https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/30002 Wed, 06 May 2026 01:26:02 GMT 2026-05-06T01:26:02Z https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165196 Título: What do students expect from the English Medium Instruction in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences? Autores/as: Szczesniak, Anna; Barrios, Elvira Coordinadores/as, Directores/as o Editores/as: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, null Resumen: The rising popularity of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education has become a notable global trend. However, there is limited information on what students expect from these programmes. Therefore, this study aims to explore students’ expectations of EMI within a Physical Activity and Sport Sciences degree at a Spanish public university, the first such programme in Spain. It also examines the relationship between EMI expectations and students’ profile variables such as gender, accredited and perceived English proficiency, and prior experience in bilingual education. Data was collected from a sample of 109 students using the English Medium Instruction Expectations Scale, which has been validated for reliability and validity. Results showed high expectations for improved job opportunities and linguistic competence, particularly in technical vocabulary and comprehension skills, with lower expectations for written expression. However, students anticipated their academic achievement to be less effective compared to instruction in Spanish. Additionally, female students and those with higher accredited English levels had significantly higher expectations regarding job prospects. In conclusion, this study underscores the importance of understanding students’ expectations of EMI programmes to identify gaps between anticipated and actual experiences, as these mismatches can impact satisfaction and perceptions of the programme effectiveness. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165196 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165195 Título: Enseñanza de la lingüística para docentes en formación de L1: un estudio de caso Autores/as: Moya, Patricio; Rubio, Manuel Coordinadores/as, Directores/as o Editores/as: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, null Resumen: El propósito de este artículo es caracterizar los significados construidos por un grupo de estudiantes universitarios que se forman como futuros docentes de L1 respecto de la enseñanza de la lingüística en este nivel de formación. La investigación corresponde a un estudio de caso único basado en la entrevista de 10 estudiantes de tercero, cuarto y quinto año de la carrera de pedagogía en lengua de una universidad pública chilena. Los resultados permiten concluir que los entrevistados construyen su discurso asumiendo el futuro rol docente para el cual se están formando y que, desde allí, articulan una visión crítica de una formación que consideran academicista, teórica y abstracta.; The purpose of this article is to characterize the meanings constructed by a group of university students who are being trained as future L1 teachers with respect to the teaching of linguistics at this level of training. The research corresponds to a single case study based on the interview of 10 students in their third, fourth and fifth year of the Pedagogy in Spanish degree at a Chilean public university. The results allow us to conclude that the interviewees construct their discourse assuming the future teaching role for which they are being trained and that, from there, they articulate a critical view of a training that they consider academicist, theoretical and abstract. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165195 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165194 Título: Coherence in popularized medico-pharmaceutical reports: The case of EPAR summaries for the public Autores/as: Hill-Madsen, Aage Coordinadores/as, Directores/as o Editores/as: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, null Resumen: The present article investigates a particular lay-oriented medico-pharmaceutical genre, viz. the European Public Assessment Report – summary for the public, which is a summarized version of a much longer specialized report published by the European Medicines Agency. The specialized report sets out the results of the Agency’s evaluation of a given pharmaceutical company’s application for marketing authorization of a medicinal product in EU countries. The summary for the public reports the gist of the specialized source text in a linguistic register suitable for a lay readership. However, while the summaries are thus products of registerial adaptation, it is uncertain whether the rewriting results in texts that are sufficiently coherent, given that the key features of summary writing – condensation and selection of information – may be at odds with the production of coherent text. Therefore, based on an analytical methodology originating in Systemic-Functional Linguistics, this article investigates a small corpus of EPAR summaries to assess the level of coherence in these rewritten texts. The investigation uncovers the ways and the extent to which the summaries employ structural and non-structural cohesive devices to achieve coherence. It is concluded, however, that while the use of these devices in the texts is such as to create a clear potential for coherence, this potential is not adequately exploited, which means that the level of coherence in the texts leaves something to be desired.; El presente artículo investiga un género médico-farmacéutico particular orientado a los profanos, a saber, el Informe Público Europeo de Evaluación - resumen para el público general, que es una versión resumida de un informe especializado mucho más largo publicado por la Agencia Europea de Medicamentos. El informe especializado expone los resultados de la evaluación por la Agencia de la solicitud de una determinada empresa farmacéutica para la autorización de comercialización de un medicamento en los países de la UE. El resumen para el público recoge lo esencial del texto fuente especializado en un registro lingüístico adecuado para un público no especializado. Sin embargo, aunque los resúmenes son, por tanto, producto de la adaptación registral, no está claro si la reescritura da como resultado textos suficientemente coherentes, dado que las características clave de la redacción de resúmenes - condensación y selección de información - pueden estar reñidas con la producción de textos coherentes. Por ello, basándose en una metodología analítica procedente de la Lingüística Sistémico-Funcional, este artículo investiga un pequeño corpus de resúmenes EPAR para evaluar el nivel de coherencia de estos textos reescritos. La investigación desvela las formas y el grado en que los resúmenes emplean dispositivos cohesivos estructurales y no estructurales para lograr la coherencia. Sin embargo, se llega a la conclusión de que, si bien el uso de estos dispositivos en los textos es tal que crea un claro potencial de coherencia, este potencial no se aprovecha adecuadamente, lo que significa que el nivel de coherencia de los textos deja algo que desear. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165194 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165193 Título: An automated work-flow for pinniped surveys: a new tool for monitoring population dynamics Autores/as: Infantes Oanes, Eduardo; Carroll, Daire; Silva, Willian T. A. F.; Härkönen, Tero; Edwards, Scott V.; Harding, Karin C. Resumen: Detecting changes in population trends depends on the accuracy of estimated mean population growth rates and thus the quality of input data. However, monitoring wildlife populations poses economic and logistic challenges especially in complex and remote habitats. Declines in wildlife populations can remain undetected for years unless effective monitoring techniques are developed, guiding appropriate management actions. We developed an automated survey workflow using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to quantify the number and size of individual animals, using the well-studied Scandinavian harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) as a model species. We compared ground-based counts using telescopes with manual flights, using a zoom photo/video, and pre-programmed flights producing orthomosaic photo maps. We used machine learning to identify and count both pups and older seals and we present a new method for measuring body size automatically. We evaluate the population’s reproductive success using drone data, historical counts and predictions from a Leslie matrix population model. The most accurate and time-efficient results were achieved by performing pre-programmed flights where individual seals are identified by machine learning and their body sizes are measured automatically. The accuracy of the machine learning detector was 95–97% and the classification error was 4.6 ± 2.9 for pups and 3.1 ± 2.1 for older seals during good light conditions. There was a clear distinction between the body sizes of pups and older seals during breeding time. We estimated 320 pups in the breeding season 2021 with the drone, which is well beyond the expected number, based on historical data on pup production. The new high quality data from the drone survey confirms earlier indications of a deteriorating reproductive rate in this important harbour seal colony. We show that aerial drones and machine learning are powerful tools for monitoring wildlife in inaccessible areas which can be used to assess annual recruitment and seasonal variations in body condition. Overview of the automated work-flow for wildlife surveys, from drone flights to image analysis. Drones are used to collect hundreds of images that are converted into orthomosaics. Thereafter, animals are identified by machine learning (ML) and their body sizes measured. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/jspui/handle/10553/165193 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z