Linguistic Resources to Facilitate Science Education

Viswanathan, Uma M.; Sultana, Asifa; Shankar, Suhasini

doi:10.18520/cs/v118/i2/271-273

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“…In ESP research cases, many pedagogical approaches and knowledge processing approaches are applied in surmounting language barriers that are particularly caused by EFL (Flowerdew, 2000;Zygouris-Coe, 2012). However, there are no absolute advantages for English native speakers in gaining domain knowledge (Zygouris-Coe, 2012;Shanahan & Shanahan, 2017;Viswanathan et al, 2020). For instance, Derbentseva et al (2007) structured concept maps to illustrate intricate domain knowledge for improving students' subject learning proficiency in Canada, where English is the first language.…”

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An integrated corpus-based text mining approach used to process military technical information for facilitating EFL troopers’ linguistic comprehension: US anti-tank missile systems field manual as an example

Chen

Chang

Yang

2021

J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka

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Military knowledge is an uncommon research field and is often classified as confidential information. Furthermore, when US military knowledge is adopted by English as a foreign language (EFL) countries, properly interpreting military texts brings about challenges. Taking Asian militaries as examples of EFL countries, not every trooper has sufficient English proficiency and capability to read and comprehend complicated military knowledge databases. In addition, under limited training time and lack of suitable reference materials, it is difficult to popularise and improve the efficiency of the courses that study US field manuals (FMs), which are important books that introduce US military combat tactics and strategies, military operation procedures, weapon systems, and others. Nevertheless, in many EFL countries, English learning is integrated into the education system to promote internationalisation and enhance global competitiveness. Thus, the English proficiency of nationals in most EFL countries is not negligible. Based on these considerations, this paper discusses the integration of the corpus software and cooperation of linguists and military experts to conduct syntax analysis and taxonomy of military terminology to enable EFL troopers with non-excellent English proficiency to understand the intricate US military domain knowledge and develop the military corpus as an auxiliary language training material. The US Army FMs of anti-tank missile systems are adopted as an empirical example to illustrate the proposed approach. Analytical findings will become critical reference indicators for defence language institutes (DLI) of EFL militaries in developing military English training materials and for processing military information.

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An integrated corpus-based text mining approach used to process military technical information for facilitating EFL troopers’ linguistic comprehension: US anti-tank missile systems field manual as an example

Chen

Chang

Yang

2021

J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka

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Investigation of rip current processes along Visakhapatnam beaches, east coast of India: A study based on GNSS drifters and dye experiments

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Rip currents are known as one of the most dangerous hazards on sandy beaches worldwide. Indian beaches are least explored to study the variability of rip currents in space and time. The present study is the Brst attempt made to understand its dynamics by utilizing indigenously developed GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) drifters and Rhodamine-B dye experiments. The Rama Krishna (RK) and Rushikonda Beaches of Visakhapatnam are chosen for this study, due to a recorded number of rip current-related drowning cases observed during the past decade. Few experiments were conducted during pre-and post-monsoon seasons of 2018. Drifters work on the Lagrangian principle, where they measure the current velocities along their paths driven by the surface currents. Error analysis of drifter measurements showed that they are capable of resolving surf zone motions very accurately. Strong rip currents were observed in few locations in the study area, where at times current velocities reached *1 ms À1 . Also, Rhodamine-B dye was released into the rip current prone zones along with the drifters and observed that the dye patches also followed the drifters. From these experiments, it has been observed that the rip currents are relatively strong during the post-monsoon season, which could be due to the change in the beach morphology. Similar experiments with more number of drifters would help in understanding rip current dynamics and would help in reducing rip current drowning in the beaches.

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On improved nearshore bathymetry estimates from satellites using ensemble and machine learning approaches

Kumar

Venkateswarlu

Gireesh

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Advances in Space Research

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Linguistic Resources to Facilitate Science Education

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An integrated corpus-based text mining approach used to process military technical information for facilitating EFL troopers’ linguistic comprehension: US anti-tank missile systems field manual as an example

An integrated corpus-based text mining approach used to process military technical information for facilitating EFL troopers’ linguistic comprehension: US anti-tank missile systems field manual as an example

Investigation of rip current processes along Visakhapatnam beaches, east coast of India: A study based on GNSS drifters and dye experiments

On improved nearshore bathymetry estimates from satellites using ensemble and machine learning approaches

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