Errors in Writing Paragraph of Non-English Majors at Tay Do University

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Most non-English major students faced many problems with writing skills, especially writing paragraphs. This study was carried out to find out the mistakes that make it difficult to write paragraphs for non-English major students at Tay Do University. In this research, the participants were 6 freshmen majored in Tourism at Tay Do University. The investigation was assessed through an interview. The results showed that non-English major students encountered 3 basic errors when writing paragraphs: grammatical errors, layout errors and vocabulary errors. From the research results, a number of measures have been proposed for students to overcome and practice.

Survey of Leading Products of Weaving Fabric of SMEs in Sukarara Village, Jonggat District, Central Lombok Regency

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This study aims to analyze the production costs and efficiency of the woven fabric business of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Sukarare Village, Jonggat District, Central Lombok Regency. The research method used is quantitative and qualitative research methods, where the determination of respondents is carried out purposively.

Agroindustry as one of the subsystems that need to be developed in agribusiness, because it has the potential to encourage high economic growth, The income of the weaving agroindustry in Jonggat District, Central Lombok Regency has an average income of Rp. 4.720,000. The value of the R/C ratio in the Woven Fabrics agroindustry in Jonggat District is more than one. This figure shows that the Woven Fabric Agroindustry Business in Jonggat District, Central Lombok Regency is feasible to run.

To increase the production and income of the woven fabric business in the future, further research is needed for the development of traditional weaving activities and efforts to improve superior agro-industrial products/woven fabrics in Sukarara village, Jonggat district, Central Lombok district.

Ma’had Planning Management in Improving the Quality of Madrasah Education in Man 4 Jombang Indonesia

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This research is motivated by the phenomenon of the rise of madrasas trying to improve the quality of education through the development of ma’had.  Although the idea of ​​ma’had is identified with pesantren, the characteristics of ma’had born from madrasas are certainly different from ma’had which gave birth to madrasas.  Management’s accuracy or error in understanding these characteristics will determine the position of ma’had as the basis for quality improvement or even increase the burden and distance the madrasa from the ideal quality.  This study took place at MAN 4 Jombang intending to find answers on how to plan the development of ma’had in improving the quality of madrasa education in MAN 4 Jombang.

This research is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach.  The research location is Ma’had Hasbullah Said MANPK MAN 4 Jombang.  The data collection technique used observation, interview,w, and documentation techniques.  Data analysis includes single case analysis and case analysis with data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion analysis techniques.

The results of the ma’had planning management research are the formulation of curriculum and student targets, as well as strategies for procurement, recruitment, and management of educators, curriculum, and financing; The findings of this study strengthen Robbins & Coulter’s theory of management functions that the leading function is more effective than the actuating function.  Strengthen the theory of Total Quality Management (TQM) Sallis.  Supports Crosby’s theory of quality policy.

Utilization of Interactive Board in the Teaching and Learning of Depreciation Accounts in Senior Secondary Schools

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The study is on the utilization of interactive board for the teaching and learning of depreciation accounts in Senior Secondary Schools. The study was carried out in some selected secondary schools in educational district V of Lagos state. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the interactive board in the teaching and learning of depreciation account. The study also looked at the constraints in the utilization of the interactive board for teaching depreciation account. Two hypotheses and two research questions were raised for the study. 138 respondents (75 experimental and 63 control) participated in the study. They were assigned to experimental and control groups, respectively. One instrument was used in this study: the Achievement Test on Depreciation (ATD), the reliability of the instrument was tested through a test retest method and reliability index of 0.87 was obtained. The Depreciation Account Lesson (DAL) was presented to the experimental group through the interactive Board, while the conventional lecture method was used for the presentation of the depreciation account lesson to the control group. The results obtained showed that learners exposed to the utilization of the interactive board for learning depreciation account performed significantly better than the control group [F(1, 135) = 251.02 p < .05]. The results also showed that the interactive board is an effective tool for learning depreciation accounting. The study concluded that the interactive board helped to develop cognitive dimensions, reinforcing learning and also encouraging organization of activities. It was therefore recommended that teachers should be trained and equally encouraged to acquire ICT skills. Teachers should also utilize modern instructional materials for classroom teaching and it should be innovative.

Effects of the Use of Yoruba Language as a Medium of Instruction on Pupils Performance in Science and Mathematics

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The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of the use of Yoruba language as a medium of instruction on pupils performance in Science and Mathematics. The population of the study comprises all primary three schools pupils selected from primary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State. The sample for this study were 40 participants selected from the population. The sampling technique for this study was multi-stage technique. The instrument used for data collection was Academic Performance Achievement Test (APAT). The instrument was validated by researcher’s supervisor and other lecturers in the Department for content and face validly. All suggestions and corrections made were effected. The reliability of the instrument was carried out using the test-retest method. A total of 10 pupils from St Michael Primary School, Iyana Iba Lagos who were not part of the population were selected for reliability test. Data collected from the first week administration of the instrument was correlated with the first week questionnaire. The two data collected was analysed with Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficients [PPMCC] which yielded 0.84 coefficient after computation. Researcher with four assistants administered the Academic performance Achievement test (APAT) to the two groups before the treatment. The experimental group was exposed to four weeks teaching in Yoruba language while the control group was not be expose to any treatment. Data collected was analysed with frequency counts and simple percentage for demographic data of respondents while the inferential statistics of t-test was used to test all the stated hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study revealed that the use of Yoruba language as a medium of instruction had effect on pupil’s performance in Science, Mathematics in primary schools in Oyo State. The study also found gender difference on the effect of the use of Yoruba language as a medium of instruction on pupil’s performance in Science and Mathematics in primary schools in Oyo state. It was recommended that Teachers in primary school s in Oyo State should use the pupil’s mother tongue to teach science based subjects, and Mathematics and should give equal right to both females and male to learn Science and Mathematics in their mother tongue without fear, favour or discrimination.

Mainstreaming Environmental Education in the School and Teacher Education Curriculum in Zambia

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Environmental Education (EE) as a subject or field of specialization is still in its infancy in the curriculum both at teacher training and school teaching levels in Zambia. The curriculum at both levels does not provide coverage on EE as the subject is treated as a cross-cutting issue. At primary and secondary school levels there are very few experts trained in EE as a discipline. Since EE is integrated in subject teaching, issues affecting the environment are taught at the discretion of a teacher. Teaching EE is still a challenge on the part of teachers in schools in Zambia. Pupils’ understanding of EE in sampled schools was still at very low ebb. There were variations in responses between pupils coming from the low, middle and high social class areas on issues of the environment. As the Ministry of Education in Zambia is reviewing the school and teacher education curriculum, EE should be broadened in scope in order to contribute to the pupil’s overall development as well as the promotion of education for sustainable development at national level. In order to foster transformative and strong sustainability, EE under the current integrated approach is rather conservative and weak in terms of sustainability. If the curriculum is overloaded, curriculum experts should identify and remove the dead wood from the curriculum and replace it with EE. To strengthen EE in the schools and teacher education curriculum, the Ministry of Education should consider retraining teachers in appropriate methodologies in EE for sustainable development as well as developing a citizenry that is conscious and motivated to develop and manage its own environment in a sustainable manner.

Strategies for Forming the Wh-Interrogative in Najdi Arabic

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This paper examines the four strategies for forming the wh-interrogative described by Aoun, Benmamoun, and Choeiri (2010): the gap strategy, the resumptive strategy, the class II resumptive strategy, and the in-situ strategy in the Najdi Arabic dialect. Aoun et al. (2010) investigated these strategies in standard Arabic and Lebanese Arabic. Some Arabic dialects use a subset of these strategies, while others use all four, at least in specific contexts. The contribution of this paper is to shed light on how Najdi Arabic employs these strategies in forming wh-interrogatives in terms of their syntactic properties. With respect to the distribution of wh-interrogatives into arguments and adjuncts, all argumental wh-interrogatives can be utilized in the gap, the class II resumptive, and the in-situ strategies, while a subset can be used in the resumptive strategy. On the other hand, all adjunct wh-interrogatives are employed in the gap and in-situ strategies, but only one selective adjunct wh-word can be applied in the resumptive strategy and the class II resumptive strategy.

Challenges and Prospects of Education in Correctional Facilities in Zambia: A study of Selected Prisons

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The study explored the challenges and prospects of education in correctional facilities in Zambia and examined its inclusiveness. Prisons Act, Chapter 97 of the Laws of Zambia states that every prisoner has the right to education and library facilities. Currently, most Prisoners are deprived of the right to education and library facilities. This means that there is lack of inclusive education in prison and yet the Zambian Law clearly mandates prison authorities to provide education to all prisoners. If this problem is not addressed, prisoners would continue to be marginalized in the face of well documented human rights opportunities.

The study was qualitative and used embedded case study approach with more than one unit of analysis; one correctional centre in Lusaka and two correctional facilities in Central province were used for both male and female inmates. The sample drawn using homogeneous purposive sampling involved 31 student prisoners; 3 senior officers from NGOs, 13 prison staff, 1 senior officer from Ministry of Home Affairs – 1 senior officer from MoGE and 1 from TEVETA giving the total of 44 respondents. Data was coded and categorized into themes. The findings indicated that education was not inclusive due to many challenges such as inadequate teaching, learning, and training materials and inadequate funding from government. There are prospects for education for prisoners, through government support in terms of funding though not adequate, the Prisons ACT chapter 97 mandating prisons to offer education, ECZ providing examinations, NGO and TEVETA support. The study revealed that prison education could be made more inclusive through collaborative support of Government and NGOs. The Ministry of Home Affairs should have clear policy guide lines on prison education. In view of the findings, the study recommended that government should increase budget allocation to prison education and implement prison education policy; Ministry of Education should take responsibility of prison education and collaborate with NGOs supporting prison education.

Developing the Power of the People’s Union – A Great Motion for Social-Economic Development in Vietnam Today

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Looking at the movement and development of social history, the power of great solidarity plays a significant role, and that role is vividly shown in the practice of human activities. By summarizing practice and experience, assessing the role of great solidarity has been affirmed by the Communist Party of Vietnam: “Great national unity is the strategic line of the Vietnamese revolution, the enormous resources and resources in the construction and defense of the Fatherland”(Communist Party of Vietnam, 2016, pp. 158-159). With that remark, the Party has adequately assessed the strength of great solidarity and made great solidarity a long-term strategy for socio-economic development. Within the scope of this article, the author focuses on analyzing the role as the driving force of promoting the strength of great solidarity for the socio-economic development in Vietnam today in three essential aspects: (1) the driving force for the development economy; (2) motivation for socio-cultural development; (3) the driving force to stabilize the political situation and perfect the political system.

Students’ Perceptions towards English Learning Applications

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This study was conducted to find out students’ perceptions towards English learning applications at Tay Do University. The questionnaire and interview were used as tools to obtain information from the participants in this study who were thirty students from many majors of Tay Do University. The survey used Google forms to get data and information on the Internet through questionnaires. Research resulted showed that students perceived the benefits of English learning apps. In addition, in the process of using the application to learn English, students also felt the positive aspects as well as the limitations of the application. And from the research results, there are also some ideas on how to search, choose as well as how to use the applications to learn English effectively, appropriately and optimally for students.