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Political Conflict Resolution Methods for Peaceful Coexistence

Ethiopia: Health professionals at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital hold protest ahead of nationwide strike demanding better pay, benefits, and working conditions Health professionals at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital held a pre-strike protest on Monday, ahead of a nationwide strike planned for Tuesday to demand better salaries, benefits, and working conditions. Protesters carried placards reading, “WeContinue reading “Ethiopia: Health professionals strike demanding better pay, benefits, and working conditions”

The world is going down becauses of global decline stem from human activities, neglect of environmental and social issues, and the unequal distribution of resources and opportunities. The effects, however, are already being felt globally, through environmental degradation, social unrest, economic instability, and health crises. Addressing these issues requires urgent action to mitigate further harmContinue reading “We,the world,are going down.”

Listening is an active process for constructing meaning in which two kinds of processes areinvolved simultaneously: bottom-up and top-down processing. Richards (1990) explains these two as follows:A. Bottom-up processingBottom-up processing … refers to the use of incoming data as a source of information about the meaning of a message. From this perspective, the process ofContinue reading “Bottom-up and top-down processing of listening skills”

The reasons for neglecting this vital skill are various.oTeachers felt that it was more important to present new language items to the class. Theyused listening only to practice those items.oThey focused on emphasizing those skills that enabled more systematic instruction andevaluation like grammar, reading and writing.oListening has been viewed as a passive skill.o It isContinue reading “Why has teaching listening been neglected so far?”

Principles of Teaching Speaking SkillsThe teacher has an important role to promote communication in the classroom. So, the teacher should implement the teaching principles that lead to effective teaching. Brown (2007, p. 331)has written that there are seven principles for teaching speaking skills, namely:

The Chinese government said Saturday that President Biden’s decision to shoot down the spy balloon that crossed America was an “excessive reaction” and that it “retains the right to respond further.”China claims that its balloon was a “civilian airship” and not the spy device the US claimed it to be, and said that the US’sContinue reading “China claims right to ‘respond further’ after US shoots down spy balloon: report”

o relation is the problem of most of societies and it has a significant effect on mental and physical health. It can be said that dysfunctional sex relation may result in various family problems or sex related illnesses like; AIDS Substance abuse: Addiction is considered as an unhealthy life style. Smoking and using other substanceContinue reading “Impacts of lifestyle on Health”