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Analyse Des Facteurs Influençant La Performance Scolaire Des Apprenants De Fle: Le Cas De Trois Collèges (Jhs) Dans La Métropole De Cape Coast

ABSTRACT The present study identifies and analyzes the factors determining the academic performance of students of French in three Junior High Schools (JHS) in the Cape Coast Metropolis. It is specifically aimed at identifying and analyzing the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect the performance of students of French. The population of the study comprises 90 JHS 3 students of French and 7 teachers in three schools. The students are selected using simple random sampling, stratified random sampling technic for the schools and a census method is also used to select the teachers for the study. Two sets of self developed questionnaires adapted on Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, are used for data collection. The data collected are analyzed using the mixed method of analysis. The results of the study show that, the factors contributing to the academic performance of students of French are multiple and can be teacher related factors, learner related factors and home related factors; teacher, parents, classmates, negative perception, etc. It is also noted from the study that low self-esteem towards French language learning among students of French may contribute to the students' poor performance in a French test, exercise or examination. Finally, since most learners complained about the level of difficulty of French questions and therefore consider French language as a difficult subject, it is concluded that the test conditions also have an influence on the performance of our French learners

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Analyse Des Procedes De L’enseignement De La Grammaire En Fle Au Niveau SHS : Le Cas De Quatre Ecoles Dans La Region D’upper East

Grammar of the French language is one of the aspects that are taught at the Senior High School level. It is worthy of note that the general objectives of teaching French as indicated in the SHS syllabus is developing the communicative competence of the learner of the language. The purpose of this research is to verify the extent to which the methodological perspectives of the teacher of the grammar of French as a foreign language correspond with the main objective for the teaching of French and by extension, its grammar. The major objective for teaching of the grammar of the language, indicated in the syllabus, is the development of the communicative competence of the learner of the language orally first and then in writing. The researcher used non-participant observation and questionnaire as data collection tools. Through the observation of lessons of the four teachers, the researcher got firsthand information concerning the methodological perspectives of the teachers. Through the questionnaire, the researcher was able to solicit the opinions of the four teachers. The data collected and analysed revealed that the presentation of French grammar lessons in the four schools is limited to the rules of form and function of grammatical elements. Also, it was clearly revealed that communicative and interactive activities and tasks are conspicuously missing in the presentation of grammar in the schools in question. The recommendations derived from the results aim at positioning the teachers to consciously adopt appropriate methodologies that will lead to the realisation of the general objective for the teaching of French as a foreign language and by extension the teaching of its grammar at the SHS level.

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Analyse des productions écrites des élèves-professeurs De Wesley College of education de Kumasi: Problème de cohérence textuelle et perspectives didactiques

Our research aims at applying a typology of the problems related to text coherence, which was elaborated by Odette Gagnon, to the written production of students. Using such techniques, text coherence errors in the students’ writings was spotted and analysed. All the key elements contributing to text coherence such as cohesion, the organisation of units into hierarchy was dealt with by introducing and describing the various categories and subcategories that make it up. Such a methodology for analysing errors provides interesting prospects for the pedagogy of writing. Implementation of the techniques will be of great benefit to the teachers of French as a foreign language during their training not only as a means of assessing but also of teaching text coherence.

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Analyse Des Strategies De Communication Orale Des Futurs Enseignants En Classe De Franqais Langue Etrangere (Fle) A L’ecole Normale Superieure De Somanya Au Ghana

This research study intends to contribute to improving the competence level of second-year students of the department of French at Mount Mary College of Education. This study highlights the general oral communication strategies used by the learners of French with focus on the specific communication strategies used by each leamer.This research therefore focuses on the use of oral communication strategies and the efforts deployed by second year students to improve their participation of during French oral production in class. The objective of this work is to study and analyze the major oral communication strategies used among learners of FLE in Somanya College of education Ghana. In this perspective, we examined different oral communication strategies used by learners using mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). Audiovisual communication strategies of 77 learners in Mount Mary College of Education. The analysis of the data revealed that, the oral communication strategies used by the learners of French are abandonment of the message, code switching, borrowing, word for word translation, lexical invention among other strategies. The survey that was carried out and the results obtained serve as a basis for future theoretical reflections and a guide for the identification of oral communication strategies during French class.

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Analyse Des Stratégies Discursives Dans Les Programmes Du New Patriotic Party Du Ghana Et De L A République En Marche De La France

Due to the significance of campaign discourse in multiparty politics, and the role discursive strategies play in political manifestoes, a text-based study was carried out to compare electoral manifestoes in the French and Ghanaian contexts to find out the similarities and differences in the use of discursive markers and strategies between the two political worlds. To this end, two electoral manifestoes were selected, and the discursive markers and strategies were identified and analysed based on the framework proposed by Charaudeau (2005a). The result revealed that though the two manifestoes are somewhat identical in termes of structure and the use of discursive markers and strategies, they were still different in the use of polemical language. Such differences can be attributed to the presence or absence of an immediate political opponent and the differences in the ideologies of the political parties. The findings help us to understand the reasons behind the use of polemic language. In the spirit of encouraging argumentative writing and enhancing the mastery of political register in the French context, this study recommends that political manifestoes of Francophone countries should be used as a teaching aid in the classroom to help build students’ vocabulary, mastery of Grammar, and competence in argumentative writing. Also, Ghanaian politicians are encouraged to use passive voice or other linguistic resources instead of openly attacking their political opponents.

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Analyse Discursive De L’incitation Dans La Publicité Commerciale Sur L’internet en Côte D’ivoire

ABSTRACT This study analysed the present situation of digital advertising in Côte d'Ivoire and examined the inducement characteristics of the advertising discourse associated with online products on websites that dominate the digital market. The general objective of the study is to analyse the panorama of online shops in Côte d’Ivoire by interrogating the discourses associated with the products displayed on the dominant commercial websites. Data from questionnaire, a semi-structured interview and corpora comprising texts from the websites were analysed. The analyses showed that Jumia.ci Afrimarket.ci Vendito.ci Shop.pdastoreci.com Kaym.ci ci. Cdiscount Afrikdiscount Shopabi.ci Kenneu.net Idjanshoper.net Liora.ci, Fnac, Kiabi, Glovo, Djassa, Oplace.ci, Babinet.ci, Locanto and Babiken.ci were the websites that dominate the digital market in Côte d'Ivoire. However the most popular websites among respondents were Jumia.ci, Afrimarket.ci, Afrikdiscount.ci and ci.Cdiscount. The study showed that Jumia.ci is popular amongst 93.7% of respondents while Afrimarket.ci has a popularity of 74.7%. Afrikdiscount.ci and ci. Cdiscount have a popularity of 32.9% and 22.6% respectively. The study also showed that in addition to the image of the products on sale on these commercial sites, the content and nature of the advertising message play a decisive role in the decision making of the Internet user. Moreover, the analysis of the corpora made up of the advert messages of the four dominant sites (Jumia, Cdiscount, Afrimarket and Afrikdiscount) showed that the effectiveness of the use of sales pitch in advertisement on the internet depends on the speaker’s capacity to position himself/ herself as the subject in his/her speech ( Benveniste,1974). This phenomenon is demonstrated through some shifters, modalities, subjective adjectives and axiology (Jakobson, 1963; Ducrot, 1984; Maingueneau, 2003; Charaudeau, 2008; Amossy, 2009; Kerbrat-Orrechioni, 2009). The study further discovered that the persuasive power of the sales pitch depends on the appropriate combination of these linguistic elements. The study suggested that each of these linguistic elements can constitute a domain of study for future research. Since this research is associated with linguistic elements in advertisements involving electronic communication (internet), it was finally suggested that this study could serve as a basis for designing a programme to train students in communication studies or any other group of individuals in the domain of advertisement who want to learn French for Special Purposes.

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Analyses of lead and zinc levels in human scalp hair in occupationally exposed workers in Cape Coast, Ghana

Chemical investigation was conducted into the concentrations of zinc and Lead in scalp hair samples of some selected workers who literally work at occupational settings which exposes them to metal contaminants. The measured concentrations of Zn and Pb were compared with the levels in workers who were unlikely to be occupationally exposed to the studied metal contaminants. Traces of Zinc and Lead were found in all the samples analyzed. However the concentrations of the studied metals were higher in occupationally exposed workers than those who were not likely to be occupationally exposed to the metals. The average concentration of lead and zinc obtained from the occupationally exposed individuals were found to be 0.219-2.201mg/L and 0.046-0.862mg/L respectively. The results of this study have revealed that the average concentration of lead and zinc in human scalp hair of occupationally exposed workers increases with increased number of years spent by an individual at the work place

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Analyses of selected works of Kenn Kafui

Art music composers from Ghana have been working seriously since the colonial days to develop the genre till today. As every composer has his own style of writing art music, Kenn Kafui, who is the subject of this study has his unique styles of writing art music. The study sought to find out if innate experiences (whether tonal, melodic, rhythmic, timbral) from ones environment enhance creativity and innovation of new musical works. Three major works of Kenn Kafui, a Lecturer in Composition at the University of Ghana, Legon were selected for analyses to expose his style of writing art music. It came out that the composer liked the use of African music resources–melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, form, timbre and their generative processes–in his choral and instrumental compositions. It was also revealed that as a prolific composer he has contributed to the development of art music in Ghana. He writes pieces for voices–solo with pianoforte accompaniment, SSAA, SATB, TTBB and double choir. In addition, he writes for piano, the orchestra and also a sonata for drums. As an ambassador of Ghanaian art music Kenn Kafui attended several conferences to present his works. Among the eminent scholar-composers he interacted with are Akin Euba, Carl H. Stochausen, William Chapman Nyaho, Edwin Ferguson, Ton de Leeuw, Nigel Osbourne, El-Dabh, Maxine Franklin and Andrei Eschai. As a teacher-composer he has nurtured young talents like C. M. Placca, Sita Korley and David K. Kafui.

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Analyses of socioeconomic factors influencing on-farm conservation of remnant forest tree species: Evidence from Ghana

The contribution of remnant trees in traditional agro forestry systems in recent times has attracted significant attention from policy makers, stakeholders, and academicians due to their important role in conserving biodiversity within agricultural systems, reserves of genetic resources and provision of other important environmental services. The study seeks to determine socioeconomic factors influencing farmers’ decision to maintain remnant trees in agricultural landscape. Data was solicited from 220 households in three rural communities through structured interviews and on farm visitations. We employed Poison and Negative Binomial Regressions to determine factors influencing rural farm households’ decision to retain remnants forest tree species in agro ecosystem. The regression results indicated that the key factors strongly affecting farmers’ on-farm conservation decision to retain remnant forest trees in agricultural landscape were age, gender, years of schooling, religion, land tenure, farmers’ perceptions to current environmental problems, distance to farm land, erosion and the size of the landholdings. The study recommends that forest governance with focus on collaborative forest resource management and equitable distribution of benefits generated from extraction of forest resources should be given high impetus in policy formulation. The needs and concerns of forest fringe communities should feature paramount in this regard

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Analysing Consumers’ Food Choices: A Study of Restaurants in Takoradi

Individual food choices are complex and dynamic, varying depending on the context. To understand these complexities, a context-specific study was conducted to analyse food choices among restaurant consumers in Takoradi, Ghana. The study utilized a cross-sectional research design based on the positivist paradigm of social science research and a multi-stage sampling procedure. A total of 519 restaurant consumers were interviewed from October 27th to November 29th, 2021, to collect data on their food choices and the factors that affect them. The data was processed and analysed using IBM SPSS Statistic version 27. The analysis included descriptive statistics such as frequencies and pie charts, inferential statistics such as the Chi-square Test of Independence, Independent Samples T-Test, One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Binary Logistic Regression Analysis, and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). The results showed that the main reason for eating out was for family and friends’ gatherings and that cleanliness was the main criterion for choosing a restaurant, although this varied by restaurants and respondents. The results also showed that sensory and physiological factors were the main reasons for food choices and that chicken and rice were the most popular main dishes and accompaniments eaten, respectively. Moreover, the results indicated that respondents' knowledge, mood/emotion, and access were significant predictors of food choices. It is recommended that restaurant operators should target the family and friends’ market and provide nutritional information on their dishes.

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Analysing inbound tourists' perceptions of Ghana

It is almost axiomatic to state that a destination's image determines to a large extent its allure and subsequently. Its level of patronage. Though image can be formed either by a marketing agency or from the experiences of the tourist, it is the impressions of the tourist which appear to give a true and a more plausible representation of what pertains in the destination. In this regard, post trip perceptions are important to understanding the perspective of the tourist. This paper aims at collating such views and exploring the underpinning socio-demographic dynamics. In this study, five hundred departing tourists were chosen using the accidental sampling method over a four month period and their views on various qualitative aspects of the tourist product• including safety and security, purpose of visit, and service quality were solicited. The Chi square and One-way Anova results show that socio-demographic variables such as _age. sex and continent of origin shape tourists' perceptions of the country

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Analysing the influence of the north mill sheanut processing factory in alleviating poverty at Buipe

This study aimed at assessing the effects of the North Mill processing factory in improving the lives of sheanut farmers in Buipe with specific reference to the factory’s role in providing ready market, job creation, infrastructure development and credit availability to farmers. The study seeks to draw a comparison between poverty situations in Buipe community before the establishment of the factory with the present when the factory started its operations. A descriptive research design was used where survey questionnaires were administered to female sheanuts farmers and also a focused group was conducted withfemale’s sheanuts farmers in Buipe. The study community was Buipe with a population of 8347 and household size of 2264. The sample size of the study was 88 which were obtained using the multi-cluster systematic sampling method. Data collected were entered and analyzed using the SPSS software. Some of the key findings that emanated fromthis finding are that, majority of the participants (92%) can now save with proceed from sheanuts prior to the establishment of the factory, majority of participants (96%) attested to the fact that the factory has provided permanent jobs to some people in Buipe and majority of participants (75%) admitted being able to access bank loans with the help of the factory. Based on the key findings of this study, it was concuded that, the North Mill sheanuts processing factory has helped reduced poverty in Buipe by providing Jobs for the people and giving farmers easy access to market their sheanuts. However, it was concluded that, it is incumbent on government to create the necessary environment for the Agro-processing factory fester.

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Analysing The Psychometric Properties Of The Botswana Junior Certificate Examination Agriculture Multiple-Choice Items Using Item Response Theory

The main purpose of this study was to analyse the psychometric properties of the Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) agriculture multiple-choice items using item response theory. In addition, the study examined Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in relation to sex, location, and school type. The study adopted the descriptive research design. Utilising the census approach, 123,218 candidates‟ responses with 4,928,720 cases of data points from the 2018-2020 examination period was used for the study. Secondary data on candidates‟ responses to each item were obtained from Botswana Examination Council (BEC). The 3-parameter logistic model of IRT was utilised for purposes of data analysis. Raju‟s procedure was employed for the DIF determination using DifR package within the R-studio environment. The study revealed that items had varied levels of difficulty, 15% to 20% of the items exhibited poor discrimination, and some items had high guessing indices. It was also revealed that agriculture science items had both uniform and nonuniform DIF across demographic variables. The study concluded that the contribution of items to student achievement in agriculture science was good with few items having validity and reliability concerns. It further concluded there exists DIF across all three demographic variables of gender, location, and school type. Resource disparities and sex-based cultural practices contribute to most DIF items. It was recommended that BEC should consider validating their examination items using IR.

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Analysis of a malaria model with two infectious classes

In this paper we study a deterministic differential equation model for the spread and control of malaria, which involve two infectious classes. We derived the conditions for disease free and endemic equilibria. A comparison of this model and three other models is made and tables of ranges of parameter values are established. The main results shows that a simplifed NDM-system has a unique endemic equilibrium for certain values of the ratio of mosquito to human population, which is always a global attractor. Otherwise, there is no endemic equilibrium and the disease-free equilibrium is a global attractor. When the ratio of mosquito to human population changes the endemic equilibrium changes and forms a curve Ce in the phase space parameterized by this ratio. For a certain range of the rate of human population entering the susceptible class (either by birth or migration) the original NDM-system has an equilibrium on the curve Ce. This equilibrium is a saddle with a four dimensional stable and one dimensional unstable manifold. The unstable manifold is well approximated by this curve

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Analysis of anthropometric and motor performance variables of soccer players in GUSA games

The purpose of this study was to analyze the anthropometric and motor performance variables of soccer players in GUSA games. 44 female and 44 male soccer players with mean ages of 21.54±1.79 and 22.61±1.87 years respectively (Appendix D) were evaluated on height, weight, leg length, thigh girth, calf girth, fore arm length, upper arm length, upper arm girth, chest girth and finger span. The participants also performed 36.58m dash, vertical jump, agility, flexibility, sit-ups and push-ups. Additionally, they dribbled and kicked the ball for distance and accuracy. The results were compared institutionally and internationally on gender basis. There were significant differences in the thigh girth (p = .003), calf girth (p = .002), abdominal strength (p = .001) and distant kick (p = .009) of the female soccer players and the fore arm length (p = .001), leg power (p = .040), abdominal strength (p = .005), agility (p = .001), flexibility (p = .009), and upper body strength (p = .023) of the male soccer players. The weight, thigh and calf girths put together influenced the distant kick (p=.012) in the female soccer players. The speed and agility put together also influenced dribbling (p=.011) in the females. All the male anthropometric variables influenced the distant kick (p = .002), the thigh girth, chest girth and finger span were also individual predictors. Flexibility (p = .042) and agility (p = .004) were individual predictors and together influenced the dribbling (p=.001) in males. It was recommended that coaches in GUSA should develop and concentrate on the combination of the above significant anthropometric and motor performance variables when practicing kicking and also, generate data base of players’ profiles for reference and use it as part of the criteria to select players.

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