNESS and PELCRA. Collocations with take and give feature more frequently in GRICLE than in the native corpora. Give was found to enter into more combinations in the Greek corpus, whereas both make and take are used in a larger variety of collocations in the native corpora. The contribution of these findings to language teaching is discussed.

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Keynesian Model in Small and Medium Enterprises Development: Puzzling Case of Russian Regions

Author(s): Maria Ginzburg,Nadezhda Yashina,Elena Ivanova / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This study explores the potential effects of Keynesian demand stimulation for small and medium-size businesses in Russian regions. The authors tested the following hypotheses: (1) is there a connection between small and medium-size business development in any given region of Russia and regional output (Gross Regional Product – GRP); (2) the higher the share of electric power consumption in GRP of a given region, the more regional product is created in this region and the higher the share of this regional product can be redistributed by means of small businesses. To test these hypotheses, the authors developed three indices related to the development of small and medium-size enterprises and the GRP, produced in the provinces of the Russian Federation. One index (SMEDI) summarizes the level of development of small and medium-size businesses in a region; another (GRPI) – the level of Gross Regional Product, produced in a given region; and finally (EPCI) - the level of electric power consumption in the GRP of a corresponding region. Correlation analysis was used to analyze data for 83 federal subjects of the Russian Federation for 2010-2014. The results indicate a moderate relationship between SMEDI and GRPI, and no relationship between SMEDI and EPCI. We conclude that the level of development of SMEs in the regions of Russia in 2010-2014 depends on the level of GRP to a certain degree. The level of development of SMEs is directly proportional to increases in GRP. But Keynesian model of demand stimulation, if applied to the Russian economy, stumbles upon the problems of fiscal federalism and the excessive centralization of economic governance, and this fact does not create effective stimulus for economic growth and small business development in Russia.

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Comparison of Health Care Results in Public Health Systems of European Countries

Author(s): Viera Pacáková,Pavla Jindrová,David Zapletal / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Health of citizens is a precondition for economic prosperity. Ensuring optimal functioning of health systems at limited financial resources of countries and regions is a difficult task. Its solution requires a lot of information that can be obtained only by appropriate analysis of data collected by authorized world, European and national institutions. About the state of public health systems there are collected and published a number of data on the regional, national, EU or OECD countries, continental and the world level. These databases can be used for comparative analyses on health status, risk factors to health, health care resources and utilization, as well as health expenditure and financing. Huge differences in health and healthcare exist between and within countries and regions. The aim of this article is to present the results of application of multivariate comparison statistical methods, regression analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis, which provide an overview of the health care status and public health systems expenditures, various causal relations and regional differences or similarities. This information is essential to the development of national and international health policies for treatment and financial budget of public health systems.

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Введение. Актуальные проблемы обучения русскому языку XII

Author(s): Anastasija Sokolova / Language(s): Russian Publication Year: 0

9-11 мая 2016 года в г. Брно в двенадцатый раз прошла международная научная конференция «Актуальные проблемы обучения русскому языку XII». Конференция продолжила серию конференций (2012 г., 2014 г.), организованных кафедрой русского языка и литературы педагогического факультета Университета им. Т. Г. Масарика и направленных на исследование актуальных проблем обучения русскому языку, а именно – на проблемы методики преподавания русского языка и литературы, проблемы лингвистики и литературоведения. В конференции приняли участие ученые из России, Украины, Белоруссии, Чехии, Словакии, Польши, Казахстана и Франции.

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Co je dialogické vyučování

Author(s): Klára Šeďová / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

V posledních dekádách došlo v pedagogických vědách k obratu k jazyku, komunikaci a dialogu. Současný výzkum akcentuje centrální roli jazyka a komunikace ve vztahu k učení a vytváření znalostí ve třídě (Jones & Hammond, 2016). Řada autorů věnuje soustředěný zájem tomu, jak probíhá komunikace ve školní třídě a jaké jsou její efekty. Důsledkem tohoto obratu je, že vzdělávací výsledky začínají být připisovány spíše kvalitě výukové komunikace než studijním předpokladům žáka či pedagogickým dovednostem učitele (Mercer & Littleton, 2007). Mercer a Howe (2012) postulují, že pokud chceme zlepšit výsledky žáků, musíme se zabývat rolí, kterou řeč a komunikace ve školním vzdělávání sehrávají. Tato perspektiva nejenže formuje akademickou teorii a výzkum, ale nachází své vyjádření v praktických aplikacích.

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Jak probíhá změna: případové studie jednotlivých učitelů

Author(s): Klára Šeďová,Roman Švaříček,Martin Sedláček,Zuzana Šalamounová / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

V předchozí kapitole jsme doložili, že v důsledku participace učitelů v našem rozvojovém programu došlo k významným změnám v povaze komunikace ve sledovaných třídách. Často se konstatuje, že efektivita vzdělávacích programů usilujících o změnu způsobu výuky je omezená, neboť v konečném důsledku jen zřídka dochází k modifikaci reálného jednání učitele (viz Adey, 2006; Butler et al., 2004; Reznitskaya & Gregory, 2013; Van den Bergh et al., 2015). Přestože změnit výukové postupy a jednání učitele ve třídě je velmi obtížné (Van den Bergh et al., 2015), úspěšné programy existují a je nutné identifikovat bazální mechanismy, které způsobují, že jsou některé programy efektivnější než jiné (Berson et al., 2015). Vzhledem k tomu, že náš program můžeme řadit mezi úspěšné, bude následující část této knihy věnována právě otázce, jaké okolnosti a mechanismy způsobily, že se implementace dialogického vyučování v našem projektu zdařila.

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My Memories: An Interview about the Early Days of Videoconferencing

Author(s): Janice de Haaff / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In the early days before smart phones, social media, and iPads, TESL teachers at AU were divided into two camps in their ideas of IT in language classes – those who were comfortable with modern technology and those who were concerned cables, cameras and screens would negatively transform the learning/teaching environment. I sat somewhere in‑between but when, shortly after a Diverse Conference (Developing Innovative Visual Educational Resources for Students Everywhere), an enthusiastic teacher at MU asked me if I was interested in bringing our classes together via videoconference, enthusiasm surpassed concern and I became part of the techie group. Both of us agreed lectures and presentations were not something we wanted in our ‘undivided’ (or divided by distance only) classroom. We intended to create a unique environment where students could interact with each other and not use this unique VC environment for Q & As after a presentation or lecture.

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The Role of Videoconferencing in Language Learning – A Sociopragmatic Approach

Author(s): Andrea Koblížková,Zuzana Bezdíčková / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The authors take a sociopragmatic approach to their use of videoconferencing. The feedback from their programme reveals not only the linguistic challenges of using English as a Lingua Franca but also the socio-cultural challenges inherent in exchanges between students from different countries and cultural backgrounds as well as at different stages of linguistic and emotional development. The programme contributes to raising students’ awareness of related issues and practical workarounds. It also shows how videoconferencing can open an international window while maximising the reassurance of a familiar setting in order to minimise the shock of the new.

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Developing Research Writing by Videoconference

Author(s): John Morgan / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The author outlines a detailed range of practical measures to ensure the success of using videoconferencing to develop research writing. The examples given highlight the technical challenges, but effective solutions and measures are presented. Clear parameters are listed and explained in using videoconferencing, and the importance of grounding parameters such as co-presence, visibility and audibility is stressed. The importance of establishing a community focus of support with both students and teachers can help with key issues of giving, receiving and acting on feedback. The article features detailed feedback from students on the effectiveness of the programme.

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Realising aBerNo

Author(s): Miranda Katherine Capecchi / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The author provides a detailed case study and reflective account of the aBerNo project. The course, making full use of videoconferencing, covered all four language learning skills through the teaching of key academic skills. The article covers key stages in the course’s development and highlights the work expected and outcomes achieved. Many technology-related issues are discussed, as are assessment procedures. The author provides a personal insight into the workings of a carefully developed project designed to enhance both the linguistic and academic skills of high-level students.

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“Yes, interesting. But who were they and what just happened?!”: Working with Disparate HE Groups via Videoconferencing

Author(s): Jo Eastlake,Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The authors highlight the processes and outcomes of videoconferencing using an active participation approach. Two contrasting student groups at different universities were able to participate in a varied programme of tasks using creativity to improve socio-linguistic skills. The course was task-orientated, with the learners generating or sourcing the majority of materials. A mix of the theoretical and the practical was used to underpin the programme.

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Management of Videoconferencing: Challenges and Strategies

Author(s): Libor Štěpánek / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The author looks at key issues facing managers in establishing effective videoconferencing courses in higher education. The issues highlighted are of a practical nature, but ones which cannot be ignored by those in charge of managing resources, including creating the right physical space, looking at timing and intercultural questions, and making proper use of both physical and human resources. This chapter provides an overview and helpful checklist to maximise the added value and quality of courses for all stakeholders.

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Videoconferencing (VC) Quick Guide

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This quick guide is a compilation of two videoconferencing booklets created for the Invite and Compact projects in 2008 and 2011, respectively. The aim of this guide is to inspire novice videoconference practitioners to deal with basic videoconferencing situations and challenges in an effective way.

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Bosna i Hercegovina u antičko doba u kontekstu zapadnobalkanske historiografije u prve dvije decenije 21. stoljeća

Author(s): Amra Šačić Beća / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Publication Year: 0

The research of ancient history in institutional terms is less represented than other historic periods, which certainly has an impact on the quality and quantity of published papers. We should also bear in mind one specific characteristic of ancient historiography – the difficulty of making a clear distinction between historical and archaeological research of the ancient history of Bosnia and Herzegovina – thus the results of both of these scholarly fields can be observed through the prism of comparability of their themes. A noticeable stagnation in the process of archaeological and historical research is the result of the war of 1992–1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the recent period witnessed the birth of a significant number of papers addressing topics such as Roman conquests, peregrine communities (civitates peregrinae), municipal units, and Romanization and urbanization of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. We should emphasize that the majority of these papers address the topics from the period of Augustus’s and Tiberius’s reign. The focus is on the study of the position of indigenous communities during the military conflicts with Rome, while the issue of their development following Bellum Batonianum (AD 6–9) is quite neglected. Apart from Slovenian scholar Marjeta Šašel Kos, the first phases of the Roman conquests of the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina were mostly studied by Croatian scholars – Siniša Bilić-Dujmušić, Danijel Džino, and Marin Zaninović – as part of their wider scope of research during the last two decades. Their research assumes two opposite directions. Firstly, they believe that the conquest of the Adriatic hinterland, i.e. the interior of Illyricum, should be traced through military and political interaction of Rome with individual indigenous communities and polities. Secondly, they believe that the sources are interpreted by tracing the essential political interaction between Rome and the entire regional geopolitical system of Illyricum in order to avoid defining Roman interactions with certain smaller political bodies. In the context of regional historiography regarding Roman conquests, we should single out the papers of already mentioned Danijel Džino. Although his stances frequently part ways with the scholars from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Džino should be acknowledged for making a methodological contribution to the study of the ancient history of Bosnia and Herzegovina through his research.

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Objavljeni primarni izvori iz Osmanskog razdoblja kao doprinos historiografiji Bosne i Hercegovine (2000–2019)

Author(s): Aladin Husić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Publication Year: 0

As was evident, even though the period in question was relatively short, a considerably large number of Ottoman materials were published, despite the diverse nature of the sources. This is partly a result of the fact that some of the above work was made even before 1992, either as projects of individuals or institutions. The material may be uniform in its kind, but it still allows the study of numerous issues that can be studied on the basis of published sources, which makes the “uniformity” of materials completely marginal. While an argument could be made in this respect with regard to the temporal disparity of sources, there are a number of other factors that need to be taken into account. First of all, the (lack of) preservation of the materials for certain periods, but also the absence of a strategy that would, in its program, at least to a point define certain guidelines that should be followed in filling certain time gaps, especially when it comes to the 19th century. Regardless of this kind of shortcoming, it can be said that in terms of publishing of sources, this period was still productive, even though there was a significant amount of material that was translated for decades before its publication.

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Uloga i značaj kompanija u oblikovanju i funkcionisanju inovacionog sistema

Author(s): Zijada Rahimić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Publication Year: 0

Kontinuiranim jačanjem istraživačko razvojnih aktivnosti i inovativnih sposobnosti kompanije postižu dugoročno održive konkurentske prednosti na sve kompleksnijim i neizvjesnijim tržištima današnjice. Istovremeno, stvaranjem novog znanja, inovativnom primjenom postojećih znanja i tehnologija, te olakšavanjem njihovog transfera doprinose izgradnji ekonomije znanja i konkurentnosti zemlje. Jedan od stubova ekonomije znanja jeste efektivan inovacioni sistem, u kojem posebno mjesto i ulogu imaju kompanije. Cilj rada je predstaviti i analizirati doprinos kompanija efikasnom funkcionisanju inovacionih sistema, ispitati vezu i uticaj inovativnosti i izdataka za istraživanje i razvoj na globalnu konkurentnost. Kao metodološki okvir za analizu efekata inovacijskih sposobnosti korišten je Globalni indeks inovacija (GII), kao i Indeks globalne konkurentnosti (GCI), u kojem inovacije i sofisticiranost predstavljaju jednu od tri kategorije konkurentnosti. U fokusu analize bio je odnos između inovacijskih inputa i inovacijskih outputa, kao i odnos između GII i GCI Bosne i Hercegovine, zemalja zapadnog Balkana i grupe odabranih zemalja Evropske unije (EU). Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da postoji statistički signifikantna veza između inovacijskih inputa i outputa. Evidentne su razlike u jačini veze između varijabli inovativnosti i konkurentnosti za zemlje zapadnog Balkana i za izabrane zemlje članice EU. Takođe je utvrđeno da izdaci za istraživanje i razvoj značajno utiču na vrijednost indeksa konkurentnosti.

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Role and importance of companies in shaping and functioning of the innovation system

Author(s): Zijada Rahimić / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

By continuously strengthening research and development (R&D) activities and innovative capabilities, companies are achieving long-term sustainable competitive advantages in today’s increasingly complex and uncertain markets. At the same time, by creating new knowledge, innovative application of existing knowledge and technologies, and facilitating their transfer, they contribute to building a knowledge economy and the country’s competitiveness. One of the pillars of the knowledge economy is an effective innovation system, in which companies have a special place and role. The aim of this paper is to present and analyse the contribution of companies to the efficient functioning of innovation systems, to examine the relationship and impact of innovation and R&D expenditures on global competitiveness. The Global Innovation Index (GII) and the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), in which innovation and sophistication represent one of the three categories of competitiveness, were used as a methodological framework for analysing the effects of innovation capabilities. The focus of the analysis was the relationship between innovation inputs and innovation outputs, as well as the relationship between the GII and GCI of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the countries of the Western Balkans and the group of selected countries of the European Union (EU). The research results show that there is a statistically significant relationship between innovation inputs and outputs. There are obvious differences in the strength of the link between the variables of innovation and competitiveness for the countries of the Western Balkans and for selected EU member states. It was also found that R&D expenditures significantly affect the value of the competitiveness index.

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L’Activité d’enseignement en ligne. Avantages et dilemmes éthiques

Author(s): Oana Jitaru,Roxana Bobu / Language(s): French Publication Year: 0

The study aims to investigate the ethical dilemmas specific to the teaching activity carried out in the context of the pandemic situation generated by COVID 19. We conducted some qualitative research with university professors who work at Gheorghe Asachi Technical University. From a methodological point of view, we selected the opinion questionnaire and the group interview as ways to gather information. We chose this way of working because the topic we treated is not easy and is more suitable for qualitative approaches. The group consisted of 29 teachers, who participated in the two organized group interviews and answered the proposed questionnaire.

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MANIFESTAREA TOLERANȚEI LA INCERTITUDINE ȘI A STIMEI DE SINE A STUDENȚILOR

Author(s): Galina Pravițchi,Emilia Vorobiov / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The research of tolerance to uncertainty and self-esteem as an individual predisposition to report to complex social and professional situations is particularly current and important in the context of the pandemic that revealed several psychological problems. The psycho-emotional well-being of the population is interpreted as the way the person perceives himself, evaluates his life, the way he feels and activates on a personal and social level. This interpretation has changed during the pandemic crisis. Young people mention that in moments of uncertainty their safety is affected, which leads them to make impulsive, anxiety-filled choices. Respectively, self-esteem undergoes changes with the confrontation of situations full of uncertainty. A high level of self-esteem allows people to act effectively, to cope with the difficulties of existence.

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ISSUES CONCERNING THE PLACE OF THE MORAL DIMENSION OF EDUCATION IN ROMANIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL - TEACHERS’ OPINION

Author(s): Adina Popovici / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The moral education aims at the formation of the individual according to the norms and rules that define the relationships between people, to the values promoted by a society. The moral profile of the personality is shaped by the family, developed by the school, and strengthened throughout the entire life. In this sense, schooling has a major importance, being the period when the automatisms on which the subsequent behavior habits will be built are formed. Moral education remains a great challenge in the current Romanian education. The peculiarity is given by the way in which the communist regime in Romania tried, and to a large extent succeeded, to use this classic dimension of education ideologically and practically, until 1989, when the political regime changed. In this context, our research aims to identify the place that moral education has in Romanian primary school, after more than 30 years since communism has failed. The results show that the moral dimension of education is a permanent concern of the teachers (85,1%), that it should have a specific subject in the curriculum (83,9%), and that teachers for primary school consider themselves responsible for the moral development of the students in the classes they manage (88,8%).

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