scholarly journals Teaching to Test or Communicate

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Al Ghafri ◽  
Younes Audeh ◽  
Muhieddin Al-Gadallah
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Main Criterion ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
Foundation Program

This study addresses the controversial question of which is more effective; teaching to the test, or teaching to communicate. It also highlights the viewpoints of some scholars about tests in different regions of the world; the Middle East and the West. The content of the research embedded in this article shows that there are a number of teachers who still believe in teaching to test following the traditional method, while some others think tests -especially in the elementary phase- cause anxiety, chaos and disappointment, and should be ruled out as a means of assessing students. In the Arab World, tests are still considered the main criterion by which students prove eligible to move to upper classes and get admitted to university programs. To provide the readers with a more concrete grasp of the discussed viewpoints, a questionnaire has been distributed among sixty-five male and female students taking English courses in the Foundation Program at Ibri College of Applied Sciences- the Sultanate of Oman. The results, implications, and applications will be discussed throughout this article while tackling the two major controversial issues: teaching to test or communicate.

Entrepreneurship in Sultanate of Oman

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Government ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

In Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East, Schroeder reminds one that the collective GDP of the Arab world is larger than Russia's and India's and nearly twice that of China on a per capita basis. The Middle East has more than 350 million people whose disposable income has grown by 50 percent over the last three years and whose Internet appetite has been expanding at a speed that rivals that of any other region in the world. More than 40 percent of those online denizens say that they would like to start their own businesses. Sultanate of Oman is no exception and eyeing towards more entrepreneurial activities. The government is also keen to facilitate entrepreneurship development. In this backdrop, the aim of this paper is to understand entrepreneurship with reference to Sultanate of Oman, a stable balanced developing economy in Middle East. With rising trends towards entrepreneurship, and hotbeds of entrepreneurial activity emerging therein, the core of the paper is to provide insights of entrepreneurship in Sultanate of Oman through case approach.

Entrepreneurship in Sultanate of Oman

2017 ◽  
pp. 1852-1864
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Government ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

In Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East, Schroeder reminds one that the collective GDP of the Arab world is larger than Russia's and India's and nearly twice that of China on a per capita basis. The Middle East has more than 350 million people whose disposable income has grown by 50 percent over the last three years and whose Internet appetite has been expanding at a speed that rivals that of any other region in the world. More than 40 percent of those online denizens say that they would like to start their own businesses. Sultanate of Oman is no exception and eyeing towards more entrepreneurial activities. The government is also keen to facilitate entrepreneurship development. In this backdrop, the aim of this paper is to understand entrepreneurship with reference to Sultanate of Oman, a stable balanced developing economy in Middle East. With rising trends towards entrepreneurship, and hotbeds of entrepreneurial activity emerging therein, the core of the paper is to provide insights of entrepreneurship in Sultanate of Oman through case approach.

Some effects of Indian English on the language as it is used in Oman

English Today ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Poole
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
International News ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Indian English ◽  
White Sand ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
The World ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Distinctive developments in an Arab sultanate. Relatively few people around the world react with instant recognition when the Sultanate of Oman is mentioned. This may however be changing as international news media focus ever more strongly on events in the Arab world and on the strategic significance of the Persian Gulf. There are many who misunderstand the spoken word ‘Oman’ as ‘Amman’ and therefore think erroneously of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Oman, however, is a beautiful and hospitable country possessing white sand beaches, rugged mountain ranges, breathtaking cave systems, a long and somewhat surprising history, and an English of its own.

scholarly journals Realtà e memoria di una disfatta

2010 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

Realtà e memoria di una disfatta does not address either the causes of the Six Day War or the consequences that the military conflict had for Israelis and Palestinians, about which much has been written. It focuses instead on the impact of the war on Arab countries, and the weighty legacy left by the defeat of 1967, which has been much less studied. There are several references to this in the short essay by Samir Kassir, L'infelicità araba, published posthumously in Italy in 2006. In his analysis, Kassir warns against falling into the dual trap that has ensnared the Arab world for the last forty years: on the one hand the Orientalist reading that lays the blame on Islam for the delayed modernisation of this part of the world, and on the other the temptation to heap responsibility for all evils on the West. To avoid this risk, as Kassir sees it, the Arabs have to take their destiny into their own hands, shrugging off victimism and coming to terms with modernity.

Two Trajectories in the Neolithization of Eurasia: Pottery Versus Agriculture (Spatiotemporal Patterns)

Radiocarbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 1304-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Spatiotemporal Patterns ◽  
Main Criterion ◽  
The West ◽  
The World

Data on the emergence of pottery and agriculture in Eurasia were analyzed from the view of their spatiotemporal relationship. It was found that there are 2 major types of association between pottery and agriculture: 1) East Asian, with pottery as the main criterion of the Neolithization; and 2) Levantine, with agriculture as the phenomenon most closely related to the emergence of the Neolithic. Some regions of Eurasia have intermediate characteristics. The concept of a single area for pottery origin in eastern Eurasia and its subsequent spread to the west, still used by some scholars, is the revival of the old diffusionist paradigm and does not seem to advance the analysis of the Neolithization process. If the wheat/barley agriculture definitely originated in the Levantine “core” and spread toward Anatolia and central/western Europe, it is impossible to apply the same approach to pottery. The latest developments in chronology of the earliest ceramics in China, one of the key regions in the world in terms of the origin of pottery-making, are critically evaluated.

Conclusion

The Hijaz ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 375-390
Author(s):  
Malik R. Dahlan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The West ◽  
Policy Proposal ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Inclusive Form ◽  
Right Of Self Determination

The afterlife of The Hijaz) statehood and the right of self-determination) this chapter calls for finding the lost space in Islamic governance and advocates for an inclusive form of statehood. The policy proposal is that The Hijaz become the fountainhead of Islamic governance and organization, in this way reinventing relations between Islam with Saudi Arabia. The book does not in any way advocates a caliphate. The conclusion suggests the development of a soft form regionalism which considers Islamic norms and does not merely seek to replicate western structures. The book concludes with an emphasis of the potential for The Hijaz to have an integrative value at multiple levels; for (i) its own benefit and that of Saudi Arabia; (ii) the benefit of the Arab world; (iii) the benefit of the Islamic world (including Iran); (iv) the development of a global relationship and world relations between Islamic states, Muslim constituencies and the rest of the world and finally; (iv) the heritage of all mankind, being the focal point for almost a quarter of the world’s population and the logical starting place in which the West, Islam and the Middle East can remedy and rebuild their encounters.

Masābnī, Badī’ah

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Shay
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Belly Dance ◽  
The West ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Hollywood Films ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media

Badī’ah Masābnī was a professional actress, singer, and dancer from the Levant. She settled in Egypt in the 1920s and eventually opened a highly successful nightclub, Casino Badī’ah. The highlight of the variety shows, which featured both Egyptian and European dances, acts, and skits, were performances in which she often starred, especially as a comedienne. She is associated with the modernizing of belly dance from a static nineteenth-century dance to a new dance genre that became known as cabaret belly dance, with hundreds of thousands of devotees and practitioners around the world. The new dance genre, often called raqs sharqī (Oriental dance), which was included in her nightclub revue and later in Egyptian films, often featured a soloist accompanied by a chorus line, incorporated movements from ballet as well as elements from Hollywood films, and involved a new use of space. Masābnī also revolutionized the costume that is familiar to filmgoers and viewers of belly dance performances by dancing in an elaborately decorated brassiere with a long skirt slit up the sides, and a coin girdle. Her tumultuous life was profiled by the media throughout the Arab world, but in spite of her contributions to belly dance, she remains little known in the West.

Islamists and Women in the Arab World

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Najib Ghadbian
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
The West ◽  
Regional Powers ◽  
The World ◽  
International Human

IntroductionBroadly speaking, contemporary discourse assumes that Islamists arebad for women. Any gain in Islamist political influence is considered adisastrous regression in women’s human rights. At a time when the movementto put women’s rights on the international human rights agenda-avaluable movement indeed-seems on the brink of joining the group ofworld and regional powers targeting Islamists as the next great threat tohumanity, it is urgent that Islamists formulate a strong and just analysisof the gender issue.While the stereotypical view of Islamists, like most stereotypes, hassome basis, it is, as are all stereotypes, completely inadequate for understandingthe issue. The fact that one can locate a Saudi shaykh, anEgyptian imam, or a young Algerian militiaman who is unmistakablymisogynistic does not provide the key to understanding the entire rangeof Islamist views on gender roles or the implications for women of risingIslamist influence. The indictment of Islamists as oppressive to womenemerges from the context of western hegemonic power in the world anddeploys the language of women’s liberation to justify political and economicassaults against contemporary Islamist states and political forces.The problem is that women do face oppressive conditions in the Muslimworld, as do their counterparts in the West, but these are different fromthe oppressive conditions imagined and constructed for Muslim womenfrom a western frame of reference ...

scholarly journals Community Translation in the Sultanate of Oman: "A Soft Force" in the Fight against COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Musallam Al-Ma’ani ◽  
Abdullah Said Al-Ajmi ◽  
Sara Ali Al-Ajmi
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Technical Translation ◽  
The World ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Different Parts

Translation, in modern Oman, serves as an essential means of communication between the Arabic-speaking Omanis and other individuals of smaller linguistic and ethnic communities working or residing in the country. The purpose of translation in such situations is to empower linguistically disempowered individuals within Oman and ensure that they are adequately informed and that they actively participate in the country’s development. Yet, there have been very few studies that deal specifically with community translation in Oman and in the wider Arab world. The lack of a translation governing body and Omani translation scholars' tendency to focus on literary and technical translation in Oman are some of the factors that have kept community translation very much on the margins of translation. The aim of this contribution, therefore, is to address some of the issues pertaining to community translation in the Sultanate of Oman. In particular, it focuses on the long-standing relationship between translation and communication within Oman and how translation plays a pivotal role in the development of the country, given the fact that Oman, like other countries in the Arabian Peninsula, relies to a great extent on skilled expatriate workforce in various fields. In particular, this contribution investigates the role community translation has played in the fight against COVID-19 in the Sultanate of Oman. The effects of this pandemic are serious particularly in a country where around 40% of its population comes from different parts of the world and the majority of whom do not speak Arabic, the official language of the country, nor do they speak or read English, the language of business in Oman. During such times, community translation becomes crucial.

Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation in Sri Lanka

Crisis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudath Samaraweera ◽  
Athula Sumathipala ◽  
Sisira Siribaddana ◽  
S. Sivayogan ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
General Population ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
National Average ◽  
The West ◽  
Suicide Methods ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Completed Suicide ◽  
The World

Background: Suicidal ideation can often lead to suicide attempts and completed suicide. Studies have shown that Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world but so far no studies have looked at prevalence of suicidal ideation in a general population in Sri Lanka. Aims: We wanted to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation by randomly selecting six Divisional Secretariats (Dss) out of 17 in one district. This district is known to have higher than national average rates of suicide. Methods: 808 participants were interviewed using Sinhala versions of GHQ-30 and Beck’s Scale for Suicidal Ideation. Of these, 387 (48%) were males, and 421 (52%) were female. Results: On Beck’s Scale for Suicidal Ideation, 29 individuals (4%) had active suicidal ideation and 23 (3%) had passive suicidal ideation. The active suicidal ideators were young, physically ill and had higher levels of helplessness and hopelessness. Conclusions: The prevalence of suicidal ideation in Sri Lanka is lower than reported from the West and yet suicide rates are higher. Further work must explore cultural and religious factors.

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