ام المؤمنین حضرت ام حبیبہ رضی اللہ تعالی عنہا: احوال و خدمات کا تحقیقی مطالعہ

Man is noblest creation in the universe. Prophets are the most honorable men among of all the human being. Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) is most exalted in all prophets. Those who saw the countenance in belief get the blessing from the highest status. There are eleven virtuous wives of the Prophet (S.A.W) to be the mother of whole Umma e Muslim. One of them is Hazrat Ramla (R.A), daughter of Hazrat Abu Sufyan (R.A). She is known as Umme Habiba. As a Makah’s Chief daughter she enjoys every facility. After embracing Islam she showed stead fastness and consistency in Islam. Because her first husband was Christian but she protects her faith, notions and honor. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) give her honor for sending marriage proposal. The Negus recited the word of nikah of all the virtuous and chaste wives of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W). Hazrat Umm e Habeeba (R.A) was the greatest preacher and supporter of Islam. She was always ready and assiduous to follow the teachings of Islam; and she understand it her obligation to follow the tradition of Hadith. There are sixty five traditions attributed to her in the primary sources of Hadith, which have fundamental status on different topics. In the mentioned article, the investigatory and factual study of her conditions and services has been offered and displayed

Exploring Metaphors of Teachers Practices and Perceptions for Assessing Creative Writing Skills

The world is becoming a "Global village" in which English has become a tool to communicate across the borders. To maintain effective communication, it becomes necessary for the teaching and learning process to take account of language skills. When taking into account language skills, it becomes pertinent for teachers to keep an accountability check of a child's progress from the early years of schooling. Moreover, it is also significant to gain teachers' perceptions about assessment. For that the purpose of this study was to explore teachers' practices and perceptions for assessing creative writing skills in an EFL classroom at grades one and two in a private school through metaphors. Two teachers were selected as research participants along with work samples of six students, three samples from each class. Metaphors were used as a tool in this study to get teachers' insights about the assessment of creative writing skill through interviews. Along with that document analysis and classroom observations sufficed the data collection. Metaphors shared by teachers, were cooking and floating. Metaphors helped in extracting teachers' sub-conscious meaning which were evident in their practices. It was evident from the interpretation of teachers' metaphors; they had ambiguous ideas about continuous assessment. Teachers used a variety of continuous assessment tools such as observation, asking questions to name a few but without any developed insights. It was also revealed from the data gathered that teachers focused more on grammatical aspects of language. Though teachers practiced creative writing with students they were of a view that students are not creative. As a result, they took up the role of a transmitter and gave less space to students to be imaginative. This study suggests that English language teachers should be aware of the purposes and uses of continuous assessment in order to help students in an appropriate way for their effective learning.