Čezmejno sobivanje in komunikacija v času pandemije., 2023
Medijske poročevalske prakse naj bi težile k informiranju javnosti na čim bolj nevtralen in objek... more Medijske poročevalske prakse naj bi težile k informiranju javnosti na čim bolj nevtralen in objektiven način. Medijske objave z razmahom spletnih portalov namreč dosegajo vse več bralcev, ki vsebino prebranega tudi nezavedno ideološko ponotranjijo in reproducirajo. Pričujoči članek ponuja kvantitativno analizo medijskih objav izbranih časopisov in spletnih informacijskih portalov v Sloveniji in na območju narodne manjšine v Italiji in na Hrvaškem, dopolnjeno z vsebinsko analizo ključnih besed, kot pokazateljev v javnosti zaznane vloge Kitajske pri pojavu novega koronavirusa. Primerjalna korpusna in diskurzivna analiza objav nam omogoča prepoznati neenake poročevalske prakse, ki vplivajo na oblikovanje javnega mnenja bralcev v Sloveniji in na območjih slovenske narodne skupnosti v tujini.
Cognitive Implications for Raising Cross-language Awareness in Foreign Language Acquisition, 2023
This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especiall... more This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especially unrelated languages as a third or additional language. It brings together theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of foreign language acquisition, with special emphasis on the role of discrepancies in the cognitive processing of typologically different languages. The author defines unrelated languages in the context of methodological approaches to foreign language acquisition, investigates cross-language awareness competence in the context of unrelated language acquisition, establishes cognitive approaches to foreign language acquisition, and provides empirical evidence of discrepancies between languages using verbal aspect as an example. Finally, the empirical results are put into practice through guidelines and recommendations for raising cross-language awareness in third language acquisition. The interdisciplinary understanding of foreign language acquisition presented in this book will make it appealing to a wide readership of graduate students, faculty members and academic researchers in the fields of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Third Language Acquisition (TLA), Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology and Education.
Annales : anali za istrske in mediteranske študije. Series historia et sociologia., 2022
In the present article, following the course of the spread of COVID-19 in China, nearby Italy, an... more In the present article, following the course of the spread of COVID-19 in China, nearby Italy, and Slovenia, we analyse how public attitudes towards China have evolved in Slovenia and the Slovenian minority territory in Italy and Croatia. The exploration of media discourse highlighted in the present article is based on the awareness of the expressive power of language in shaping individuals’ world-views and attitudes towards current events, which consequently help shape discourse in the public space. This also gives rise to the power of those who can pursue their interests even if they are contrary to the public interest. We investigated the possible influence of political and media discourse on the perception of China’s role in the outbreak and spread of the new coronavirus and the resulting attitudes towards country and its inhabitants through the analysis of an online questionnaire conducted as part of the research ’Restrictive measures to contain the new coronavirus, contacts and public communication in Slovenia and the cross-border area’.
The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with spec... more The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with special emphasis on the comparison of Chinese and Slovenian lexical aspect. Recognised discrepancies between the conceptualisation and verbalisation of actions in unrelated languages indicate that deeper cognitive differences affect our perception of reality, which is something that should be more widely recognized when learning and teaching foreign languages. The contribution of this article is a comparative analysis of available studies by authoritative linguists, based on which we have formulated a new and more comprehensive proposal that will help classify verb types in unrelated languages, and can be further exploited in the field of applied linguistic research.
The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with spec... more The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with special emphasis on the comparison of Chinese and Slovenian lexical aspect. Recognised discrepancies between the conceptualisation and verbalisation of actions in unrelated languages indicate that deeper cognitive differences affect our perception of reality, which is something that should be more widely recognized when learning and teaching foreign languages. The contribution of this article is a comparative analysis of available studies by authoritative linguists, based on which we have formulated a new and more comprehensive proposal that will help classify verb types in unrelated languages, and can be further exploited in the field of applied linguistic research.
CURRENT ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE AND ORIENTAL STUDIES, 2018
The paper attempts to analyse the semantic and syntactic idiosyncrasy of
Chinese, compared to Slo... more The paper attempts to analyse the semantic and syntactic idiosyncrasy of Chinese, compared to Slovenian, in order to assess the degree of language specifi city with regards to actions. Based on data obtained from an empirical study performed on Chinese native speakers at the Capital Normal University in Beijing, we try to show how language-specific syntactic features may affect semantic understanding of the uttered message. The main goal of the study is to draw attention to the need of a more conprehensive didactic approach in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL) that would consider notions like the so-called “rich points” and “languaculture”, and would comply more with experiential approaches in language learning and theories established in intercultural studies.
The paper presents a meta-analysis of 37 scientific papers dealing with the use and adoption of I... more The paper presents a meta-analysis of 37 scientific papers dealing with the use and adoption of ICT for learning and teaching Chinese as a foreign language. It has shown that systematic content reviews providing overall insight into the nature and level of development in the field are rare. The author tries to fill this content gap by answering three research questions: 1) What is the overall state of research in the field of ICT-assisted learning of CFL in terms of language teaching methods? 2) Which learning technologies are in use for the specific teaching and learning methods for Chinese as a foreign language? 3) Are some learning technologies used more often for practising specific language skills than others?
Cognitive Implications for Raising Cross-language Awareness in Foreign Language Acquisition, 2023
This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especiall... more This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especially unrelated languages as a third or additional language. It brings together theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of foreign language acquisition, with special emphasis on the role of discrepancies in the cognitive processing of typologically different languages. The author defines unrelated languages in the context of methodological approaches to foreign language acquisition, investigates cross-language awareness competence in the context of unrelated language acquisition, establishes cognitive approaches to foreign language acquisition, and provides empirical evidence of discrepancies between languages using verbal aspect as an example. Finally, the empirical results are put into practice through guidelines and recommendations for raising cross-language awareness in third language acquisition. The interdisciplinary understanding of foreign language acquisition presented in this book will make it appealing to a wide readership of graduate students, faculty members and academic researchers in the fields of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Third Language Acquisition (TLA), Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology and Education.
Čezmejno sobivanje in komunikacija v času pandemije., 2023
Medijske poročevalske prakse naj bi težile k informiranju javnosti na čim bolj nevtralen in objek... more Medijske poročevalske prakse naj bi težile k informiranju javnosti na čim bolj nevtralen in objektiven način. Medijske objave z razmahom spletnih portalov namreč dosegajo vse več bralcev, ki vsebino prebranega tudi nezavedno ideološko ponotranjijo in reproducirajo. Pričujoči članek ponuja kvantitativno analizo medijskih objav izbranih časopisov in spletnih informacijskih portalov v Sloveniji in na območju narodne manjšine v Italiji in na Hrvaškem, dopolnjeno z vsebinsko analizo ključnih besed, kot pokazateljev v javnosti zaznane vloge Kitajske pri pojavu novega koronavirusa. Primerjalna korpusna in diskurzivna analiza objav nam omogoča prepoznati neenake poročevalske prakse, ki vplivajo na oblikovanje javnega mnenja bralcev v Sloveniji in na območjih slovenske narodne skupnosti v tujini.
Cognitive Implications for Raising Cross-language Awareness in Foreign Language Acquisition, 2023
This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especiall... more This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especially unrelated languages as a third or additional language. It brings together theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of foreign language acquisition, with special emphasis on the role of discrepancies in the cognitive processing of typologically different languages. The author defines unrelated languages in the context of methodological approaches to foreign language acquisition, investigates cross-language awareness competence in the context of unrelated language acquisition, establishes cognitive approaches to foreign language acquisition, and provides empirical evidence of discrepancies between languages using verbal aspect as an example. Finally, the empirical results are put into practice through guidelines and recommendations for raising cross-language awareness in third language acquisition. The interdisciplinary understanding of foreign language acquisition presented in this book will make it appealing to a wide readership of graduate students, faculty members and academic researchers in the fields of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Third Language Acquisition (TLA), Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology and Education.
Annales : anali za istrske in mediteranske študije. Series historia et sociologia., 2022
In the present article, following the course of the spread of COVID-19 in China, nearby Italy, an... more In the present article, following the course of the spread of COVID-19 in China, nearby Italy, and Slovenia, we analyse how public attitudes towards China have evolved in Slovenia and the Slovenian minority territory in Italy and Croatia. The exploration of media discourse highlighted in the present article is based on the awareness of the expressive power of language in shaping individuals’ world-views and attitudes towards current events, which consequently help shape discourse in the public space. This also gives rise to the power of those who can pursue their interests even if they are contrary to the public interest. We investigated the possible influence of political and media discourse on the perception of China’s role in the outbreak and spread of the new coronavirus and the resulting attitudes towards country and its inhabitants through the analysis of an online questionnaire conducted as part of the research ’Restrictive measures to contain the new coronavirus, contacts and public communication in Slovenia and the cross-border area’.
The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with spec... more The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with special emphasis on the comparison of Chinese and Slovenian lexical aspect. Recognised discrepancies between the conceptualisation and verbalisation of actions in unrelated languages indicate that deeper cognitive differences affect our perception of reality, which is something that should be more widely recognized when learning and teaching foreign languages. The contribution of this article is a comparative analysis of available studies by authoritative linguists, based on which we have formulated a new and more comprehensive proposal that will help classify verb types in unrelated languages, and can be further exploited in the field of applied linguistic research.
The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with spec... more The present paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the verbal aspect in general and with special emphasis on the comparison of Chinese and Slovenian lexical aspect. Recognised discrepancies between the conceptualisation and verbalisation of actions in unrelated languages indicate that deeper cognitive differences affect our perception of reality, which is something that should be more widely recognized when learning and teaching foreign languages. The contribution of this article is a comparative analysis of available studies by authoritative linguists, based on which we have formulated a new and more comprehensive proposal that will help classify verb types in unrelated languages, and can be further exploited in the field of applied linguistic research.
CURRENT ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE AND ORIENTAL STUDIES, 2018
The paper attempts to analyse the semantic and syntactic idiosyncrasy of
Chinese, compared to Slo... more The paper attempts to analyse the semantic and syntactic idiosyncrasy of Chinese, compared to Slovenian, in order to assess the degree of language specifi city with regards to actions. Based on data obtained from an empirical study performed on Chinese native speakers at the Capital Normal University in Beijing, we try to show how language-specific syntactic features may affect semantic understanding of the uttered message. The main goal of the study is to draw attention to the need of a more conprehensive didactic approach in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL) that would consider notions like the so-called “rich points” and “languaculture”, and would comply more with experiential approaches in language learning and theories established in intercultural studies.
The paper presents a meta-analysis of 37 scientific papers dealing with the use and adoption of I... more The paper presents a meta-analysis of 37 scientific papers dealing with the use and adoption of ICT for learning and teaching Chinese as a foreign language. It has shown that systematic content reviews providing overall insight into the nature and level of development in the field are rare. The author tries to fill this content gap by answering three research questions: 1) What is the overall state of research in the field of ICT-assisted learning of CFL in terms of language teaching methods? 2) Which learning technologies are in use for the specific teaching and learning methods for Chinese as a foreign language? 3) Are some learning technologies used more often for practising specific language skills than others?
Cognitive Implications for Raising Cross-language Awareness in Foreign Language Acquisition, 2023
This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especiall... more This book focuses on the role of cross-language awareness in foreign language learning, especially unrelated languages as a third or additional language. It brings together theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of foreign language acquisition, with special emphasis on the role of discrepancies in the cognitive processing of typologically different languages. The author defines unrelated languages in the context of methodological approaches to foreign language acquisition, investigates cross-language awareness competence in the context of unrelated language acquisition, establishes cognitive approaches to foreign language acquisition, and provides empirical evidence of discrepancies between languages using verbal aspect as an example. Finally, the empirical results are put into practice through guidelines and recommendations for raising cross-language awareness in third language acquisition. The interdisciplinary understanding of foreign language acquisition presented in this book will make it appealing to a wide readership of graduate students, faculty members and academic researchers in the fields of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Third Language Acquisition (TLA), Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology and Education.
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in Italy and Croatia. The exploration of media discourse highlighted in the present article is based on the awareness of the expressive power of language in shaping individuals’ world-views and attitudes towards
current events, which consequently help shape discourse in the public space. This also gives rise to the power of those who can pursue their interests even if they are contrary to the public interest. We investigated the
possible influence of political and media discourse on the perception of China’s role in the outbreak and spread of the new coronavirus and the resulting attitudes towards country and its inhabitants through the
analysis of an online questionnaire conducted as part of the research ’Restrictive measures to contain the new coronavirus, contacts and public communication in Slovenia and the cross-border area’.
Chinese, compared to Slovenian, in order to assess the degree of language specifi city with regards to actions. Based on data obtained from an empirical study performed on Chinese native speakers at the Capital Normal University in Beijing, we try to show how language-specific syntactic features may affect semantic understanding of the uttered message. The main goal of the study is to draw attention to the need of a more conprehensive didactic approach in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL) that would consider notions like the so-called “rich points” and “languaculture”, and would comply more with experiential approaches in language learning and theories established in intercultural studies.
in Italy and Croatia. The exploration of media discourse highlighted in the present article is based on the awareness of the expressive power of language in shaping individuals’ world-views and attitudes towards
current events, which consequently help shape discourse in the public space. This also gives rise to the power of those who can pursue their interests even if they are contrary to the public interest. We investigated the
possible influence of political and media discourse on the perception of China’s role in the outbreak and spread of the new coronavirus and the resulting attitudes towards country and its inhabitants through the
analysis of an online questionnaire conducted as part of the research ’Restrictive measures to contain the new coronavirus, contacts and public communication in Slovenia and the cross-border area’.
Chinese, compared to Slovenian, in order to assess the degree of language specifi city with regards to actions. Based on data obtained from an empirical study performed on Chinese native speakers at the Capital Normal University in Beijing, we try to show how language-specific syntactic features may affect semantic understanding of the uttered message. The main goal of the study is to draw attention to the need of a more conprehensive didactic approach in the field of teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL) that would consider notions like the so-called “rich points” and “languaculture”, and would comply more with experiential approaches in language learning and theories established in intercultural studies.