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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=45297#.VL37pCzQrzE Author(s)    Kleopatra Nikolopoulou Affiliation(s) Faculty of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Athens, Athens, Greece . ABSTRACT This paper presents findings from a research project regarding Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration and use in 17 kindergartens in Greece. The main parameters of the study were the natural classroom environment (without artificial intervention) and the voluntary participation of early childhood teachers. The data were collected by interviews with the teachers and class observations. The most frequently reported reasons for computer use were the acquisition/ development of language and fine motor skills, as well as its contribution as an incentive in children’s learning. Examples of practices in relation to these reasons are presented. The computer was mai...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51137#.VFbb2GfHRK0 Author(s) T. A. Akanbi , O. A. Aladesanmi Affiliation(s) Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, Ekiti State Unversity, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria . ABSTRACT This paper discusses the practical ways by which language users make use of coinage in order to find expressions for the day-to-day usages of common words, but which albeit are found in other languages like English. The media practitioners are exposed to using words to capture their intensions. Since these practitioners are faced with audience that are of local language, they are constrained to look for words that will express what goes on in the world ...