This paper is a preliminary report of findings in an ongoing study of the role of music in the lives of homeless young people which is taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle, WA. One hundred homeless young people in Vancouver took part in online surveys, 20 of these young people participated in interviews and 64 completed design activities. Surveys included demographic and musi...

This paper examines the relationship between Internet use and six activities that are important to childhood development: television viewing, newspaper reading, radio listening, sports and physical exercise, interaction with family, and socializing with friends. Perceived importance of the Internet, television, newspaper, and radio as information sources was also included. A panel of 1,251 seco...

It is found that young learners in Indonesia still have low vocabulary mastery. resulted from the teacher factors teaching which cannot use appropriate media and technique. This study investigates kinds of fun activities under learners' characteristics learning styles to teach vocabulary. Based on library research, teachers can implement nine activities: singing/listening a song, watching video...

This paper describes the listening habits and musical enjoyment of postlingually deafened adults who use cochlear implants. Sixty-five implant recipients (35 females, 30 males) participated in a survey containing questions about musical background, prior involvement in music, and audiologic success with the implant in various listening circumstances. Responses were correlated with measures of c...

This paper discusses how educators and learners can be benefited from blended learning. The research employed a qualitative research method. An unstructured observational approach was used to assess how the current teaching activities can be improved efficiently and effectively with blended learning. Four dimensions of language learning in relation to vocabulary, listening, grammar and oral ski...

Arab learners may experience a great difficulty in attending to listening comprehension activities due to different chunks of the target language they are engaged in. As such, learners should be informed as to what is the best technique that helped them overcome this difficulty. This paper attempts to investigate the efficacy of using visual multimedia technique (i.e., video mode + test) in mul...

We present results of text data mining experiments for music retrieval, analyzing microblogs gathered from November 2011 to September 2012 to infer music listening patterns all around the world. We assess relationships between particular music preferences and spatial properties, such as month, weekday, and country, and the temporal stability of listening activities. The findings of our study wi...

In today’s information society it is critical to use computer-mediated communication effectively. This article explores whether the highly recognized face-to-face communication concept “active listening” can also be applied to online settings. Demanding verbal and nonverbal skills, this way of communication improves mutual understanding by using techniques like paraphrasing. For instance, it av...