Journal of Tikrit University for Humanities

Teacher's questions are the chief verbal tool for shaping and modeling interaction in the classroom as well as the primary source of data for evaluating the substantive knowledge and intellectual skill of his/her students.
The present study, therefore, aims at:
1. Investigating the effect of using question based discussion technique in teaching English novel on students’ achievement.
2. Finding out whether there are any significant differences in using question- based discussion technique at recognition and production level.
3. Finding out whether there are any significant differences in using QBD technique between male and female.
Three null hypotheses have been stated as follows:
1: There is no statistically significant difference between the mean
scores of the experimental group and those of the control group in the
novel achievement posttest.
2: There is no statistically significant difference between the mean
scores and the theoretical mean of students' recognition and production level.
3: There is no statistically significant difference between the mean
scores of male students and those of female students in the novel achievement posttest.
The sample of the study consists of 60 college students in the Department of English at the College of Education/, University of Kirkuk for the academic year 2016-2017. The two groups were randomly chosen one of these two groups was assigned as an experimental group (EG) which was taught novel by using Question Based- discussion strategy, and the other as a control group (CG) which was taught novel by using traditional method. The achievement test was carried out by the researcher to measure the students' progress in the dependent variables of the study. The statistical analysis of the results reveals that there is a statistically significant difference between the mean achievement scores of the EG and those of the CG in the novel achievement posttest. The research ended up with a number of recommendations. Furthermore, some suggestions for further studies.

The focus of this research is the family influences on children in the way they think about themselves as adults. This effect shapes children’s personalities and as a result influences their identities. In Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye the Society and Pecola’s family seem to tell her that beauty brings love and since she is ugly she remains unloved and unworthy. The research answers questions like, what are the effects of the society on the psychology of a child. What are the effects of the family, what breakdowns occur in the children’s lives when they live in a loveless family? What are the effects of being homeless in your own home and among your own family and people?

1.Statement of the Problem :
The present study is designed to address the recurring problems translators face in rendering the Arabic adjective which may belong to more than one preceding nouns into English .The most difficult areas that are going to be dealt with are :
1.The syntactic system of Arabic is quite different from that of English as the former language is known to enjoy more flexibility in taking different cases of the adjective in the same text than the latter .This creates so many obstacles in the process of translating .
2.The Arabic adjective does not only , as most of translators believe , agree in the case with only the direct preceding noun .Consider the following text which will certaily help to sum up the problem in some detail

“ The assessment is a process that aims at finding out the advantages and disadvantages of the English Language Course (student, teacher and material ) and other factor that is related to teaching process . ”
“ This study aims at investigating the current course of English language teaching in College of economic through:
Assessing of material and teaching techniques of course that is taught at College of Economic and administration . Beside checking the students' achievement in order to prove whether this material of course meets their needs or not ” .
This study hypothesizes that
“ The presently course meets the objectives of the English language teaching that mean the developing of English language skills .It also hypothesizes that the material of the course fulfills the high level of the students' achievement ”.
“To verify the hypotheses of this study, it has included:
1- The researcher selected randomly (90) Students from first year at the department of Economic and Administration . University of Tikrit as a sample of the students of the current study .
2- It has been selected (10) Instructors from the Colleges of Administration and Economic at two Universities( Baghdad and Tikri) as a sample of the instructors.
3- The researcher selected (3) Specialists from College of Political science and College of Education , University of Tikrit as a sample of specialists .
4- A test and a checklist have been constructed as tools of measurement”
This study has found out the following results:
The material of English language course does not meet the students' needs . Inefficiency of the teacher particularly in writing and speaking skills. The period of English language teaching and the number of hours are insufficient and the method and technique of teaching need to adapt .