Located in the Philippines, this study explored perceptions secondary English education majors at a public university Metro Manila, have of classroom participation. Through an open-ended questionnaire and series interviews, researcher found participants defined class participation as “recitation,” such student responses to teacher-generated questions with limited interaction peers. Participants...

Political participation is one of the important issues drawn to the special attention of various fields of social sciences and politics. Today, women as an effective group in participation and political participation especially have an important role in political decision-making. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to examine social factors affecting women's political participation i...

Oral participation (OP) in class is an important factor contributing to the development of oral fluency. Recent studies in language learning have addressed the necessity of classroom interaction, or rather students’ oral participation in class. A correlational research study was drawn upon to measure the oral participation and factors affecting oral activities of the ELT students studying at th...

sociopolitical developments have deep connections with the growth and expansion of the middle class. one of the features of modernizing societies is emergence and growth of middle class.egypt, a great arab country, over the past two centuries has a long experience of modernization as a result of which it has been a ground for social developments. besides the islamist groups, other new currents,...

Background: Participation is considered as a pivotal concept in understanding classroom instruction and development of critical thinking skills necessary for students. Students who actively participate in classroom settings will perform far more than those who do not. Therefore, it is important to establish a consensus about the underlying reasons for students' lack of particip...