Using data projector in the methodology course class

This paper investigates the effect of using data projector in teaching "The methodology of English Language" course on the achievement of male students at Baghdad University in the 2018-2019 academic year. The sample of the study constituted 195 students who registered for the course. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysing participants' results. The results of the study indicated that all the study sample results were homogeneous and that there is a statistical difference in the students' achievement in a test in favour of the experimental group

Pedagogical implications of conversational implicatures in Austen’s pride and prejudice

This research was aimed at figuring out the meanings, their various forms, their intended sense used in pride and prejudice by Jane Austen. The data were collected through certain procedures focused on the theory of relevance. The utterances in dialogs which contain implications were selected and determined to be analyzed. Certain procedures were presented and defined used to analyze the data based on ‘Relevance theory’; which involves not only encoding and decoding messages through communication but also various other elements, comprising inference and context. Analyses and findings of the study reveal that there were 60 implications were distributed into strong and weak forms. As a follow-up, the study was performed to the second-semester students of the Baghdad University Graduate Program, resulting in no substantial correlation between the awareness of implications and significance theory of the respondents and their success in evaluating implications using the p-value hypothesis of 0.406 (p-value > 0.05)

INTEGRATION OF FACEBOOK MESSENGER IN THE ENGLISH LITERATURE CLASSROOM: LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate learners’ attitudes and perceptions toward the integration of online discussion forum via Facebook Messenger into the EFL/ literature classroom.  Methodology: For this research, a convenience sampling method was used to collect 45 samples through a questionnaire to gauge learners’ attitudes and perceptions of using the online discussion forum for learning the literature from those who are incorporated for group discussions on the course’s prescribed novel, Lord of the Flies. The research data was analyzed for descriptive statistics using SPSS version 20. Main Findings: The results of the experimental study revealed that the respondents’ positive attitudes towards the integration of ODF (Overall Mean = 4.03, SD = 0.84) and perceptions on the effects of online discussion forum on learning the novel were revealed (Overall Mean = 3.99, SD = 0.87). Thus, this study proposes an online discussion forum as an invaluable element to enhance the teaching of the literature component in the EFL classroom. Applications: This study proposes ODF as an invaluable element to enhance the teaching of the literature component in the EFL/ ESL classroom based on the learners’ positive attitudes and perceptions. It is conducted at the University of Anbar in Iraq. Undergraduate EFL learners who were enrolled in the English language course at the Department of English, College of Education for Humanities participated in the study. It can be used by literary students, from universities and other literary centers. Novelty: Industrial revolution 4.0 requires a shift from face-to-face lecture approach to a technology-enhanced environment whereby learners can take responsibility for their own learning through collaboration, critical discussion, and negotiation. Taking up this challenge, online discussion forum (ODF) via Facebook Messenger was first introduced into the EFL literature classroom at the University of Anbar, Iraq to replace the predominantly used traditional approach

A review of studies on Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab’s life and poetry

This paper is a review of literature of the researches and readings that are related to my study of the celebrated Iraqi poet Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab (1926-1964) and his attitude towards women. Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab is the most studied poet and a lot of studies, books and article in various languages dealt with his life and poetry. Researchers followed various approaches to examine his social status, his political stands and even his psychological condition. However, only a limited number of researches studied his poetry in terms of language and linguistics. Besides, and as far as it is related to our study, researchers did not state whether Al-Sayyab‟s ideological and political stands influence his attitude toward the women

Factors affecting the teaching of writing using Wiki

Studies have shown that wiki can be an effective tool for teaching writing. Students’ written assignments can be posted on wiki sites, and feedback can be given to the students by anybody and at anytime on the web. Observations were made on teachers teaching at three different universities where wiki was used. A few problems were encountered and among them were teacher resistance, teaching time, network robustness, lack of access to teaching labs, students’ attitude, students’ language ability and commitment of peers and other feedback providers. The study shows that going through each essay can be time-consuming if one is dealing with a large number of students, peer review may not be a good option if the partner is not proficient in the language, access to the facility for teaching and for individual work can be difficult to arrange, feedback from others can be difficult to get especially when it is meant for a language class. It was also observed that not all students were keen on using wiki to write

Pemeliharaan maslahah di sebalik pensyariatan konsep berpakaian wanita menurut Islam

Tulisan ini cuba menghuraikan berkenaan konsep pemeliharaan maslahah yang diutarakan Islam dalam pensyariatan hukum-hakam Syariah. Walaupun begitu, tulisan ini hanya akan memfokuskan dalam aspek konsep pakaian wanita di hadapan lelaki bukan mahram sahaja dengan bersandarkan kepada rujukan-rujukan perpustakaan meliputi kajian terhadap teks-teks seperti tafsir al-Quran, fiqh dan sebagainya. Pemilihan fokus ini disebabkan terdapat pelbagai pandangan negatif yang dilemparkan oleh sesetengah ahli masyarakat terhadap konsep ini. Sehubungan itu, tulisan ini akan cuba mengutarakan hukum-hakam berkaitan pakaian wanita termasuk keadaan-keadaan yang diberikan kelonggaran syarak (rukhsah) beserta penjelasan berkenaan maslahah di sebaliknya. Secara umumnya, tulisan ini merumuskan bahawa pensyariatan konsep pakaian ini antara lainnya bertujuan menutup jalan yang boleh membawa kepada jenayah seksual terhadap wanita dan secara tidak langsung menyumbang kepada keharmonian hidup masyarakat. Tulisan ini diharapkan dapat memberikan manfaat yang besar kepada sumbangan ilmiah berkaitan cara hidup Isla

Maslahah di sebalik keharusan prosedur-prosedur rawatan IVF (In-Vitro Fertilisation): suatu kupasan / Mansor Sulaiman … [et al.]

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan kedudukan maslahah di sebalik keharusan pelaksanaan prosedur-prosedur rawatan kesuburan dalam kategori IVF (in-Vitro Fertilisation). Sebagai penentuan kepada batasan kajian, tulisan ini hanya merujuk kepada garis panduan syariah rawatan kesuburan yang telah dibangunkan oleh penyelidik UMP menerusi geran FRGS yang tamat pada 2015. Menerusi rujukan ini, tulisan ini memfokuskan penelitian terhadap maslahah di sebalik keharusan prosedur-prosedur yang berkenaan sahaja. Penelitian yang dijalankan adalah berkisar kepada dalil-dalil dan kaedah-kaedah yang dirujuk dalam penentuan keharusan prosedur-prosedur tersebut. Dalil-dalil dan kaedah-kaedah ini akan dikaji perkaitannya dengan maslahah dan seterusnya dikemukakan kesimpulan berbentuk kedudukan maslahah di sebalik keharusan prosedur-prosedur yang berkenaan. Akhirnya diharapkan tulisan ini akan dapat dijadikan rujukan dalam isu-isu baru khususnya yang memerlukan kepada penjelasan syariah terhadapnya

Students readiness and motivation to use mobile phone for learning english at higher learning institution

The rapid growth on ICT have reshaped our live today, and nowadays' university students in Higher Learning Institutions have an immense use of mobile phones, iPads and other portable devices. Mobile learning or m-Learning focuses on the mobility of the learner while interacting with portable technologies. The use of mobile learning among university students is seen as an alternative to increase their interest and motivation on learning the academic programmes at Higher Learning Institution. The m-learners use mobile device for educational purpose at their own time convenience. An online questionnaire survey will be used to collect data for this study. The findings will reveal on the students‟ readiness which are basic readiness, skills readiness, psychological readiness and budget readiness at a public university in Malaysia in relation to mobile learning. The study will also explore the students‟ motivation towards the use of mobile technologies for learning English in the university. A discussion on the implications of the findings will also be presented

Feedback via Wikis: Revisions and Improvement

This paper reports on the findings of a case study which explored the impact of using wikis as a tool in developing ESL students’ writing skills. Seventeen undergraduate students enrolled in a required final year course participated in this study. Data was triangulated using several data collection methods which included drafts written by students, feedback provided and the revisions done via wikis, and individual interviews. Findings showed that the students used most of the feedback they received via wikis to revise their reports. Revisions made resulted in writing improvement. Sixteen students showed statistically significant improvements in writing. The findings illustrates that wikis can be an effective tool for teaching writing because feedback and revisions can be easily reviewed and addressed using the facility provided by this editable, web-based tool