AUA Open Access Publishing: Recent submissions

  • Riskiness of Armenian Banks 
    Tadevosyan, Anahit (2016-02-10)
    Although the role of banking in the economy is declining in some industrial countries, in developing and transition countries such as Armenia, which has less developed financial market, banks are the only institutions that ...
  • Development and installment of the new financial ratio analysis system 
    Alaverdyan, Arusyak; Grigoryan, Kristine; Martirossian, Naira; Aghabekyan, Tigran; Gevorgian, Aram (2016-02-09)
    Since January 1998 all Armenian commercial banks have adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS). Financial statements are prepared and presented to interested users and regulators (mainly Central Bank of Armenia) ...
  • Competition policy implementation in Armenia 
    Tonoyan, Artashes; Avanesyan, Gayane (2016-02-08)
    From the general economics and competition theories, it is assumed that the higher rate of competition leads to the higher total social welfare. High social welfare usually is associated with efficient allocation of ...
  • Canned food sub-sector study 
    Harutyunyan, A.; Avagyan, G. (2016-02-05)
    After the devastating economic recession in the post-soviet Armenia, the local food processing industry is slightly recovering, becoming the most productive industrial sector in Armenia. However, the development of Armenian ...
  • Army. The costs and benefits : business research 
    Hakobyan, Lilit; Andekyan, Zoya (2016-02-04)
    The defense expenses are usually considered to be inefficient because they are taking away resources from the other branches of economy and use these resources for producing goods and services, which can never been consumed. ...
  • Children at risk in Armenia : research paper 
    Jamkochian, Marine; Fahradyan, Armen (2016-02-03)
    Among all population, especially during times of transition, children living in institutions are the most vulnerable of all and the most the subject to the impact of a large number of risk factors. Many children living ...
  • Caritas-Swiss Wood Workinf Factory : marketing plan 
    Sahakian, Gagik; Arakerian, Karine; Poghossian, Naira (2016-02-01)
    The marketing plan for Caritas Swiss Wood Working Factory is intended to provide an assistance to the management of the Company in improvement of strategic marketing planning and achievement its objectives of employing the ...
  • A business plan for establishing of the Center for Real Estate Research and Training 
    Babayan, Karen F.; Bagratuni, Susan L.; Magoyan, Aram M. (2016-02-01)
    The scope of the project was very broad: from inception to establishment of the organization and registration as a legal entity in Armenia. The group was working on the project which consists of two stages: planning and ...
  • Use of hedging devices in good and poor EFL essays 
    Boyajyan, Lusine (2016-01-27)
    This paper describes the analysis of 100 entrance and 56 exit essays (i.e. 156 total essays) written by American University of Armenia students in terms of the amount of hedging structures used by different levels of ...
  • English spoken TV news program on Armenian TV 
    Gevorkian, Arman; Gasparian, Karen; Kolosarian, Vladimir (2016-01-27)
    This report examines the feasibility of an English language, entertaining, educational, TV news program on Armenian TV for English speakers in Armenia. A study of the present business environment as well as market research ...
  • To what extend group-work cooperative learning affects learners’ perception of autonomy 
    Petrosyan, Gayane (2016-01-25)
    The purpose of this action research study was to investigate to what extend group-work cooperative learning affects learner perception and autonomy. The action research study was carried out with a single group of students ...
  • Stdent motivation in individual and pair work 
    Iskandaryan, Sona (2016-01-22)
    This study was designed to investigate whether learner motivation differs when EFL learners carry out a certain language learning task, i.e. translation, in pairs or individually. The participants were two English language ...
  • Instructional cartoons in young learners’ English as a Foreign Language classroom 
    Sargsyan, Astghik (2016-01-21)
    This was an action research study. Participants included in this study were 91. They were 4 English language teachers and 87 young learners. The purpose of the study was to learn about the attitude of young learners as ...
  • Assessing speaking in Armenian EFL classrooms 
    Grkikyan, Nvard (2016-01-20)
    The purpose of the following study was to develop a rating scale for assessing students’ oral performance in the fifth grade of the Armenian secondary schools and test its usefulness and effectiveness in everyday classroom ...
  • A study of learners' perceptions of the Learning Resource Center and its role in the promotion of autonomous learning 
    Shiroyan, Gayane (2016-01-20)
    This research was conducted at the Intensive English Program (IEP) of the Department of English program (DEP) at the American University of Armenia (AUA). The DEP is the only English department in Armenia that operates an ...
  • An evaluation of the European language portfolio in the Armenian learning/teaching context 
    Gyulazyan, Irena (2016-01-20)
    The aim of this research project was to conduct a qualitative effectiveness of the European Language Portfolio (ELP) as a pedagogical and assessment tool with reference to a particular learning/teaching context (primary ...
  • An Examination of the Content Validity of the Unified School Leaving and University Entrance Examination in English of 2009 
    Poghosyan, Serine (2015-12-01)
    The purpose of the present study was to investigate and determine whether and to what extent the content of the Unified School Leaving and University Entrance Examination in English (USL & UEEE) of 2009 was consistent with ...
  • The Effect of Instructor’s Written Corrective Feedback on Graduate Students’ Written Performance 
    Ghazaryan, Anna (2015-12-01)
    The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between instructors’ written corrective feedback and graduate students’ written performance, as well as to examine the students’ attitudes towards ...
  • Vocabulary Building Activities for EEC Students 
    Baghdasaryan, Ani (2015-12-01)
    The present MA Paper aims to develop vocabulary building activities for EEC students. An open-ended interview specifically designed to collect data from EEC teachers was conducted to find out the need for extra vocabulary ...
  • The Impact of Self-assessment in an Adult EFL Classroom in Armenia 
    Adourian, Sevan (2015-12-01)
    Teaching adults EFL classes in Armenia is a different teaching experience for me. It has broadened my teaching philosophy and motivated me to reflect on my teaching and assessment techniques or methods. The education system ...

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