Francisco Velez (fl. 1537-1585) was singer at Évora Cathedral chapel throughout the sixteenth century. He also hold the post of mestre da Claustra at the Cathedral after Mateus d’Aranda left Évora. Not much is known about Velez’s life but his long musical career places him among the most important music masters in Évora during the sixteenth century.

Um dos legados mais detalhados que se se conhecem associados à Igreja de São Pedro de Évora é o testamento feito em 1377 por Maria Dias, camareira da rainha D. Beatriz, instituindo uma capela de missas nessa igreja para salvação da sua alma. No século XVI foi produzido um livro com o cantochão das missas que Maria Dias havia instituído para uso…[Read more]

This lecture note is intended to help students from the information systems department
who are first-stage students take the first start to increase their interest in English
language learning, especially more inclined towards academics. Through material related
to effective writing, it is hoped that students at the initial level can develop…[Read more]

This paper was presented at “Encounters with the Uncanny in Education” seminar organized by Antti Saari, Jan Varpanen, and Johanna Kallio at University of Tampere. The seminar was part of their EnAct – Researching Environmental Activism and Self-Cultivation research project.

The article highlights the significance of active listening and micro-skills in counselling, highlighting how therapists use these techniques to engage with clients effectively. These include attending, questioning, encouraging, reacting, paraphrasing, summarising, reflecting feelings, and observing nonverbal cues. These skills help therapists…[Read more]

This study is designed to help early college students develop a genuine interest and
eagerness to enhance their practical English language skills for their future careers in
theological professions. The task draws from various reading sources and focuses on
studying texts, particularly important for students pursuing a bachelor’s degree…[Read more]

In der Einleitung zum Sammelband Auditive Wissenskulturen – Das Wissen klanglicher Praxis stellen die Autoren zuerst die Diskrepanzen der jeweiligen Beziehungen des Visuellen und des Auditiven zu Wissen anhand einiger Beispiele vor. Sie exemplifzieren auch, wie sowohl auditive Praxis als auch die Hervorbringung und Vermittlung von Wissen in s…[Read more]

This article critically analyses the gendered framework of second language
investment, specifically focusing on gendered agency and its implications
for individuals engaged in language learning. This statement underscores
the significance of linguistic diversity and the active participation of
multilingual students in challenging uniform…[Read more]

The aesthetics of early feature-film scores were shaped by narrational problems introduced by multi-reel features and their longer durations. Using The Patchwork Girl of Oz, I show how stylistic devices like silences and musical pun- ctuation were used to address the coherence and pacing of multi-reel storytelling.

This article details the historical factors that shaped Hollywood’s adoption of magnetic recording during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It draws upon economic theories of technological change, archival correspondence, technical records, analyses of postproduction workflows, and delineations of the structural constraints that limited how the f…[Read more]

This chapter investigates how the introduction of stereo complicated Hollywood’s vococentric practices. It also reveals how sound technicians developed mixing techniques that preserved the salience of dialogue in multi-channel soundscapes. The author refers to such techniques as monocentrism and illustrates monocentric norms by analyzing the c…[Read more]

Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

This paper describes Facebook’s live-streamed community service efforts to educate the public about thesis and proposal preparation. Communication, learning, social impact, research, societal, and knowledge diffusion theories underpin this activity. Live streaming on Facebook involves planning, advertising, execution, and assessment. The community…[Read more]

Without fail a study in any depth of our fondness for music must eventually address the issue of consonance and dissonance. Past approaches to this issue have been bounded by a limited knowledge base and, further, marred by logical flaws, occasional hand waving, and the myopia of reductionism. Despite the explosion of progress in the last few…[Read more]

Writing Assessment Literacy (WAL). However, it is neglected in Iranian context. Taking the importance of academic qualification, writing proficiency and teaching experience with regard to writing assessment, the present quantitative study made attempt to investigate the effect of academic qualification, writing proficiency and teaching experience…[Read more]

Word acquisition was one of the important and essential parts for language learning. One of the learning difficulties that many L2 learners at all ages and proficiency levels face was meaningful vocabulary learning and retention as opposed to rote memorization of L2 words. Therefore, this study attempted to investigate the effectiveness of the…[Read more]

Due to subjectivity in oral assessment, much concentration has been put on obtaining a satisfactory measure of consistency among raters. However, obtaining consistency might not result in valid decisions. One matter that is at the core of both reliability and validity in oral performance is rater training. Recently, the Multifaceted Rasch…[Read more]

BACKGROUND
The Merdeka Belajar Curriculum is a policy put out by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) to raise the standard of education in the country. The Merdeka Belajar curriculum aims to give schools the autonomy to tailor their curricula to their pupils’ needs and strengths. The…[Read more]