Masters theses : Arts
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Item Investigating the Use of Conjunctions as Cohesive Devices in Writing among MBA Students Case Study: Sudan International University(ALNEELAIN UNIVERSITY, 2016) Ahmed Taha Elfaki AhmedAbstract This study aims to investigate the use of conjunctions as cohesive devices in writing by Sudanese business students by using the taxonomy of cohesive relationship as provided by Halliday and Hassan (1976). This study uses a qualitative research method for data collection and analytical descriptive method for data analysis. The researcher has administered a written test consist of two sections at the sentence and the paragraph levels distributed to 48 MBA students from semester one at Sudan International University (SIU). The results reveal that students misuse conjunctions and are not competent of their types. The study also reveals that some types of conjunctions are used more frequently than the others and in some cases they do not use them at all. This study suggests some recommendations such as teachers of English language at universities should raise student’s awareness and knowledge about the use of conjunctions as cohesive devices. English departments at universities should introduce extensive excurses for conjunctions that focus on writing techniques and practice related to the proper use of conjunctions as grammatical cohesive devices. IllItem Reviewing the Role of Apartheid System in Dismantling the Social Fabric of Zulu People in Alan Paton’s ‘Cry the Beloved Country’: A New Historicist Inquiry(Al-Neelain University, 2022) Fathiya Abdallah MuhammadAbstract This research attempts to review the role of apartheid system in dismantling the social fabric of Zulu People in Alan Paton’s ‘Cry the Beloved Country’ through a new historicist perspective. It aims at reviewing the catastrophic role of Apartheid system in dissociation the tribal system in south African society in general and in Zulu tribe community in particular along with the consequences of migration and displacement in South African society as depicted in the novel under study; to explore the social and cultural climate in South Africa at the time of writing, ‘Cry the Beloved Country’; it also aims to show how historical biography of the author affected his writing by using new historicism theory. The study adopts qualitative research methods through which related data are identified, collected, and later analyzed and interpreted; as well the researcher will use close reading approach to collect the research data and content-based approach for its analysis to achieve those objectives. The results of the study have shown that apartheid system is responsible for the poverty, ignorance, starvation, diseases, murders, theft, and prostitution that plagued Zulu society. In addition to that racial inequality between whites and the native inhabitants is one of the main causes of misery among them. Finally, the study has found that the political conditions in South Africa are the fundamental cause in people’s lives displacement and instability. مستخلص البحث يحاول هذا البحث مراجعة نظام الفصل العنصري في تفكيك النسيج الاجتماعي لشعب الزولو في كتاب آلان باتون "صرخة البلد الحبيب" من خلال منظورالتاريخانية الجديدة. ويهدف إلى اعادة النظر في الدور الكارثي لنظام الفصل العنصري في انهيار النظام القبلي لدي مجتمع جنوب أفريقيا بشكل عام ومجتمع قبيلة الزولو بشكل خاص إلى جانب عواقب الهجرة والنزوح في مجتمع جنوب أفريقيا كما هو موضح في الرواية قيد الدراسة و كشف الحالة الثقافية والاجتماعية حين كتبت الرواية وكذاك اظهار كيف اثرت حياة الكاتب والعصر على كتاباته في استخدام نظرية التاريخانية الجديدة. ولتحقيق هذه الأهداف، تتبنى الدراسة أساليب البحث النوعي التي يتم من خلالها تحديد البيانات ذات الصلة وجمعها وتحليلها وتفسيرها لاحقا باستخدام تقنيات التحليل القائمة على المحتوى. وقد أظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن نظام الفصل العنصري هو المسؤول عن الفقر والجهل والمجاعة والأمراض والقتل والسرقة والدعارة التي ابتلي بها مجتمع الزولو.و أن عدم المساواة العرقية بين البيض والسكان الأصليين هو أحد الأسباب الرئيسية للبؤس بينهم. وأخيرا، وجدت الدراسة أن الظروف السياسية في جنوب أفريقيا هي السبب الأساسي في تشريد الناس وعدم استقرارهم. Abstract This research attempts to review the role of apartheid system in dismantling the social fabric of Zulu People in Alan Paton’s ‘Cry the Beloved Country’ through a new historicist perspective. It aims at reviewing the catastrophic role of Apartheid system in dissociation the tribal system in south African society in general and in Zulu tribe community in particular along with the consequences of migration and displacement in South African society as depicted in the novel under study; to explore the social and cultural climate in South Africa at the time of writing, ‘Cry the Beloved Country’; it also aims to show how historical biography of the author affected his writing by using new historicism theory. The study adopts qualitative research methods through which related data are identified, collected, and later analyzed and interpreted; as well the researcher will use close reading approach to collect the research data and content-based approach for its analysis to achieve those objectives. The results of the study have shown that apartheid system is responsible for the poverty, ignorance, starvation, diseases, murders, theft, and prostitution that plagued Zulu society. In addition to that racial inequality between whites and the native inhabitants is one of the main causes of misery among them. Finally, the study has found that the political conditions in South Africa are the fundamental cause in people’s lives displacement and instability يحاول هذا البحث مراجعة نظام الفصل العنصري في تفكيك النسيج الاجتماعي لشعب الزولو في كتاب آلان باتون "صرخة البلد الحبيب" من خلال منظورالتاريخانية الجديدة. ويهدف إلى اعادة النظر في الدور الكارثي لنظام الفصل العنصري في انهيار النظام القبلي لدي مجتمع جنوب أفريقيا بشكل عام ومجتمع قبيلة الزولو بشكل خاص إلى جانب عواقب الهجرة والنزوح في مجتمع جنوب أفريقيا كما هو موضح في الرواية قيد الدراسة و كشف الحالة الثقافية والاجتماعية حين كتبت الرواية وكذاك اظهار كيف اثرت حياة الكاتب والعصر على كتاباته في استخدام نظرية التاريخانية الجديدة. ولتحقيق هذه الأهداف، تتبنى الدراسة أساليب البحث النوعي التي يتم من خلالها تحديد البيانات ذات الصلة وجمعها وتحليلها وتفسيرها لاحقا باستخدام تقنيات التحليل القائمة على المحتوى. وقد أظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن نظام الفصل العنصري هو المسؤول عن الفقر والجهل والمجاعة والأمراض والقتل والسرقة والدعارة التي ابتلي بها مجتمع الزولو.و أن عدم المساواة العرقية بين البيض والسكان الأصليين هو أحد الأسباب الرئيسية للبؤس بينهم. وأخيرا، وجدت الدراسة أن الظروف السياسية في جنوب أفريقيا هي السبب الأساسي في تشريد الناس وعدم استقرارهم.Item TheInfluenceofReadingComprehension TechniquesinEFLClassesonEnhancingOralProduction. (AcasestudyatJabelAwlialocalitysecondarySchoolclasses)(Al-Neelain University, 2022) MohammedBusharaSofianMohammedABSTRACT This study investigates the influence of readingcomprehensiontechniques in EFL classes on enhancing oral production at 3rd year secondary school students in Khartoum, Jebel Awlia locality. The qualitative and quantitative methods are used in order to analyze the research test and observation recorded. The participants are 30 students both male and female who representsthesample. The study data was collected through achievement test and recorded observation and data be analyzed according to statistical packages for social science (SPSS) program which provides percentages results for test. The students have two test in reading comprehension the duration between two test are two weeks and the test have four parts pre-reading process, during reading process ,after reading process and interactive process which shows the weaknesses of the students at oral production. So that, investigation is centered on the influence of reading comprehension processes such as making prediction-questioning, reading-responding and exploring, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation to reveal how EFL learners responding to these processes to improving their oral production.The test results have shown that 3rd class secondary school students have poor knowledge in usingreadingprocessesandtechniques which establish relations between student’s ideas and events in their reading text. The main reasons behind these problems are the lack of practice and unawareness of above mentioned processes.The results also have shownthat 3rd years secondary school student have deficiency in vocabulary, word order,phonics awareness and fluency which enable them to read comprehension andimprovetheiroralproductions.The study finds that, reading processes are usefulfor3rdyearsecondaryschoolonenhancing reading competencies. The study recommends thatteachers at secondary schools shouldenhancepositive attitudes towards reading skills. They should teachtheir students in orderto learnand acquire the language to improve their oral production. Students shouldapply reading techniques when they are readingEnglish texts and practicing oral communication to master the speaking skills and parent should use the processes and teach them because are useful strategies. Students must know that reading is not only a matter of extractingthe meaning fromwrittentexts. المستخلص استقصت هذه الدراسة تاثيراساليب القراءةلطلاب المدارس بالمرحلة الثانوية (الصف الثالث) بالخرطوم محلية جبل اولياء.واتبعت هذه المبحث الكيفي والكمي لتحليل بيانات اختبار القراءة والمراقبة عبر التسجيل الصوتي. شملت الدراسة ثلاثون طالب وطالبة تم اختيارهم بطريقة عشوائيه بسيطهركزتالدراسة علىاساليب وطرق القراءة مما يساعد الطلاب على فهم النص والمحادثة الشفهيه جمع الباحث هذه الدراسة عن طريق اداتين هما اختبار تحليلي لطرق القراءة واساليبهاوالمراقبة عبر التسجيل الصوتي لنفس طلاب مدرسة دار السلام جبل اولياء الثانوية شمل البحث على اربعة اجزاء منها طريقة ما قبل قراءة النص واثناءه وبعده مما يساعد الطلاب على التنبؤ واستخدام مفردات اللغه ونطقها وممارست المخاطبه بعدة خصائص واساليب مختلفة.. استخدمت في هذه الدراسة وصف تحليلي وتقيم اداء طلاب وركزت الدراسة على ادائهم.بعد تحليل البيانات اتضح ان طلاب الصف الثالث ثانوي ليس مدركين لطرق القراءة واساليبها كما لديهم عجز في مفردات اللغة وتركيبها وعدم تميزهم لاصوات الحروف التى تساعدهم على المخاطبة.اوصت الدراسة مدرسين اللغة الانجليزية بضرورة ممارسة وتعليم هذه الاساليب التى لها دور في بناء قدرات الدارسين على المخاطبه كما اوصت الطلاب بممارسة تلك الاساليب والمهارات لتحسين واكتساب اللغة من خلال القراءة, وعلى اولياء الامور عليهم اتباع هذه الطرق لفؤائدها وعلى الطلاب انيعلمو بان القراءة ليست فقط عملية استخراج المعنى من النص المكتوب.Item SecondarySchool english Language Teachers And Their Role In The Deterioration Of The Standarrd Of English(AL-Neelain University, 2015) ZEINAB ALBAShIR MOHAMMEDThis study sets out to investigate Sudanese school English Language teacher and their role in the deterioration of the standard of English. A questionnaire was administered to 57 selected English language teachers based on convenient sampling techniques. Descriptive statistics techniques were used. The analysis revealed the 70% of the respondents agreed that they do not have sufficient salary which negatively affects their frustration in the teaching process and hence the learners achievement would become weaker and weaker, 50% of the respondents agreed that the absence of comfort factors will negatively impact on the leamers’ achievement in English, 60% of the respondents agreed that marginalization of teachers needs negatively affect students’ achievement in English, 50% of the respondents agreed that the absence of teachers rapport would negatively impact on the learners achievement in English and 80% of the respondents agreed that they are suffering a lot to find their living, a matter which affects their perfonnance inside the classroom.Item Investingating the lties in english collocations encountered by sudanes learnes of english at unvirsity levels(Al-Neelain University, 2012) mahasin ahmed mohmmedABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the problems of collocations encotmtered by Sudanese learners of English. The general assumption is that Sudanese learners of English at university level do not know how to use collocations in their writing.Moreover, the syllabi taught to Sudanese university students four levels do not cover the area of collocations sufficiently. This study attempts to identify collocation errors in the students’ performance and suggest possible solutions to them. This is accomplished through several steps: (l) Choosing 40 final students in the department of English, Faculty of Arts, at Omdurman Ahlia University as subjects. (2) 17 instructors of English, who are all holders of different degrees in English language, answered the teachers ‘questionnaire. They all teach in the department of English in four Sudanese universities. a)University of Khartoum Faculty of Education. b) Al-Neelein university. C)Omdurman Ahlia university. d) Al-Ahfad university for Women. (3) Two instruments for data collection were used: (a) Students’ test and (b) teachers’ questionnaire.The data were statistically analyzed. The results of the investigation have revealed the following: 1. About half of the Students face a problem when using English idioms. 57.5%of their answers were incorrect and they rarely use idioms in their writing.46.5% of the students’ answers were incorrect when using collocations with verbs. They also make errors in collocations with adjectives. 59% is the percentage of their errors. Errors in collocations with nouns are more than 58% . 2. According to Al-Ahlia subjects’ register the syllabus used at the four levels does not focus on the area of collocations. 3. The structure of English phrasal verbs, and idioms sometimes causes collocation errors.Item Investigating the Misuse of English Articles among EFL Sudanese University Students(Al-Neelain University, 2015) Eman Ali Mohammed IbrahimAbstract This research investigates the misuse of English articles among Alneelain EFL students; the subjects of the study are 50 students of linglish language, Faculty of Arts at Alneelain University. The aim of the study is to find out whether there is a problem of using article or not. lt also finds out the reasons for the misuse of articles with regard to the students ol Alneelain University. The study also tries to produce and provide suitable strategies for the students to help them use articles correctly. The researcher has adopted the descriptive and analytical approach to accomplish the aims of the research. The researcher has collected the data of the study through a test. The results of the study reveal that first year students face problems of choosing the correct article when they produce pieces of writing in English. Another problem is that students have more problems of using the indefinite articles; i.e. when there are words that begin with "u" as we can see in words such as (unity), they use the indefinite (an).[Their claim is that the letter ’u’ is a vowel letter]. The student‘s misuse of English articles is also due to mother tongue interferences; since Arabic has only one article (dl =the indefinite article) and the (zero article) is the indefinite article. E.g. “There was sand everywhere“.The study recommends students to practice a number ol articles (reading and listening) to be aware of their use. It also recommends teachers to give more attention and effort on how tackle the roots of the problem of articles and show they differ in Arabic and English.Item Word-Formalion Processes in Standard English and Modern Standard Arabic: Contrastive Analysis Study(AL-Neelain University, 2014) Tayseer Mohammed AwedThis thesis focuses on analyzing and contrasting the process of word-formation in Modem Standard Arabic (MSA) and Standard English (SE) in order to reveal the similarities and differences between them and their potential productively for pedagogical purposes, and it is useful for native and non-native linguists. Word-formation is a problematic area of research, especially in Arabic language, because there are some processes that have no specific rules but there are exceptions followed, the data for this study has been collected from different sources, complied works and analyzed in terms of morphology, productivity and semantic indications of both SE and MSA. It has been found that Standard English and modern standard Arabic reveal similarities as well as differences. The similarities are found in some general universals, such as affixation compounding, blending onomatopoeia, borrowing, conversion and acronyms.Item Investigating The Misuse of Generic English Articles among Sudanese English Language learners (case study Second Year Students at Al -Neelain University Faculty of Arts Khartoum/ Sudan.)(Al-Neelain University, 2022-03) Othman Adam AbakarAbstract This research investigates the misuse of English articles among the second year students of AlNeelain University EFL students. The subject of the study are consists of 31 students of English language at AlNeelain University. The aim of the study is to find out the reasons of misusing generic article with regard to the students of AlNeelain University. It also to find out the problems that face the students when using articles and to offer suggestions for a suitable solution if possible. The researcher has adopted the descriptive and analytic approach to accomplish the aim of the research. The researcher has collected the data through a test. The result of the study is that second year students face problems is using articles correctly. Another problem is that students face more problem in using the indefinite articles. Also there are another reason in misusing English articles according to the research is due to mother tongue interferences. At the end of the research the researcher recommends students to practice more examples of articles to be aware of their use. Also the researcher recommends teachers to give more attention and do more effort to the students in using English articles.Item Bandarshah Tradition and Modernity in Tayeb Salih’s Bandarshah(Al-Neelain University, 2020) Sabri Amir Elshiekh MahmoudAbstract The present study seeks to portray the themes of fantasy and reality upon traditional and modern beliefs as have been depicted in T.S Bandarshah. The study has been conducted with prime purpose of manifesting the mode of conflict with the aim of identifying the Sudanese identity. This fiction enjoyed great interests in postcolonial research due to cultural diversity. Consequently, the present research tries to disentangle the cross-cutting threads of fantasy and reality as regards Sudanese identity compared with which the Sudanese narrator attempts to present hordes of hybrid and pluralistic views. The study also seeks to explore how the author managed in his work to blend tradition and modernity as it stands out conspicuously in the textual treatment resulting in an outstanding literary work, a novel namely heavily laden with indigenous language the thing that raised him to a lofty prominent place amongst novelists. This research contains four chapters, chapter one is the introduction of the research, chapter two is the frame work of the research, chapter three is about the methodology of the research, and at last chapter four concerns the data analysis and supported with the references. المستخلص هذه الدراسة تصور مقصد الخيال والواقع عبر الاصالة والحداثة المنقولة عن واقع المنطقة الشمالية موطن الكاتب في رواية بندر شاه. الدراسة عبرت عن الصراع في تعريف الهوية السودانية حيث هذه الرواية أتت باشارة عظيمة في بحوث ما بعد الفترة الاستعمارية نسبة للتعدد الثقافي. وعلى ذلك هذه الدراسة تحاول ان تفصل التقاطع بين الخيال والواقع في الهوية السودانية بالمقارنة مع ما حاول الراوي السوداني ان يقدم لنا حشد من الهجين والتعددية بأشكالهم المختلفة وآرائهم. الدراسة بحثت في اكتشاف كيفية ادارة المؤلف لعمله لكي يجمع بين الاصالة والحداثة وذلك يقف بشكل واضح في المعالجة النصية التي اخرجت هذا العمل الادبي كرواية محملة باللغة الاصل مما رفعه لكي يبلغ تلك المكانة بين الروائيين. وقد اشتمل هذا البحث اربعة فصول، الفصل الاول هو مقدمة للبحث، والفصل الثاني هو هيكل البحث، والفصل الثالث هو منهج البحث، وآخيراً الفصل الرابع وهو تحليل البيانات ومن بعده المراجع.Item Exploring the Concept of Power and Resistance in Sophocles' Antigone and Shakespeare's Macbeth (Psycho-analytic Investigation)(Al-Neelain University, 2022-02) AlBalla Ahmed Mohamed ALIAbstract This research aims at investigating Sophocles' play "Antigone" as a form of Greek tragedy by comparing it to the Shakespearean tragedy "Macbeth" in terms of power and resistance from a psychoanalytic investigation. Though Sophocles and Shakespeare lived in different literary periods, they produced tragic heroes with common psychological plights. In both plays Creom and Macbeth are afflicted with uncontrolled desires for power as well as Lady Macbeth and Antigone unconsciously resisted their society oppression. In order to analyze this research, the researcher uses the descriptive analytic approach and employs the theories of psychoanalysis of Freud. The researcher finds out that Creon and Macbeth always give priority to their id of their uncontrolled desires for power. In addition to that the researcher also finds that Antigone and Lady Macbeth are victims and tragic heroines as they are portrayed as unconventional ladies. At last the researcher finds that Sophocles and Shakespeare seem to warn us against this irrational desire for power and its catastrophic consequences. مستخلص البحث يهدف هذا البحث لدراسة مسرحيتي "انتغون" للسوفوكلس و"ماكبيث " لشكسبير من خلال تحليل مفهومي السلطة و المقاومة من وجهة نظر تحليل نفسي. بالرغم من ان الكاتبان قد عاشا في عصرين مختلفين الا انهم اشتركوا في خلق شخصيات تعاني من نفس المشاكل النفسية فقد يعاني البطلان كريون و ماكبيث من رغبة مفرطة للسلطة كما عانت السيدتين انتغون و السيدة ماكبيث من مقاومة قمع المجتمع الذكوري. لتحليل هاتين المسرحيتين استخدم الباحث طريقة التحليل الوصفي إضافة إلى استخدام نظريات التحليل النفسي لفرويد. وجد الباحث أن سبب سقوط كل من "كريون وماكبيث" يُعزى سببه إلى طموحاتهم وأطماعهم الغير عقلانية في حب السلطة. كما وجد الباحث أن السيدتين "آنتيغون وماكبيث" كانتا ضحيتين بسبب تسلط المجتمع الذكوري الذي قادهما إلى ارتكاب جريمة الإنتحار. توصل الباحث من خلال تحليل شخصية "كريون وماكبيث" أن الكاتبين يُريدان أن يحذرا من أن الطمع المُفرط في السُلطة قد يكون لديه عواقب كارثية كما حدث مع "كريون وماكبيث" عندما قاما بقتل الأبرياء.