This article explores the unique construction method of Uglow’s pictures by analyzing the geometrical painting language in Euan Uglow’s paintings and combining the spiritual ideas reflected in the works. The key content of this paper is a detailed analysis of Euan Uglow’s geometric painting language, including his balanced control of geometry and painting, geometric composition of picture composition, geometric analysis of physical details, and subjective generalization. A fusion of color and geometry. Instead of copying classicism in a simple and pure traditional classicist realistic way, Euan Uglow’s uses a contemporary language full of novelty to integrate and transform it.

The arrival of the mobile Internet era has formed a new communication context, media platforms tend to converge, the spread of pan-entertainment culture has deconstructed serious media and lost viewers, traditional mainstream media have not adapted to the new communication situation in the context of fusion and pan-entertainment. This paper takes CCTVs new media program young Summer as an example to analyze the dilemma encountered by mainstream media, explore how mainstream media can complete media transformation in the context of the new era, and the social significance of the program as a successful example.

Filial piety, as a key component in Confucianism, together with other virtues like benevolence, righteousness, rite, etc. plays crucial relationship in Chinese culture, making Chinese nation survive in good and bad times. Books like The Analects of Confucius, Classics of Filial Piety, record and enrich this idea, making filial piety get improved and widely accepted in China. In the new era of socialist society, due to the influence of market economy and western thought, some more attention was paid to earning money and higher social status, causing degradation of certain virtues, especially moral standard. Then, filial piety has its significance in such a situation.

Lingnan art is of great contemporary research value. The integration of Lingnan art into environmental design teaching has become the main subject and general trend of regional design activities. The teaching combines the feasibility analysis of the two modules to explore and practice environmental design, so as to connect, integrate and innovate between Lingnan art and the current environmental design teaching. The exploration and analysis of the combination of design teaching and regional culture will broaden the thinking for environmental design teaching and cultivate innovative design talents for the society.

This paper discusses and analyzes Professor Zeng Shiqiang’s viewpoints on the importance of the interpersonal relationship in Chinese management, its characteristics, and how to build up a harmonious interpersonal relationship in order to be successful for the company in fierce competition. The purpose of the paper is to present some philosophical thoughts and viewpoints on the importance and ethical interpersonal relationship in the Chinese style management to the world in order to let the world know China better. The discussion is carried out from the following three aspects: the importance of flexible interpersonal relationship in the Chinese management, how to achieve mutualism ethic relationship in a manner of individuality in collectivity, and the principle of finding the reasonable “middle course” to have the interpersonal harmony achieved.

Through sorting out the current situation of the teaching mode of translation courses for business English majors in general colleges and universities, we point out the problems of unclear course orientation and objectives, lack of professional translation teaching materials, unreasonable course settings and unreasonable teaching methods, and propose improvement strategies in terms of teaching mode, teachers and teaching materials.

The article observes and analyzes the language literacy of hosts in radio and television dialect programs from both linguistic and communication perspectives. The emergence and flourishing of dialect news programs is the result of language competition and language harmony resonance and the active pursuit of preserving language resources. In the dialect news programs, there are four problems in the language literacy of the hosts: insufficient knowledge of theory and policy; language style off the elegant and tend to vulgar; language performance ignoring the skills; lack of screening of language components. Therefore, it is necessary for the hosts of dialect news programs to adhere to the principle of news accuracy, constantly enrich the knowledge base of theory and policy, strive to grasp the scale of “elegance” and “vulgarity” of language and programs, and scientifically compose dialect expressions. Only in this way can we effectively expand the coverage of local dialects, enhance the local compatibility of dialects in news programs, and truly realize the effective combination of dialects and news.

English as a language discipline attaches great importance to the comprehensive ability of students to listen, speak, read and write, of which practical English is one of the compulsory courses for college students, and it is the main direction of today’s social development, looking at the current situation of English teaching in China’s colleges and universities, there is still a lot of room for development in practical teaching, and theory, teaching methods and professional skills need to be further expanded. In this regard, this paper starts from the comprehensive demand of society for English teaching for college students, focuses on discussing the demand for practical English talents in today’s society, and proposes corresponding optimization strategies on this basis.

The purpose of the study was to examine student teachers on supervisors’ role in practical physical education lessons in the Colleges of Education in Ghana. Quantitatively the study adopted descriptive survey as research design. The population of the study consisted of 1,180, respondents selected from OLA College of Education, Wiawso College of Education, Wesley College of Education, Enchi College of Education, Komenda College of Education and Fosu Colleges of Education which comprised 613 men, and 567 women. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the colleges and students’ teachers. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. The test-retest and face validity techniques were used to establish the validation and reliability of the instrument. Data for this study was analysed based on frequencies and percentages. The study revealed that, the teaching practice unit should see to it that the right strategies for supervision were to be used by supervisors. It was also indicated that the issue of being supervised by non-subject-specialists, the teaching practice unit should ensure that supervisors who are sent for supervisions have enough knowledge of the subject-matter of the field of study. It is recommended that the teaching practice unit should see to it that right strategies for supervision are used by supervisors. It is also recommended that issue of being supervised by non-subject specialists, the teaching practice unit should ensure that supervisors who are sent for supervision have enough knowledge of the subject- matter of the field of study.

The study was designed to assess supervision of Social Studies teachers in public basic junior high schools in the Aowin municipality in the Western North Region of Ghana. Mixed method approach was used. Stratified, simple random and quota sampling techniques were used to select two hundred and ten (210) respondents for the study. Questionnaires and interviews were used to gather the data The quantitative data entry and analysis was done by using the SPSS version 22 software package and the qualitative data was also analysed by the use of the interpretative method based on the themes arrived at during the data collection. The study revealed that instructional supervision promotes effective coaching, mentoring and training of teaching on the profession. The study also indicated that effective supervision enhances reinforcement of relationship between the headteacher, School Improvement Support Officer (SISO) and teachers during instructional supervision; making teaching pleasurable and an enjoying practice. Appointment of Supervisors by the Municipal Director of Education should be based on seasoned heads and office staffs with vast experience and academic qualifications. It is therefore recommended that the Municipal Education Directorate should try as much as possible to appoint competent and experienced teachers as SISOs. Also, intensive training workshops should be organized to them to impact the needed professional advice and guidance that enhance teacher growth and development.

The objective of the study was to examine the developmental implications of chieftaincy disputes in the Juaso traditional area of Ghana. Qualitatively, an interpretive research paradigm was adopted for the study. Purposive, Snowballing, Convenient, and Maximal Variation Strategy techniques were employed to select twelve (12) respondents for the study. Chiefs and the queen mother in the community who are rich of information as far as chieftaincy dispute in Juaso is concerned were purposively sampled. Snowballing and Maximal Variation Strategy were employed to sample sub-chiefs, royals, reverend ministers, natives and dwellers for the study. The two (2) main instruments used for data collection were semi-structured interview and observation. The data were analysed into different categories and subsequently developed into themes by making use of an inductive data analysis. Themes and categories were then used to present the research findings based on the research question. The study indicated in Akan adage that ‘‘bɔɔla so gya, ani no adum nanso na aseɛ no asɔ kɔɔ’’ to wit, the fire on the refuse dump may appear to be off at the surface but beneath it may be hot coals ready to explode at the least aeration. This situation does not promote peaceful coexistence that can propel development. Development is the shared responsibility of all. It can be initiated by the Central Government through the District Assemblies, traditional leaders of communities, individual members of communities, non-governmental organizations and foreign bodies. It is recommended that the role of Government (the state) is very crucial in the management, resolution, transformation and peace building. As such, the government should be seen as an important stakeholder in the resolution of the conflict. Government should resource and empower third party mediation efforts by the Committee of Eminent Chiefs to resolve the cultural aspect of the dispute while the state institutions and Civil Society Organizations are also resourced and empowered to resolve the criminal, social, economic and other aspects. Government must build the trust of the entire community without taken sides in all these strategies.

The purpose of the study was to examine factors that influence girl students’ choice of elective Visual Arts Subjects. The study adopted descriptive research design. The population of the study consisted of senior high schools, teachers, and students from Ashanti Region. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the schools, teachers and students for the study. The two main instruments used for data collection were questionnaire and observation. The data gathered from the observations during the period were transferred into the word processed document on computer and used to support data collected for study. The questionnaire and the observations were collated into individual reports. The study indicated that there is gap between boys and girls in Visual Arts education, leading to the inability for majority of girls to match the boys boot for boot in practical lessons. It is recommended that, Visual Arts female teachers should practice their art to encourage their students to be confident by infusing the “can-do-spirit” in them to help them develop the drive to achieve and believe that achievement is possible for them. Teachers should also be encouraged to redefine their attitudes towards their profession and to develop love, passion and commitment for effective teaching and learning. It is also recommended that, more female Visual Arts teachers should be employed by the GES so as to provide the female students with more than enough female role models in other to help boost their confidence up.

There are an abundance of study focusing on China’s Standards of English Language Ability (CSE) during the past ten years (2012-2021). According to the number and chronological distribution of papers on CSE China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), there are three stages during the whole development of the scale at present. Adopting 82 papers on CSE of Chinese Social Science Citation Index (CSSCI) from CNKI as the data source, and analyzing the contents of these papers by applying the ROST Content Mining 6 software, it can be found that there are generally five research hot spots in the past decade according to the high-frequency words. That is, the first hot spot is the research on theory and construction of CSE; the second hot spot is the research on validity of CSE; the third hot spot is the research on application levels and objects of CSE; the fourth hot spot is the research on practice of CSE and the last one is the research on alignment or linking various English tests to CSE. Besides, the research on competence of listening, spoken English, reading, English writing and translation is new trend for CSE.

The objective of the study was to examine supervisors in assessing student teachers in practical physical education lessons in the Colleges of Education in Ghana. Quantitatively the study adopted descriptive survey as research design. The population of the study consisted of 1,180, respondents selected from OLA College of Education, Wiawso College of Education, Wesley College of Education, Enchi College of Education, Komenda College of Education and Fosu Colleges of Education which comprised 613 men, and 567 women. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the colleges and students’ teachers. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire. The test-retest and face validity techniques were used to establish the validation and reliability of the instrument. Data for this study was analysed based on frequencies and percentages. The study also revealed that clinical supervision produces a self-teacher who analysis and seek solutions to his or her own teaching problems with the help of another professional. It was also concluded that clinical supervision emphasizes teacher growth in that the supervisor talks with the teacher as a colleague to identify and clarify problems and observes the teacher in a classroom situation to solve the problems identified. It is recommended that the teaching practice unit should ensure that supervisors who are sent for supervision have enough knowledge of the subject-matter of the field of study to enable them to provide useful feedback.

In recent years, with the continuous deepening of my country’s education reform, education management in colleges and universities has also made corresponding progress and achievements, but new challenges have also emerged. How to flexibly adjust and improve the traditional education management model and fully implement the “hard and soft” education management model is worthy of continuous discussion and practice in major universities. First, this article explains the basic definition and connotation of the combination of rigidity and flexibility, and provides theoretical support for the construction of the university education management model of rigidity and flexibility. Positive meaning; third, provide corresponding development suggestions for colleges and universities to build a rigid and flexible educational management model, so as to promote the better integration of new management concepts into the educational management of colleges and universities.

With the continuous attention of the state to education management and the frequent improvement of policies, no matter which stage of education needs self-transformation and self-innovation in the new situation. The university education management model has also become the top priority among many things in the university, and the traditional education management model has long been unable to meet the needs of proper college management. In this regard, this paper mainly discusses how to innovate and develop the university education management model based on the new situation, and how to make reasonable improvements to the management content, means and models from the perspective of students.

Nowadays, as the main front of talent training, colleges and universities have a direct impact on the level of talent training. Based on the new era, it is important to innovate education management with innovative educational concepts as the guiding ideology, so it is necessary to fully consider the relationship between schools and students, explore potential problems in the process of education management, and actively solve them with innovative educational concepts.

Arendt proposes that evil appears in the form of “mediocrity”, and in the current educational environment, it is easy to see that there is a phenomenon of teachers obeying the educational system every day, and when they acquiesce to factors in the system that are not conducive to student development, they accept them all without thinking, to a certain extent, jeopardising the development of students and thus creating the “evil of mediocrity” in teachers. This paper firstly discusses the origins of the concept of “the evil of mediocrity” and explores the core of what makes mediocrity an evil. Secondly, it discusses the “non-thinking” and “inaction” aspects of the “evil of mediocrity” that erode the ethical values of the teaching profession and their manifestations. Again, the dangers of the “evil of mediocrity” for teachers are discussed and analysed from the perspective of both teachers and students. Finally, the reasons for teachers’ mediocrity are clarified at the level of the school system and at the level of teachers, and suggestions are made for reflection and transcendence.

The rapid development of microblogs over the past few years has demonstrated their dual value as an information tool and an opinion platform, and their influence on the construction of civil society in many ways. Using this incident as a case study, we analyze the communication process, functions, and potential risks of microblogs based on communication theory and the nature of microblogs, and point out the direction of their future development. Analyzing the communication process, functions, and potential risks of microblogs, and pointing out the direction of their future development.

It is indispensable to improve students’ translation ability in college English teaching. However, in the current college English teaching, there are many problems such as insufficient attention to translation teaching, insufficient research, and outdated teaching methods. With the advancement of science and technology and the rise of the New Liberal Arts education, multi-modal research has become more and more widely used in education. This article discusses the multi-modal theoretical model of college English translation teaching using multiple modals and tools, and proposes three suggestions: designing multi-modal teaching activities, providing multi-modal teaching resources, and creating a multi-modal teaching evaluation system.

In this paper, we explore the process assessment and classroom evaluation mechanism in college mathematics teaching. In the first place, the applications of the process assessment and classroom evaluation mechanism are studied. And we analyze the integration of the process assessment and classroom evaluation mechanism as well as the application of the information technique to the teaching. Then, we further elaborate the dynamic cycle mechanism and the teaching model for process assessment and classroom evaluation mechanism applied in the course of Space Analytic Geometry. Eventually, some problems and suggestions are estimated and discussed. By utilizing the process assessment and classroom evaluation mechanism, it is expected to promote the enthusiasm of study for students and improve the quality of teaching for teachers.

A properly translated film title can not only brings economic benefits to its box office, but also enhances international influence of the film itself. The translation of film title in China has been traditionally linked to subtitle translations. And the rigid quest for loyalty to the original and careless neglect to the function and peculiarity of film titles greatly hinders the translation practice of film titles. Functionalist theories can help to guide and evaluate film title translation. This is illustrated by descriptive analysis of proper and improper translation cases. Emphasis is put on the analysis of the text type and skopos of a film title, the general features observed in film title, and the strategies which may be applied in film title translation.

The medium of instruction (MOI) in the language classroom is always under discussion. In China, parents from upper-class expect their children to receive an elite English education, that is why they send their children to schools where the teachers use English as the medium of instruction (EMI) and students are required to speak English in the school. However, most common students in China enter the public schools, which usually are taught by L1 (Chinese) as MOI in the course of language learning. Hence, which MOI language in the EFL classroom in China should be chosen deserves to be further discussed. This essay will investigate the recruitment requirements for online English teachers of six famous English training schools in China with particular consideration for each schools preference. By investigating the different preference of recruitment requirements, this article intends to show the relationship between the recruitment requirements for English teachers and the target students. After analysing previous studies and the findings, the results indicate that all these training school prefer teachers will proficiency oral English, though the imbalance of L1 and L2 exists in classrooms. Implications will be given for the use of L1 and L2 in China’s online EFL classroom.

Opera is an essential way for Chinese cultural exchange and inheritance. Guangxi local opera has a long history, and each has its characteristics. Cai Diao Opera is one of the great opera repertoires originated in northern Guilin in Ming Qing Dynasties and has become famous all over Guangxi. It has become the most popular opera genre of people. With the popularity of Cai Diao Opera, its formation, evolution, inheritance, and cultural protection have received more and more attention to ensure its further and stable development. Thus, the paper focuses on the formation and development of Cai Diao Opera and analyzes Cai Diao in Liuzhou or Guilin city in terms of time and place. Cai Diao Opera was initially played by solo singing and dance as a duet or a two-man act double-reed. But later, there are more players with stories on the stage performance. The introduction to Cai Diao opera is an excellent chance to lay a cultural foundation for the Chinese nation’s cultural rejuvenation and flourishment, telling the world a good story about China.

This paper set out to analyse the impoliteness strategy in a Chinese talk show “The Jin Xing Show”. The discourse was transcribed and translated into English. Culpeper’s (1996) impoliteness strategy was used as the main reference for data analysis. The use of one of the most cited impoliteness frameworks like Culpeper’s (1996) for this paper will shed light on impoliteness in Mandarin discourse and lay the path for more research in this topic.

People form sociopolitical values throughout their life cycle through different agents of political socialization, including family, media and education. This paper is motivated to propose influence of strategic radio programmes such as ‘Orotonlo’ on Oluyole FM and ‘State Affairs’ on Splash FM as agents of sociopolitical Opinion Moulding focusing on Ibadan South-East Local Government Area of Oyo State. The paper adopted Agenda Setting Theory as the building block on which the study was laid. This study adopted quantitative research design using questionnaire. Simple random sampling was employed to select 100 residents leaving around Ring-Road and Challenge areas of the local government to form the sample size for the paper. The findings of this study shows that majority of the respondents have listened to State Affairs on splash FM and ‘Orotonlo’ on Oluyole FM. These two programmes have shaped their opinion on sociopolitical issues. This paper therefore, recommended that these two programmes should keep on running as they contribute to the opinion moulding of the society and broadcast programmes both radio and television should maintain high level of professionalism and ethnic standard in carry out programmes aim at moulding the opinion of their target audiences.

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed every domain of the world including the education. The main objective of this research is to analyse and study the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the performance of the students and courses. The analysis is performed based on three category of teaching mode namely face to face, face to face combined with online and completely online. The appropriate statistical tool, testing of hypothesis using ANOVA table is applied for this research work. Three salient factors of this analysis is to compare the students’ performance based on the different mode of teaching for all target students, course wise impact of teaching and students who have come across all the 3 modes of teaching. Analysis of student’s performance is imperative at this stage, since this helps to bring out fruitful outcome with respect to education.

Covid-19 outbreak caused unexpected repercussion in the world. In the beginning, all people are placed passively due to the complete novelty of the endemic. Panic feelings enclose the world while after a heft of measures adopted by the government, the disaster present a positive phenomenon but still a ghost glooming the world humans. The paper opts to exclusively explore collectivism in China through incorporating satisfactory pandemic control effects compared to some out-of-control western countries. However, if we investigate the original root cause of such different results, it is easily to capture the cultural difference and its traditional embedment. Furthermore, although China’s forefathers put forward collectivism in an obscure method. The collectivism custom takes its root in generations’ blood. Triandis (1995) based on Hofstede cultural dimensions further made partition of individualism as well as collectivism formed as horizontal and vertical. The article attempts to two types collectivism in among Chinese youth and middle aged persons as they have forming stable value system but also easily connecting with the changing information world. The essay makes conclusion that Chinese people are transferring to horizontal collectivism but vertical collectivism plays a larger role in pandemic control. Therefore, our writing can be labeled as a reference for cultural construction if emergent events arrive.

Digital technology and network information technology are developing rapidly, and the barriers between various media no longer exist, resulting in new media. The emergence and development of new media has greatly promoted the deep integration of traditional media and new media. In the development of media integration, on the one hand, it has brought unprecedented changes to the new network media industry, on the other hand, it also urges colleges and universities to train new media talents more actively. Based on this, this paper analyzes in detail the network and new media professional training path under the media fusion visual threshold for reference.

The objective of the study examined the extent to which parenting styles influenced television viewing habits and the academic performance of students. A population of 1740 (JHS) 2 were used with a sample size of 310 students. It was a quantitative approach that used a cross-sectional study. The questionnaire comprising of 17 statements was used to solicit opinions from students between the ages of 11 years to 20 years on a five point likert scale. Five hypotheses were generated for the study and were tested using Anova, T-test and Regression. Students Grade Point Average (GPA) in four subjects (English, Mathematics, Integrated Science and Social Studies) was used. The study revealed that the relationship between parenting styles on TV viewing habits and academic performance of students became clear in the end that in Abokobi and Madina in the Ga East municipality, all the parenting styles were in existence. The study established from the analysis that, parenting styles had a significant effect on GPA. The authoritative parenting style was found to influence academic performance positively while the authoritarian and permissive parenting styles affected academic performance negatively. Furthermore, parenting styles had no effect on the time students spent in watching TV. It can be said that when the effects of time spent watching TV was controlled; parenting styles still had an effect on academic performance. The analysis showed that the more authoritarian parents were, the more the students’ academic performance suffered. The authoritative parenting style was found to have the best impact on students’ academic performance. It is recommended that Ghana Education Service (GES) should collaborate with Parent Teachers Association (PTA) and Metropolitan Municipal District Chief, Executives (MMDCEs) to organise seminars, workshops and symposiums to educate parents on the effects of watching television by schooling children all time.

Under the guidance of blended teaching theory, and based on the information multiple characteristics of “Internet+”, this paper explores the deep integration of business English and “Internet+” with a smart teaching model. It conducts a survey in the coastal universities and colleges by designing a survey questionnaire on the status quo of traditional business English teaching. A case study of the new teaching model is also applied. By focusing on innovations in teaching media, teaching process, students’ cross-cultural awareness development, and teachers’ professionalism, construction of this teaching model is necessary and feasible as well. The “Internet+” teaching has continuous challenges in the implementation process and needs continuous improvement to allow learners to form an awareness of “Internet+” and actively use the “Internet+” learning platform for learning.

The purpose of the study was to examine the causes and effects of absenteeism in the early grades schools in Ghana. The research design used for this study was a descriptive design and the type of research is action research. The population of the study covered the class teacher of basic two (2) and some of the pupils in the class. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to select the respondents for the study. The main instruments for data collection in the study were observation, questionnaires, and interviews. The results were presented using percentages and frequencies. The study revealed that absenteeism has serious academic set backs on the performance of both the pupils and the teacher. The study also concluded that the inability of some parents to provide their children with their basic needs normally pushes them to engage in various forms of activities to raise money to fend for themselves. The economic background of the parents also contributes to the pupils frequent absence, as well as their frequent absenteeism. It is recommended that the District Assembly and the Traditional Council team up and pass a bye-law to retrain children out of school hours on trading during school hours on market days as well as other activities such as farming, film and video shows that are carried out at the expense of their schooling. It is also recommended that guidance and counseling coordinators should therefore collaborate with teachers in basic schools for the purpose of counseling the pupils as well as parents and guardians.

Social Studies educators increasingly support the use of Computer-Assisted Instruction to transform Social Studies Education from a traditional mode to a more constructivist, student-centered, and active mode. This study experimented the impact of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on students’ performance in Social Studies. Learning package was examined. The study was a quasi-experimental research involving a pretest and posttest. The sample for the study comprised 40 first year students of Bawku Senior High in Bawku Municipal Assembly in Upper East Region of Ghana. The students’ pre-test and post test scores were analysed using independent -samples t-test. The findings of the study showed that the performance of students exposed to CAI (experimental group) were better than their counterparts exposed to the conventional classroom instruction (control group). Based on the research findings recommendations were made on the need to develop relevant CAI packages for teaching Social Studies in Ghanaian Senior High Schools.

The study adopted the Explanatory Mixed Method approach to answer the research question of the study. The population of the study consist of six thousand and thirty (6030) students from The Tema (TEMASCO), Chemu, Methodist Day (MEDASS), Presbyterian (TEMA PRESEC), Our Lady of Mercy (OLAMS) and Manhean (MANSEC). Senior High Schools in Tema metropolis of Ghana. Stratified, simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to sample three hundred (300) students fifty (50) from each of the six (6) selected schools. The main instruments used for data collection were Structured Questionnaire and Semi-Structured Interview guide. The quantitative data entry and analysis was done by using the SPSS software package version 23. The data was edited, coded and analysed into frequencies, percentages with interpretations. The qualitative data was analysed with the aid of Atlas.ti 7.5.18 version and use of the interpretative method based on the themes arrived at during the data collection. The study revealed that students aspired for careers in various fields of their programmes, i.e. Science, Home Economics, General Arts, Visual Arts, and Business. Their career aspiration was formed during childhood and crystallised into actual specific careers over time. They were motivated by their interest, abilities, attitudes and parental demands. If career information is made available for students to consider their strength and weakness, participants would have a better appreciation of the field of career. It is recommended that, the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Tema Educational Directorate and the Head teachers of the sampled schools should organize career guidance and outreach programmes for their students on the various career types, entry requirement/qualifications and available institutions for training and sponsorship to fully educate the students on the various aspects of their aspired careers and the corresponding demands.

Curriculum ideological and political work is the new requirement of the CPC Central Committee to strengthen ideological and political work in colleges and universities under the background of the new era, which has been officially included in the political education system of colleges and universities. Carrying out ideological and political education with the help of professional curriculum teaching has become the necessary professional skills for college teachers. “Network visual Marketing” is a very important professional skills course of e-commerce, is a set of practice and application in one course; Based on the teaching of Network Visual Marketing, this paper discusses how to carry out curriculum ideological and political reform in professional courses from the aspects of curriculum status quo, curriculum ideological and political construction ideas, curriculum ideological and political implementation, in order to provide a powerful reference for the ideological and political construction of e-commerce professional courses.

With the wave of globalization, the language learning has been become a must by which language learner can facilitate multi-cultural communication. However, many factors exert negative influence on EFL learners’ achievements in China due to cultural difference and students’ inner elements. The paper is to make research on how Hofstede’s cultural dimensions affect learners’ self-efficacy and it further has remarkable effects on their language accomplishments. Qualitative methods such as interview, document analysis method and inductive method will be adopted in order to test students’ individual self-efficacy level and its influence on learning fruits. What’s more, the article makes full use of questionnaire to survey students’ self-efficacy and their willingness to participate in English-spoking to find out cultural dimensions’ effects on language learning. It can be concluded that students with high level of self-efficacy are more willing to take part in spoking communication. Besides, uncertainty avoidance and collectivism have great impact on learners’ self-efficacy and learning performance. Therefore, the paper will be as a constructive reference for promoting learning accomplishments in educational sphere.

The main objective of the research is to find the level of nutritional knowledge of students of Enchi College of Education Demonstration Basic School. The population for this study consisted of all the Junior High School (JHS) students of Enchi College of Education Demonstration School in the Aowin municipality in the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana. A random sampling technique was used select sample size of 60 respondents from the school made up of 35 boys and 25 girls was selected for the survey. The main instrument for data collection was Close-ended questionnaire, and eight (8) items were used to explore the level of nutritional knowledge of students of Enchi College of Education Demonstration Basic School. It was concluded that students have fair knowledge and a common knowledge base on the concept nutrition that guide their food choices. It is recommended that, teachers of nutrition component of the subject basic design and technology should be asked to intensify the knowledge impartation of pupils in the basic schools.

The integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into education had become very necessary in this 21st century. An assessment of Information and Communication Technology usage among teacher trainees in selected Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana was the main focus of this study. Descriptive research was the design for study. The population of 120 mentee teacher-trainees were sampled from three colleges of Education for the study. The study employed the multistage sampling techniques. Convenient, purposive, Simple random and stratified sampling techniques were used to select the three colleges of Education and the third year group of the three (i.e. two single sex and one mixed) out of the eight Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region. The main instrument for data collection was questionnaire. The study revealed that, most mentee teacher trainees had computer training prior to enrolling into the colleges and can use the computer to type letters or document. Teacher trainees surf the internet to do their work but the hours they spend per week is less than that of the average internet user. It is recommended that all the teachers in the colleges of education should be given refresher courses in ICT use, at least once a year. This will boost teachers confidence in the use of ICT facilities in their teaching so they can help their students to develop ICT skills.

With the development and popularization of school-based curriculum, more and more schools have started to develop school-based art curriculum. Dongyang wood carving is a famous national intangible cultural heritage. In order to maximize the use of Dongyangs local cultural resources, it is of great significance to develop school-based curriculum in primary and secondary schools to promote the preservation and transmission of Dongyang wood carvings. After analyzing the cultural characteristics of Dongyang wood carving, this paper provides a theoretical analysis of the feasibility of a school-based curriculum for Dongyang wood carving.

Final year teacher-trainees’ conception of COVID-19 has become indispensable since the ideal practices needed to inculcate in students to become responsible local and global citizens. The main purpose of this study was to intensify the COVID-19 awareness, find students background leading to infection and to practice supportive measures to overcome the disease. The population consists of all final year trainee teacher students of SDA College of Education Asokore-Koforidua. Purposive and convenient sampling techniques were used to select a total number four hundred and ten (410) students and the college respectively. The main instruments used for data collection were interview guide and questionnaire. The quantitative data entry and analysis was done by using the SPSS software package. The data was edited, coded and analysed into frequencies, percentages, weighted mean with interpretations. The qualitative data was analysed by the use of the interpretative technique based on the themes arrived at during the observation of mentees while they teach in a classroom setting. The themes were related to the research questions. The study revealed that, 0.3 percent of the respondents have coughing problems, 0.8 percent also exhibited cold and flu, 0.5 percent had difficulty in breathing, all these symptoms exhibited by respondents are underlying factors that could lead to the acquisition of COVID-19 virus. It is recommended that, the school should have a doctor or nurse who could be educating students on their health status and the need for seeing a doctor occasionally in order to avoid health problems. It is also recommended that, School management should ensure that student observe protocols especially those who do not believe COVID-19 is real

With the advent of the era of big data, it has had an irreplaceable and important impact on all walks of life in the development of society, especially in the field of education, which has profoundly affected the form of education classroom presentation and promoted education management to continue to move towards information and modernization. In this regard, this article analyzes the characteristics of university education management and management status based on the background of the big data era, and proposes relevant measures to build a professional education management team, improve the level of big data management, and build a university sharing platform, and continue to promote the direction of university education management. Development in the direction of informatization, modernization and intelligence.

The purpose of the study was to examine the use of code-switching as a device to achieve the communicative functions in Fante-English radio discourse in Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana. The population of the study included all the fifty-five (55) radio presenters in four (4) radio stations in Twin-City Sekondi-Takoradi. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the four (4) Frequency Modulation (FM) stations. The instruments employed for collecting data were audio-tape recording and questionnaire. The study established that radio presenters code-switch when there is topic shift, because sometimes they find it difficult in translating a word, an idea or a concept from English to Fante. Again, radio broadcasters code-switch because sometimes they forget the required word to be used in Fante.

The objective of the study was to examine the challenges that face NGOs in promoting democratic good governance in the Sunyani Municipality in Ghana. A qualitatively, interpretative design was adopted to evaluate challenges that face NGOs in promoting democratic good governance in the Sunyani Municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select all the twenty-four (24) respondents. The main instrument used for data collection was open-ended interview guide. The study concludes that the role NGOs play be exercised with caution since a good number of the sampled respondents claimed they had never heard about the activities of these NGOs. The study also revealed that, NGOs could have done better in covering a wider scope of the Municipality but they are limited by finances, human resource capacity, logistics and misappropriation of funds on the part of the leadership. It is therefore recommended that, NGOs to adopt more pragmatic methods and approaches to raising funds and mobilising resources both internally and externally to effectively undertake their activities. Internally, NGOs may involve themselves more in income generating activities such as farming, running of restaurants, internet services and retail outlets, the profit of which should be used to finance NGOs activities. It is also recommended that, NGOs must deploy staff with the requisite skills as well as having a good public reputation to raise funds. The expertise is needed to plan when, where and how to seek for funds from corporate bodies as well as international institutions.

The people-oriented educational concept should be fully quoted in the process of education management in colleges and universities, which is an important basis for whether we can implement the education management work of colleges and universities and flexibly manage students. At present, in terms of the shortcomings in the existing education management work of colleges and universities, the management methods and educational management contents of most colleges and universities are not humane enough. In this regard, this paper first expounds the basic meaning and characteristics of the humanistic education concept, focuses on the shortcomings in the process of practicing the humanistic education concept in Chinas colleges and universities, and puts forward corresponding development suggestions in combination with the development background of the times, in order to better improve the quality of university education management.

The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of household conditions on academic performance of Junior High School Students in the Upper West Akim District. The study adopted the quantitative approach and specifically used the descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used for the selection of schools and respondents for the study. Questionnaire and School Based Assessment (SBA) records were used by the researchers as instruments for data collection. The Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) software version 22 was used for descriptive and inferential analysis of data gathered. The study indicated that, parents who ensure that their children study at home, provide their educational needs, discuss their progress with their teachers and attend PTA meetings regularly have children who perform better academically as compared to children whose parents do not see to it that their children study at home, provide the educational needs of their children, discuss their children’s learning with teachers and attend PTA meeting regularly. It is recommended that, adult literacy should be enhanced by government to improve the level of education of parents to improve participation of parents in children’s education.

The objective of the study was to evaluate teachers Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in Religious and Moral Education Curriculum in Junior High Schools (JHS) in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem (KEEA) municipality of Ghana. The study adopted the descriptive survey design using quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods were combined both for triangulation and complementarity. Triangulation was used to test the consistency of findings obtained through different instruments used, whilst complementarity clarifies and illustrates results from one method with the use of another method. The accessible population for the study was 130 JHS Religious and Moral Education teachers in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality. Purposive and census sampling techniques were used to select municipality, circuits and RME teachers respectively. The main instruments for data collection of study were questionnaire and an observation checklist. The quantitative data entry and analysis was done by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22, software for data analysis. The data analysis was informed by the research question which guided the study. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the research question (frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation). At the same time, the data for the hypotheses were analysed through ANOVA and an independent-sampled t-test. The qualitative data was analysed by the use of the interpretative method based on the themes arrived at during the data collection. The themes were related to the research question and interpreted on the number of issues raised by respondents. These were based on question on the structured observation checklist. The study revealed that teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge is critical when it comes to children’s moral and spiritual development because content and pedagogy have to be presented and adopted to the learning needs, interests, and uniqueness each learner brings to the learning context. And this is where the usefulness of teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge becomes a useful tool. The research hypotheses of the study also concluded that years of teaching experience do not always guarantee the development of PCK for RME teachers in the K.E.E.A. the study also indicated that the gender of JHS teachers in K.E.E.A was not a differentiator for assessing teachers pedagogical content knowledge in RME. It is recommended that the Ministry of Education provide teacher educators with state-of-the-art resources such as computers, projectors, interactive boards, internet connectivity, and books to enhance effective teaching of moral and religious concepts in class. It is also recommended that RME teachers pursue further education and learn about emerging issues in the teaching of RME for effective teaching and learning in the 21st century RME classroom.

The personal belief makes personal future come true, while the faith of a generation makes the future of a nation come true. As a valuable asset in the development of the Communist Party of China, red culture also reflects the spiritual strength of the Chinese nation. Red culture bearing rich spiritual connotation, how to effectively integrate the spiritual connotation of red culture with ideological and political education in colleges and universities and to effectively innovate and enrich the classroom teaching ways and methods of ideological and political education is of great significance. In addition to mainly introducing the connotation of red culture and the significance of integrating red culture into the ideological and political education of art colleges, this paper puts forward some effective ways of integrating red culture into the ideological and political education for art college students.

Being important part of Chinese traditional thoughts, Confucianism, is crucial ideological weapons used to govern, civilize and confine the public in feudal times. Till today, the essential ideas in Confucianism have become a paragon in the new period of Chinese culture construction. As for the dross in Confucianism, we must abandon it to exert positive influence on the later generations. The core and essence of Confucianism, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trustworthiness, forgiveness, faithfulness, and filial piety, are the supreme ideal and criteria of social politics and ethics in feudal times. Based on the interpretation of important figures and books and records of Confucianism, the paper works to promote better understanding of Confucianism. Most of all, in modern times, Confucianism should be functioning in the ideological formation and developing.

This study reviewed literature about various standpoints of Michael Byram, Anthony J. Liddicoat, J.M Bennett, ClIL (Content and Language Learning) and Zhang Hongling in intercultural foreign language teaching research. Their researches is analyzed through comparison and induction, which find the characteristics of these representative studies, the similarities between theories, and the differences between Chinese and Western cross-cultural foreign language teaching. Based on the above analysis, the relevance and adaptability of the integration of Western intercultural foreign language teaching into the process of Chinese localization and the future development direction are presented.

The study’s goal was to determine the impact of using Bloom’s Taxonomy on students’ ability to read discussion text. This study was carried out at SMA Swasta Islam Azizi Medan, which is located on Jalan Kesatria, No.70, Kec. Medan Perjuangan, Kota Medan. The experimental design was used as the research method. The study was carried out during the 2019/2020 academic year. This study’s population was made up of 40 students from the third through twelfth grades. There were 40 students in the sample. An experimental design would be used in this study, with two groups: experimental and control. The experimental group employs Bloom’s taxonomy strategy, whereas the control group does not. The control group does not outperform the experimental group in terms of class control. The written test is the research instrument. The findings of this study revealed that t observed value was greater than t-table, indicating that t-test > t-table (9,55>2,021). The theory was accepted. It means that using Bloom’s taxonomy strategy had a significant effect on students’ ability to read discussion text.

The red song originated in the early stage of China’s new democratic revolution. It has distinctive national, political, and artistic characteristics, conveying a strong spirit of resistance and patriotism, and inspiring young Marxist pioneers and countless people to fight bloody battles. The red song is a unique cultural phenomenon in China, conforms to the Marxist view of practice and ideology, and has played a very important historical role in the ideological and political work of the Chinese Communist Party. To study and analyze the historical role of red songs in ideological and political work, to be able to learn the development process of red songs, analyze its development rules, and correctly guide the masses to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life, and values, which is helpful to explore the new socialist outlook of red songs. The important value of the times stimulates the patriotism of the masses and promotes the national spirit.

The exploration and practice of art teaching mode in Colleges and Universities Based on virtual simulation technology is to innovate the way of curriculum presentation from the perspective of Art + technology, promote the integration of traditional art teaching and modern technology under the new situation, further change the traditional learning and appreciation mode of art in Colleges and Universities, enhance students’ sense of learning experience, expand thinking space and innovate educational ideas, Break through the fixed thinking and realize the classroom reform with the core concept of “active classroom” and the innovation of corresponding teaching methods and means. Finally, a multi-dimensional interactive teaching system of virtual simulation of art teaching is constructed on the basis of modern virtual technology to promote the comprehensive transformation and innovative growth of art education.

Marx and Engels were mainly engaged in the creation of scientific socialism and communism theory system and the practice of proletarian revolution. Although there is no literary work that indicates that they specialize in literature, aesthetics, literature and art, but in the huge articles, treatises, letters and other documents left in their lives, the complete literary thought system of Marx and Engels’ system will be found. Before intensively reading the literature of Marx and Engels’ literary thought, it is necessary to study the background, development stage and theoretical source of Marx and Engels’ literary thought. This article will start from these three directions, as a preliminary exploration of the study of Marx and Engels’ literary thoughts.

Huxiang culture rich in connotation began in ancient times and more shines itself in modern times after carried forward from the Song Dynasty. The typical spirit contained in Huxiang culture also goes deep into the flesh and blood of Hunan people. Therefore, the vocational schools in Hunan will inevitably be branded with Huxiang culture. Although there are many references that can be found from the development history of Huxiang culture and there is inspiration that can be drawn from achievements in literature, history and art, integrating Huxiang culture into morality education is still subject to institutional constraints such as local customs and religious beliefs. Rooted in Human, vocational schools in Hunan should absorb enough nutrition from Huxiang culture and explore the path of deep integration of Huxiang culture into morality education at vocational schools in combination with their own development to cultivate the vocational school culture with Huxiang spirit and form a virtuous circle between the Huxiang culture and the development of vocational schools. What’s more, the vocational schools in Hunan should cultivate students with noble moral sentiment while innovating the new path of developing vocational school culture.

The outbreak of COVID - 19 allows China to examine the national system from the same perspective as the rest of the world. The Chinese government under the leadership of the Communist Party of China took the lead in winning the COVID - 19 epidemic through unremitting efforts, and the epidemic test fully demonstrated the superiority of the socialist system. The centralized and unified leadership of the Party is the greatest advantage of the socialist system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Focusing on doing major things is the concentrated embodiment of the superiority of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and upholding the people - centered approach is a prominent advantage of the socialist system. The victory of the epidemic has made China firmly believe that the socialist path is right and bright, and that the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics has great prospects.

Since COVID-19 hit almost all of the countries, almost every sector in the world changed including education system. Because of this situation, Face to face system or conventional technique for teaching learning process also changed and online learning to be implemented from kindergarten till university. This was made to help student and teacher relationship and communication without limited by time and space. In Muhammadiyah University, E-learning used to relate students and lectures communication for teaching and learning process. So, the goal of this research tried to find out the effectiveness of online learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Psycholinguistic subject at English Education Study Program in UMSU. This research used quantitative method. The total population of this research is 69 students who are in the eight semester that took psycholinguistic subject came from class A and B morning. To be the instruments of this study is the questionnaires given to the students via Google form and became the source of the data. Only 40 students returned it back and these became the sample for this research. Then, the data to be collected and analyzed. From the data collection, it was found that 70％ students said it was good to use online learning and the rest 30 ％ can’t follow this learning.

Aesthetic education and ideological and political education have been advocated by educators in the past dynasties. China has a long history of their integration. In the era of multimedia, colleges and universities have not adopted flexible methods to teach ideological and political courses, and there are problems such as lack of humanistic care and aesthetic education, which seriously affect the teaching effect of ideological and political courses. The integration of aesthetic education and multimedia ideological and political teaching can help students to establish scientific values, play a good role in laying a foundation for students growth in emotion, and stimulate students innovation ability.

This research is based on the interviews and classroom observations of some teachers and students in a middle school in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, China, which is designed to investigate the effects of adding oral English test to the High School Entrance Examination on English teaching and learning in Hubei Province. The study shows that the oral test has a positive effect on both teaching and learning of junior middle school English. In general, teachers’ and students’ basic views and attitudes toward oral examinations are positive. Students consider that it can increase their awareness of the importance of oral English and intentionally practice speaking in and out of class to prepare for the coming test. Teachers believe that the oral test can test students’ comprehensive language skills and motivate teachers to optimize teaching reform, as well as improve and strengthen students’ oral practice activities in and out of class.

As a literary and cultural canon, the Chu ci is full of culture-specific words, including words related to shamanic rites. These words can be classified into names of gods and ghosts, place names, names of sacrificial offerings, and terminologies of soul-summoning. They can be rendered by transliteration, literal translation, free translation, addition, omission, or combination of them. These translating methods should be used flexibly according to specific contexts, and then their cultural connotations can be represented effectively.

Due to the cultural differences, people perceive and express time differently. Ancient Chinese poets used metaphors tremendously. Those metaphors are not arbitrary, but from their physical experience and deeply rooted in the culture. Chinese culture attaches great importance to the inheritance and continuation of its history, thus its national ideology was and still is to show respect to ancestors. From the perspective of embodied cognition, people will choose to face rather than back to the object of worship. Therefore, Chinese native speakers in ancient times adopted the time cognitive model of facing the past. This paper aims to analyze the Spatio-temporal metaphors in Li Sao (Woe after Departure), one of the representative works of Qu Yuan(340 B.C. - 278 B.C), the renowned patriotic poet of the state of Chu in the Warring States period of China (770-476 BC), and find that Qu Yuan tends to adopt the moving time mode, showing his woeful disappointment for the authorities and reverence for the ancient saga (前贤qian xian, former saga). He was determined to quest for good government with his death. This proves that the time schema in ancient China was facing the past and back to the future, that is, taking the past or earlier time as the front and the future or later time as the back.

A large number of metaphors have been used in the white paper Fighting COVID-19: China in Action. According to the classification of metaphors, war metaphors, plant metaphors and architectural metaphors are most commonly used in the white paper. By summarizing the metaphorical translation strategies, this paper concludes that there are four metaphorical translation strategies that are frequently used in the white paper: literal translation, free translation, omission and mixed translation. It can be seen that literal translation is the first consideration in white paper translation, and the cultural characteristics and connotation of the original text should be preserved as far as possible from form to content. In cases where literal translation is not applicable, priority should be given to the accurate transmission of original information, and free translation, omission or mixed translation can be adopted. The differences in metaphorical translation strategies lie in the differences in cultural cognition and language expressions.

Radio educational programmes do contribute to making the populace of a country be well informed. If this is not the case, it could be connected to demographic characteristics as predictors of market women having a negative influence on participation in radio educational programmes. It is in this regard that this study investigated demographic factors as predictors of market women participation in radio educational programmes aired on Fresh FM 105.9, Lagelu FM 96.7 and Splash FM 105.5 radio stations in Ibadan. The descriptive survey research design was used. The population consisted of 4500 market women in Bode, Oja- Oba and Scout Camp Markets in Ibadan South East Local Government Area of Oyo State. With the application of purposive sampling technique, a total number of 870 market women served as respondents for this study. A reliability test Cronbach alpha coefficient score of 0.90 was recorded for participation in radio educational programmes respectively. Data were analyzed using inferential statistics out of age, educational qualification and marital status, only marital status was found not to influence participation (β =- 0.033, P > 0.05). The study recommends that market women should devote more time and give priority to participation and be more actively involved in radio educational programmes aired on Fresh FM 105.9, Lagelu FM 96.7 and Splash Fm105.5 in Oyo State.

As a subject closely related to innovation, design art needs innovation more than any other discipline, and cultivating students’ creativity is naturally called one of the training goals of environmental design students, the author thinks that cultivating the creativity of environmental design students should start from the cultivation of students’ creative thinking and students’ creative personality, and point directly to teaching. Under the tide of promoting university students’ innovation and entrepreneurship, it is not enough to cultivate creativity, we should learn from the successful experience of the German University of Applied Science and Technology and cultivate creative professionals in applied technology environment design.

College students are in their youthful years, full of energy, active in thinking, and strong in physique, activity ability and self-expression ability. As a young generation around the age of 20, the college students with both physiology and mentality reaching a certain degree have a strong thirst for knowledge. Receiving higher education, getting in touch with new ideas, having relatively free and flexible study and living time, and being separated from the control of their parents, college students show extreme freedom in behavior and speech, that is, they do what they want, say what they want, or regard those not done by others as “personality”. Art colleges are especially full of students with the so-called “personality”, but how to correctly deal with the “personality” of students in art colleges plays an important role and significance in strengthening students’ management and guiding learning.

We explored students’ experiences in postgraduate studies to investigate a set of empirical results from multiple situations, as well as develop possible theories that explain and predict how to select a relevant statistical test effectively. The participants were graduate students in the various departments at the university of the Western Cape (UWC). The findings demonstrate that the factors contributing to failure in the application of statistical procedures application include difficulty in applying statistics to real life problems, a lack of knowledge and non-familiarity with the items. The results also reveal that the confusion as well as conflicting concepts in statistics exacerbate the failure in statistical methods. This study provided important outcomes that could be useful to researchers in the domain. Further, it could result in an improved orientation of schemes and programmes related to statistics knowledge for UWC and universities across the country. The recommendations could be made to government authorities, planners and policymakers, some of whom already exist in programmes initiated to address statistics education in South Africa and Africa at large.

The questionnaire is one of the most widely used techniques for collecting quantitative data. This article aims to introduce the basic definition and types of questionnaires, difficulties researchers encounter when designing questionnaires, the criteria for a good questionnaire and then, steps and skills of questionnaire design will be presented with a questionnaire sample to help readers understand the design process.

Huainanzi is a philosophical and political masterpiece written by Liu An in the early Western Han Dynasty in China. Although it has been more than one century since Huainanzi was firstly introduced into English, studies on English translation of Huainanzi began thirty years ago. This article reviews 10 English papers and 8 Chinese ones from Google Scholar and CNKI. The researches abroad focus on paratexts and term translation while domestic on targeted text and paratexts. There are still some limitations, including inadequate translated versions, partial angles of translation and study, and simple research methods. The author suggests that further studies should be promoted by taking surveys of target readers, innovating research methods from interdisciplinary perspectives.

Online Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) combines all major communication strategies used in marketing. Most organizations find the unified technique very useful and cost effective. This notwithstanding, expectations have not been fully met in the extant literature when it comes to using research to address persisting limitations of IMC. One of such limitations is the extent to which IMC can be used by organizations to attain customers’ loyalty. This is important because customers’ loyalty to organizations speaks volumes about the depth of relationship that exists between them and customers. This limitation led to this study, which was primarily designed to examine if customers awareness of online products and services produced by Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB), Nigeria Plc has impact on the level of loyalty it enjoys from customers. Survey research method was adopted. Questionnaire was administered on three hundred and eighty four (384) respondents in four Local Government Areas of Ibadan, south-west Nigeria. Also, three null hypotheses were tested at 0.005 level of significance based on the chi square result ( X2(16) > = 2.422, P< 0.000), The level of significance for the three hypotheses were < 0.005. In the end, it was revealed that online IMC promotes customers’ awareness and customers’ patronage of the products and services offered by GTB and also leads to customers’ loyalty. It was also revealed that the combination of IMC strategies with the internet promotes customers’ acceptability of GTB. It was recommended that organizations should pay good attention to Online IMC in order to deploy it more meaningfully to gain continuous customers’ loyalty.

The paper makes an in-depth study of the manifestation of translator’s subjectivity through the comparison of four English translations of a Chinese classic San Zi Jing, and tries to find out the underlying controlling factors for their varied ways of translation. Based on the relevant discussions on translator’s role, it shows that translators did play an active part in the course of translation, whose deliberate choice is often influenced by some constraints, namely, the translator’s personal background, and the social context they are in. Through the descriptive analysis, it aims at making an objective evaluation of the role of different translation in the history of cross-cultural communication.

This paper compares three English versions of The Great Learning to study the different choices of translation strategies adopted by the translators. Through comparison, it finds that the different cultural backgrounds of the three translators greatly influence the translation strategies. The two foreigners mainly adopt the domestication strategy while the others adopts foreigniztion strategy.

In China elementary school, English teaching ways are developed from word-and-grammar-focused to discourse-focused one indicating discourse analysis in teaching. Most studies about discourse analysis-based English teaching were done in colleges and few practical approaches on discourse analysis for teachers in primary and junior schools are concerned. Thus in this paper, the authors attempt to discuss this field. First it introduced four approaches of discourse analysis, including the Descriptively-Structured Approach (SDA), the Social-Cultural Approach (SCA), the Cognitive Approach (CA) and the Critical Approach (CA). Generally speaking, in elementary English teaching, English discourse can be categorized into 4 styles, that is, story/narration style, argumentation style, explanatory style and conversation style. Based on the above introduction, the paper also attempts to use the four approaches to analyze English reading class.

With the development of technology and economy, English as an international language is becoming more widely used. Therefore, high level English teaching is needed. However, there are still some problems in English language teaching, like the tendency to pay too much attention to the explanation and teaching of phonetics, vocabulary and grammar. Therefore it’s one of the reasons for putting forward the general goal of English curriculum, that is, to cultivate the comprehensive language competence. The purpose of this paper is to investigate into the students’ use of comprehensive language competence in Dalongshan Junior Middle School.Through the questionnaire and data analysis, the author finds that most students have a clear idea about comprehensive language competence. And they know the relationship between language knowledge and language skills. But they don’t realize the importance to use learning strategies. Also, there are some teaching problems in this class, such as too much homework and tests, so the author suggests that the students should be trained to develop learning strategies and the teacher should avoid mechanical teaching method.

The film Desert Flower is adapted from the best seller of the same name written by Waris Dirie, a famous black model. It tells a story about a circumcised Somali girl, who, in order to escape the ridiculous marriage arranged by her father, sneaked away to the United Kingdom and ultimately became the top model after arduous difficulties. This study will take Hofstede cultural dimensions theory as the explanatory framework to contrastively discuss the cultural differences between Britain and Somalia in the film, hoping to reveal a deeper understanding of these two cultures.

MOOC is mainly the use of the network platform to show the teaching content in the form of micro-lesson, and flipped classroom is a unique innovative and individualized teaching model. The MOOC-based flipped classroom teaching model is the use of network technology and resources to flip the teaching goal and teaching form, teaching subject and teachers, and to create a new situation of teaching and learning. On the basis of a full study on the current situation and related theories of the application of the flipped classroom and MOOC, this paper constructs the MOOC-based flipped classroom teaching model, and applies it to the course International Trade Practice English. The author carries on the teaching experiment to explore the effectiveness of flipped classroom teaching model in college English teaching. The experiment proves that the application of the MOOC-based flipped classroom teaching model improves students’ academic performance and the teacher and students have a positive attitude towards the implementation of the MOOC-based flipped classroom teaching model. Finally, the author summarizes the major findings for the follow-up research with a hope to provide some reference for the future application.

Retranslation, as a hot topic in the field of translation study, provides a vast world for the researchers of translation. Through the study of retranslation of literary works, we can know many aspects of a society and an era including the evolution of ideology, the transition of politics, the development of economy, the vicissitude of culture, the trend of aesthetic taste, the change of translation concept, the supersedure of translation strategy and the substitute of translation approach. At home, in the early 1930s, Lu Xun realized the importance and necessity of retranslation. In the recent 30 years, retranslation study at home has made significant progress. Many translation scholars, such as Lou Shiyi, Feng Yidai, Xu Yuanzhong, Luo Guolin, and Zhang Jinghao, investigated the causes of retranslation from different perspectives. Other translation scholars studied foreign and Chinese retranslation versions on the basis of different theories such as translatology, literature, and linguistics; still others studied retranslation from the angles of interdisciplinary sciences and academic trends. To sum up, the similarities between foreign and domestic retranslation study are the investigation of the cause of retranslation and the interdisciplinary study of retranslation. Most foreign studies of retranslation are diachronic, comparative and interdisciplinary ones. Early domestic studies of retranslation are mostly based on experiences of the translator. Domestic studies of retranslation in this century are mostly comparative based on the comparison of different retranslation versions from the angle of related theory.

In addition to exploring the integration development mode of industrial design and entrepreneurship education, the combination of entrepreneurship and specialty education, the mainstream of development of innovation and entrepreneurship education, constructs the practice teaching curriculum system of industrial design, applies the studio mode, cultivates excellent teachers, and explores the teaching integration path of complete practice teaching evaluation.

The paper reports on how to conduct evaluation reform practice during “College English (including Listening) A1” teaching course, taking the design class 11903 and the music class 11903 of Yangtze University as examples, which is related to college English examination and evaluation reform. The paper analyzes the traditional evaluation form (mainly final-term examination) and its shortcomings and puts forward a synthetic evaluation model of combing the formative evaluation and summative evaluation (also final-term examination). The results of the implementation of this synthetic evaluation model have been reported in the paper. At last, the paper concludes significance of the practice of “College English (including Listening) A1”. In one word, diversified synthetic evaluation practice during the course pays close attention the whole learning process and growth from students’ perspective, and students’ course assessment results are based on all different tests and their performance during the whole learning course process plus their final exam scores.

This paper systematically reviews the experiential learning in English Teaching. The article analyzes the experiential learning activities like games, role-plays, simulations and field-trips to expound how experiential learning is combined with English teaching, and its effect on English teaching, pointing out the achievements and limitations of current research, hoping to help future scholars in this field.

Teachers’ professional quality is an important determinant of teaching quality. So far, many scholars at home and abroad have done a lot of research on teachers professional development, the structure of teachers’ professional quality and the path to improve teachers’ professional quality, which are theoretical research. This study selects the public English teachers of secondary vocational schools in Zhuzhou as the research group to carry out the field research from four aspects: Teachers’ Morality, Teachers’ Knowledge, Teachers’ Ability and Teachers’ Thinking, so as to provide objective data for the enhancement of the professional quality of English teachers in secondary vocational.

This study aims to determine: (1) the relationship between parental education level and mathematics learning outcomes for grade XI of SMA Swasta Teladan Pematangsiantar in academic year of 2020/2021. (2) the relationship between student learning independence and mathematics learning outcomes for grade XI of SMA Swasta Teladan Pematangsiantar in academic year of 2020/2021. (3) the relationship between parental education level and learning independence on mathematics learning outcomes for grade XI of SMA Swasta Teladan Pematangsiantar in academic year of 2020/2021. This type of research is quantitative research. The population in this study amounted to 170 students and a sample of 34 students. The data analysis used in this research is descriptive analysis, simple correlation and multiple correlation. The results of this study indicate that: (1) there is a positive and significant relationship between the level of parental education on the mathematics learning outcomes of grade XI of SMA Swasta Teladan Pematangsiantar in academic year of 2020/2021. This is indicated by the value of the correlation coefficient rx1y= 0.714 > rtable = 0.339, and the results of the t-test 5.771 > ttable 2.039; (2) there is a positive and significant relationship between student learning independence and mathematics learning outcomes for grade XI of SMA Swasta Teladan Pematangsiantar in academic year of 2020/2021. This is indicated by the value of the correlation coefficient rx2y = 0.968 > rtable = 0.339 and the results of the t-test 21.967 > ttable 2.039; (3) there is a positive and significant relationship between the level of parental education and student learning independence together with the mathematics learning outcomes of grade XI of SMA Swasta Teladan Pematangsiantar in academic year of 2020/2021. This is indicated by the Pearson coefficient r x1x2y= 0.968 > rtable= 0.339; and Fcount 232.39 > Ftable 3.39.

Chu lacquer wares are regarded as the representatives of Chu culture and they are carriers to transmit Chinese culture during cross-cultural communication. Nevertheless, there are transmission problems of Chu lacquer wares. For Chu lacquer wares texts, the problems refer to incomplete structure, inaccurate English Language, and insufficient cultural factors. For transmission methods of Chu lacquer wares, it is noticed that the traditional transmission methods are still adopted most. Aiming at improving and solving these problems, synergism strategies on transmission of Chu lacquer wares are studied including complete structure, accurate English language and sufficient cultural factors of Chu Lacquer wares texts. Moreover, modern transmission methods about the online or live courses and theme events on Chu lacquer wares are discussed as well as the diversified traditional transmission methods. It is expected to improve the translation readable and acceptable and offer diversity strategies to transmit Chu lacquer wares and Chu culture.

The study was conducted to examine the status of WASH in senior high schools in the Assin South District. The specific objectives for the study were to: describe the status of WASH facililties in the senior high schools in the Assin South District, and analyse the effects of poor WASH facilities in senior high school in the Assin South District. Mixed methods research approach with explanatory sequential research design was employed for the study. The sample size for the study was 2I6 which was made up of teachers, wash coordinators and students drawn from senior high schools in the Assin South District. The simple random and purposive sample techniques were employed for the study, and data were collected using observation and interview guides, and questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The outcome of the study was that WASH facilities, in the study schools were inadequate, and the few available were not well maintained. In addition, the attitude of students towards the use and maintenance of the facilities was poor. Thus status of WASH facilities was poor, thereby affecting the health, school attendance and the academic performance of students. Based on the outcome of the study, it was recommended that, there is the urgent need for school administration to adequately provide and maintain WASH facilities, including toilets, water urinal and waste disposal. The school administration can effectively do this by bringing this to the attention of the P.T.A during their meetings and educating the parents on the need for the provision of proper and efficient WASH facilities in the schools. A committee for the promotion of WASH facilities should then be formed by the P.T.A.s to ensure the proper use of WASH facilities by the students. There should also be regular education at all school functions to sensitise the students on the need for their proper use to promote the health of the students. They should also be educated on the consequences of the poor use of the facilities and what they are expected to do to avoid such consequences.

By employing the method of classroom observation and interviewing, this paper explores how to carry out the educational concept of happiness in the elementary school English teaching according to students’ learning psychological characteristics: design selected stories, games and drama performances in teaching content; offer opportunities of exploring, summarizing and creating to students; respect the individual differences and encourage mutual help among students so as to create harmonious atmosphere. According to the classroom observation and interviewing, students are much readier to learn after teachers’ carrying out the educational concept of happiness.

This research paper aims to provide the reader with a comprehensive background for understanding current knowledge on applying statistical procedures in higher education and its impact on adaptive learning. We examined a set of empirical results from several statistics tasks, as well as investigating how to choose a relevant statistical test effectively. The participants were graduate students in the various departments at the University of Cape Town (UCT). We used qualitative methods to evaluate and interpret findings. The results highlighted four distinct major directions for an effective choice of statistical test. We focused on the emerged added value of confusion in the application of real life problems, as well as the limited evidence available and highlighted the significance of further implications. Finally, we set our thoughts on possible uncharted key questions to investigate the non-familiar statistical tests from a technical viewpoint.

Yangtze University is a comprehensive university, and its petroleum major has a high status in the whole of China.In recent years, the Petroleum School of Yangtze University has more and more frequent foreign exchanges, and English is mostly used in foreign exchanges. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the accuracy of English terms and the efficiency of Chinese-English translation.The growing prosperity of import and export trade and the demand for translation has witnessed a huge increasing. The translation efficiency and quality put forward higher threshold, therefore the need for uniformity and accuracy of terminology translation [1] is of particular significance. At present, most petroleum enterprises use machine translation directly, but due to the lack of professional translation software for petroleum terms and the translation memory database, it is difficult to achieve the consistency in the overall content, style and terms of translation [3]. The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of the use of oil-related corpus and translation memory on the efficiency of translation, the reduction of repeated work, the demand of the market and the Times.At the same time, this paper is committed to serving the academic research and foreign exchange and cooperation related to the petroleum field of Yangtze University, and improve the accuracy and authority of the translation of Jianghan Oilfield and other oil fields in the foreign cooperation to a certain extent, which has a certain academic value and practical value. This paper takes the computer aided translation software Trados as the carrier [5] to improve the accuracy and efficiency of petroleum translation by importing the terms collected and the translation memory database.

This study examined coping with the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic by private universities in Nigeria, the Lead City University experience, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) provided the theoretical framework for the study. The study used mixed- research approaches, adopting survey and key personality interview (KPI). The instruments of data collection for the study were questionnaire and interview. Simple random sampling was employed to select 132 academic staff of Lead City University Ibadan to form the sample size for the study while an interview section was conducted with the Director of Academic Planning. Results obtained were analyzed and presented in simple percentage tables. Findings show that lecturers in Lead City University, Ibadan interacted with their students during the lockdown. WhatsApp and Zoom were most used and preferred by lecturers. Majority of the lecturers preferred physical class than online class. Online platforms were effective for lecturing during the lockdown in Lead City University although lecturers experienced network failure with lecturing online. Also, Interactions with students were affected by power supply while lecturers were not satisfied with the way the network failure was addressed by the management. Equally, students’ participation during lecturing/interaction was effective. The study recommends that Lead City and Nigerian Universities should tap into the opportunity that WhatsApp and Zoom platforms offer in achieving success through online teaching. Lead City University, Nigerian Universities and Nigerian Government should develop better network providers and stable power supply so as to make online lectures more effective.

A strong young generation brings a nation’s lustihood. The establishment of the patriotism-centered national spirit and the physical and mental health of teenagers is the prerequisite of the future success, which are the main objectives and tasks of contemporary education. This article presents a brief review of current situation of cultivating Wushu in young generation, and then the data collected by literature review, on-the-spot investigation and expert interviews have been examined. The results show that practicing Wushu can help young people develop good living habits while achieving physical fitness; Wushu training can helps young people develop good character qualities and promote the mental health. Suggestions: standardize the content of Wushu teaching in elementary and secondary schools; develop the value of wushu education; carry out Wushu publicity activities; “Holistic Education” - strengthen the skill training of Wushu teachers and improve their knowledge of Wushu. It is hoped that this article can provide reference for the better development of Wushu in the elementary and secondary schools stages and the further exertion of the active role of Wushu on the healthy development of teenagers.

Teenage pregnancy has been a major setback to the overall development of the girl child in various communities in Ghana. The study adopted the qualitative research approach and used case study design to explore the experience of teenage mothers in selected senior high schools in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District. The target population of the study consisted of teenage mothers and their teachers in two senior high schools in the district. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were adopted to select twenty participants comprised of 16 teenage mothers and 4 teachers for the study. Semi-structured interview schedule and focus group discussion guide were used to collect data from the participants and the data analysis was done through thematic procedure. The study revealed that teenage mothers had fair knowledge on teenage pregnancy before they became pregnant. The study found that poverty, negative peer influence, permissive behaviour of some parents among others were the contributing factors to teenage pregnancy in Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District. It was also revealed that teenage mothers faced challenges which include financial burden, unfriendly school environment and stigmatization in their bid to continue their education. It is recommended that endowment fund should be established by the district to support girls including teenage mothers who are serious with their academic pursuit.

This study seeks to find the extent to which family life, reproductive health, and population education are interrelated. While each one as specific focus, they also overlap. Family life education is defined by the international planned parenthood federation as an educational process designed to assist young people in their physical, emotional and moral development as they prepare for adulthood, marriage, parenthood and ageing, as well as social relationship in the socio- cultural context of the family and society. While reproductive health education is describes by UNESCO/UNPFA as education experiences aimed at developing capacity of adolescents to understand their sexuality in the context of biological, psychological, socio- cultural and reproductive dimensions and to acquire skills in managing responsible decisions and actions with regards to sexual and reproductive health behaviors’. In the same vein, population education is defined by UNFPA as the process of helping people understand the nature, causes and implications of population processes as they affect and are affected by individuals, families, communities and nations. It focuses on family and individual decisions influencing population change at the micro level, as well as on broad demographic changes Population education addresses issues as rapid population growth and scarce resources as well as population decline in light of increasingly elderly population.

This research was conducted to find out the effect of Herringbone Technique on the students’ ability in comprehending reading narrative text at grade VIII of SMP Swasta GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar. The problem of the research is “Does Herringbone Technique significantly affects on the students’ ability in comprehending reading Narrative text at grade VIII of SMP Swasta GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar?” The methodology which used in this research was the quantitative research. The data for this research was collected from the grade VIII of SMP Swasta GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar. The writer used two classes as the sample, where one class was experimental group and the other one as the control group. The instrument for collecting data was by reading test. The text used is narrative text. The questions are arranged in such a way to ask all components of the narrative text. The data were analyzed by applying the T-test. It was found that the T- observed was 5.3 and T- table was 2.00 at the level of significant p=0.05 and df= 78 ; (Nx + Ny - 2 = 40 + 40 - 2 = 78). The result of the analysis shows that the value of the T-observed was higher than the value T-table (5.3 > 2.00). It means that Herringbone Technique has significant affect on the students’ ability in comprehending Narrative text, and the suggestion is the teacher should use Herringbone Technique in teaching English especially in teaching reading to improve the students’ reading comprehension competence.

This is a multivariate study to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and academic performance. The research design used for the study was a cross sectional survey using the qualitative and quantitative approaches (mixed methods). The variables were measured using an adaption of questionnaires from Robinson, Mandleco, Oslen and Hart. These factor analytically derived questionnaires were assessed for the construct validity and reliability for use on Ghanaian students. Data gathered from 250 junior high school students and 15 parents in the Effutu Municipality were analysed using simple description and multiple regression analytical techniques. Among the study findings were that permissive parenting style was the best predictor of academic performance. Among the conclusions of the findings are that, whether the quantitative approach or the qualitative approach is used to establish which parenting style is commonly adopted in the Effutu Municipality, it was found out that , the permissive parenting style was the commonly used one. It was also established that students who motivate themselves do better academically. However, the study also found that, for a student to perform well in school, he or she needs a parent(s) who will adopt all the four major parenting styles; permissive parenting style, democratic parenting style, authoritarian parenting style and authoritative parenting style at appropriate times for the betterment of the child.

Metaphor can be found everywhere in our life. It is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also an important means of thinking, which involves in human cognitive process. Metaphor not only reflects reality, but also constructs reality. Not only can it make our thoughts reflected in a vivid and interesting way, but also influence and construct our thoughts. It urges people to take action to explore other cultures. This paper analyzes the Chinese translation of metaphors in the lines of the overwhelming successful American TV opera Why Women Kill from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, which opposes studying vocabulary as isolated and emphasizes the role of encyclopedia knowledge framework in cognitive category. This paper further proves that the translation process is not only a process of code conversion, but also concept mapping and category reconstruction.

Over the years, a few labour force surveys (LFS) have taken place across South Africa. The data on age and sex from these studies were problematic. Errors have occurred in the data collection process. We re-evaluated the 2007 and 2012 LFS using demographic analysis. The Combined Index of United Nations (CIUN) highlighting the trends and the quality in the reporting on age informs this analysis among ethnic groups by geographical level. Comparisons between the indexes of each instrument were done to measure variations over years (within years). At national level, the increased number of females in the labour force participation seemed to encourage them to be comfortable in the reporting of data on age and sex compared to their male counterparts in both surveys. Females did better reporting on age compared to males and the quality of declaration on age was likely enhanced at national than provincial levels. The geographical scope of the study is national meaning it covers all nine provinces of South Africa. On ethnicity, the female population was more affected by the patterns of preference compared to males in 2007 LFS, with the exception of Africans/Blacks. The improvement in age reporting of males was observed amongst Indian and White population groups. The findings revealed why the government could not address a meaningful policy program. We proposed a fundamental restructuring of education policies, to establish dialogue on the cultural constructions. There is an urgent need for government agencies and NGOs to strengthen training, introduce parent education and community outreach programs.

According to Eastern philosophy, water is one of the most essential elements in life. It has been proved to be the most vital in all aspects of life: living source, sanitation, agricultural irrigation, and food supply (aquaculture products), which results in civilizations all over the world usually reside along massive rivers. Hence, it can be admitted that the phenomenon of water deeply rooted in the subconsciousness of each ethic group and it can be vividly manifested in their own language. This article aims to clarify “water” semantic field which consists of various subfields such as the subfield indicating existing form of water: ice, water, steam, vapor, sleet..., the subfield indicating the movement of water flow, drift, pour, surge, drain ..., the subfield indicating status of water opaque, clear, cool, clean ..., the subfield indicating container of water: pond, lake, sea, river..., the subfield indicating artificial container of water class, bowl, cup, jar ..., the subfield indicating human interactions with water block (chặn/ngăn), irrigate, bath...”. The water semantic field is dramatically diverse with numerous words, which shapes a hierarchical system within its subfields. These subfields have been respectively demonstrated so as to clearly explain the frequency of occurrences among words through practical statistic and semantic field theory. Furthermore, this article suggests logical steps to classify the water semantic field in terms of linguistic criteria. The results reflect the connections between humans and water as well as the water condition, which have a significant impact on human life according to the cognition of the Vietnamese.

Given the importance of the study of organizations, especially in the educational field, this article intends to base the need for organizational diagnosis in educational units as a way to improve their performance in fulfilling their social responsibility. First, the methodological design is described, which contemplated the application, procedure and interpretation of qualitative methods and techniques such as: document analysis, in-depth interview, brainstorming and the SWOT matrix in the study of Human Resources Management (HRM), Culture and Organizational Climate, subcategories of organizational diagnosis analysis. The population studied was composed of 60 employees of the entity, 30 of them formed the sample. In the end, the action plan is proposed as an essential step in the process and the results of its application.

Within the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory by Lakoff, G. and Johnson, M., the present paper analyzes the expressions in the Mfantse dialect of Akan, which communicate the state of overmaturity in farm products, more precisely farm product + adjectives forms (e.g. kube werpee ‘coconut dry’). This study is a case study which uses a qualitative research approach. The analysis is based on data collected from six (6) farmers purposively sampled from Gomoa Asebu, Ajumako and Mfantse Nyankomase in the Central Region of Ghana. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. It is realized that among the Mfantse people, the presence of a given feature like dryness or overripe is conceptualized to communicate the overmaturity of farm products. The results of our discussion may add to further research into the factors that contribute to figurative expressions and coinage relating to crop farming vocabulary among the Mfantse people.

It is a known fact today that early sex has implications for one’s self-perception, social status and future health behaviour. Just like the western world, Nigerian youths are becoming predominantly pre-marital in their sexual activities. There is therefore a need for a friendly young people’s reproductive health services. Although much research has been done on reproductive health services (RHS), but the persistence of reproductive health problems among undergraduates in Nigerian university makes this study pertinent.A survey research design was adopted for this study while multistage sampling method was used to select the school, faculties, and participants of this study. A self-designed questionnaire was used for data collection, which was pilot tested through test-re-test and yielded a reliability coefficient (index) of .860. Four research questions and five hypotheses were formulated and tested. Analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics and regression analysis fixed at the .05 significant levels. A total of 388 participants were included in the study, 39.2％ and 60.8％ were males and females respectively while their ages ranged from 16-27 years with a mean age of 20.9.The result found no gender difference in the undergraduates’ knowledge of reproductive health services (t = .566, df = 386, p = .437) while gender difference was observed in the undergraduates utilization of reproductive health services (t = 2.222; df = 386; p = 0.03) It was revealed further that utilization of reproductive health services will not be significantly influenced by undergraduates sexual behaviour (f = 0.156, p = .693). Results equally showed that 21％ of the total variance in the access to reproductive health services among undergraduate students is accounted for by sexual behaviour, gender, and knowledge (R = 0.291; R2 Adj. = 0.210; F (3,387) = 3.802; P = .00) and 7％ of the total variance in the utilization of reproductive health services among undergraduate students is accounted for by sexual behaviour, gender, and knowledge (R = .015; R2 Adj. = .007; F (3,387) = 1.950; P = .00). The study concluded that factors influencing access and utilization of RHS were personal, socio-economic, and institutional in nature. Based on the outcome of this study, it was recommended that active sensitization of the youth in schools, through school health programs not just at the University level but from primary school be promoted. Nurses should provide a youth friendly RHS, that is functional, effective and affordable at every point in time.

The grassroots party branch is the basis of the whole work and combat effectiveness of the party in universities. To give full play to the role of the Party branch as a fighting fortress, it is necessary to strengthen the party branch construction. Both the central and local governments have attached great importance to the construction of party branches, and have formulated a series of relevant documents. Jiangsu Province has formulated a “Three-year Action Plan for ‘Improving Quality and Efficiency’ for the Construction of Party Branches in Jiangsu Colleges and Universities in the New Era (2019-2021)”, and designated 2020 as “the year of high-quality party branches construction”. This research defines the connotation of high-quality party branches construction in universities in the new era, and sorts out the main contents and requirements of high-quality party branches construction. It proves that there are problems in some party branches construction, such as party branch secretaries emphasizing achievement over party construction, lacking of enthusiasm and innovation. This research puts forward solutions, like strengthening the training of party branch secretaries, strengthening the guidance and support of party branches, and implementing inspection system and drive policy.

This paper examined time managements an effective tool in the management of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria. Management being a set of practice that is meant to work together to help one get more value out of one’s time with the aim of improving the quality of life and that of Institution. This work is based on qualitative design using secondary data from books and journals for the conceptual clarifications and literature review. The Works showed that some Tertiary Institutional managers had no clue for organizing a successful programme that march with accurate time and Institutional calendar and most often do not utilize time judiciously as expected to attain Institutional goals. This work concludes that one must always plan in advance, to avoid multitasking and reduce the uncertainty, distractions and make sure the environment around is working to strengthen the focus and willpower.

Trade and markets are aspects of economic activities of man in every section of Igboland. Ecological variations among different communities had enveloped societies to come together to trade, first through barter, and later the invention and introduction of currency by the colonial masters. Ogbete market, one of the earliest developed markets in Igboland, grew to meet people’s demand for goods and services. This development was as a result of colonial infrastructures which gave rise to intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic transactions. These activities in the market attracted migrants, thereby increasing the growth and advancement of the market. Unfortunately, this well-structured market was affected by the outbreak of the Nigeria – Biafra War (1967 – 1970). During this debacle, Ogbete became an abode for the Nigerian military occupationary force, and a sex resort for raping and molesting Biafran ladies. Some parts of the market even got burnt. However, sequel to the undaunting entrepreneurial spirit of Enugu indigenes, Ogbete was not only rebuilt after the war, but has continued to significantly assist in the development of Enugu metropolis in many ways. Apart from serving as a melting pot for viable intergroup relations and economic succor, it is not without certain negative impacts within its location, including some emergent challenges. Retracing and reconstructing the evolutionary growth and the strategic importance of Ogbete main market demands detailed reliance on both primary and secondary sources, to aid historical objectivity. In doing so, both qualitative and quantitative methods of inquiry received the pride of place.

The sudden outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which originated from the city of Wuhan, China, has become a major public health challenge for not only China but also countries all over the world. In fact the pandemic has led to the total lockdown of most of the human activities in various parts of the world. The World Health Organization announced that the outbreaks of the novel coronavirus have constituted a public health emergency of international concern. As of February 26, 2020, COVID-19 has been recognized in 34 countries, with a total of 80,239 laboratory-confirmed cases and 2,700 deaths, there was a sudden shoot up of confirmed cases of 4.9 million in at least 188 countries with 323,300 deaths and nearly 1.7 million recoveries as at 20th of May 2020. Infection control measures are necessary to prevent the virus from further spreading and to help control the epidemic situation. One of the control measures is the total lockdown of schools at various levels in the whole world, on march 19, 2020 Nigerian government through the federal ministry of education ordered the closure of all schools at various levels. There is no doubt that the interference of the coronavirus pandemic has caused so many challenges on the Nigerian education system, in the like this, this paper reveals the concepts of coronavirus (covid-19), issues, challenges and impacts on the sustainable development of the educational system of Nigeria.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the grammatical features deploy in Fante-English code-switching in radio broadcast and the extent to which the occurrences of these switches tally in other code-switching structures. The population of the study included all the fifty-five radio presenters in four (4) radio stations in Twin-City of Sekondi-Takoradi. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the four (4) Frequency Modulation (FM) stations. The instruments employed for collecting data were audio recorder and questionnaire. The study established that Fante-English switches in radio broadcast occur at the morpheme, word, phrase and clause boundaries. The study also revealed that code-switching in the context of radio broadcast is motivated by factors such as shift of topic of discussion, difficulty in translation and momentary forgetting of words.

An investigation was undertaken on “Socio-scientific issues in the curricula: discovering the classroom situation of Nigerian secondary schools science teachers and students”. The main objectives of the study were to determine the perceptions of teachers on the inclusion of socio-scientific issues in the curricula of science. The study also investigated the extent to which the students were willing to study those issues. Moreover, the study found out the effect of type or geographical location of schools on students’ academic performance. Three research questions were formulated along with three hypotheses to guide the study. The research design was partly descriptive and partly inferential; and the population was stratified on the bases of type of school, location and gender of the students and teachers. The sample comprised One hundred and eighty (180) science teachers and three hundred and sixty (360) science students drawn from senior secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. They were sampled using proportionate sampling technique. The average students’ age was 16 years. The instruments comprised teachers’ perception questionnaire (TPQ), students’ willingness questionnaire on socio-scientific issues and students achievement test on socio-scientific issues in the curricula. Data were collated and analyzed using means and standard deviations inferential statistics of chi-square and analysis of variance were used to test the hypotheses relevant to the study. Results revealed that teachers had positive perceptions about the inclusion of socio-scientific issues in the curricula. The results also showed that students showed strong willingness to study socio-scientific issues. It was similarly discovered that there was significant difference in the performance of the students due to type or location of school. It was recommended that schools should be adequately and equitably funded to addresse the observed gap.

The rate of competition in the education industry in Nigeria is moving at a jet speed due to the recent policies of the government to liberalize the sector. This has made educational administrators to emphasize on the importance of establishing institutional readiness for change and have crafted various strategies for creating it because successful management of change is crucial to any institution to survive in the present highly and continuously depressing economy. Change management is a planned tool for the transition of individuals, groups and organizations from existing position, usually precarious to a required better future state. Thus, managing a change process is as important as change itself. Therefore, this study examines empirically change management effects on institutional performance of Nigerian Federal Colleges of Education. In conducting this study, a total of 400 members of staff of Federal College of Education, Abeokuta was randomly selected from a staff population of 800. Using stratified random sampling technique for data collection. Four hypotheses were advanced to guide the study and data collected for the study were analyzed using Multiple Regression Analysis. The result revealed that a change in strategy has a significant effect on institutional performance and that a change in structure has a significant effect on institutional performance. The result also shows that changes in system through expansion have a significant effect on institutional performance. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made that governing councils and management teams in Nigeria Federal Colleges of Education should be pro-active to changes in such a knowledge-based environment so as to experience smooth implementation of such changes, as they come. Therefore, the study concludes that nothing remains static in the world of knowledge as change is the only thing that is constant. Educational administrators as agent s of change should therefore successfully manage the human side of change in order to avoid resistance to change using the appropriate change strategies, thus, enhancing overall performance of the colleges.

The insatiable quest for comfort, fame and financial security along the course of human history, have continued to dictate human actions on earth. Driven by a perfidious capitalism, the world of the 21st century possessed by, and agog in its frenzied speed towards technological and economic success (developmental equation), appear to be cumulatively antagonistic to all vestiges of nature and its endowments, hence the litany of unfolding deadly global health and environmental challenges. The much celebrated technological appurtenances of the present era, have rather paradoxically promoted man’s anxiety, stress and fatigue, through an adaptive trending deprivation and disorganization of the natural circadian shutdown of restful sleep. On the other front, how can a proactive professional academic be on top of his stock in trade without studious and energy-sapping research, which would always demand sleep denials involving distortion in sleep time/quality and quantity regimen? Unfortunately, this anomaly has permeated all theatres of human endeavor, marginalizing productivity and exacerbating terrible systemic complications and fallouts. Quite phenomenal as it has risen to be, sleep debt has inexcusably been silently accommodated and enamored, hence metastising almost through all aspects of human engagements, due to its attractive face-value, largely masking its cumulative fatal consequences. Poised towards deepening public awareness with regards to this problem, this study, under the cloak of Health History, adopted the eclectic research approach towards unearthing, sieving and evaluating available information. Nevertheless, in order to fully understand the general implications of sleep debt, one has to first appreciate the nature and essence of healthy sleep, hence the quality and quantity. The importance of quantitative and qualitative analysis cannot be ruled out in this study. The paper submits that since sleep debt is a proven human derivative resort posing innumerable challenges to global productivity and development, drastic cautionary measures should guide attitudinal change in all human endeavors to interject and turndown this anomaly.

The paper mainly focuses on the Numerical Analysis of Applied Modulation Techniques from Fundamental Concepts Using MATLAB. The research problem in this study is to implement the computerized graphical user interface for communication engineers for advanced modulation techniques for future wireless communication system. The solution for this research problem is to develop the effective software programming with MATLAB. The specific objective of this study is to contribute the Numerical Analysis for researchers of communication system implementation and students from the communication engineering studies. Before studying the advanced modulation techniques, the impulse response signal is a vital role to enhance the development of communication signals in real system design. In this study, the amplitude modulation and frequency modulation techniques are emphasized for software implementation. The specific implementation flowcharts for the design of graphical user interface for advanced modulation techniques. The physical parameters which are used in this study confirm the real applications for future wireless communication system design methodologies. The simulation results from the graphical user interface in this study approve the advanced modulation techniques for experimental studies in communication engineering related fields. The graphical user interface design in this paper has been accomplished with the help of MATLAB environments.

The study which is ethnographic in nature employs qualitative and acoustic analytical approach to examine [m] and [n] as syllabic consonants in Akan. In all, 30 Akan (Akuapem, Asante Twi and Fantse) native speakers were recorded; ten from each dialect area, made up of five males and five females aging between 35 and 56 who were illiterate or could read little Akan. Words such as bam, kɔm, som, ntɛ, nkã, mpa were put in a carrier frame or were produced in isolation. The Asante and Fantse speakers were asked to repeat the words presented in a carrier frame “Ɔse {key word} anaa?” [ɔsɪ…anaa] three times, as Akuapem speakers were asked to repeat “Ose {key words} anaa?” [ose…..anaa]. The carrier frame was given to 18 participants (9 males and 9 females) to repeat three times, whilst 12 participants, comprising 6 males and 6 females were also given the same word list to repeat three times in isolation. The result showed that on Ҫ syllabic structure (where Ҫ is always a nasal consonant), pause duration and intensity measurement identified it to exist at word-initial and not final. In most cases, it is seen as a nasal consonant at word-initial. It constitutes a syllable alone and more importantly contains pitch which makes it sonorous. Again, CVN is one syllable and so the N at the word final cannot be syllabic.

This research is entitled Illocutionary Acts Analysis of Barack Obama’s Speeches. This research is conducted in order to analyze the utterances of Barack Obama’s Speeches. Speeches became an important media for a president like Barack Obama to deliver message, persuade people, influence audience. The speech making process involved a long discussion between Obama and a particular team since they should consider some language aspects such as lexical choices and sentence structure in order to achieve certain goals. Austin (1975:3) stated that there are three types of speech acts, namely locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. But in this paper, the researchers focus to illocutionary acts. Illocutionary act has five types, they are representatives, directives, commissives, expressive, and declarative (Searle in Leech, 1983:205). So the writer uses the types of illocutionary acts to analyze the utterances of Barack Obama’s Speeches. Problem discussed in this research is what types of illocutionary acts are found on Barack Obama’s speech. This research utilized Speech Act theory of Austin (1962) in analyzing the data. The researched data consisted of two selected speeches delivered by Barack Obama after Osama bin Ladens death: May 1, 2011 and at 2012 Democratic National Convention September 6 2012. And in this research, types of illocutionary acts in Barack Obama’s Speeches are found dominantly is representatives.

The study examined microbiological qualities and loads of “fufu” in selected licensed and non-licensed Chop Bars in the Central Region of Ghana. A guided observation schedule (ICOSFUP) was used to record unhygienic practices from the chop bars. Specimens of source of water for turning “fufu”, mortar, pestle, “fufu” and water for turning “fufu” were analysed for total heterotrophic bacteria, yeast and mould, total coliform bacteria, faecal coliform bacteria, and E. coli on Nutrient Agar, OGYE Agar, M-Endo Agar, MacConkey Faecal Coliform Agar, and Hichrome Agar respectively. Both the Multiple Tube Fermentation and Membrane Filtration methods were used for the analysis. It was found out that water used for turning “fufu” made the strongest unique contribution (Beta = 0.485) to the microbial contamination of “fufu”. All the microbiological parameters tested for far exceeded their standardized limits in “fufu” (16.5-5983.25 cfu/1ml/100ml). Findings of the study indicated that there is high amount of microbial contamination in “fufu” being sold and consumed in Cape Coast metropolis. The study recommended that, the Ghana Tourism Authority and Cape Coast chop bar owners Association should at regular intervals, collect and test “fufu” specimens from licensed and non-licensed chop bars to determine the microbial loads in the “fufu” to reduce the possible sources of contamination in “fufu” preparation in the metropolis.

This study assesses gender differences in the computer literacy level among students in the Introduction to Computer Science course at the Department of Technology Management, Open University of Kaohsiung. We analyzed questionnaires from 50 males and 50 females and conducted surveys on computer literacy, computer attitude, and self-efficacy. The classes were mainly taught online, and the questionnaires were filled out online. Compared with the females, the males had better computer literacy, computer attitude, and self-efficacy. Based on the results, certain aspects must be strengthened for students, for example, the meaning and identification of file extensions, recognition of domain names, simple troubleshooting of computer failures, and use of office software such as word processing and presentations. Additionally, compared with the males, the females’ performances were significantly lower in email-related knowledge and computer software installation experience. These results provide teachers with references for curriculum plans and student counseling.

The purpose of the research is to find out and describe the achievement of students scientific literacy abilities. This research used descriptive quantitative method. The research subjects were 2 classes of VIII grade students each classes consisted of 32 people of Junior High School in Pematangsiantar in Odd Semester 2019/2020 Academic Year. The research instrument used was a scientific literacy test in the form of multiple-choice questions and essays covering the concepts of static and dynamic fluid. For class VIII1 aspects explained scientific phenomena with n-gain 0.64 (64％), design and evaluated scientific questions with n-gain 0.62 (62％) and interpreted scientific data and evidence with n-gain 0.60 (60％). For class VIII2 aspects explaining scientific phenomena with n-gain 0.54 (54％), designing and evaluating scientific questions with n-gain 0.59 and interpreting data and scientific evidence with n-gain 0.60 (60％). The achievement category tended to be moderate which showed that the literacy ability of students scientific competencies in fluid material was moderate. The results of the paired t-test statistics showed that for each aspect of science competency showed sig. <0.05 meant there was a significant increase in scientific competency literacy. The modified inquiry learning model that was used is effective in increasing the scientific literacy of science competence of students in Class VIII of Junior High School of fluid material.

The objective of this article was to appraise scholarly works in the domain of social studies curriculum, prescribe the future social studies classroom and its relevance in national development. Qualitatively, this research is a scholarly analytical literature of authored and co-authored published works of Dr. Isaac Eshun from 2013 to 2019 and other seasoned authors cited in such publications. This study adopted the phenomenological design whereby content or documentary analyses were employed in collating facts, concepts and generalisations of literature reviewed in the social studies curriculum through time and space. The population for the study was purposively selected and included all the thirty-two first year 2019/2020 MPhil Social Studies students of the University of Education Winneba, Ghana. The study was delimited to the conceptions, definitions, scope, content, teaching and learning (classroom management and control, classroom instruction and classroom engagement), and the assessment practices of social studies through time and space. The compilation of salient contents from the themes selected were critically analysed. It was revealed that social studies has been conceived differently through time and space, but its ultimate aim has to do with the solving of contemporary burning issues that are impinging on individual and societal progress. The different conceptions have also led to the varying definitions and scope of content given to the subject through time and space. It is, therefore, recommended that since social studies is seen as a positive attitude building subject through time and space, the Ghanaian school curriculum should be enhanced with the current happenings in the society to help develop the 21st century youth who will be well resourced to selflessly help the country to its developmental path.

Language is a special signal system functioning as the most effective tool of cognition and communication. Through languages, communities can exchange feelings, aspiration, and belief with each other. In Buddhism, language is the means of mission, the soul of dharma protection. Exposed in the written or spoken forms, the communicative processes in languages are basically monitored by argumentation. Language-involved attributes in the media not only include radio and television language but also consist of advertising and marketing languages, etc. Particularly, the linguistic features in Buddhist press are to transfer religious information to the target communities. As a result, language in Buddhist press must be standard, accurate, and easy for perceives to. However, there has been no intensive research on the argumentation in the Vietnamese Buddhist journalism so far. The pertinence of this topic, therefore, lies in its demonstration of the applicability of the distinct and unique language of the Vietnamese Buddhist press in the integrated period. This research applies the argumentation theory to analyze the argumentation aspects in the Vietnamese Buddhist press and point out linguistic features under semantics and pragmatics.

Uncontrollable usage of internet has become a psychosocial disorder that every professional should pay attention to. Many studies outside Nigeria have focused attention on internet addiction among students, medical doctors and librarians. Therefore, this study examined emotional intelligent factors (emotional regulation, expression and utilisation) as correlates of internet addiction among students of the University of Ibadan. Descriptive survey of correlation type was adopted for this study with multi-stage sampling procedure to select 120 students (75 males and 45 females) with age range between 16-48 years. The Schutte emotional intelligence scale r=0.91 and internet addiction scale (r = 0.89) were used to collect data for the study. Research questions were answered and tested. The findings revealed that level of internet addiction of students was high (= 2.19). In the level of emotional intelligent factors, emotional regulation was moderate (= 2.57), emotional expression was high (= 2.14) while emotional utilisation was low (= 2.06). There was significant relationship between emotional expression (r = .232, P < .05), and internet addiction, emotional utilisation (r = .092 > p <.05) and internet addiction while there was no significant relationship between emotional regulation and internet addiction. The independent variables did not jointly contribute to internet addiction. Adjusted R2 = .033; F3,96 = 2.113 and accounted for 6.2％ contributions. Emotional regulation ( = .018; P> .05), emotional expression ( = .103, P> .05) and emotional utilisation ( = .152, P>.05) did not relatively contribute to internet addiction. Students’ emotional regulation, expression and utilisation did not contribute to internet addiction of students of the University of Ibadan. Students should be exposed to training on emotional expression, regulation and utilization and how to control their use of internet on daily basis.

Contrastive parallel-structured sentence (CPSS) is a kind of Vietnamese traditional artistic literature originated from China. Its uniqueness is exclusively manifested by two semantically structured sentences. The first sentence is called the given proposition, and the second is modulated as the opposed proposition. Linguistic units employed in a CPSS are concise, condensed and highly suggestive in their content and form. Normally, the CPSS is composed by a person who delivers ‘given proposition’, and another person who opposes it with an ‘opposed proposition’. However, in other cases, there is also a CPSS made by an individual only. One of the most typical and celebrated of such authors who had composed a great numbers of CPSS was Nguyen Khuyen. Most of the linguistic units used in Nguyen Khuyens Chinese-based CPSS are in opposition rules including: word-formation (single words, compound words, etc.), parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.), phrases (noun phrases, verb phrases, etc.), sentences (single sentences, single sentences with auxiliary components etc.), idioms, proverbs, etc. By flexibly using many artistic aspects of language materials, Nguyen Khuyen had proved that there were no Chinese-based CPSS could create difficulties to him. In addition, the author had a very liberal view and pen ignoring many small errors in regular CPSS to create profound meanings through the phenomenon of homonymy and the semantic field. Moreover, the author also created many diverse, wealthy and flexible CPSS by using his excellent vocabulary to convey a greater, deeper and wider meaning than the modest form within other CPSS.

This paper strives to single out the determining factors that impact the sustainable progress of English language policy in Bangladesh. It also argues that the tension revolves around the debate on either accepting English as a language of daily affairs or discarding it emanating from the historical legacy dating back to the colonial period. The sensitivity of the people of Bangladesh to the issue of language choice is a fall out since the Pakistani rule that stigmatized their psyche with the imposition of Urdu as state language. Resultantly, the very proposition of the practice of the English language is often seen with suspicion, especially when the Bangladeshi people come to know the hidden aim of the English Education Act 1835 in the then colonial India. Behind this standpoint, this paper attempts to evaluate the major trends of English education policy in Bangladesh and also explores the related research findings and recommendations for the English language within the pragmatics of a post-colonial mindset and the socio-cultural expectations of the Bengali nation. The study offers useful and effective implications to speed up better English Language Learning (ELL) and framing a sustainable language policy based on the results of reviewed literature and observation.

This study investigated the policy implementation of computer based national examination (UNBK) it referred to human resources, infrastructures, students, methods, and also to find out the problems during the policy implementation of computer based national examination in 2018/2019. The type of research was qualitative. The data collection technique used observations, interviews, and documentations. The subjects of this study were projector and technician UNBK Islamic Senior High School of Darul Muttaqin of Pulau Rimau. The data analyzed included of data reduction, data presentation, and data verification. The results of this study were: 1) The implementation of national examination by using computer based test included three stages, there were preparation, management, and implementation stage; 2) The problems of this study were divided into two parts. First, there were technical obstacles included power outages, inadequate examination rooms, inappropriate server computer specifications, and an inadequate internet network. Second, there were the non-technical obstacles included the mental readiness of students who still needed the guidance to implemented UNBK.

This study aimed at producing instructional media of curriculum 2013 based on information and communication technology for class 1 of SDN 2 Gelumbang on PJOK subject matter, KD 3.8. The product was developed using the ADDIE model in the form of PowerPoint, using interview and questionnaire techniques from the product validators. After going through each series of product development, and the results of the data collected through interviews and validation, it was concluded that the K13-based ICT instructional media that researchers developed had a valid with a very good predicate, and that it was feasible to use.

This study aimed at determining the performance of school’s principals in carrying out the managerial function and factors that influence the performance of the principal in carrying out the managerial function in SD Negeri 15 Pulau Rimau. The data in this study were from 5 people, the principal, 3 teachers and administrative staff. The research method was qualitative with the data collection interview. The results showed that 1) the ability of principals in developing programs had been done well; 2) the ability of school principals to form an organization is also carried out in accordance with procedures by taking into account each component of the school; 3) school principals are able to move the staff of teachers and employees to be able to work in accordance with their respective fields; 4) and the principals ability to optimize school resources has been implemented well. The factors supporting the performance of school principals were adequacy of qualified teaching staff and adequate facilities and infrastructure. While the inhibiting factor was some teachers have not mastered learning technology and conventional learning methods.

This qualitative research aimed at finding out the management of the School Literacy Movement in SMP Negeri 2 Indralaya Selatan. Data were collected using interview, observation, and documentation. The data were analyzed qualitatively using Milles and Hubberman’s Model. The results showed that 1) the planning was carried out through official meetings and socialization to school’s residents and the community; 2) the organizing was carried out by giving responsibilities to vice principal of curriculum, subject teachers, coach of student council, coach of the Spirit, the homeroom teacher and the School Literacy Team; 3) the actuating was carried out by various school activities of literacy which are included in the habituation, development, and learning stages; 4) the controlling was carried out by academic supervision activities, official meetings, and assessment of Literacy Movement. It has a positive impact such the realization of literate schools, some achievements can be achieved by students, and the growth of character. The decision states it must be continued in SMP Negeri 2 Indralaya Selatan.

The ordinal regression method was used to model the relationship between the ordinal outcome variable, in this case, the different levels of students ability regarding the overall learning experience in the application of statistical procedures at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), and the explanatory variables concerning students’ demographics, emotions, attitudes and learning environment in the UWC. The outcome variable for students ability to learn statistics was measured on an ordered, categorical six-point Likert scale. The major decisions involved in the model building for ordinal regression were deciding which explanatory variables should be included in the model and choosing the link function that demonstrated the model appropriateness. In addition, the model fitting statistics, the accuracy of the classification results and the validity of the model assumptions, e.g., parallel lines, were assessed for selecting the best model. One of our main findings is that asking for help, worth of statistics, fear of statistics monitors, affect, cognitive competence, support from significant others, marital status, ethnic group and type of study were the core risk factors of statistics learning with a high prediction accuracy of 75.49％. This finding generates a powerful voice for statistics learning challenges at UWC.

Listening skill is one of the decisive input elements in foreign language acquisition process, but the majority of students often complain of facing challenges, which negatively affects their language competence and learning attitude. Taking a close look at listening exercises designed in course books as well as listening activities taking place in many classrooms, it can be seen that the exercises and activities seem to be impractical, unproductive and partly do not exist in social reality in terms of authenticity, question forms and individual interests etc. Meanwhile, multimedia technology (interactive videodisc, CD-ROM, youtube, apps etc.) become more and more accessible to both teachers and students, so its potential as an effective option enhances and allows them to get integration of text, graphics, audio, and motion video with a wide range of issues and domains. To conduct the research, students were introduced and assigned broad listening activity and the assignment would last for 4 weeks. The data was collected by depth interviews and questionaires and teachers’ perspectives on students’ outcomes., Based on Krashen’s hypothesis, this paper will recommend and share some practical types of listening tasks, learning approach and its implications for speeding up the students’ foreign language acquisition process, especially for improving students’ speaking skill.

Dating violence is a social and public health problem that is associated with negative physical and psychological health outcomes. The study examined the relationship between emotional punishment, instrumental violence and dating violence among male and female undergraduate students of university of Maiduguri. The study used a survey research design. Three hundred and eighty-four (384) copies of questionnaires were administered but three hundred and fifty-six (356) copies were retrieved, making 93％ return rate. The analysis of the data collected was done using descriptive (charts, frequency counts and percentages) and inferential statistics (Chi-square). The result of the study revealed a significant relationship between emotional punishment, instrumental violence and dating violence among male and female undergraduate students [(x2= 12.945, P<0.05); (x2= 26.000, P<0.05)]. The researchers recommended that the safe dates program targeted to 100 and 200 levels, which reflects the suggested levels and age at which dating violence programs should be implemented by the Management of University of Maiduguri.

Chronic cough is a worldwide problems caused by both usual and unusual bacteria. In present study we have searched the atypical organisms; Bordetella Pertussis, Clamydia Pneumonia, Mycoplasma Pneumonia in nasopharyngeal secretion of cases with  prolonged  cough (>2weeks) by Real time PCR. In a prospective cross sectional study we selected 170 children with prolonged cough (>2 weeks) and their close contact persons including 45.9％ male and 54.1％ female with mean age 27.3±23.8 years, during 2008-2010 in Rasoul Akram Hospital  a reffering hospital in Tehran, Iran .We searched DNAs of 3 atypical infection (C. pneumonia , M. Pneumonia ,and B. pertussis)  by Real time PCR in nasopharyngeal secretion of  cases. Fever seen in 50％ of cases, 34.3％ of cases had contacted with other cases with prolonged cough, abnormal chest x-ray detected in 61.6％. Other symptoms (convulsion, conjunctional hemorrhage …) except the chronic cough reported in 67.6％ of cases. C. pneumonia and B. pertussis detected in 4.8％ of cases but M. pneumonia DNA had not found in any cases. As conclusion, C. pneumonia and B. pertussis have a minor role (2.4％; 2.4％) in patients with prolonged cough. (>2weeks) .Most positive cases had previous contact, 50％ was febrile and had abnormal chest X ray. Direct detection of Chlamydia pneumonia by polymerase chain reaction on nasopharyngeal aspirates is highly correlated with active infection .In the late stages of prolonged cough serological testing may be more beneficial for obtaining a microbiological diagnosis.

This paper is concerned with the story of Queen of Sheba (Bilqis) and her tactful wisdom in avoiding being involved in a war against King Solomon as tackled in the Scriptures, especially the Quran. As an extremely tactful queen, Queen of Sheba could shun any risky confrontation that eventually might lead to war against King Solomon at that time. This study is intended to show to what extent such a prudent queen could lead her sovereignty to safety and thriving. By avoiding being obsessed with declaring war against King Solomon, Queen of Sheba attained many privileges that belong to both her personality and her subjects.

This research originated from the results of a preliminary study of needs analysis obtained through interviews with the Headmaster of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah in Palembang, it was concluded that Headmaster of Madrasah Ibitidaiyah did not conduct academic supervision appropriate with the procedure, because they did not know the procedures for implementing supervision. In this study we develop a module of academic supervision of the Headmaster of the Madrasah Ibtidaiyah that is valid, practical and effective. The sample in this study were Headmaster of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah with accredited A, B and C status totaling 10 Madrasah and 8 supervised teachers to see the impact of implementing academic supervision after the use of the module. The results of this study concluded that the module developed was feasible because it was declared valid, practical and effective.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of constructivist approach on pre-service teachers’ mathematics achievement and the difficulties they encounter in translating and solving word problems. The design was a quasi-experimental. A sample of 120 pre-service teachers was used in this study. A diagnostic pre-test and post-test questions and a questionnaire were used to collect data for the study. The questionnaire was used to examine the difficulties pre-service teachers encounter during translating and solving word problems. The test items were also used to determine the effect of the constructivist approach on pre-service teachers’ mathematics achievement. The findings of the study showed that students’ conceptual understanding and performance in word problems was largely improved after instructions based on the constructivist approach. The study also revealed that majority of the pre-service teachers appealed more to the constructivist approach than the traditional method.

Schism, which is the breaking up of churches into different groups due to organizational and other ministerial differences, has been an endemic and controversial phenomenon in the Church in recent times. It has brought about different groups among the Christians. While some groups subscribe to its relevance in engendering evangelism and church growth, others are of the view that it causes rivalry and sharp differences within the body of Christ. It has led to proliferation of Churches and emergence of splinters groups thereby causing friction and creating other adverse effects on Christian unity. The paper revealed that most of the churches in Nigeria emerged as a result of one form of schism or the other from the existing churches, and much of what we call “mission expansion” or “church growth” in Nigeria today is much of sheep stealing, sheep swamping, and building up of self empires than real expansion of Gods kingdom. It is from this perspective that this study re-examined the concept of schism and its effects on the Nigeria Centre for World Mission (NCWM) Ibadan Nigeria, a fast growing African Instituted Church with a view to nipping the problem arising from schism in the bud.

The purpose of this study was to identify factors responsible for the poor academic performance of pupils in Wamfie Circuit Junior High Schools. Descriptive design was used. Population for the was made up of two-hundred and five (205) pupils, twenty-five (25) teachers and four (4) schools in Wamfie circuit Junior High Schools. Simple random and purposive samplings were used to select pupils, teachers and Junior High Schools for the study. The main instrument for the study was questionnaire. Data was analysed using the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) to generate figures, frequencies, percentages and tables. The study revealed that, the factors responsible for poor academic performance pupils Wamfie circuit Junior High Schools in of Dormaa East District include pupils and teacher absenteeism, pupils and teachers’ lateness to school, inadequate teaching and learning materials, poor parental involvement in PTA meetings, parents not providing pupils with subject text book and breakfast.

Productivity of workers is fundamental to economic growth and it is hallmark for development of any organization, it is demanded by management of such workplace. Librarians’ productivity in any university library is fundamental to the growth of such university, this could be greatly enhanced when such librarian has high level of job satisfaction and be emotionally balanced. The study investigated the impact of job satisfaction and emotional intelligence on the productivity of librarians in Nigerian public university libraries. It specifically focused on the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity of librarians on one hand, as well as the relationship between emotional intelligence and productivity of librarians on the other hand, in public university libraries in Nigeria. The paper adopted the correlational survey research design. Its population consisted of 1,254 librarians in public university libraries in Nigeria, from which 923 were selected using simple random sampling. The research instrument used was a self-developed questionnaire. A response rate of 67.2％ was achieved. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed a combined relationship between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction on the productivity of librarians in public university libraries in Nigeria. It concluded that a librarian with high level of job satisfaction and has good knowledge of his or her emotion i.e. able to manage and control it will experience higher productivity in the workplace – university library. The study recommended that university library management should continue to promote values that would boost emotional intelligence and job satisfaction that would enhance productivity of its workforce, and that no faculty member should be given undue attention at the expense of others. In other words, every faculty (librarians inclusive) should be treated equally.

This study empirically assessed reasons for the persistence of corruption in Nigeria in spite of measures put in place to curb it by successive administration. Discussions about corruption management often include the genuineness of the various tiers of government in controlling the antecedent factors of corruption. Five hundred and forty respondents were randomly selected to participate in the study. The data for the study were collected using validated questionnaire and structured interview. One research question was raised and analyzed using simple percentagesat0.05level of significance. The findings indicated that delayed payment of salaries on time (54.3), celebrating people who are rich it not minding the sources (62.8％); and not punishing people for offence committed make others to do the same (54.6％) are some of the reasons for the persistence of corruption in Nigeria. Based on the findings of this study recommendations were made.

Based on the understanding and the brief review of developing process of reflection, the article is aimed at unveiling the significance of reflective teaching in three dimensions: for a teacher’s career advancement, for teaching itself, and for the making of a reflective teacher and the students with key competences. Effective reflection supports a comprehensive and sustainable development in teaching, thus benefiting both teachers and students.

This research analyzes the ethnography of communication used in the short story of Romeo and Juliet using both S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G and Speech Event theories of Dell Hymes (1972). This research is aimed to explain the elements of ethnography of communication from the point of view of both Hymes’ model and describe the inference in the use of the elements of ethnography of communication within the short story of Romeo and Juliet. This research uses a descriptive qualitative research design. Based on the analysis of this research, the researcher finds; there are 4 settings and scenes, 12 participants, entertaning and amusing ends or purposes, 13 act sequences and content, 17 keys or tones, verbal and casual speech styles of instrumentatilites and channels, norms of loving people, and narrative as well as romance tragedy form of style.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of activating background knowledge in students’ ability in reading comprehension in narrative text. Reading comprehension is assumed as one of the most difficult skill since students are difficult to comprehend what the text is about. The problem occurred in this research was students were unable to comprehend the text, identify the main idea, and also about the vocabulary. Theories used to solve the problem were Burns (2012:12), Fisher and Frey (2009), Patel and Jain (2008) and Moreillon (2007). This researched used descriptive quantitative research. Data were the control and experimental class. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that the mean of pre-test in experimental group was 56.09and post-test in experimental class was 78.53. while the mean of pre-test in control group was 54.76 and the mean of post- test in control group was 74.16.Standard deviation of pre-test in experimental group was 4.40 and standard deviation of post-test in control group was 4.38 and standard deviation of post-test in control group was 4.14.The comparison of the mean in the whole of experimental class and control class was the mean of experimental class was 17.86 and the mean of control class was 15.76. The comparison of the standard deviation in the whole of experimental and control group was, the standard deviation of experimental group was 94.54 and standard deviation of control group was 72.73. In order to know the effect of Activating Background Knowledge in reading comprehension, the mean and the standard deviation were calculated by using t-test formula and the result was 6.47 and t-table was 1.67. It means that 6.47 >1.67. So, there was a significantly effect of activating background knowledge in reading comprehension.

Humour is the remnant of perfect language, the residuum of pristine speech. Superspeech as wordiness, long-windedness, grandiloquence, garrulousness, chattiness, glibness, is formal expression of talkativeness, purposeful and stylish speech within limited budget of time and colloquial words. Speech is imposed but with intent purpose and metalingistical discourse, positioned within linear budget and its transcending function. Its rational limitations are rather projected to transcendental style of rhetoric, or funds of noncolloquial word and expressions. Superspeech is metalingual phenomenon whereas its metalinguistic nature produces useful lingual values. In concept of lingual vocation, superspeech is intentional rhetoric capability, a great lingual practice of genuine ability to use words, phrases or voices.

Whilst in physics science the use of convected coordinates, non Cartesian geometry or any other geometrical tool is widespread, in undergraduate engineering teaching of continuum mechanics usually a different path is underwent. Even if geometry generalization lie beneath the core of a more closely description of the actual distribution of strain, stress, and displacement, a concise and precise treatment of geometry evolution is frequently overruled in engineering undergraduate courses. The main scope of the present short communication is to provide an explanation to the aforementioned behavior and to put forward different situations in which the main drawbacks induced by the underlain mathematical tools involved in are outbalanced by an all encompassing approach in the development of the main field equation of solid mechanics. Hereinafter, main guidelines for introducing the most relevant equations of solid mechanics in curved space are presented as a natural and easy-to-comprehend extension of Cartesian coordinates. Specifically, a straightforward deduction of differential equilibrium equation in Plane Polar as well as Spherical Polar coordinates is carried out. Whether Euclidean or not, the whole problem boils down to design a simple program carrying out the necessary change of frame, rendering this program a teaching tool that worthwhile to be included in undergraduates courses.

On the basis of an analysis of the three criteria of poetry translation formulated by Wang Feng, the nine English versions of The Premier of Shu are analyzed at the macro-, meso- and micro-levels. Based on the literature review and theoretical application, the comparative analysis method is used, and a detailed explanation of the three levels of poetry translation standard is carried out. The authors summarize the previous English versions of The Premier of Shu, and the authors’ translation is put forward. The research findings show that it is scientific, rational and applicable to use the three levels of poetry translation standard in the field of poetry translation criticism.

The main source of diversity in engineering education usually is the distinct level of motivation, which sometimes causes lack of engagement. Working in motivated teams is likely to enhance the overall performance of the whole group. The aim of this paper is to find the best composition of teams in practical activities proposed in the classroom for engineering students to enhance team motivation. The experience with a group of Civil Engineering students at the University of West London is presented as a case study. This group was very diverse in the level of individual motivation. In this experiment, the whole group was split in two subgroups, and each one divided in teams of 3 people. For one of the subgroups, the distribution in teams was forced by the lecturer, while for the second one the students were allowed to freely distribute themselves. All teams were requested to solve a practical activity, consisting of the classification of several soils according to three different systems, based on experimental data equally provided to all the students. The different results obtained for both configurations of teams show an overall better performance for the “forced” composition, with a higher level of student satisfaction on the activity and on their achieved learning.

This paper work on relationship between Educational Expenditure and Unemployment rate on Economic Growth in Nigeria using a yearly data from 1970 to 2017 years from the website of CBN and NBS. The aim of the paper is to investigate individual relationship with respect to Economic Growth and also considered the multiple regressions with respect to Economic Growth. From the descriptive statistic, it shows that the distributions of the dataset are positively skewness to the right and the distribution of the variables is exhibit high kurtosis which evidence of leptokurtic. The Jarque-Bera statistic shows very high values with it probability values indicating that the distribution on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Educational Expenditure (EE) and Unemployment Rate (UR) are not normally distribution. The result of the correlation shows that there is a positive relationship between educational expenditure, unemployment rate and Gross Domestic product in Nigeria. The regression results show that there is a significant relation between GDP and EE, we therefore reject the null hypothesis that conclude that there is relationship. The coefficient of EE is obtained to be 1.15E-05 which is positive and the probability value is significant meaning that Educational expenditure has great impact on economic growth that a unit increase in GDP will increase the output of educational expenditure to a positive increase and also between EE and UR on Economic Growth shows that both the independent variables has positive impact on the dependent variable (GDP), we therefore reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is a significant relationship between GDP and EE and UR. The coefficient of EE is obtained to be 1.05E-05 and UR is 717.6737. This result shows that an increase in GDP will increase EE in a small significant increases while that of UR, will increase unemployment rate to a high significant amount of 718％.

The paper’s attention is on M-learning in Nigerian schools through the WhatsApp, Facebook and the YouTube. The growing technologies in education have made the concept of M-learning ubiquitous in the present world. Mobile learning is a type of learning that is not only in the four wall of a classroom. The paper argued the current situation in Nigeria where students seem not to be willing to attend classes, and the inadequate infrastructure makes the M-learning imperative. However, acquiring educational knowledge is essential not only limited to the classroom with the students technologies savvy. The paper considered the WhatsApp, Facebook and the YouTube being the universal apps in every smartphone and easy to operate by the students. It is also the Apps most students are familiar with in the social media networking accessible everywhere there is internet connectivity. The article explored features in these devices significant for learning such as text messaging, image messaging, voice messaging and video messaging. The use of these technologies could also provide the student with the authentic learning experience. The authors concluded that using these technologies in learning will be of significant advantages to the students and stakeholders in education. The paper discussed some implications of the paper such as internet connectivity and the need for regular power supply in every town and village.

Horizon 2020 is an important political-administrative program for research funding in Europe from 2013 through 2020. The European Commission (EC) uses the program to further the integration and development of the European Union and therefore it is interesting to investigate the EC thinking in this particular policy field. The program is in this text seen as a part of a bigger trend: the marketization of all sectors of society as they move towards a common, global market. Main EC documents on Horizon 2020 are summarized and analyzed in the light of general global and transnational educational governance trends and a number of key concepts in the documents are found and discussed: Policy interest, incentives, innovation, indicators, impact, interdisciplinary and embedding. All of which are in the core of neo-liberal New Public Management theories.

This paper examines the impact of Educational Expenditure and Unemployment rate on Economic Growth in Nigeria using a yearly data from 1970 to 2017 from the website of CBN and NBS. From the empirical results, it shows that the distributions of the dataset are positively skewness to the right and the distribution of the variables is exhibit high kurtosis which evidence of leptokurtic. The Jarque-Bera statistic shows very high values with it probability values indicating that the distribution on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Educational Expenditure (EE) and Unemployment Rate (UR) are not normally distribution. Test for stationarity shows that EE and UR were stationary at first difference while GDP was stationary at second difference. An Autoregressive model was employed to predict the pattern of GDP, EE and UR for the next ten (10) years. Model specification was obtained and from the result of the AC and PAC statistic an AR model was selected and also include the difference in the data set for each data set at first for Educational expenditure and Unemployment rate while second order for GDP, that is, ARIMA(1,1,0) model for EE and UR and ARIMA(1,2,0) model for GDP. From the forecasting model, the results of the forecasting values for Educational Expenditure, Unemployment rate and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the period of 2018 to 2030 were obtained from individual estimate of the ARIMA models which shows a random walk for some period before reaching a steady state.

The present paper points the challenges and perspectives of the project involving the use of the environment SL as complementary resource for the education of Engineering in Universities. The use of this 3D environment in an University scope demands a new philosophy from the professor. In this new context the students allow themselves to live deeply experimentation situations that would not be possible with the resources of traditional classroom. As well as the organization of a multidisciplinary team for modelling and supporting the activities carried through in the SL. This paper presents some reflections concerning the teach-learning process face to the new context related to the Internet and its resources, to open up a new way to teach students. The question related to the knowledge construction, identification of the necessary abilities of the professor, the activities, considering itself the SL as a possible platform to support Education activities by distance could be the first set of challenges. From this experience on using problem based learning it was found that students are not lazy: they aren’t engaged. From this personal experience, it was clear that teachers got to learn how read and take in information faster as one has a house full of books screaming at to be read. One wants to could learn more by reading books and more books, but at the end can’t even finish one. So it is clear by fact that the old methods doesn’t work for all, if it works for any. How do teachers engage their students to actively learn is reflected in the present paper. A motivation for me to debate and spread my ideas in these areas is to want to move away from the slow and painful way of learning that was implementes had through a new, funnier and more natural way to learn.

Meticulously, this research aims to focus on a qualitative study in order to have a survey on the role of competence and performance in bilingualism in line with communication modes among Turkish and English bilinguals. The goal was to investigate the effectiveness of so many kinds of modes of communication with regards to the competence and performance background in order to reach a bird view in communication strategies used by the speakers of that society in a special circumstance to solve some minor misunderstandings. Findings manifest that competence of some modes and changing them to the positive performances may necessarily be the most effective mode of communication for bilingual speakers of that circumstance and society. In the context of bilingual society, translation and transferring may be regarded as a practical norm for negotiating mutual understandings.

This research aimed at analyzing and describing of affixes in a Bible at Philippians scripture. In having a language, it is derived from the smallest level to the biggest one; started from morpheme, word, phrase (group), clause, sentence and the biggest one is a paragraph. The various levels are found by having the construction of language or known as English syntax. The construction of language is related to affixation. According to McCarthy (2006:84), Affixation is the process whereby an affix is attached to a base, which may be simple (as in full, the base to which –ness is attached to yield fullness), or complex (like meditate, the base to which pre- is attached to yield premeditate). Affix can be divided into 2 types, they are inflectional and derivational affixes. Problems discussed in this research are: 1) what the types of affixes that found in a bible at Philippians scripture? 2) what are the most frequent types of affix that found in a bible at Philippians scripture? To solve the problems, Descriptive qualitative method was implemented in this research. The data were taken from a bible at Philippians scripture. Finally, the writer found all types of affix in a Bible at Philippians scripture, they are derivational and inflectional affixes. The most frequent types of affix that found in Bible at Philippians scripture were inflectional affixes (70, 68％) and inflectional affixes (29,31％).

Because of the differences between Chinese and English kinship systems, the connotation and the usage of Chinese and English kinship terms are quite different. Relatively speaking, Chinese kinship terms are more complex than the English ones and have more socialized usage. When doing the translation, the translator should first deal with the codes according to the source text writer’s intention and target text reader’s cognitive environment and enable target text readers to find the optimal relevance between the translated text and the context. The translator should first get a true understanding of the contextual effect of the source text according to the inference on the ostensive behavior of the source text writer and try to transfer the original intention of the author to the target reader and give them conveniences to make the right assumptions. As to the translation of kinship terms, the translator should first find out the intention of the author to use the term and meanwhile think about the ability of acceptance of the target reader. By considering the entire relevant elements, the translator should find the optimal relevant term.

The aim of this study was to examine the impact of inclusion teaching style on increasing students’ metacognitive skills in physical education classes. Forty-three students aged 11-12 years participated. The students were divided into two groups: (i) the experimental group consisted of 22 students and (ii) the control group of 21 students. Teachers in the intervention classes used the inclusion teaching styles during the execution of physical education activities and within the control group the command style, was used. Metacognition was assessed pre and post-intervention through semi-structured questionnaires. The results of the statistical analysis showed that students of the experimental group using the inclusion teaching style, applied metacognitive strategies more often than students in the control group. Except that students found the inclusion teaching style more interesting and challenging because they liked to make decisions about the tasks they performed.