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Exploring Practices and View of a Bilingual English Teacher Regarding the Role of First Language in Teaching Speaking Skills at the Primary Level
In this study, I have investigated the view of a bilingual language teacher regarding the role of first language in teaching English speaking skill at the primary level. I, therefore, conducted this study in a private English medium school, where the first language of teachers and students was Urdu. The school context also corresponded to my own context to a considerable level. This research was carried out through a case study in light of the nature of research question, how does a bilingual teacher view the role of first language in teaching English speaking skills in class five in a private school? The data was amassed through semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis. The findings suggest that code switching was found as an alternative teaching strategy to develop the English speaking skills of students through facilitating the understanding of limited English proficient students. The study revealed that the native language of the teacher and students plays the role of self-facilitative tool. Hence, it enhances students' confidence and encourages involvement in classroom talk. The findings revealed that language teachers applied first language in teaching grammar patterns, background of a text, words with abstract meaning, and emphasizing in believing that his students are non-native speakers. As a result, explaining in first language is very important for clarifying comprehension related difficulties. Moreover, the study demonstrated that a lack of pedagogical knowledge impacted on the development of speaking skill and use of first language in classroom practices. Moreover, lack of social environment for the balanced development of both first and foreign language was identified. This had potential bearings on the development of speaking skill in the target language. There seemed to be less exposure to English in the immediate context (home and school and street). The findings reflected that first language was dominant inside and outside home.
اے کیمرن پچھلے دنوں بنگال چیمبرس آف کومرس کے صدر مسٹراے ۔کیمرن کلکتہ کے قریب ایک مقام پراپنے مسلمان ملازم کی جان بچاتے ہوئے اُس کے ساتھ بڑی بے دردی سے ماردیے گئے۔ اگرچہ مشرقی اور مغربی بنگال میں جو کچھ ہوا ہے اس کے پیش نظریہ واقعہ نہ کچھ زیادہ حیرت انگیز ہے اور نہ مقابلۃً کچھ زیادہ افسوسناک، لیکن اگرہم میں انسانیت کی حس بالکل ہی مر نہیں گئی ہے تو اس واقعہ کا ایک پہلو ہمارے لیے کس قدر عبرت انگیز وسبق آموز ہے۔ مسٹر کیمرن کون تھے؟ کس ملک کے رہنے والے تھے ؟ اور جس شخص کی جان بچانے میں انھوں نے خودجان دے دی اس سے ان کا کیارشتہ تھا؟ظاہر ہے وہ یورپین تھے ہندوستان کے شہری نہیں بلکہ اجنبی ۔اُس قوم سے تعلق رکھتے تھے جس سے ہندوستانیوں نے ایک عرصہ کی جدوجہد کے بعد آزادی حاصل کی ہے اور جس کوانھوں نے سعی آزادی کے دور میں ہر تقریر اورہر تحریر میں کیا کچھ بُرا بھلا نہیں کہا۔پھراُس ملک کے رہنے والے تھے جو ہمارے نزدیک خداناشناسی، مادہ پرستی، فحاشی اورعیاشی کامرکز ہے۔رہا اس شخص سے تعلق ! تو معلوم ہے کہ سوائے انسانیت کے ان کے اوران کے نوکر کے درمیان کوئی اور مجانست نہیں تھی۔یہ انتہائی امیر اوروہ انتہائی غریب، یہ گورا وہ کالا، یہ مغربی وہ مشرقی، ان کی زبان اوراس کی بولی اور، یہ یہاں کے اجنبی وہ یہاں کاشہری، یہ عیسائی وہ مسلمان، لیکن ان سب اختلافات کے باوجود انسانیت کااحترام اس شخص کے دل میں اس درجہ ہے کہ وہ ایک حقیر اورادنیٰ سی جان کوبچانے کے لیے اپنی زندگی بے دریغ قربان کردیتا ہے۔ظاہر ہے اگر وہ دخل نہ دیتے تواپنی جان بچاسکتے تھے۔ اس کے مقابلہ میں دیکھیے ہم مشرقی بنگال ومغربی بنگال کے ہندومسلمان ہیں جوایک ہی ملک...
The Quranic sciences of interpretations and principles of interpretations were originated in the epoch of holy prophet (saw) but compilation of both were started later. This is called principles of interpretations, which is the basic and important part of Islamic studies. Islamic scholars, commentators and explicators explained the holy Quran in the light of principles of interpretations. These are such basic principles those are guide lines for them so they will not deviate or drop the right way while interpreting and explaining the holy verses. These principles are laid down and followed by them so that they may find the will of Allah and actual meaning of holy Quran. A little difference in principles causes a huge difference in interpretation. Different methodology in principles resulted in many schools of thought. This article focusses on examining these schools of thought found in sub-continent and introduce their main books. This article deals with chronological evolution of said knowledge i.e. Principles of interpretations, and Quranic sciences specially originated by the famous principalities and interpreters of sub-continent.
To reduce the cost of expensive solar cells, new, cheap, nontoxic and more abundant new materials have been proposed as suitable to use as absorber/window layers in solar cells. One such new material as absorber layer is tin antimony sulphide. We have attempted two methods for the growth of these films. A two stage process involving combinatorial sputtering of metallic targets tin and antimony followed by sulphurization by heating libraries in the presence of elemental sulphur in vacuum thermal evaporator. The sulphurized films were annealed for 1 hour in sealed quartz ampoule containing argon gas at low pressure (̴ 1 atm) at 425°C, 450°C, 475°C, 500°C and 525°C in tube furnace The 2nd method of combinatorial tin antimony sulphide thin films deposition is vacuum thermal evaporator. Thin films of Sn-Sb-S were synthesized on soda lime glass substrate from SnS and Sb2S3 binary compounds. SnS and Sb2S3 were evaporated in vacuum chamber at 10-4 torr without substrate heating simultaneously. The films were annealed in argon atmosphere at 85 °C, 105°C, 150°C, 275°C and 325°C inside glass ampoules. The elemental composition of the films was characterized by EDX and the XRD analysis was done for crystallographic phase’s confirmation. The XRD pattern of combinatorial tin antimony sulphide thin films shows that the as deposited films are amorphous while the low annealed temperature thin films are poly crystalline. The optical properties and thickness of the films were measured by ellipsometry techniques. Electrical properties were calculated from photoconductivity and hot point probe measurement. The photoconductivity of the library was calculated by photoconductivity spectrometer while hot point probe was used for the type of conductivity. It was found that Sb2Sn5S9 is a good candidate for photovoltaic application with a band gap of 1.15-2.5eV, absorption coefficient above 105cm-1, transmittance above 700nm and whose conductivity changing from n-type to p-type at high annealing temperature (325°C). The effect of air annealing of tin antimony sulphide was also studied in the current study. Tin antimony sulphide (SnSb2S4) thin films were deposited on glass substrate and annealed thermally at 150°C, 200°C and 300°C. The 300°C annealed films have good photoconductivity response and low transmittance. The band gap calculated by ellipsometry technique was found in the range of 2.65eV-1.45eV. The absorption coefficient of the films is ~105cm-1 while the refractive index and other optical properties of the library presented have good results. The influence of temperature dependence on Cadmium Sulfide deposited on corning 7059 glass substrate (1500C to 3000C) was also studied in this study. Transmittance, absorbance, band gap and reflectance were obtained by UV spectroscopy. The transmittance for 300nm to 1100nm thickness was grater then 80%. The resistivity and mobility was calculated by Vander Pauw method which were 10-80 Ωcm and 2-60 cm2V-1S-1 respectively. The thermoelectric properties of the film were measured by hot and cold probe method which shows the n-type nature of the film