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LANGUAGE REGULATORY PRACTICES IN THE ESL CLASSROOM: AN ANALYSIS OF LESSONS IN SOME PUBLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN GHANA
Authors: Ansah Rose Asantewaa , Lomotey Charlotte Fofo 
Published: January 2023

Language regulation is perceived as positive because it makes learners more aware of their errors and allows for learner-generated repairs. Despite this evidence, studies in language regulation place little emphasis on language regulation in the classroom. This study examined the practices of language regulation in the ESL classroom. Using purposive sampling, data consisted of classroom lesson recordings and interviews from 8 classrooms (360 students; 24 teachers) in senior high schools in the Koforidua township. The findings showed that second language speakers reject the notion of “anything goes” and take on language expert roles, resulting in explicit and implicit regulation of language. Based on the findings, it is argued that teachers should design a system that provides learners the opportunity to practice English in the form of negotiating for correctness and acceptability within and outside of the classroom.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0202/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
EFFECT OF CUSTOM DUTY INCENTIVES ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN KENYA
Authors: Mwangi Gideon M. , Gitau Robert 
Published: January 2023

<p><strong>Background:</strong> The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of custom duty incentives on the financial performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study focused on the manufacturing companies registered by Kenya Association of Manufacturers. <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> The population of the study was the 447 manufacturing companies in the register of Kenya Association of Manufacturers in 2019. The study applied a stratified random sampling technique in the determination of the sample size, where 211 manufacturing companies were selected for the study. Primary data was collected by the use of questionnaires targeting accountants and other senior management officers in manufacturing companies. Secondary data was collected from audited financial statements covering a period of 10 years from 2009 to 2018. The response rate on the questionnaires was 73.5 %. Data analysis was performed by use of SPSS version 25. The study performed both descriptive and inferential statistics, diagnostic tests involving multi-collinearity tests, auto-correlation, heteroscedasticity and test of normality were carried out. <strong>Results</strong>: The data did not suffer from multi-collinearity neither was there auto-correlation; however, the data violated the assumption of normality. The study applied ordinal regression analysis so as to determine the predictive model. Pseudo-R square was computed which showed that custom duty incentives explain 4% of the change in financial performance meaning there are other factors that contribute to the change in financial performance. The results of the study also showed that custom duty incentive has a statistically significant relationship with the financial performance of manufacturing companies. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The conclusion of the study was custom duty contributes positively to the financial performance of manufacturing companies in Kenya. The study recommended that manufacturing companies should embrace the aspects of custom duty incentives offered by the government.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>JEL: </strong>L10; L20; L60<strong></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0456/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
THE WOLF AND THE TURTLE: AMERICAN OMNIPREDATORIAL AND CHINESE CIVILIZATIONAL-PROTECTIONIST TENDENCIES IN THE BICULTURAL CLASSROOM
Authors: Von Goble Brant 
Published: January 2023

Despite setbacks to global commerce and communication over the last three years, the United States and China remain closely bound in the areas of science, technology, and commerce. Even if their economies decouple, such is likely to take years. In the meantime, academic exchange will continue. So long as this is the case, effective cross-cultural education is bound to be essential to the peace and welfare of the American and Chinese peoples. At the heart of effective education is understanding, both of the academic content being taught and the lens through which students process instruction and student/teacher and student/student interaction. This is a matter of culture. Existing theories of American and Chinese cultural differences focus on opposing family and community values and on the individualism/collectivism spectrum. None of these theories are inherently wrong, yet they are deficient in that they fail to account for the most fundamental dissimilarity: that between the inherently slow-moving, security-oriented, and cautious nature of Chinese culture (the turtle) and the fast-moving, aggressive, predatorial and growth-oriented nature of American culture (the wolf). The discourse du jour of colonialism and anticolonialism proves no better, providing an inadequate means of analysis in that it only allows for the comparison of colonizer and colonized. Herein, we take a different tack and consider the previously unnamed and not fully recognized omnipredatorial impulse of American culture—that which drives American educational, media, and corporate organizations to expand and consume without restriction or regard for ethnicity, national background, heritage, or practicality. It is this organic, instinctive, and subconscious impulse that causes American institutions to strive for a unification of all cultures under a single banner that absorbs all that is useful from other peoples, discards all the rest, and effectively Americanizes everything and everyone with which it interacts. The Chinese have no comparable impulse at the global scale, being content to engage in commerce with a focus on practical, regional geopolitics. But they are intensively protective of their culture and civilization, which stands to frustrate the American instinct and complicate interaction between the nations. How these competing and conflicting behavioural patterns developed and how they function in the classroom are matters worthy of discussion and consideration. By developing and expanding upon the concept of the omnipredatorial impulse, contrasting it to China’s unexpansive culture, and assessing their respective influence on American and Chinese educational mindsets, this research will develop a more effective model of intercultural classroom dynamics.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0251/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
IMPACT OF US CULTURE IN THE COMMUNICATION WAY OF ENGLISH STUDIES STUDENTS
Authors: Trung Dao Minh , Tuong Nguyen The , Khang Phan Minh , Vinh Le Minh Quang , Phu Le Vo Gia , Bao Duong Thai 
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this research is to analyze the knowledge of English Studies students about American culture. Quantitative research was carried out at Can Tho University (CTU), one of the most prestigious universities in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The participants are 50 English Studies students from the Faculty of Foreign Languages (Course 45) who have studied a high-quality program. The questionnaire was used to measure their understanding of American culture in everyday communication. Additionally, students learn about the influences of American culture by seeing how they use it in their speech. The findings indicated that most participants had a basic understanding of American culture, which was demonstrated by their regular queries about American culture through a variety of information sources. The use of American culture in communication is also extremely common at the same time. Based on the findings, a variety of targeted strategies have been suggested to assist students in selecting the most appropriate perspective of American culture and avert challenges or misconceptions that can result in abuse. American culture is overused to the detriment of the nation.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0257/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF EFL TEXTBOOKS: THE EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION OF SPEECH ACTS IN SENIOR HIGH TEXTBOOKS IN CHINA
Authors: Jiang Shichang , Deng Lingling 
Published: January 2023

This article reports on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of a series of seven senior high English textbooks used in China with a particular focus on their representation of speech acts. The detailed analysis focused specifically on the extent to which speech acts are covered, the range and distribution of speech act, and whether adequate contextual and meta-pragmatic information is provided to facilitate the learning of speech acts. The findings show that speech acts are still under-represented in the seven books. The range of speech acts is rather limited, some highly-conventional speech acts are excluded, and the distribution of speech acts across textbooks is neither patterned nor justified. It seems that the authors contrived textbooks based on their native intuitions rather than research-informed data. Although apparent change takes place in the availability of a repertoire of linguistic structures for most speech acts, the way speech acts presented in the seven textbooks still falls short of ideal expectations. The textbooks attempt to simplify speech act instruction to lists of grammatical structures and obscure the complex context-dependent nature of speech act realization. Little or no information about the contextual variables is explicitly provided when a particular speech act is embedded in model dialogues, nor is there adequate meta-pragmatic explanation with respect to the appropriate realization or level of formality of different linguistic structures in various social contexts. The implications of these results for educational managers, textbook developers, and teachers will be mentioned.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0264/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
THE IMPACTS OF TASK-BASED ACTIVITIES ON EFL HIGH-QUALITY STUDENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN BRITISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
Authors: Sang Nguyen Thai Hoai , Dan Thai Cong 
Published: January 2023

The study focused on seven (7) task-based activities, including (1) making film, (2) making portfolio, (3) group presentation, (4) library search, (5) paper display, (6) making a gift, and (7) literary gala which was applied in two British-American Literature courses such as Introduction to Literature and Introduction to Literary Criticism. A thirty-three-item questionnaire was administered to investigate the effects of those task-based activities on students’ involvement. The interviews for students and teachers were employed to examine students’ perceptions of their involvement in those task-based activities and discover teachers’ observations of students’ involvement in their class. The study sample consists of 120 EFL high-quality students who have taken the two courses of Introduction to Literature and Introduction to Literary Criticism in their curriculum. The findings revealed that students were involved in task-based activities to a significant extent and students had positive perceptions toward their task-based performances. There found a medium correlation between the extent of task-based activities' impacts on students' involvement and students’ perception of their involvement. The crosstabulation signified that the Introduction of Literature course required students to do more task-based activities than the Introduction to Literary Criticism course.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0159/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
A CRITICAL REALIST INSPIRED MULTILEVEL RESEARCH METHOD: COMBINING NETNOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO STUDY CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES
Authors: Baptista N. 
Published: January 2023

Framed by the philosophy of critical realism, this methodological article proposes a research design involving a case-study approach that combines netnography with social network analysis to study consumer behavior and social interactions in online communities. This research strategy holds to a critical realist stratified emergent ontology, in which the empirical domain, comprising the experiences and perceptions of consumers, is qualitatively analyzed through a form of ethnography adapted to the online environment. The actual domain is explored through a quantitative method based on graph theory that investigates structure and agency processes by analyzing the patterns of social interaction. It is argued that this dualist approach allows researchers to inquire into the deepest level of reality or the real domain and to focus on structures and generative mechanisms as objects of inquiry. The philosophical reasoning for combining netnography and social network analysis is discussed as well as the quality of the research work in terms of reliability, validity, and potential for generalization.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0255/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
FACTORS THAT DISCOURAGE HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN FROM BEING ENTREPRENEURS
Authors: Nani Gwendoline Vusumuzi , Mathwasa Joyce 
Published: January 2023

Men have traditionally dominated the entrepreneurial arena because women's expected roles have traditionally been focused on marriage and the household. Despite accounting for more than half of the population, the majority of women are excluded from the formal business environment. Their contribution to the business is primarily concentrated in the areas of crafts, hawking, personal services, and retail. However, the entrepreneurial landscape has shifted, with women becoming the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs, although anecdotal evidence suggests that highly educated women's participation in business is low. The goal of this study was to find out, if any, factors that discourage highly educated women from being entrepreneurs. The study was situated in the interpretivist paradigm, with twenty carefully chosen highly educated Zimbabwean women responding to emailed semi-structured questionnaires that were thematically analysed. The study found out that the factors that discourage highly educated women from being entrepreneurs included high societal expectations of educated women, negative attitudes towards entrepreneurship, male chauvinism, salaried job security and risk aversion. This study focused on this often-overlooked group of women who, if properly groomed, can make a significant contribution to society. The implication of the study was that women with high academic qualifications needed to develop positive mind sets towards entrepreneurship and serve as role models for prospective women entrepreneurs.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0207/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING AND EDUCATING VIETNAMESE YOUTH BY NGUYEN AI QUOC (1921-1931)
Authors: Nhu Bui Van 
Published: January 2023

At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, in the situation that the country was invaded and dominated by the French colonialists, the Vietnamese people, including young people who had a fatherland but no patriotic rights, Nguyen Tat Thanh (Nguyen Ai Quoc) left the country to find a way to save the country and the people. Through a rich process of study, research and revolutionary activities in addition to being enlightened by Marxism-Leninism, Nguyen Ai Quoc has properly realized the great role and ability of young people in the revolution. Therefore, he carried out the propagation of Marxism-Leninism, organized and educated young people to come to enlightenment, and organized the nation. That process has opened up for Vietnamese youth in particular, and the Vietnamese nation in general, a new qualitative development.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0226/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
BUILDING THE TEACHING STAFF OF DEFENSE EDUCATION AND SECURITY IN UNIVERSITIES TO MEET CURRENT DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS IN VIETNAM
Authors: Quang Tran Viet , Nguyen Tran Cao , Thanh Nguyen Ho 
Published: January 2023

In Vietnam today, strengthening defense and security education for all classes of people, especially students at universities, is an essential job. In particular, one of the critical factors contributing to improving the quality of defense and security education for university students is the teaching staff of defense and security education. However, the teaching staff of defense and security education in Vietnamese universities needs more quantity and has certain limitations in quality. The article outlines several requirements posed to the teaching staff of national defense and security education and, on that basis, proposes some solutions to build the contingent of defense and security education lecturers in Vietnamese universities to meet the current development requirements of the country.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0202/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM (ALS) PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF IMPLEMENTERS
Authors: Lozada Regine Celine A. 
Published: January 2023

This study assessed the job performance of the district ALS implementers in relation to ALS program achievement in the Area V districts in Leyte Division for improved quality of life. Specifically, this research answered the following questions: (1) What is the profile of ALS implementers in terms of age, sex, experience, and relevant training?; (2) What is the level of the job performance of the district ALS implementers?; (3) What is the achievement level of the ALS program in terms of Basic Literacy and Accreditation and Equivalency Program?; (4) Is there a significant relationship between the implementers’ profile and their job performance?; and (5) Is there a significant relationship between the implementers’ job performance and ALS program achievement? The research hypotheses tested were: (1) There is a significant relationship between the implementers’ profile and their job performance; and (2) There is a significant relationship between implementers’ job performance and achievement of the ALS program. The findings revealed that the ALS implementers belonged to the 30 – 38 age bracket with more females than males. They have varying experiences and training attended. They performed their job very well. Literacy achievement is also satisfactory and substantially related to their job performance. Likewise, their profile, particularly sex, experience, and training were related to their job performance. It is concluded that the ALS program in Area V has been managed well by the implementers. The literacy programs are effective in attaining their teaching objectives. Job performance has a positive impact on literacy program achievement. It is recommended that a functional staff development program for ALS implementers be provided to make them more competent and productive. Strictly enforce the policies and programs to have a uniform and more accurate implementation. More incentives are given to all those involved in the ALS programs and projects for greater commitment from them.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0567/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY OF DIPO PUBERTY RITE AND ITS ASSOCIATED HIV RISKS IN THE LOWER MANYA KROBO MUNICIPALITY IN GHANA
Authors: Poku Adjoa Afriyie 
Published: January 2023

<p><em>Dipo</em> is a puberty rite performed for adolescent girls with an average of 18 years and above into adulthood in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality. <em>Dipo </em>rite inculcates cultural values into the initiates and preserves cultural heritage. However, the reduction in age and nudity associated with the practice could put initiates at high risk of STDs including HIV transmission. The purpose of the study was to examine the cultural sustainability of <em>Dipo </em>and associated HIV risk in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in Ghana. A purposive sampling technique was used to select participants and interviewed them with the guide of an interview schedule. The findings of the study revealed that risk factors of HIV transmission include cultural, social, individual, and institutional risks. The study also found that cultural sustainability indicators associated with <em>Dipo</em> puberty rites include cultural heritage, vitality, diversity, locality, eco-resilience, and eco-education and civilization. While cultural heritage, vitality, diversity, locality and eco-education, and civilisation were found to sustain <em>Dipo</em> rite, eco-cultural resilience poses a risk of HIV transmission. The implication of this finding is that the performance of <em>Dipo</em> rite is a worthy cultural practice. It is recommended that innovative ways should be adopted to sustain the rite and reduce its associated HIV risk.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0261/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
"IT'S HARD TO BE EVERYTHING AT ONCE": ISRAELI ARAB WOMEN BALANCING WORK, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ROLES / קשה להיות הכל בכל עת: נשים ערביות ישראליות מגשרות בין קריירה, משפחה וקודים חברתיים
Authors: Abbas Randa Khair , Pataki Sherri P. , Folberg Abigail M. , Juarez Clayton , Ryan Carey S. 
Published: January 2023

<p>This research provides insight into the experiences of employed Arab women living in a traditional, Middle Eastern culture where most women (nearly 65%) are not employed outside the home. 287 Arab Israeli women reported on their personal experiences of balancing a career with family and community responsibilities from within a culture where women’s employment is non-normative and subject to significant social disapproval. Quantitative analyses indicated that the women perceived more benefits (role expansion) than costs (role conflict) related to their employment even within the context of their parenting role. Qualitative data provided a more nuanced account as the women described both benefits and costs associated with possessing multiple roles, some they perceived as unique to their culture, others they perceived as being universal for all women. This work highlights the importance of understanding work-family balance and perceptions of maternal employment within non-Western, traditional cultures where women’s entry into the workforce is more recent and non-normative. Our participants’ voices add to the literature significantly by examining the real-time experiences of women who are actively breaking traditional gender norms from within a traditional society and who are on the front lines of societal change.</p><p dir="RTL">מחקר זה מספק תובנה מחוויותיהן של נשים ערביות בעלות קריירה, החיות בתרבות מזרח תיכונית מסורתית שבה רוב הנשים (כמעט 65%) אינן מועסקות מחוץ לבית. 287 נשים ערביות דיווחו על חוויותיהן האישיות שלהן בגישור בין קריירה, אחריות משפחתית ואחריות חברתית מתוך תרבות שבה קריירת נשים אינה נורמטיבית ונתונה לחוסר הסכמה חברתית משמעותית. ניתוחים כמותיים הצביעו על כך שהנשים תפסו יותר תועלת (הרחבת תפקיד) מאשר עלויות (קונפליקט תפקידים) הקשורות לעבודתן גם בהקשר של תפקידן ההורי. נתונים איכותיים סיפקו תיאור שונה במידה מה , שכן הנשים תיארו הן יתרונות והן עלויות הקשורות לבעלי תפקידים מרובים, חלקם נתפסו כייחודיים לתרבותם, אחרים נתפסו כאוניברסליים עבור כל הנשים. מחקר זה מדגיש את החשיבות של הבנת האיזון בין עבודה למשפחה ותפיסות של תעסוקת אימהות בתוך תרבויות מסורתיות לא מערביות שבהן כניסת נשים לשוק העבודה היא דבר חדש ולא נורמטיבי. הקולות של המשתתפים שלנו מוסיפים לספרות באופן משמעותי על ידי בחינת החוויות בזמן אמת של נשים ששוברות ,באופן פעיל, נורמות מגדר מסורתיות מתוך חברה מסורתית ושנמצאות בחזית השינוי החברתי.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0203/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>