The study notes the importance of feedback to student teachers as provided by the mentor. Indicat... more The study notes the importance of feedback to student teachers as provided by the mentor. Indicating that in human development, what is always constant is change. Therefore, the individual’s cognitive structural change brings about his/her development and reforms. This does not happen suddenly; it is a kind of guided assistance through feedback from the superior who is more professional and more experienced. The preservice teachers are assisted to develop professionally when the supervisors give some professional feedback during post observation conference aimed at creating space for reflection and feedback. Students get their feedbacks in different ways-self-feedback, peer feedback, and then teacher feedback among others.
This study is corpus based; it is aimed at identifying and analyzing the function of preposition ... more This study is corpus based; it is aimed at identifying and analyzing the function of preposition in some selected newspaper editorials. The newspapers used for this analysis are The Guardian, This Day, Daily Trust, Leadership and National Mirror published between 1st and 31st May, 2016. Five articles were selected from each newspaper. The methodology used for this analysis is based on the content model theory of Halliday and Hassan (1989) and the approach based on the insights of Crystal and Davy (1969). The selected prepositions were classified and analyzed according to their grammatical functions, indicating possession or close connection between entities, the purpose for which an action takes place, relating events or state of affairs to a location and by indicating circumstances of actions. The prepositions used in the analysis include the genitive “of” vis-à-vis means, place, purpose, time and source. Others also function as adjuncts indicating circumstances of action, events or situations. The study revealed that editorial writers used preposition in writing their editorials. The study recommends among others the need for columnist to use both simple and complex prepositions to achieve clarity and precision in their editorials.
The study notes the importance of feedback to student teachers as provided by the mentor. Indicat... more The study notes the importance of feedback to student teachers as provided by the mentor. Indicating that in human development, what is always constant is change. Therefore, the individual’s cognitive structural change brings about his/her development and reforms. This does not happen suddenly; it is a kind of guided assistance through feedback from the superior who is more professional and more experienced. The preservice teachers are assisted to develop professionally when the supervisors give some professional feedback during post observation conference aimed at creating space for reflection and feedback. Students get their feedbacks in different ways-self-feedback, peer feedback, and then teacher feedback among others.
This study is corpus based; it is aimed at identifying and analyzing the function of preposition ... more This study is corpus based; it is aimed at identifying and analyzing the function of preposition in some selected newspaper editorials. The newspapers used for this analysis are The Guardian, This Day, Daily Trust, Leadership and National Mirror published between 1st and 31st May, 2016. Five articles were selected from each newspaper. The methodology used for this analysis is based on the content model theory of Halliday and Hassan (1989) and the approach based on the insights of Crystal and Davy (1969). The selected prepositions were classified and analyzed according to their grammatical functions, indicating possession or close connection between entities, the purpose for which an action takes place, relating events or state of affairs to a location and by indicating circumstances of actions. The prepositions used in the analysis include the genitive “of” vis-à-vis means, place, purpose, time and source. Others also function as adjuncts indicating circumstances of action, events or situations. The study revealed that editorial writers used preposition in writing their editorials. The study recommends among others the need for columnist to use both simple and complex prepositions to achieve clarity and precision in their editorials.
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some selected newspaper editorials. The newspapers used for this analysis are The Guardian, This
Day, Daily Trust, Leadership and National Mirror published between 1st and 31st May, 2016. Five
articles were selected from each newspaper. The methodology used for this analysis is based on
the content model theory of Halliday and Hassan (1989) and the approach based on the insights of
Crystal and Davy (1969). The selected prepositions were classified and analyzed according to their
grammatical functions, indicating possession or close connection between entities, the purpose for
which an action takes place, relating events or state of affairs to a location and by indicating
circumstances of actions. The prepositions used in the analysis include the genitive “of” vis-à-vis
means, place, purpose, time and source. Others also function as adjuncts indicating circumstances
of action, events or situations. The study revealed that editorial writers used preposition in writing
their editorials. The study recommends among others the need for columnist to use both simple
and complex prepositions to achieve clarity and precision in their editorials.
some selected newspaper editorials. The newspapers used for this analysis are The Guardian, This
Day, Daily Trust, Leadership and National Mirror published between 1st and 31st May, 2016. Five
articles were selected from each newspaper. The methodology used for this analysis is based on
the content model theory of Halliday and Hassan (1989) and the approach based on the insights of
Crystal and Davy (1969). The selected prepositions were classified and analyzed according to their
grammatical functions, indicating possession or close connection between entities, the purpose for
which an action takes place, relating events or state of affairs to a location and by indicating
circumstances of actions. The prepositions used in the analysis include the genitive “of” vis-à-vis
means, place, purpose, time and source. Others also function as adjuncts indicating circumstances
of action, events or situations. The study revealed that editorial writers used preposition in writing
their editorials. The study recommends among others the need for columnist to use both simple
and complex prepositions to achieve clarity and precision in their editorials.