In order to help our students learn English more effectively, we teachers of English need to place an equal emphasis both on designing suitable teaching materials and making use of effective teaching methodologies. Of the two types of teaching materials; namely authentic and non-authentic materials that are being used nowadays in schools and universities in most EFL countries, the use of the fo...

We introduce a new classification algorithm based on the concept of Symmetric Maximized Minimal distance in Subspace (SMMS). Given the training data of authentic samples and imposter samples in the feature space, SMMS tries to identify a subspace in which all the authentic samples are close to each other and all the imposter samples are far away from the authentic samples. The optimality of the...

Authentic Professional Competence in Clinical Neuropsychology was Dr Denney's 2009 presidential address at the Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. In his address, he highlighted the need for clinical neuropsychologists to strive for authentic professional competence rather than a mere pretense of expertise. Undisputed credibility arises from authentic professional comp...

Marchetto of Padua’s formulation of modal ranges in the Lucidarium (1317-18) ranks among his most important innovations as a music theorist. Like earlier writers, Marchetto distinguished between melodies (cantus) that, relative to their final tones (finales), ranged relatively high (tonus authenticus: authentic mode) and low (tonus plagalis or subiugalis: plagal mode). Unlike previous theorists...

Authentic leadership has received considerable attention and research support over the past decade. Now the time has come to refine and better understand how it impacts performance. This study investigates the moderating role followers’ positive psychological capital (PsyCap) and the mediating role that leader– member exchange (LMX) may play in influencing the relationship between authentic lea...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of authentic leadership on psychological well-being and job satisfaction with mediating role of psychological capital among employees at Ministry of Sports and Youths. This was causal-applied study. The population consisted of all employees and managers at Ministry of Sports and Youth in 2018 (N= 831). The research tools included Avolio et al. Authenti...

This study examines the relationships of trait-like tendencies towards authentic and hubristic pride (Tracy & Robins, 2004) with goal-regulation tendencies, affective tendencies, and impulsive traits. Undergraduates (n = 936) completed the 14-item measure of authentic and hubristic pride (Tracy & Robins, 2007b) and a battery of other self-report measures. The two types of pride correlated with ...

The aim of this study was to examine the associations between women's actual:ideal weight-related self-discrepancies and experiences of weight-related shame, guilt, and authentic pride using self-discrepancy (Higgins, 1987) and self-conscious emotion (Tracy & Robins, 2004) theories as guiding frameworks. Participants (N=398) completed self-report questionnaires. Main analyses involved polynomia...

The present article explores the topic of foreign language training master’s students in a non-linguistic university. author highlights main features at this stage and suggests effective methods development professionally oriented skills. It is noted that such will be if age students, their past experience, motivation for future professional are taken into account. Undoubtedly, an essential cou...