IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature

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Authors: P. V. RAVI KUMAR

I was walking along the lonely beaches With my beloved one evening The beating sound of the waves ricocheted Through the core of my ear to and fro; As time passed by the moon rose high above With its pristine beauty; My beloved exclaimed that I am just The holy angel on earth she was looking for; As a compliment I gave a kiss on her lips With each kiss I gave her the moon brightened its face; We cozily stayed there on the beach for the night Stepping into a different world altogether; When the morning sun pierced down my back I woke up with a start only to realize It was a strange distant dream

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Authors: MARYAM GHORBANI, FATEME NOORI SARUKOLAEE & AKBAR MOMENIRAD

Multimedia has a critical role in learning and learning development in students. In this regard, current study is going to investigate the effect of researcher made multimedia on the high level of mentally retarded educable third grad students' learning in elementary students in Hamedan. Statistical society includes the whole male mentally retarded third grade students in the elementary schools in Hamedan. 28 people have been selected randomly among these retarded mentally educable students. Research method was Quasi-experimental using pre-post-test with control group. Experimental group has been taught by means of training researcher made media for two months. But, control group has been taught traditionally without using multimedia. Primarily, in order to investigate the expected changes, a pre-test has been conducted for both groups. After performing pre-test, experimental group was exposed to independent variable and then a post test was performed on both groups. After 9 weeks, the second post-test has been conducted to evaluate the level of retention. Data was analyzed in descriptive level with mean and standard deviation and in inferential level with statistical analysis covariance. Findings showed that experimental group had progressed significantly by use of researcher made multimedia compare with control group. According to findings, it can be concluded that teaching and learning by means of multimedia will be much more effective for educable students.

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Authors: LAISHRI MAHILARY

Bodo is one of the most famous languages and major tribes of North-Eastern region of India. Linguistically the Bodo language belongs to the great Sino-Tibetan language family. In this paper a microscopic discussion has been done based on scripts as used by the Christian Missionaries in writing the Bodo language during the missionary period in the history of Bodo literature. To discuss the topic some of the peculiar scripts have been taken into account in this paper

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Authors: INDIRA BORO

The hand-woven textile has occupied an important place in the culture and civilization of India since very ancient times. Bodo people living in the side of North-East India (Brahmaputra plain of Assam) were influenced in their textile production by the elements of physical environment as well as by their folk song, rituals, myths, legends, ceremonies festivals, social organizations and cultural norms. The indigenous inhabitants of most of this largely hill region are Bodo. There is an immensely rich assembly of tribal culture in this region. The beautiful hand woven product of the Bodos of this region not only reflects the skills of individual weavers but the creative capacity and deep perception of beauty in variety color and design of the Bodo people as a whole. The very socio-cultural life of the Bodo communities is revealed significantly in their clothes. Silk culture is a traditional cottage industry rooted in the life and culture of Bodos. Sericulture of Bodos comprises mulberry (pat) and non-mulberry silkworm culture. The later includes endi, muga and oak-tasar, Endi and muga skills are considered to be of indigenous origin and found only in foot hills of Himalaya. Largely, the Kachari Bodo tribes practice this culture during their leisure time, but ithelps to improve their economic condition a lot especially of women.

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Authors: ANJU VERMA

In recent years India has seen a tremendous growth in the number and types of institutions providing higher education. In order for organizations and individuals to remain competitive in a rapidly changing environment, demand for education and training has become more critical than before. To respond to this demand, new institutions have continued to emerge. At present, India has about 304 Universities, including 62 Deemed Universities, 11 open Universities, and 15,000 colleges, incorporating approximately 10 million students and 0.5 million teachers. The performance of higher education institutions is a growing concern. The pressure for quality assurance poses a major challenge for higher education as in case of many developing countries including India. With increasing interaction of commerce, trade and education across national borders, needs for measures of the quality of education in a given country or region are growing each year. NAAC is an autonomous institution, established by the UGC in 1994. The primary objective of NAAC is to assess and accredit institutions of higher learning with an objective of helping them to work continuously to improve the quality of education. The aim is to provide universities with the best evidence for informing their focus and models for quality improvement. According to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, only about 10-11% of the population in the relevant age-group is enrolled in higher education, and a mere 5% graduate with degrees. Quality assurance refers to the policies, attitudes, actions and procedures necessary to ensure that quality is being maintained and enhanced. Accreditation refers to an evaluation of whether an institution qualifies for a certificate status. The purpose of this paper is to determine the state of research in a review of quality assurance in higher education institutions based on a review of the academic literature

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Authors: DIANA AUDI & RIM GOUIA

Lecture notes provide a gauge for what is important in the textbook. However, taking notes for ELL (English Language Learners) students is not an easy task as ELL students are unable to communicate fluently or learn effectively in English. In this research, we attempt to analyze the effects of augmenting Mathematics Lectures with pre-written handouts on the note taking of ELL students and consequently on the academic performance of ELL students. The research was conducted over a period of four consecutive semesters on a Freshman Mathematics subject at the American University of Sharjah in UAE and a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach was employed. The introduction of the new teaching methodologies reflected positively on the students’ performance in subsequent exams and based on the conducted survey, the majority of the students indicated the positive impact of being exposed early in the lecture to written notes on their own note taking

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Authors: SHEHLA MOHSIN ABDUL SAHIB

This study is an analysis of structure written by Iraqi first-, second-, third- and fourth-stage collage English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. This study aims at identifying with restriction the types of errors they potential errors in the use of the indefinite article. Nine kinds of error were identified, and their recurrence calculated and then compared through the three levels. These errors are: (1) delete phrases represent the indefinite article, (2) writing within of the noun/adjective it is the following (3) Replaced by the indefinite for the definite article, (4) substituting of the definite for the indefinite article, (5) substituting of a for an,(6) using of the indefinite article with undifferentiated plurals, (7) use of the indefinite article with remarkable plurals, (8) use of the indefinite article with uncountable nouns, and (9) using of the 2indefinite..article..with..adjectives. The different earlier error analyses, native language converts and transfer was found to substitute which is at best minimal. The evaluation revealed that all errors, except one, are independent of the student' native language. The only kind of error which could be keep track back to the influence of Arabic, among other sources, was the deleting of the indefinite article. Developmental elements and popular learning strategies such as facilitation and over generalization were found to compute for the plurality of learners' errors. The using of these strategies was obvious among the EFL learners of the four stages who were found to do well on assured items and to have difficulty with others.