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Financial Technology and Financial Inclusion in Africa
Get PDFThe paper determined the rate of penetration of specific Fintech Services in Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa; examined the influence of retail and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) driven by Fintech on financial inclusion; investigated the role of wealth management by Fintech on financial inclusion; and analysed the impact of cross border payment facilitation by Fintech on financial inclusion in the study area. The paper adopted a quantitative research method, used secondary/panel data which were sourced from the World Bank Group Data on the Global Findex. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were deployed for the analyses. The results showed that Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa had a considerable rate of Fintech penetration, and this is reflecting in the large volume of their cross border payments. It is concluded that Fintech and Financial Inclusion is playing a strong role in cross border payment, wealth management, and there is more opportunity for MSMEs to make payment at anytime, anywhere, and any moment with the use of technology and this is believed to be financial inclusion
EU Trade Policy: Liberalization, Regionalization, and Greenization
Get PDFCurrently, the EU’s core position in global geopolitics, diplomatic relations, and economic trade is increasingly prominent. The EU adheres to effective multilateralism and advocates free trade. It has established diplomatic relations with over 160 countries and strategic partnerships with multiple parties. In 2010, the EU actively promoted the construction of banking alliances, capital market alliances, energy alliances, and a single digital market. In 2016, the EU adopted the basic action plan of “Common Vision, Common Action: A Stronger Europe”. In 2022, the “Strategic Compass” action plan was approved to plan the future security and defense policies of the European Union. As an important driving force for the development of global trade, the EU adheres to the free trade policy orientation, actively maintains the multilateral trading system, attaches importance to the development of regional trade liberalization, and constantly strengthens the concept of green trade, which will undoubtedly play a key role in the transformation of international trade in the Future
Economic-Induced Migration as a Security Threat to Regional Stability: The Case of Zimbabweans Migrating to South Africa
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to understand economic-induced migration as a security threat to regional stability, with reference to Zimbabweans migrating to South Africa. The research employed qualitative research methodology, and a case study research design. Primary data was obtained from key informants, and secondary data from peer-reviewed articles, newspapers, and books. The results indicated that the causes of economic migration are economic hardships, unemployment, extreme poverty, and seeking better living conditions exacerbated by the nose-diving economy. The effects of economic migration on regional stability indicated that the hostility between the South Africans and the Zimbabwean immigrants was fueled by the scarcity of resources leading to harsh reactions such as xenophobia, discrimination, organized crimes, human exploitation, and human insecurity hindering Southern Africa’s longstanding vision to have a united, peaceful and regional integration. The study concluded that there is a need for the sensitization of both the host and the migrants on the importance of coexisting peacefully; Zimbabwe needs to make economic reforms that attract potential investors and rebuild the collapsing economy. Therefore the study recommends that there is a need for the Government of Zimbabwe to revive its economy to curb economic migration
A Comparative Study on the Effect of Teaching Mode on English Majors’ Learning Anxiety: Flipped Classroom vs. Traditional Classroom
Get PDFWith the rapid development of information technology, multimedia and network play an important role in education. It not only triggers the innovation of education, but also puts forward higher requirements for the English majors. Based on the flipped classroom teaching mode and the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) proposed by Horwitz et al. (1986), a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews are conducted among senior English Majors from a local college in order to explore the differences of learners’ anxiety level under traditional classroom teaching mode and flipped classroom teaching mode. In addition, the relationship between students’ English learning proficiency and their anxiety levels in flipped classroom mode is analyzed. By using SPSS 26.0, a quantitative and qualitative analysis is conducted on the collected data from questionnaires and interviews and yield the following results. Firstly, there is no significant difference in learners’ anxiety level between traditional classroom and flipped classroom mode. In both teaching modes, among the four categories of factors, the category of communication apprehension factors has the greatest impact on students’ anxiety level. But compared with the traditional classroom mode, flipped classroom mode is more conducive to alleviate English majors’ foreign language learning anxiety. Secondly, in the flipped classroom mode, English majors’ learning proficiency level has low negative correlation with students’ anxiety level
A Research Proposal on an Empirical Study of Foreign Language Teachers’ Information Literacy in Shandong Province
Get PDFWith the increasing advancement of global information technology in education, educational informatization has become a necessary road to the development of education. The information technology has been affecting foreign language teaching in every aspect, which has experienced three phases so far, from the assistance of college English teaching using information technology, the integration of the two aspects, to the current deep fusion. The interaction between foreign language teaching and information technology is an ecological evolutionary process, and information technology, as an exotic species, will unavoidably transform and affect the evolution of the whole system. Therefore, it has become a crucial obligation for foreign language teachers to choose, accept and infuse when encountering the information technology. No doubt to say, whether the fusion of IT and foreign language teaching can be effective largely depends on a group of teachers possessing excellent information literacy. Teachers have the final decision in choosing what kind of technology will be used, how long and how well technologies will be employed in the actual teaching activities. They have been playing a vital role in the transformation and advancement of classroom ecosystem. However, the academic research conducted in recent years mainly concentrated on the mode of fusion, teaching designs as well as the students’ self-study, while few attention has been drawn to the foreign language teachers’ information literacy in the process of fusion between foreign language teaching and information technology. Based on this, the research proposal will delve into the development and difficulties concerning the deep infuse between foreign language teaching and information technology, as well as the transformation of research paradigm. And lastly, the purpose and significance also will be illustrated so as to infer some practical suggestion to foreign language teachers
Le fonctionnement des figures de style dans la publicité alimentaire française
Get PDFEn tant que vecteur de l’information, la publicité se rattache à tous les secteurs de la société. En profitant de la publicité, les entreprises recommandent activement leurs produits ou services aux consommateurs, cependant, l’attitude du consommateur est relativement passive. En l’occurrence, l’annonceur est tenu d’utiliser les moyens rhétoriques, dans lesquels les figures de style occupent toujours la première place, pour se rapprocher des lecteurs-consommateurs. En s’appuyant sur des publicités alimentaires françaises recueillies à Paris, nous analysons en détail le fonctionnement des figures de style sous les aspects de diction, de mot et de syntaxe
Epidemic Discourse and National Image Construction From the Perspective of Visual Grammar Theory
Get PDFA good national image helps to enhance the country’s voice in international diplomatic activities, and helps to strengthen the country’s soft power. As an important part of social reality, discourse plays an important role in the process of international diplomatic scene and national image construction. In recent years, with the global spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, news and public opinion around the world have focused on it, and a large number of news reports have emerged. Based on the theoretical framework of visual grammar theory and Halliday’s systemic functional linguistics theory, this study analyzes the relationship between epidemic discourse and national image structure from three aspects: reproduction function, interaction function and composition function, and puts forward targeted suggestions for building a good national image
Literature Review on the Construction of Formative Assessment System in College English Reading Teaching
Get PDFThis paper reviews the previous researches home and abroad on the construction of formative assessment system in foreign language teaching, especially the teaching of reading for English majors, which aims to point out the problems of the present course assessment methods used in the reading course for English majors, and highlight the necessity of building an assessment system with the characteristics of English reading course. The author hopes the present study can promote the teaching reform of English reading course, and furthermore improve the quality of talent training for English majors as well as translation majors.
Research on the Construction of College English Mixed Teaching Model from the Perspective of “Golden Course”
Get PDFIn 2018, the Ministry of Education formally put forward the concept of “Golden Course” in the form of a document, indicating that China’s higher education evaluation concept has realized a fundamental change, from one-sided pursuit of quantity to focus on quality improvement. Up to now, the construction of first-class courses in higher education in our country has made remarkable achievements, but some courses still fail to reach first-class standards. With the concept of “Golden Course” as the center, this paper analyzes the construction of blended college English teaching mode from the three levels of government, school and teacher, hoping to provide reference for the theoretical system of first-class curriculum construction, and contribute to the improvement of high-level talent training system and the cultivation of outstanding talents to meet the needs of the new era
A Contrastive Study of Religion Metaphors Between English Folk Songs and Yao Folk Songs
Get PDFBoth English folk songs and Yao folk songs come from the folk and belong to a kind of folk literature. Through the comparison of religious metaphors in English folk songs and Yao Folk Songs, and by exploring the root of the formation of their respective national characteristics, we can find out that cultural differences as well as cultural similarities exist in them although Yao folk songs are not the representatives of all Chinese ballads. Since the source domains and target domains used in these two folk songs are generally familiar to us, their religious metaphors give us a hint that early human beings had ever faced the common social problems, and they had similar lifestyles and almost the same characteristics of human’s thinking. Undoubtedly, this research can help us roughly to learn about the historical track of human being’s childhood and follow the trail of their religious thoughts