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How Does Exam Anxiety Affect the Performance of University Students? Trifoni, Anisa; Shahini, Miranda
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011): May 2011
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The work of assessing students’ learning is complex. In order to assess their work objectively, teachers and instructors usevarious methods and instruments, one of which is testing. We are aware that nowadays testing has become an inherent part of the societywe live in. Consequently, many important decisions are based on test results. So, it is not surprising that anxiety during tests has becomea prominent problem in schools all over the world. The present study focuses primarily on test anxiety and its impact on learning, as wellas its causes and effects on students. A test anxiety scale followed by a set of questions was completed by a sample group of undergraduatestudents of “Aleksandër Moisiu” University. The results indicated that a considerable number of students were affected, at least at somedegree, by test anxiety. From this perspective, the following questions are raised: “What causes test anxiety?” and “What can be done toalleviate this problem?” The findings of this empirical study, the review of literature as well as students experiences provide usefulsuggestions concerning the ways of alleviating test anxiety.
Similarities and Differences Between the Albanian and English with Regard to the Word Formation Process Shahini, Miranda; Memisha, Valter
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011
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During recent decades the links between Albanian and English have increased steadily. English as an international language,even as a first language in the society with which the Albanian is faced in every field life ,scientific, economic, cultural, political, military,etc. is the object of study with much interest to be treated and to be observed from different and inclusive denominations. The lexicon ofstandard Albanian, as well as that of the English can be surveyed from several directions: it can be analyzed by examining the lexicallayers that make it up, and the functions they perform can be studied in the entire system of language, the internal development processesand movements that occur can be detected, morpho-semantic and stylistic processes of various word-formation methods can be treated etc.The aim of the paper is to analyse and compare Albanian and English by the word formation viewpoint. The paper highlights theaffixed formations , finding similarities and differences in this area.