The concept of HOME in Serbian

This paper presents the concept of HOME in contemporary Serbian. It is shown that the idea of HOME is conceptualized in the language worldview of Serbian speakers as a multidimensional notion, profiled by relevant parameters: physical, functional, social, axiological, and affective, and that it has positive value

O funkcionalno-semantickoj kategoriji egzistencije u srpskom jeziku

V nastojaščej rabote rassmatrivajutsja osnovnye voprosy, svjazannye s funkcional'no-semantičeskoj kategoriej ëkzistencii v serbskom jazyke. Kategorija ëkzistencii javljaetsja universal'noj semantičeskoj kategoriej bol'šogo ob''ema, s nedostatočno jasno opredelennymi granicami. Ona ohvatyvaet različnye vidy i fazy suščestvovanija. Buduči organizovannoj kak funkcional'no-semantičeskoe pole, ona obladaet složnoj, ierarhičeski ustroennoj strukturoj. Centr FSP ëkzistencii v serbskom jazyke sostavljajut leksičeskie i sintaksičeskie jazykovye sredstva: leksičeskij centr konstituirujut ëkzistencial'nye glagoly (napr. biti, bivati, postojati egzistirati, živeti, prisustvovati), sintaksičeskij - predloženija, imejuščie v kačestve predikata ëti ëkzistencial'nye glagoly v svoem osnovnom značenii. K periferii polja otnosatsja ostal'nye sredstva dlja vyraženija ëkzistencial'nogo značenija: bliže k centru raspoloženy glagoly imati i nalaziti se, a takže predloženija, imejuščie v svoem sostave dannye glagoly v kačestve predikata; tut imejutsja i nominativnye predloženija, a zatem sledujut različnye polnoznačnye glagoly, kotorye mogut vystupat' v kačestve ëkzistencial'nyh glagolov, oboznačaja odnovremenno i ëkzistenciju i sposob ili fazu ëkzistencii

LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND CROWDSOURCING: INSIGHTS FROM A CROSS -EUROPEAN SURVEY

The paper presents a cross-European survey on teachers and crowdsourcing. The survey examines how familiar language teachers are with the concept of crowdsourcing and addresses their attitude towards including crowdsourcing into language teaching activities. The survey was administrated via an online questionnaire and collected volunteers' data on: (a) teachers' experience with organizing crowdsourcing activities for students/pupils, (h) the development of crowdsourced resources and materials as well as (c) teachers' motivation for participating in or employing crowdsourcing activities. The questionnaire was disseminated in over 30 European countries. The final sample comprises 1129 language teachers aged 20 to 65, mostly working at institutions of tertiary education. The data indicates that many participants are not familiar with the concept of crowdsourcing resulting in a low rate of crowdsourcing activities in the classroom. However, a high percentage of responding teachers is potentially willing to crowdsource teaching materials for the language(s) they teach. They are particularly willing to collaborate with other teachers in the creation of interactive digital learning materials, and to select, edit, and share language examples for exercises or tests. Since the inclusion of crowdsourcing activities in language teaching is still in its initial stage, steps for further research are highlighted