The most popular type of input method in Japan is kana-kanji conversion, conversion from a string of kana to a mixed kanjikana string. However there is no study using discriminative methods like structured SVMs for kana-kanji conversion. One of the reasons is that learning a discriminative model from a large data set is often intractable. However, due to progress of recent researches, large sca...

The systems industry has now experienced al most three decades of growth and devel opment. In that period, a 1 arge number of analysis tools and techniques have been proposed to aid the development process. Early systems were supported by analysis techniques which had been used for some time in precomputer systems. Next, the precomputer techniques 'were modified to meet some of the unique requi...

Employing an explanatory sequential design, the present study investigated the effect of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) blog-mediated writing instruction on the students’ learner autonomy. A number of 46 learners who were the students of two intact classes were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups.  Over a 16-week semester, the control group students (n = 21) were taught ba...

In performance evaluations, data without explicit inputs (such as index data, pure output data) are widely used. To directly use such data, this paper presents a study on building DEA models without explicit inputs,DEA-WEI models, in which convexity assumption is considered to be satisfied while the ratio data are constructed. Finally, an example of the modified DEA-WEI model is presented and c...

Our paper reports a mixed-methods study that explores how the using of first language (L1) in classroom affects content learning English Medium Instruction (EMI) at transnational higher education institution located China. Questionnaires, assessment scores, and semi-structured interview data were collected from undergraduate students business school. We still cannot conclude English-only instru...

This research was designed to investigate the effects of two different types of learning modalities, namely Meta-cognitive Prompting and structured peer interaction on intermediate EFL learners’ collaborative writing. For this purpose, 90 learners of total number of 120 intermediate learners studying at Kish English language school were chosen first for homogenization prior to the study. In ord...

This mixed methods study examined the vocabulary knowledge and instructional practices of four grade 1 teachers in order to better understand how prepared teachers are to implement the First Grade English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Data collected included an audiotaped semi-structured interview, a teacher survey, video-recorded class vocabulary instruction, researcher fie...