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LOCAL CULTURE EXPERIENCE AND NOVELTY SEEKING: A COMPARISON ON ISTANBUL AND ANTALYA TOURISM DESTINATIONS
Get PDFDistinguishing the society from others, cultural assets create a unique local culture experience for tourists and lead to satisfaction by influencing the novelty seeking motivation. Based on this hypothesis, the aims of this research are as follows; a) to examine the effect of the local cultural experience on novelty seeking behavior, b) to examine the influence of the local culture experience on tourist satisfaction, and c) to assess the mediating role of novelty seeking between local cultural experience and satisfaction. Using structural equation modeling, a comparative study was carried out on Turkey's most-tourist attracting destinations which have distinctive DNA's in accordance with their specific positioning strategies. Findings revealed that local culture experience, novelty seeking and tourist satisfaction variables are associated with each other in both destinations. The SEM suggests that the novelty seeking variable have the mediating role between local culture experience and satisfaction. 
A REVIEW OF NAGUIB MAHFOUZ’S ‘THE BEGGAR’ BASED ON NORMAN FAIRCLOUGH'S CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Get PDFIn a sense, critical discourse is considered an approach that goes beyond mere description of linguistic data to concentrate on the instrumental processes involved in the formation of discourse. This type of criticism consists of two approaches: social and linguistic: the former deals with the situational context while the latter describes the textual context. The present paper, using the descriptive-analytical method, attempts to investigate the linguistic, ideological and social aspects of ‘The Beggar’ at the levels of description, interpretation and explanation in light of Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse Analysis, with the purpose of understanding the sociological elements of this novel along with its interpretations; and, appreciating the effect of sociological context on the novel and the processes which allow the emergence of such a novel. Mahfouz wrote ‘The Beggar’ at a point of his life when some were committed to the Revolution and its conditions, while others remained silent. The results of the study indicate that Mafhouz has created a remarkable harmony between the social concepts and linguistic features of the novel. Relying on lingual devices such as Arabic interrogative, nominal and rhetoric sentences, he has projected his intended meanings across the superstructure of the text including descriptions, humorous tone and interior monologues, etc. Hence, he has been able to portray concepts such as ideology and culture, restrictions and influential processes of the Egyptian society in his literary work. Throughout ‘The Beggar’, Mahfouz illustrates all the events and crises of the Egyptian society on different political and social levels from the subjective symbolism and social criticism perspectives. This research seeks to examine this novel at three levels of description, interpretation, and explanation
PHYSICS EDUCATION AT AN EVENING COURSE OF A JAPANESE UNIVERSITY
Get PDFThe evening undergraduate course of Tokyo University of Science (TUS) accepts 360 students every year. A predecessor school of this course was established in 1881, thus, the evening course has a 137-year history. Furthermore, this is the only evening school at the Faculty of Science in a Japanese university at present. Although the evening course has provided an opportunity for higher education in the natural sciences for citizens who graduated from high school, new demands for lifelong education in the evening course have now appeared. This paper statistically summarizes the present situation of science education in the evening course, and then discusses the future of the evening course
POLITENESS AND COMPLIMENTING WITHIN AN ALGERIAN CONTEXT -A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS-
Get PDFComplimenting is the speech act that reflects some politeness strategies in every day’s life. Its main characteristic is expressing positive appraisal in order to build up new relationships or reinforce current relationships and give them support. It is commonly used or found in various circumstances and within different moods i.e. in happy and sad events and temperaments. Actually, the satisfaction which generally results from receiving a compliment may lead to the conviction that the person who uses compliment is in a way or another is polite and friendly or at least tries to make the addressee feels more relaxed. The research at hand aims at investigating the way Algerians make, receive, accept and reject compliments. The methodology followed is based on two main tools namely; participant observation and questionnaire tool so as to be able to capture the phenomenon as it occurs. The results shows that complimenting in Algeria may result in either accepting or rejecting as it can lead to the employment of some religious terms so as to avoid the happening of bad incident.  
THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS REDUCES COST, MYTH OR REALITY? CASE STUDY OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY OF MAURITIUS
Get PDFThis study looks at various perspectives about third party logistics and the advantages and disadvantages when outsourcing to 3pl. It also discusses the various risks that are related to third party logistics. The main objectives were to find out on how the various benefits and drawbacks that are related to outsourcing to a third party logistics (3PL). Another aim is to verify the impact of using 3PL in Mauritius. One of the objectives was to find on the benefits related to 3PL. Another aim was to find out on the drawbacks related to 3PL. The methodology used for this study was questionnaire survey quantitative methods among 135 respondents who were from different cooperative sector but response rate was 120. This questionnaire investigates the various advantages, disadvantages and risks related to third party logistics. After this process, data collected has been analyzed using SPSS 22.0 where demographics analysis, cross tabulation and t-test analysis was performed to find the relationship between the variables. The findings demonstrate that outsourcing of 3PL is slowly becoming famous among suppliers
SPIRITUALITY IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF SACRED SCRIPTURES OF THE WORLD RELIGION
Get PDFSpirituality is a systemic practice and mostly experience of a religion. This is the most powerful, comprehensive and profound experience. The purpose of thisstudy is to investigate importance and the purpose of spirituality in world religion? And how much religious scriptures emphasized upon their followersto attain it? Most of the religious sacred texts have described thathuman being as a spiritual being.The physical domain needs personal hygiene too because it is pre-requisite for spirituality. Some purposeful physical activities of self-controlhelp to attain high level of spirituality. Our five senses and apparent bodyneed to be bounded by some set rules and religious laws. Spirituality can be achieved by some physical and mental training and control.This is the most prominent feature in world religion andeven persuaded to be practiced at particular sacred places. Methodology of this research study is descriptive. This research study has foundthat purpose of spirituality in world religion is to be closer to the Lord. Although the tools and methodologies to achieve spiritualityin world religions’ are different but the purpose is almost same as given in theirprescribed religious literature. 
LANGUAGE, WESTERN MEN AND THAI WOMEN ON THE DATING SITE
Get PDFThis research studied the language of men on the Thai women dating site. The purpose of the study were 1) to investigate the kind of language being used by men on the dating site and 2) to study western men on the dating site’s social status. Data were collected from online dating sites randomly. There were 73 case studies for this research. The result of the study revealed that western men used a lot of positive adjectives to describe the desire characteristics of Thai women. They also used the pronoun ‘I’ and the possessive pronoun ‘My’ frequently. This illustrated the self-centric and the superiority feeling of men on the dating site. On the aspect of social status, the majority of these western men were divorced and middle-aged. They did not mention their occupation as if they found it not important for the relationship. 
SEX EDUCATION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS- A NEED ANALYSIS
Get PDFAim: To Study the Need of Sex Education among High School students. Objectives: To study the knowledge about sexuality among students and to study the attitude of students towards introducing sex education in schools. Method: Self made questionnaire was used for collecting data. Result: As compared to females, males have more knowledge about sex and sexuality. Males show more positive attitude towards sex education.14.4% students gave first preference for teacher for getting advice about sexual health, 54.4% students gave first preference for mother, 7.8% students gave first preference for father, 11.7 % students gave first preference for friends, 4.4 % gave first preference for doctor, 3.3 % gave first preference for counselor and 3.9 % gave first preference for elder siblings. More students prefer to get advice from their mother. Family has a prominent role in imparting sex education. Providing proper sex education helps the women to maintain a good sexual health, helps the male to maintain a good relation with the opposite gender, helps in reducing crimes related to child abuse, women abuse etc. Even the social issues like child marriage, women abuse etc can be controlled by providing proper sex education which can help the people to lead a peaceful life with proper social relations
KEY SUCCESS OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST THAILAND: KHON KAEN AND UDON THANI
Get PDFThe research aimed to explore the property market and study the readiness of the property business development in northeast Thailand. The first part was concerned with price determination analysis of the market with the use of multiple regression analysis in Khon Kaen and Udon Thani. Results showed that the factors had the positive impact on property price are the size or usable area, number of bedrooms, size of garden, parking lot, fitness & swimming pool and the security system. While the negatively influenced factors were the promotion, marketing policy and distance of community. The second part examined both producers’ and government’s decision making in the property development with the adoption of logistic regression analysis. Empirical results indicated that the readiness of the property development in northeastern Thailand was 96%, while, Khon Kaen readiness was 85.03% and Udon Thani readiness was 93.75% respectively. The influential factors included city planning system, the higher per capita income, being near the super store, the credit policy and environmental impact analysis
EFFECTIVENESS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND CONCEPTUAL CHANGESTRATEGIES IN IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES OFPROSPECTIVE TEACHERS WITH DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS INCLINATION
Get PDFThe study examined the Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning and Conceptual Change Strategies in improving Learning Outcomes of College of Education Biology Students. The study adopted a non-equivalent pre-test, post-test control group design. The study population comprised Part III Biology Education students in colleges of education in Southwestern Nigeria. Two instruments were used to collect data for the study. The first instrument is ATE and retention test. The second instrument is AQE. The data collected were analysed using ANOVA and ANCOVA).The results indicated that the CLS was more effective in improving the performance of Biology education students with Christian, Islamic and traditional religious belief systems more than the CCS, there was a significant difference between the CLS group pre-test and CLS group post-test (Mean difference = 18.14, p = 0.000). Also, there was a significant difference in the CCS group pre-test and post-test (Mean difference = 10.155, p = 0.000). Moreover, there was also a slight significant difference in the TEM pre-test and post-test scores (mean difference = 6.500, p = 0.036). Therefore, the hypothesis was rejected. However, if the mean difference between the pretest and the posttest in the three groups were compared, the CLS group has the highest (18.14), CCS group was 10.15, while the TEM group has the lowest (6.500).Moreover, when the means of the groups were compared, the CLS group has the highest mean score (58.02) and the CCS group mean score was 52.05. This is an indication that the CLS group has more positive effect on performance of students in evolution. However, the result indicated that there was a significant difference in the attitude of students in the CLS and CCS groups before and after treatments. This implies that the two strategies (Cooperative Learning Strategy and Conceptual Change Strategy) caused the students to have a change of attitude towards the concept of evolution and most importantly their religious inclination no longer distorts scientific facts.