Abs t r ac t : This paper presents a discussion of means of describing the discourse and its components which makes speech act i n te rp re ta t i on and anaphora d isambiguat ion possible with minimal search of the knowledge in the database. A p o r t i o n of t h i s paper w i l l cons ider how a f r a m e s representat ion of sentences and common sense knowledge p rov ides a mechanism for re...

indubitably, the efficacy of metalinguistic awareness in improving efl learners’ grammatical knowledge and writing quality has long been an area of great interest in applied linguistics brown (2001). accordingly, the main objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of planned and unplanned focus on form instruction on students’ ability to learn grammar and use it appropriately ...

Textbooks must comply with the BSNP assessment criteria, one of which is contextual dimension. Overall, Javanese language textbook entitled Basa Jawa Trampil ing Trapsila Bawa used in SMP Negeri 1 Ngawi was not accordance real-life context Regency. This study aims to describe form material textbook. A descriptive qualitative approach as a research approach. The data collection technique reading...

Two N otre Dame s tu d en ts w ere robbed a t gun point as they m ade their way back to campus early Saturday m orn­ ing, according to Charles Hur­ ley, assistant director of Notre Dame Security. Two male students reported th ey w ere w a lk in g back to cam pus on Eddy S treet, ju s t so u th of th e five p o in ts intersection, when they w ere approached by two men, who dem an d ed th e ir m ...

We d i s t ingu i sh th ree main , over lapping act ivi t ies in an advice-giv ing dialogue: p r o b l e m fo rmula t ion , resolut ion, and exp lana t ion . T h i s pape r focuses on a p rob lem formu la t ion ac t iv i ty in a d ia logue m o d u l e which in te rac t s on one side wi th an exper t p rob lem solver for financial inves t ing and on the o the r side wi th a na t u r a l l anguag...

In this paper a VRML Java framework for stream ing of D objects over the Internet is presented VRML is a le format for describing D virtual objects and Java is a general purpose program ming language used in a variety of applications They are both powerful and portable languages widely accepted worldwide External Author ing Interface EAI is a set Java classes used for the interaction between th...

This article examines the effectiveness of a computer-based instructional program (e-PELS) aimed at direct instruction in a collection of reading comprehension strategies. In e-PELS, students learn to highlight and outline expository passages based on various types of text structures (such as comparison or cause-and-effect) as well as to paraphrase, self-question, and summarize. The study invol...

A br ie f su rvey of c u r r e n t inf luences on the implementat ion safety in fermentat ion process is made. The role of v a l i d a t ion, as in tended by the Food and Drug Adminst ra t ion of USA, in improv ing the safety of the process is d iscussed, wi th a case s tudy . I t is concluded tha t the va l idat ion exercise wil l improve the safety of the p roduc t to the consumer and in do i...

A new me thod is p r e s e n t e d for s impl i fy ing t h e l o g i c a l e x p r e s s i o n s u s e d to r e p r e s e n t u t t e r a n c e m e a n ing in a n a t u r a l l a n g u a g e sys t em. 1 This s i m p l i f i c a t i o n m e t h o d u t i l i z e s t he e n c o d e d knowledge a nd t h e l imi t ed i n f e r e n c e m a k i n g c a p a b i l i t y of a t a x o n o m i c k n o w l...