Publication Title Silence as a Tool for Managing Conflict in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus.
Publication Type journal
Publisher Clarep Journal Of English And Linguistics (C-JEL) VOLUME 4
Publication Authors Sylvanus Uwamaka Ojumah
Year Published 2022-02-02
Abstract This paper explores the significance of silence in a conflict-charged situation as represented in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. It emanates from a hiatus perceived from existing scholarship on a specific function of silence in the novel. While a few critical assessments of the role of silence in Purple Hibiscus exist, none examines that form of human behaviour from the point of view of conflict management. This study, therefore, aims at demonstrating that conflict, which is an intrinsic part of human experience manifesting in multiple ways among individuals, groups and societies, represents a genuine and potent tool for conflict management. Using a descriptive and analytical approach with insight from Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber’s relevance theory of silence and Richard L. Johannesen’s “typical potential meanings” of silence, this paper stresses that silence is a language, one of the ways humans respond to conflict. And how this is portrayed in terms of a refusal to react could improve, deteriorate or keep a conflict situation tensed or calm. The silence that this paper explores is the one which emanates from a woman, particularly Beatrice, the wife of Eugene. The paper argues that though silence in a marital situation may be associated with submissiveness, passivity, docility and powerlessness, Adichie deploys it as a feminine strategy for conflict management. This resonates with the idea of women stooping to conquer within the marital space, especially that characterized by male abuse.
Publication Title Teachers’ Application Of Electronic Instructional Materials On Teaching And Learning Of English Language In Public Secondary Schools In Delta State
Publication Type journal
Publisher ABSU Journal of Curriculum and Teacher Education (AJCTE) VOLUME 2 (1)
Publication Authors Sylvanus Uwamaka Ojumah
Year Published 2022-02-02
Abstract The study investigated teachers’ application of electronic instructional materials on teaching and learning of English language in public secondary schools in Delta State. Three research questions and two hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The study adopted a correlational survey design. The population consists of 844 English language teachers in public secondary schools in Delta North Senatorial District. A sample of 96 teachers was selected using simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled Teachers’ Application of Electronic Instructional Material on Teaching and learning of English Language in Public Secondary Schools Delta State (TAEIMTLELPSSDS). It consists of two sections: A and B. Section A demographic variable, while section B consists of the items patterned after a four-point Likert scale of Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). The reliability of the instrument was estimated using Cronbach Alpha and a coefficient of 0.93 was obtained as a measure of internal consistency. Data for the study were collected from the practicing teachers directly by the researcher. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation which was used to answer the research questions formulated and ttest statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings among others showed that many English language teachers do not apply electronic instructional materials to teach. Many English teachers falter in the application of grammar check websites and Apps. Based on the findings it was recommended that English language teachers should be sent for in-service training to acquire knowledge for surfing the net for electronic instructional