Browsing by Author "Riyath, M.I.M."

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    A Comparative Study of a Phonological System Between Tamil and English Languages
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2020) Nihla, M.N.F.; Riyath, M.I.M.; Fasmila, M.N.F.
    Comparative linguistics is the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the similarities and differences between languages. English and Tamil languages belong to two different language families. The comparative analysis of the phonological system between these languages is hard to find in literature. Therefore, this paper aimed to attempt a comparative study of the phonological system between these two Languages. Furthermore, this study investigated the difficulties encountered by Tamil language speakers in the area of phonology when they learn the English language. The study reviewed related previous studies and used them as authentic phonological materials. First, this research has identified phonological systems in the area of alphabetical, lexical, phonological comparisons. In the alphabetical comparison, it found that English has both Capital and Simple letters, but not in the Tamil language. Both languages consist of both vowels and consonants. But in Tamil, it has an extra alphabetical category, it is called Uyirmei eluthukkal (mixed of vowel and consonant). Further, the fricativisation process has been identified in Tamil phonology and it was marked by a grapheme known as Aytham. Moreover, the Tamil language has used five more Alphabet from Grantha alphabets. In the lexical comparison, English does not have categories of phonemes, but in Tamil has long and short phonemes of vowels. Further, some phones are considered as allophones in the Tamil language. But in English, they are considered as phones. Furthermore, some Silent words that are used in English but not in Tamil. Moreover, they are phonetically Antonyms in both languages. Finally, a major difficulty for Tamil speakers that when pronouncing in English, stress is important. But it does not in Tamil. This study concludes that some considerable phonological similarities and differences exist between both Tamil and English languages. Keywords: Differences, English, Language phonological system, Tamil
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    The Impact of Social Media Usage and Academic Performance Among Students of Advanced Technological Institute
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2020) Riyath, M.I.M.; Baroon, A.
    Social Media Network (SMN) becomes one of the greater influences on the lifestyle and habits of teenagers which affects the educational environment and performance. There are different arguments about the possible effects of SMN on students’ academic performance. Studies show that it quite appropriates for teachers and students to use social media to socialize by this means for academic purposes. Studies on the impact of SMN on academic performance among students of the Advanced Technological Institute (ATI) is hard to find in academic literature. Therefore, this study examined the use of SMN on academic performance among students of ATI. A self-administrative questionnaire was used to collect data from 148 students in different courses in the ATI– Sammanthurai using a stratified sampling method. The respondents were classified into four categories (non, light, medium, and heavy users) based on average time spent in SMN sites and apps. The students’ academic performance was evaluated through the Grade Point Average (GPA) of respective students in their study program. The ANOVA statistical technique was used to find the impact of SMN on students’ academic performance by comparing the mean GPA of groups of respondents. The study found that light users get the highest GPA than all other groups. Non-users also get a higher GPA than medium and heavy users. The mean GPA differences between the non-users and the medium users were not statistically significant. The light users spend less time relatively other groups of users. The light users may utilize the SMN for educational purposes. However, medium users utilize SMN for entertainment as well as educational purpose. The heavy users are spending much of their study time on SMN which leads to reduce in study time and adversely impacts their academic performance. This study concluded that the reasonable use of SMN helps to increase the academic performance of the ATI students. Keywords: Academic performance, ATI, Education, Social media network