Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025)

The Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture, and Communication (EJLCC)  was founded in 2016.  EJLCC publishes original research findings and scholarly articles devoted to the interdisciplinary study of issues in the areas of linguistics, language teaching, literature, folklore, and communication. EJLCC also welcomes book reviews, commentaries, and case studies on areas of language, literary, cultural, and communication studies. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Articles are licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International Deed, which permits others to use, distribute, and reproduce the work non-commercially, provided the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal are properly cited. Commercial reuse must be authorized by the copyright holder. Date of Publishing: Every year, the first issue is in June, and the second in December. Submission Deadline: The date of manuscript submission is open. Authors can submit their manuscripts at any time. The editorial board will process their manuscript for future volumes and issues. .    Table of Contents...1-345 Navigating the influence of African media: ethical dilemmas in the Digital Age...253-277 Content analysis of oral poems performance on agricultural inputs of farmers in Borena district...312-345 Differentiated instruction and its impact on students' academic writing skills: Assosa University...61-85 The role of cognitive, metacognitive and environmental strategies in improving reading comprehension and strategies use....153-183 The role of Folk music in identity construction, expression and promoting healing in case of Janamora...278-313 Analysis of Ashura ritual performance and its symbolic representation at the Dire Sheikh Hussein Shrine...200-230 Effects of teaching reading using novel story textes on Amharic reading interest and reading comprehension...20-41 Effects of metacognitive writing strategies on writing self-efficacy beliefs: A study of ninth-grade Amharic mother tongue students...120-152 Exploring health communication strategies to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 in health centers in Ethiopia...86-118 Practice and challenges of computer-assisted language learning in English classes at Ethiopian teacher education colleges...1-19 Effects of the word wall strategy on sight word reading in second-grade students: A single-group quasi-experimental study ...184-199 Vocabulary learning strategy as a perceived predictor of EFL learners’ written receptive vocabulary knowledge among Ethiopian university students...231-252 Effects of phonics instruction on improving the decoding and word reading skills of first-grade English as foreign language students in Ethiopia...42-60