1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459371703321

Titolo

Language and culture : reflective narratives and the emergence of identity / / edited by David Nunan, Julie Choi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-15391-4

1-282-57028-5

9786612570285

0-203-85698-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

ESL & applied linguistics professional series

Altri autori (Persone)

ChoiJulie

NunanDavid

Disciplina

302.44

Soggetti

Language and languages

Language and culture

Multiculturalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Language, Culture, and Identity: Framing the Issues; Chapter 2 Coat Hangers, Cowboys, and Communication Strategies: Seeking an Identity as a Proficient Foreign Language Learner; Chapter 3 Speaking Romance-esque; Chapter 4 Collaborating on Community, Sharing Experience,Troubling the Symbolic; Chapter 5 Achieving Community; Chapter 6 Another Drink in Subanun; Chapter 7 Nonghao, I am a Shanghai Noenoe: How do I Claim my Shanghaineseness?; Chapter 8 Living on the Hyphen

Chapter 9 Negotiating Multiple Language IdentitiesChapter 10 Minna no Nihongo? Nai!; Chapter 11 Elaborating the Monolingual Deficit; Chapter 12 The Foreign-ness of Native Speaking Teachers of Colour; Chapter 13 Otra Estación - A First Spanish Lesson; Chapter 14 Bewitched: A Microethnography of the Culture of Majick in Old Salem; Chapter 15 Am I that Name?; Chapter 16 English and Me: My Language Learning Journey; Chapter 17 Adaptive Cultural Transformation: Quest



for Dual Social Identities; Chapter 18 On this Writing: An Autotheoretic Account; Chapter 19 The Festival Incident

Chapter 20 Changing Identities in Japanese-English Bicultural Names: From Parents to ChildrenChapter 21 Berlin Babylon; Chapter 22 Changing Stripes - Chameleon or Tiger?; Chapter 23 Vanishing Acts; Chapter 24 Dog Rice and Cultural Dissonance; Chapter 25 'Where Am I From': Performative and 'Metro' Perspectives of Origin; Chapter 26 Sweating Cheese and Thinking Otherwise; Chapter 27 Multilingual Couple Talk: Romance, Identity and the Political Economy of Language; Chapter 28 Transforming Identities In and Through Narrative; Chapter 29 A Short Course in Globalese; Afterword; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This state-of-the-art exploration of language, culture, and identity is orchestrated through prominent scholars' and teachers' narratives, each weaving together three elements: a personal account based on one or more memorable or critical incidents that occurred in the course of learning or using a second or foreign language; an interpretation of the incidents highlighting their impact in terms of culture, identity, and language; the connections between the experiences and observations of the author and existing literature on language, culture and identity. What makes this book stand out is th



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463789603321

Autore

Meyers Lawrence S

Titolo

Performing data analysis using IBM SPSS [[electronic resource]] / Lawrence S. Meyers, Glenn C. Gamst, A. J. Guarino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2013

ISBN

1-118-36356-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (734 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GamstGlenn C

GuarinoA. J

Disciplina

005.5/5

Soggetti

Social sciences - Statistical methods - Computer programs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

PERFORMING DATA ANALYSIS USING IBM SPSS®; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 | GETTING STARTED WITH IBM SPSS®; CHAPTER 1 | INTRODUCTION TO IBM SPSS®; 1.1 WHAT IS IBM SPSS?; 1.2 BRIEF HISTORY; 1.3 TYPES OF IBM SPSS FILES AND FILE NAME EXTENSIONS; CHAPTER 2 | ENTERING DATA IN IBM SPSS; 2.1 THE STARTING POINT; 2.2 THE TWO TYPES OF DISPLAYS; 2.3 A SAMPLE DATA SET; 2.4 THE VARIABLE VIEW DISPLAY; 2.5 ENTERING SPECIFICATIONS IN THE VARIABLE VIEW DISPLAY; 2.6 SAVING THE DATA FILE; 2.7 ENTERING SPECIFICATIONS IN THE DATA VIEW DISPLAY; CHAPTER 3 | IMPORTING DATA FROM EXCEL TO IBM SPSS®; 3.1 THE STARTING POINT

3.2 THE IMPORTING PROCESS PART 2 | OBTAINING, EDITING, AND SAVING STATISTICAL OUTPUT; CHAPTER 4 | PERFORMING STATISTICAL PROCEDURES IN IBM SPSS®; 4.1 OVERVIEW; 4.2 USING DIALOG WINDOWS TO SETUP THE ANALYSIS; 4.3 THE OUTPUT; CHAPTER 5 | EDITING OUTPUT; 5.1 OVERVIEW; 5.2 CHANGING THE WORDING OF A COLUMN HEADING; 5.3 CHANGING THE WIDTH OF A COLUMN; 5.4 VIEWING MORE DECIMAL VALUES; 5.5 EDITING TEXT IN IBM SPSS OUTPUT FILES; CHAPTER 6 | SAVING AND COPYING OUTPUT; 6.1 OVERVIEW; 6.2 SAVING AN OUTPUT FILE AS AN IBM SPSS OUTPUT FILE; 6.3 SAVING AN OUTPUT FILE IN OTHER FORMATS

6.4 USING OPERATING SYSTEM UTILITIES TO COPY AN IBM SPSS TABLE TO A WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENT 6.5 USING THE COPY AND PASTE



FUNCTIONS TO COPY AN IBM SPSS OUTPUT TABLE TO A WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENT; PART 3 | MANIPULATING DATA; CHAPTER 7 | SORTING AND SELECTING CASES; 7.1 OVERVIEW; 7.2 SORTING CASES; 7.3 SELECTING CASES; CHAPTER 8 | SPLITTING DATA FILES; 8.1 OVERVIEW; 8.2 THE GENERAL SPLITTING PROCESS; 8.3 THE PROCEDURE TO SPLIT THE DATA FILE; 8.4 THE DATA FILE AFTER THE SPLIT; 8.5 STATISTICAL ANALYSES UNDER SPLIT FILE; 8.6 RESETTING THE DATA FILE; CHAPTER 9 | MERGING DATA FROM SEPARATE FILES

9.1 OVERVIEW 9.2 ADDING CASES; 9.3 ADDING VARIABLES; PART 4 | DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PROCEDURES; CHAPTER 10 | FREQUENCIES; 10.1 OVERVIEW; 10.2 NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; 10.3 ANALYSIS SETUP: CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; 10.4 ANALYSIS OUTPUT: CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; 10.5 ANALYSIS SETUP: QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES; 10.6 ANALYSIS OUTPUT: QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES; CHAPTER 11 | DESCRIPTIVES; 11.1 OVERVIEW; 11.2 NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; 11.3 ANALYSIS SETUP; 11.4 ANALYSIS OUTPUT; CHAPTER 12 | EXPLORE; 12.1 OVERVIEW; 12.2 NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; 12.3 ANALYSIS SETUP; 12.4 ANALYSIS OUTPUT; PART 5 | SIMPLE DATA TRANSFORMATIONS

CHAPTER 13 | STANDARDIZING VARIABLES TO Z SCORES 13.1 OVERVIEW; 13.2 NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; 13.3 ANALYSIS SETUP; 13.4 ANALYSIS OUTPUT; 13.5 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS ON ZNEONEURO; 13.6 OTHER STANDARD SCORES; CHAPTER 14 | RECODING VARIABLES; 14.1 OVERVIEW; 14.2 NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; 14.3 ANALYSIS STRATEGY; 14.4 FREQUENCIES ANALYSIS; 14.5 RECODING AN ORIGINAL VARIABLE USING RANGES; 14.6 THE RESULTS OF THE RECODING; 14.7 RECODING AN ORIGINAL VARIABLE USING INDIVIDUAL VALUES; CHAPTER 15 | VISUAL BINNING; 15.1 OVERVIEW; 15.2 NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; 15.3 ANALYSIS SETUP; CHAPTER 16 | COMPUTING NEW VARIABLES

16.1 OVERVIEW

Sommario/riassunto

Features easy-to-follow insight and clear guidelines to perform data analysis using IBM SPSS®  Performing Data Analysis Using IBM SPSS® uniquely addresses the presented statistical procedures with an example problem, detailed analysis, and the related data sets. Data entry procedures, variable naming, and step-by-step instructions for all analyses are provided in addition to IBM SPSS point-and-click methods, including details on how to view and manipulate output.  Designed as a user's guide for students and other interested readers to perform statistical data an