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Hyso, Kozeta; Alimema, Zamira – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
New developments in the years of democracy in Albania enabled the English out of business in the first plan as the need for businessmen and students studying for business. Albania is rapidly changing with the aim of being part of the process of development and globalization. The higher education in Albania is facing challenges posed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, Business, Intercultural Communication
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Atechi, Samuel; Angwah, Julius – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Teachers of English in Cameroon are proficient speakers of Cameroon English and their non-native status militates against their usage of Standard British English in the English language classrooms. This makes the attainment of British English thorny and perhaps impossible in Cameroon. Standing on that premise, we were motivated to find out…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Language Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Mwanik, Kantim; Orodho, John Aluko – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The thrust of this study was to examine the critical challenges inhibiting effective participation in education by pupils from rural public primary schools in Central Division, Narok North Sub-County, in Narok County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional research design. Combinations of stratified and purposive sampling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Rural Education, Elementary School Students
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Tackie-Ofosu, Vivian; Mahama, Sheriffa; Vandyck, E. Solomon Tetteh Dosoo; Kumador, David Kwame; Toku, Nana Ama Afriyie – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The present study investigated the perceptions of parents and teachers on the use of the mother tongue and their preferred medium of communication and instruction for preschool children at home and in school. The sample was made up of a cross-section of parents and teachers (N=120, Female=80% for teachers and 55% for parents) of children (between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Native Language, Native Language Instruction
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Kakumbi, Zonic; Samuel, Elizabeth B.; Mulendema, Peter J. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this research was to investigate pupil background characteristics and academic performance in senior secondary schools in Kitwe district with a view of recommending on how to improve pupils' performance. The study was conducted in Kitwe district because in the past years pupils' performance in senior secondary schools has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Characteristics, Family Characteristics
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Dmour, Ahmad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper aims at investigating the effect of using Arabic language for teaching English as a Foreign Language in a Jordanian context at elementary school stages in Al-Karak Directorate of Education. English language teachers usually intend to focus on using English in their classes, but they come across a big problem which is the lack of…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Elementary Schools
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Quaicoe, Kate; Adams, Francis Hull; Bersah, Vivian Adoboah; Baah, Kwabena Appiah – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study was conducted in two Colleges of Education in the Western and Central Regions of Ghana to find out how Colleges of Education students and tutors perceive the study of Ghanaian Languages. The target population comprised all staff and students of the Colleges of Education but the accessible population comprised students and tutors of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schools of Education, African Languages, Sampling