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Factors Influencing Student Persistence In Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Kunchon Jeotee

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This survey research aimed to 1) study correlations between some factors on student persistence, 2) study influences of some factors on student persistence, and 3) create regression equation for predicting student persistence in Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. The sample were 787 graduated students of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University which were selected by accidental sampling. Questionnaires were used to collect the data and analyze the data; percentage, correlation, coefficient of determination, and multiple regression analysis. The results were:

1) There were some correlations between each factor on student persistence; master degree program had the highest correlation = .76, 4-year bachelor degree …

Imagist Poetry Of Twentieth Century American Poets Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell And Hilda Doolittle, Halil Bashota, Vlera Ejupi

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This article elaborates key aspects of the imagist poetry of twentieth century American poets E. Pound, A. Lowell and H. Doolittle. Twentieth century Imagism belongs to a literary movement in American modern era that is characterized by a tendency to break from the past of traditional literary styles, to a movement that reflects the simplicity, clarity and precision of reflective images. It covers a period from imagism to symbolism, a period of free expression, direct topics as well as images as an exact description. The study remains with highest relevance, despite that there is a wide range of articles, papers, …

Implementation Of Intercultural Education In The Republic Of North Macedonia, Natka Jankova

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The intense nature of intercultural processes in today's society alters communication at a fundamental level - both in practice and in behavior. Modern socio and psycholinguistic theories call for intercultural discourse to be the key in interpreting social interactions among people in global society. At the same time, it is normal to change the requirements of individual competence, understood as a complex of knowledge, skills and attitudes, allowing the individual to deal effectively with situations that are increasingly determined by cultural differences. This paper points out that the learning process should extend from the teaching individual grammatical structures and theoretical …

Challenges Of Translating Diplomatic Discourse, Terminology And Proverbs From English To Albanian Language, Redi Papa

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This paper aims to closely elaborate the comprehensive linguistic and stylistic features, aspects of equivalency regarding proverbs diplomatic terminology in order to carry out a comparison with Albanian equivalents. The language of diplomacy and terminology has been broadly extended particularly during the last three decades. The sphere of this style is closely related to activities concerned with meetings, conferences, congresses. Indeed it is worth emphasizing that the whole range of these activities isn’t devoid of proverbs and terminology which renders specific peculiarities. Contrary to other fields the purpose of diplomatic texts, utterances and proverbs it’s not that of merely conveying …

Instructional Supervision And Educational Administration. Goal Setting, Monitoring And Feedbacking Practices As Performance Management Mechanisms., Sheena Mae T. Comighud

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Performance management is important for an organization. In a top-down perspective, it emphasizes the strategic alignment of the agency's thrusts with the day-to-day operation. Also, from a bottom-up approach, it aligns and optimizes individual performance with the common goal of the group. This paper examined the extent of school heads’ implementation of the Results-based Performance Management System (RPMS) as performance management mechanism in the Department of Education (DepEd). It focused on the 61 school heads and 271 teaching personnel of Bayawan City Division, Negros Oriental, Philippines for SY 2018-2019. It utilized the descriptive, comparative, and correlational methods of research in …

Dr. Faust, By Christopher Marlowe, An Everlasting Story Of The Greed Of The Human Mind And Spirit Throughout History, Vlera Ejupi, Halil Bashota

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Dr. Faust was written during the period of Humanism and Renaissance, with an everlasting value throughout history. It describes the never ceasing desire of the human soul and mind to try to lurk for things beyond the grasp of the human ratio. The author, Christopher Marlowe gave the seal of eternity to this book, by characterizing his main character with all the possible wishes that one can dream of. That is why Faust has got the PhD on law, medicine, theology and logics. Further on he met Mephistopheles, the main devil that reminds him of the seven deadly sins trying …

The Attitudes Of Albanian Teachers Towards Multicultural Education In Kosovo, Feride Lohaj

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This is a survey study that determines the Albanian teachers' attitudes toward multicultural education and the participants of the study were 50 teachers who are teaching different subjects in various grades and schools in region of Ferizaj. The data for this study was collected through a 5-point Likert scale called "Teachers' Multicultural Attitude Scale". According to findings, it is determined that teachers have positive attitudes towards multicultural education. Their attitudes differ in a statistically significant way according to their gender, age, and professional seniority. Art and Sports teachers were found to have more positive attitudes than class teachers, but history …

Project-Based Learning Assessing: Peer Assessment On Travel Business Management, Kanlaya Swangkong

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This paper is a case study to study the project-based learning method in the course “Travel Business Management”. This course focuses on the business model and problems in operation. The main objectives of this course were to teach students to understand the principles of operation and to be able to organize trips to the public. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the successfulness of the project-based learning method by peer assessment technique. Students were assigned to set up their own mock-up tour company and arranging the full tour program. The instructor has established assessment form for the assessment …

Professional Identity Of Esl Teachers And The Missing Links In Kosovo Schools, Syzane Merovci

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Understanding the process of identity construction, its dynamics, influencing factors, and the roles teachers adhere to while exercising their profession, has become a challenge many researchers are trying to overcome. In the Kosovo context, this field of study result utterly un-researched. Therefore, this study aims to understand the identity perception of the novice and experienced EFL teachers involving the following features; gender, role, qualification, teaching experience, methodology, teaching curriculum. The study took place in public and private elementary schools in Pristina region, Kosovo. A group of 32 EFL (English as Foreign Language) teachers engaged in urban and rural areas and …