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Not what we expected: the Jewish Museum Berlin in practice

An extensive existing literature studies Daniel Libeskind’s deconstructivist design for the Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB). This article focuses instead on the museum’s exhibits from 2001 to today, their evolution in response to visitor criticisms, and their discursive setting, all of which exhibit museum and marketing professionals’ attempts to deal with, and to an extent to overcome, the theory driven and Holocaust-laden architectural programme. The JMB, in practice, while including the Holocaust as one component of visitors’ experiences, instead emphasizes Jews and things Jewish as a positive component of a ‘postnational’ version of the German national narrative

A La Recherche du Temps de Verbe Perdu: Semantic Bootstrapping and the Acquisition of the Future Tense

Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1986), pp. 328-33

Performatives as Indexicals: Resolving the Performadox

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1983), pp. 266-28

Offsetting the Affective Filter: A Classic Grounded Theory Study of Post-Secondary Online Foreign Language Learners

With the Internet, foreign language learners can interact more easily with native speakers from other countries than in previous generations. For learners to develop the ability to function in foreign environments, it is vital to understand their experiences in postsecondary online foreign language classes. If educators and educational theorists are not cognizant of the possible effects caused by using or not using technological tools, severe limitations will happen to relevant, cognitive connections. Because of the current lack of understanding, learners are at a sociological, cultural, cognitive, and psychological disadvantage. The purpose of this qualitative study using a classic grounded theory method was to discover a theory that described patterns of behaviors by 15 adult learners who took at least one post-secondary, online foreign language class from schools in the United States. This study revealed the concerns that learners had regarding their experiences and how they dealt with those issues. When learners struggled, they became frustrated thereby causing an imbalance that prevented them from accomplishing their desired objectives. Offsetting the affective filter, the theory developed in this study, is about (a) comprehending the causes for and consequences of learners' frustration and their elevated affective filters and (b) discovering various elements that helped learners restore balance and acquire the necessary knowledge. By taking online foreign language classes, learners stepped outside their comfort zones thus setting into motion an imbalance that needed to be offset. Because offsetting the affective filter has important ramifications with respect to cognition, more research is necessary to develop tools to help learners reduce their anxiety in online classes. By expanding the field of study to other online and hybrid subject areas, researchers could develop of a broader, formal grounded theory. Such research might lead to the redesigning of online classes to be more andragogic and more transformative while addressing the cognitive and affective needs of the learners. A redesigning of a course might be advanced due to the need for (a) increased synchronous interaction between course members, (b) increased humor to lower learners' anxiety levels, and (c) learning styles to be addressed via all four learning modalities

Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN 2347-5374 (Online) PACE Your Class for Good Classroom Behavior Management

Abstract: In a K-12 foreign language class, having good classroom behavior management skills is vital to learner success. If an instructor uses the target language during a grammar lesson and if the students do not comprehend the lesson or are bored, mayhem could ensue. What could a teacher to do to prevent this? Good lesson organization using the PACE model of whole language learning is one way to avoid management issues. With the PACE model of whole language learning, educators are able to create an engaging, fun lesson while simultaneously grabbing the attention of the learners

Not What We Expected: The Jewish Museum Berlin in Practice

An extensive existing literature studies Daniel Libeskind\u27s deconstructivist design for the Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB). This article focuses instead on the museum\u27s exhibits from 2001 to today, their evolution in response to visitor criticisms, and their discursive setting, all of which exhibit museum and marketing professionals\u27 attempts to deal with, and to an extent to overcome, the theory-driven and Holocaust-laden architectural programme. The JMB, in practice, while including the Holocaust as one component of visitors\u27 experiences, instead emphasizes Jews and things Jewish as a positive component of a postnational version of the German national narrative