This study investigates the efficiency of the principle of Parsimony in task-oriented dialogues performed by Iraqi EFL learners . It is concerned with how speakers behave while engaging in a task-oriented dialogues . Speakers have a multitude of decisions to make when producing an utterance . The effort involved in achieving a goaled task in a dialogue can be measured and the strategies used by speakers to achieve the task successfully can be varied . This study examines the outcomes of Shadbolt`s ( 1984 ) principle of parsimony depending on the work of Davies ( 1997 ) on native speakers of English. The method adopted a subset of HCRC Map Task Corpus ( Anderson et al , 1991a ) and the data are statistically tested

This study was dedicated to investigate grade 7 EFL teacher’s perceptions and classroom practices with regard to grammar teaching. Hence, an EFL teacher was selected based on available sampling technique. Observations were employed to see the actual practices of grammar lessons in the classroom. Besides, postobservation interview was also conducted to know the perceptions of a teacher about grammar teaching. Both of them were analyzed qualitatively. The findings of the study, in general, indicated that teachers still teach grammar following structural approach which has been criticized as traditional, teacher centered and focus on accuracy. Moreover, the data gained via observation revealed that there is inadequate knowledge of the teacher in the teaching of grammar

Culture is unique features of one community. Though, the community belief and live with the culture he behaves. So, the major objective of this research paper is to describe marriage practice and types of marriage among Dibate Shinasha community Northern -Western, Ethiopia. The research was conducting by using both primary and secondary sources. So, the study indicates that in Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, Mettekel Zone,Dibate District the Shinasha community have different marriage types are practiced. These are Wida, ?s’tsa, Biqqa (Puriyya), Jiwa and N’aata’. Wida marriage system was practiced by the interest of the young family members. In this marriage practice the shimagiles from the beginning up to the end followed the process.

This research was dedicated to investigate students’ tendencies towards error correction in EFL classes of writing sessions through survey questionnaires. Hence, 50 EFL students of grade 9 at Azezo secondary school were selected using random sampling technique. The results revealed positive tendency for written error correction and showed a lot of mutual preferences among students. Students favored to get all their written errors marked and corrected by their teachers. Some students think that feedback provision is on the teachers’ responsibilities.

Critical pedagogy (CP) has brought about positive changes in the field of education by shifting from traditional pedagogy to emancipatory pedagogy. CP which derives its interest from critical theory is a postmodern approach which is relatively a new paradigm in teaching language. However, not much research has been conducted on the perception and practice of EFL teachers with respect to the basic tenets of CP. This article details a descriptive research on the perception and practice of the principles of CP in EFL classroom

One way of providing solution to English language learners listening skill problem can be focusing on EFL teachers’ belief and practice of listening instruction. Even if teacher cognition researches provided substantial new insights in to what EFL teachers believe and do in practice very few studies have gathered evidence of what teachers believe and practice in the classroom for teaching listening. Thus the present study attempts to investigate two EFL secondary school teachers’ belief and practice of teaching listening .Two EFL teachers who teaches in grade nine in University of Gondar Community School in 2018/19 were selected by purposive sampling for the study

The study is aimed at analyzing Ethiopian inclusive education strategy document whether it contextualizes about responsive learning environment for practicing inclusive higher education system. The study has employed case study design and descriptive method basing qualitative research approach so as to describe whether promising way outs of practicing inclusive higher education have been incorporated in the strategy or not as a national document prepared at ministry level. To meet this intention, content analysis method of analysis was qualitatively engaged. Both semi-structured interview guidelines and document reading were instruments to gather relevant data from the major data sources:

This study was carried out to investigate and to compare an EFL teacher’s perceptions and classroom practices of teaching writing at Begimeder Academy. A teacher was selected based on available sampling. Pre-observation interview was conducted to know teacher’s perceptions about teaching writing. Two observations sessions were held to see the teacher actual practices. Moreover, post-observation interview was conducted to realize the relationship between teachers’ perceptions and classroom practices. The data were analyzed qualitatively through codification and theme development. The findings of the study indicated that the teacher was not very much aware of his perceptions regarding teaching writing. Hence, the overall findings revealed that teacher’s perceptions converged with his practices though there are some instances of divergence.

The study is aimed to critically analyze the discourse of the portrayal of Ethiopia in Saving the Forgotten Jews (2015) movie. The movie was selected purposively for the reason that it is dealing with Ethiopia. Van-Dijk’s (2006) framework of triangular socio-cognitive approach is used as a model of analysis from linguistic perspective. The results of the study revealed that there are seven themes with negative representations by which Ethiopia is portrayed in the movie. The results also revealed various discursive manifestations of ideological discourse which the moviemakers used to exhibit the positioning of Ethiopia which traces back its past unfortunate events and occurrences such as:

Many ESL teachers experience student resistance when they introduce an instructional activity in the classroom. As students take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing, reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and intuitively, analyzing and visualizing. Therefore, teaching methods also should vary accordingly. To what extent a student can learn is determined by the compatibility of the student’s learning styles and the teacher’s teaching styles. It is important for teachers to know their learners’ preferred learning styles because this knowledge will help teachers to plan their lessons to match or adapt their teaching and to provide the most appropriate and meaningful activities or tasks to suit a particular learner group at different stages

The interaction of phonology with other components of the grammar can be understood in a wider context. It is well known that the theory of Lexical Phonology (henceforth LP) seeks to explain the inter-relationships between morphology and phonology by allocating some of the phonological processes to the dictionary or lexicon in which the morphemes reside.

This study aimed to investigate the challenges of translating from Arabic into English encountered by Iraqi undergraduate EFL students. The study used translation test to collect data. The sample of the study was (25) undergraduate students at a public University in the second semester of the academic year 2019. The result of the study showed that 57.2% of the respondents did not translate the test into English correctly. The study demonstrated the type of errors made by the students through the translation process from Arabic into English. These were the omission of ‘a or an’, overuse of ‘the’, the omission of ‘the’, and the wrong use of ‘a or an’. Based on these types, the researcher offered some logical explanations. The researcher suggested carrying out some large-scale studies to either confirm the findings of this study or add other insights into the topic of the present study.

Cultivation of rice in Ethiopia is generally a recent phenomenon. Rice has become a commodity of strategic significance across many parts of Ethiopia for domestic consumption as well as export market for economic development. This study was conducted in Libo Kemekem Woreda, Amhara Region. The main purpose of this study was to analyze the determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in rice market. In this study three representative Kebeles were selected using multistage sampling technique. Then, sample household farmers were drawn by random sampling technique