Abstract: English has been the medium for many higher education institutions in which their courses will be taught using the language.   Students who are not widely exposed to using English in their secondary school years will find it extremely difficult when confronted with the new challenge of being taught in English. Their main problems range from the ability to have correct pronunciations, usage of one identical word but for different meanings, applications of the right words for the right situations, and vocabulary inadequacy.  An observational study over the semester period of seventeen weeks, on a class of 36 semester-five Diploma in nursing students in a private university college, signified the problems on a more pertinent scale.  Among the 36 students, 7 were Indians while the rest were Malays. During the first week of the semester, 30 students were seen to pronounce most of the words they read or verbalized wrongly.  2 students used the words that gave opposite meanings in their test one which indirectly affected the marks they scored. 12 students interpreted the meaning of a given word in the wrong situational applications. Only 7 students were seen to have good vocabulary capabilities.  With continuous guidance in the language alongside being taught the subject of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the next eight weeks, some improvements were seen in all areas mentioned above. By the fourteenth week, tremendous improvement was seen and the students were seen to be more confident with their English interactions. 

Keywords: English, pronunciations, application, vocabulary inadequacy, guided, improvements, English interact tions, all lecturers.
Title: Guiding Students on English in a Non-English Class: an Experiance
Author: Tumirah Binti Bahari
ISSN 2394-9686
International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning
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Abstract: The aim of this study is to determine the Nutritional indicators by Districts and age groups of children in Sana'a City, Capital of Yemen. A sample of study was 1534 children aged under 5 years that was taken from the raw data of Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2005/2006 in Yemen. Height-for-age z score (HAZ), Weight-for-height z score (WHZ), and Weight-for-age z score (WAZ) indicators were used to measure the nutritional status of children. The prevalence of stunting was about 45.7%, and of them, 22.2% were severely stunting,  33.2% of children were considered as severely and moderately underweight, while 15.1% of children had wasting, of which 9.6% had severely wasting in Sana'a City. The results of chi-square and analysis of variance revealed that highly significant stunting among children in Sanhan District when compared to others (P < 0.01), while risk of wasting among Snahan's children was likely to be lower significant as compared to other districts. In addition, risk of wasting and underweight among children of Al-sabeen District was likely to be lower significant as compared to other districts. Risk of stunted significantly was higher more in old children (12 - 59) compared to youngest (0 - 11) (P < 0.01), underweight was more highly significant prevalent among (36 - 59) months old children, while risk of severe and moderate wasting were higher among (0 - 11) months youngest children as compared to (24 - 35) months old children (P < 0.01).
Keywords: HAZ, WHZ, WAZ, Analysis of Variance, Chi square Test.
Title:The Nutritional Indices Patterns of Children Under 5 Years Old in Sana'a City, Capital of Yemen
Author: Nabila Ali Ahmad Alsonini, Muhammed Saleh Abdullah Masood
ISSN 2394-9686
International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning
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Abstract: Learners find ways to succeed along with all of their teachers in educational journey. It is a dream that good teaching would address the learners’ challenges to acquire ideas and skills needed to deal with the rapid demands of expanding life in the twenty first century. This study aimed in contributing to the literature regarding a potential indirect mediating variable for the relationship between the reflective thinking skills of teachers and students’ motivational preferences. Teachers’ creativity was investigated as a potential mediating construct to explain the way in which reflective thinking skills of teachers affect the students’ motivational preferences. The respondents of this study were four hundred Public Secondary Schools Grade Nine Students chosen from the ten school divisions of Davao Region, Philippines using the Slovin’s formula. Three sets of questionnaires using five point rating scale were prepared. The data gathered were tabulated and interpreted using descriptive- correlational method with mean, Pearson r and linear regression. There were three steps to be met for the third variable to be acting as a mediator thus; med graph was utilized involving the Sobel test. Subsequently, significant differences and mediating effect among variables in this study were evident.

Keywords:  Creativity, Davao Region, mediator, motivation, preferences, reflective thinking, Skills.                                  
Title: Reflective Thinking Skills of Teachers and Students’ Motivational Preferences: The Mediating Role of Teachers’ Creativity on Their Relationship
Author: AIDA AMASOL BIONGAN
ISSN 2394-9686
International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning
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Abstract: Dropout rate in secondary school education is a critical issue not only in Kenya but in all countries of the world. Learners who drop out of secondary school face a lot of challenges as individuals, families and the immediate society. In Kenya, the government counts its losses arising from expenditure incurred in supporting learners through bursaries and Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) funds. In Rongo Sub-County, Kenya, in the year 2010 7,946 boys (31.2 percent) and 5,344 girls (24.27 percent) were enrolled in secondary schools against the sub-county census data where the 15-19 age group has 21,603 boys and 22,017 girls. This research study investigated impact of Home-Based Factors of student’s dropout rate by gender in secondary schools in Rongo Sub-County. The study was guided by the objectives that established the impact of home-based factors on dropout by gender in the Sub-County. The study adopted descriptive survey design within the target population of 24 principals (24 public secondary schools), 183 teachers and 8083 learners. Purposive sampling was used to get the principals and teachers; while learners were sampled using stratified random sampling method. This study realized respondents of 11 principals, 100 teachers and 382 learners. Data was collected by use of specific questionnaire prepared by the researcher. Validity of questionnaires was tested during the pilot study. Also, split-half technique of reliability testing was employed. All pre-testing procedure for validity of instruments was based on coefficient of +0.79 indexes. The data collected was summarized and analyzed quantitatively. The study established that both boys and girls do drop out from the Kenyan secondary schools. Among the notable Home-Based factors that influenced dropout were, lack of fees, sibling factor, friends, death of parents, pregnancy, and poor health; lack of food, marriage, employment, and child labour. In addition, government policies that could counter dropout by gender were not articulated to learners. Furthermore the study discovered that there was high correlation (+0.92) between male student respondents and female student respondents view on the issues that make them drop out of secondary schools. Therefore, the government should use the proffered recommendations and generate policies that will counter dropout and enhance Education for All (EFA).

Keywords: Public Secondary Education, Case of Rongo Sub-County in Migori County.
Title: The Impact of Home-Based Factors on Gender Dropout in Public Secondary Education: A Case of Rongo Sub-County in Migori County
Author: Dr. Peter O. Nyakan Paul Alela Oguta, Dr. Kennedy N. Getange
ISSN 2394-9686
International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning
Novelty Journals