Heartland Community College

About: Heartland Community College is a education organization based out in Normal, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Foreign language & Interlibrary loan. The organization has 13 authors who have published 19 publications receiving 281 citations.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Turkish Embassy Letters: A Survey of Contemporary Criticism

Abstract: Since the publication of Robert Halsband's biography of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in 1956 and his later edited collection of her letters, modern scholars have been fascinated with the network of critical discourses in Montagu's writing in the Turkish Embassy Letters. Analyzing her work on multiple axes – religious, political, scientific, and gendered – contemporary critics have made this classic text accessible to new generations of readers and thinkers. Yet as scholarship on these letters continues to flourish, certain trends persist, often at the expense of new avenues of inquiry. This article proposes that several recent threads in the scholarly conversation surrounding the Turkish Embassy Letters have the potential to be expanded in three promising new directions to more fully explore Montagu's religious identity and its relationship to her discussions of religious belief and practice; her unique role as a mother while traveling; and her place in the smallpox variolation controversy and its relationship to disability.

Overhauling Interlibrary Loan Procedures at a Small Community College to Increase Efficiency and Decrease Waste

Abstract: While the ideal of a paperless library may be unobtainable, striving for a paperless interlibrary loan department is both possible and desirable. Interlibrary loan departments at smaller academic libraries are often understaffed and overworked. In this environment, streamlining and efficiency become priorities; implementing practical changes that save time, effort and money are critical. Changes may include going paperless, improving shipping techniques, using custom holdings wisely, and training staff for efficiency.

Interaction of some meromorphic solutions of the KdV equation

Abstract: A necessary and sufficient condition for confluence of two poles of a class of meromorphic solutions of the KdV equation is introduced and proved.

La religión y su efecto motivante en el aula L2: pilar base en un currículo apoyado en las 5 Cs

Abstract: There are some L2 educators who say that motivation is the most important factor that influences student learning and the successful acquisition of a foreign language As a result, a study regarding motivation in L2 students is crucial because it permits researchers to explore reasons for success (or failure) in learning a foreign language A study of this nature also allows greater insight into the ways that different types of motivation can help teachers and students alike in energizing the process of learning a language, which can bring greater success to the pedagogical process The present study suggests that religion is a motivating factor for many students Students in the foreign language classroom who have religious goals may benefit from incorporating religious ideals and making connections with sacred texts With these concepts in mind, instructors could design an L2 curriculum with religious tenets that implements the “Five Cs” of foreign language instruction Teachers can engage their students in the larger questions of cultural and linguistic identity, ultimately pointing the students toward a consideration of their own identities The result is a more successful L2 instruction, in addition to well-rounded students