A Study of Apology Strategies used by Bahdini Kurdish students with Reference to English

This research studies the frequently used strategies by Kurdish students when they express their apology in their mother tongue. The present study tries to address two questions related as to whether the participants in questions follow the same strategies classified by Sugimotos (1997) or not, as well as the impact of gender factor on these strategies. The corpus consists of responses to Discourse Completion Test (DCT), which includes five different situations. The informants have been 30 subjects: 15 male students and 15 female students. The informants were students at college of basic education, English department, 4th stage. The DCT is written in English and informants were asked to write their responses in Kurdish. The data collected have been descriptively analyzed according to the content, frequency, and order of semantic formulas used by Sugimotos (1997). Finally, the most used strategies are translated into English also the Kurdish responses were written in English letters. In order to arrive at statistical results, the percentage of the most frequently used strategy was counted.

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Peer effects in college: how peers' performance can influence students' academic outcomes

10.31235/osf.io/7n6ks ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Laeticia R. de Souza ◽

Cristine Campos de Xavier Pinto ◽

Bernardo L Queiroz ◽

Dimitri de Oliveira e Silva

Keyword(s):

Peer Effects ◽

Academic Outcomes ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Dropping Out ◽

Admission Process ◽

Self Selection ◽

The Impact ◽

High Ability Students ◽

Identification Strategy

This paper investigates the existence of peer effects in academic outcomes by exploringspecificities in the student's admission process of a Brazilian federal university, which works as a naturalexperiment. Individuals who are comparable in terms of previous academic achievement end up havingclassmates with better or worse performance in college because of the assignment rule of students toclassrooms. Thus, our identification strategy for estimating peer effects on academic outcomes eliminates theendogenous self-selection into groups that would otherwise undermine the causal inference of peer effects.Overall, our findings showed that joining a class with high-ability students damages academic achievementsof the lowest-ability students at UFMG. Although male and female students are both negatively affected bybeing in the first (better) class, we found gender differences. Specifically, being at the bottom of the betterclass make females take less radical decisions compared to male students in the sense that female studentscontinue to study even though with lower performance (reduced GPA and credits earned) while male studentsseem to be more prone towards dropping out (increased number of subjects – or even University registration– cancelled and reduced attendance in classroom). We have also found other heterogeneities in peer effectsin college in terms of class shift, period of admission, area of study and parents’ education. This study is anecessary step before investigating the impact of peer quality on after-graduating decisions using the samenatural experiment. This will allow us to deepen our understanding of how peer effects can also have long-lasting impacts.

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Introducing Sustainability in a Robotic Engineering Degree: A Case Study

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12145574 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (14) ◽

pp. 5574 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Francisco A. Pujol ◽

David Tomás

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Female Students ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Male Students ◽

Economic Aspects ◽

Engineering Degree ◽

The Impact

This paper describes a group activity concerning the topic of climate change, designed to introduce the concepts of sustainable development into a Robotic Engineering degree. The purpose of this activity was to make students reflect about the impact of their work on the planet as future engineers by asking them to design an environmentally friendly robot that also integrated social and economic aspects, covering the three dimensions of sustainability in this way. Students were surveyed in order to study different aspects of their commitment, attitudes, practices, and motivation towards sustainability. In addition to the overall analysis of the survey, three specific studies were carried out with the aim of comparing the responses of different population groups: (i) Students who completed the proposed assignment and students who did not, (ii) female and male students, and (iii) roles played in the assignment. The results of the analysis revealed the high commitment of the students with respect to sustainability, but also a lack of active participation and awareness of their impact as future engineers. The activity was not only a way to introduce sustainability concepts, but in many cases, it also became a motivation for the participants, especially for the female students.

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HOW VIDEO DUBBING CAN IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PRONUNCIATION

ETERNAL (English Teaching Learning and Research Journal) ◽

10.24252/eternal.v51.2019.a4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 41

Author(s):

Firdaus Ditya Pamungkas

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Tenth Grade ◽

Research Findings ◽

Speaking Skill ◽

The Subject ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

The Impact

This research aims to find out the impact of video dubbing on improving students’ speaking pronunciation. This research was applied for the tenth grade and eleventh grade of Vocational High School in Madiun city, province of East Java, Indonesia. The subject of the research consisted of 20 students, 14 female students and 6 male students. In collecting the data, researcher used observation to observe the implementation of video dubbing during teaching learning process and used test to find the improvement of students’ speaking pronunciation during the implementation of video dubbing. The research was conducted in two cycles, where each cycle consisted of 4 meetings. The research findings showed that the implementation of video dubbing could improve students’ speaking pronunciation. It can be concluded that the implementation of video dubbing in learning process has beneficial effect on students’ speaking skill, especially in pronunciation.

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Attitudes of the students of the College of Basic Education Towards the Implementation of Moodle System in Managing University E-Courses to Enhance the Learning Process in Kuwait

International Journal of Learning and Development ◽

10.5296/ijld.v11i1.18378 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 62

Author(s):

Ahmad Alfailakawi

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Basic Education ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Female Students ◽

The Public ◽

College Of Basic Education ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Applied Education ◽

Academic Year ◽

And Training

The study aimed at investigating the Attitudes of the students of the College of Basic Education Towards the implementation of Moodle System in managing University E-Courses to Enhance the Learning Process in Kuwait. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method and then developed a questionnaire to measure students’ attitudes towards the use of Moodle system in E-courses management. The study tool was divided into two domains; striving for the benefit of Moodle system and the importance of using the Moodle system, the study tool’s reliability and validity were verified. The study sample consisted of (397) bachelor (male and female) students from the college of Basic Education in the Public authority for applied education and training in Kuwait. The findings revealed that the student’s tendency towards using Moodle system in university E-courses management came medium. The results also showed no statistically significant differences due to the effect of sex in all domains and the full degree. The existence of statistically significant differences due to the academic level’s effect in all fields and the differences came in favor of the first and second academic year in all domains and the full degree.

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The students gender as a moderating factor of correlation beetween linguistic capital and academic outcomes

Journal of Education Culture and Society ◽

10.15503/jecs20191.136.154 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 136-154

Author(s):

Kamil Błaszczyński

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Academic Education ◽

Linguistic Capital ◽

Linear Regression Models ◽

Education Outcomes ◽

Study Results ◽

Higher Education Outcomes ◽

The Impact

Aim: The aim of this paper was to verify the impact of gender on correlations between native language competences and academic activity of master grade students of social sciences in Poland. Results are disscussed with other international findings. Methods: Gathering of the data was used via auditorial survey. Data was collected from 235 students (163 female, 73 male) from one of polish national universities on faculty of social sciences. Data has been analysed using T-Students test and Linear Regression models. Results: T-Students test results indicated that female students had significantly higher education outcomes and study results scores than male students. Regression analysis revealed that gender as a moderating factor of linguistic capital was a significant predictor in regard to students education outcomes and study results. The main part of linguistic capital significantly moderated by gender were language experiences, regarded toward study results scores. Conclusions: Female students have equall linguistic capital and language experiencess as male students, althoug they are more capable in using that capitale for their benefit in the context of academic education. Implication of the study and future recommendation are advised.

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Investigating Students’ and Staff Members’ Attitudes Toward the Efficiency of the Language Skills Modules Offered During the Foundation Year

English Language Teaching ◽

10.5539/elt.v12n6p24 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 24

Author(s):

Abdulmohsen A. Dashti

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

Basic Education ◽

Language Skills ◽

Language Teachers ◽

English Department ◽

Staff Members ◽

College Of Basic Education ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

English Major ◽

English Language Teachers

In the scope of teaching English as a foreign language, and more specifically teaching speaking, reading, and writing, this study investigated the attitudes English language teachers-to-be have towards the three language skills modules, namely, Conversation, Reading, and Basic writing, offered by the College of Basic Education (hereafter CBE) in Kuwait. It also investigated the concerns of staff members at the English department in CBE with regards to the matter. The study utilized two questionnaires, one distributed to the students’ population, i.e., English major students (the sample received was (N 385), and the other one distributed to all staff members in the English department in CBE (N 27). In addition, 20 students were randomly selected and interviewed to verify the questionnaires’ results. The data, then, were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Percentages, means and standard deviations were calculated together with t test and ANOVA. Results showed that even though most students and staff members showed positive attitudes towards most of the questionnaires’ items, others were concerned about a few items.

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FACTORS OF AFFECTING THESIS COMPLETION BY USING CHAID METHOD BASED ON GENDER

HUMANISMA : Journal of Gender Studies ◽

10.30983/humanisme.v3i1.1498 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 27

Author(s):

Haida Fitri ◽

Aniswita Aniswita ◽

Charles Charles

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Statistical Analysis ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Female Students ◽

Islamic Education ◽

Male Students ◽

English Department ◽

Male And Female ◽

Allocation Of Time

Thesis as one of the requirements to obtain a bachelor degree, ideally it can be completed in one semester, but many students finish the thesis more than the allocated time. This condition is caused by many factors including gender differences, male and female students have many differences especially in the allocation of time to finish a thesis. This research aimed to find out the factors that influence the time needed to finish a thesis and the classification of these factors based on their gender. The factors observed were GPA, gender and competence of the supervisor, types of research used, source of the data and technique of the data collection. The statistical analysis used was the CHAID method. The result of this study showed that out of 387 male students who have graduated in period I to VI, it was found that the factors which influence them to finish their thesis were GPA. While for female students, out of 1150 data, three factors that influence them were major, sources of data and expertise areas of the main supervisors. Moreover, three characteristics of students who finish thesis longer than 6 months were male students with a GPA less than 3,34, female students from Islamic Education/English Department/Math Department with the source primary/ secondary data or others, and female students from guidance and couceling department by the psychologist’s/ others as main supervisor.Keywords: thesis, allocated time to finish thesis, CHAID method.

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The Use of Verbal Affixes by Iraqi EFL University Learners : Errors Analysis

Journal of University of Babylon for Pure and Applied Sciences ◽

10.29196/jub.v26i4.620 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 131-152

Author(s):

Sabeeha Hamza Dehham ◽

Amjad Jabbar Majeed

Keyword(s):

Basic Education ◽

English Department ◽

Efl Learners ◽

College Of Basic Education ◽

Errors Analysis ◽

Academic Year

Affixation is the formation of a new word from an existing word ,root ,or stem ,by the addition of a prefix or suffix or by other means (Jackson,1985:34).The present study is an attempt to identify the errors made by Iraqi EFL learners in the Department of English / College of Basic Education, University of Babylon in using verbal affixes. This study aims at :(1)Presenting a brief and relevant background of verbal affixes, (2) Identifying and classifying the errors made by the fourth year students in the English Department, College of Basic Education/ University of Babylon during the academic year (2016-2017), and (3) Locating the areas of difficulty that Iraqi EFL learners encountered in learning verbal affixes.

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Course Review Horay (CRH) Learning Model to Improve Mathematical Learning Outcomes of Integers Materials

MATEMATIKA DAN PEMBELAJARAN ◽

10.33477/mp.v7i2.1155 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 31

Author(s):

Hery Setiyawan ◽

Abdillah Abdillah

Keyword(s):

Learning Outcomes ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

Learning Model ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Fifth Grade ◽

Class V ◽

Fifth Grade Students ◽

The Impact ◽

Academic Year

One of the problems in the learning process of class V SD Al-Manar Surabaya in the academic year 2019-2020 integer material is the teacher uses lecture methods that make students quickly bored and passive. The impact is students have difficulty accepting lessons well and learning outcomes are less than KKM. Therefore, to overcome these problems the researchers applied the course review horay (CRH) learning model. CRH can make students more active and not feel bored. In addition, the application of the course review horay learning model can focus students in learning, so students will more easily receive the material well. The purpose of this study is to describe an increase in learning outcomes after applying the course review horay (CRH) learning model of mathematics in integer material in fifth grade students of SD Al-Manar Surabaya. This type of research is a classroom action research that has been carried out in two cycles with an indicator of research success by 75%. The subjects of this study were 28 students in grade V-B SD Al-Manar Surabaya, consisting of 14 male students and 14 female students. The results showed that learning outcomes have increased with the percentage of completeness of the first cycle 64.28% and the second cycle 85.71%. Thus it can be concluded that the course review horay (CRH) learning model can improve mathematics learning outcomes of integer material in fifth grade students of SD Al-Manar Surabaya.

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The Efficiency of a Group Counseling Program Based on Psychodrama in Enhancing Self-Awareness and Reducing Tension Among Tenth Grade Students in Qalqilia City

Education in the Knowledge Society (EKS) ◽

10.14201/eks.23921 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

pp. e23921

Author(s):

Fakher Nabeel Khalili ◽

Said Swilem

Keyword(s):

Group Counseling ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Control Group ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Counseling Program ◽

Tenth Grade ◽

High Level ◽

The Impact ◽

Experimental Group

This research was conducted through two studies, the purposes of the first study were to assess tension and self-awareness levels among the tenth-grade male and female students in Qalqilia city in Palestine, and to examine the impact of gender on tension and self-awareness. To achieve these goals a descriptive method was used, the sample consisted of (158) male and (152) female students age 16 years old. They were stratified randomly selected. This study found tension appears to be a broad problem in Palestine among respondents, and it is chronically existent with a high level. On the other hand, this study proved that self-awareness among Palestinian adolescents is low. No significant differences in tension and self-awareness due to gender were found. The objective of study 2 was, to examine the effect of psychodrama on the levels of tension and self-awareness of tenth-grade male students in Qalqilia city using the two-matching group pretest-posttest design. The experimental group consisted of (10) students and they received a psychodrama group counseling program, in order to reduce tension and enhance self-awareness. While the control group received nothing. Based on the results psychodrama is an effective tool to treat tension and enhance self-awareness. It is suggested that for future studies to be from different grades and both gender with larger sample size. It is also recommended to assess tension and self-awareness in different regions in Palestine.

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