الشباب المسلم: واجباتہ ودورہ فی اصلاح المجتمع

Youth is an integral part of any human society, particularly in an Islamic society. Youth is considered as a junction of past, present and future. Youth can play a positive and effective role against various evils which are prevalent in human society. Important aspects of utilization of youth may include the role of youth in religious, social, political, ethical and educational fields and in restructuring of society. All of these aspects have been discussed in this article, in the light of Islam. Moreover, it is an effort to motivate the youth for practical actions. For the well-being and progress of Muslim Youth and human society adoption of following measures are important and necessary: 1. To gain knowledge of the Revealed message (Shariah) and act upon it. 2. To gain knowledge from true and sincere Scholars (Ahl-eHaqq). 3. Self-accountability, which consists of following points: § Islah of Aqeedah and ideology § To perform good deeds (Amal-e-Salih) § Sincere repentance § Consciousness about purpose of life § Feeling gratified on adopting Islamic Shariah. 4. To have love or hatred only for sake of Allah.

Effects of Contextualization and Concept Mapping on Expository Writing Skills at Intermediate Level

This study aimed at investigating the effects of Contextualization and Concept Mapping on Expository Writing skill at Intermediate Level. The study was delimited to Intermediate students of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, City D. G. Khan. Many strategies are used to improve expository writing skills of the students. Contextualization and Concept Mapping are one of them. Contextualization relates new knowledge with students own previous experience. Contextualization helps the learner in understanding target language. Concept Mapping is systematic graphic structure which helps the students in organization of knowledge. It is like preparing an outline for writing. The positive results of previous studies led the researcher to study the effects of Contextualization and Concept Mapping in her own context and situation. The study is significantly important as the findings can be extended to the similar situations by the teachers, learners, educationists, course designers and curriculum developers. The main part of the study was experimental in design where pretest-posttest control group design was applied to show the relationship between dependent and independent variables. One control and two experimental groups were ix randomly selected to conduct the experiment. The attitude towards contextualization and concept mapping was measured through opinionnaire from students. The sample for experiment was taken from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, City D. G. Khan. Total 60 students were taken out of 100 enrolled students to make an average ability group sample and then were divided randomly into three groups, twenty students comprising each. Two groups were experimental and one was control. The opinions of the students were taken to validate the results of experiment conducted. All the tools were developed personally and all the data was also collected in person. Study commenced with the test of proficiency level of students in the subject of English that was measured through Preliminary English Test and then students were randomly divided into three groups. The control group received instruction through traditional lecture method whereas intervention course of contextualization and concept mapping was applied on experimental groups. Data was collected through pretest-posttest, intervention course and opinionnaire and analyzed through applying SPSS 20 tool. T-test, descriptive statistics and post hoc test were employed to extract results. The responses of students were measured through descriptive statistics and percentages. The findings of the study include: contextualization and concept mapping strategies were more effective to improve expository writing skill of the students than traditional method. The findings signify that improvement in students’ writing is because of the treatment through contextualization and concept mapping. The opinions of students also confirmed that they considered contextualization and concept mapping as effective strategies for teaching expository writing. x The study led to the recommendations regarding implementation of Contextualization and concept mapping in different contexts and disciplines to diverse group of students at different grade levels. These strategies can be included in all level of training courses for teachers as well as for researchers. The researchers may expand their researchers with contextualization and concept mapping with different delimitations.