#56: Article: ‘Classroom Observation’ by Jafar Maaitah

As Hopkins (1993 cited in McDonough 1997) describes, observation is a “pivotal activity with a crucial role to play in classroom research” (p 101).
The purpose of this observation is to inspect the various interpersonal interactions between instructor ,aids and learners. Observations is not a rigid technique, it should be a dynamic one, this dynamism keeps the class going on.

Teacher in the role of observer creates the awareness feeling within the learners which allows the teacher to impose his/her actual plan in the class-room, the teacher drops syrups then the bees come around. (more…)

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#56: Research Paper: ‘Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication’ by Mansa Ram Maity

Technology as an Alchemy of Language and Communication: A Critical Estimation of Machine Translation

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Mansa Ram Maity, Lecturer in English, Rajiv Gandhi University – IIIT, Basar

The century that has gone by, witnessed far-reaching changes in linguistics, Anthropology, literature and philosophy leading to the change in the earlier status of translation considered as  ‘a secondary activity’. With the explosion of information technology, with the ever-increasing interaction between languages and cultures bridging the yawning hiatus between them, and with comparative literature gaining importance because of inter-dependence of literature in different regions, the crucial role played by translation is striking new grounds for readers and researchers. (more…)

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