ABSTRACT This study seeks to identify and to analyse some of the difficulties that students of French in Navrongo Senior High School face in the area of pronunciation with the sounds [ʃ] and [ʒ] at the centre attention. Research data was collected through questionnaire and test for the learners of French and an interview for the teachers of French. The analysis of the data revealed that learners face difficulties pronouncing the sounds [ʃ] and [ʒ] because of transfer difficulties from th...
ABSTRACT The activities of Ona Iwa Mimo Cherubim and Seraphim Church (OIMCandSC) in Ibadan are connected with the practices and elements of the ancient Israelite religion from which the church took its root. Existing studies have examined the activities from a liturgical point of view, but have not adequately explored how they have been contextualised. This study, therefore, investigated the adoption of selected Israelite sacred cultic practices, namely, ritual cleansing, scapegoatism and sac...
ABSTRACT Culture is central to Ahmed Yerima‟s dramaturgy, and his culture-based dramatic texts largely project the cultural values of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, namely, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo. Existing linguistic studies on Yerima‟s plays have concentrated on the use of proverbs and politeness features, ignoring an in- depth pragmatic study of their cultural contexts. This study, therefore, undertakes an investigation of culture-motivated pragmatic acts (practs) and contex...
ABSTRACT This research investigates the effect of the relationship between management and labour on the performance of staff at the New Times Corporation. The purpose of the study is to explore the existing relationship and how to enhance the relationship between management and labour. The data of the research was collected using a questionnaire which was distributed to 130 staff as sample size, in five major departments, out of a staff population of 200 as at August 2018. A number of 99 of ...
ABSTRACT Plan Ghana as a Non-Governmental Organization in search for a good structure went through re-structuring in 2011 and adopted decentralization strategy, where every Programme Unit operates as a semi-autonomous unit. Study has shown that an appropriate organizational structure is contingent upon the many factors including the environment, in which the organization conducts its business. The major objective of the study is to examine the relationship between the Plan Ghana structure an...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine student’s disciplinary problems in the Obuasi Secondary Technical School. The main objectives were to explore the sources of disciplinary problems, the impact of disciplinary problems, and the coping strategies adopted by school management in managing disciplinary. The mixed method approach or the pragmatist paradigm was used while explanatory sequential mixed method design was used as a research design. The study population was 341 student...
ABSTRACT Our research aims at applying a typology of the problems related to text coherence, which was elaborated by Odette Gagnon, to the written production of students. Using such techniques, text coherence errors in the students’ writings was spotted and analysed. All the key elements contributing to text coherence such as cohesion, the organisation of units into hierarchy was dealt with by introducing and describing the various categories and subcategories that make it up. Such a method...
ABSTRACT This study examined Matthew 20:20-34. The visit of the mother of Zebedee’s children and her two sons to Jesus in search for the greatest position (the right and left seat) in Christ’s kingdom set the tone for the research. Their request for the highest position prompted Jesus to question their commitment to what they were asking for. The response of the two to his question and the reaction of the other ten disciples after hearing of the visit of the two sons of Zebedee, gave Jes...
ABSTRACT The main thrust of the study was it examine the impact of is mastery of a set of knowledge, attitude and behavior of UCC students. the research was conceptually framed by three research questions and three hypotheses. descriptive survey design involving the quantitative approach was used in the study. the target population of the I study was all UCC students. A sample size of 382 students was chosen for the study using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sampling table of determination. some ...
ABSTRACT The Church of Christ (COC), established in South-western Nigeria in 1959 as an offshoot of the 19th century sectarian American Restoration Movement, claims to be the only true church to restore primitive Christianity in both teachings and practices. Contrariwise, evidence from Early Church history contradicts this claim, which necessitates an investigation into the true position; existing studies having focused on the history of the church and the biographies of its leaders to the n...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the induction system and its effect on public basic schools in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region. The objectives of the study were to find out some of the training and induction programmes that are organized in basic schools in the study area, determine the causes of ineffective induction practices in basic schools in the study area and to ascertain the effects of effective induction programme on teaching and learning ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the perception of student teachers on the nature of teaching practice they undertake and the nature of supervision they receive during practicum. The population of the study comprised final the year students of Offinso College of Education who had their teaching practice in the 2014/2015 academic year numbering 300 and all the tutors numbering 59.The sample for the study comprised 100(83%) student teachers and 30(51%) college tutors. The...
ABSTRACT Credit facilities continue to pose a major threat to the survival of the SME sector. Traditional banks have failed to advance credit facilities to the SMEs due to challenges with collateral securities and information. This study sought to assess the relevance of microfinance in terms of meeting credit needs and reducing poverty among the small business owners of Jukwa in the Central Region. Thirty-one (31) respondents were sampled for the study. Descriptive statistics were used for t...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in the Ayawaso East Sub-Metro in Accra. It assessed the effectiveness of DOVVSU in the promotion and protection of the rights of children. This purely descriptive study adopted the quantitative and qualitative paradigms using the mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. Two hundred and twenty (220) respondents comprising 121 JHS pupils, 22 teachers, 55 parents and 22 DOVVSU officials were sampled through simple random, proportionate quota, and purposive ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated adolescents‟ parasocial interaction with local entertainment celebrities in Ghana. It assessed the gender difference in adolescents‟ parasocial interaction adopted the quantitative research approach and the descriptive survey design was used. A sample size of 800 adolescents and 736 responses were gathered from students of Apam Senior High School and Winneba Senior High School who were the respondents for this study. Parasocial interaction was measu...