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 Students’ Perceptionsof English language Learning Through ESL /EFL Websites(جامعة النيلين, 2017) Abdelhafiz OsmanAbstract This study aims to investigate the students’ perception of English learning through ESL/EFL websites. The researcher uses quantitative method in order to identify and give a numerical result of students ‘perceptions of learning English through ESL/EFL websites. A questionnaire is used to collect the data. The participants were given 20 items and they were required to answer all the items. The participants of this study are university students from AL-Neelain University Faculty of Arts, English language Department. They were both male and female. They are 100 fourth year students of the academic year 2015/2016, majoring in English language. The findings of this study reveal that Sudanese EFL students confirm positive perception and attitude toward learning English through ESL/EFL websites. They also confirm that the use of ESL/EFL websites can provide and improve their English skills. Results also deemed it is appropriate to learn English through teachers who recommend ESL /EFL websites. Moreover, Sudanese students realize the importance of learning English through websites as well as the value of traditional learning. The findings also show that some difficulties and problems encounter Sudanese students when they use ESL/EFL Websites. The researcher recommends students to work hard in order to overcome the difficulties and problems they encounter when they use ESL/EFL websites. Also, teachers are advised to use different strategies to facilitate learning through ESL/EFL websites. المستخلص تتناول هذه الدراسة مدى مفهوم الطلاب لتعلم اللغة الانجليزية من خلال المواقع التعليمية, لاسيما مواقع اللغة الانجليزية كلغة ثانية او كلغةأولى.ولتحقيق أهداف هذه الدراسة استخدم الباحث الطريقة الكمية من أجل تحديد وتحليل أداء المشاركين.وقام الباحث بتوزيع استبيان لعدد100طالباً وطالبةً يدرسون بجامعة النيلين قسم اللغة الانجليزية المستوى الرابعلعام 2015-2016وقد اظهرت نتائج هذه الدراسة مدى مفهوم وقابلية الطلاب لتعلم اللغة الانجليزية من خلال المواقع التعليمية. أيضاً اثبتت نتائج هذه الدراسة المردود الايجابي للمواقع التعليمية فيرفع مستوى الطلاب مهارياً.كما أكدت نتائج هذه الدراسة علي أهمية تعلم اللغة الانجليزية من خلال المواقع التعليمية مع الأخذ في الاعتبار الطرق التقليدية لاكتساب اللغة.وقد بينت هذه الدراسة المشاكل والصعوبات التي تواجه الطلاب السودانيين عند استخدام المواقع التعليمية. وعليه يوصي الباحث الطلاب بالاجتهاد أكثر حتي يتخطوا الصعوبات التي تواجههم أثناء تعلمهم اللغة الانجليزية كلغة ثانية من خلال المواقع التعليمية. كما يوصي الأساتذة باستخدام استراتيجيات تعلم حديثة تسهم في جذب الطلاب لتعلم اللغة الانجليزية.Item The Effectiveness of Multimedia in Teaching Listening to Alneelain University Second-year Students(2015) Tahani Omer Musa MahmoudAbstract This study investigates the effectiveness of the use of multimedia in teaching listening to Sudanese learners of English. It also examines the students‘ attitude toward .learning listening by using multimedia The participants of the study were 60 students of Alneelain University second-year .students of the English Department These participants were divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control .group The data of the study was collected through a pre-test and a post-test for each of the two .groups The control group was taught listening without using multimedia, whereas the experimental group was taught by using .mu|timedia The results of the test reveal that there is a significant improvement in the performance .of the experimental group 4Item The Effect of Positive Transfer from French to English on Understanding English Texts(2016) Sami Osman HassanThis study has explored EFL (English as Foreign Language) Algerian learners’ vocabulary comprehension of unfamiliar words and aims to build a link between French and English vocabulary among Algerian learners . This research has revealed the positive effects of French vocabulary on understanding English texts. The research dealt only with positive transfer, false cognates are not included. Quantitative research design has been adopted f or this study to generate statistics about the participants. For data collection, the participant’s vocabulary size was measured in both languages English and French. They were also asked t o com plete a pre - task intended to obtain detailed information , then a teaching stage was made to raise their awareness about the interference between English and French vocabulary. Finally, a post - test was given after the teaching stage to compare the result s b efore and after their awareness was raised. The findings may help EFL instructors more effectively facilitate the foreign language vocabulary development of their students. First, instructors should be come aware of individual learner ’s French background and their learning strategies. They can guide their learners to be aware of the benefit of French language on learning English in general and especially vocabulary. Raising the consciousness about the importance of vocabulary knowledge i n text comprehension will increase learners’ attention to unknown words and build a link between the two languages. Finally, the practitioners can guide their learners to become aware that the more French vocabulary you have the easiest understanding Engli sh text will beItem The Cruciality of English Syllable Initial and Final Consonant Clusters for Sudanese EFL Students(2016) Jamal Uthman NogoudAbstract This study analyses the phonological errors that Sudanese EFL students perform in their pronunciation of English phonotactics of syllable ICCs and FCCs. The researcher uses quantitative method in order to identify and analyse the participants’ performance through interpretation and calculation. A two tasks test is used to collect the data (dialogue reading and word list reading tasks). The participants of this study are 52 second year students of the academic year 2015/2016, major ing in English language. The first group of the participants consists of 26 students 13 male and 13 female and they study at Gedarif University , Faculty of Education , English language Department and the other group consists of 26 students also 13 male and 13 female and the y study at Al - Neelain University , Faculty of Arts , English L anguage Department. Both groups speak the same Sudanese colloquial Arabic as their first language and English as a second language. The findings of this study reveal that Sudanese EFL students insert the vowels /ɪ/ and /ə/ to break the sequence of consonan t clusters. Results also demonstrate that the participants delete one of the consonant sounds. Moreover, the findings show that the main reason for the incorrect pronunciation caused by the participants’ MT language (MT interference and language transfer). The researcher modestly recommends students to work hard on the differences between the phonotactic system of their MT language and the TL.Item Analyzing Formal Links in MA English Theses' Abstracts(2016) Hussam Al.Dean Sied Omer Al.ZubairAbstract The purpose of this study is to check whether students are familiar with the use of different cohesive devices in writing abstracts for theses at the master level of English. It also aims at finding the common cohesive devices used by Sudanese EFL students. T he sample was 25 theses abstracts written by Sudanese MA students from AL - N eelain University, specializing in English language and literature . The quantitative research design (SPSS program ) has been used to determine the frequencies of the formal links that have been used in the abstracts. T he findings reveal ed that Sudanese MA students are aware with particular cohesive devices such as conjunctions, reference, repetition and verb form . The study also revealed that MA students lack awareness with the use of parallelism, substitution, ellipsis, collocation, synonym and antonym. The research concludes with findings which are proved that the cohesive devices in the abstracts written by MA students are used in a great amount and similar types. The researcher sets the recommendations for the English language departmen ts in the different universities to concern more in teaching the cohesive devices. The students also should focus more on how to use different types of formal links.Item An Analysis of the Pronunciation Produced by Fourth Year English Language Students at Sudanese Universities(2015) Eman Ali Babiker AliAbstract The major aim of this study is to investigate the pronunciation produced by Sudanese EFL/ESL learners while they are speaking English. The subjects for the study were studen ts and teachers at Sudanese universities. The instruments used for collecting the data were a questionnaire, an interview, and group discussion. The researcher found that Sudanese EFL learners have problems when pronouncing English words, especially with: the sounds that are not found in their mother tongue; e.g.: /p/ and /v/ sounds, words that have consonant clusters; e.g.; /school/ and /spent/. Vowels (diphthongs and triphthongs); e.g; the students pronounce /i/ for /e/ as in sit, and overlapping between English and Arabic - students tend to substitute sounds that are not found in their mother tongue, e.g.: they pronounce /b/ instead of /p/ sound as in the word: people.Item English Vowel Sounds Contrasted to Arabic Vowel Sounds(جامعة النيلين, 2012) Zahra DanaAbstract It is known that foreign language learners often struggle to accurately pronounce unfamiliar sounds in the target language. This study under the title of "The production of English vowel sounds contrasted to Arabic vowel sounds: A case study of Al Neelain third year EFL majors' pronunciation problems", investigates the difficulties Sudanese third year students of English language at Al Neelain University face in producing English vowel sounds. This study contrasts Arabic and English vowel sounds in order to identify the differences between these two vocalic systems. These differences are considered to be the chief source of difficulties for the students. The effect of mother tongue interference on pronunciation is also examined in this study. The experimental and Analytical model of methodology is followed to undertake this study and the data are collected through the Written and oral experiments. Forty five Sudanese third year EFL students at Al Neelain University who are native speakers of Arabic and undergone the same background studies have been chosen as subjects to participate in these experiments. The results of the experiments reveal that the significant numbers of the students mispronounce and misidentify the vowels that do not have Arabic counterparts. They face difficulty, for example, in producing long vowels /32/, /32/, and /02/, short vowels /D/, /U/, /æ/, /A/ and /9/, and the diphthongs which glide to /9/ and those which glide to /U/. Whereas, the vowels that are similar to Arabic ones do not pose serious problems for the student to pronounce. The results show also that the student substit11te the vowel /U/ for /u I/, /Cl I/ for /æ/, /D2/ for /D/ and /A/ for /D/ in many contexts. The reasons for this erroneous iv pronunciation, in researcher point of view, could be: the differences between Arabic and English vowel sounds in terms of quality and quantity, the mother tongue interference, inconsistence between spelling and pronunciation, and students' inadequate knowledge about English articulation system. At the end, the researcher suggests conducting further researches in this area that investigate the effect of other factors, such as, the syllabus, the number of students in the classroom, the teaching hours and competency of English teachers, on English pronunciation, The researcher recommends providing universities With language labs with Multimedia to improve students' production and perception of English vowel sounds.