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A New Look at Translation: Teaching tools for language and literature
Does translation have a place in the modern language or literature classroom? This article argues that as long as translation is recognized as a distinct skill rather than a path to language acquisition it can and should play a role in language instruction. The rising popularity of Web-based machine translation (WBMT) sites among students points to a need to help foreign language learners better understand the translation process. Along with a discussion of how instructors can minimize inappropriate use of WBMT, the article provides examples of how translation in the proper context can be used productively to teach both language and literature. It also shows that teachers have much to gain by supporting translation and interpretation as professional options for advanced language learners. Examples are given in Spanish
Q-switched, cavity-dumped, mode-locked laser
Continuous-wave laser can achieve higher rate of emission through Q-switching. Technique keeps Q, energy storage rating, of laser cavity at low value while ion population inversion is being built up. Then Q is suddenly switched to high value just before instability occurs
The Effects of "Rural" on Agriculture - The Changing Paradigm Funding Rural Development Programs: Past, Present, and Future
Community/Rural/Urban Development,
Partial mirror symmetry, lattice presentations and algebraic monoids
This is the second in a series of papers that develops the theory of
reflection monoids, motivated by the theory of reflection groups. Reflection
monoids were first introduced in arXiv:0812.2789. In this paper we study their
presentations as abstract monoids. Along the way we also find general
presentations for certain join-semilattices (as monoids under join) which we
interpret for two special classes of examples: the face lattices of convex
polytopes and the geometric lattices, particularly the intersection lattices of
hyperplane arrangements. Another spin-off is a general presentation for the
Renner monoid of an algebraic monoid, which we illustrate in the special case
of the "classical" algebraic monoids.Comment: 41 page
Developments in the Law: Judicial Review of Agency Rulemaking and Adjudication
Transporter, resursslöseri och okunskap hos konsumenter tyder pĂ„ att den globala matindustrin Ă€r ohĂ„llbar och ett alternativ till den industrialiserade matproduktionen Ă€r att konsumera mer nĂ€rproducerat och ekologiskt och öka medvetenheten om hur vĂ„r mat hamnar pĂ„ bordet. DĂ€rför Ă€r det intressant att studera fenomenet stadsodling som uppstĂ„r pĂ„ allt fler stĂ€llen runtom i vĂ€rlden. Syftet med detta arbete Ă€r att undersöka de ekologiska, sociala och ekonomiska hĂ„llbarhetsaspekterna med stadsodling och frĂ„gestĂ€llningen lyder: âHur kan stadsodling bidra till ekologisk, social och ekonomisk hĂ„llbarhet?â För att besvara frĂ„gestĂ€llningen studeras litteratur och ett fall i verkligheten, TrĂ€dgĂ„rd pĂ„ spĂ„ret. Resultatet visar att det finns olika typer av stadsodling och att TrĂ€dgĂ„rd pĂ„ spĂ„ret Ă€r en variant som har flera sociala och ekologiska aspekter. Det visar sig att stadsodling som ett medel till att försörja en stads invĂ„nare med mat Ă€r orealistiskt men att stadsodling har mĂ„nga andra aspekter inom hĂ„llbarhet. Stadsodling kan verka för social hĂ„llbarhet genom att vara en plats för rekreation och sociala möten. Det kan Ă€ven bidra med identitet och lokalt engagemang. Ăven ekologisk hĂ„llbarhet kan uppstĂ„ genom att biologisk mĂ„ngfald frĂ€mjas och pedagogiska vĂ€rden kring livsmedel och ekologi uppstĂ„r. Drivkraften bakom stadsodling Ă€r i de flesta fall inte ekonomisk och stadsodling för generering av vinst Ă€r en utmaning
Capacity-building in open education: an Australian approach
Addressing the gap between global open educational resource (OER) proliferation and the slow adoption of OER and open educational practices (OEP) in Australian higher education, this paper focuses on a capacity-building project targeting academics, academic support staff and educational developers. The conception, design, development, piloting and evaluation of an open, online professional development micro course are detailed, highlighting key aspects of the open design and considerations for sharing and reuse across higher education institutions. The open micro course introduces five key OEP concepts through five contemporary curriculum design topics, using knowledge co-creation activities which engage learners in iterative shaping of the course, and generate artefacts for demonstration and recognition of learning. Opportunities for short to longer term capacity-building which leverage the micro course are also discussed, in response to significant shifts underway in higher education funding and professional development priorities
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