ABSTRACT It is a known fact that Discourse Analysis is the analysis of language in use. This work shaowed how discourse analysis and pragmatic elements can be used in decoding facts and foregrounded information in the Holy Bible especially Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman. The discourse elements such as: participants, context,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT It is a known fact that Discourse Analysis is the analysis of language in use. This work shaowed how discourse analysis and pragmatic elements can be used in decoding facts and foregrounded information in the Holy Bible especially Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman. The discourse elements such as: participants, context,... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION Over the years, several researches have been conducted in the field of discourse analysis with various definitions given to it. Brown and Yule (1983:1) opine that “the analysis of discourse is necessarily the analysis of language in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Despite the existence of studies on specific areas relating to college students' stress such as coping behaviors, stress in relation to health, and stress management there is little documentation existing on the specific factors that cause stress and burnout amongst college students. A more holistic assessment needs to be carried out to... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT  This study is about students’ indiscipline in basic schools with a case study of Prempeh  Basic School in the Kwadaso Sub-Metro in Kumasi. The purpose of the study was to find  out and describe the role of the teacher in managing students’ indiscipline. To achieve this  purpose, factors relating to teachers that lead to... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE                                      INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background to the Study The main impact of education in the society is the provision of knowledge that will integrate individuals and make them to be more meaningful individuals in the society who are capable of solving their problems.... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This paper examined the impact of teacher motivation on academic performance of students. It proceeded by defining teacher motivation as a general term applying to the entire class of drives, desires, needs, wishes and similar forces initiated for teachers, in order to induce them to act in desirable academically productive manner. On the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study Teaching is a very complex activity that is affected by the subject matter, the time available, the teachers factor, the disposition of the learners and resources. A distinction can be made between the pedagogical perspectives of teaching which includes the selection and organization... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT           This project was carried out to determine the effect of poor teacher– pupil relationship in academic achievement of biology students on Enugu South Local Government. The literature were reviewed under the following subheading; the concept of a teacher, improving academic achievement of the learner, factors affecting... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY There is no human endeavour that does not require proper management for its proper functioning. All types of organization government establishments, business enterprises, hospitals, schools, cooperatives, churches among other require good management to function effectively. Managing is one of the... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The importance of qualified teachers and school environment in secondary schools today in particular cannot be overemphasized. Reason being that school environment has a major effect in the... Continue Reading

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1            BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The importance of qualified teachers and school environment in secondary schools today in particular cannot be overemphasized. Reason being that school environment has... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study investigated teacher motivation and how they affect the performance of students in Mumberes Division Koibatek District Kenya. The objectives of the study were to investigate whether teacher transfer affects the academic performance of students; determine whether teacher promotion affects the academic performance of students;... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 Preamble This study examines the pragmatics of comedy. Adrian Akmajian conceives of pragmatics as a term that “covers the study of language use, and in particular the study of linguistic communication, in relation to language structure and context of utterance.”(361)When Charles Morris proposed his famous... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study investigated the teacher motivation and how they affect the performance of students in Kesses Division Wareng district of Kenya. The objectives of the study were to investigate whether teacher transfer affects academic performance of students; determine whether teacher promotion affects the academic performance of students;... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This long essay focuses on the pragmatics study of selected political posters imprinted in the pages of selected newspapers. It seeks to identify the influence of pragmatic elements on encoded texts or utterance; it analyse the thought provoking influence of such political posters; the rules of pragmatics governing the use of language in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This long essay focuses on the pragmatics study of selected political posters imprinted in the pages of selected newspapers. It seeks to identify the influence of pragmatic elements on encoded texts or utterance; it analyse the thought provoking influence of such political posters; the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This long essay focuses on the pragmatics study of selected political posters imprinted in the pages of selected newspapers. It seeks to identify the influence of pragmatic elements on encoded texts or utterance; it analyse the thought provoking influence of such political posters; the rules of pragmatics governing the use of language in... Continue Reading

Abstract Discourse, stylistics and pragmatics are sub-fields of linguistics that have attained independent statuses in the arts. With the seeming differences between these fields, there exist a lot of relationships that connect the three areas of study together. This study is an attempt to examine the similarities in relationships between... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This long essay focuses on the pragmatics study of selected political posters imprinted in the pages of selected newspapers. It seeks to identify the influence of pragmatic elements on encoded texts or utterance; it analyse the thought provoking influence of such political posters; the rules of pragmatics governing the use of language in... Continue Reading