Atos de fala e estratégias de delicadeza no desenvolvimento da competência pragmática de alunos de Português Língua Não Materna no contexto de ensino alemão

O presente trabalho de investigação insere-se no âmbito do Mestrado Português Língua Não Materna da Universidade Aberta. Pretende-se refletir a respeito das realizações dos atos ilocutórios diretivos, comissivos, expressivos e assertivos e das estratégias de delicadeza positiva e negativa a partir da constituição e delimitação de um corpus composto por vinte e três diálogos de produção oral realizados por dezessete alunos dos níveis A1.2/A1.3 e B1/B2 de Português em Hamburgo, na Alemanha. A pesquisa fundamenta-se nos estudos do campo da Pragmática Linguística. Analisamos o desenvolvimento da competência pragmática a partir da realização de atos ilocutórios em interações desenvolvidas em contextos específicos com o objetivo de verificar de que maneira os atos de fala e as estratégias de delicadeza são produzidos pelos alunos de Português Língua Não Materna. Além disso, desenvolvemos uma Ficha Sociolinguística com informações a respeito do perfil sociológico, linguístico e cultural dos alunos. A partir da recolha e da análise dos resultados obtidos, constatamos que a maioria dos alunos não apresenta dificuldades em formular atos de fala, principalmente indiretos, e utiliza estratégias de delicadeza principalmente em atos de convite e atos expressivos.This work is within the scope of studies of the Master’s degree course in Portuguese as a nonnative language offered by Aberta University. It aims to reflect upon directive illocutionary acts, commissive speech acts, expressive speech acts, assertive speech acts and politeness strategies, both positive and negative, deriving from the creation and limitation of a study corpus made of twenty-three oral dialogues produced by seventeen students from A1.2/A1.3 and B1/B2 Portuguese levels in Hamburg, Germany. This research is based on studies in the field of Linguistic Pragmatics. We have analyzed the development of pragmatic skills during the performance of illocutionary acts in interactions which occurred in specific contexts with the ultimate goal of verifying how the speech acts and politeness strategies are produced by the students of Portuguese as a second language. Moreover, we have developed a Sociolinguistic Record with informations regarding the cultural and sociological background of the learners. From the collection and analysis of the obtained results, we found that the majority of students do not show any difficulties in formulations speech acts, mostly indirect ones, and use politeness strategies mainly in invitational acts and expressive acts

Experimental Study to Determine the Effectiveness of One Type of Course in College Mathematics for the Non-Major

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Speech acts and politeness strategies in the development of pragmatic competence of Portuguese as a Non-Native Language students in the German teaching context”

O presente trabalho reflete sobre as realizações de atos de fala e de estratégias de delicadeza a partir de um corpus composto por diálogos realizados por alunos de Português Língua Não Materna de níveis A1.2/A1.3 e B1/B2 em Hamburgo, Alemanha. O trabalho tem como objetivo observar o desenvolvimento da competência pragmática a partir da realização de atos de fala e estratégias de delicadeza produzidas pelos alunos de Português Língua Não Materna em interações desenvolvidas em diferentes contextos.The present paper focuses on the production of speech acts and politeness strategies based on a corpus composed of dialogues performed by Portuguese as a non-native language students of levels A1.2/A1.3 and B1/B2 in Hamburg, Germany. The work aims to observe the development of pragmatic competence from the realization of speech acts and politeness strategies produced by students of Portuguese as a Non-Native Language in interactions developed in different contexts.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Rheological characterization and modeling of thermally unstable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)

Presently, almost every industry uses conventional plastics. Its production from petroleum and extensive plastic pollution cause environmental problems. More sustainable alternatives to plastics include bioplastics such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), which is produced by bacteria and is biodegradable even in seawater. High temperature sensitivity as well as massive thermal degradation cause difficulties during the processing of PHBV. The aim of this work is to create a detailed rheological characterization and master curves to gain deeper knowledge about the material and its processing parameters. The rheological characterization was performed with frequency sweeps in the range of 0.1 rad/s to 628 rad/s and time sweeps over 300 s. Creating master curves at the reference temperature of 180 °C with the software IRIS delivers Carreau and Arrhenius parameters. These parameters allow for a calculation of the master curves for all other temperatures by means of the temperature shift factor. Moreover, the rheological measurements reveal a minimum rheological measurement temperature of 178 °C and a surprisingly high activation energy of 241.8 kJ/mol.Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaf

Massachusetts Special Education Administrators: A Mixed Methods Study of Beliefs, Efficacy and Leadership Related to Students with Emotional Disturbance

There are many concerns related to students with emotional disturbance (ED) as they struggle in both academic and social domains (Little, Lane, Harris, Graham, Story & Sandmel, 2010; Nelson, Benner, Lane & Smith, 2004). There has been a strong emphasis on leadership in recent educational research and with such problems surrounding students with ED, one could turn to the leaders in special education. Research suggests that leadership plays a significant role in student achievement and learning: “Of all the factors that contribute to what students learn at school, present evidence led us to the conclusion that leadership is second in strength only to classroom instruction. Furthermore, effective leadership has the greatest impact in those circumstances (e.g., schools “in trouble”) in which it is the most needed” (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004, p. 70). With a focus in Massachusetts, this mixed methods study examined the leaders in special education, the special education adminsitrators at the district level. It sought to investigate the beliefs that special education administrators hold related to students with ED and their education. It worked to examine their leadership efficacy in leading for social justice and working with this population of students, their teachers and other leaders. Finally, this study worked towards an in-depth understanding of the contextual factors that may contribute to the administrators’ beliefs and efficacy. In general, special education administrators hold strong beliefs about students with ED and their education as well as a high sense of efficacy to lead for social justice and transformative leadership. Results revealed, however, that the number of years that the administrators have been in the position and the type of school in which they work are both significant factors related to their beliefs and efficacy. Furthermore, three factors were found to be a source of the administrators’ efficacy including personal backgrounds, district policies and school/district culture. Findings from this study may be useful to school districts, administrator preparation programs and policymakers as they work to support special educators in the field as well as students with disabilities

Rheological Characterization and Modeling of Thermally Unstable Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)

Presently, almost every industry uses conventional plastics. Its production from petroleum and extensive plastic pollution cause environmental problems. More sustainable alternatives to plastics include bioplastics such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), which is produced by bacteria and is biodegradable even in seawater. High temperature sensitivity as well as massive thermal degradation cause difficulties during the processing of PHBV. The aim of this work is to create a detailed rheological characterization and master curves to gain deeper knowledge about the material and its processing parameters. The rheological characterization was performed with frequency sweeps in the range of 0.1 rad/s to 628 rad/s and time sweeps over 300 s. Creating master curves at the reference temperature of 180 °C with the software IRIS delivers Carreau and Arrhenius parameters. These parameters allow for a calculation of the master curves for all other temperatures by means of the temperature shift factor. Moreover, the rheological measurements reveal a minimum rheological measurement temperature of 178 °C and a surprisingly high activation energy of 241.8 kJ/mol

SWOT-Analyse zur Energiewende Unna/Kamen/Bergkamen/Bönen/Holzwickede : unter besonderer Berücksichtigung einer Bestands- und Bedarfsanalyse gewerbespezifischer Energiedienstleistungen für den Mittelstand ; Abschlussbericht

Kern des Projektes war es zu untersuchen, wie der Untersuchungsraum in Bezug auf die Energiewende aufgestellt ist und welche Entwicklungspotenziale künftig im Zuge einer gesellschaftlich und politisch gewollten Energiewende genutzt werden können. Zur Qualifizierung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs wurde im Rahmen der hier bearbeiteten Forschungsfragen Studierende darin angeleitet, im Bereich der energiebezogenen Transformationsforschung eigenständig Teilaspekte zu untersuchen. Dementsprechend wurden vom Wuppertal Institut insgesamt vier Studienarbeiten mit verschiedenen Themenschwerpunkten ausgeschrieben. Diese sollten am konkreten Beispiel der zu untersuchenden Region aufzeigen, welche Stärken und Schwächen, aber auch Chancen und Risiken in Bezug auf die pro-aktive Gestaltung der Energiewende bestehen. Zusätzlich sollte untersucht werden, wie stark kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Unna davon betroffen sind beziehungsweise inwieweit sie als Akteure der Energiewende die Nachhaltigkeit ihrer unternehmerischen Tätigkeit stärken und sichern können. Auch die regionalwirtschaftlichen Effekte wie Wertschöpfungs- und Arbeitsplatzeffekte, die erzielbar wären, wenn die mittelständischen Unternehmen der Region pro aktiv die Herausforderungen der Energiewende in den Bereichen Energieeffizienz, erneuerbare Energien und dezentrale KWK aufgreifen, waren Bestandteil der Studienarbeiten. Der Schwerpunkt lag hier insbesondere im Bereich Energieeffizienz