Key Components of Musical Discourse Analysis

Musical discourse analysis is an interdisciplinary study which is incomplete without consideration of relevant social, linguistic, psychological, visual, gestural, ritual, technical, historical and musicological aspects. In the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, musical discourse can be interpreted as social practice: it refers to specific means of representing specific aspects of the social (musical) sphere. The article introduces a general view of contemporary musical discourse, and analyses genres from the point of ‘semiosis’, ‘social agents’, ‘social relations’, ‘social context’, and ‘text’. These components of musical discourse analysis, in their various aspects and combinations, should help thoroughly examine the context of contemporary musical art, and determine linguistic features specific to different genres of musical discourse

Internet as the means of Spanish study as a foreign language

© Medwell Journals, 2015. The study considers the role of Internet in the study of Spanish as a foreign language and the possibility of internet resources use in a planned learning. The method of planning is one of the innovative trends in modern professional study of a Foreign language. Its use during a Foreign language lesson not only motivates a student to a real communication but also promotes the development of intellectual and analytical abilities of a learner in the process of practical tasks implementation. The factual material for the article was the results of the survey conducted among KFU students studying Spanish as a first and a second Foreign language. The survey showed that 95% of students actively use Internet to learn the language. Along with the analysis of the most common and effective ways to get practical information and improve the language skills of the students (the reading of authentic newspapers, online TV watching, listening to radio, etc.) the study provides the recommendations for Spanish teachers concerning the productive use of internet resources during a classroom and the means of their incorporation in a planned learning methodology. The most popular resources of the internet system and the impact of their application to improve the communicative competence of students are considered

Internet as the means of Spanish study as a foreign language

© Medwell Journals, 2015. The study considers the role of Internet in the study of Spanish as a foreign language and the possibility of internet resources use in a planned learning. The method of planning is one of the innovative trends in modern professional study of a Foreign language. Its use during a Foreign language lesson not only motivates a student to a real communication but also promotes the development of intellectual and analytical abilities of a learner in the process of practical tasks implementation. The factual material for the article was the results of the survey conducted among KFU students studying Spanish as a first and a second Foreign language. The survey showed that 95% of students actively use Internet to learn the language. Along with the analysis of the most common and effective ways to get practical information and improve the language skills of the students (the reading of authentic newspapers, online TV watching, listening to radio, etc.) the study provides the recommendations for Spanish teachers concerning the productive use of internet resources during a classroom and the means of their incorporation in a planned learning methodology. The most popular resources of the internet system and the impact of their application to improve the communicative competence of students are considered

Biological and Physical-Chemical Properties of <i>Yersinia pseudotuberculosis</i> Cultures in the Process of Submerged Cultivation at Various Temperatures

Biological and physical-chemical properties of the pseudotuberculosis agent cultures were shown to be diverse in the process of submerged cultivation at various temperatures. The microbe cultivation at the increased temperature (37°C) was characterized by fast development and death of the population. Decelerated lag phase and extended exponential phase were observed under the conditions of cultivation at low temperature. The culture grown at 27 °C was found to get an intermediate position between those grown at 10 and 37 °C