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A number of errors which typify the spoken or written English of Egyptian EFL students were identified. A series of matched sentencessome containing a deviant feature, others not-were recorded by a native speaker of Arabic. Groups of intermediate and advanced EFL students listened to tape recordings and rated each sentence in terms of prescriptive grammaticality and social acceptability. Listeners were then presented with the subset of deviant sentences, then were asked to correct the errors...
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Mean faecal pH values did not differ significantly in groups of rural South African Black schoolchildren of 10 - 12 years who ate their traditional high-fibre low-fat diet, and urban dwellers who consumed a partially westernized diet.
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A survey, resulted from the immediate need to understand the health behaviour of Southern Ghanaian villagers during an epidemic of guinea worm disease. While such problems are usually studied at a time when the epidemic has abated, this study emphasized getting into the field quickly to obtain data before the epidemic passed. If behaviour models are to have value for programme planning in the developing world, they should be amenable to such quick sample approaches. The study involved a...
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A developmental ‘lag’ is found in the Conservation of Quantity (Liquids) in a sample of 73 rural, schooled Baoulé children (Ivory Coast, West Africa) aged 7 to 14 years. This study was designed to investigate if this ‘lag’ could be reduced or bridged through training and whether it could be attributed to differences in ‘performance’ or in ‘competence’. A sub‐sample of 28 children aged 7 to 9 years was divided into two matched groups, one being trained for Conservation of Liquids and the...
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Rule, Protest, Identity: Aspects of Modern South Asia. Edited by Peter Robb and David Taylor. London: Curzon Press; Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Collected Papers on South Asia No. I), 1978. viii, 234 pp. $9.00. - Volume 38 Issue 2
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The simplified one-passage technique of culture in irradiated McCoy cells, in conjunction with certain other developments in technique, was used to isolate Chlamydia trachomatis from specimens collected from 78 children with trachoma in Douz, Southern Tunisia. The results show that C. trachomatis is not confined to the upper tarsal area of the conjunctiva in hyperendemic trachoma. The higher isolation rate and corresponding increase in the number of inclusions obtained from swabbings of the...
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Previous articleNext article No AccessConflict and Culture in African Education: Authority Patterns in a Cameroonian LycéeMichael G. SchatzbergMichael G. Schatzberg Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 23, Number 1Feb., 1979 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society...
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Previous articleNext article No AccessEducation and the Reproduction of Inequality: The Case of GhanaLois WeisLois Weis Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 23, Number 1Feb., 1979 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/446012...
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Taking into account the concern expressed by the national tourism administrations of African countries and other bodies in the public and private sector s as regards vocational training in the generous invitation of the Government of Kenya, convened a seminar on tourism training in Africa at Nairobi (Kenya) from 28 to 31 May 1979.
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Ethnicity and tribalism have frequently been used interchangeably, although the former has tended to acquire a neutral connotation with a scholarly flavor and the latter a pejorative meaning as a populist designation, especially when exploited by African politicians in political campaigns. All African nations are artificial polities fashioned by the colonial powers for their own administrative conveniences; and they are all marked by a high degree of ethnic divergence. Each country has a...
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This paper discusses attitudes towards marriage among university students in Zambia based on the authors hypothesis that the present day generation is not very keen on marriage and marriages today tend to be more material oriented. Variables examined are sex educational standard and social background among students surveyed. Factors contributing to a decline in traditional marriages include weakened parental authority leading to non-traditional marriage arrangements and a decrease in...
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Using Project Performance Budgeting System (PPBS) as the framework within which the agricultural change agents are operating, the study examined the adequacy of practical experience acquired by the graduates of the three schools of agriculture included in the study. It also examined the modification that would be required in the schools curricula to meet the need of project-oriented agricultural services. The data for the study were gathered from the instructors in three schools (Ibadan...
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On 12 May 1979, the Cairo newspaper, Al-Ahram, announced that 132,000 successful General Secondary Certificate students would he likely to he accepted by the universities and institutes for the academic year 1979/80, compared with 112,000 accepted in 1978/79. The universities alone will therefore offer places to 75,000 compared with 70,000 in the previous year. This means that the problem which attracted this researcher’s attention in 1973/74 is still in existence. Moreover, as the number of...