Vol. 6 No. 1 January, 2021

The Role of Conjunctions in EFL Learners' Narrative Development

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The Role of Conjunctions in EFL Learners' Narrative Development ijsac Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:01

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Narrative as one the social practice to negotiate and renegotiate meaning in the process of socialization has regained a specific attention in the recent years. The growing literature has provided a rich documentation on children's oral and written skills. Current research on different narrative strategies across cultures have contributed little to the use of conjunctive adverbs in narrating or re narrating of the stories among school level children. To this end, this study investigated the application of conjunctions in narrative organization using the story telling and story retelling as the medium of instruction among sixty intermediate and advanced level EFL learners. The findings revealed that the four types of additive, temporal, casual, and adversative conjunctions emerged differently among learners with two levels of language fluency based on the content and the type of the medium instructed. The findings also manifested positive transfer of mother tongue on the application of specific conjunctive elements. The findings further suggested that influential trainings are required in EFL classrooms to promote the application of conjunctions in narratives, since they are consequential tools to improve the learners' linguistic, cognitive and communicative skills.

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Leila Sayah, Azar Hosseini Fatemi.

DEVELOPMENT MODULE OF HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN FACING OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES

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DEVELOPMENT MODULE OF HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN FACING OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES ijsac Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:00

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This paper proposes a framework of Development Module of Holistic Leadership Training, which are facing global challenges. It is related to the concept of human development where they need to be developed and nurtured in a holistic manner from both physical and spiritual aspects in accordance with the nature of creation to create a life that is pleasing to the Creator.

Human today are in pursuit to get to the peak of development based on science and technology to face global challenges. Through the development of science and technology, they are fully exploiting the bounty of natural resources and facilities for the comfort of God in their lives. However, one fact that is hard to deny the nature and pattern of development carried out by leadership today have caused so much crises or problems either to the community or physical environment.

Transformed by today’s human evolution; marked by the increased crime rates, the collapse of the family institution, increased symptoms of moral decay in society, the emergence of unethical younger generation, damages to the environment and other social problems are getting chronic. Looking at the social and cultural development, it is important to have an assessment and review the model of development and education. Paradigm or archetype for the development of a society will determine the type and pattern of development and education that will be carried out within the community. The concept of development and education based on basic and incomprehensive views will not produce any better result from what we have now.

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Abd Jalil bin Borham (Prof, Dr.)

ONSET OF SHOALING PREFERENCE IN PUNTIUS SARANA SUBNASUTUS

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ONSET OF SHOALING PREFERENCE IN PUNTIUS SARANA SUBNASUTUS ijsac Thu, 01/07/2021 - 11:59

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Fishes are social organisms and form social groups in some stage of their life cycle. Loose aggregations of fishes forming a social assembly are called shoals. Fish that join with a shoal usually gains a wide variety of benefits. In the present study, the onset of shoaling behaviour in a freshwater fish, Puntius sarana subnasutus was tested using induced breeding technique. In dichotomous choice test, 10-days-old (mean body length = 9 mm) larvae and 20, 30 and 40- days-old juveniles (Mean body length 2.8, 3.1, 4.6 cm respectively) were given the opportunity to swim near shoals of ten fish or a single fish. The larvae on their completion of fin-ray development and start of scale formation to attainment of sexual maturity is said to be juveniles. When introduced into the experimental arena, the larvae as well as the juveniles demonstrated shoaling behavior, swimming near a group of fish rather than a single fish. The fish clearly exhibited an increasing preference to associate with a group corresponding to an increase in their age and the juveniles when become 40-days old, showed little preference for a single fish. The significance of developmental process in shoaling preference of fishes is discussed.

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JILNA ALEX N. AND JOHN THOMAS K.

CHECKLIST OF THE AQUATIC MACROPHYTES IN CERTAIN WETLANDS OF YAVATMAL DISTRICT, MAHARASTRA STATE, INDIA

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CHECKLIST OF THE AQUATIC MACROPHYTES IN CERTAIN WETLANDS OF YAVATMAL DISTRICT, MAHARASTRA STATE, INDIA ijsac Thu, 01/07/2021 - 11:58

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The present investigation concerns with the aquatic macrophyte diversity and its role in understanding the wetland ecosystem dynamics and species composition of aquatic macrophytes, seasonal distribution in five wetlands in Yavatmal district, viz. Arunavati dam, Nandgavan dam, Fetri dam in Digras Tehsil and Jamwadi Lake and Manpur Lake, in Yavatmal tehsil were studied during 2009-2011. Forty two different species of aquatic macrophytes were recorded from the studied wetlands which include three free floating macrophytes, seven submerged, two rooted floating and twenty eight emergent species of macrophytes. The free floating species Eichornia crassipes occurs throughout the year. While the submerged species Vallisneria spiralis, Ceratophyllum demursum, Hydrilla verticillata occur throughout the year. In the rooted floating category Ipomoea aquatica occurs throughout the year. Species composition and seasonal distribution of the macrophytes has also been noted in the present paper.

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MUKUND DHORE AND MANIK DHORE.

MOHAJIR QAUMI MOVEMENT (MQM) (A LINGUISTIC AND RACIAL POLITICAL PARTY1979-1988)

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MOHAJIR QAUMI MOVEMENT (MQM) (A LINGUISTIC AND RACIAL POLITICAL PARTY1979-1988) ijsac Thu, 01/07/2021 - 11:57

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MQM is a political party which plays an important role in the politics of Pakistan. It is trying to increase its influence in all provinces of Pakistan and for this purpose branches are being established in the various cities if Pakistan. It claims to be the representative of the deprive people of all Pakistan. This paper presents the study of MQM with special reference to its creation and what were the factors behind its creation. This study will also disclose the relation of MQM and military dictator Zia. What is the main dispute between the religious sections and MQM, Punjabi and MQM, Pushtoon and MQM? How the agencies played role in strengthening the unity and harmony among the Mahajirs? Is MQM politics based on regionalism and racialism?

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ABDUL QADIR MUSHTAQ.

Effect of Idealised Influence and Inspirational Motivation on the Performance of the Banking Sector Employees in Dar-es-Salaam Region

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Effect of Idealised Influence and Inspirational Motivation on the Performance of the Banking Sector Employees in Dar-es-Salaam Region ijsac Thu, 01/07/2021 - 11:56

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Studies mention idealised influence and inspirational motivation factors of transformational leadership as pivotal for employee and organisational performance. However, so few and inconsistent information exists on how the aforementioned factors affect the performance of the banking sector employees in the Dar-es-Salaam region of Tanzania. The study investigated the Effect of Idealised Influence and Inspirational Motivation on the Performance of the Banking Sector employees in Dar-es-Salaam region. Positivism paradigm, deduction approach, cross-sectional survey and quantitative research design are adopted. The units of observation were 131 staff of the banking sector. Multiple linear regressions were used for data analysis. The findings show that idealised influence has a positive significant effect on the performance of the banking sector employees in Dar-es-Salaam region. The findings also show that inspirational motivation has a positive significant effect on the performance of the banking sector employees in the Dar-es-Salaam region. Thus, leaders in the banking sector in Dar-es-Salaam region should improve employees’ performance through becoming the role models and inspiring employees to committing to firm’s vision for optimal performance. The study adds the literature in Tanzania and also reveals that idealised influence and inspirational motivation are the behaviours that employees can learn rather than the individual personality traits. Moreover, the study comes with a novel idea that because not all transformational leaders bring the positive work outcomes, employees should think out of the box while being led by those leaders.

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Chacha Magasi.

THE INFLUENCE OF LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE ON EMPLOYEES' COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS: BASED ON MEDIATING MECHANISM OF RESOURCE DEPLETION AND REGULATING MECHANISM OF MORAL IDENTITY

ijsac — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:54:44 +0000

THE INFLUENCE OF LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE ON EMPLOYEES' COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS: BASED ON MEDIATING MECHANISM OF RESOURCE DEPLETION AND REGULATING MECHANISM OF MORAL IDENTITY ijsac Thu, 01/07/2021 - 11:54

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Under the background of global economy, the competition among enterprises is becoming more and more fierce, and the competition among enterprises begins to change to "soft power" competition. In this context, employees will become the core competitiveness. Excellent performance of employees can improve the competitiveness of enterprises and promote the development of enterprises. Employees' exchange relationship within the organization is one of the most important concepts in the workplace, which has an important impact on the performance and atmosphere of the organization. Leader-member exchange has a direct impact on the allocation of resources in an organization. Previous studies have shown that sense of loss of resources will lead to Counterproductive Work Behavior of employees. Counterproductive Work Behavior, as an immoral behavior, is closely related to the moral level of individuals. From the perspective of resource depletion and moral Identity, this study explores the influence mechanism of Leader-member exchange relationship on Counterproductive Work Behavior of employees. It is not only the first time to explore the relationship between resources and Counteproductive Work Behavior, but also provides a new way for enterprises to improve employee performance. The study conducted a questionnaire survey on the spot and processed data with SPSS21.0. This paper provides a new way to study the impact of Organizational Resources on employee behavior and fills this gap. At the same time, it provides a new channel for enterprises to intervene employees’ Counterproductive Work Behavior, improve employees' performance and improve the operational efficiency of enterprises.

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SHAN JINWEN.