Latin is the dominant donor language to most modern European languages, which were in turn influential donor languages to Malay due to colonization between the 16th and 20th centuries. This study conducted a vocabulary survey to assess the benefits of using word categories of frequently used English vocabulary of Latin and Greek origins and their Malay equivalents for learning Malay as a foreign language. The Oxford 3000 list served as the primary reference of high-frequency English words and their Malay equivalents. Latin or Greek loanwords constitute approximately 10.6% of the most frequently used 3,000 Malay words and more than a half of these loanwords can be used with a similar pronunciation in Japanese. Therefore, this study concluded that knowledge of high-frequency English vocabulary of Latin and Greek origins could assist speakers of English and/or Japanese in learning Malay.

Test anxiety constitutes a serious academic impediment to lots of students in schools. This study investigated the Effects of Meditation technique on test anxiety among secondary school students in Anambra State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Quasi-experimental research was adopted in carrying out the study. A sample size of 101 adolescents was chosen from a population of 475 adolescents in SS2 with test anxiety. The sample was derived from two schools selected using purposive sampling technique based on the number of students that scored high on Test Anxiety Inventory. Data relating to research questions were analysed using statistical Mean while data relating to hypothesis was analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Findings from the study revealed among others that though the reduction of secondary school students' test anxiety after meditation technique differed significantly with that of the conventional counselling group, meditation technique was not effective on secondary school students' test anxiety. It further revealed that meditation technique reduced the secondary school students' test anxiety. Based on the findings, implications of the study were noted and recommendations made that since the technique meditation was found not to be effective, but significantly reduced the test anxiety of the participants, the technique should not be used alone by the guidance counsellors in helping clients, especially students in overcoming their test anxiety in schools.

Aims: This study focused on the effect of self-instruction on bullying tendency among secondary school students in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The study specifically determined the effect of self-instruction technique on bullying tendency among secondary school students, difference in the effects of self-instruction technique on bullying tendency of male and female secondary school students. Study Design: The design for this study is the quasi-experimental research design (pre-test, post-test, non-randomized control group). The study adopted the non-randomized pre-test, post-test control group design. Place and Duration of Study: Secondary school students in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, between June 2021 and January 2022. Methodology: The population consists of 329 students in JS2 and SS2 in all the secondary schools from all the co-educational schools in Nnewi-North LGA having high level of bullying tendency. The sample for this study comprised 108 JS2 and SS2 secondary school students that were identified with high bullying tendency, drawn using purposive sampling techniques. The two schools with the highest number of students with high bullying tendency using the pre-test scores were adopted for the study. One school served as experimental group 1 and the second school served as control group for the study. The instrument for data collection was an already established Students Bullying Tendency Questionnaire developed. The SBTQ total score range from 20-80 with higher level of bullying tendency. Bullying scale reads; strongly agree =(SA) 4points, agree (A)=3 points, disagree(D)= 2 points and strongly disagree (SD)=1. The instrument used the Pearson product moment statistical technique to obtain a co-efficient of reliability of 0.89. The researcher administered copies of the bullying tendency questionnaire through direct delivery method to all JS2 and SS2 students to complete. The administered instrument after collection will be scored in line with the instrument scoring guide and analyze using Analysis of Co-variance (ANCOVA). The data which relates to the research questions was analyzed using mean, while data relating to the null hypothesis was analyze using ANCOVA. Scores that are above the norm 47.77 for males and 47.77 for female while those scores below show no bullying tendency behaviour. Results: The study revealed that the post-test mean score of 35.82 which is below the norm of 47.57 self-instruction technique is effective in reducing bullying tendency among secondary school students. More so, a lost mean score of 20.43 for females which is greater than lost mean score of 15.26 for males, self-instruction is more effective in reducing female secondary school students’ bullying tendency. The findings of this study further revealed that the effect of self-instruction technique on the bullying tendency of secondary school students is significant. Similarly, the effectiveness of self-instruction technique on bullying tendency of male and female secondary school students differ significantly. Conclusion: It was concluded that, secondary school students with bullying tendency exposed to self-instruction technique had a significant reduction in their bullying tendency hence self-instruction is effective.

Marriages being a legal union between a man and a woman that is supposed to produce a satisfactory relationship in which the couple involved can experience marital satisfaction. This study sought to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and marital satisfaction of married teachers in Anambra state. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study while one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was used in conducting the study. A sample size of 1,344 married teachers was drawn from a population of 6,987 married teachers in Anambra state public secondary schools. A multi-stage sampling procedure was followed selecting the sample. Two instruments: General Self-efficacy Scale and Index of Marital Satisfaction (IMS) were adopted and used for data collection. The instruments are standardised measures and have the following reliability coefficient; 0.96 for IMS, 0.87 and for GSS. Data was collected through direct delivery approach. Data collected were analysed using SPSS version 23. Pearson correlation coefficients and regression analysis were used to answer research questions and test the hypotheses. Findings of the study showed among others that there is very low or no relationship existing between married teachers’ Self-efficacy belief and their marital satisfaction. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended, among others that counselors interested in marriage therapy should empower married teachers to follow behaviour and activities that foster marital happiness through occasional lectures and counselling sessions. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0796/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

This work was carried out in collaboration with the authors. Author SMN designed the study, wrote the protocol and performed the statistical analysis. Author LIA carried out the literature searches and wrote the first draft. Author CNN managed the written protocol of the study. The authors read and approved the final manuscript before submission.