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Cultura cercetării pedagogice: provocări şi tendinţe contemporane, 2021

Studiul este consacrat explicației conținutului esential al conceptului de cercetare pedagogică, ... more Studiul este consacrat explicației conținutului esential al
conceptului de cercetare pedagogică, în general, și metodologiei
de cercetare pedagogică calitativă, în special. Împrumutat din
sociologie, antropologie și adaptat la contextul educațional real,
metodologia cercetării calitative este puțin explorată pentru studiul
fenomenelor sociale și permite interpretarea semnificației punctului
de vedere a subiecților cercetării. Prin întrebări bine concepute în
cadrul studiului calitativ, cercetătorii valorifică strategiile de
comunicare interactivă, prin care adresează întrebări ample de
cercetare concepute pentru a explora, interpreta sau înțelege
contextul social. Spre deosebire de cercetările experimentale
cantitative în care cercetătorul este condus de o ipoteză, în cercetarea
calitativă, ipotezele se formează după colectarea datelor și sunt
modificate prin studiu împreună cu analiza și interpretarea
datelor. Conținutul articolului arată caracteristicile pe care le obține
o cercetare pedagogică prin valorificarea metodelor calitative de
investigație: credibilitate, fiabilitate și transferabilitate.

Principles of selecting EFL instructional materials from the internet., 2021

Creșterea rapidă a ratei de difuzare a internetului în ultimele două decenii a avut un impact con... more Creșterea rapidă a ratei de difuzare a internetului în ultimele două decenii a avut un impact considerabil asupra predării și învățării limbilor străine. Deși industria manualelor pentru predarea limbii engleze este extrem de competitivă, cadrele didactice nu pun la îndoială eficacitatea resurselor digitale ca mijloace suplimentare sau chiar ca resursă de bază în predarea limbii engleze ca limbă straină. Continutul articolului prezintă cinci principii de selectare a resurselor digitale pentru studiul limbii engleze, promovând, astfel, etosul pedagogic ce valorifică experienţa elevilor de învaţare a limbii engleze din explorarea permanentă a internetului.

The noteworthiness of integrating the teaching of idioms and other fixed expressions through comm... more The noteworthiness of integrating the teaching of idioms and other fixed expressions through communicative approach has appeared as imperative in the context of scientific fact with an axiomatic value that the main aim of learning a foreign language consists in the formation of communicative competence – the learners’ aptness to understand and produce language in order to communicate successfully. The paper at hand discusses the linguistic and pedagogic implications of teaching idioms and other fixed expressions through communicative approach. Research has revealed that the misuse of idioms and other fixed expressions is the cause of the errors committed in the production of language. What’s more, the errors at the level of idioms and other fixed expressions are universally recognized as the most appropriate indicator of distinguishing amongst natives from the non-native speakers even if the later have a high level of communicative competence in English.

Information Development, 2016

This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) ... more This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and nonhuman components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars' reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political 'actors', just like their human counterparts, having 'agency' -which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) 'battlefields' wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain.

Information Development, 2016

University of Babylon, 2018

The noteworthiness of integrating the teaching of idioms and other fixed expressions through comm... more The noteworthiness of integrating the teaching of idioms and other fixed expressions through communicative approach has appeared as imperative in the context of scientific fact with an axiomatic
value that the main aim of learning a foreign language consists in the formation of communicative competence – the learners’ aptness to understand and produce language in order to communicate successfully. The paper at hand discusses the linguistic and pedagogic implications of teaching idioms and other fixed expressions through communicative approach. Research has revealed that the misuse of
idioms and other fixed expressions is the cause of the errors committed in the production of language.
What’s more, the errors at the level of idioms and other fixed expressions are universally recognized as
the most appropriate indicator of distinguishing amongst natives from the non-native speakers even if
the later have a high level of communicative competence in English.

Journal of Academic Research , 2018

Academic research is a scientific investigation aiming at finding facts, answering questions, ide... more Academic research is a scientific investigation aiming at finding facts, answering questions, identifying gaps in knowledge, and verifying what is already known. It has become a science on its own right. Several books and articles have been written on the subject in an attempt to alleviate the work of the researchers, especially those who are new to the field. The current paper focuses on the process of writing the graduation project. It is designed to meet the needs of the students who are writing their graduation projects and have little or no research experience. It is written for, but not limited to, the students at the English Language Department. It guides students step by step during their research journey. It focuses on the parts of the graduation project highlighting the second language research methods for gathering and analyzing the data. It also addresses the ethical dimension of the research projects and the issue of plagiarism.

Journal of Asmarya Islamic University , 2018

Developing speaking skills in a foreign language represents the main goal of learning the languag... more Developing speaking skills in a foreign language represents the main goal of learning the language. Unlike written communication, speaking requires special processing skills. How to develop speaking fluency in a foreign language has represented a concern for linguists and didactic specialists over recent decades as a result of the rapid expansion in the use of English as a medium for global communication. Communication is a complex process and a superior intellectual activity which could either establish a new rapport between the initiator and the recipient or spoil it. The current paper aims at exploring the issue of fluency in a foreign language, targeting the non-linguistic variables that often represent an obstacle for EFL students in developing speaking fluency-a challenging goal for teachers and students alike.

Developing speaking skills in a foreign language represents the main goal of learning the languag... more Developing speaking skills in a foreign language represents the main goal of learning the language. Unlike written communication, speaking requires special processing skills. How to develop speaking fluency in a foreign language has represented a concern for linguists and didactic specialists over recent decades as a result of the rapid expansion in the use of English as a medium for global communication. Communication is a complex process and a superior intellectual activity which could either establish a new rapport between the initiator and the recipient or spoil it. The current paper aims at exploring the issue of fluency in a foreign language, targeting the non-linguistic variables that often represent an obstacle for EFL students in developing speaking fluency -a challenging goal for teachers and students alike.

Foreign language teachers who teach abroad interact with students and teachers from culture ot... more Foreign language teachers who teach abroad interact with students and teachers from culture other than their own. In order to avoid the teacher-students miscommunication, developing cultural competence becomes a professional imperative for foreign language university teachers. Thus, the present article aims at providing the steps for foreign language university teachers to develop cultural competence which will form the bonds of mutual trust and confidence between students and teachers leading to the teachers‟ academic success, successful class management as well as to the effective teaching and learning process.

The article presents the results of a long term research regarding the evolution of the communica... more The article presents the results of a long term research regarding the evolution of the communicative technologies concept of teaching foreign languages in higher education. The use of new technologies for foreign language teaching-learning-evaluation activities leads to quality educational training, hence, to the formation of the competences which represent the finality of the educational process.

GIDNI , 2015

Education for cultural diversity is needed for the counteraction of intolerant attitudes and acce... more Education for cultural diversity is needed for the counteraction of intolerant attitudes and acceptance of cultural diversity. This explicit recognition of the diversity in society as well as in educational establishments generates the need to reflect on the mission of educational system, but also to understand how these educational services deal with cultural diversity issues.

Articolul prezent este dedicat variaţiilor şi flexibilităţii expresiilor idiomatice engleze selec... more Articolul prezent este dedicat variaţiilor şi flexibilităţii expresiilor idiomatice engleze selectate din nuvela "North and South" de E. Gaskell. Ţelul articolului este de a facilita comprehensiunea şi comunicarea în limba engleză, iar cunoaşterea expresiilor frazeologice vor ajuta la soluţionarea problemei în cauză. Au fost selecţionate 332 idiome, dintre care 40 au un sinonim, două sau trei expresii sinonimice conform dicţionarului Oxford Advanced Genie şi dicţionarului frazeologic de A. Richard. Flexibilitatea şi transformările la care pot fi supuse expresiile idiomatice, au fost demonstrate pe baza exemplului "like a red rag to a bull". Transformările includ: schimbări gramaticale: a conjuncţiei, articolului, numărului substantivului., persoanei şi timpului verbului, determinantului substantivului şi chiar schimbări lexicale (schimbarea nucleului expresiei idiomatice sau al altor componente conform cerinţelor contextuale.

It is a well-known fact that the global need for English language teachers in general, and for na... more It is a well-known fact that the global need for English language teachers in general, and for native English teachers in particular, is increasing in the education market on a daily basis. The paper at hand reflects the motives behind this increasing demand and crystallizes the advantages and disadvantages of having a native English teacher and a non-native English teacher as the guide throughout the teaching/learning/evaluation process.

Cultura cercetării pedagogice: provocări şi tendinţe contemporane, 2021

Principles of selecting EFL instructional materials from the internet., 2021

Information Development, 2016

University of Babylon, 2018

The noteworthiness of integrating the teaching of idioms and other fixed expressions through comm... more The noteworthiness of integrating the teaching of idioms and other fixed expressions through communicative approach has appeared as imperative in the context of scientific fact with an axiomatic
value that the main aim of learning a foreign language consists in the formation of communicative competence – the learners’ aptness to understand and produce language in order to communicate successfully. The paper at hand discusses the linguistic and pedagogic implications of teaching idioms and other fixed expressions through communicative approach. Research has revealed that the misuse of
idioms and other fixed expressions is the cause of the errors committed in the production of language.
What’s more, the errors at the level of idioms and other fixed expressions are universally recognized as
the most appropriate indicator of distinguishing amongst natives from the non-native speakers even if
the later have a high level of communicative competence in English.

Journal of Academic Research , 2018

Journal of Asmarya Islamic University , 2018

Developing speaking skills in a foreign language represents the main goal of learning the languag... more Developing speaking skills in a foreign language represents the main goal of learning the language. Unlike written communication, speaking requires special processing skills. How to develop speaking fluency in a foreign language has represented a concern for linguists and didactic specialists over recent decades as a result of the rapid expansion in the use of English as a medium for global communication. Communication is a complex process and a superior intellectual activity which could either establish a new rapport between the initiator and the recipient or spoil it. The current paper aims at exploring the issue of fluency in a foreign language, targeting the non-linguistic variables that often represent an obstacle for EFL students in developing speaking fluency -a challenging goal for teachers and students alike.

GIDNI , 2015