Understanding L2 Learners\u27 Writing Needs and Attitudes in EAP Writing Contexts

The purpose of this study was to conduct a needs analysis in order to identify the real-world writing tasks that diverse English for Academic Purposes (EAP) learners are required to perform in academic contexts. The study initially uncovered the culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds of EAP learners across three Southeastern state colleges. The study then identified the writing tasks that were being completed in an advanced EAP composition course. Furthermore, the study explored the writing needs of EAP learners with a focus on the participants’ experiences and attitudes about the writing tasks they performed in the composition course. Finally, an analysis was conducted of the real content-level writing tasks that are required of EAP learners across different majors, so a comparison of these tasks could reveal whether the writing tasks completed in the advanced EAP composition course were aligned with those completed across disciplines. Via diverse sources and methods, this study employed semi-structured interviews, short online learner surveys, and written documents. A sample of seven EAP faculty members, three current EAP learners, and three former EAP learners were selected to be part of the semi-structured interview process. The short online learner surveys were distributed to 169 EAP learners who were currently enrolled in the advanced EAP composition course. Regarding the document analysis, 18 faculty members from the EAP programs and 203 from different disciplines shared their course materials for analysis. Results indicated that EAP learners came from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, findings revealed that EAP learners shared positive attitudes about the writing tasks they completed in their advanced EAP composition courses. Finally, findings showed that the writing tasks most often expected of EAP learners in the advanced EAP composition course were personal essays with basic elements of writing. However, very few course documents across disciplines showed that students were assigned essay writings; they were instead assigned complex assignment tasks that included critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Therefore, the findings of this study ultimately indicated that the writing tasks required of EAP learners in the advanced EAP composition course differed from those they were expected to complete across disciplines

Building Brazil’s National Action Plan: lessons learned and opportunities

Brazil’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP) was launched on 8 March 2017 – International Women’s Day – in the midst of a major political crisis that affected the content of the Plan and engagement of key institutions such as the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Secretariat for Women’s Policies (SPM, from Portuguese). Still, active engagement by the military and foreign service and compromises between stakeholders enabled the development of the Plan. While a strong emphasis on Brazil’s international undertakings was upheld, the domestic challenges confronted by Brazilian women living in extremely unsafe areas of the country were left out, as were other central issues, including trafficking of women, the impact of armed violence and organised crime. Towards the end of the process, civil society participation and the inclusion of a monitoring and evaluation system were undermined by the rise of a conservative tone within ministries participating in the ministerial working group tasked with the responsibility of drafting the NAP

Is there a correlation between self-reported level of activity and observed physical performance in elderly women?

The aim of the study was to verify the degree of association between self-reported level of physical activity and observed physical performance of aged women. Thirty-seven women (mean aged 72.7±5.99 years old) were selected by looking up admission records in a reference centre for physical rehabilitation. The Human Activity Profile (HAP) was used to measure activity level; and, for direct observation of physical performance, the six-minute walk test (6MWT) and the 30-second chair-stand test were applied. A statistically significant (p=0.01), weak positive correlation (r=0.41) was found between HAP scores and 6MWT values; and an association trend was noticed between the classification of activity level and the 6MWT variable (p=0.08). Also, a significant (p=0.02), weak positive correlation (r=0.36) was found between HAP scores and results of the 30-second chair stand test. It may be said there is a correlation, though weak, between self-reported and observed levels of physical performance among the elderly here studied. Further research should address aged community dwellers - not only rehabilitation patients - in order to assess a possible under or overestimation of the physical activity level in self-reported evaluations.Este estudo visou verificar se havia associação entre o nível de atividade físico-funcional auto-referido e o desempenho físico de idosas em centro de reabilitação. Foram selecionadas 37 mulheres idosas (com em média 72,7±5,9 anos) pelas fichas de admissão em serviço de atividade física de um centro de referência em reabilitação. Para a avaliação do nível de atividade física auto-referido empregou-se o Perfil de Atividade Humana (PAH); na observação direta de desempenho físico aplicaram-se os testes de caminhada em 6 minutos (TC6') e levantar da cadeira em 30 segundos (TSL30). Foi encontrada correlação positiva fraca (r=0,41) e estatisticamente significante (p=0,01) entre os valores do PAH e o TC6'; e uma tendência de associação entre a classificação do nível de atividade e a variável categórica TC6' (p=0,08). Também foi encontrada correlação positiva fraca (r=0,36) e estatisticamente significante (p=0,02) entre o PAH e o TSL30. Pode-se afirmar que o auto-relato de nível de atividade física das idosas estudadas correlaciona-se, porém fracamente, ao desempenho físico observado. Sugerem-se novas pesquisas com amostras representativas da população idosa em uma comunidade, não apenas de pacientes de centro de reabilitação, para averiguar possíveis tendências à subestimação ou superestimação do nível de atividade física em avaliações auto-referidas.UNIFESP-EPM Lar Escola São FranciscoUNIFESP, EPM, Lar Escola São FranciscoSciEL

Relatório final da aplicação da grelha RST02 na Bacia Hidrográfica da Ribeira do Poço das Patas, Porto

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Imagens da religião em um carnaval da Mangueira

A photo essay containing images taken behind the scenes of the Mangueira samba school parade from 2020, whose theme was The Truth Will Set You Free!’ The school proposed a modern carnivalized reading of the life of Christ, depicting him with faces from subalternized groups of contemporary Brazil. More than a documentation, the images in this essay offer a reinterpretation of the parade’s visuality, providing an anthropological reading of an exemplary case of carnivalization of the religious, while also highlighting the ‘staged’ aspects of the festive performance and the social critique that it encompasses.Foto-ensaio dos bastidores do desfile da escola de samba Mangueira em 2020, com o enredo “A verdade vos fará livre!”. A escola propunha uma leitura atualizada e carnavalizada da vida de Cristo, atribuindo-lhe as faces de grupos subalternizados do Brasil atual. Mais do que uma documentação, as imagens do ensaio buscam ser uma reinterpretação da visualidade proposta para o desfile, oferecendo uma leitura antropológica de um caso exemplar de carnavalização do religioso, ao mesmo tempo que apontam para as dimensões da “montagem” da performance festiva e da crítica social que ela engloba

Narrativas digitales de la historia urbana de la ciudad de Indaiatuba (São paulo – Brasil)

La sociedad se reorganizó a partir de la revolución tecnológica. El capitalismo ha sido reestructurado debido a la globalización de las actividades económicas. Los conceptos de tiempo y espacio han sido transformados. Las redes sociales, aliadas al fácil acceso a internet y a las novedades de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación han estado facilitando no solamente la generación del conocimiento, como también la divulgación de productos, marcas y la facilidad con la que encontramos los mismos. Una nueva etapa de la historia, ahora más acelerada por la convergencia de momentos, se presenta a partir de la evolución tecnológica. Utilizando Indaiatuba, ciudad del interior de Brasil, como estudio de caso, el objetivo de este artículo es enseñar algunas de las formas de narrar la historia de la ciudad utilizando las nuevas tecnologías, estimulando así la inteligencia colectiva en la sociedad y el compartir de la historia, contribuyendo consecuentemente para la preservación del patrimonio histórico-cultural a través de la mediatización de los mismos.Society has been reorganized due to technological revolution. Capitalism has been restructured because of the globalization of economic activities. The concepts of time and space were transformed. Social networks, coupled with easy access to Internet and new technologies of communication and information have not only facilitated the generation of knowledge but the dissemination of products and brands and their interaction capability as well. A new stage of history, now accelerated by the convergence of moments, is presented from the technological evolution. Using Indaiatuba city in the interior of Brazil, as a case study, the aim of this article is to expose some ways to tell the story of the city using new technologies in order to stimulate society collective intelligence and its capability of sharing their history. This will lead to the preservation of historic and cultural heritage through the mediatization of Indaiatuba richly history.Peer Reviewe