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Abstract Oral Corrective Feedback (OCF) is essential because it supports learners to learn distinct forms of the target language correctly. Thus, the present research aimed to examine Libyan English students’ attitudes towards oral interactional corrective feedback techniques and compare male and female learners’ perceptions. The study took place in the English department at Sirte University, and it was based on completing a 36-item questionnaire by 97 EFL students. The learners’...

The study sought to identify barriers faced by persons with Visual Impairment in the electoral process in Zambia.A phenomenological research study design was used.Data was collected using interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs).Purposive sampling procedure was used to sample thirty participants.The key findings were that the Visually Impaired persons face many barriers of which the following were part of; lack of education, lack of social network, lack of confidentiality, ignorance,...

Major contributing factors include increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, rising temperature and modified frequency of extreme events, possibly leading to more drought and floods. These changes in turn alter the availability of water resources, productivity of grazing lands and livestock, and the distribution of agricultural pests and diseases. Environmental changes, such as changes in rainfall variability, drought, warmer or cooler temperature (lead to change in growing seasons) and land...

Climate change is one of the current issues that severely influence all climate sensitive sectors like agriculture. Crop management options are needed to minimize the impact and sustain regional food production.The objectives of this study were (1) to calibrate and evaluate the CERES-Sorghum Model of DSSAT (V4.7) for simulating phenology, growth and yield of sorghum (2) to assess projected climate changes (2030s and 2050s) in the study area (3) to simulate impact of projected climate change...

Suicide is the leading cause of death among adolescents in the world.In Kenya, the rising number of teenage suicide cases is a matter of great concern.This study examined the underlying causes of suicide risk behavior among teenage secondary school students in Kenya.Participants comprised seven students who exhibited suicidal behaviour from four schools drawn from Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.Out of the seven participants, four were female, and three male students.This study adopted...

African American culture is both fascinating and immense.Unfortunately, there are many disproportions faced by African Americans, which result in barriers to care.There have been a few themes identified in the literature.The themes include: Barriers to care for women, men, children, and then disease specific.Only around 10% of African Americans receive referrals to a health professional for assistance.This literature review provides information on each theme but also the importance of being...

Alcohol use among school learners in South Africa is documented as a seri- ous health problem. Learners who use alcohol display antisocial behaviour such as hostility, attacking, fighting and hurting others with dangerous objects. Life orientation teachers face the challenge of assisting learners to change this behaviour. This study aimed to explore and describe the educa- tors’ views about learners’ alcohol use at selected schools in the Capricorn District of the Limpopo Province of South...

Mobile phones, laptops, tablets and lots more have become a learning tool with unlimited prospects in both classrooms and outdoor learning.Using mobile games in education combines conventional and active learning with fun in possibly exceptional forms.This study accessed the intellectual impact of mobile educational games on secondary school education in Nigeria.A case study approach was adopted for the quantitative research.The sample consisted of 169 students and 52 teachers...

Given the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 agenda, several countries have introduced various initiatives and reforms towards attracting and recruiting competent teachers to empower the next generation so that they can face global challenges and transform and sustain the development of society through education that is inclusive, equitable, of quality, and life-long. This study is, therefore, concerned with the role of school governing bodies to recruit competent teachers for a...

This study sought to examine the influence of school workplace condition on teachers' job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Bukoba Rural District.It was guided by three research objectives namely: To find out teachers perceptions about the workplace standards to teacher's job satisfaction in public secondary schools, to determine the contribution of school workplace standards on teachers' job satisfaction in public secondary schools and the third objective was to identify...

Climate change has become a global issue that most if not all countries around the world are tackling. Its impacts cut across different sectors, but for less developed countries like Lesotho, agriculture is a sector that is being affected the most. Lesotho depends on rainfed agriculture, mostly for subsistence and in part for commercial purposes as a source of income. Research in Lesotho has focused more on the implications of climate change on environmental processes, and less attention has...

A reduction in species of Nile fish was observed during (2001-2020).Annual temperature revealed high levels (29 to 31 ˚C), with fluctuation between 2001 and 2008, decreased from 2009 to 2000.Rainfall fluctuated between 2001 and 2007, with highest peaks in 2019 and 2020.Positive correlation (r = 0.34402) was found between temperature and catch.Catch increased with decreased temperature.Negative correlation (r = -0.15869)was found between catch and rainfall, high level of catch was recorded...

Background: this study investigated factors influencing hand washing practice with special focus to educational factors, socioeconomic factors and cultural factors influencing hand washing practice among primary school children attending at Altadamun School, Mogadishu-Somalia.Factors the main objective of this study is factors influencing hand washing practice remain a major problem in developing hygiene related diseases among primary school children.Methods: the study employed descriptive...

Background: Globally, unsafe abortion is a public health problem, which accounts approximately 20 million each year, resulting nearly 80,000 maternal deaths and hundreds of disabilities and the problem is more severe in developing countries. In Africa the risks of dying from unsafe abortion is one in hundred fifty, and unsafe abortion accounts for up to 25%-35% of maternal deaths in Ethiopia being a critical public health problem with possible complication like hemorrhage, sepsis, incomplete...

This study investigated the Impact of Six-hats Critical Thinking Skills on Achievement and Retention in Chemistry.Among Secondary Schools Students of Niger State, Nigeria.A pre-test, post-test control group non-randomize non -equivalent control group quasi experimental design was adopted.Four research questions were raised and four hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance.Four schools were randomly selected using simple random sampling technique.The population of...