https://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/23633 2026-04-04T11:25:35Z 2026-04-04T11:25:35Z Ibrahim, Taj Assir Haj Ahmad, Mahmoud Ali https://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/24219 2019-12-22T12:12:25Z 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z

Challenges to Black African Immigrants’ Ethnicity in Johannesburg as Depicted in Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country Ibrahim, Taj Assir Haj; Ahmad, Mahmoud Ali This paper aimed at exploring the devastating impact on Black African migrants’ ethnic identity in South Africa as depicted in Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country. The study illustrated how various linguistic forms were not in favour of the down trodden when it came to their ethnic identity as well as the powerful white South Africans. The researcher has adopted a check list as a tool for data collection as well as other CDA approaches such as emphasizing positive things about us, and emphasizing negative things about them used to express ideology as well as cause and effect. The paper revealed the following important findings: the African immigrants are not in favor with the cultural dimension, and it accounts for (80%) while 60% of the white setters are in favor with the cultural dimension, most of the Black African immigrants are not in favor with the economic dimension which represented (75%) whereas the white settlers accounted for100% in favor with the economic dimension. جامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا

2019-06-01T00:00:00Z Mohammednoor, Hadeel Ali DafaAllah Mohamed, Areig Osman Ahmed https://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/24218 2019-12-22T12:08:48Z 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z

Investigating the Effect of Age Factor on Learning English as a Foreign Language Mohammednoor, Hadeel Ali DafaAllah; Mohamed, Areig Osman Ahmed This study aims at investigating the age factors and how it is related to the fluency and understanding of English as a foreign language at the basic level schools, it is directed towards a specific area which deals with two domains of the English language the vocabulary and the grammar. The pupils who are The target goal of this study are the pupils who studied English at an early age from first grade ,as well as pupils who studied English at a late stage namely their fifth grade, testing them after three years of their study of the English language so the test will be given to the 4th grade pupils, , and grade 8 pupils. The researcher has used the exact same test to the two groups which match their mental ability and their language understanding, and make a comparison between the two target stages to reach the fundamental aim of conducting this study. The method which is used in conducting this research is the descriptive analytical method; the collected data is analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences SPSS. The final results show that age has an effect in the process of learning English as a foreign language in favor of young age. The researcher recommends that there should be more concentration on teaching English for young pupils who studied English from first grade. جامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا

2019-06-01T00:00:00Z Ahmed, Abd Elsamie Mohammed Mohammed Ahamed, Mahamood Ali https://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/24217 2019-12-22T12:04:50Z 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Most Detected Errors in Secondary Secondary School Students in Writing Composition Ahmed, Abd Elsamie Mohammed Mohammed; Ahamed, Mahamood Ali This study is conducted as an attempt to examine the errors in English writings committed by Sudanese learners. These students were required to write an essay in English. The participants were 22 students, four males and 18 females. For error identifications and categorizations, the researchers developed, based on the Sudanese matriculation, and on the literature (Ellis, 2004; Fries, 1974 and Robertson, 2000), a table of categories and subcategories. The findings of the current study reveal that the participants committed four types of error in varying degrees, they are: Errors in content and organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanism. The most frequent error type is 'language use'. This type of errors consists of word order, negation, copula and auxiliary omission, subject-verb agreement and prepositions. The causes of these errors are attributed to interlingual factors, i.e. negative transfer of interference and overgeneralization, especially in cases of differences between English and Arabic (negative interference. In cases of similarities between L1 and L2 (positive transfer), errors are less frequent. Neither gender, nor age played an important role in this study. Finally, the researcher recommended conducting another study to investigate the types of errors in speaking skill committed by Sudanese learners of English. جامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا

2019-06-01T00:00:00Z Bilal, Omer Abdalfarrag Fadelseed https://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/24216 2019-12-22T12:01:05Z 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cohesive Devices in Selected Academic Papers Bilal, Omer Abdalfarrag Fadelseed Discourse is essential in communicating thoughts and ideas. People around the world communicate their ideas through stretches of language. In order to understand any discourse, it must achieve cohesion. The purpose of this paper is to define and describe the cohesive devices based on the work of Halliday and Hasan (1976). It also aims to emphasize the necessity of using these devices by analyzing a Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) sample examination of a student’s essay writing. The student’s writing shows clear evidence of cohesion and demonstrates the use of grammatical and lexical devices. It is noticed that the most grammatical devices used are reference and conjunction. On the contrary, there is little evidence of using lexical devices. Although the essay is somewhat cohesive, some areas still need improvement. جامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا

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