Volume 5 Number 2 (March 6)

The Effect of Autonomous Learning on Language Proficiency and Use of Language Learning Strategies for the Moroccan Baccalaureate Learners

Mohamed Ezzaidi

Autonomous Learning (AL) as a teaching concept has been widely approved of as a highly sophisticated promoter of efficient language teaching and learning. It is a pedagogical philosophy that is believed to enhance the quality of lifelong learning by accentuating the learnerâ€™s presence as an active partcipant in the teaching-learning operation. In fact, developing effective autonomy-enhancing methodologies and devising appropriate and practical activities that may nurture the sense of learning responsibility and promote the teacherâ€™s classroom presence as assistant and guide has attracted considerable attention in the realm of applied linguistics ever since the early 1960â€™s. In the same vein, this paper aims to tackle the issue of AL in the Moroccan secondary school environment and how incorporating it into the classroom can increase Baccalaureate gradersâ€™ language proficiency (LP) and their use of language learning strategies (LLS). Two groups (control and experimental) of twenty students each were involved in a one- year- long experiment to demostrate how training learners to become autonomous, through the systematic use of the learner development program (LDP) that was devised by Sharles and Zsabo (2000), would advance their LP and their ability to effectively use LLS. The results show that the level of LP and use of LLS can improve when teachers engage their learners in autonomy-enhancing activities in a consistent and systematic manner.

Treatment of Injustice and Violence as depicted in Coolie by Mulk Raj Anand

Vidushi Parmar

The paper deals with the depiction of injustice and violence in society through the protagonist Munoo created by Mulk Raj Anand in his very famous novel Coolie. Mulk Raj Anand was likely the first of the writers to write in English and depict the real troubled lives of the suppressed Indians. The nineteen thirties were a tremulous time for India. India was in the last years of his freedom fight and literary culture was on its high. Novels, Poems, Drama had a higher impact on the masses since it was a means of mass communication. Coolie was such a benchmark at establishing the true nature of the society of the time. Through Munoo Mulk Raj Anand has portrayed the picture of a protagonist who suffered the injustice of the society and died as a barren without any recognition ever.

Role of Communications and Working Relationships to Organizational Culture of Fast Food Industry in Nueva Ecija

Rowena B. Abat

The workplace's organizational culture governs the way the views, principles and values of the workers, as well as those outside the organization are treated.This study described the organizational culture in the fast food industry in terms of communication channels in the organization, relationship with the supervisor, and employee to employee relationship. It also determined the level of importance of communication channels in the organization, relationship with the supervisor, and employee to employee relationship to organizational culture. The descriptive method of research was used in this study. The researcher distributed survey questionnaires which adapted Likert-scale type responses to a total of 113 employees (46 males and 67 females) of fast food industry. Gathered data were analyzed through descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation. The researcher concluded that in an organizational culture in the fast food industry it should consider the importance of how the communication channels work, the relationship of the employees with their immediate supervisors, and the employee to employee relationship. Employee to employee relationship is very important to be monitored in the group since employees make a bigger part of the organization. Superiors should be accessible to all members of the organization to lend sympathetic ears in cases of queries of the employees. My immediate supervisor encourages my suggestions for improvement. Activities must be done to promote healthy culture at the workplace. Thus, it is recommended for any organization, specifically fast food industries, to develop a program and activities to enhance and strengthen the communication channels, relationship with immediate the supervisor and the employee to employee relationship. This program and activities will help promote healthy culture at the workplace.

Metacognitive Awareness and General Average Grade of 2nd Year BEED and BSE Students of NEUST-SIC

Junil A. Constantino, Maricar H. Sison, Pastora S. De Guzman

This study focused on the relationship between metacognitive awareness and General Average Grade of the students of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST-SIC) San Isidro Campus, College of Education. The sample consist of (65)2nd Year Bachelor of Elementary Education students and (102) 2nd Year Bachelor of Secondary Education students. The questionnaire (Metacognitive Awareness Inventory) developed by Schraw and Dennison in 1994 was used to determine the correlation of studentsâ€™ Metacognitive Awareness and Final General Average Grade as well as to identify significant difference on the scores of 2nd year BEED students and 2nd year BSE students respectively. Findings shows that Metacognitive Awareness and Final Average Grade are correlated. It also revealed that the 2nd Year BSE students registered higher in terms of regulation in metacognition compared to the 2nd year BEED students. Thus, it is recommended that more studies in metacognition must be done in all the areas and levels of specialization in the College of Education to determine the necessary skills needed by the students taking up Education as their course that requires metacognitive skills in learning and in teaching.

The role of Cooperative Learning in Attaining Inclusive Education in the Classroom, Creativity and Innovation in Secondary schools in Mwanza Region- Tanzania

Mahona Joseph Paschal, Thobias Thobias Nyoni, Demetria Gerold Mkulu

Cooperative learning is a strategy that teachers can use in the classroom to help students achieve better performance and also help in building positive interaction among students, giving all the learners chances to be active in the learning process. The world today is facing challenges in attaining inclusive education for all. The aim of this study is to examine the role of Cooperative learning in attaining Inclusive Education in the classroom. During presentation the presenters will present on the importance of Cooperative learning in attaining Inclusive Education in the classroom. Also the presenter will present on the challenges that hinder cooperative Learning in attaining inclusive learning in the classroom. Lastly, this paper discusses the basic strategies that would be employed to improve Cooperative learning as the strategies to attain inclusive Education in the classroom. The study employed qualitative methods in data collection. The targeted population was teachers and students in five secondary schools, purpose sampling technique employed to select English teachers while randomly sampling to select students. This paper concludes that, in Oder to attain inclusive Education, it is a vital for every educator to attain training on how to develop cooperative Learning. Also teachers should invest more in research and accept radical changes in the teaching and learning processes.

The Lord of the Rings as a grandiloquent novel

B. Helen Sheeba, Dr. A. Muthu Meena Losini

A far-fetched Trilogy, one of the unsurpassed fantasy tales to come out, more solicitous , more pragmatic, post modern fantasy, prototypical fantasy of 20th century, there is indubitably Tolkienâ€™s â€˜The Lord of the Ringsâ€™. The Lord of the Rings has received mixed reviews since its inception, ranging from appalling to admirable. Recent reviews in various media have been, in a majority, highly positive and Tolkien's literary achievement is slowly being accredited as a significant one. The first part of Tolkienâ€™s â€˜The Hobbitâ€™ is followed by â€˜The Lord of the Ringsâ€™, both have the Hobbits as its protagonists and carries a very old chronicle with the eminence of antiquity. â€˜The Lord of the Ringsâ€™ registers all the persona of a magical land with all its mysteries as mysteries are often a habitual part of fantasy. The Hero, King(s), the Warrior and the Wizard are quite palpable and map easily and directly to Jungâ€™s â€œstandardâ€ archetypal images. It has a lot to hollow out since it is rich in myth and mysteries. The Lord of the Rings was written with a backdrop of war, yet one of the most significant ramifications for Tolkien and is the best epic high fantasy novel.

Theme of Wandering Identity in VS Naipaulâ€™s Half a Life

Dr. Lekha Nath Dhakal

VS Naipaulâ€™s protagonist, Mr. Willie in Half a Life, undergoes the pain of having wandering identity and being displaced from his native land. He wanders for cultural root in an unfamiliar environment. Naipaul, through his great sensibility, has manifested his own pursuit for 'home' and 'root' through his protagonist. The protagonist symbolizes the agony of rootless and displaced people who are destined to lead a wandering life on this earth. Unquestionably, the loss of identity and a search for root happens to be the features of Naipaul's works. However, Willie finds his own way to make his life meaningful through hybrid identity. Finally, Willie strives and aspires to recreate a new sense of cultural root through a profound reception and working through his own position as a permanent exile and rootless subject.

Bio politics of Gendered Violence in Sahadat Hasan Mantoâ€™s Stories, â€œSharifanâ€, â€œXuda Ki Kasamâ€ and â€œGhate Ka Saudaâ€: Reflections on Authentic Testimonies of Trauma

Uttam Poudel

Saadat HasanManto, in his mentioned stories explores the gendered violence during the tragic event of the Partition of India. By foregrounding the plight and predicament of abducted, displaced and raped women caused by the biopolitical violence, the violence in which human bodies and lives are targets and focal points of politics and war, he attempts to show the most horrible picture of the Partition and its consequences. Due to the patriarchy - unleashed violence perpetrated on women they are ultimately reduced into homo sacer and muselmann as conceptualized by Giorgio Agamben. Muselmann is a specific form of life which is alive but dead, and dead but alive. The female characters, who suffer from brutal rape, abduction and mutilation in the stories, are nothing but the abject object, which speak the vastness of trauma without speaking. In other words, the victimized women characters and their somatic testimonies verge on the authenticity of their traumas. While dramatizing the pervasive effects of gender violence during the precarious time of the Partition of India by keeping the falsity of religious and political rhetoric of the Partition violence at bay, Manto projects the testimonies of the traumatic events of the Partition without perpetuating the cycle of revenge and recrimination. He does not see the perpetrators as Muslims or non-Muslims, Indians or Pakistanis; rather he just sees and depicts them as human beings with all their wilderness and barbarity. By executing the unmediated testimony of the Partition violence, and combining evil and suffering within it, he also captures the specificity of the Partition violence without being provocative in any way. In doing so, hebrings in the humanitarian and moral perspective on the Partition holocaust, which helps evoke the therapeutic effect of the trauma of the Partitionâ€” and that effect is the hallmark of the aesthetic of the literature of violence or trauma.

Linguistically Redefining the Concept of Anglophone in the 21st Century in Cameroon

Naomi Modjo

Until a few decades ago, Francophone Cameroonians were not really interested in the learning of English. They had a very unfavourable attitude towards it. Such a situation could be attributed to the fact that French is a dominant language in Cameroon. Today, the situation is gradually being reversed. Francophones are flooding English-medium education. A number of studies attest to this (Echu, 2004; Pen Tamba, 1993; Safotso, 2017a). Francophone Cameroonians see in English the language of opportunities. From past studies and using new data, this paper argues that the concept of Anglophone in Cameroon should be linguistically redefined in the 21st century.

The Effect of Instagram Exposure of Hedonic Lifestyle on Dissonance Rates for Digital Native

Popy Prilyantinasari, Ahmad Mulyana

Instagram is a social media that is widely used by digital natives in Indonesia. And every day digital natives can spend 24% of their time accessing Instagram. The hedonist lifestyle on Instagram is often visualized with vacation photos at a place of prestige, ownership of branded goods, and luxury. Digital natives who see the hedonist lifestyle on Instagram cause an affective effect that is feeling uncomfortable in the form of anxiety, jealousy, often comparing themselves with other people and so on. This discomfort is called dissonance. So that more often digital natively exposed by hedonic lifestyle makes the level of dissonance is higher. The theory used to analyze is the theory of Hypodermic Needle. This research uses quantitative research methods, with data collection techniques through the distribution of questionnaires to Budi Mulia high school students who were selected into a sample of 114 people through random sampling. Based on these results, the influence of hedonic lifestyle exposure on Instagram on the digital native dissonance level was obtained that Anova obtained Hedon Lifestyle Exposure variable on Instagram sig value of 0,000, then compared with a probability of 0.05, F count: 74.076 > F table: 3, 93 and at Î± = 5%, then the decision is H0 rejected, it means that there is an influence of Hedonic Lifestyle Exposure on Instagram Against the Disability Level of Digital Native of 39.8%, while 60.2% is influenced by other factors not mentioned in this study.

Spatial Pattern Analysis on Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) Disease in Tanjung Emas Port Area using Moran Index

Mukhammad Pujianto, Mursid Raharjo, Nurjazuli

Tanjung Emas Port area is the Stateâ€™s entrance in Semarang Cityâ€™s administrative area. Data shows a significant increase of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) disease cases from 38 cases in 2018 to 137 cases in 2019. The objective of research was to conduct a spatial analysis using spatial autocorrelation to find out the correlation pattern between locations. A descriptive and analytical observational study of 137 coordinate points of DHF patients was carried out for mapping purpose. This research employed spatial autocorrelation with Moranâ€™s Index. Using such the method, the spatial autocorrelation of DHF spread can be determined, and so can be the spatial distribution of DHFin Tanjung Emas Port area, Semarang. Spatial autocorrelation analysis showed Moranâ€™s Index value of 0.192725 at interval of 0 < I â‰¤ 1 indicating positive spatial autocorrelation; Moranâ€™s index>0 indicates the Cluster spread pattern. One-way significance test showed the positive autocorrelation in Dengue hemorrhagic fever case in Tanjung Emas Port and cluster spread spatial pattern.

Mystery, Magic and Morals: Looking at themes and ideas in select Indian and Arabic Literature

Aflah Zahoor

Arabic and Indian literature and culture are known for their richness and can be traced back to ancient times. Yet these texts written long back, from being passed down orally to becoming bestselling books hold relevance in our lives today. Fairy tales, fables, stories have a major impact on the cognitive development of children and form the major component of childrenâ€™s literature. Even adults find these stories, now even presented to us as series or movies fascinating. Indian and Arabic literature are rich in lingual and intellectual aspects, this paper looks at certain texts and tries to determine how they represent culture and ideology, reminding of cultural commonalities.

Depiction of Indian Society in Kamala Markandayaâ€™s Handful of Rice

Dr. J. Ranjithkumar

Markandayais the most outstanding woman novelist of the Indian English novelistsâ€™ belonging to both the east and west. India is the country of her birth and upbringing. England is that of her adoption. She lived for sometimes in south India to get the first-hand experience from the rural life. A thorough study of her novels shows that a gradual evolution of maturity is there in her art and genius. Her novels cover a wide range of themes. The study of Markandayaâ€™s novels shows a gradual evolution of her art and craft. Omniscient narration, first person narration, the character narrating the story, the flash back techniques, simple but effective conversational style, inclusion of myths from India-these are powerfully employed in her novels. Before her marriage and setting down in England. She spent some years in a South Indian Village and thus gained first-hand knowledge of Indian rural life. In her other novels as well as in A Handful of Rice we come across the real and vivid picture of Indian society. The novels of Kamala Markandaya give us ample proof not only of her talent, but also her crusading sprit for the welfare of humanity. From her tragic vision wells the pity and concern for mankind that keeps seeking truth, goodness and beauty even though human ideals are not everlasting and this concern is manifested in her works. Kamala Markandaya makes her novels the forum for her sensitive cries against suffering caused by various things like poverty, industrialization and social tension. We may easily study this description under the following heads:

Relationship of online Gaming addiction and study skills and habits of College Students

Bren C. Bondoc

Online gaming is one of the major trends today and is one of the most common source of entertainment for people specially students. However, it can be addictive and may have negative effect to students. This study described the college studentsâ€™ experiences in online gaming addiction. Also, it described the domains of study skills and habits of college students in terms of attitude, time management, goal setting, class preparation, and exam preparation. Further, it determined the relationships of college studentsâ€™ sex and year level with their online gaming experiences and the domains of study skills and habits. This study used the descriptive method. The researcher circulated a survey questionnaire with Likert-scale responses to a total of 115 college students consisting of 40 male students and 75 female students which year levels are 30 first year, 34 second year, 22 third year and 29 fourth year students. Based on the results of the study, the researcher concluded that college studentsâ€™ experiences in online gaming are as follows: they are not comfortable limiting their game time, they are bored when they do not play online games, they forgot to eat and they have stolen for gaming. However, college students did not necessarily neglect their responsibilities in school. In term of study skill and habits, the researcher concluded that college students have positive attitude to learn new things from school. They can start studying and they can keep it going. They do review practice problems to prepare for their class. Likewise, college students can adjust their study methods in terms of exam preparation. However, it is also concluded that they have on average goal setting plan though they are setting high standards for themselves in school. Furthermore, their sex and year level have nothing to do with their online gaming experiences and their study skills and habits. Same with their online gaming experiences are not associated with their study skills and habits. Since online gaming can be addicting, the researcher recommends that a school intervention should be done for the college students from where their experiences on it are quite alarming. Further study can be conducted focusing on the compulsive and obsessive behaviors of college students in relation to online gaming. Though positive results are present in terms of the study skills and habits of students, it is still recommended to have continuous monitoring not only of their skills and habits but on their academic performance in terms of academic grades, problems and deficiencies.

Research on Inventory Management of Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Enterprises in China under Supply Chain Environment

Zhou Fengjiao, Yin Xiuqing

Most enterprises have problems of liquidity shortage and poor capital turnover. This is the pressure of funds caused by the large inventory of enterprises. Excessive inventory will not only occupy a large amount of corporate capital, but also cause a series of The extra cost of the product will increase the cost of the product; while the inventory is too small, it will not be able to meet the market demand in a timely manner, and it will not be able to cope with the complex market changes. The purpose is to solve these problems and find the optimal combination of inventory costs and inventory benefits. On top of these, coupled with the development of information technology, it is the general trend that companies take advantage of the advantages of supply chain management to scientifically manage their inventory.

Analysis of Factors affect the understanding of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) of accounting students of higher education in Makassar

Lince Bulutoding, Jamaluddin Majid, Memen Suwandi, Suhartono

This study aims to determine the effect of learning behavior, emotional quotient, learning motivation, lecturer competency to understanding of IFRS accounting students. The type of this research is quantitative research using primary data. The population in this study containing by student majoring ini accounting UIN Alauddin Makassar, State University Makassar, and Hasanuddin University, purposive sampling method tha usingnin this study and obtained 240 respondents. Hypotesis testing using multiple regression. The results of this study show that simultaneourly learning behavior, emotional quotient, learning motivation, lecturer competency have a positive and significant effect on the understanding of IFRS accounting student. Partially emotional quotient, learning motivation, lecturer competency have a positive and significant effect on the understanding of IFRS accounting student, However learning behavior have a negative and significant effect on the understanding of IFRS accounting student The result of this research also shows that the independent variables can explain to effect the understanding of IFRS accounting student.equal to 92,6 % the rest effect by other factor not examined in this research.

Tracer Study of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology Graduates (Atate Campus)

Engr. Rolando P. Corpuz

The essence of a higher education institution or university is to produce employable graduates. This study described the profiles of the graduates of batch 2018 and 2019 (Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship) of NEUST Atate Campus in terms of Sex, Employment Status, Year Hired, and Monthly Salary. It also described the work location, and list of agencies where the graduates of NEUST Atate Campus were employed. The descriptive survey method of research was used in this study. A total of 118 graduates from NEUST Atate Campus which comprises of 65 BSIT (27 graduates of year 2018 and 38 graduates of year 2019), 24 BSBA (Batch 2018), and 29 BSEntre (Batch 2019) were surveyed. Based from the results of this tracer study, it can be seen that only more than half of the graduates were already employed. The employed graduates are working in their nearby cities/towns and few are working abroad. It is then recommended by the researcher to have a follow up study on the status of the employment of their graduates. The follow up study should include other information would be beneficial for the improvement of the programs and activities related to the graduates of their alma mater, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology. A study must include the employed graduatesâ€™ position in the agency, their challenging experiences while applying on their work, do their current work aligned with their graduated courses, and the like. This should also include an evaluation of the agencies on the graduatesâ€™ work attitude and behavior. Thus, evaluating the quality of graduates the university is producing yearly based on the universityâ€™s mission.

Contemporary Tibetan Literature in English: Witnessing Exile

Priyanka Dâ€™Rozario, Dr. Sunil Kumar Mishra

For a very long time, Tibetan scholarship had been much focused on mysticism, spirituality, philosophy and religion. Tibetan medicine had also found its due place in the vast corpus of Tibetan studies. This linearity of development of Tibetan literature that had started with the advent of Buddhism in the 7th century,was brought to an abrupt pause and the course of its progress was altered when Tibet was violently occupied by the Peopleâ€™s Republic of China in 1959. Although a major portion of this tradition has Buddhist teachings as its chief motif, the diversity within the Tibetan literature is easy to observe. It includes subjects such as linguistics, literature, biography, history, philosophy, astronomy, medicine etc. The translations of Indian Buddhist treaties that are occuping the maximum of the Tibetan literature corpus. The present research intents to explore how the contemporary Tibetan literature has arisen in exile has brought the issue of Tibetan displacement on a global platform fetching much support for cause of â€˜Free Tibetâ€™, offering an opportunity to observe and contemplate on the problem of exileas perceived by the Tibetans living outside of Tibet.

Heâ€™s a man and sheâ€™s a woman: A Conversation Analysis on Linguistic Gender differences

Jasmin M. Sumipo

This study used a conversation analysis design guided by a questionnaire adopted from Rowe and Levine (2015) to assess the linguistic gender differences of male and female. Three pairs of interactants of varied age group, children, teens, and adults, were observed as they engaged in dyadic conversations. Interactants chose the topic of their choice to give the conversation a natural and smooth flow. Age, gender and physical appearance were noted to describe the profile of interactants and to find out how these would possibly influence their dyadic encounters. Elements of communication such as number of interruptions, clarifications, reference to past and future events, and initiators were noted. Social aspect of communication relating to speech acts were also observed since this would show similarities and differences between male and female interactants. One of the conclusions reached in this study was age and physical appearance had no impact since each pair of interactants belonged to the same age group and all interactants were physically fair. Gender differences, however, were manifested in the varied communication elements as well as in the social aspects of communication, particularly in speech acts.

The other Foot in George Farquharâ€™s: The Beaux Stratagem

Adil M. Jamil

This article is designed to highlight the innovation of George Farquhar in his play The Beaux Stratagem, and to illuminate the factors behind its everlasting appeal to audiences since its first performance in 1707 and after. The play still retains a magnificent appeal to all audiences for centuries, and remains alluring and fascinating to even the 21st Century audiences. Its magnitude lies in the sure-fire comic devices and witty characters as well in the profound insight adjoined the comic situations and events. As a transitional playwright, Farquhar has one foot in the declining traditions of the Comedy of Manners, and the other foot in the growing vogue of Sentimental Comedy, employing some character types of the old tradition with innovative alteration, together with introducing prototypes of the coming sentimental types. To keep pace with the shift in tone, he modifies the purpose of his play to suit the specifications of critics, moralists and theatre goers. With its innovative particulars, it sets an early premise for the approaching changes in the dramatic conventions and trends of the 18th Century comedies. More crucially, it forms a gateway to move into the world of sentimentalism, or a bridge between the two.

A Conversation Analysis of Repair Strategies in Communication Breakdowns: A Case Study of Algerian Bilingual Students

Souad Belgrimet

The present study seeks to delve into the intricacies of repair strategies used by Algerian bilinguals. The topic of repair strategies has attracted ample attention in the last couple of decades. Consequently, this study is hoped to enrich previous findings. In this respect, the different types of repair strategies used by Algerian bilingual students are explored. Similarly, it attempts to examine the different functions lying at the very heart of each repair strategy. The participants taking part in this study are Algerian bilingual students at the University of Jordan. Data are elicited by audio-recording the participants who, in pairs, were asked to engage in casual conversations. The analysis of the results obtained is couched within the framework of conversation analysis. In addition, the study is a replication of Al Harahshahâ€™s (2015) investigation. In fact, the findings indicate that Algerian bilinguals adopt nine different strategies of repair; namely: Expansion, repetition, meta-repair, hesitation, abort and abandon, code switching, abort and restart, avoidance and questioning. In a similar vein, these appear to serve different functions depending on the objective of the speaker and the type of communication breakdown taking place. The conclusions drawn from this paper may constitute basis for a fruitful line of inquiry in forthcoming research.

Motive and Perception as Distinguishing Factors of the use of Analog Camera in the Digital Area

Dadan Iskandar, Suraya Mansur, Rajab Ritonga, Novita Damayanti

This research is aimed to identify the motives of analog camera users in using the analog camera in the midst of current digital era. It is also conducted to understand the societyâ€™s perception and opinion on the existence of analog camera in current digital era. The theory employed in this research is â€œUses and Gratificationâ€ by Elihu Katz and Jay G. Blumler. This theory corroborates that generally the society uses the media for specific motives. Perception is predicated on three things; selection, organization, and interpretation. Selection consists of sensation and attention; meanwhile organization is heavily linked to interpretation which is defined as â€œattaching a stimulus with other stimuli to derive the whole meaningâ€. This research uses a positivist or classical paradigm with a quantitative approach and a descriptive research form. The data collected for this research was taken from a survey with dozens of questions done to 117 people, consisting of analog camera users and the cyber society. The data analysis used here is discriminant analysis. The result of the research shows that there is a motive of using the analog camera predicated by a desire to experience using analog camera and a desire to gain prestige; the accuracy of using this discriminant model is 57,1%. Meanwhile from the perception argument, the use of analog camera is predicated by â€œa perception to have unique analog camera imagesâ€, â€œa perception to look skilful in photographyâ€ and â€œa perception to cultivate the skills in photographyâ€, the accuracy of this prediction achieves 47,1%.

William Blakeâ€™s â€œThe Little Vagabondâ€ and Organized Religion

Sun Shuting

This article is an analysis of William Blakeâ€™s poem â€œThe Little Vagabondâ€ from the angle of Blakeâ€™s views on organized religion. The article identifies three main themes of the poem; happiness, the sacred and the profane and assesses the tension between them. The article assesses the tension between these three in the poem to show Blakeâ€™s criticism of organized religion, later developed in his prophetic books. The little vagabond unwittingly identifies a dichotomy of organized religion in its inability to combine happiness with the sacred. Its strictures against happiness make happiness profane. As happiness is exiled to only keep company with the profane, the boy innocently suggests making the sacred the profane. Blake develops these ideas in molding his character of Urizon, the cold lawgiver, father of stern and somber organized religion.

â€˜A Menace to Family Cocoonâ€™ in Rohinton Mistryâ€™s Novel Such a Long Journey

Dr. Usha P.Yaul

Rohinton Mistryâ€™s first novel, Such a Long Journey, creates a vivid picture of Indian family life and culture. Indian middle class family pattern is nuclear. All family members live in cordial relationship. Relationship between parents and children is based mostly on conventional practices. The present novel centers around the family of a Parsi gentleman called Gustad Noble who works as a bank clerk. He was deeply devoted to his work and his family of wife Dilnavaz, two sons Sohrab and Darius and a daughter Roshan. Gustad is living in socially and financially petty circumstances which has left him nostalgic for his grandfatherâ€™s days. He cherishes dreams of regaining his familyâ€™s lost prosperity through his eldest son Sohrabâ€™s admission in prestigious Indian Institute of Technology. It is the only hope for him to carve out a space for himself and his family in a country where politics of regionalism plays a key role and affects common manâ€™s life and gives feeling of â€˜othernessâ€™.

Feasible Deleveraging Options for Chinese Corporations: The Experiences of the United States and Japan

Jiaming Lin

Non-financial sectorâ€™s leverage ratio of China has been rising rapidly after the 2008 financial crisis, and it is mainly manifested by the high debt leverage ratio of the non-financial corporationsâ€™ sector, while this structural contradiction has not been apparent in developed countries and other emerging market countries. This paper takes the United States and Japan as research objects, comparatively analyzes the feature and countermeasures of debt leverage in the United States after the 2008 financial crisis and Japan's post-1990 financial crisis. Based on the actual situation of Chinese corporations' leverage, the reasonable transfer of leverage between macro-sectors (government sector, households sector and nonfinancial corporations sector), the gradual elimination of backward production capacity, and the improvement of the company's production and operation capabilities are of great significance to the high debt leverage of Chinese corporations.

Means Towards the end: Enhancing Language Skills through Collaborative assignments in Literature in English

Bazimaziki Gabriel, Mukadisi Florence, Nyandwi Gilbert, Twahirwa Jean Bosco

The aim of this paper was to throw light on group assignments in literary subjects as a means to enhance communication skills with a particular interest in undergraduate one students who have learnt â€œIntroduction to Literature in Englishâ€. The study involved Cusoe Joeâ€™s Taxonomy of Specific Cooperative â€“ learning Structure which can be applied in different contexts for distinctive purposes. Four research questions guided this study such as (1) How are students interested in group assignments? (2) To what extent do group works in Literature in English engage learners (3) what are the challenges that impede effective group works and (4) how can these challenges be addressed? The researchers used both qualitative and quantitative analysis of data generated from 58 respondents selected basing on Morgan and Krejcieâ€™s sample size determination. Analysis of findings revealed that majority of students are very much interested in group assignments in Literature in English because they enhance communication skills through interaction. However, factors such as mixed combinations coupled with the fear of practice and little English communication skills militate against effective collaborative works. It was recommended that the two parts concerned with the teaching and learning play their parts each to grapple with these challenges.

Towards effective Teaching and learning ESP in mixed classes: Studentsâ€™ interest, challenges and remedies

Twahirwa Jean Bosco, Bazimaziki Gabriel, Mukadisi Florence, Nyandwi Gilbert

This study reports on studentsâ€™ interest in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and challenges impeding their effective learning. The study is anchored on Richardsâ€™ Communicative Language teaching theory (CLT) framed on principles of language teaching and learning. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. A four Likert Scale questionnaire was used to gather information from forty â€“ five respondents determined basing on Morgan and Krejcieâ€™s approach. Analysis revealed that despite that majority of students are interested in English for Specific purposes, factors such as fear of practice, few or lack of appropriate facilities, class size affect teaching and learning . It was recommended that the three parts concerned with the teaching and learning play their parts to grapple with these challenges.

A Critical Study of Oedipus Rex and the identity of Women in Ancient Greece

Ainaab Tariq, Ravi Bhatt

Oedipus Rex, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles and was performed first around 429 B.C.Role of gender in society is as old as human society itself. In Oedipus Rexâ€ a women named Jocasta is the main character and experiences all the complicated events of the female gender from her child hood throughout her life. She begins life as daughter of Menoeceus of Thebes and becomes the queen of the king (Laius).Moved by number of events like proclaiming and human weakness the play cross the climax. Besides the role of women in Greece is defined. Where the gender biasness is explained by certain events.

National Identity and Multiculturalism: A Critical Analysis of Lloyd Fernandoâ€™s Scorpion Orchid

Riyad Abdurahman Manqoush

This paper is intended to examine the issue of identity in Malaya at the first half of the twentieth century as exposed in Lloyd Fernandoâ€™s Scorpion Orchid (1976). The novel centers on four friends from different races in Malaya mainly Malay, Indian, Chinese and European. The analysis is supposed to highlight the problems and issues of nationhood and nationalism that are reflected in the text. In other words, the research explores the charactersâ€™ sense of belonging as well as their national identity to their homelands and their suffering in the hostland, Malaya. The analysis of this study is theoretically framed based on Hami Bhabhaâ€™s Nation and Narration (1990). The discussions and analysis conclude that the issues of nationhood and nationalism have evidently been exposed in Fernandoâ€™s Scorpion Orchid. One of the charactersâ€”Sabranâ€”attempts to unite the students from the different races in one union to liberate Malaya from the colonizers. He strengthens his relationships with his friends and confirms that all people from different races should accept each other and live together. Similarly, another characterâ€”Sallyâ€”can be seen as a symbol of the land for she loves all people who visits her the same way that Malaya loves the different races who inhabit it. Even though Sally and Malaya have happily welcomed the different races, both have not been given love in return. However, Peterâ€™s suffering of racial prejudice symbolizes the Eurasians of Malaya at that time when they were discriminated and stereotyped as Europeans just because they were white. Due to that racial prejudice and alienation, Peter feels that he does not belong to Malaya and thus he decides to travel to England at the end of the novel. Just like Peter, Santinathanâ€™s uncle and family leaves Malaya and return to their homeland, India. In short, the novel is one of the marvelous texts that portray the multicultural society of Malaya in the 1950s. It mirrors the experiences of the different racesâ€”the Malays, Indians, Chinese and Eurasiansâ€”who lived in Malaya. In other words, the novel uncovers the identity problem of those races including their sense of belonging and living in between spaces.

Knowledge and Level of Compliance of Tricycle Drivers on Traffic Rules and Regulations: A Case of the Tricycle City of the Philippines

Januaryn Jose B. Aydinan

The importance of traffic laws is undeniable because it is designed to protect both the lives of the drivers and passengers. Having sufficient knowledge of rules on the road and much more on practicing those rules make a driver skilled and would surely minimize the accidents or crash on the road. This study was accomplished with the objective of determining the knowledge and level of compliance of the tricycle drivers on traffic rules and regulations in terms of Ten Commandments of traffic, pavement markings and, traffic signs/signals and islands in Cabanatuan City which is known as the Tricycle City of the Philippines. With the objective of gaining new insights with the current situation in the said subject, the researcher used a descriptive research method. The respondents of this study were the 100 driverâ€“members of selected Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) in Cabanatuan City who were randomly chosen from different barangays. It has been found out in this study that the motorists are knowledgeable in terms of the traffic rules and regulations but on the contrary, they are not always compliant. Based on the results of this study, the researcher suggests the refurbishing of the driver licensing system and the strict implementation of the existing laws on road traffic management.

The effect of four factors on parallelism in English sentence

Dina. M. Salman

This article is an attempt to the shed the light on the importance of using parallelism in English sentences. The parallel sentences are easily read and comprehendon the contrary of the non-parallel sentences which create confusion and ambiguity. However parallelism facilitates the production and comprehension of the recipients. This positive effect of parallelism is affected and restricted by four factors which can reduce its influence.This work tries to memorize these main factors and show the difference in the interpretations and comprehension of the sentences when they are parallel and non parallel.

Womanist Expressions in the Poetry of Judith Wright and Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Dr. Bhavna Sharma

Judith Wright and Oodgeroo Noonuccal, two well-known poets of Australia, consider woman to be the moral fiber of society playing an integral role to build the other life-sustaining relationships. Woman, they assert is the real maker of a â€œfamilyâ€ and her soul is steeped in the values and ideology of the society. But the tragedy lies in the fact that she is devoid of the real happiness of life. The poetic works of both the poets reveal their profound sympathy for women and their struggle to realize their desires and ambitions, both inside and outside. Dealing with the disappointment, senselessness and torment of women in a patriarchal society they depict how patriarchal attitudes are bred through various socialization processes like family, marriage, religion and education. Their poetry deal with the roles played by women that placate their life with love and care revealing also the difficulty faced in search of finding their identity and individuality. The poets view love as an ideology and also as one of the primary means through which women are subordinated and suppressed to the extent of losing their identity. However, both the poets also salute the hidden strength in women capable of bringing revolution when the appropriate time comes. Their expressions reveal that women need to voice their suffering, break the chains of the patriarchal system and develop a new set of values to liberate them from male prejudice placing them on equal terms. Both the poets have cross-culturally tried to educate women to take a stand against their suppression and oppression and show their determination to resist further exploitation to ascertain human status.

Revisiting the Past: A Thematic Study of Man Booker Prize Winning Novel Wolf Hall Written by Hilary Mantel

Dr. Meenakshi Joshi

Man Booker Prize is the most prominent award every year provided to the finest work in fiction of literary area. The award is an opportunity and a platform to sensible literature and novelists and their work. It helps them to make their approach to global readers. The research paper is the thematic study of Wolf Hall, one of the winning novels of Booker award. The novel won the award of 2010, written by Novelist Hilary Mantel who won the award twice for her Tudor novels in series. The novel provides a window to the readers to revisit the history of the country England). Mantel Shows the England of sixteenth Century through the eyes of her Protagonist Thomas Cromwell. She has woven the national myth with the historical facts into the novel. She includes the nation defining events to explore the nationâ€™s identity. Mantel has taken the most influential and discussed period of the history which plays an important role in the history of England as a nation.

Perceptions of College Marketing Graduates to the difficulties Experienced in finding Employment in Nueva Ecija

Mercy V. Torres

Considering the continuous increase in the number of graduates further jobs in diverse companies and industries is undoubtedly and probably required. Graduates have more favorable reviews of their learning of management knowledge and skills in fields such as marketing that are important to other industries. This study described the difficulties experienced by college marketing graduates in finding employment in terms of laxity in knowledge, skills, and working experience. The study used descriptive method as it describes the present condition. A total of 200 alumni of business administration-marketing course (69 males and 131 females) were surveyed. The researcher used a likert-scale type questionnaire and analyzed it through statistical data treatment such as mean, weighted mean and ranking. Based on the gathered data, the researcher concluded that marketing graduates experiencing difficulties in finding a job is, one, due to the lack of knowledge as basic knowledge about the job is insufficient and they canâ€™t adapt quickly to the environment of the work. Thus, it is recommended that studying hard will uplift their career prospects in par with their educational attainment. Two, lack of skills due to insufficiency and apprehension to perform and apply in their job. It is recommended that marketing graduates attend trainings and seminars that would improve their skills. Three, Lack of working experience due to insufficient time and insufficient learnings on their on-the-job-training (OJT)). It is recommended that their selected company be prominent in the industry and is aligned with their course to further develop their skills and competencies. Overall, the researcher concluded that the perception of the marketing graduates to their experienced difficulties in finding employment were all the enumerated laxity. It is recommended that the students should focus on improving onesâ€™ self to prevent the laxity and difficulty that can be experienced after graduation.

The Dark Side of GTA: Chinatown Wars

Kevin George

Released way back in 2009, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an action-adventure videogame, developed for a console meant for teenagers. However, the videogame drew flak for its inclusion of certain controversial mini-games and missions involving drugs like cocaine and heroin. This short essay/review will focus on the corruptive influence of something as trivial as a videogame and how it works insidiously as a lure to a world of crime, which young minds find irresistible.

Seeking Information used Digital Media to fulfill the Need for Maritime Tourism Information in Indonesia (Study on Youth in Jakarta)

Suraya Mansur, Nurhayani Saragih, Gayatri Atmadi, Nurul Robbi Sepang

Millennials nowadays are interested in maritime tourism as the destinations are unspoiled, bringing them back to nature, and several destinations also offer adrenaline attractions, such as mountains. In this technologically advanced era with social media, millennials tend to spend most of their time on social media. Search for maritime tourism destination information is also related to the usage pattern of social media. This study aimed to determine which of the digital media that was mostly used by the millennials who were studying in Jakarta to search maritime tourism destination information. This study employed seeking information theory. This study also used a quantitative descriptive survey method. The samples of this study are 100 students of Communication Studies of Mercu Buana University, gained by using the purposive technique. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The usage of Instagram and Youtube dominated the search for information regarding maritime tourism expense; the ideal time to travel; information regarding safety and convenience; information related to transportation; attraction or shows; culinary in maritime tourism attractions; also, local products that could be the souvenirs of maritime tourism destinations.

Perpetual Analysis and Relevance of Love Bond in the Novels of Khaled Hosseini

Dr. Madhvi Rathore, Vandana Chundawat

Khaled Hosseini is one of the most prolific Afghan-American Writer who beautifully investigates into the delicacies of human relationships. In his novels, Hosseini has stated his concern about the despicable conditions of the people in general and women in specific who have been doubly disregarded â€“one by the society and the other inside the four walls of their homes. Against the backdrop of such a ruptured environment, the strong factor that gives strength to the characters is the bond of love and trustworthiness as reflected in The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and the Mountains Echoed. Hosseini makes it vibrant and clear that these love stories are very much unlike the platonic narratives of romantic love hood between a man and a woman. They are not traditional, they are the stories of love where â€œcharacters are saved by love and humanismâ€. (2003 interview). Their love is tried and testified in extreme difficult situations and the characters are left to realize their individual paths by reuniting to their loved ones at their own risk. It is eventually this yearning for love that draws characters out of their loneliness, gives them power and strength to transcend their boundaries, to tussle with their weaknesses and perform shocking acts of self-sacrifice.

Study of Disability Literature Analysis System

Anjan Some

This article is perhaps the most extensive review of the Disability Literature Analysis System (DLAS), a novel framework developed specifically to study and analyze the literary works that concern disability in a focused and organized manner. Therefore, the focus can be said to be on resolving the problem of incorporating literary studies into disability studies. The thesis offers an organised and comprehensive approach to addressing the issues related to representation of disability or ‘disability narratives’ in works of literature. The current research studies a wide range of contemporary works of disability literature through the lens of qualitative content analysis and semi-structured interviews with relevant authors, as well as quantitative text mining techniques in order to search for specific themes, language, and visual representation. In literature, there are important and illustrative developments in understanding how impairment and sickness are represented including the changes in presentation of character types, development of issues over a period of time and the distortion which author’s attitudes cause on images of disability. This research offers an analytic perspective salient to the specific disability studies in the literature because it provides an alternative scheme that is interesting, practical and illustrative on the benefits of interaction between ‘writing’ and ‘disability’. The study also provides them with the means to undertake in-depth reading of disability related literary texts and criticism and flush out the images of disability crafted by the authors. Lastly, it also creates avenues for future exploration of issues that relate disability studies to literary theory and practices as well as the digital humanities.