Als zeitgeschichtliche und kulturhistorische Quellen können Nachlässe für die Forschung nur relevant werden, wenn sie erschlossen und damit recherchierbar sind. Diese Grundvoraussetzung kann von vielen verwahrenden Institutionen nicht mehr in ausreichender Weise geschaffen werden, Bestandszugang und Erschließungsleistung stehen häufig in einem Missverhältnis. Auch die Situation der Nachlasssammlung des Deutschen Exilarchivs 1933 – 1945 der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, auf die sich die vorliegende Untersuchung bezieht, stellt sich entsprechend dar. Für die Definition einer minimalen, aber dennoch nutzbringenden Erschließungsleistung ist die Bewertung von Erschließungsalternativen durch die Benutzer von großer Relevanz. Anhand von Auswertungen von Benutzeranfragen und Vor-Ort-Benutzungen sowie persönlichen Interviews und einer Onlinebefragung wurden die Bedürfnisse der Benutzer des Deutschen Exilarchivs 1933-1945 und deren Bewertung des Informationsangebots erfragt. Die vorliegende Untersuchung hat Ansätze zur Vereinfachung und damit zur Beschleunigung der Nachlasserschließung ergeben. Vereinfachte, auch stark vereinfachte Konvolutbeschreibungen wurden von den Probanden sehr positiv bewertet. Detailangaben als Bestandteil der aktuell praktizierten Formalerschließung wurden dagegen nicht als unbedingt notwendige Erschließungsinformation bestätigt; zudem waren Teile der Erschließungsdaten aus Benutzersicht nicht ausreichend verständlich. Für die Präsentation von Erschließungsdaten und Digitalisaten ist im Bereich der Nachlasserschließung die Forderung nach einer „kulturgutaffinen“ Umsetzung zu unterstützen. Der geeigneten Präsentation von Nachlassgliederungen und der Möglichkeit der Navigation in Bestandsstrukturen kommt dabei besondere Bedeutung zu. Groberschließung bedeutet die Entscheidung für eine bewusste Qualitätsminderung bei der Nachlasserschließung. Zumindest temporär müssen der Zeitfaktor und die Verständlichkeit und Auffindbarkeit von Erschließungsinformationen vor der Forderung nach einer möglichst genauen Beschreibung rangieren. / Literary estates can only be used as contemporary sources for historical and cultural research when they are indexed and searchable. In many archives and libraries this basic prerequisite can no longer be provided sufficiently, since additions to the collections and indexing activity often grow disproportionately. The situation of the collection of literary estates of the Deutsches Exilarchiv 1933-1945 of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, subject of this survey, reflects this divergence. The evaluation of alternative indexation by users themselves is very important for the definition of a reduced but nevertheless useful indexation. An analysis of users’ inquiries, on-site usage, personal interviews and an online questionnaire of Deutsche Exilarchiv 1933-1945 users and their appraisal of the offered information was the basis of ascertaining user needs. The presented study resulted in approaches towards simplification that will result in speeding-up indexation of the bequests. Simplified and even starkly simplified descriptions of convolutes were evaluated very positively by the interviewed users. On the contrary, detailed entries which are part of the current descriptive indexing were not confirmed as absolutely necessary information. Apart from this, from the users’ perspective part of the indexation data were not sufficiently comprehensible. The presentation of indexing data and digitized orginals should be oriented on the specification presets by the material. Of special importance in the presentation of literary estates are appropriate outlines and tools for navigating the structures. Rough indexing implies the conscious decision for quality reduction when indexing literary estates. At least for the time being the time factor for indexation, comprehensibility and retrieval, will have preference at the cost of descriptive indexation as exact as possible.

Die Hauptfrage dieser Arbeit ist die Überprüfung des Axioms, das Öffentliche Bibliotheken in Deutschland Teil des Bildungssystem und zudem eigenständige Bildungseinrichtungen wären. Auf der Basis einer intensiven Analyse der bibliothearischen Literatur zwischen 2000 und 2008, einer Auswertung der Homepages und Veröffentlichungen aller hauptamtlich geführten deutschen Öffentlichen Bibliotheken und unter Einbeziehung der Schulvergleichsstudien und grundlegenden Debatten in den Erziehungswissenschaften und der Bildungssoziologie, wird der erste Teil der Studie mit der Erkenntnis beendet, dass es zur Zeit nicht möglich ist, die Bildungseffekte Öffentlicher Bibliotheken zu bestimmen. Im Anschluss an dieses Ergebnis, werden im zweiten Teil der Arbeit die Möglichkeiten und denkbaren Fragestellungen für eine weitere Forschung im Feld „Bibliotheken und Bildung“ unter dem Fokus Sozialer Gerechtigkeit strukturiert. Hierzu werden die Forschungsmethoden aus unterschiedlichen Feldern des formellen und non-formellen Bildungswesen gesichtet und auf Bibliotheken bezogen. Zudem wird das Evidenced Based Librarianship in die deutschen Diskussionen zu Forschungen in Bibliotheken eingeführt. Die Arbeit kumuliert in einem konzeptuellen Forschungsrahmen des zukünftigen Forschungsfeldes „Bildung und Öffentliche Bibliotheken“. / The main propose of this study is the validation of the common axiom that public libraries in Germany are a part of the educational system and are educational institutions as well. Based on an extensive analysis of the library-related literature between 2000 and 2008, the analysis of the homepages and publications of all full-time managed public libraries in Germany, and under inclusion of the school performance studies and discussions in the Pedagogy and Educational Sociology in this timeframe, the study concludes it’s first part with the finding, that it is not possible at this time to validate the educational effects of public libraries. In addition to this result, in it’s second part the study structure the possibilities and conceivable questions in the field of libraries and education under the focus of social justice. Therefore the methods of research in different fields of the formal and non-formal sector of the educational system are structured and applied to specific questions on public libraries. Also the movement of evidence based librarianship is introduced into the German discussions about research in libraries. The studies concludes in a conceptual framework of the prospective research-field “education and public libraries”.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences. / Department of Government and Public Administration

Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit steht das soziale Phänomen Volunteering in der sozialen Institution Public Library mit konkretem Bezug auf die Gegebenheiten in den USA. Die Behandlung des Themas erfolgt auf der Basis von Quellen sowie den Ergebnissen einer qualitativen Untersuchung. Zunächst werden die historischen Hintergründe von Volunteering und Philanthropie in den Vereinigten Staaten sowie die Entwicklungsgeschichte der US Public Libraries beschrieben und diskutiert. Zwischen beiden Phänomenen werden Zusammenhänge aufgezeigt. In diesem Kontext wird auch die Rolle Andrew Carnegies herausgearbeitet. Des Weiteren werden der gegenwärtige Stand der Freiwilligenforschung mit den Schwerpunkten Motivation und Volunteer-Management sowie das Wirken von Volunteers in US Public Libraries unter politischen, soziologischen und administrativen Gesichtspunkten erörtert. In Auswertung der qualitativen Untersuchung, die eine Kombination aus Feldforschung und problemzentrierten Interviews – durchgeführt in insgesamt 31 Public Libraries in elf US-Bundesstaaten – darstellt, werden eine Reihe von Erkenntnissen gewonnen, die unter anderem Rückschlüsse auf die Bibliotheksspezifik von Volunteering – insbesondere in Hinsicht auf die Motivation zur Freiwilligenarbeit sowie dem Volunteer-Management – ermöglichen. / This thesis describes the social phenomenon of volunteering in the public library as a social institution, focused on the situation in the United States of America. The paper is based on a literature review and on findings of a qualitative study. After discussing the history of volunteering, philanthropy, the American public library, and Andrew Carnegie’s role, there will be a review on research on volunteerism. Thereby, the focus is laid upon aspects of volunteer motivation as well as volunteer management in the US in general and particular in libraries. Furthermore, a compilation and interpretation of library volunteer coordinators’ materials, manuals, and reports will be presented. The results of the qualitative study which is based on a combination of field research and problem-centered interviews – held in 31 public libraries in eleven US states – will be discussed in detail. Among others, the results lead to the conclusion that – especially concerning several motivational and management aspects – public library volunteering is quite specific in comparison to volunteer work in other facilities and institutions.

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2018-05-04T18:39:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ALINE DA SILVA BOSCHI MARTINS NEVES.pdf: 1713644 bytes, checksum: f8d45029bc62915e3c5e77690c011494 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-04T18:39:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ALINE DA SILVA BOSCHI MARTINS NEVES.pdf: 1713644 bytes, checksum: f8d45029bc62915e3c5e77690c011494 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-26 / Stress is one of the constructs emphasized when evaluating the health-disease process. However, because it is a latent variable, specific instruments are needed to measure it. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is an instrument that has been used to assess the perception of stress in the last month. Despite numerous validations in several countries, their psychometric properties have not been consensual. The main objective of this work was to investigate the internal structure of the PSS-10 and PSS-14 versions, through exploratory factorial (AFE) and network analysis. Thus, two studies were carried out: in Study I, PSS-10 and PSS-14 were analyzed through AFE and, in study II, the scales were analyzed through network analysis. We used: a) the PSS-10 with a sample composed of 686 participants, being 175 (27.3%) men and 466 (72.7%) women (n = 641), with a mean age of 33.9 SD = 11.3) years, ranging from 18 to 73 (n = 632); and (b) the PSS-14 was answered by 690 participants, of which 304 (44.1%) were men and 386 (55.9.7%) were women, with a mean age of 34.72 (SD = 12, 56), with a range of 18 to 65. In both analyzes, the psychometric properties of PSS-10 and PSS-14 were shown to be reliable and confirmed the two-dimensional structure of distress and coping. Also, the network analysis allowed to explore the PSS in the Brazilian context, allowing new association patterns to emerge from the analyzed samples. And, even AFE being a widely used technique in the construction and evaluation of psychometric tests, network analysis has shown to be a promising and much more comprehensive tool at the level of the symptom, accommodating the numerous processes of psychological constructions. In this study, the network analysis showed how the perception of control influences the outcome of stress. Thus, in addition to providing evidence of validity of the PSS-10 and PSS-14, this study demonstrated how much the network analysis has to contribute in the psychology and health area. / O estresse ? um dos construtos enfatizados quando se avalia o processo sa?de- doen?a. No entanto, por ser uma vari?vel latente, instrumentos espec?ficos s?o necess?rios para mensur?-lo. A Escala de Estresse Percebido (Perceived Stress Scale - PSS) ? um instrumento que tem sido utilizado para avaliar a percep??o do estresse no ?ltimo m?s. Apesar de in?meras valida??es em diversos pa?ses, suas propriedades psicom?tricas n?o t?m sido consensuais. O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi investigar a estrutura interna das vers?es PSS-10 e PSS-14, por meio de an?lise fatorial explorat?ria (AFE) e de rede. Assim, dois estudos foram realizados: no Estudo I, a PSS-10 e a PSS-14 foram analisadas atrav?s da AFE e, no estudo II, analisaram-se as escalas por meio da an?lise de rede. Foram utilizadas: a) a PSS-10 com uma amostra composta por 686 participantes, sendo 175 (27,3%) homens e 466 (72,7%) mulheres (n = 641), com m?dia de idade de 33,9 (SD = 11,3) anos, com amplitude de 18 a 73 (n = 632); e b) a PSS-14 que foi respondida por 690 participantes, dos quais 304 (44,1%) s?o homens e 386 (55,9,7%), mulheres, com m?dia de idade de 34,72 (SD = 12,56) anos, com amplitude de 18 a 65. Nas duas an?lises, as propriedades psicom?tricas da PSS-10 e PSS-14 demonstraram-se confi?veis e confirmaram a estrutura bidimensional de distress e coping. Ainda, a an?lise de rede permitiu explorar a PSS no contexto brasileiro, permitindo que novos padr?es de associa??o emergissem das amostras analisadas. E, mesmo a AFE sendo t?cnica muito utilizada na constru??o e avalia??o de testes psicom?tricos, a an?lise de rede demonstra ser uma ferramenta promissora e muito mais abrangente no n?vel do sintoma, acomodando os numerosos processos das constru??es psicol?gicas. Neste estudo, a an?lise de rede evidenciou o quanto a percep??o de controle influencia no desfecho do estresse. Assim, al?m de fornecer evid?ncias de validade da PSS-10 e PSS-14, este estudo demonstrou o quanto ? an?lise de rede tem a contribuir no ?mbito da psicologia e na ?rea da sa?de.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:37:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 399936.pdf: 10970866 bytes, checksum: 4ea0297da31d24103e76dfb7069eab42 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-01-10 / Este trabalho dedica-se ao estudo dos textos de literatura infanto-juvenil publicados na Revista do Globo (1929 -1967), no per?odo compreendido entre 1930 e 1959, utilizando como aporte te?rico na an?lise dos textos selecionados, a Est?tica da Recep??o, tendo como foco o leitor impl?cito, categoria intratextual marcada, com o objetivo de identificar o leitor visado pela Revista no momento da sele??o e publica??o dos referidos textos. Como a produ??o liter?ria n?o ? um fato isolado, mas ocorre num determinado contexto, fez-se necess?rio a contextualiza??o hist?rica, pol?tica, social e cultural da ?poca das publica??es. ? importante ressaltar tamb?m a relev?ncia do papel desempenhado pelos peri?dicos - neste caso espec?fico, pela Revista do Globo - na divulga??o da literatura e dos autores nessa ?poca, permitindo assim, estabelecer as conex?es entre literatura infantil, hist?ria e cultura de massa. A pesquisa revelou que, ao disponibilizar um espa?o para a literatura infanto-juvenil, a Revista do Globo mostrou-se sens?vel ?s mudan?as culturais e educacionais ocorridas na ?poca, e buscou dialogar com a crian?a inserida nessa sociedade, facilitando o acesso ? leitura e publicando textos, de um lado moralizantes e de outro emancipat?rios, demonstrando a divis?o de rumos por que passava a literatura infantil naquele momento. Ao t?rmino da an?lise dos referidos textos, a partir da Est?tica da Recep??o, foi poss?vel constatar que o leitor visado pela Revista era a crian?a e o jovem em forma??o. A grande maioria dos textos caracteriza-se por seu car?ter moralizante e pedag?gico, com clara inten??o educativa e de transmiss?o dos valores vigentes na sociedade da ?poca, com autores e editores fazendo uso da literatura como instrumento de forma??o moral do leitor. Em menor n?mero, aparecem os textos que privilegiam a literariedade, que buscam enriquecer o imagin?rio do seu receptor e levar o leitor a enxergar as coisas sobre outro prisma, estimulando uma atitude aut?noma e cr?tica ao repensar sua inser??o social.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:37:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 414985.pdf: 538154 bytes, checksum: 65736222076d87784b035303535837a4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-01-09 / Desenvolve-se, nesta investiga??o, um estudo do romance portugu?s da atualidade, observando-se a produ??o art?stica nas ?ltimas tr?s d?cadas do s?culo XX. Esse romance estrutura-se em cartas, fragmentos de di?rios e sonhos e ? considerado como ficcionaliza??o autobiogr?fica que evidencia para os leitores n?o s? a representa??o do sujeito como tamb?m a representa??o da hist?ria e da constru??o diasp?rica da na??o portuguesa. Realiza-se um percurso do conceito de romance, sua hist?ria e estrutura, para se alcan?ar o romance epistolar, procurando-se determinar alguns paradigmas da utiliza??o da carta na fic??o. A partir da?, a pesquisa centra-se na an?lise de Cavaleiro Andante, de Almeida Faria a fim de mostrar como um romance epistolar discute a quest?o da identidade portuguesa.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:42:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariaFPV.pdf: 6083202 bytes, checksum: 8b9199df5753800b615ab0a90bae3e8e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-12-10 / Heavy metals can cause problems of human poisoning by ingestion of contaminated food, and the environment, a negative impact on the aquatic fauna and flora. And for the presence of these metals have been used for aquatic animals biomonitoramento environment. This research was done in order to assess the environmental impact of industrial and domestic sewage dumped in estuaries potiguares, from measures of heavy metals in mullet. The methods used for these determinations are those in the literature for analysis of food and water. Collections were 20 samples of mullet in several municipality of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, from the estuaries potiguares. Were analyzed the content of humidity, ash and heavy metals. The data were subjected to two methods of exploratory analysis: analysis of the main components (PCA), which provided a multivariate interpretation, showing that the samples are grouped according to similarities in the levels of metals and analysis of hierarchical groupings (HCA), producing similar results. These tests have proved useful for the treatment of the data producing information that would hardly viewed directly in the matrix of data. The analysis of the results shows the high levels of metallic species in samples Mugil brasiliensis collected in Estuaries /Potengi, Piranhas/A?u, Guara?ra / Papeba / Ar?s and Curimata? / Os metais pesados podem provocar problemas de intoxica??o humana pela ingest?o de alimentos contaminados e para o meio ambiente, uma repercuss?o negativa ? fauna e flora aqu?ticas. E para detectar a presen?a destes metais t?m-se utilizado animais aqu?ticos para o biomonitoramento ambiental. Esta pesquisa foi feita com o intuito de se avaliar o impacto ambiental de esgotos dom?sticos e industriais despejados nos estu?rios potiguares, a partir das medidas de metais pesados em tainha. Os m?todos utilizados para estas determina??es s?o aqueles constantes da literatura para an?lise de alimentos e de ?gua. Foram coletas 20 amostras de tainha em diversos munic?pios do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, oriundas dos estu?rios potiguares. Foram analisados os teores de umidade, cinzas e metais pesados. Os dados foram submetidos a dois m?todos de an?lises explorat?rios: an?lise de componentes principais (PCA), que proporcionou uma interpreta??o multivariada, mostrando que as amostras s?o agrupadas de acordo com as similaridades de teores de metais e an?lise hier?rquica de agrupamentos (HCA), produzindo resultados semelhantes. Estas an?lises mostraram-se ?teis para o tratamento dos dados produzindo informa??es que dificilmente seriam visualizados diretamente na matriz de dados. A an?lise dos resultados mostra os altos teores de esp?cies met?licas em amostras coletadas em tainhas nos Estu?rios Potengi, Piranhas/A?u, Guara?ra/Papeba/Ares e Curimata?

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-05-02T21:37:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Tatiane Cristina dos Santos Bonfim.pdf: 2465996 bytes, checksum: 94f74695ec8fd235bfbcd7f4a82aec87 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-02T21:37:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Tatiane Cristina dos Santos Bonfim.pdf: 2465996 bytes, checksum: 94f74695ec8fd235bfbcd7f4a82aec87 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-25 / CNPq / The interaction between intermediate hosts and helminths can cause metabolic and reproductive changes in the host snail, they start using their reserves to maintain its vital functions, immune system activation, repair of tissue damage and also to supply the necessary energy for the parasites development. Investigations of co-infection by different helminths can provide essential information about the biology of their co-existence. Our aims are investigate the reproductive changes, evaluate the activity of lactate dehydrogenase and the concentrations of glucose in the hemolymph and glycogen in the digestive gland complex and cephalopedal mass, and also verify histological and histochemical changes of Biomphalaria glabrata experimentally co-infected with Echinostoma paraensei and Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Five groups of snails i.e. uninfected, with single and double infections, either E. paraensei first (E+A) or A. cantonensis first (A+E) were followed; three times a week during four weeks the numbers of egg masses, eggs and hatched snails were counted. Histological and histochemical samples of the ovotestis, albumen gland, digestive gland complex and cephalopedal mass were collected after four weeks as well samples for the biochemical analysis. The number of egg masses/snail, eggs/snail and hatched snails showed significant differences comparing the control group to all infected groups, especially in group E + A, with the majority of values of parameters analyzed lower than 50% of those observed for control snails. A significant decrease in glucose levels and glycogen content, in contrast an increase of lactate dehydrogenase activity was observed in the infected snails. These results indicate intense energy demand that takes the snail increasing the anaerobic degradation of carbohydrates in the infected snails to obtain energy in an attempt to maintain homeostasis. The histological analysis showed that presence of both parasites in the all organs analyzed and the parasites were associated with cell disorganization. / A intera??o entre hospedeiros intermedi?rios e helmintos pode causar altera??es metab?licas e reprodutivas no molusco hospedeiro, que come?am a usar suas reservas para manter as fun??es vitais, na elabora??o de resposta imunol?gica e repara??o de danos teciduais e tamb?m para compensar a drenagem de nutrientes/energia pelos parasitos em desenvolvimento. Investiga??es sobre as co-infec??es por helmintos de esp?cies diferentes podem fornecer informa??es essenciais sobre a biologia da sua co-exist?ncia, refletindo aspectos mais pr?ximos ?queles que encontramos em condi??es naturais. Nossos objetivos foram investigar as altera??es reprodutivas, avaliar a atividade da lactato desidrogenase e as concentra??es de glicose na hemolinfa e glicog?nio no complexo gl?ndula digestiva-g?nada e massa cefalopediosa, e tamb?m verificar altera??es histol?gicas e histoqu?micas de Biomphalaria glabrata experimentalmente co-infectados com Echinostoma paraensei e Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Cinco grupos de moluscos (n?o infectados, com infec??es simples (Echinostoma paraensei ou Angiostrongylus cantonensis) e dupla, seja E. paraensei primeiro (E + A) ou A. cantonensis primeiro (A + E)) foram acompanhados; tr?s vezes por semana durante quatro semanas o n?mero de massas de ovos, n?mero de ovos e n?mero de moluscos eclodidos foram contados. Amostras para a an?lise histol?gica e histoqu?mica do ovoteste, gl?ndula do alb?men, complexo gl?ndula digestiva e massa cefalopediosa foram coletadas ap?s quatro semanas, assim como amostras para a an?lise bioqu?mica. O n?mero de massas de ovos/molusco, ovos/molusco e moluscos eclodidos dos moluscos infectados apresentaram diferen?as significativas quando comparados com o grupo controle, especialmente no grupo E + A, cuja a maioria dos valores dos par?metros analisados foi inferior a 50% dos valores observados para os moluscos controle. Um decr?scimo significativo nos n?veis de glicose e de glicog?nio, em contraste com um aumento de atividade da lactato desidrogenase foi observado nos exemplares infectados. Estes resultados indicam que a demanda de energia intensa leva o molusco infectado ao aumento da degrada??o anaer?bia de carboidratos para obten??o de energia buscando atender ao aumento da demanda energ?tica, numa tentativa de manter a homeostase glic?mica, por?m redu??es significativas s?o observadas. As an?lises histol?gicas e histoqu?micas mostraram a presen?a de ambos os parasitos nos ?rg?os analisados associados com intensa desorganiza??o celular.

abstract: This study investigates how the teaching English as an international language (TEIL) framework can be integrated into the English curriculum of the Korea Military Academy (KMA). Addressing the research gap on TEIL and military settings, this study first critically reviews issues around the varieties of English (i.e., world Englishes), the international functions of English, and the pedagogical implications of TEIL in today’s globalizing world. The study then examines current challenges and objectives of ELT and suggests practical strategies for incorporating TEIL into the English curriculum of the KMA. The study suggests the following four strategies to apply TEIL into the English curriculum of the KMA: (a) introduce WE/EIL activities into the English Conversation course; (b) establish a WE/EIL course; (c) provide extracurricular WE/EIL activities; and (d) incorporate intercultural content into the Military English course. The study argues that implementing these suggestions would help cadets develop both their linguistic proficiency in English and intercultural communicative competence that are essential for them to become professional military communicators who can effectively communicate with interlocutors from diverse linguistic, cultural, and national backgrounds in international military contexts. While the study contributes to the literature by bridging the gap between TEIL and military contexts, it demonstrates the following implications: (a) a meaningful case of applying TEIL into the military context in Korea; (b) the importance of both linguistic proficiency in English and intercultural competence for ELT in the KMA; and (c) the possibility of influencing the Korea Air Force and Naval Academy to reexamine their English curricula. The study concludes that the English curriculum of the KMA should be revised based on the recognition of the symbiotic relationship among linguistic proficiency in English, exposure to diverse varieties of English, and intercultural competence in order to produce cadets who can effectively communicate in English as a military lingua franca for the success of their designated military objectives in the future. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis English 2019