Language as an instrument of policy

Fear As A Policy Instrument

Capital Controls as an Instrument of Monetary Policy

Abstract Large swings in capital flows into and out of emerging markets can potentially lead to excessive volatility in asset prices and credit supply. In order to lessen the impact of capital flows on financial instability, a number of researchers and policy markers have recently proposed the use of capital controls. This paper considers the benefit of adding capital controls as a potential in...

Performance measurement as a policy instrument

The rise of government by indicators, by figures may reveal a new wave of rationalization organized by the state in the classic Weberian sense. Contemporary forms of government are marked by the rise of indicators, measures and new metrics to compare, certify, codify and evaluate. In many countries, performance measurement has become one of the symbols of the transformation of governance. The p...

Natural Language Processing (NLP) as an Instrument of Raising the Language Awareness of Learners of English as a Second Language

Based on the statistical regularity of certain error types, an interlanguage grammar could be devised and applied to develop an intelligent computer tool, capablenot only of identifying the typical errors in L2 student writing, but also of making adequate corrections.The purpose of the correctionsis tomake the student awareof the language used and then to sharpen the focus on form. The students...

شناخت معلمان انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان از آموزش زبان در محیط انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین المللی native and nonnative english-speaking teachers’ cognition of language education in the context of english as an international language (eil)

هدف از انجام این پژوهش این بود که شناخت معلمان انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان را از مفاهیم و اصول آموزش زبان در محیط زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین المللی بسنجد. در این پژوهش 200 معلم انگلیسی و غیر انگلیسی زبان از کشورهای ایران، ترکیه، ایالات متحده، و انگلستان شرکت کردند. یافته های پژوهش نشان داد که معلمان انگلیسی زبان شناخت دقیق تری نسبت به مفاهیم و اهداف آموزش زبان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان بین الملل...