Volume 19 No. 4https://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/232132024-03-29T05:39:48Z2024-03-29T05:39:48ZTeachers' Views on Teaching Literature to Secondary School Students (A case Study of Some Secondary Students in Khartoum)Taha, Nasra Abdallah MohamedAhmed, Mahmoud Alihttps://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/246332020-02-10T10:24:01Z2018-12-01T00:00:00ZTeachers' Views on Teaching Literature to Secondary School Students (A case Study of Some Secondary Students in Khartoum)
Taha, Nasra Abdallah Mohamed; Ahmed, Mahmoud Ali
This study aimed to identify the approaches and strategies employed by teachers in teaching the literature component secondary schools students in Khartoum, Sudan. The study was conducted in 18 secondary schools. Triangulation involving the questionnaire as the primary data and classroom observation and semi-structured interview as the secondary data was used. Findings show that the information-based approach is popularly employed by teachers, followed by moral-philosophical approach and paraphrastic approach. The findings indicate that the teaching approach is influenced by the students’ inability to comprehend English language which forces teachers to spoon feed the students and use the students’ mother tongue as the medium of instruction. The implication is that literature teaching with the aims of developing students’ language and thinking skills and generating students’ personal response and appreciation may not be achieved.
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2018-12-01T00:00:00ZAnalysing the Aspects of Racism in Joseph Conrad'sWritingIbrahim, Taj Assir HajAhmad, Mahmoud Alihttps://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/246322020-02-10T10:12:36Z2018-12-01T00:00:00ZAnalysing the Aspects of Racism in Joseph Conrad'sWriting
Ibrahim, Taj Assir Haj; Ahmad, Mahmoud Ali
This paper which entitled Joseph Conrad as racist writer aimed at exploring whether Joseph Conrad is racist or not. For the purpose of this paper, the researcher adopted analytical-deductive approach because it is appropriate with the nature of study. Furthermore, relevant extracts are drawn exclusively from Chinua Achebe's "An image of Africa" and Edward Said's "Two visions in Heart of Darkness". A number of results were found out; some of the most important ones were: Joseph Conrad has an obsession with skin color. Some indications show that Joseph Conrad uses racist expressions. His thoughts are highly affected by the environment of imperialism in which he was exposed to. With reference to the study's results, the researcher recommended that further studies relevant to this field should be conducted and placed more emphasis on other aspects concerning Joseph Conrad racist thoughts. Conrad's others views than imperialistic world-view needed to be highlighted by other concerned researchers.
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2018-12-01T00:00:00ZExploring The Impact Of Context And Culture On English Language LearningTaha, Nasra Abdallah MohamedAhmed, Mahmoud Alihttps://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/246312020-02-10T10:09:10Z2018-12-01T00:00:00ZExploring The Impact Of Context And Culture On English Language Learning
Taha, Nasra Abdallah Mohamed; Ahmed, Mahmoud Ali
Culture, as conceived in this study, is the power that shapes the identity of the person and his society. Its components are arts, letters, manners, behavior, beliefs, knowledge, values and shared tradition which make a society different from other societies and color the action and thought of its members. Different cultures, accordingly, have different attitudes, traditions and upbringing, and what might be perceived in one culture as an adequate personal space might be seen in another culture as another person’s space. Cultural barriers, in this respect, affect the learning experience and the whole atmosphere of the class. An urgent question that comes to the scene of introducing a foreign language to the learners of a different culture is how to avoid or overcome the cultural barrier. During the process of language learning some crucial cultural factors may be notified, seriously hindering the effective learning process, and commonly known as cultural barriers. Effective language learning among different cultures is especially challenging, due to the different ways of thinking, seeing, hearing, and interpreting the world provided by cultures. Cultural barriers are considered as those traditions which become hurdles in path of understanding or teaching/learning different languages, among which body language, religious beliefs, etiquette and social habits are noteworthy. The present study is mainly focused on the positive and negative impacts of cultural barriers on English language teaching/learning process.
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2018-12-01T00:00:00ZChild’s Orphanhood as Reflected in Charles Dickens’ worksabdulmajid, mustafa ahmed mohammedAhmed, Mahmoud Alihttps://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/246302020-02-10T10:05:05Z2018-12-01T00:00:00ZChild’s Orphanhood as Reflected in Charles Dickens’ works
abdulmajid, mustafa ahmed mohammed; Ahmed, Mahmoud Ali
This research is an attempt to investigate the use of child orphanhood in most of Charles Dickens’ works. The study aims at knowing to what extent the writer could influence his readers by creating such characters, although they seem weak, but they are the protagonist of his works, and they overcome all the difficulties. The descriptive analytic method is followed to analyze three of Dickens’ novels: Great Expectations, David Copperfield and Oliver Twist. The research findings have shown that there is a great influence in the author’s voice to all his readers since then to our modern time, For his calling to children issues and many social values, most prominent of them are; cooperation, collaboration, charity, kindness, support of the needy and justice. Also the study has revealed that literary works are believed to be an effective means that makes people feel and sympathize with each other. Like the case of poor orphan children who the writer appeals all societies worldwide to care for them.
جامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا
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