Vol 2, Issue 2, June 2014
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Journals
ENGLISH HAS TO GROW A BEARD
Over the past five to six decades, English language has enjoyed a very prestigious status in almost all Arab countries for several reasons: Education, Economy, Travel, International communication etc. However, since the advent of the so-called Arab Spring chaos, the author hypothesizes that English will be negatively affected specially in Arab countries living I such
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REVIEW OF NOTION AND FRAMEWORK OF TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING
This paper is one in series of papers related to secondary school teacher cognition of Task-Based Language Teaching and of the new series of textbooks of English officially passed by in Vietnam in 2006. The purpose of this paper is to make a proposal on how task and TBLT model should be put/understood/viewed to fit
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INTERFERENCE LINGUISTIQUE CHEZ LES FRANCISSANTS ANGLOPHONES: LE CAS DU PRESENT DE L’INDICATIF
L’interférence linguistique est une grande problématique pédagogique chez les apprenants anglophones du Français Langue Etrangère (FLE) dans le cadre des temps verbaux. Ce problème est ouvertement observable surtout au niveau du présent de l’indicatif. C’est en cherchant des solutions concrètes visées à résoudre ce problème que cette étude trouve ses intérêts. Donc, les termes clés
AN INVESTIGATION OF METADISCOURSE MARKERS IN ENGLISH MEDICAL TEXTS AND THEIR PERSIAN TRANSLATION BASED ON HYLAND’S MODEL
This study was conducted to compare and contrast the metadiscourse markers in English medical texts and their Persian translation to investigate whether these markers function identically in English and Persian within the same genre and to find out if there are any significant differences between English medical texts and their Persian translation in terms of
The Pragmatics of General Ibrahim Babangida’s Independence Day Broadcasts, 1985-1993
This article examines the pragmatics of General Ibrahim Babangida’s Independence Day Broadcasts with particular attention to the speech acts that the speeches are used to perform. It is motivated by the paucity of work on independence day speeches most especially in Nigeria and the need to identify the categories of illocutionary acts performed with the
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PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF TRADITION-MOTIVATED DISCOURSES IN AHMED YERIMA’S AJAGUNMALE
Studies on the use of language to refract societal realities in Ahmed Yerima’s dramas have largely examined stylistic and pragmatic features of some of his texts. Within the pragmatic domain, efforts have been concentrated on the examination of context-sensitive interpretations of proverbial meanings and the consideration of politeness features in Yerima’s plays. However, there is
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REALISATION OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MSGs): WHAT ROLE FOR NIGERIAN AND AFRICAN LITERATUR
This article clearly defines the terms of the Millennium Development Goals and the roles literature should play in the realisation of the vision. In its view, literature has existing structures prior to the launch of the programme by the United Nations in 2000 and which the objectives can conveniently fit into. These structures comprise political
KOREAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ RANKS OF DIFFICULTY AND FREQUENCY OF ATTITUDE ON TEST-TAKING
This study determined Korean university students’ ranks of difficulty as well as rank and frequency of attitude on test-taking. Specifically, difficulties on 1) test instructions, 2) test contents, 3) test types, and 4) frequency of attitude towards testing were determined by employing the exploratory-quantitative-qualitative-interpretative type of research design. Through students’ survey questionnaire and focused group
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Ranks of Difficulty and Frequency of Attitude among Korean University Students on Test-Taking
This study determined the ranks of difficulty as well as the rank and frequency of attitude Korean university students experienced on test-taking. Specifically, difficulties on 1) test instructions, 2) test contents, 3) test types, and 4) frequency of attitude towards testing were determined employing the exploratory-quantitative-qualitative-interpretative type of research design. Through students’ survey questionnaire and