G: Contrastive linguistics & Education (274)
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The Basics of Arctic Pedagogy
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 4 The purpose of this article is to describe and define the special features of teaching and learning in the northern areas of Finland, especially in Arctic contexts. The article introduces the essence of Arctic pedagogy by introducing its challenges and goals, possibilities and significance. A model of Arctic pedagogy to be applied in northern education is outlined as a five-level action ...
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Authors Kaarina Mu00c3u00a4u00c3u00a4ttu00c3u00a4, Satu UusiauttiRead Journal Click Here
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Eliminating Helplessness in Pre-School Children Relying on Proprietary Programme Entitled Optimistic Kindergarten
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Optimism is indispensable in increasing possibilities for achieving success. It is very crucial to develop optimism from the early childhood. Nice slogans and wonders about success do not constitute the basis of optimism. It seems that the way of one’s thinking about experiences and “I will try to do something†attitude are the fundamentals o...
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Authors Cecylia Mirela NawrotRead Journal Click Here
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A Linguistic Survey of Types of Names among the Babukusu of Kenya
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 3 It is the society that gives names and so they determine what a person, place or thing be named. This paper seeks to explain types of names among the Babukusu of Kenya within a linguistic context. It uses an inflectional or derivational approach to describe the pattern of the names. We discovered that the types of names namely, personal names, place names and names of things and tools ha...
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Authors Sarah Marjie-OkyereRead Journal Click Here
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Designing Language Proficiency Tests: Linguistic and Socio-Cultural Considerations
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Language proficiency tests for first, second or foreign language are designed for various purposes. Firstly, they may be part of the curriculum of a school or a university where students have to fulfill the requirement of the academic programme they have chosen. Secondly, they may also be a requisite in getting a particular type of job, and such like. In most of these tests, especially i...
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Authors Asmah Haji OmarRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 25 to 34
Arab Nations Adopt eLearning to Improve Instruction
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 3 Arab countries have adopted [virtual] e learning to provide interactive education, which characterizes a departure from the traditional classroom setting. Partnerships with Apple, Android, Blackberry, and Windows have resulted in mobile software applications. Researchers indicate that mobile devices inject fun into learning and increase students’ motivation. Furthermore,...
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Authors Maurice Odine, Ph.D.Read Journal Click Here
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Page No. 15 to 24
Between Aestheticism and Marxist Literature: A Study of Foregrounding in Festus Iyayis Violence, Heroes, and the Contract
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 3 This study analysed foregrounding in Festus Iyayi’s three novels: Violence, Heroes, and The Contract. The aim of the study was to discover the function of foregrounding in African literature. A number of passages were extracted from the three novels, beginning with Violence followed by Heroes, and The Contract. These extracts from the three novels were passages that cont...
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Authors Mohammed Attai YakubuRead Journal Click Here
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Female Learner Experiences in Accessing University Education in Kenya through Distance Mode: Addressing Constraints, Prospects and Policy Directions
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 3 This study assessed challenges experienced by 1,400 women distance learners in Kenyan public and private universities. A cross-sectional survey design with quantitative and qualitative approaches guided the research process. Quantitative analysis yielded descriptive statistics and severity scores; while qualitative data were transcribed, clustered into nodes and explored for emerging the...
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Authors Charles M. Rambo, Paul A. OdundoRead Journal Click Here
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The Unmanned Killer Machine: The Proliferation of Armed Drones Technology, Strikes and Effects on International Humanitarian and Human Rights Laws
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 2 With the advancement of technology, the shape and nature of warfare has changed. In recent times, there has been the proliferation of armed drones technology and its usage. From when drones were made operational in the Balkans war, they have been used particularly by the US in places like Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and Iraq and controlled by the CIA. With these rapid development and pro...
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Authors Ibrahim AbdullahiRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 41 to 50
Evolution of Eponyms Use in General Surgery Residency Publications in Argentina
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Introduction: The tendency to use eponyms and traditional anatomic terms when identifying anatomic structures, often used by the medical community in general, and more often used locally at the surgical sphere, has become deeply rooted. However, both anatomy teaching and international publications today use the International Anatomical Terminology (IAT), effective since 1998 to encourage...
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Authors Algieri, Ruben Daniel, Ferrante, Maria Soledad, Pro, Eduardo, Bernadou, Maru00c3u00ada De Las Mercedes, Ugartemendia, Juan SebastianRead Journal Click Here
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Implementation of Differentiated Instruction in Teaching Geography in the Fifth Grade of Elementary School
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 2 The main goal of this research is to determine how necessary is the use of a differentiated instruction in teaching geography in the example of fifth-grade students of the second cycle of education. Based on that, this paper shows the use of this form of teaching when introducing a new material in the classroom. The main task of the research is to determine how much the differentiated in...
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Authors Dragana Milosevic, MA, Vero RossettiRead Journal Click Here
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The Guardian USA Baseball Headlines from a Syntactic Perspective
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 2 The objective of this paper is to identify the main syntactic characteristics examined in a corpus of 100 baseball headlines from the sports section, more specifically the Major League Baseball (MLB) section, of the daily newspaper The Guardian USA in its electronic version. Newspaper headlines are distinctive because they are brief texts that summarize the content of the article they pr...
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Authors Sara Quintero RamirezRead Journal Click Here
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An Investigation into the Errors Committed by First Year Undergraduates in the Department of English at Jahangirnagar University
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 2 English has currently been spoken all over the world, which substantially influences its development. In Bangladesh, English is taught at all levels of education. Moreover, it has become a notion that if a person does have a good command of English, that person is going to get a very good job. To learn English, a learner has to go under a complex process of committing errors. This paper ...
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Authors Md. Didar Hossain and Md. Tareque UddinRead Journal Click Here
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CAT Field-Test Item Calibration Sample Size: How Large is Large under the Rasch Model?
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 1 This study was conducted in an attempt to provide guidelines for practitioners regarding the optimal minimum calibration sample size for pretest item estimation in the computerized adaptive test (CAT) under WINSTEPS when the fixed-person-parameter estimation method is applied to derive pretest item parameter estimates. The field-testing design discussed in this study is a form of seeding...
Social-Emotional Learning: Modifications to a Social Skills Training Program for Adolescents with Moderate to Severe Communication Disorders
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 15 Issue: 1 For social success, a student must not only demonstrate social competence, but have the ability tointegrate emotional intelligence (EI) and executive functioning (EF) as well (January, Casey, & Paulson, 2011). Communicative effectiveness is often hindered in students with deficits in these areas. To address these challenges, it is not uncommon for this population to participate in a myri...
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Authors Janet L. Dodd, Kayla LoCoco, Marissa CaccavaleRead Journal Click Here
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