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{"title":"Effectiveness of Digital Technology Tools in Teaching Pronunciation to Saudi EFL Learners","authors":"Saleem Mohd Nasim, Farooq AlTameemy, Jamal Mohammad Ahmad Ali","doi":"10.51709/19951272/fall2022/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/fall2022/5","url":null,"abstract":"The use of digital technology has become ubiquitous in every walsk of our lives. It has had a significant impact not only on social and technological aspects but also on educational areas, including (English) language teaching. Digital tools, the gift of new technologies, have proved to be an essential component of English Language Teaching (ELT). This study focused on finding out the efficacy of teaching pronunciation via digital tools (CDs, digital books, projectors, smart boards, and synchronous and asynchronous online materials) as opposed to traditional methods (printed materials, drilling, and imitating the teacher) to Saudi male EFL undergraduates. To investigate the differences, a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design (between-subjects) was used. The experimental and control groups (n = 25 in each group) were tested before and after the treatment n similar intra-sentential pronunciation activities at segmental (minimal pairs, word recognition, and consonant and vowel identification) and suprasegmental (stress patterns) levels. The results revealed that the participants in the\u0000experimental group learned pronunciation significantly better than the\u0000participants in the control group. This means that if students are exposed to digital technology tools, they will learn pronunciation better in comparison to the conventional method of teaching. The study is significant for both teachers and learners as it may help them make use of digital technology tools to improve students’ pronunciation as well as their speaking skills.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49323109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the relationship between moral and ethical: Does extrinsic\u0000and intrinsic religiosity improve people’s mental health?","authors":"H. B. Anriani","doi":"10.51709/19951272/fall2022/4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/fall2022/4","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines how religion affects people’s ethics and morals in both extrinsic and intrinsic dimension. In order to validate how religion and mental health are related, it also considers people's ethics and morals as mediator variables. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to validate the research hypotheses after recruiting 570 articipants. The result of this study showed that religiosity play important role on peoples’ ethics and morals, which subsequently influences their mental health. Additionally, people’s ethics and morals, as mediator play a beneficial effect in bridging the relationship between religion and mental health. It gives practitioners and scholars a chance to observe how religion and mental health interact with one another. Society and regulators also need to enhance communication and interaction. as well as educating people on the importance of ethics and moral principles from the social and religious fields. The recent study also contributes to literature in social and behavioral contexts towards religion, ethics, and the sociology.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46135439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Internal and External Barriers towards Sexual Harassment Prevention\u0000Efforts in the Workplace","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/summer2022/4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/summer2022/4","url":null,"abstract":"The paper delves into the investigation of the internal and\u0000external barriers toward female sexual harassment prevention in\u0000the workplace. A survey was conducted with 289 employees\u0000collected from different industries in Vietnam with the\u0000questionnaires relevant to victims’ experiences and responses\u0000toward sexual misconducts at work, and the internal-external\u0000barriers to deter the sexual harassment prevention. The in-depth\u0000interviews were conducted to explore women’ expectation\u0000about sexual harassment-free working environment-oriented\u0000policies in their workplace. The results revealed that victims\u0000experienced a wide range of sexual harassment types; the\u0000victims, especially unmarried girls have experienced sexual\u0000harassment more than married women but have fewer\u0000responses to the sexual misconduct. A low incidence of sexual\u0000harassment claims was also filed to authority due to various\u0000barriers, including internal and external ones. Through the\u0000interviews, the victims manifested that the comprehensive\u0000changes in sexual harassment law and social policies should be\u0000consistently made to ensure human rights, and prompt\u0000employees’ efforts and contribution to work.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45561250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying Metacognitive Listening Comprehension Strategies of Saudi ESP Students","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/summer2022/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/summer2022/5","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to find out the metacognitive listening\u0000comprehension strategies (MLCS) of 320 (178 males and 142\u0000females) Saudi English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students\u0000using the Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire\u0000(MALQ) in a Preparatory Year Deanship. The descriptive\u0000statistical analysis of the data showed that participants employed\u0000problem-solving, directed attention, and person knowledge more\u0000(higher-moderately) than planning and evaluation and mental\u0000translation (lower-moderately). For females, the dominant set was\u0000problem-solving, and for male participants, it was the directed\u0000attention sub-scale. The least preferred group by both genders was\u0000mental translation. On the independent samples t-test, there was\u0000no statistically significant difference between the means of sub-\u0000scales and the overall means of male and female ESP learners\u0000(except for mental translation). It implies that both sexes were not\u0000much different in using the MLCS while listening to ESP texts.\u0000They approximately used the strategies equally.\u0000Recommendations were made for students, instructors, and\u0000syllabus designers to integrate explicit metacognitive instructions\u0000for preparing, planning, managing, monitoring, assessing, and\u0000reflecting on ESP listening activities.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44342362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of People's Business Credit Program, Minimum Wage, and Investment on Indonesian Poverty","authors":"N. Yuliany","doi":"10.51709/19951272/summer2022/9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/summer2022/9","url":null,"abstract":"Poverty is one of the serious problems inhibiting the national\u0000development process in Indonesia. It is usually measured for a person\u0000using the benchmarked poverty line with the values observed to be\u0000different between regions. This means some areas have a high poverty\u0000line while some have a low poverty line and this further influences the\u0000poverty rate in the country. Therefore, this survey was conducted to\u0000determine the impact of People's Business Credit (KUR), State Minimum\u0000Wage (UMP) and investment on Indonesian poverty. Processes involving\u0000the use of secondary data over the period 2016-2021analyzed by multiple\u0000regression analysis using a panel data approach and E-views. The results\u0000showed that KUR and investment do not have a significant influence\u0000while UM has a significant effect on poverty alleviation.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48187201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Personal Growth, Resilience and Burden of Care among Single Parents","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/summer2022/6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/summer2022/6","url":null,"abstract":"This study was intended to examine the relationship between\u0000personal growth, resilience, and burden of care among single\u0000parents and role of resilience as mediator between personal\u0000growth and burden of care. 100 single parents (M=37, F=63)\u0000took part in this study. For data compilation, the personal\u0000growth initiative scale-II, brief resilience scale, and burden\u0000scale of family caregivers were used. The results demonstrated\u0000that personal growth has a substantial positive correlation with\u0000resilience and negative correlation with burden of care.\u0000Furthermore, resilience significantly mediated the relationship\u0000between personal growth and burden of care. Findings\u0000evidenced that there are no significant gender differences. The\u0000present study will be useful in creating awareness among single\u0000parents to manage their stressors effectively.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45380393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Teachers' Perspectives towards Online Professional Development Programs\u0000during the Period of COVID-19 Pandemic in the Saudi EFL Context","authors":"Mohammad H. Al-khresheh, Amr M. Mohamed, Muhammad Asif","doi":"10.51709/9951272/summer2022/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/9951272/summer2022/1","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to explore a group of teachers'\u0000perspectives on the effectiveness of online professional\u0000development programs in the Saudi English context. To\u0000achieve this main research objective, a five-point Likert\u0000scale with 21 items belonging to four essential dimensions\u0000was carried out on 537 English teachers using the snowball\u0000sampling method. The data was collected online through a\u0000Google Form-generated link. The study's findings revealed\u0000that English teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of\u0000online professional development programs presented to\u0000them during the pandemic of Covid-19 were relatively high.\u0000No statistically significant differences were found due to\u0000gender, age, experience, or qualifications regarding teachers'\u0000perceptions of the effectiveness of online professional\u0000development programs. However, there were statistically\u0000significant differences in the efficiency of these programs\u0000between teachers who have attended these programs and\u0000those who have not in favour of the former. On the basis of\u0000these findings, limitations and recommendations were put\u0000forward.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43870577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chemistry Lesson Plan Design and Teaching: A Case Study of Senior\u0000Secondary Schools in the Urban Regions of the Gambia","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/summer2022/8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/summer2022/8","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to understand chemistry lesson plan design and teaching at\u0000secondary schools with 14 teachers and 282 students, grade 11, through\u0000Randomized Post-test Control Group Design, placed in each experimental and\u0000control group. The experimental group was taught using multifunctional\u0000approaches, social constructivism, and laboratory experimentations. The\u0000control group was taught using traditional methods and laboratory\u0000experimentations, focusing on concepts of acids, bases, and salts. Indicators\u0000such as lesson topic, objectives, activities, evaluations, and conclusions were\u0000thematically reviewed, while teaching categories such as lesson organisation,\u0000activities teaching, pedagogical approaches, collaborative learning, teacher-\u0000student interaction, instructional resources, and students' academic performance\u0000were quantitatively analysed. Descriptive statistics were used to obtain\u0000frequency per cent (%), weighted mean, and standard deviation. The finding\u0000shows that teachers were knowledgeable about designing a chemistry lesson\u0000even though they followed the same trajectory and were inadequately prepared.\u0000In addition, only pedagogical approaches and instructional resources were\u0000moderately utilised among the teaching categories. Further, students in the\u0000experimental group performed better academically, as measured by their mean\u0000difference (12.121), significant (t = 6.142, p =.000), which may be attributed to\u0000paradigm-shifting from teacher-centred to the students-centred, instructional\u0000resources, students’ ability, and motivation. Therefore, the current lesson plan\u0000design as a case study in the chemistry classroom implies that effective lesson\u0000plans and teaching can lead to better learning of core competencies in the\u0000Gambian context if they were to be monitored and improved extensively.\u0000However, a further study may be needed by comparing the difference between\u0000pre-test and post-test scores, as this will indicate a better measure","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43540176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demographic and Socio-economic Characteristics Impact on Fertility in Pakistan","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/summer2022/10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/summer2022/10","url":null,"abstract":"Fertility is the actual reproductive performance of an individual, a couple\u0000which determines the country’s population size. Pakistan is the 5th most\u0000Populus country in the world with high fertility rate in regional countries.\u0000The trustworthy secondary data were taken from National Institute of\u0000Population Studies, Pakistan and analyzed. The mean and standard\u0000deviation of children ever born (CEB) was estimated 3.2±2.41. Poisson\u0000and logistic regression models were applied to study the substantial role of\u0000eight socio-economic and demographic variables regarding CEB. Poisson\u0000regression illustrated that contraceptive and length of marriage positively\u0000correlated with CEB, whereas the women education, age at marriage and\u0000wealth index showed an inverse relationship with CEB. The women\u0000education i.e., illiterate, primary education, secondary education and\u0000higher education is 50%, 13.9%, 20.8% and 15.3% and the corresponding\u0000mean CEB are 2.73, 2.48, 2.34, and 2.16, respectively. The logistic\u0000regression model demonstrated the negative relation between the odds\u0000ratio and women education and age at marriage while the family size and\u0000length of the marriage were found to be positively correlated. If the\u0000respondent remains married for 10+ years, the odds ratio of having a large\u0000family is increased by a factor of 21.352 keeping the effect of other\u0000variables kept constant. The fitted parsimonious logistic regression\u0000model’s correct classification for small family, large family and overall are\u000082.3%, 83% and 82.7% respectively. The findings, thus, have enormous\u0000implications for the Government and Population welfare Departments\u0000about policies formulations","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45493493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Successful Model of Microsoft Teams Online Learning Platform in\u0000Vocational High School","authors":"Adi Prasetyo, Y. Estriyanto","doi":"10.51709/19951272/summer2022/2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/summer2022/2","url":null,"abstract":"An excellent online learning platform requires a success model in\u0000its utilization. During the pandemic, a new adjustment (new\u0000normal) was needed in the educational field. It was initiated by\u0000providing numerous online learning platforms. Therefore, there\u0000are only a few successful model evaluations. Thus, this research\u0000aims to (1) determine the effect of Microsoft (MS) Teams and (2)\u0000develop a successful model as an online learning platform in\u0000Vocational High Schools (SMK). This research used a\u0000quantitative approach with the PLS-SEM technique in the data\u0000analysis. The collection of data was also carried out via the use of\u0000a questionnaire, with a total sample of 430 participants (85\u0000teachers and 345 students) using MS Teams at Vocational High\u0000Schools. The results showed that four factors were significantly\u0000affecting the success of MS Teams, and these includes the\u0000information & system qualities, use, and user's satisfaction.\u0000However, these findings were based on the factors which were\u0000insignificant to the success of the MS Teams. It was also reported\u0000that the factors that supported the MS Teams' operation included\u0000the Internet and software specifications. Moreover, additional\u0000observations also indicated that one of the supporting factors\u0000(SF2) was considered invalid.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46838134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}