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The Impacts of Socio-Cultural Practices on Female Students’ College Education in Oromia: The Case of Jimma College of Teachers Education
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 9
The general purpose of this study was to identify some socio-cultural factors that affect female students’ College education, and then to indicate intercultural educational issues in line with young female students’ College education in Oromia by taking JCTE as the case study area. The study was a mixed approach investigation which involves index of qual...
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Authors Abdissa Ayana BiftuRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 27 to 82
Mental Health Initiativeness in Edmontons Educational Institute
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 9
City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Mental Health program designed through various organizations such as the University of Alberta, Edmonton Public and Catholic School Board for students, staffs and community people. I focused on student mental health initiatives in Edmonton as a university student. The University of Alberta Mental Health Program has been designed through various service p...
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Authors Ananda MajumdarRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 7 to 8
Aspects of Virtual Learning
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 9
One of the very effective, functional and inexpensive methods in education involves the simulations of all sorts. Virtual learning is not necessarily complicated or definitely associated with computer technology; rather, it is also possible through employment of simple materials. Even a didactic fairy tale may in that respect be considered a s a commencement and a useful example, far fro...
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Authors Sinan CayaRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 23 to 26
Perception of English in-Service Trainees towards the use of Students’ Mother Tongue, Afan Oromo in this Case, in EFL Classes
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 9
The issue of whether the learners’ mother tongue should be used in the classroom has always been a subject of current debate by many researchers. This paper attempts to investigate the perception of English in-service-trainees towards the use of students’ mother tongue, Afan Oromo in this case, in EFL classes. The participants were 72English summer in-se...
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Authors Abebe TilahunRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 17 to 22
Nigerian Literature and Current Realities: The Challenge of Illiteracy and E-Literacy
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 8
Today’s world is becoming more and more technology-driven, and the speed of change in technology has become neck-breaking, mind-breaking and intractable to many related fields. Literature is one of such fields that have much to do with the information technology, particularly in relation to language use and retrieval and utilization of information resources â€â...
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Authors Vincent P.A. OboboloRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 23 to 29
An Analysis of Metadiscourse in the Abstracts of English Academic Papers
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 9
As an important part in academic writing, meta discourse has got considerable attention in recent years. Abstract plays an important role in academic writings and it reflects the main contents of the whole papers. Based on the theory of metadiscourse and the classifications of Hyland, this study compared the different frequency and usage of metadiscourse in mathematical and linguistic ac...
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Authors Lichan Wang, Yi ZhangRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 9 to 15
Differences in College Readiness Rates in Two School Years for Students in Special Education
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 17 Issue: 2
Examined in this study were the college readiness rates (i.e., reading, mathematics, and both subjects) of students who received special education services in the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years. Data from the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Texas Academic Progress Reports were obtained and analyzed. Students who received special education services had a statistically significantly higher r...
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Authors Kathrine Mahler, John R. SlateRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 15 to 18
Differences in Dropout Rates by Ethnicity/Race of Middle School Students: A Multi-Year Analysis
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 8
Examined in this study were dropout rates for Black, Hispanic, and White middle schools students during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years. Texas middle school dropout rates were downloaded from the Texas Academic Performance Reports for two school years. Inferential statistical analyses were conducted separately for each ethnic/racial group to determine whether changes had occurre...
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Authors Jessica Wiltz, John R. SlateRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 31 to 34
The Praxis of Learning Analytics for a Conceptual Open Textbooks System
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 10
Textbook costs have skyrocketed in recent years, putting them beyond the reach of many students, but there are options which can mitigate this problem. Open textbooks, an open educational resource, have proven capable of making textbooks affordable to students. There have been few educational development as promising as the development of open textbooks to lower costs for students. While...
Differences in Disciplinary Consequence for Texas Middle School Boys as a Function of Ethnicity/Raceand Economic Status
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 8
Examined in this study was the degree to which differences were present in Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) placements for Grade 7 and 8 boys in Texas as a function of their ethnicity/race and economic status. Texas statewide middle school discipline data were obtained from the Texas Education Agency Public Education Information Management System on all boys in the ...
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Authors Christopher Eckford, John R. SlateRead Journal Click Here
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Differences in Academic Performance by Grade Span Configuration for Students in Poverty
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 8
In this investigation, the degree to which passing rates on the STAAR Reading and Mathematics assessments of Grade 5 and 6 students in poverty in the state of Texas differed as a function of grade span configuration was examined. Data were obtained from the Texas Education Agency for all Grade 5 and 6 students in poverty who were enrolled in single/double grade level (i.e., Grades 4-5, 5...
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Authors Carolyn F. Fiaschetti, John R. Slate, George W. Moore, Cynthia Martinez-GarciaRead Journal Click Here
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Analysis of Teaching Methods of English Language at Government Secondary School Level in D.G. Khan City-Pakistan
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 8
There are two basic purposes to conduct this study in D.G Khan area i.e. to evaluate the methodology for teaching English language at secondary level in government school and to take the perspective from the students about the present teaching methodology of their teachers. For this purpose, we have selected six out of nine government secondary schools of both girls and boys three from e...
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Authors Abdul Ghafoor Awan, Mehwish ShafiRead Journal Click Here
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Page No. 35 to 42
Teaching the Listening Skill in Greek Secondary Education
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 8
The present assignment aims at: 1) critically approaching the skill of listening as it is taught in the Greek State Secondary Education in the framework of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in state Junior High Schools. This critical study of the skill of listening is of particular interest since EFL books for use in State Junior High Schools have only been recently introduced...
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Authors Evanthia AvgerouRead Journal Click Here
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A Study of Professional Development for Foreign Languages in Taiwanese School
Published In: GJHSS Part: G: Contrastive linguistics & Education Volume: 16 Issue: 7
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of meeting the needs of Taiwanese teachers trained at the colleges and universities in Taiwan. This study combined both qualitative and quantitative methods, using a narrative case study methodology and survey questionnaire. This paper only presents the quantitative results to maintain the interest of target audience.. ...
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Authors Sumita Chakraborti-GhoshRead Journal Click Here
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