The relationship between L2 students’ writing experiences and their perceived poetry writing ability

This paper looks at how L2 students’ writing experiences relate to the way they think they can write poems and to further investigate if any types of writing experiences contribute to their perceived poetry writing ability. The paper starts by bringing up the value of introducing poetry writing to L2 students. Then, the literature review section highlights the characteristics of L2 poetry and the values of writing poetry in L2 writing classrooms. For the methodology, semi-structured interviews were used to elicit the participants’ understanding of their writing experiences. Additionally, a rating scale was used for the participants to identify their perceived capability of writing poetry. All 18 participants who were from regions that included countries from Eastern Asia, Middle East, or Africa, were L2 students from an M.A. TESOL program located in the USA. Through a hierarchical cluster analysis, the findings categorized these students as having five different types of writing experiences. Through a Pearson correlation test, the researcher also examined if any of the specific writing experiences were found to correspond either positively or negatively with the perceived poetry writing ability. The data suggest that if students recall more grammar and structured writing experiences, they are more inclined to perceive that they have a lower perceived poetry writing ability. Finally, the study seeks to contribute to educators’ understanding about the potential of poetry writing instruction in L2 writing classrooms. It can trigger the exploration for L2 students to find their own personal purposes of writing as multilingual writers

Periodic solutions of second order differential equations with vanishing Green's functions

We study the existence and multiplicity of positive periodic solutions for second order differential equations with vanishing Green’s functions. The proof relies on a fixed point theorem in cones. Some recent results in the literature are generalized

Surface anesthesia of the small incision cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation

AIM: To observe the effect of cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation with manual small incision cataract surgery under surface anesthesia in the Primary Hospitals.<p>METHODS: Totally, 372 eyes of 358 cataract cases, in our hospital from January 2010 to March 2013, underwent cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation with manual small incision cataract surgery under surface anesthesia. Intraoperative pain, postoperative complications and visual acuity were observed.<p>RESULTS: In the process of surgery, patients without pain and being-cooperated were recorded in 342 eyes(91.9%), that occasionally felt slight pain, but within endure and the operation was completed successfully were recorded in 17 eyes(4.6%). There were 13 eyes quit, 8 eyes(2.2%)of them because of the intolerable pain, the other 5 eyes(1.3%)of the ceaseless movement of the eye. The best corrected visual acuity on the 3^rd day after operation of 4.0～4.5 were observed in 57 eyes(15.9%), 4.5～4.8 in 213 eyes(59.3%), above 4.8 in 89 eyes(24.8%).<p>CONCLUSION: The cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation with manual small incision cataract surgery under surface anesthesia can avoid corresponding complications, reduce the operation time obviously and ensure better quality of operation. It's suitable to carry out the prevention and treatment of blindness at the Primary Hospitals