The present study explored Iranian EFL (English as Foreign Language) learners’ reflective writing and the inhibitors which are a deterrent to write reflectively. The participants consisted of both students and teachers. A researcher-made questionnaire probed the EFL learners’ reflection in writing. The essays produced by the learners were also evaluated to consolidate the findings of the survey. In the second phase of the study, we examined both students’ and teachers’ perceptio...
Nigeria’s Technical Aid Corps (TAC) is one of the major planks of the Nigerian foreign policy constructed to complement the nation’s traditional diplomacy. Under its platform, Nigerian educational and cultural talents have been showcased to the world particularly in the African, Caribbean and the Pacific regions. The chapter falls in love with The Gambia of the West African sub-region due to the under representation of this aspect in the historical narrative of the bilateral relations bet...
The Gambia christened the “smiling coast of Africa” is home of hospitality and religious tolerance. Arising from decades of peace its ethnic and religious elements enjoyed the country has continued to attract foreigners as tourist state. The concern of this paper is not so much with aquatic status of The Gambia as a tourist state, but how its’ Christian and Muslim groups has been able to maintain peace. The emphasis of the paper is on Christianity and Islam, because African Tradition...
Since the advent of the Internet, university students have had access to countless books and articles which had been a great asset for both students and research communities around the world. However, due to various factors, plagiarism which means, according to Cambridge Dictionary, using another person’s ideas or work and pretending that it is your own has been a widespread problem in academic writing since then. In this regard, many scholars in many different countries investigate...
Research on metacognition in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing is heavily dependent on a valid measure to assess metacognitive ability. Since there is no report of a validated domain -specific measure of metacognitive awareness of foreign language (FL) writing this study made an attempt to develop and validate a metacognitive awareness writing questionnaire (MAWQ). In order to construct the questionnaire, an interview with 59 EFL learners was conducted. Based on the content anal...
Challenges facing rural primary school teachers in Zimbabwe towards the implementation of the new curriculum.
The difference in performance between rural primary schools and urban primary schools in the national examination.
Comparing and Contrasting the two main research approaches with special focus on their differences.
This study was on the influence of instructional materials on the teaching and learning of integrated science among the junior secondary school students in ibaji local government area of kogi state .Ten (10)research questions were answered and the population of this study is ten (10) schools in ibaji LGA and five schools were selected .Data were presented in tables were analyzed using mean.the sampling techniques use for this study is random sampling and total samples size is five (5) .It was...
The Reciprocal teaching method describes the process of reading as an interactive one, in which readers interact with the text as their prior experience is activated, using prior experience as a guide, readers learn new information, main ideas and arguments. the main objectives of this study is to explore the conceptual understanding of the teacher in using reciprocal strategies in teaching English reading, and to apply reciprocal strategies which are helpful to develop conceptual underst...