Browsing by Author "Ahmed, Mohammed"

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    Evaluation of Mentorial Interventions to Support English Student-Teachers during Practicum/Teaching Practice (With especial reference to Dessie CTE and five Partner Primary Schools)
    (Addis Ababa Universiy, 2012-04) Ahmed, Mohammed; Wakuma, Dr. Melaku
    The main concern of this study has been evaluating the mentorial interventions to suppori the English S-Ts at Dessie eTE during the practicum in five selected pariner primary schools. It was conducted to let the EMoE, the ANREB, Dessie eTE, the pariner primary schools, and the "mentors" in them; and those trainees realise that practicum and the process of SBEM really demand on them some basic roles to carry out to get wellqualified EFL teachers. Evidently, mentoring in education is not a new idea even in Ethiopia. For example, the study by Solomon Geda (2001) investigated the insights into the mentoring roles of high school English teachers. However, nothing was mentioned in his study about any organised mentoring training given to any EFL teachers. This could mean that the term "mentor" has been used to designate any EFL teachers who simply work as mentors without taking any related training. That is why, one of the focus areas of this study was to find out whether the EFL in the primary schools have had the knowledge and skills to carry out their mentor roles just being "acculturator," "educator," "support," "sponsor," and "model". Equally, how much the Eng S-Ts themselves were aware of their own roles was the other focus area. To investigate these core issues, both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed. The data-gathering tools used in this study were Eng S-Ts questionnaire to 40 Eng S-Ts; school "mentors" questionnaire to 23 school "mentors" which were both piloted; structured interviews with 10 Eng S-Ts; 5 school "mentors," and 5 school principals. Moreover, to back up the data-gathered with those tools, personal structured observation, and document investigation into the written documents of the10 randomly selected Eng S-Ts' porifolios, and the assessment reports of all the 40 Eng S-Ts were also treated. Addressing the basic questions of the study, the findings have shown that there were shoriages and lapses which made accountable all the responsible bodies mentioned earlier. The school "mentors' " insufficient suppori to the Eng S-Ts with proficiency and teaching strategies was one of the significant discoveries. This finding reminds us Hailom's (1993) study results that disclosed the problems that the Eng S-Ts who were practicing teaching had in language proficiency and in teaching. Even now almost 9 years on, it is not untrue that the problems have been surfaced. Another useful finding of my study was the lack of SBEM training for the EFL teachers in those schools which resulted in the lack of awareness of their respective roles during practicum. Similarly, some of the Eng S-Ts were found to be not clear about their roles. Some implications drawn from the data analysis also indicated that bodies like the school principals, the college, the ANRE, and the EMoE at the top, were found to be responsible for failing to strengthen the practicum through creating favourable conditions. That is why, giving mentoring training both to the EFL teachers and the Eng S-Ts is one of the practical suggestions forwarded by the researcher. To conclude, the study showed that the mentorial interventions to suppori the Eng S-Ts were inadequate against the theoretical expectations. Thus, implementing all the recommendations is worihy of consideration for all respective bodies in charge of practicum and mentoring so that they can redress the shortages and fill the existing gaps.
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    Exploring Tacklers' and Students' Perceptions of Error Correction in the Efl Classroom: Grade 11 in Focus
    (Addis Ababa University, 2009-06) Ahmed, Mohammed; Beriso, !talo (PhD)
    The main purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' and students' perceptions of error correction in the ~FL classroom. The study was designed to explore how teachers and students perceive errors, the typeB of errors that are frequently committed by learners, and the methods of error corrections employed. To achieve the objectives, 28 teachers and 174 students in two preparatory secondary schools (Hotie and Memihir Akalewold) in Dessie town were used as subjects. They filled in questionnaires, responded to interviews and observed in classrooms. This research revealed that both teachers and students believe that errors are rule deviations that occur both in speech and writing. And most of teacher interviewees confirmed that students do not want their errors to be corrected. The study also showed mismatches of error perceptions between teachers and students over the amount of spoken and written errors provided by teachers, the relevance of the method of giving hints or clues. The classroom observation results revealed that all the SlX observed teachers corrected 39 errors out of the 40 errors committed by students. This result clearly shows that teachers do not ignore some of learners' errors. Teachers were also observed giving less attention to selfcorrection. Only two errors (2.5% of the students' errors) were selfcorrected) which is against teachers' and students' responses of error perceptions and the views of scholars such as Murphy (1986), Tudor (1996) and Ancker (2000) which are in favour of the importance of selfcorrection. Error correction is a complex problem that teachers and students encounter in their classrooms. This research revealed teachers' and students' perceptions of error correction. The methods of error correction employed by teachers should be in line with the learners' preferences to make the language learning process successfuL
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    Histologic Type, Treatment Pattern, Outcome and Factors Associated with Treatment outcome of Esophageal Cancer Patient treated at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2010-2016: A Cross -Sectional Study.
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2018-01) Ahmed, Mohammed; Adissie, Adamu (MD, MPH, MA, PhD)
    Background: Esophageal cancer is the eighth leading cancer case and the top sixth cause of cancer mortality worldwide. In Ethiopia esophageal cancer ranks the seventh and eighth as the leading cause of cancer mortality and morbidity respectively according to Globocan 2012 estimate. Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess histologic type, treatment pattern, outcome and factors associated with treatment outcome of esophageal cancer Patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A retrospective cross sectional study using record review was employed at surgical oncology department, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment center of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. All newly confirmed esophageal cancer patients (n=349) who were registered at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital from January 2010 to December 2016 were included in this study. Patients chart was reviewed and telephone interview was made to generate all variables required for the study from March to April 2017.Finally basic descriptive statistics ( frequency ,mean , median and tables ), bivariate and multivariable analysis was performed and statistical significance were ascertained with 95% CI at 0.05 alpha level. Result: A total of 349 esophageal cancer patients charts were reviewed. From a total of cases that were registered during seven years period there were 287 (90.3%) cases of squamous cell carcinoma. Surgery was done for 183(52.4%) of cases, 89(25.5%) received chemotherapy and 26 (7.4%) took radiotherapy which is palliative type. From all esophageal cancer patients who were included in this study 310 (88.8%) were not alive at a time of the study period. Only Chemotherapy (AOR 2.80(95%CI of 1.22, 6.41) and surgery (AOR 0.287 (95%CI 0.126, 0.625) were found to be factors associated with death from esophageal cancer. Conclusion: squamous cell carcinoma was the most predominant histologic type followed by adenocarcinoma affecting males and females equally. Most of the esophageal cancer patients were diagnosed in advanced stages affecting the treatment outcome of esophageal patients. Surgery was the most frequent treatment modality in the hospital, overall sex of patients, surgery and chemotherapy has significant association with treatment outcome of esophageal cancer patients.
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    The Influence of Corporate Brand on Customer Attitude: The Case of Zemen Bank
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-06) Ahmed, Mohammed; Workineh, Mesfin (PhD)
    Branding is the process of enhancing a company's product or service image through marketing methods in order to gain a favorable position in the minds of customers; at the level of corporate brand, the meaning attached to the brand is applied to the whole corporation.The competitive nature of the banking industry necessitates the existence of a marketing department that is responsible for the formulation and implementation of marketing strategies.The goal of this study was to see how corporate brand influenced customer attitudes in the case of Zemen Bank. The study employed four corporate brand dimensions as determining variables i.e. brand image, reputation, corporate familiarity, and marketing communication.The relationship between both the independent and dependent variables was determined using correlation and multiple regression analysis.In the study the correlation between all independent variables and the dependent variable has been found to be positive and substantial, and corporate familiarity and marketing communication were found to be statistically significant in predicting customer attitude.