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PORTRAYAL OF YOUNG ADULTS IN DYSTOPIAN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE—HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY
Full text linkYoung adults shake things up. They exhibit penchant for disturbing the existing institutional systems because their becoming is tantamount to nonconformity. This paper stemmed from the same understanding of the young adults but the conclusion it draws at is that they disrupt the societal codes of behavior and identify themselves as rebels to defy the conventions that plague growth. Dystopia—a subgenre under sci-ficautions us from the wrongs prevalent at present like gender inequality — the offshoot of gender binaries; and if we do not address the pressing issues now, our world might be accelerating towards an abysmal future. This paper is guided by ‘disturbing the universe’ concept propounded by Roberta S. Trites, ‘Utopian Transformation’ by Bradford et al., and Julia Kristeva’s seminal work on ‘Abjection’ theory. 
KTPUNTUKAHOK: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TOOL OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT
Full text linkIn 2017, there is going to be a governor election in province with the highest population density in Indonesia, Jakarta Capital Region. This upcoming general election highlights a number of subject matters, the most evident of which is the aggregation of 1 million Indonesian identity card for a future governor candidate, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama also known as Ahok. Ahok is now no longer carried by a political party. On behalf of being a future governor candidate, referring to Peraturan KPU No. 9 Tahun 2015, he needs propulsion from at least 750.000 Jakarta inhabitans. To make it exactly safe, Ahok needs 1 million copies of ID card of his supporters, and ought to be collected on July 2016 as the governor election will be held on February 2017. Volunteers who support Ahok are named “Teman Ahok” (Ahok’s Friends). They are making bombard in social media with hash tag #KTP untuk Ahok (ID card for Ahok) and producing a 2- minute-47-second video published in YouTube, entitled “Satu Juta KTPuntuk Ahok”. This way of social media bombarding aims to inform people as well as forming mass mobilization about Ahok and the plan, well be said to make social movement. This study describes the role of social media as a tool of social movement
STUDENT PERCEPTION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SOFT SKILLS FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Full text linkStudent acquisition on soft skill is becoming more important in today highly global market. Most of the companies now are prefer to hire graduates that possess both skills; hard and soft. In certain cases, some companies are even emphasizing more on soft skills instead of hard skills. For non-technical student, most of the subjects by nature are embedded with soft skills. But for technical students the scenario might be different. The subject offered in their courses mostly focuses on hard skills. This somehow makes students having less awareness on the importance of soft skills. The purpose of this study is to discover student awareness and perception towards the importance of soft skills among engineering student. A total of 150 engineering students from Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute are chosen as respondent. A questionnaire is used to gather the data. Based on the finding,students are aware, understand and perceived that soft skill is important for education and employment. Some methods recommended to improve students’ soft skill are problem- based learning approach and integration of entrepreneurial element in technical subject
ANALYZING TURN-TAKING STRATEGIES AMONG ADULT LEARNERS IN ESL CLASS DISCUSSION
Full text linkSmall group discussions have been used in many ESL classrooms to encourage learners to use the target language in natural settings. Teachers of English will agree that there are many advantages of group in the classroom. Group discussions offer learners opportunities to practice “real-world language by debating over issues. Furthermore, class discussions enable learners to accept responsibility over their use of the target language. This may put some students at a disadvantage. They do not participate in the discussion not because they have nothing to say, but because they do not use proper turn-taking strategies to join in the discussion. Some learners are better at using their turn –taking strategies while others may end up staying silent. This quantitative study looks into the turn taking strategies employed learners in group discussions. Using a questionnaire as the instruments, findings of this research revealed that female adult learners are more prone to show agreement in class discussions and that different ESL learners use different strategies for different functions in their discussions
A STUDY ON STRESS LEVEL AND COPING STRATEGIC AMONG PRIMARY TAMIL SCHOOL TEACHERS
Full text linkThe purpose of this cross sectional study is determine the level of stress and coping strategies among primary school Tamil teachers in Selangor state with regards to location and to investigate the relationship between the stress level and coping .Approximately 240 teachers became the research respondents. The data was gained by employing DASS 21 and Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Data was analyzed using MINITAB 14. Statistical analysis for the first and second objective is done based on ANOVA. Analysis shows that even though rural and urban teachers’ depression level is the same, urban teachers’ have higher anxiety and stress level. Besides, rural teachers use planful problem solving as their way of coping with stress whereas urban teachers use accepting responsibilities as the highest way of coping with stress. Through the analysis for stress level and location, since the p value is less than 0.05, null hypotheses can be rejected and it proves that there is a significance difference between the stress level and location of the school. As for the analysis on coping and location, since the p value is less than 0.05, the null hypotheses can be rejected and it proves that there is a significant difference between coping strategies utilized by urban and rural teachers. Analysis to find if there is relationship between stress level and coping is done using One Way MANOVA analysis. Since all the p values are less than 0.05, the null hypotheses can be rejected and there is a significant difference between stress levels and coping level. It is intended that the results of this study will help to create awareness for Tamil school teachers to reach and maintain effective stress coping strategies for optimal level of emotional wellbein
LANGUAGE TEST TAKING IN ALBANIAN SCHOOLS CASE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Full text linkTest taking is often very stressful and frustrating for students .Experts tend to focus more on the kinds of tests that work best for students and overlook the emotional aspect of the matter. One of the most important things in successful test taking is exactly the ability of students to cope with the situation. We will provide an overview of test types mostly used by teachers and see how successful and efficient they are. We will first attempt to draw a definition of test taking in order to have a starting point for our discussion. The regular assessment of students’ progress is an inseparable part of the teaching and learning process. It is a type of information necessary for students grading and for providing evidence of teaching and learning effectiveness. This assessment takes various forms as there are many procedures and techniques followed by teachers to evaluate them. In this process test taking is an essential part
LANGUAGE ARRANGEMENT AND GLOBALIZATION OF WORLD LANGUAGES WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON NIGERIA (Ref No 556)
Full text linkMotivation: This millennium constitutes an important context for any analysis or any intervention in policies of language at the level of states and regions and globally worldwide. Objectives:The objectives of this work were to examine the concepts of expansion or limitation of language planning and language policy and the scope of such concepts in specific linguistic situations such as in Nigeria with international languages. Methodology:It describes the hierarchy and functioning of languages in the world and in Nigeria in particular. It also focuses on the two strongest trends characterizing the current dynamic: the displacement of minority languages as the case in Nigeria and the expansion of English, French and Chinese as the sole world languages. In addition, this article studies the main strategies employed by various actors to oppose these trends, including in particular the representatives of the major national languages such as Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa in Nigeria as an example, whose presence is threatened in several strategic geographical areas. Findings: The reinforcement of local languages weakens national languages that are obstacle for the expansion of English. The reverse is observed in Nigeria where minority languages are not revitalized and where only major languages are thought in schools therefore neglecting minority languages and as a consequence reinforcing the expansion of English. This tendency can only be reversed if anything like a major language is wiped out, therefore giving a chance to every language to prosper and this will also help to stop other languages to disappear. Research Outcomes: This study highlights the role of stakeholders and emphasizes the importance of an expanded concept of language planning that takes into account all the competing forces so as to ensure the success of language policies. Future Scope: It is clear that States, families and enterprises learn languages of higher statuses in the hierarchy and this explains the progress and the expansion of the English circle but also of other super central languages such as Spanish but more importantly the new attractive pole which is Mandarin but also Nigerian languages