Mature societies: Communication, journals and oral histories

Development Communication for Developing Societies

Nostalgia in Oral Histories of Israeli Women

In her article "Nostalgia in Oral Histories of Israeli Women" Yael Zilberman explores the narration of nostalgia of elderly women about the city of Be'er Sheva. In their narration, the subjects of the study create textual and spatial practices which are engendered and create analogies between the city, their maturing/ed bodies, and by-gone youth. Further, the grief owing to the perceived condit...

From Communication Histories to State Transition Machines

The black-box view of an interactive component concentrates on the input/output behaviour based on communication histories. The glass-box view discloses the component’s internal state with inputs effecting an update of the state. The black-box view is modelled by a stream processing function, the glass-box view by a state transition machine. We present a formal method for transforming a stream ...

the relationship of wtc with communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competene in english and persian context

بیشتر تحقیقات پیشین در زمینه تمایل به برقراری ارتباط به رابطه آن با عوامل فردی چون سن، جنس، نوع شخصیت و... صورت گرفته است. در صورتی که مطالعات کمتری به بررسی رابطه تمایل به برقراری ارتباط زبان آموزان فارسی زبان با ترس از برقراری ارتباط و توانش خود ادراکانه آنها در برقراری ارتباط در محیط فارسی و انگلیسی انجام شده است. بر اساس نظریه الیس (2008) تمایل به برقراری ارتباط جایگاه مهمی در زمینه آموزش م...

Knowledge of Grammar, Oral Communication Strategies, and oral Fluency: A Study of Iranian EFL Learners

This study tested the impact of implicit and explicit knowledge of grammar on learners’ use of oral communication strategies (OCSs) and the interface of OCSs and oral fluency. The study was performed on 24 male and 36 female Iranian university students of English Translation studying at Payame Nour Universities of Lar, Khonj, and Evaz chosen based on availability and ease of access. The data we...