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Al- Brri, Qasem Nawaf; Bani-Yaseen, Mohammad Fawzy Ahmed; Al-Zu'bi, Mohammad Akram; Al-Hersh, Mesfer Saud – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study aims at identifying the concept of diglossia, its causes and methods of treatment, and its negative effects. The researchers used the descriptive method. The study revealed the following most important results: Firstly, the reason for language diglossia is contact between languages and emergence of new other languages or dialects which…
Descriptors: Dialects, Semitic Languages, Grammar, Teaching Methods
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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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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