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This bilingual book provides a detailed overview of the project to
construct a National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh (CorCenCC),
addressing the conceptual and methodological challenges faced when
developing language corpora for minoritised languages. A conceptual
framework is presented for the user-driven design that underpinned
the CorCenCC project, along with a detailed blueprint that can
function as a scaffold for other researchers embarking on projects
of this nature. This book will be of value to those working in
language teaching, learning and assessment, language policy and
planning, translation, corpus linguistics and language technology,
and to anyone with an interest in Welsh and other minoritised
languages. Mae'r llyfr dwyieithog hwn yn rhoi trosolwg manwl o'r
prosiect i greu Corpws Cenedlaethol Cymraeg Cyfoes (CorCenCC), ac
yn mynd i'r afael a'r heriau cysyniadol a methodolegol a wynebir
wrth ddatblygu corpora iaith ar gyfer ieithoedd lleiafrifoledig.
Cyflwynir fframwaith cysyniadol ar gyfer y cynllun wedi'i yrru gan
ddefnyddwyr sy'n greiddiol i brosiect CorCenCC, ynghyd a glasbrint
manwl a all weithredu fel sgaffald i ymchwilwyr eraill sy'n dechrau
ar brosiectau o'r fath. Bydd y llyfr hwn o werth i'r rhai sy'n
gweithio ym meysydd addysgu, dysgu ac asesu ieithoedd, polisi iaith
a chynllunio ieithyddol, cyfieithu, ieithyddiaeth gorpws a
thechnoleg iaith, ac unrhyw un a diddordeb yn y Gymraeg ac
ieithoedd lleiafrifoledig eraill.
This book is a four-volume study on modern Chinese complex
sentences, giving an overview and detailed analysis on the key
attributes and three major types of this linguistic unit. Complex
sentences in modern Chinese are unique in formation and meaning.
The author proposes a tripartite classification of Chinese complex
sentences according to the semantic relationships between the
clauses, i.e., coordinate, causal, and adversative. The first
volume defines Chinese complex sentences and makes detailed
comparisons between the tripartite and dichotomous systems for the
classification of complex sentences. It then thoroughly
investigates causal complex sentences in their eight typical forms.
The second volume analyses the coordinated type in the broad sense
and the relevant forms, while the third focuses on adversative
type, examining the major forms and implications for research and
language teaching. The final volume looks into attributes of
Chinese complex sentences as a whole, discussing the constituents,
related sentence forms, and semantic and pragmatic relevance of
complex sentences. The book will be a useful reference for scholars
and learners of the Chinese language interested in Chinese grammar
and language information processing.
This timely volume addresses issues pertaining to language
teaching, learning and research during the pandemic. In times of a
global emergency, the aftermath of emergency remote teaching (ERT)
cannot be ignored. The question of how language educators and
researchers unleash creativity and employ strategies vis-a-vis ERT
still remains to be answered. With practitioners in mind, it covers
a broad spectrum of educational settings across continents, target
languages and methodologies. Specifically, it reveals viable ways
of utilizing digital technologies to bypass social distancing while
highlighting the pitfalls and challenges associated with crisis
teaching and research. This volume comprises two parts: Teacher
Voice vicariously transports readers to practitioners' compelling
stories of how teacher resilience, identity and professional
development are crystallized in adaptive pedagogy, online teaching
practicum, virtual study programs and communities of practice
during ERT. The second part, Researcher Corner, showcases
innovative approaches for both novice and seasoned researchers to
upskill their toolkits, ranging from case study research and mixed
methods designs, to auto- and virtual ethnography and social media
research. The array of food for thought provides a positive outlook
and inspires us to rethink our current practices and future
directions in the post-COVID world. Regardless of their backgrounds
and experiences, readers will be able to relate to this accessible
volume that harmonizes research and practice, and speaks from the
hearts of all the contributors.
An essential companion for IELTS writing instructors and students,
Developing Writing Skills for IELTS provides IELTS test-takers with
the necessary skills to succeed in the two academic writing tasks
in IELTS. Adopting an original exemplar-based writing instructional
approach, this text offers an in-depth and reader-friendly analysis
of the assessment standards of the two academic writing tasks in
IELTS. Authentic exemplars written by EFL university students are
included to illustrate high (Bands 8-9), average (Bands 6-7), and
low (Bands 4-5) performances in IELTS writing. Key Features: *
Diagrammatical representation of assessment standards of the two
academic writing tasks by experienced IELTS writing examiners and
instructors. * 100 writing questions modelled after the IELTS
format, designed by the authors, and categorised according to
question types and topics that emerge from an analysis of over 400
IELTS writing questions. * Over 100 writing exemplars by EFL
university students, accompanied by guided activities and suggested
answers. Designed as a classroom text, a resource for workshops and
consultations, or a self-study material, Developing Writing Skills
for IELTS: A Research-based Approach will support IELTS writing
instructors and test-takers with a variety of writing
proficiencies.
This edited book examines how sexuality and sexual identity
intersect and interact with other identities and subjectivities -
including but not limited to race, religion, gender, social class,
ableness, and immigrant or refugee status - to form reinforcing
webs of privilege and oppression that can have significant
implications for language teaching and learning processes. The
authors explore how these intersections may influence the teaching
of different languages and how pedagogies can be devised to
increase equitable access to language learning spaces. They seek to
open the conversation on intersectional issues as they relate to
sexuality and language teaching and learning, and provide a
conversational space where readers can engage with the notion of
intersectionality. This book will be of interest to students and
scholars of applied linguistics and language education, gender and
LGBTQ+ studies, and sociolinguistics, outlining possible future
directions for intersectional research.
Of the five major Shakespearean tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo
and Juliet, King Lear, and Othello-King Lear is perhaps the most
challenging. Issues of rulership, family and blood, are overlaid
with bastardy, loyalty, lust, and deceit. Add to this the
apparently gratuitous on-stage blinding of Gloucester, the deaths
of Cordelia, Lear, Gloucester, and Kent, and one might be inclined
to agree with Samuel Johnson that "The good suffer more than the
evil, that love and suffering, in this play, are almost
interchangeable terms and the driving force of the action is
derived from the power of the evil to inflict mental agony upon the
good" (quoted in Kermode, 505). However, one would be mistaken to
accept wholeheartedly the happy endings of the eighteenth and
nineteenth century revisionists. While the pleasant ending would
certainly ease the sensibilities of the audience, it would omit the
Aristotlean concepts of hamartia and the purgation of fear and pity
attendant upon actually witnessing Shakespeare's King Lear, the
necessary catharsis, a possible scapegoat for our own emotions. Of
course, the ending is to some extent unpleasant and even shocking;
however, one can argue that the ending is organic to the play; the
ending IS, to a great extent, the play.
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