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    Effect of cooperative learning on learners’ English grammar Proficiency in secondary schools in Wuro Juli district, Gombe, Nigeria
    (2014) Khadijah, Muhammad Nasir
    The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of cooperative learning on students, English grammar proficiency in Wuro Juli district. Four research hypotheses guided the study: HO1 cooperative learning has no significant difference on students’ grammar articulation competence, HO2 cooperative learning has no significant differences on students’ grammar identification competence, Ho3 cooperative learning has no significant differences on students’ sentence manipulation competence, and HO4 cooperative learning has no significant difference on students’ collaborative dialogue competence. The population was 134 students; forty nine students of Senior Secondary classes 1 A and B were randomly assigned into experimental group (receiving grammar instruction through cooperative learning) and control group (receiving traditional teaching). A Four-week quasi-experimental post-test only comparison group research design was used. Four instruments were used (TGA, TGR, SMT, LST) that tested four skills of language learning with the focus on six aspects of grammar (tenses, concord, sentence structure, active-passive voice, direct-indirect speech, and summarization skill) were administered to both groups. Data were analyzed using paired-samples t-test with the help of SPSS version 17.0. The general finding indicated that, the cooperative learning group outperformed the comparison group that use of traditional method in teaching English grammar proficiency. The finding for HO1 indicated the there is a significant difference (p=0.00) with 0.5 effect size which shows that the HO1 was rejected; the finding of the HO2 was P=0.00 and the effect size was 0.7 which showed the significant difference between the two groups, the same result obtained in the other, two HO3 and HO4 all showed that the null hypotheses were rejected and alternative hypotheses were accepted. It was observed that these significant improvements occurred as a result of promotive interaction, interdependence and equal participation. In conclusion, the study indicates that cooperative learning is very effective in acquiring grammar knowledge. Therefore, it is strongly suggests that cooperative learning method of teaching should be infused into English language teaching and other subjects teaching in all schools in Nigeria in order to decrease the mass failure in the examinations
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    Uchanganuzi wa mikakati wanayoitumia mapapasi katika kujifunza lugha ya pili mji mkongwe Zanzibar
    (2015) Mohammed, Maryam Hadhir
    Mapapasi ni watu wenyekumudu kuzungumza lugha mbalimbali za kigeni na kuweza kuzitumia kuwaongoza wageni, hata hivyo mikakati wanayoitumia katika kujifunza lugha hizo bado hazijatambulikana hivyo utafiti huu ulikuwa na madhumuni ya kutambulisha na kuainisha mikakati wanayoitumia mapapasi katikakujifunza lugha pia kuelezea jinsi mikakati hiyo ilivyowasaidia katika kujifunza lugha ya pili.Utafiti huu uliongozwa na nadharia ya Utabia ya Skinner ambapo katika nadharia hii nilitumia mhimili wa mazoezi,urudiaji na uigizaji pia nilitumia nadharia ya Muingiliano ya Long ambapo nilitumia mhimili wa kufanya mazoezi ya kuzungumza na wazawa wa lugha.Utafiti huu ulifanyika kisiwani Unguja katika sehemu ya Mji Mkongwe katika shehia ya Malindi,Shangani,Mkunazini na Forodhani.Utafiti huu ulikuwa ni wakwen da nyanjani na muongozo wa maswali ndio kilikuwa kifaa cha kukusanyia data. Mapapasi 16 katika 64 ndio waliohojiwa na wahojiwa hao walichaguliwa maksudi.Data iliyokusanywa ilikuwa ni mikakati wanayoitumia mapapasi katika kujifunza lugha ya pili pamoja na Maoni ya wasaiwa kuhusiana na mikakati wanayoitumia inavyowasaidia kujifunza lugha ya pili.Data ilichanganuliwa kwa kutumia vipengele;kufanya mazoezi ya kuzungumza na wazawa wa lugha,kufanya mazoezi ya mazungumzo baina ya mapapasi,kuwauliza maswali wanaojua lugha zaidi, kusoma vitabu,kutumia kamusi,kuhawilisha maarifa ya lugha ya kwanza,kutumia vyombo vya habari,kutumia mtandao,kujiunga na taasisi zinazofundisha lugha,kutumia vyombo vya teknolojia kama vile kanda za sauti na za kuonyesha na kufanya mazoezi zaidi.Utafiti huu utakuwa na mchango kwa watu wanaojifunza lugha ya pili na taasisi mbalimbali za kielimu.Vilevile utafiti huu utawanufaisha walimu, wanafunzi, watafiti wa lugha ya pili na jamii kwa ujumla. ABSTRACT Beach boys are people who are able to speak different language in guiding tourist. Strategies they used are not well known by other people. The objectives of the study were to introduce and identify the strategies used by beach boys in learning second language. Also to explain and to asses how strategies they used help to learn second language. This study was guided by Behaviorist Theory of Skinner (1957) and Interaction theory of Long (1983).The data for this study were strategies used by beach boys and their views on how the strategies used help them on learning second language. The research technique used was interview and the data collected was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. This research is a contribution to second language acquisition (SLA) and is expected to benefit subsequent researchers in that area.