Misan Journal of Academic Studies

Self-regulation is one of the important elements in the individual’s personality, which focuses on the consistency and maturity of the individual’s personality and its compatibility with the environment to which he belongs and giving him an identity of his own. Therefore , the current research aims to identify the self-regulation of Iraqi EFL teachers and its role in enhancing college students’ cognitive curiosity. In order to fulfill the goal of the study, the researcher randomly selected (37) male and female students and (33) teachers as a sample. The students were asked to respond to a cognitive curiosity scale that consisted of (25) items while the teacher were asked to answer a self-regulation scale consisting of (20) items. The researcher verified the virtual, structural and subjective validity of the two tools, as well as their reliability , and the data were treated statistically. For the statical analysis, statistical program SPSS and Microsoft Excel were used to extract the results. In the light of the research results, a number of conclusions, recommendations and proposals were drawn up.

The history of the struggle between England and Ireland extends over the last eight centuries. Over this long period, England tried to capture the country with an iron fist but faced resistance from the Irish. Yeats' play The Countess Cathleen's events occur during a significant point of struggle in which the British Government neglected the Irish nation and left it to face a severe famine of its own. Following the thematic approach, this paper explains how the Irish nationalist poet, William Butler Yeats, represented the English politicians and Government during the Famine and in what way he showed the image of Irish Nationalists. This paper contains two sections with an abstract and a conclusion. In the first section, the paper gives an introduction to the work and its literary and historical background. The second section contains a detailed analysis of the representation of colonisers in Yeats' play.

This article will shed light on the concepts of islamophobia and occidentalism in Safi Abdi’s novel A Mighty Collision of Two Worlds (2002). The novel revolves around a cross-cultural marriage between a Muslim girl, Anisa, from Rako Island and Mike, an American man. Anisa suffered a lot in this marriage due to the rejection of the Western culture, including Mike’s family and friends, of this relationship. She was seen as inferior, backward, aggressive and threatening for being black and Muslim. The portrayal of the female protagonist as such will be studied from the notion of islamophobia, a term that became common in the West, after it was introduced in a report that was published by the British Runnymede Foundation in 1997. Moreover, the depiction of the Western protagonist, Mike, as superior, drunk, and an atheist would be analyzed from the concept of Occidentalism; a term that refers to how non-Westerners perceive and present the West. Thus, the image of the Western culture in the novel will be studied also.

This study will look at Willy Loman, the protagonist of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, through the lens of psychodynamic theory. The aim is to discover why he tried to kill himself. Furthermore, according to the claim, Willy Loman had a narcissistic and borderline psychiatric disorder that harmed his thinking and prompted him to commit himself. Willy Loman is a conceited man. He is consumed with his success as a salesperson, a spouse, and a parent. His mental health is jeopardized. His decision to kill himself was motivated by a mental disorder brought on by his neuroses. As a result, Willy Loman's conduct will be examined through the lens of the Psychoanalytic Theory of neuroses and mental diseases.

Digital literacy, one aspect of the current digitalized cultural forms, has become an integral societal skill and has tremendously impacted on the ways people learn and share information, affecting thus the construction and distribution of knowledge between individuals. Being digital literate allows one to use media platforms and tools expertly and produce information proficiently, the fact that renders it significant for curriculum frameworks and educational objectives. Universities around the world have adopted Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to promote digital literacy among students learning a foreign language, particularly English. Integrating technology aims to bring reforms to and improve education systems by moving away from outdated methods and alternatively using modern techniques for teaching a foreign language. Studies have shown that integrating technology, such as information and communication technology (ICT), in teaching English as a foreign language can have positive outcomes. The use of ICT has been observed to enhance the distribution of information and improve the instruction and learning of a foreign language for both educators and pupils. This study aims to investigate how advancements in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have impacted the way English is taught and learned as a foreign language at two randomly selected universities. The focus is on how ICT is used to restructure language instruction and learning environments, and how it assisted in teaching and learning English. The study will use an analytical approach to examine the implementation of ICT at selected universities. It is also aimed to provide recommendations on the correct implementation of ICT as well as provide a comprehensive review not only on the advantages of the latter instructive tool but also on its disadvantages in EFL classrooms.

English is believed to be among the most frequently used languages on social media platforms. Recently social media has become an integral part of people’s everyday lives. It is used for all sorts of activities and occasions whether educational, political, social, or cultural. The purpose of this paper is to study the language choice of an ethnic minority- Lebanese Armenians- on social media. It also studies whether people’s educational, social, financial, linguistic and cultural background have any impact on their language choice on social media. The study answers two research questions: (1) What language(s) do Lebanese Armenians use for their social media posts? (2) What factors impact the Lebanese Armenians’ language choice on social media? The subjects are multilingual Lebanese citizens of Armenian descent whose grandparents and great grand-parents settled in Lebanon after the Armenian Genocide in 1915. For privacy purposes, the contacts will remain anonymous. Data will be collected in two means. (1) a survey questionnaire that includes 40 objective questions and one open ended question seeking information about demographics, social media accounts owned, what languages they use on social media and why. (2) the posts of six randomly chosen contact accounts (three male and three female) on Facebook and three contact accounts on Instagram. The posts analyzed are from October 2021 till February 2022. The study analyzes the language(s) they use for their posts. Last but not least, the study conducted defines relevant terms such as language, social media, identity, English as a global language, and caption.

This paper focuses on contrary to their male counterparts. Women arrive as protagonists in Beckett's theatre relatively late in the play's development. In Oh Les beaux jours (1960), Winnie is the first example of a female character who takes up most of the scenic area in a motion picture. Winnie is dealing with the loss of her physical body as she is filling the stage with her voice. Throughout Beckettian plays, women feel a sense of loss. The body and words have been reduced to fragments and are now signified by absence rather than presence. For actors in late-stage theatre, the body that is not seen and the words that are not uttered have become the most important signifiers of the performance. While all parts of theatrical depiction are in flux, the characters maintain their unique identities, and their gender roles are clear. Beckett's plays deal with mother-daughter relationships and failed parenting in a small but considerable number of instances. The mother's failure is part of a more significant debate on theatrical semiotics and life in general. These women never exist as full personalities since they are either voices without forms or bodies without voices. Similarly, they can indeed be mothers in the actual world because that position may only lead to more death and sorrow. For once, Beckett's generally non-mimetic vision of theatre finds a counterpart beyond the stage. This paper focuses on the absence of women in Beckett's plays, which might be linked to their negative roles that one can see when reading Beckett's works.

Inclusion is a topic of importance in every educational institution. The notion that individuals with special needs are the only ones who can benefit from inclusion in education is no longer valid. Because education today is defined as a person's right to belong to and participate in the educational system, inclusion entails including all students from various ethnic and racial backgrounds. When a system is inclusive, there is no need to negotiate a right of entry to a university or a school; however, many inclusion rules still segregate and build social hierarchies due to unethical decisions. The article contends that school reform in education can handle many issues related to inclusion, ethics, curriculum development, and classroom instruction so that graduates build a career with a job identity. The article also investigates the opinions of Lebanese University instructors regarding inclusion policies based on a set of regulations and rules. The survey assesses the instructors' satisfaction regarding inclusion at the Lebanese University for Letters and Sciences-Branch II. The study's null hypothesis is that inclusion does not impact the instructors, while the alternative hypothesis is that it affects them positively. The study serves as a tool to help identify strengths and opportunities for improvement

The present research deals with the quality standers that should be found in the curriculum of general teaching methods from the points of view of the teachers at the Basic Education College so as to know where could we determine some defects in building of such criterion in the curriculum in order to make some remedies for these defects .The researcher apply questionnaire to gather the appropriate information that related to the results of this study. The questionnaire includes the following area :curriculum philosophy, aims, methods and evaluation. The sample of the study consists of 25 teachers who they are chosen from the original population in random method. The results of this study shows there are some defects in building of some criterion especially in the contents and the aims of the curriculum. On the base of these results some conclusions are made and some recommendation are drawn.

Emerging technologies are now springing up in evolution. The pandemic was really a boon for digital growth across the world. Every communication or share of data across the internet found to be archived somewhere in the digital space. The data hives thus captured are minuscule in use, with abundant data still to find its latent application. The data use applications depend on the understanding capability of the data architect, who would position their use appropriately, depending on the specific process that is unique to the industry. Modeling and analysis of big data systems with enterprise’s function, their associated market, and the people capability proliferates an abundant conversation among nodes of interactions of machines, materials, men, methods, market and money. The sensor generated and captured data from these nodes are very relevant and real time in nature leading to cognizable applications of business decisions, improving to innovate smart actions that can create competitive advantage to the organization. Automation of data gathering and piping its flow along the process offers objective scenarios to the organization, which can be intelligently processed by machine learning, for enlightening various options that can be chosen for intelligent decision making. Otherwise, this data could have been missed by the organization due to its inability to comprehend landing into a disadvantageous positioning of the value chain. The common novel hardware applications of Robotics and drones have captured more acceleration in their acceptance and development. Following the race of acceptance and development Additive manufacturing and Augmented Reality are also pushing for their position. While the more software and intelligence networked applications such as Simulations, Big data are still lagging behind. The middle wares of applications such as Systems Integration, cloud computing, cyber security, and IoT are now comfortably placed with the arrival of 5G mobile Networks to offer affordability, speed and low latency in connection. This paper aims to identify the organization intelligence that can be automated through the use of emerging technologies, suitably applying them for achieving the strategic intent on a case of Bio life Industries.

Teaching methods, education, technology and classroom management strategies are constantly changing to adapt to the requirements of university students. In the modern and globally integrated world, international cooperation in education plays significant role in making the teaching and learning process more effective, innovative and sustainable. To reach the sustanibilility of international interuniversity cooperation, the best modern learning methods that belong to different educational systems need to be selected, combined and experience shared so that to reinforce the teaching and learning process (Edu voice, 2021, p.1). This paper endeavors to first, present a list of modern teaching methods to be used in online and classroom university learning environment. Second, to determine the main characteristics of modern learning methods and their importance in developing interactive and innovative environment. Third, discuss twenty classroom management techniques that should be used first, to cope with the increase of the scope of knowledge in recent years, in the field of science and technology and tackle the 21st century, which is technology –driven time that requires creative and innovative minds for the progress of individuals, societies, nations and the creation of opportunities for themselves and others (Sterten et al,2016, p.170).