Keepin' it Real: Multiliteracies in the English Classroom

Keepin’ It Real: Semi-Supervised Learning with Realistic Tuning

We address two critical issues involved in applying semi-supervised learning (SSL) to a real-world task: parameter tuning and choosing which (if any) SSL algorithm is best suited for the task at hand. To gain a better understanding of these issues, we carry out a medium-scale empirical study comparing supervised learning (SL) to two popular SSL algorithms on eight natural language processing ta...

Examining the protective effects of brand equity in the keepin' it REAL substance use prevention curriculum.

While branding appears to be an effective health prevention strategy, it is less clear how successful brands have protective effects. To better understand the role of branding in health prevention and promotion, it is necessary to examine how the persuasive mechanisms of branding function in health campaigns (e.g., modeling socially desirable behaviors). Using cross-sectional data (n = 709), th...

Multiliteracies, E-literature and English Teaching

Ambisyllabicity in English: How real is it?

In an English phrase like "an ice cream", does the /n/ remain the coda of the first syllable, or is it resyllabified into the second syllable so that the phrase is no different from "a nice cream"? Or is it ambisyllabic: belonging simultaneously to both syllables? This is an issue that still remains a mystery today. In this study, we revisit this issue with the help of a recently developed tech...

Teaching multiliteracies across the curriculum Changing contexts of text and image in classroom practice

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