{"title":"Ethnic Pluralism and Diversity Management in Sub Sahara Africa","authors":"Erasmus Kofi Appiah","doi":"10.33422/2nd.ntssconf.2020.10.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33422/2nd.ntssconf.2020.10.45","url":null,"abstract":"The interplay of ethnic pluralism and diversity management is critical in the creation of an inclusive society. The benefit of an inclusive society is overwhelming, however, ethnicity within a diverse environment poses a significant challenge in the quest to achieve this feat. In this regard, instilling the sense of belongingness among members of the various ethnic groups within a society fuels inclusiveness. The mosaic of ethnic groups in sub-Sahara Africa underlines the entrenched diversity found within the region. This paper argues and demonstrates that the phenomenon of ethnic pluralism within sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) should form the bedrock of diversity management to ensure inclusion. Invalidating this argument this paper employs in-depth literature spanning ethnicity, diversity, and inclusion management. To this end, effective diversity management may be undergirded by the appreciation and recognition of ethnicity pluralism as one of its significant elements in ensuring inclusion.","PeriodicalId":436168,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128068019","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":"Factors of Students’ Behavior Affecting Their Learning Achievement","authors":"Shahida Naz","doi":"10.33422/2nd.ntssconf.2020.10.50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33422/2nd.ntssconf.2020.10.50","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":436168,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121892336","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":"Economically Smart Way to Learning English as a Foreign Language in the Digital World of Today","authors":"Shahida Naz","doi":"10.33422/2nd.ntssconf.2020.10.46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33422/2nd.ntssconf.2020.10.46","url":null,"abstract":"A great number of educational applications (Apps) are available on mobile phones and internet connectivity available on economic price made mobile learning attractive, easy and borderless. This study explores Pakistani EFL students' attitude towards using smartphone apps for learning English as a foreign language (EFL). This study aims at investigating EFL students’ attitude and awareness about using smartphone as an economical tool for learning English as a foreign language, moreover, it also aims at examining the effect of their gender as well as their place of living rural/urban area, on their attitude towards using smartphones applications for learning English. The survey research method is used and data were collected through a detailed questionnaire. The researcher distributed 200 questionnaires randomly to graduate level students of English studying at 2 public universities in Pakistan. Findings revealed students’ positive attitude towards learning English with smartphone apps without any significant difference of gender or area. Students showed willingness and motivation for using smartphones for language learning purposes in an economic way. The findings suggest that more time, practice and advance teaching pedagogy is required to make it more effective language learning tool in formal and informal situations.","PeriodicalId":436168,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129109861","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}