A Study of Code-switching Used by an English Teacher in Teenagers\u27 Efl Class

This study is aimed to analyze the types of code-switching used by the teacher and under what circumstances the switching occur to identify its function. Using qualitative approach, the writer did this study based on code-switching theory of Wardhaugh (2006) and classroom interaction of Walsh (2011). The findings revealed that the teacher used both types of code-switching, intra-sentential and inter-sentential switching. The function of the code-switching identified through the four features of classroom interaction were control of interaction to control the participation, content, procedure of the lesson; speech modification to clarify meaning, to ensure the students\u27 understanding; elicitation technique to elicit response for checking comprehension; repair to correct error directly or get the students to correct the errors. From this study, it could be concluded that the teacher used code-switching to make the learning process clearer, so the students would not get confused and would not have misunderstanding in the classroom

Oral History Transcription with Carlton Anderson & Christina Anderson

A transcription of an oral history compiled in 1967https://digitalmaine.com/stockholm_docs/1008/thumbnail.jp

Eesti perehüvitiste mõju laste vaesusele

Impact of Family Benefits on Child Poverty in EstoniaThe Strategy of Children and Families 2012–2020 set a target to reduce the at-risk-of-poverty rate of children. Later, the Welfare Development Plan 2016–2020 set a goal to reduce also absolute poverty of children. From the second half of 2013, the Estonian family benefits system has undergone several changes, but the effect of the increased family benefits on child poverty has not been studied in detail. Previous analyses have mostly focused on the annual child poverty rates, and persistent poverty has not been sufficiently studied. The analysis is based on the Estonian Social Survey datasets from 2013–2020, conducted by Statistics Estonia as part of Eurostat’s Income and Living Conditions Survey. In addition to the annual relative and absolute child poverty, for the first time, this analysis explores whether and to what extent family benefits help reduce persistent child poverty. Furthermore, this analysis uses the micro-simulation approach to assess the potential effect of increased benefits. The analysis shows that child poverty has fallen significantly since the increase in family benefits, especially for children with several siblings.Keywords: persistent poverty, relative poverty, absolute poverty, family benefits, child poverty, Strategy of Children and FamiliesMärksõnad: püsivaesus, suhteline vaesus, absoluutne vaesus, perehüvitised, laste vaesus; Laste ja perede arengukav

A comparative generational analysis of a cultural event

Like most products, special events are marketed to specific target markets. One such event, however, held in Melbourne, Australia, in May 2005, was marketed more broadly to the Melbourne community. The cultural event was developed to stimulate discussion, which one social commentator noted is currently deficient &hellip;&lsquo;there is a prevailing element of defensiveness, wariness and caution in our public discourse&rsquo; (Jones, 2005). The event sought to fill this void in community life and encouraged members of cross-sections of the community to participate in the event. One evaluative measure of success of the event was, therefore, the post-consumption evaluations of attendees. By using generational segments (ie. Traditionalists, Baby-boomers, Generation X and the Millennials) as the bases of comparison, few statistically significant differences were found with regard to post-consumption evaluations of the event. It is, therefore, not unreasonable to conclude that the event was successful in that the generational segments were generally homogenous with regard to the post-consumption evaluations of the event. The results, however, provide opportunities for improvement in the event&rsquo;s marketing and management in the future.<br /

Mentoring volunteer festival managers : evaluation of a pilot scheme in regional Australia

Festival managers in regional locations often have limited access to didactic experiences in their field. As such, developing strategies that enhance the skills of festival management in regional locations can be challenging. This paper, set within the context of the Australian regional arts festival sector, evaluates a pilot mentoring scheme developed by Regional Arts Victoria and Arts Victoria to assist volunteer festival managers to enhance the management, and focus the artistic direction, of their festivals. The results of the evaluation, based on six case studies, indicate that mentoring is highly suited to this scenario. Recommendations are made with regard to the future application of mentoring within this context, particularly in relation to communication and formalisation.<br /

Scaling of the propagation of epidemics in a system of mobile agents

For a two-dimensional system of agents modeled by molecular dynamics, we simulate epidemics spreading, which was recently studied on complex networks. Our resulting network model is time-evolving. We study the transitions to spreading as function of density, temperature and infection time. In addition, we analyze the epidemic threshold associated to a power-law distribution of infection times.Comment: 10 pages, 7 Postscript figure

Pricing in the museum sector : the need to balance social responsibility and organisational viability

An essential component of marketing strategy is pricing. Pricing in museums, however, is problematic as issues beyond cost recovery or surplus, such as social responsibilities, need to be considered. This area of marketing is under researched. The aim of this study is to address the research gap by synthesising the literature on pricing strategy in the museum sector. The study found that there are a number of strategies being advocated with regard to pricing in the museum sector in the literature, each representing various perspectives of museology. A research agenda was proposed to assist marketers in the museum sector to meet their organisational needs, whilst balancing their social responsibilities.<br /