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Can We Teach Environmental Education in English Courses?
Get PDFThe preparation of teaching and learning resources in environment education (EE) is important because it supports the attainment of the goals of RA 9512 and addresses the lack of teaching and learning resources in EE (Kimaryo, 2011). Using mixed methods of research, the study aimed to review the English Education curriculum to identify entry points of EE integration using the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) EE materials, and to develop and to validate exemplar session plans with EE integration in different English Education courses. Data were gathered using documentary analysis, assessment of the DENR EE materials, and assessment of the proposed session plans using rubric. Results show that the entry points for EE integration is adequate, and that the DENR EE materials are found to be appropriate, relevant, and highly flexible as instructional materials for EE integration in English courses. EE can be integrated in the different parts of the lesson such as the motivation, lesson proper and assessment. The proposed session plans were rated excellent by the jurors, and therefore serve as acceptable and relevant materials for the mainstreaming of EE in the English Education curriculum. Wide dissemination and pilot-testing of the session plans integrating EE are recommended
Proto Language Relationship with Mandailing Language
Get PDFThis study aims to examine the kinship of the Proto language with the Mandailing language. This research uses qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative method by grouping languages according to their level of kinship. The quantitative method is carried out using lexicostatistics techniques. Data collection techniques used in the form of recording techniques and recording techniques. The data used in this research is basic vocabulary which contains a list of 200 Swadesh vocabularies. (1) Identical pairs of Proto and Mandailing have 35 vocabularies. (2) Pairs Have Phonemic Correspondence in Proto and Mandailing, there are 2 vocabularies. (3) Phonetic similarities between Proto and Mandailing have 2 vocabularies. (4) One different phoneme in Proto and Mandailing languages has 16 vocabularies. The overall similarity of vocabularies from Proto and Mandailing which can be concluded is that there are 55 vocabularies or about 28%. That is, the percentage of kinship between the two is 28%. This percentage indicates that the Proto and Mandailing languages belong to the same family
Identifying EFL Students Learning Styles in the Context of Afghanistan
Get PDFIn recent years, great attention was paid to the factors of individual differences in EFL context, especially the learner learning styles. The main purpose of this study is to determine the learning styles of Parwan university EFL learners. A mixed method of research (quantitative and qualitative) was considered in order to collect and analyze the data. A total of 110 EFL Parwan university students (90 males) and (20 females) were participated in this study. The results of descriptive statistics indicated that the majority of the participant 81 % positively valued the visual learning styles. In addition, the findings showed that 53 % of the participants preferred auditory learning styles while 66 % of them determined as kinesthetic learners.  
Peacebuilding and Social Work: The Narratives of Community Organizers in Conflict-Affected Areas in Maguindanao
Get PDFThis study aimed to determine the challenges experienced by the social workers as community organizers in peacebuilding-related community organizing in armed conflict-affected areas in Maguindanao. It sought to know the peacebuilding initiatives of the community organizers in community organizing and the experiences encountered by the community organizers in peacebuilding–related community organizing and in working with conflict-affected areas. Phenomenological method of qualitative research was used. The participants were community organizers working in Community and Family Services International (CFSI) and Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) - Maguindanao. Purposive sampling was used in identifying the target participants. Findings show that community organizing contributes to promoting peacebuilding in the conflict-affected areas through the programs and services being implemented by the community organizers by conducting Family Development Sessions which fosters family development, promotes healthy family life, responsible parenthood, parent effectiveness, cultural solidarity, and environmental awareness. Peacebuilding does not only revolve around initiatives at the macro level but starting in advocacy in responsible parenthood and parent effectiveness could lead to the prevention of peace-related issues and community problems. It is concluded that the participation of the people is the major challenge encountered by the community organizers. The peace and order situation of the community is also vital in the successful flow of the community organizing process.
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Peacebuilding, Social Work, Community Organizing, Community Organizer, Conflict-affected area
Transfer of Short Stories Into Drama Scripts
Get PDFThis study aims to determine the process of changing short stories into literary works a drama script by means of transfer. The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative method. Data and data sources needed in research using the literature study method or called library research (library research). A study of the transfer of the short story "Flowers in the Glass" by Dorothea Rosa Herliany into a drama script has changes both in dialogue, characters, and setting to make it more interesting for the reader and easier to perform. The short story "Inner Flowers" Gelas” tells the story of a husband who always demands his wife to be a good wife ideal. Besides, the wife is in a relationship with her ex-lover. Results the study of the transfer of the short story "Bunga Dalam Gelas" into a drama script is the existence of changing the narrative into dialogue form, adding the names of characters and also the background the play script
Development of Volleyball Lower Passing Module Web Based on Junior High School Students
Get PDFThis study aims to see the results of web-based developed products regarding the lower passing of volleyball at SMP Negeri 1 Pantai labu. Type. Assessment from material experts 92.6%, from website media experts 88.3% with excellent criteria Assessment from Linguists 88.3% with excellent criteria In the pretest and postest tests conducted in classes VIII- G and VIII-B obtained a score of 64.28% in the pretest class. in the posttest class it gained 83% with a difference of 18.72%. From the trial, an increase in interest in learning was obtained, meaning that website-based learning has a positive impact on student learning outcomes even though learning is still online or 50% face-to-face learning. Overall the assessment of the quality of the product is "very worthy" to use
Questions Formation in Musey
Get PDFThis article is interested in questions formation in Musey, a chadic language spoken in Chad and Cameroon. It comes within the competence of generative grammar. Kayne’s (1994) Antisymmetry and Rizzi’s (1997, 2001b) Split-CP are used for analyzing the Musey data. Musey is made up of arguments (nge (who) and mege (what)), referential adjuncts (saba (when), aige (where)) and non-referential adjuncts (an mege (how); kai mege (why)). They are focalized à la clause final comp and à la clause initial comp. Since the focus marker ni precedes focused arguments and adjuncts, they are hosted by Spec-FocP. In yes/no questions, the question marker su ends the structures and is hosted by IntP. In embedded questions, the lexical complementizer ana (that) is hosted by ForceP. This study leads to the following projections hierarchy: Int > Cleft > Foc > Force > Agr
Aggression and Banter as (de)legitimisation Strategies in Political Debate
Get PDFPolitical debate is an emerging culture in Nigerian politics, aimed at fostering popular democracy, and presenting candidates to electorates to make their choice. But it is likewise a platform for exchanging cynic comments and banters, especially between the contestants, most of the two dominant political parties in Nigeria, the All-Progressive Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This has not been sufficiently researched in studies on political discourse. Extant studies have focused on campaign speeches, acceptance, and concession speeches, among others, using speech acts, socio-stylistics, and critical discourse analysis. This study investigates the comments and rebuttals of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC, and Governor Godwin Obaseki of the PDP, in the 2020 Edo Governorship Debate. It adopts implicature, explicature and pragmatic acts as theories to, qualitatively, analyse the downloaded and transcribed excerpts from Channels Television’s website, where they were televised to reach millions of people, both in local and international spaces. The results show that both conventional and conversational implicature, and explicature were employed by both aspirants to achieve party and self legitimisation, supremacism, cynicism, and criticism. These are used as campaign strategies. The study concludes that the contestants in the Edo 2020 political debate made it about themselves and their parties. Aggression is initiated and managed as a debate-campaign strategy to canvas for the electorates’ votes
Online and Offline Students’ Presentation in Thesis Proposal: Challenges and Solution
Get PDFThesis proposal seminar is one of requirements for English Department students to process their thesis. Students should present their thesis proposal which provide information about their research. The presentation covers research topic, theoretical framework, and chosen methodology. This research focuses on the challenges of thesis proposal seminar both online and offline. This also identifies students’ solutions for making a good presentation. This is a descriptive qualitative research since it is used to describe the challenges of students and find out the solutions by questionnaire and in-depth interview. The subjects of this research are 35 students who have taken research and seminar subjects and has presented thesis proposal seminar offline and online in January–May. The findings show that students faced some challenges during thesis proposal seminar related to seminar preparation, topic’s mastery, students’ confidence and technical issues. To make a good presentation, students need to understand their research topic and research methodology well. They also need to plan their presentation by doing a lot of practices and having good preparation. These solutions necessarily encourage students’ confidence and motivation to do presentation effectively
A Contrastive Analysis on Taboo Words in English And Minangkabau Language
Get PDFThis study focuses on a contrastive analysis of taboo words in English and Minangkabau, an Indonesian language spoken in Sumatera Barat. This study aimed to identify, categorize, and compare the differences between taboo terms used in Minangkabau and English. This study's research methodology was descriptive qualitative. Three procedures were used to carry out this study. The data for taboo terms in English was first prepared using literature, film, and native speakers staying in Medan, Sumatera Utara, whereas the data for taboo words in Minangkabau was prepared using literature, research, and local speakers in Bonjol, Pasaman, Sumatera Barat. Second, talking to several informants on the meaning of the banned terms to gain the full meaning. Third, the Wardhaugh theory was used to examine all the data, and the Lado Theory was used to compare the data to identify similarities and contrasts. According to the study's findings, there are five categories of taboo words in the Minangkabau language, including those that are connected to sex, animals, death, and excrement. They were distinct from the English words for sex, animal functions, human bodily parts, death, excrement, and religion