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The Space of Jewelry d'Auteur
The Space where Discourse, Singularity and Quality meet
Some months ago Irene and I joined the Asociación Joyas de Autor (Jewels d'Auteur Association). We took that decision because we consider that the fine jewelry pieces we create in accordance with Decimononic's principles fit the features of identity inherent in Jewelry d'Auteur according to this non-profit organization.
Thus, a Jewel d'Auteur:
- Has been conceived and designed in the development of a creative project with its own discourse and it is frequently endorsed by the use of the name of its creator as trademark. In this way, a jewel d'auteur is a piece of jewelry 'with full name'.
- Has been manufactured with handmade or semi-handmade processes, never mass-produced, with an emphasis on unique pieces and short series.
- Is normally made of precious metals and gems. Nonetheless, this does not imply the complete exclusion of other materials. The key is that the concept of jewelry d'auteur is synonymous with utmost quality, in terms of its materials and finishes as well as its usability.
We are aware that the traditional jewelry industry hardly gives space for this kind of proposals, while in the world of contemporary jewelry it is rarely welcome either; the latter considers Jewels d'Auteur too classical, the former too experimental. Nevertheless, we are convinced that there is a place for Jewelry d'Auteur and therefore it is time for us to vindicate ourselves.
Jewelry d'Auteur matters
We have three reasons to make this statement:
- We believe in the relevance or our personal discourse and we are not willing to attach strings to our creativity.
- We believe in the beauty of singularity and we are not willing to give up on craftmanship.
- We believe in the importance of quality, both of materials and finishes, and we refuse to give up on the pursuit of perfection.
We, like all the members of the association, create Jewelry d'Auteur by choice. The important thing is not if we are 10, 100 or 1000 people, but what really matters is the very thing that binds us: we take pride in creating fine jewels with a proper name.
'Seven seas' by Lisa Gerrard– A Singular Soundtrack by Decimononic
1.- Who is Lisa Gerrard?
Born 12 April 1961, Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. In addition to singing, she is an instrumentalist for much of her work, most prolifically using the yangqin (a Chinese hammered dulcimer).
Dead Can Dance released over nine albums from 1984 to 1995. The band split in 1998, but reunited in 2005 for a world tour. In 2012, the band announced a new world tour to coincide with the release of Anastasis, their new album (Irene and I were lucky enough to attend their concert in Madrid).
Lisa Gerrard has released four solo albums: The Mirror Pool (1995), The Silver Tree (2006), The Black Opal (2009) and Twilight Kingdom (2014).
Films Among the many films and documentaries she has scored or contributed to are Gladiator, Insider, Whale Rider, Black Hawk Down, Heat, Ali, King Arthur, Tears Of The Sun, The Mist, Salem's Lot, A Thousand Roads, Ashes & Snow, Layer Cake, El Nino de la Luna, Balibo, Henry Poole Is Here, Solo, Playing For Charlie & Ichi.
Lisa has recieved Golden Globe nominations for Insider and Ali and Oscar Nominations for Gladiator and 4 International awards for Whale Rider.
2.- About the song 'Seven Seas'
'Seven Seas' is the sixth track of the album 'Twilight Kingdom', released this year on Gerrard Records. The array of collaborators for this album includes Patrick Cassidy, Daniel Johns, Astrid Williamson and has also incorporated words by fellow Australian Russell Crowe.
Like the remaining nine tracks of this album, 'Seven Seas' is a melodic song without any percussive elements. We have chosen it due to its overwhelming beauty (and inspirational video).
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Words of singularity – Dave Grohl
We share with you some inspirational words today:
'1. No one is you and that is your biggest power
It's YOUR VOICE. Cherish it. Respect it. Nurture it. Challenge it. Stretch it and scream until it's f**king gone because everyone is blessed with at least that, and who knows how long it will last… […].
Who's to say what's a good voice, and what's not a good voice? The Voice? Imagine Bob Dylan sitting there singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' in front of Christina Aguilera'.
David Eric Grohl | Source: 'Top 5 Ways to a Better Life According to +Dave Grohl' – Christy Ramsey at G+
You are unique. Enjoy it, nourish it, be proud of it.
Remember: be Singular.
'Words of Singularity by Decimononic' is a series of blog posts conceived to work like a virus, spreading thoughts about empowerment and uniqueness. We may not fully agree with these quotes, but we think that they will promote reflection, critical thinking and debate about the importance of Singularity.
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Thierry Mugler – Singular Fashion Revelations by Decimononic
'A Mugler woman is a conqueror who holds the reins of her own life'.
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I.- Who is Thierry Mugler?
French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler is a living legend, thus there is no need to write a long biography this time. However, we would like to share whith you some of the milestones of his career to date.
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The Last Tuesday Society
Grotesque, fascinating, macabre, haunting. These adjectives describe the fascination of mankind regarding the natural mysteries of our planet. If you are interested in cabinets of wonder, you cannot afford to miss this blog post about The Last Tuesday Society and The upcoming Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities.
What is the The Last Tuesday Society?
The Last Tuesday Society was founded in 1873 at Harvard by William James & brought to London as a 'pataphysical' organisation in autumn 2006 by The Chancellor Viktor Wynd & The Provost David Piper. The society is dedicated to subverting life, the universe and everything bored of the life and world it sees around it seeks to create a new world filled with beauty, wonder and the imagination. The Society presents a veritable feast of experiences and productions.
Who is Viktor Wynd?
As his official website states, 'Viktor Wynd is a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of installation and relational aesthetics, often creating and manipulating vast and elaborate subversive social situations involving casts of up to 200 performers and many thousands of participants'.


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Junior Graphic Designer
TripleLift in New York City
The Role
TripleLift is seeking a talented Junior Graphic Designer to join our Marketing team. This is the perfect opportunity for a recent graduate looking to break into ad-tech. The Junior Graphic Designer will support our Marketing team in creating visual aids that assist in closing deals with the industry's most premium advertisers and publishers. In this role, your core responsibilities will be to create advertisement mock-ups and demos of the TripleLift platform. We value a beautiful and clean visually engaging style aesthetic.
About TripleLift
TripleLift makes native advertising simple, scalable, and effective. Leveraging pioneering computer vision technology, TripleLift seamlessly transforms visual content like images and video into native ads that match the unique look and feel of a publisher's website or app. TripleLift's native inventory is accessible through the industry's first real-time, native programmatic exchange, helping marketers reach millions of consumers across any device, at scale. Since 2012, TripleLift has delivered meaningful results for some of the world's biggest brands through what it calls the next evolution of display advertising.
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- Use Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign to create mocks for prospective and existing advertisers
- Create product screenshots and demonstrations of the TripleLift platform for potential advertising clients
- Collaborate with Marketing and Demand Sales team to identify opportunities for innovation
- Reflect TripleLift's aesthetic and ad quality standards in all design work
- Keep abreast of relevant trends and the competitive landscape
- Available to work on-site 40 hours weekly
Desired Skills and Attributes
- Previous design experience with Adobe Creative Suite;
- Basic knowledge of HTML / CSS;
- Understanding and/or experience in digital advertising;
- Ability to translate complex design challenges into elegant, intuitive experiences;
- Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
- Ability to work quickly and independently with minimal oversight;
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- Strives for continued learning opportunities to build upon craft;
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Join Eric Wexler for an in-depth discussion in this video Outputting data, part of Photoshop CS3 Extended: Research Methods and Workflows.
In this movie we're going to export the numbers we recorded from the previous movie and then move a copy of the infarct image…into an Excel file. We'll want to select all the numbers so we use our bracketed ruler icon…and then we'll export this to the desktop. We'll click on Export Selected Measurements.…We'll save this on the desktop, we'll save it as Stroke.…Hit Save, and now we'll open up Excel.…
We select Open Other and we click on our Stroke.text and we let…Excel import this file. Hit next and we can check to make sure everything's lined up.…We can hit Finish, and now we have the numbers,…and where they're from. This measurement is from the sham. And we have our infarct measurements.…We can easily get a percentage by going equals .18 divided by .52.…
Or we view it as a percentage going to Format, Cells,…Percentage. We can try to make it match real significant figures. So we'll keep it to 35%, hit OK and that's our percent infarct.…The last thing we want to do is copy an image of this section into the Excel file.…
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- Understanding a penetration model
- Combining images from different acquisition systems
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SWAT team launch dawn raid on family home to collect unpaid student loans
This is grounds for lawsuit! They busted his door in!
SWAT team launch dawn raid on family home to collect woman's unpaid student loans | Mail Online
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Forgot to mention, last night my other computer had the blue screen of death and reinstall new cables and a spare HD. Completed this morning at 0500.
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Riverfront Blvd. Is Dallas's Park Avenue and Champs-Élysées. No? Well, It Says Right Here ...
Waaaaay back in April 2010 we got our first loving look at the city's plans to widen Riverfront Boulevard, which, like I need to tell you, is now considered the "Gateway to the Trinity River" intended to connect downtown, the Trinity, the Design District and the Cedars. But there was much resistance to the plan, which was initially just a series of expensive options -- more concrete, a little space for hikers and bikers -- that co-opted the phrase "complete streets." Scoffed not-yet-council member Scott Griggs: "Where is the justification for all of this road?"
But the city never relented: In May and again in June, Public Works Department came back to the council's Trinity River Corridor Project Committee, with more and more and even more options to doll up The Boulevard Formerly Known as Industrial between Cadiz and Continental -- six in all, eventually, among them a do-nothing option, but Dallas is not a Do-Nothing Town. Council members were told: You gotta spend money to make money -- $42 million to $54 million, depending on whether they went with six or eight lanes. Or $29 million, said yet another, newer option should this reconstituted Riverfront use "existing concrete."
This afternoon, the committee will be shown this PowerPoint -- which talks of the Trinity Parkway like it's a done deal and actually has the balls to show a photo of The Avenue des Champs-Élysées beneath a header "Similar Roadways Outside of Dallas" -- and once again be asked: Decide already. They will be told the road needs to be widened for myriad reasons: to alleviate congestion, to make way for economic development, to fix storm drainage issues, to make it easier to walk without threat of being mowed down. They will be reminded: There's $44.5 million there for the redo, including $29,127,713 in North Central Texas Council of Governments Regional Toll Revenue that'll go elsewhere if not used for this.
They will be given a time line: Construction to begin in December 2012 and wrap in November 2015 -- which should put it smack in the middle of TxDOT's redo of the IH-30 and IH-35 "horseshoe," due to start in January 2013, fun. And they will be told: Decide already.
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Discussion in 'Picture gallery' started by tompenny, Sep 1, 2006.
l.a. isn't just cbs man. although bump those atlas's and augs pieces.
edit: can we try to keep this one updated, unlike all of the other los angeles and southern california threads. i'll post some shit when i get home from work.
yes! more flix
post up some msk and awr
l.a. freights (for the most part).
these are posted in the freights section but they are flicks so whatever.
peep the mo mo fools
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nice one fate
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whats up with some ole fashioned la bombing?
ahah looks sick name. props on getting up all the way out in LA...
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OK so I'm highly intelligent for my age. (I don't mean to have this come off as cocky but I take classes that are three years above my grade level, test in to the 99 percentile, have highly intelligent parents, and was in gifted programs when I was in primary school. So I don't mean this as a bragging way I'm just trying to explain my situation) anyways, I come off to people who I just meet or recently met as a stereotypical "bleach blond, big boobed bimbo" oddly enough I have naturally blond hair and D breasts. Since I know people judge you firstly on looks I want to know a way I can dress or appear more intelligently to acquaintances so that I do not constantly have people treating me like I'm stupid and don't feel like I have to prove my intelligence as much. P.S. I'm sixteen if that makes a difference
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Like yourself, I consider myself intelligent but not cocky about it. And while dress may be important to some people, I actually would be more impressed by the way you speak. If you communicate rationally and articulate your thoughts, it'll impress people. And for me, the opposite is also true: nothing, and I mean NOTHING, irritates me more than people using the word "like" every two seconds. I NEVER talk like that, and people who meet me tell me I sound very intelligent. I don't think that's a coincidence.
Of course, hopefully those D-cups you mentioned won't make guys forget what you're saying! lol :-)20|20|0


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My son started preschool this year so this was my first time buying Christmas presents and sending a little token of appreciation to his teachers! I think it's important to "spoil" our teachers a bit and the holidays (as well as the last day of school) are the best time! Teachers work hard and make wonderful impacts on our society… really what would we do without them?! So I put together a small, reusable wooden crate filled with lemons from our tree, a monogrammed mug, organic tea, chocolate, marshmallows and a gift card. I think it made one charming gift! See our inspiration board on putting a charming Teacher Appreciation gift box together!
AND thank you to ALL of you teachers out there who work so hard and dedicate your careers to our children! You ROCK!
Boxes are from Michael's Arts and Crafts.
Gold mug and marshmallows from Anthropologie.
Tea and chocolate from World Market.
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The 31-year-old, who made his Bollywood debut with 'MP3 - Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar', is currently seen as Dhruv Goel aka DV in TV show 'Kehta hai Dil...Jee Le Zara'.
Talking about his fan, Ruslaan said in a statement: "She has been in love with me from the time I came in a music video (a remix version of 'Aap jaisa koi' by Pamela Jain), which was some 10 years back. She always keeps in touch with me on Facebook." 'Kehta hai Dil...Jee Le Zara' airs on Sony Entertainment Television.


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Gallery Trouble in Birmingham
See the destruction and damage caused in Birmingham by riots and looting on Monday night.
The father of a man who died while trying to defend businesses from looters has urged those involved in unrest to "calm down and go home".
Haroon Jahan, 21, died alongside two brothers after being hit by a car on Dudley Road in the Winson Green area of Birmingham in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The two other victims have been named locally as Shezad Ali and Abdul Musavir.
Haroon's father, Tariq, said: "Last night we lost three cherished members of our community. They were taken from us in a way that no father, mother, sister or brother should have to endure. Today we stand here to plead with all the youth to remain calm (and) for our communities to stand united. This is not a race issue. Blacks, Asians, whites - we all live in the same community. Why do we have to kill each other? I lost my son. Step forward if you want to lose your sons. Otherwise, calm down and go home."
He also called for witnesses and said people should have faith in the police. But after he spoke, some tension erupted and onlookers began shouting, upset about what had happened in the area. Mr Jahan climbed onto a van and called for order. "Have some respect," he said. "I have lost a son. Don't kick off again."
Prime Minister David Cameron described the apparent hit-and-run killings as a "truly dreadful incident" and offered his condolences to their families.
West Midlands Police has made more than 300 arrests since the disturbances which blighted the region on Monday and Tuesday night, with 48 people detained last night The force had 1,000 officers on duty overnight - compared with 400 for each of Monday and Tuesday - with the situation across the region remaining calm.
Police also released more than 30 CCTV images of people they want to speak to in connection with the disorder and have begun the process of recovering "thousands of pounds worth" of items stolen by looters, executing a series of search warrants.
Solihull Magistrates' Court sat all night to help fast track those charged in connection with the disorder in the region.
Chief Superintendent Phil Kay said: "This is a first for the West Midlands and has given us the opportunity to put before the courts the prisoners involved in the disorder in a really timely manner which helps speed up the judicial process."
Police are also asking anybody with images or videos of the disorder taken on mobile phones or cameras to email them to officers. People can email directly to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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1898 in Afghanistan
From Wikipedia
See also: 1897 in Afghanistan, other events of 1898, and 1899 in Afghanistan.
The state of Afghanistan is peaceful and quiet throughout the year, with few exceptions. The amir suffers much inconvenience and loss through the frontier disturbances, and to steer a middle course between the fanatical forces about him and his foreign obligations is difficult. He is accused of harbouring Afridi refugees, but since they are fugitive Muslims, the amir by his religion is bound not to repel them when seeking refuge without prearrangement. The amir is not implicated in supplying arms and ammunition to the tribesmen.
April 1898
The amir appoints Mir Atta Khan of Herat to succeed the late Sipah Salar Gholam Haidar Khan Orakzai.
May 1898
It is announced that the Afridis are again sending jirgas to interview Abdor Rahman at Kabul. These deputations, which are composed of Zakka khels, are turned back by the governor of Jalalabad, no doubt by orders from the amir. Sir James Westland, when speaking at Simla in June, warmly eulogizes the conduct of the amir, and says that the tribesmen should now see that although the Indian government made an agreement with the amir, that agreement was not intended to interfere in any way with their independence.
December 1898
A message from the amir is received by the Indian government in which he says, speaking of the raid by Waziris into Afghan territory, that he expects the British will check such raids, just as the Indian government expects the Afghan officials to prevent attacks similar to that made in August on a party of coolies in the Tochi Valley.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean crops decimated by the worst drought in half a century will fail to replenish ultra-low stockpiles next year, the U.S. government is set to say on Friday in a report that may heighten fears of a new world food crisis.
In the most authoritative view yet on the state of the withered U.S. crops, the Agriculture Department report -- based on samples from parched, scorched fields -- will show the corn harvest will drop 11 percent from last year, with yields 23 percent below normal, analysts estimate.
The outlook is nearly as bleak for soybeans, with the harvest set to shrink 8 percent from 2011 with yields falling by 9 percent. Inventories of the oilseed, a key component of livestock feed from India to Indiana, would tie for the smallest since 1973.
The grim report is an abrupt reversal from just two months ago, when farmers, who raced to the largest corn plantings in 75 years, expected a record haul. Consumers worldwide were also hopeful that a robust harvest from the biggest ag exporter would help end a period of depleted global stockpiles.
Now, however, many fear record-high prices and scanty stockpiles will rule commodity markets for at least a year more -- and it may get worse if growing signs of shortage prompt some countries to impose export bans or make panic purchases, as they did during the last dramatic price spike in 2008.
"Several urgent actions must be taken to address the current situation to prevent a potential global food price crisis," said Shenggen Fan, head of an agricultural think tank funded by the World Bank. In addition to avoiding trade restraints, he said countries should throttle back on using grain to make biofuels.
The report could sharpen the emerging debate around the U.S. policy that requires use of 13.2 billion gallons of biofuels -- mostly corn ethanol -- this year, equal to 9 percent of fuel for cars and light trucks. While dozens of politicians and livestock lobby groups have called for relief, the policy has staunch Farm Belt support that is unlikely to waver in an election year.
Corn futures prices, already up more than 60 percent since before the drought began in mid-June, surged to a record $8.29-3/4 a bushel on Thursday.
The impact of the drought has been increasingly apparent over the past eight weeks, but the USDA's report will be the most exhaustive in measuring the damage.
The USDA surveys about 27,000 growers and test-samples yield in major states to estimate crop output based on Aug 1 conditions. It says there is a 10.7 percent margin of error for its estimate of the corn crop and 11.4 percent on soybeans.
Analysts expected a U.S. corn crop of 11.026 billion bushels, smallest since 2006 and 15 percent less than the USDA had estimated just a month ago, and a soybean crop of 2.817 billion bushels, the smallest since 2007.
Most of the wheat crop was planted early enough to escape damage from drought and output will top 2011.
Stockpiles of corn are expected to shrink to the lowest level in 17 years by the time the 2013 harvest begin; soybean stocks would tie for the smallest since 1973, according to a poll of analysts ahead of the Agriculture Department report.
USDA makes the estimates with the harvest season only weeks away for corn and soybeans; the wheat harvest is winding down. Half of the corn crop is in poor or very poor condition -- a year ago, 60 percent was top-rated.
More than 60 percent of the continental United States, including prime farm and ranch territory, was under moderate to exceptional drought this week, a slight improvement. July was the hottest month on record, beating the worst month of the Dust Bowl era in 1936.
Small U.S. crops can carry a global wallop since the United States is the world's largest farm exporter. It grows 40 percent of the corn and soybeans as well as a fifth of the wheat sold on the world market. Bad weather in Russia and India also is pinching crop output this year. High food prices were a factor in the Arab spring uprisings of 2011.
World food prices rose by 6 percent during July, driven by surging corn and sugar prices, said the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. The index is below its February 2011 peak but higher than in 2007-08, when fear of shortages drove up prices and prompted export bans in some countries.
In 11 of the past 20 years, USDA's August forecasts were smaller than the final figure.
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Replacing a laminate countertop is an affordable kitchen update for the handy homeowner. Preformed laminate countertops are available in a wide variety of colors, and can give a kitchen a whole new look in an afternoon. If you're in the process of replacing a countertop, you may be hindered trying to get the laminate to stay tight to the wall. The trick is to attach the countertop to the base cabinets in your kitchen, and although you'll need a helper it's not too hard to do.
Things You'll Need
- Drill
- Drill bit (1 size smaller than wood screws supplied with countertop)
- Construction adhesive
- Screwdriver bit
Level the countertop to be sure it will fit tight to the wall and cabinets; shim if needed; remove from cabinets.
Locate the braces on the bottom of the counter. There will be extra strips of wood along the back and on the front corners of the countertop.
Drill a pilot hole in each of the braces, using a drill bit that is one size smaller than the wood screws that came with the countertop.
Squeeze a bead of construction adhesive along the back and sides of the cabinet edges where the countertop will rest.
Lift the countertop into place, taking care to keep the bead of adhesive intact until the weight of the countertop presses it down.
Screw the countertop through the pilot holes into the back wall and to the front of the cabinet, using the wood screws provided. Have a helper check the countertop as you secure it to be sure it doesn't shift from its designated location while you work.
Tips & Warnings
- Install the sink before attaching the countertop.
- Check the drawers and doors of the cabinet to be sure they open and shut properly before the countertop is attached.
- Always wear eye protection when using power tools.
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A/N: Before reading this fic, please note that it is a sequel to Marauding Dragon and if you haven't read that, you probably won't understand this. If you have read it, feel free to skip this and read on. If you have not and don't feel like reading a 40+ chapter story at the moment, the CliffNotes version is as follows: Sirius escapes Azkaban, Draco adopts him in dog-form, Sirius saves his life and reveals he's an Animagus, and Draco makes friends with Ginny, Luna, Harry and Theodore Nott. At Hogwarts, an ambitious and slighted Ron goes to Slytherin and pals around with Pansy, Nott and Harry get into Gryffindor and Draco into Hufflepuff. They have some rough times but manage to make friends with the Hufflepuffs, Weasley twins, Hermione and Millicent Bulstrode, reveal Scabbers as Peter Pettigrew and save the Philosopher's Stone. Woohoo! But Nott's father is none too happy about him being in Gryffindor and that's where our story begins…
Theodore Nott stood in the doorway of the Weasley household, having been dumped there by the Knight Bus, wet to the bone and rather intimidated.
"I'm terribly sorry," Nott coughed and blushed. "I didn't know where else to go or what to do. And Fred and George had said something… I'm sorry, it's a terrible bother, I know, but Harry lives with Muggles and Draco… well his father… you know… I'm so sorry but I was wondering if I could maybe sleep here, just for the night?"
He stood there for only a moment before Mrs. Weasley pulled the bedraggled boy in, shouting for Fred to grab the trunk, for Percy to get towels and blankets and for Ginny to set a pot on the stove for hot chocolate or tea or whatever Theodore would like. Sitting the boy down at the table, she took off the sopping garments while Ginny boiled water.
"Theodore, what is the matter? What is going on, why are you here, dear?" She passed him the mug of Darjeeling that Ginny had seeped and he blew on the surface of the water, allowing the steam to rise into his face.
"My father threw me out," he informed her in a numb voice. Taking a tentative sip of tea, he swallowed then continued. "Well, I suppose that isn't properly true. I ran off after he gave me an ultimatum. Told me that I was going to Durmstrang or would be home-schooled and never leave the house again. Said that he wouldn't suffer a Gryffindor in the family and that I wasn't going back to Hogwarts no matter what." He took another sip of the tea then looked up at Mrs. Weasley. "So I packed a trunk and left." He wrapped his hands around the mug, pensive. "Harry's family hates magic and Draco's father is too close to mine to be safe. Fred and George were the only other ones I could think of at the time. I am terribly sorry, I do realize what an imposition this is, just showing up at your doorstep like this. I'll try to find something else tomorrow, I just needed somewhere for the night, some place he wouldn't look for me or find me."
"Find something else? Nonsense, dear," Molly tutted as she wrapped another comforter around him. "You'll do no such thing. If you need a place to stay you're very welcome to stay here."
"He can share our room if he likes," George spoke up.
"Or we could give him Bill's," Ginny added. "Now that he's got an apartment in London."
"Molly," Mr. Weasley whispered urgently, motioning her over. She left Theo to talk with Ginny and the twins. "Dear, are you sure that this is a wise idea? His father was… is a Death Eater!"
"All the more reason we should be there for him!" She chided. "Who will he go to? The Malfoys? That would be just as bad, perhaps even worse. I'm sure Lucius Malfoy would have no qualms about sending Theodore straight back to his father – and then what? He gets shipped off to Germany or locked up, just because he ended up in the wrong house? Besides, he's a Gryffindor; the hat knows what it's talking about."
"Oh does it?" Arthur replied impatiently. "Then how do you account for Ron?"
"Ron is… this isn't about Ron!" She retorted. "Now that boy is cold, tired and homeless and I don't intend on turning him out!"
"What if his father comes looking for him?" Arthur rejoined doubtfully. "Why can't he just stay at a hotel? Get a room at the Cauldron?"
"Wizarding London is no place for a boy alone, long term. Cut off as he is I doubt he couldn't even afford it. And his father is more likely to be able to force his way in somewhere like that than in our home. He probably doesn't even know who Theodore's friends are."
"I'm sure it won't be too hard to find out," Arthur replied with a sigh. "I understand your sympathies dear; but this boy is from a long standing Slytherin family with a likely Death Eater father. I don't like it, one little bit."
"Well the twins and Ginny trust him, and that's good enough for me." She pulled her housecoat shut and tied the belt that had slipped loose. "The boy stays, dear," she informed her husband with an air of finality, walking back over to Theodore. "Fred and George will take your trunk up to Bill's room and I'll make you up a plate of something. I'm sure you must be starving."
Theo gave her a little nod and glanced over apologetically at Mr. Weasley. For a moment, he looked at the boy as if he were something quite foreign; at a glare from his wife, however, he returned the smile and came over to give Theo a pat of encouragement on his shoulder.
"Our home's not as fancy as I'm sure your father's is," Mr. Weasley told him, "but you're welcome to stay here. Any friend of Fred and George is welcome in our home at any time."
"Thank you sir, ma'am," he told the two Weasley parents. "I'm very grateful. And whatever you need me to help with or do, I'm more than willing to do so. Simply tell me and I'll be glad to help."
"That's sweet dear," Mrs. Weasley set a plate of chicken and potatoes in from of him. "But you just get some rest for now."
From the doorway, Ron watched his parents fuss over Theodore, giving him food and trying to warm him up. At first he'd held out slim hope that his father would put his foot down and throw the git out; he should have known better however. Ginny and the twins were fawning over him to a sickening degree and when he saw his mother give the exhausted Theo a peck on the cheek that was the last straw.
Storming up to his room several stories up, Ron slammed the door and punched the pillow. Bad enough he had to live in a hovel with parents who were more concerned about being touchy-feely than providing what their kids needed. Bad enough that the looks Fred and George gave him made him feel like a stranger in his own home.
Now apparently they'd found a replacement for him. Infuriated, he pulled the blankets over his head and promised himself he would write a letter to Pansy first thing in the morning to see what he should do.
"And so Harry beat out Cedric and they ended up winning the House Quidditch Cup which is really good because Harry has loads of talent, but Cedric was right behind him and I think that next year we'll have a good chance to win," Draco rambled on as he pulled dirty laundry out of his trunk and piled it up for the house elves to clean. "I know I'm going to try out; I don't think I'll be able to be a Seeker like Harry because Cedric's older and he's really good at it, and I don't think I have the arm strength to be a Beater, but I think I've got a pretty good chance at making one of the two open Chaser positions. I might be a good Keeper to, I don't know I haven't really tried, but our Keeper is a sixth year so she'll be back next year too."
"That's lovely dear," his mother forced a smile. "Draco, love?"
"Yeah Mum?" He looked up at her just as he pulled out an armful of textbooks.
"Your father and I need to talk to you, sweetie." She twisted her wedding band around on her hand, looking off to the side instead of at her son.
"What about?" He stood, setting the books aside on a low shelf. "Is something wrong?"
"I think your father will explain it somewhat better than I could." She motioned him over and guided him out of the room to Lucius' study.
His father was seated in front of the fire in one of the large armchairs, looking intently into the flames. When he heard the steps of his wife and son, he turned around and waved them in. Dragon followed, looking at Lucius with what Narcissa might have sworn was nervousness.
"Sit down son," Lucius directed him to the other armchair. Narcissa stood behind Lucius' chair and Dragon lay at Draco's feet, waiting anxiously for what was to come.
"What's going on?" Draco looked at his two parents, confused. "Have I done something?"
"In a manner, yes," Lucius sighed. "Draco, I heard about your… goings on towards the end of the year. There are whispers that you saw the Dark Lord. That you fought with him." His tone was low and urgent, though not precisely angry.
"Yes, yes I saw him in the woods." Draco shivered a bit at the memory. "He was possessing a teacher… they'd killed a unicorn, he was drinking her blood – I wanted to make him pay for that," he whispered. "She was so beautiful and delicate and he mangled her, blood dripping down his front…"
"Draco!" Lucius rapped his walking stick on the floor. "Draco, a unicorn does not matter!"
"What?" Draco looked at him with a stunned expression.
"Draco, you could have been killed, died – for what? For an over-glorified horse that was already dead? The Dark Lord is not someone to be played with, Draco – he is not someone to be defied." Lucius swallowed. "I accept part of the blame for this. I allowed you to grow up too wildly, become too headstrong, run around with too much freedom. Draco, you are losing sight of what is important."
"But dad, the unicorn…" He tried to find words to convey how deeply the display had offended and disgusted him.
"Forget about the unicorn, Draco! Think about yourself – about your family. The Dark Lord detests disloyalty and if you set yourself against him, you won't be the only one to pay!" Lucius chastised.
"Disloyalty?" Draco looked at him doubtfully. "But I thought… I mean, the record… the trial… you said that… that your were Imperiused…"
"Draco, I did what I had to so that I stay free, that I could care for my family. That's what I have always done and will always do, but I can't do that if you're undercutting me!" Lucius looked at him severely. "I realize that you are still quite young; I did not wish to burden you at such a young age, and your mother didn't either. However, circumstances have made it unavoidable.
"If the Dark Lord is making attempts to return, you are not to get in his way. I am not telling you to abet him; leave that to others who have less to risk than you. That is not what I'm suggesting. But Draco, you must stay out of the way! I've heard rumors about who your friends are – and do you realize how thoroughly upset Mr. Nott is about Theodore's placement? I'm sure he's having a very similar conversation with Theo as we speak.
"You are young, Draco, and haven't seen much of the world. But I assure you that you will see very little of it indeed if you continue to be friends with who you're friends with and behave the way you have been behaving. You are not to stand in the Dark Lords way again, do you understand me?" His tone was severe and his gaze emanated a mixture of distress, fury and concern.
At his feet, Dragon whimpered and Draco could feel his heart sinking.
"Why, though? Dad, Voldemort is evil…"
"Don't say that name!" Lucius snapped, harsher than he'd meant. "Draco the Dark Lord is not evil; he is fighting for our rights, to live as we do – weeding out the filth that has infiltrated our world."
"How can you say that Dad?" Draco leaned in. "I know what you say about pure-blood and stuff but it's not true! I see it every day at Hogwarts, kids from Muggle families do just as well…"
"No, Draco!" Lucius snapped again and Narcissa put a restraining hand on his shoulder. "Draco, if they continue to infiltrate they will do to our world what they have done to theirs. They will take away everything we have, give it to the filth that has managed to weasel its way into our society! They understand nothing of our traditions, nothing of true wizards, risk exposure to the rest of the world, dilute the blood lines…
"Look at the way we have to behave, Draco! Look at the way wizards conceal themselves, the way we're forced to hide magic and magical creatures and even our dwellings from those idiot Muggles – why? We are the superior ones, we should be able to move about as we please without concern for such filth, such untalented wastes of life!"
He clutched the sides of his chair and Draco shrank back into his chair. Everything that Sirius had warned about, everything that Sirius disdained was pouring forth from his father's mouth with a frightening vehemence. The crackling fire was the only sound for a long while, until Draco gathered his courage and voiced a question he feared the answer to.
"Dad?" He looked into his father's eyes, grey orbs that matched his own. "Were you – are you – a Death Eater?"
For a moment, Lucius considered lying, worried about what his child would think of him, worried that his own flesh and blood might hate him. The truth would out eventually, however, so he nodded, thinking it better to have the chance to explain why he was a Death Eater and explain the sense of it to Draco.
"Yes, Draco. I have the Dark Mark on my arm. I chose it, son. Chose it for us, for you and your mother." He looked at the fire, then back at Draco. "Our world is in peril, son, and the Dark Lord is the only one who realizes that, who is willing to fight for pureblood rights. He gained much power and if he ever returns will do so again; better to be a part of that than a crushed resistance."
"But he uses people Dad!" Horrified, he looked at his father, not understanding. "He doesn't care about us!"
"He rewards loyalty Draco – and punishes disloyalty. I hate to put this upon you, but if you defy him, I do not know how much I can do to protect your mother and you, even myself. Should he return, I can explain it away as childish foolishness if it is only the one incident. But if it becomes a repeated pattern, then everything I have worked for will have been for nothing."
Unable to formulate a response, his head reeling, Draco simply sat there motionless. Narcissa went over and embraced him, trying to offer some sort of reassurance.
"Draco, we're not angry, only concerned," she murmured. "You have to understand. I know you must have had a lot of silly ideals and nonsense pumped into your head at Hogwarts, but that's not the way the world works. Family is all you ever have – and sometimes not even that if your own blood betrays you. We need to stick together, provide a united front, not put one another at risk."
"But what he does… what he can do…"
"The world is an ugly place, Draco," Lucius told him with a note of sympathy. "And sometimes… sometimes people have to do ugly things to protect the ones they care about and get what they need. This house, these grounds, our lifestyle – it has to come from somewhere. We have a tradition to uphold, honor to preserve and protect…"
Pushing away Narcissa with a sudden gesture Draco bolted from the room and ran down the hall, Dragon close on his heels. His parents heard the front door slam shut and Lucius sighed.
"That went exceedingly well, don't you think dear?" He muttered sarcastically.
"Perhaps you should go after him?" She suggested.
With a nod Lucius followed Draco's path down the hall at a brisk pace, leaving Narcissa alone with her thoughts in the study.
A/N: So the summer looks as though it's off to a rocky start. But no worries – things will get a little bit better. A little bit worse too, but not every chapter will be quite so depressing. Promise. ;) The next chapter will be up before long, so stay tuned and see what happens.


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SE: Volleyball Wins Varney's Invitational
September 7, 2015
By Kelly McHugh-Stewart
K-State volleyball (5-1) went a perfect 3-0 over the weekend as the Wildcats downed Green Bay, Cal and UNLV (3-0, 3-1, 3-0, respectively) to be crowned the Varney's Invitational champions.
Taking place in Bramlage Coliseum, the entire Wildcat roster stepped up and came together to win the tournament title and extend their non-conference home winning streak to 20 matches.
"I liked the way we played," said Wildcat head coach Suzie Fritz after the Wildcats swept UNLV on Saturday afternoon. "I thought we competed hard, and our chemistry was really strong. We have a lot of people doing a lot of things and I like the fact that we're not a one-person show – there are a lot of people contributing right now and that's really exciting."
From top to bottom, the youthful team displayed poise and resilience on the court. It never let up, and, even when behind, it found a way to come back for the victory, such as when they dropped a narrow first set to Cal before capturing the match in four sets.
Outside hitter Alyssa Schultejans and middle blocker Zsofia Gyimes – both freshmen – played at home for the first time and each played key roles in the tournament win, while returners Kersten Kober, Bryna Vogel and Katie Reininger all contributed at important moments.
However, it was the play of two of the team's upperclassmen, juniors Katie Brand and Brooke Sassin, that really put the Wildcats on top. Brand, after notching a tournament-best 138 total assists (a feat that helped her become the second-fastest Wildcat to reach 2,500 career assists), was named Varney's Invitational MVP as well as to the all-tournament team.
"We're really excited on how this weekend went," said Brand after recording her fourth double-double of the year against UNLV (43 assists, 16 digs). "We knew coming into it that there was going to be three solid teams and we knew it was going to be a tough weekend. We were down a couple of girls, but we really pulled together, played as a team and had great chemistry on the court."
Sassin was also named to the Varney's Invitational All-Tournament team for her stellar performance on the court.
With sophomore outside hitter Kylee Zumach, last year's kills leader and Big 12 Freshman of the Year, on the sidelines with an injury, Sassin knew there would be additional pressure on her shoulders.
However, she did not let it get to her and led the Wildcats with a tournament-total of 40 kills (11 vs. Green bay, 10 vs. Cal, and 19 vs. UNLV).
"Coming into the tournament having people hurt, it was questionable as to how it was going to go, but we have a lot of fight and I think everyone gave 100 percent the whole time. That's what really helped us all win," said Sassin.
It was not just this past weekend that Sassin shined. She has been a consistent force for the Wildcats since their trip to Miami in late August to start the season. Sassin is the first Wildcat since 2009 (JuliAnne Chisholm) to start a season with 10 or more kills in the first six matches as the San Antonio, Texas native leads the team with a total of 87 kills on the year. She is second in the Big 12 in both points per set (4.20) and kills per set (3.78) while also averaging 2.43 digs (fourth on the team).
"I'm very happy with the way I've started the season, but now I have to maintain it," she explained. "It's a lot on my shoulders. I'm happy with it, but I know I have a big role on this team so I have to step up every time I'm on the court."
With no seniors on this year's Wildcat roster, Sassin is among the team's few upperclassmen. She may have been new to the Wildcat volleyball program last year after transferring to K-State in 2014 from Mississippi State, but this year, she is looked as a team leader and has much more on her plate.
"We're asking Brooke to do a lot right now. She's playing six rotations and I'm equally as proud of her for what she's doing in the back row as for what she's doing in the front row," said Fritz. "It's a load. It's physically and mentally demanding to have to take on that much responsibility, and I'm proud of her because I think she's handled it beautifully."
Moving forward, the Wildcat volleyball squad next heads to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where it will compete in the Middle Tennessee Invitational. K-State's first game of the tournament will take place at 4:30 p.m., on Friday against VCU, while the Wildcats will take on Seattle on Saturday at 10 a.m., and Middle Tennessee at 7:30 p.m.
"I liked what I saw at times; it's still early in the year and I didn't think it was always pretty, but I liked how our team competes and I like how they stayed together through some adverse situations," said Fritz of the Varney's Invitational as a whole. "They held together pretty well. For a young team they're a little bit ahead in terms of their resilience… So my takeaway is that we have a chance to be a good volleyball team."
We hope you enjoy K-State Sports Extra. We would like to hear your comments and any story ideas for future emails, so fire them our way. Contact Kelly McHugh, or K-State Assistant AD for Communications Kenny Lannou.


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Well said friend returned home, after the party we met at, and only two weeks later he and his girlfriend broke up. He moved back to our home town and a year later I saw him again.
A girl I was close with at work had met him at a gas station and took a liking to him. So we told her we knew him and hooked them up. He became a very close mutual friend of my boyfriend and I and started hanging out with us all the time as he lives just 5 minutes away.
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Latin American Journal of Content & Language Integrated Learning
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ISSN (Print) 2011-6721 - ISSN (Online) 2322-9721
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- CLIL approaches in education: Opportunities, challenges, or threats'
Authors: Jermaine S. McDougald
Abstract: Our world is constantly changing; hence, the importance of being able to respond to its demands is of utmost importance. There is an enormous need to innovate and create, as well as apply new and/or different ways of doing things in every aspect of life, including education, which has evolved over the years and will continue doing so for years to come. This is why different approaches to learning have appeared (Coyle, 1999, 2009; Deyrich & Kari Stunnel, 2014a), amongst them CLIL (content and language integrated learning), an approach which in its original conception was about teaching and learning not only language but also content. Nowadays people "need to learn a language to confront the demands of a new society; the studied language may provide a better status and the possibility to use it for different needs" (Rodriguez Bonces, 2012b, p. 180). And what better way could there be to learn it than through a meaningful, real, and contextualized approach such as CLIL' As Rodriguez Bonces (2012a) suggests, CLIL increases motivation since "language is used to fulfill real purposes, its use is authentic and much more meaningful for the students" (p. 183). This argument alone has provided many institutions with a viable option to look for something different in the classroom.
PubDate: 2016-12-21
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)
- Is EMI enough' Perceptions from university professors and students
Authors: Kathleen Anne Corrales, Lourdes A. Paba Rey, Nazira Santiago Escamilla
Abstract: Internationalization of higher education aims to develop foreign language and intercultural and international competences (IIC). To achieve this, universities worldwide have implemented strategies such as teaching content subjects in English, also known as English mediated instruction (EMI). However, there is scant research on the positive and negative aspects related to EMI implementation in Latin America. For this reason, this case study explores the perceptions of a group of computer science professors, students, and the program administrator in a Colombian
university about the use of this approach in learning content and language and the development of IICs. Results revealed that implementing this initiative has benefits but also poses some challenges. Therefore, we offer recommendations related to the institution as a whole, the professors, and the students and suggest including some elements of the CLIL approach to support learning. It is hoped that
these findings will contribute to the worldwide EMI/CLIL discussion, especially in Latin American where this practice is relatively new.
PubDate: 2016-11-29
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)
- CLIL in Italy: A general overview
Authors: Letizia Cinganotto
Abstract: CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) was introduced in the Italian school system in 2003 through a Reform Law, which made it mandatory for upper secondary schools. This paper is aimed at describing the most important steps of this innovation, with the relevant implications for policymakers, teachers and students. Italy's CLIL mandate is conceptualized as a national language education policy within the larger European plurilingualism discourse, which represents the background of this paper. After a brief overview of the main conceptual
frameworks and of CLIL provision in Europe, the paper will try to describe
the current status of CLIL in Italy considering the Italian educational system according to the latest legislation. Reference to the national CLIL teacher profile and to the national teacher training action will be taken. Some pilot projects involving school networks will be also mentioned. Particular attention will be devoted to CLIL implementation in "licei linguistici", the Italian upper secondary school that is most oriented to foreign languages. Finally, some future challenges will be highlighted.
PubDate: 2016-11-29
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)
- The illusio of the foreign language standard in a Colombian university
Authors: Rigoberto Castillo, Alexandra Pineda-Puerta
Abstract: The Ministry of education in Colombia set a policy for higher education in which graduates should achieve an intermediate proficiency level (B1) in another language; and by 2025 it expects that they leave college with an upper intermediate level (B2). This report deals with a private college that attempts to participate in the policy, yet the college has a requirement, not a foreign language policy. It offers their students 160 hours in which they hardly attain a high beginner level (A2). The Board of Directors of the college conducted a satisfaction survey that became
the first cycle of the action research study reported here. The sample of 624 EFL learners expressed dissatisfaction with the program and frustration with the approach and with the results. The situation mirrored what Bourdieu (1995) defines as the illusio, the belief that the "game" we collectively agree to play is worth playing, that the fiction we collectively elect to accredit constitutes reality. The authors conducted a second cycle to establish the source of dissatisfaction, and to identify the needs and wants of the stakeholders. The results indicate that the administrators expect that English reinforce disciplinary knowledge, while learners expect to learn to speak it, and teachers expect to teach grammar. A third cycle has been planned to propose a curriculum proposal that reconciles the allotments of resources of time, space, staff, content learning and language learning with a standard that meets the needs and expectations of the program. In other words we expect to make a proposal that corrects the collective misperception of reality
which constitutes a reality in itself.
PubDate: 2016-11-29
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)
- Assessment in CLIL: Test development for content and language for teaching
natural science in English as a foreign language
Authors: Johanna P. Leal
Abstract: On-going bilingual programs without regard to needs analysis; little research on the actual effects of CLIL in Colombia and vague awareness or knowledge about the necessary considerations for effective CLIL programs, underpin the need to address a particular issue of curriculum as it is summative assessment. This small scale study takes place in a Natural Science class using a CLIL approach with thirdgrade students at A2 proficiency level who have been progressively immersed in
a bilingual program at a private school in Bogotá, Colombia. Regularly scheduled tests were analyzed in order to identify suitable assessment items hat simultaneously report on the content and language achievement in order to provide guidelines for test development that are aligned with the teaching goals, consistently measure students' progress, and facilitate teaching practices. This study entails a systematic examination of test items using formal item analysis to depict test validity from an assessment grid that integrates content, at different knowledge levels, CALP functions and cognitive skills. The study concludes that the assessment grid is a helpful tool to discriminate language and content achievement in the results of multiple-choice CLIL tests, by increasing teachers' understanding of the language demands of test items and the level of difficulty of content tasks.
PubDate: 2016-11-23
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)
- Culture through comparison: Creating audio-visual listening materials for
a CLIL course
Authors: Iryna Zhyrun
Abstract: Authentic listening has become a part of CLIL materials, but it can be difficult to find listening materials that perfectly match the language level, length requirements, content, and cultural context of a course. The difficulty of finding appropriate materials online, financial limitations posed by copyright fees, and necessity to produce intellectual work led to the idea of designing videos specifically for a university level CLIL course. This article presents a brief overview of current approaches
to creating CLIL materials, gives rationale for recording of CLIL audio-visual materials, and discusses their challenges. It provides an example of audio-visual materials design for listening comprehension taking into consideration educational and cultural contexts, course content, and language learning outcomes of the program. In addition, it discusses advantages and limitations of created audio-visual materials by contrasting them with authentic materials of similar type found
on YouTube. According to a pilot survey, language used in recorded CLIL videos is easier to understand than the language used in YouTube videos. The content of CLIL videos is more related to students' life and they experience more positive emotions while watching them. CLIL videos bridge the gap between the concepts studied and a local culture making the learning more meaningful and enjoyable.
PubDate: 2016-11-23
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)
- The effect of explicit vs. implicit instruction on mastering the speech
act of thanking among Iranian male and female EFL learners
Authors: Mehdi Ghaedrahmat, Parviz Alavinia, Reza Biria
Abstract: This pragmatic study investigated the speech act of thanking as used by non-native speakers of English. The study was an attempt to find whether the pragmatic awareness of Iranian EFL learners could be improved through explicit instruction of the structure of the speech act of "Thanking". In fact, this study aimed to find out if there was a significant difference between the performances of EFL learners in using the speech act of thanking when they were taught through explicit instruction of speech acts compared with implicit instruction. To this end, 30 Iranian intermediate EFL learners at Pars language institute were chosen, and they were classified as experimental and control group. The researcher adopted a discourse completion test (DCT) to gather the necessary data. The results showed that those learners who were taught explicitly outperformed those to whom implicit instruction was used.
PubDate: 2016-11-23
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)
- Analysing a whole CLIL school: Students' attitudes, motivation, and
receptive vocabulary outcomes
Authors: Mario Arribas
Abstract: CLIL keeps on gaining ground in the European educational context, one clear example is Spain, where the number of schools adopting this methodology has kept growing exponentially in recent years. The present study has a dual perspective looking at the motivation of students towards English and CLIL and showing students' receptive vocabulary outcomes. All students (n=403) enrolled in secondary education in a bilingual school fulfilled a questionnaire and completed two receptive vocabulary level tests (VLT 2k and 3k bands). The findings of the study report on all learners' opinions and it also correlates vocabulary outcomes from students of the last year of compulsory education (16 years old) with their motivation towards English. Once we analysed the questionnaire and the 2k and 3k versions of the VLT, we concluded that the CLIL group scored higher in receptive vocabulary tests due to their higher motivation, albeit differences were not found statistically significant (Kolmogorov-Smirnov-Lilliefors, Shapiro-Wilk, and Mann-Whitney tests). We attribute this lack of statistical significance to the irregular CLIL implementation in the school and the short experience of the school with this methodology.
PubDate: 2016-11-22
Issue No: Vol. 9 (2016)


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