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LEADERSHIP STYLE AND PERFORMANCE OF FIVE STAR HOTELS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
Authors: Wanjiku Ann Mercy , Kungu Patricia 
Published: July 2022

<p>The 5-star hotels in Nairobi have experienced dwindling customer numbers, reduced services and products offered and quality of service as a result of decreasing number of tourists following the 2017 repeat election declaration, terrorism attacks in Dusit D2 and Corona Virus pandemic. The reduced number of customers has affected the growth, expansion, sales and number of employees in the hotel industry in Kenya. The industry also has encountered a reduced number of tourist activities which has affected customer outreach levels in the years 2016 to 2020. The current study, therefore, sought to evaluate the effects of leadership style on the performance of five-star hotels in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study was anchored on resource-based theory. A descriptive research design was used. The unit of analysis was Nairobi City County’s five-star hotels and the unit of observation was the senior hotel managers. Data were collected from 104 senior managers and due to the small number, the research used a census study. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data. The drop and pick later method was used to collect data. Test for reliability was done through the Cronbach Alpha test and content validity and construct validity were tested through the pilot test. Qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques were used. Descriptive measures such as mean, frequency and standard deviation were used. Inferential statistics such as correlation and regression analysis were used to present the linear relationship between variables. Data was presented in tables/figures. The significant majority of respondents said that hotel management has the ability and skill to conduct an initiative of change. The study found that leadership had a favorable impact on five-star hotel performance. Environmental scanning should be encouraged in hotels because it is the only way to alleviate stress during leadership.</p><p><strong>JEL:</strong> L80; L83</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0908/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
THE IMPACT OF SELF-EFFICACY AND CREATIVE PROCESS ENGAGEMENT ON INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR IN THE TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Harun Mohamad Faizal Bin , Yunhendri Rizzuan Bin , Shaharudin Mohd Hafiz Bin , Kanapathipillai Kumaran 
Published: July 2022

<p>This study aimed to illuminate the influence of self-efficacy and creative process engagement on employees' innovative work behaviour in the telecommunication industry in Malaysia. To determine whether these two variables are linearly related, the researchers have applied the quantitative method to test the hypothesis developed for this study. The correlation procedure was used to test the strength of association, and the linear regression procedure was used to test the relationships between the quantitative variables. The population of this study was 45,093 employees working for 214 telecommunication employers in the southern and western regions of Malaysia. A self-administered survey was utilised to gather the data for this research. A total of 424 respondents provided the data to derive the analysis and conclusion for this study. It was shown that self-efficacy directly influences employees' cooperation and efforts, indicating that self-efficacy has a motivating potential for innovative work behaviours. Innovative work behaviour requires strong self-efficacy and involvement in the creative process. Commitment is a huge concern since the causes and consequences of inventive working behaviour may differ greatly depending on whether the emphasis is on self-efficiency or creative process engagement. It seems from the outcomes of this study that self-efficacy and participation in the creative process may help increase creativity and innovation. According to this research, innovative thinking is more likely to be associated with employees who are confident in their abilities to execute challenging tasks and multitask. Employees' capacity to innovate will improve if they have a sense of self-efficacy and participation in the creative process. This will help employees solve problems, enhance their creativity, and create new ideas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>JEL:</strong> L20, L23, L96</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0942/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
A SURVEY ON COMMON ERRORS IN STUDYING SPEAKING SKILL OF ENGLISH-MAJORED FRESHMEN AT TAY DO UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM
Authors: Dang Thi Hanh , Chau Thanh Hai , Diep Cam Thuy 
Published: July 2022

Speaking is regarded as the most important aspect of communication skills, and it contributes to the success of language learners in their studies and careers, as well as the success of teachers in their teaching process. However, English-majored students, especially English-majored freshmen, usually face some errors in speaking English. Consequently, this research, entitled "A Survey on Common Errors in Studying Speaking Skills of English-majored Freshmen at Tay Do University" was conducted to figure out some common problems in speaking English that these English-majored students have encountered. The participants of this research were 80 students from two classes, English 15A and English 15B, at Tay Do University. The main research instrument for collecting the data was a questionnaire. The findings of this research pointed out the participants’ errors in speaking skills problems (pronunciation, grammar tense, pronunciation, mother tongue, vocabulary) and psychological problems (anxiety of error, lack of motivation, shyness, lack of confidence). The results showed that the students had errors in their speaking skills. Thanks to the results, some useful solutions were proposed for English-majored students.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0965/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
CRITICAL THINKING PRACTICE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION CLASSROOMS
Authors: Jamiai Abdelmajid , El Karfa Abderrahim 
Published: July 2022

Critical thinking education is, generally, the act of recognizing the student as a full human being in all aspects of teaching and learning, with the ultimate purpose of creating creative, authentic, and critical individuals who can solve problems and make decisions for themselves. It holds that students should be engaged in the development and practice of varied creative and critical thinking skills and that they should be encouraged to personalize connections and transfer these skills from the classroom and school contexts to other life situations. This article addresses the issue of critical thinking practice in language education classrooms. It presents some relevant definitions of critical thinking education and discusses some critical thinking skills that students should be encouraged to develop and practice and some barriers to their effective and successful implementation in language education classrooms. To this end, this article suggests some classroom activities and patterns of communication which could help teachers cope with these impediments, and engage their students in the development and practice of these skills.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0987/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
SOME COMMON PROBLEMS IN WRITING ESSAYS OF ENGLISH MAJORED SOPHOMORES AT A UNIVERSITY IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM
Authors: Le Van Lanh , Dang Thi Bao Dung , Nguyen Kha 
Published: July 2022

Writing essays is said to be an indispensable part of English writing, which partly contributes to the success of learning English and real-life as well. It is also a basic skill in writing. However, learners usually have problems during their learning process. Therefore, this research, titled "Some Common Problems in Writing Essays of English Majored Sophomores at a University in the Mekong Delta," was conducted to figure out common problems in writing essays by students majoring in English. The participants of this research were 85 English-majoring sophomores at Tay Do University. The two main research instruments for collecting the data were the questionnaire and the interview. The findings of the research would point out the students’ problems in linguistics, including grammar and vocabulary, writing styles, idea arrangement, background knowledge and other problems.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0931/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING COLLOCATIONS IN WRITING OF ENGLISH-MAJORED JUNIORS AT A UNIVERSITY IN THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM
Authors: Le Van Lanh , Dang Thi Bao Dung , Nguyen Dao 
Published: July 2022

It goes without saying that writing is one of the central pillars of language learning that helps learners show their viewpoints, thoughts, and feelings to readers. If writing is considered an effective means of communication, collocations are the colour of language expressions. There is no doubt that collocations are interesting to learn and use. Obviously, they make our written English become more flexible, colourful, attractive, and easy to understand. However, students also face some difficulties in understanding and applying collocations. Therefore, the research “Difficulties in understanding and applying collocations in writing of English majored juniors at a University in the Mekong Delta” was conducted to find out some difficulties in learning collocations. Juniors of Bachelor of English 13 classes at Tay Do University were chosen as the participants. A questionnaire and interview were the instruments of the study. The findings of the survey would point out the learners’ difficulties consisting in vocabulary, recognizing collocation in the specific contexts, guessing meaning, and putting collocations in the appropriate situations. Based on the results, some solutions and tips would be suggested to help students be able to master collocations and use them accurately.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0989/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
NATIONAL IDENTITY AND NEIGHBOUR COUNTRY PERCEPTIONS OF PRE-SERVICE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS – THE TURKISH CASE
Authors: Yiğit E. Özlem 
Published: July 2022

The aim of this research was to determine pre-service social studies teachers’ knowledge and perceptions both towards their national identity and neighbour countries of Turkey. Based on qualitative research methodology, participants consisted of 73 pre-service social studies teachers at a university located in the western part of Turkey. The selection of pre-service teachers was based on purposeful sampling with no gender-specific selection. A questionnaire was developed based on qualitative means which included open-ended questions regarding the pre-service social studies teachers’ perceptions of both national identity and neighbour states of Turkey. They also created metaphors for those countries. In conclusion, it is seen that for Turkish pre-service social studies teachers being a Turkish citizen equalled kinship, loyalty to historical heritage, patriotism and duties towards own nation. In the case of neighbour countries, they could present less knowledge about those countries.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0956/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
A DATA ANALYTICS-BASED APPROACH FOR QUANTITATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS' MAJORS AND EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Authors: Yahya Anwar Ali 
Published: July 2022

In outcome-based education, program education objects (PEOs) are essential components around which all program’s activities are centered. They represent graduates professional and career accomplishments within few years of graduation. In this paper, the relationship between the academic majors and PEOs of engineering programs is questioned and a data analytics-based approach to answer this question is proposed. More specifically, this paper applies three well-known data correlation measures, namely Pointwise Mutual Information, Correlation Coefficient, and Odds Ratio, to a PEOs dataset extracted from the self-study reports of a set of Engineering programs. The PEOs dataset has been linguistically pre-processed through cleaning, annotation using a set of PEOs labels, and projection to break down each multi-PEOs label data instance into several single PEOs data instances. After that, the three measures are applied to measure the relationship between Programs' Majors (PMs) and PEOs. The obtained results are then ranked based on PMs-PEOs correlation strength and the agreement analysis among the three measures show a remarkable consistency among them in their evaluation of the relationship between PMs and PEOs. Finally, the overall ranking of PEOs within each PM, computed as a majority vote of the ranking of the three measures, show that each PM has a unique pattern of ranked PEOs. This suggests that the nature of PM plays a key role in determining the PM-PEOs relationship pattern. The obtained PMs-PEOs quantitative correlations are very beneficial to the academicians particularly when designing new programs or reviewing existing ones.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0968/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
THE EFFECT OF CONTENT MASTERY SERVICES IN OVERCOMING STUDENTS' LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN MATHEMATICS SUBJECTS AT SMP NEGERI 254 JAKARTA, INDONESIA
Authors: Rejeki Tri Sari , Wangid Muhammad Nur 
Published: July 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of content mastery services in overcoming student learning difficulties in mathematics at SMP Negeri 254 Jakarta. The research method used is a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental approach and a purposive sampling technique used to determine the research sample. The instrument used in this research is a questionnaire. It can be proven by the change in class 7.3, namely the experimental class that has learning difficulties in high Mathematics subjects, after being given treatment in the form of content mastery services there is a significant change. In class 7.2, which is the control class, which also has learning difficulties in high mathematics, there was a significant change that was influenced by other factors outside the study. So that the results of the research hypothesis are "There is an influence before being given treatment with after being given treatment in the form of content mastery services. That content mastery services have an influence in overcoming students' learning difficulties in mathematics subjects at SMP Negeri 254 Jakarta."<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0969/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
CRISE D’ADOLESCENCE ET ACCOMPAGNEMENT SOCIO-EDUCATIF DES ELEVES AU CEG DE HOUETO A ABOMEY-CALAVI, BENIN / ADOLESCENT CRISES AND SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL CARING AMONG HOUETO SECONDARY SCHOOLERS IN ABOMEY-CALAVI, BENIN
Authors: Akimi Yessoufou 
Published: July 2022

<p>A l’enseignement secondaire au Bénin, la plupart des élèves sont adolescents. La crise d’adolescence, qui explique les déviances comportementales chez ces jeunes, mérite une meilleure compréhension pour sa prise en charge éducative. Ainsi, cette recherche a pu inventorier ses manifestations, et évaluer les dispositifs d’accompagnement en place. L’approche qualitative a permis de mobiliser des élèves de 4e, enseignants et parents du Collège d’enseignement général de Houèto à Abomey-Calavi. Les données obtenues ont permis de découvrir des déviances scolaires allant du défi de l’autorité à l’agression sexuelle. La prise en charge n’a toutefois pas exploré les potentialités offertes par l’éducation sexuelle, les TIC et les activités récréatives.</p><p> </p><p>Most of Benin’s students in secondary schools are adolescents. Adolescent crises which explain behavioural troubles among them deserves scrutiny for better care. This research explored adolescent crises among the students, and evaluated the caring mechanisms in place. A qualitative research design enabled to involve third grade students, teachers and parents at Houèto secondary school in Abomey-Calavi. The data obtained enabled to discover behavioural troubles, ranging from authority challenging to sexual aggression. The caring mechanisms have not yet tapped into the potentials of sexual education, ITC and recreational activities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0965/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
NAVIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES OF MIDSAYAPENOS AND LGU GOVERNANCE IN RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Garcia Jolai R. , Mahinay, Jr. Sergio D. , Dubpaleg Fatma , Jaberina Rhea , Mabit Jovanne 
Published: July 2022

The Local Government Unit plays a significant role in mitigating problems such as the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, the government alone cannot end the pandemic without public’s help public and vice-versa. The citizens also play a vital role in stopping the further transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic by religiously practicing health and safety protocols at home or wherever they go. This study investigated the relationship between the health and safety protocols as well as the status of governance of the Local Government Unit of Midsayap using the evidence-based key indicators of Good Governance aggregated from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). A quantitative research design was employed to determine the relationship of the variables under study. Findings showed that the residents of Midsayap often practice the necessary health and safety measures against COVID-19 and that the Local Government Unit of Midsayap is effective in responding to the pandemic. Moreover, the two variables also show a strong positive relationship.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0949/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
INVESTIGATING PRONUNCIATION DIFFICULTIES AND PREFERENCE FOR PRONUNCIATION INSTRUCTION
Authors: Le Thach Son 
Published: July 2022

Pronunciation can take an important role in communication as unintelligible sounds can make listeners unable to understand the intended meaning of the speaker, so obtaining an intelligible accent or pronunciation is crucial. With this importance, the current study attempted to investigate what can cause learners difficulties when learning pronunciation. Then, it also attempted to discover learners’ ideas on how they would like pronunciation to be taught. In order to have the data for the investigation, the study applied the quantitative method by using a five-point Likert scale to measure the students’ degree of agreement in these two mentioned domains of investigation. A group of 40 first–year Vietnamese EFL students were employed. They are studying English as a foreign language and their major is English education. The first result showed that the students agreed learning pronunciation is difficult and they did not agree with only two items displayed in this set of questions. The second result uncovered that the students strongly agreed with the ideas exhibited in the questionnaire on how pronunciation should be instructed. These results are used as recommendations for learning pronunciation and some limitations of the study were also included.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0947/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
TRANSLATION AS TRANSFORMATION: ON THE TREATMENT OF PUNS AND WORDPLAY IN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF JINPINGMEI
Authors: Xiao Shuangjin 
Published: July 2022

The novel Jinpingmei is rife with various forms of language play, which produces special stylistic or poetic effects and contributes to characterization. Language play in Jinpingmei gives rise to cognitive effects on the reader and poses a serious challenge to interlingual translation. However, it has hitherto received little attention from translation studies researchers. The issue of how different forms of language play are treated in English translations of Jinpingmei has not been touched upon. This article aims to fill the gap by analyzing and discussing the translation of puns and wordplay in Jinpingmei. It takes a cognitive-pragmatic view and draws upon a relevance-theoretic approach to examine the way in which puns and wordplay is rendered into the target language. Within the relevance-theoretic framework, translation is viewed as an “interpretive use of language” and the relation between source and target texts is based on interpretive resemblance rather than equivalence (Sperber &amp; Wilson, 1986; Gutt, 1991). The analysis undertaken in the article is based on two English translations of Jinpingmei. Following Delabastita’s (1996) taxonomy of puns and transferring strategies, the article examines the translators’ translation strategies and assesses the degree of relevance and interpretive resemblance achieved in the two translations vis-à-vis the source text. Research results demonstrate that most puns and wordplay are lost or misconstrued in translation and that the translators exhibit different patterns in their approaches to translating wordplay in Jinpingmei. Moreover, the degree of interpretive resemblance achieved in the two translations differs significantly. The article concludes that the translators’ choice is influenced by translational skopos, the sociocultural context of translation and reception, and the (un)translatability of wordplay effected by the linguistic and cultural difference between Chinese and English.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0935/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>