30 articles in this issue
Marwan M. Abdi
Like many of the Victorian thinkers, Matthew Arnold as a Christian humanist, endeavored to highlight the ailments of the Late Victorian Communities which were afflicted with the Aches of Modernity. He infuses many romantic and modern elements into his wor... see more
Abdelkader Mohamed El-Sayed,Khalid Muslem Al Mashikhi Al Mashikhi,Fatma Mostaheel Al Kithiri
The study aimed to develop the administrative performance of School Principals in Dhofar Governorate from the viewpoints of teachers. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive approach was used through the use of the ques... see more
Walid Hamdi
La syntaxe est une composante essentielle, voire incontournable dans toute étude qui vise à mettre en avant la poétique de la fiction dans la poésie symboliste. Toutefois, chez Rimbaud comme chez Mallarmé, elle risque de passer d’une « syntaxe fictio... see more
Mariwan N. Hasan,Chnara H. Khidhr
There are many new techniques in teaching English in EFL classes nowadays. Literature in general, and poetry in particular, can be used in teaching English language to EF Learners. The most efficient one tends to be reading and writing of poetry. Wh... see more
Mariwan N Hasan,Rasool M. Kheder
This paper looks at the positive and negative aspects of utilizing literature in an ESL class. The writers discuss that if any genre of literature is to be utilized effectively in the class, it should be precisely chosen and investigated precisely in a wa... see more
Mariwan N. Hasan,Najat I. Sayakhan
This paper attempts to explore the use of anthropomorphism in George Orwell’s novella, Animal Farm. It also points out the author's intention in the use of anthropomorphism. This explication aims at laying a finger on Orwell's overuse of anthropomorphism ... see more
Nezaket Aslan Hasanova
There is described and explained notion and definition of the word “understanding”, typology of understanding the text, three types of understanding, their mutual relations and differences, reflection, etc. in the article. For the learning questions of un... see more
Anas Ahmadi
This descriptive research explores literacy development in Indonesia. The development of literacy in Indonesia is reviewed from (1) literacy research; (2) literacy books; (3) literacy application in schools; and (4) government’s role in literacy movement.... see more
Kamran Kalantari,Farzaneh Khalili
Brands that are considered as companies’ intangible assets have an important role in companies’ development and profitability processes. Now, brand differentiation process is considered as an important strategy in unfair competitions of markets. Therefore... see more
KENAN KOÇAK
The origins of comics journalism are in the Glasgow Looking Glass magazine which is also accepted as the first modern comics. Today’s understanding of comics journalism goes back to Joyce Brabner and Lou Ann Merkle who published Real War Stories in late 1... see more
Betül Atesci Koçak
The sudden disappearance of the Twin Towers created a big gap both in the city’s outward appearance and in the lives of many people in the aftermath of September 11. Soon after the attacks, there aroused a discussion about what should be done to the site ... see more
Momen Yaseen M.Amin
In second language acquisition (SLA) the use of communication strategies (CSs) has been of interest on research, since it can help learners to attain mutual comprehension effectively. Also communicative strategies contribute to second language acqui... see more
Anicette Quenum
S’il y a un dénominateur commun aux textes de la négritude, c’est ce cri de révolte dont les lointains échos continuent de se répercuter dans la littérature contemporaine ; c’est cette revendication passionnée d’une nature et d’une culture nègres&nbs... see more
Frederick Ojore Mordi
This paper explores how culture influences communication in the workplace from a Nigerian viewpoint. Using literature review as methodology, the paper evaluates three concepts namely: chronemics (time), proxemics (space), and communication styles (direct/... see more
Calogera Augello
This paper examines the motivations which bring the protagonist of the novel " Veronika decides to die," written by Paolo Coelho in 1996, to decide to commit suicide. Particularly, the study analyzes Veronika's difficulties caused by a form of narcisism t... see more
Rachid Neji
In the reading of Pynchon’s novels, the focus has not been on the study of the artistic peculiarities of the writer as much as it has been on the novelist’s view of the Western male identity, which is the product of historical, political, psychological an... see more
Leke Oke
This paper interrogates interest groups and the 2015 Gubernatorial Election in Ekiti state, Nigeria. It argues that, as against the general notion and belief in the potency and power of the elites in determining the outcome and results of elections, the 2... see more
Bahra Taib Rashid
This study presents and evaluates the methodology used in the ninety minutes macro-teaching lesson, which was carried out on a group of my fourth year students who are studying English in the university and are training to become English teachers. It aims... see more
Imen Aribi Ben Amor
The aim of the present study is to analyze the requests realizations of a group of Tunisian postgraduate students sent to their professor via emails. This study examines the email requests in terms of the degree of directness employed and seeks to find ou... see more
Béchir Saidi
Certes, les figures de rhétorique à savoir l’antithèse, la métaphore, la comparaison et l’ironie ainsi que le discours du plaidoyer et le discours du réquisitoire permettent à Montesquieu d’exprimer sa vision concernant ... see more
Nisreen M. Sawwa,Shadi S. Neimneh,Marwan M. Obeidat
This article studies the representation of London in the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century as depicted in Ghada Al-Samman’s The Body Is a Traveling Suitcase (1979), employing Baudelaire’s notion of the “Flâneur” and Benjamin’s description of ... see more
Ece Siklar
Bertolt Brecht introduced a new type of theatre called epic theatre in 20th century. He challenged the classical drama conception to epic theatre by including some elements in his play as Historicization, Alienation, Gestus and the Fourth wall. Brecht rej... see more
Nevena Stojanovic
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Wafaa Taleb
The present paper aims at describing the deleterious human and environmental impacts of the multinational oil companies operations in the Niger Delta in Nigeria. It also tends to make clear the two concepts of "human rights" and "environmental rights" as ... see more
Onuko Theodora
Translation over the ages has proved to be an effective tool to break cultural and linguistic barriers between different countries of the world. The diversity of peoples with multiplicity of languages inhabiting the West African sub region is among those ... see more
Vincent M. Chanda
The paper argues and shows, like many other scholars, that translation is a branch of linguistics but is multidisciplinary, as a translator must have not only pure linguistic competence in the source language (SL) and the target language (TL),... see more
Tufail Muhammad Chandio
This study aims to trace the trajectory of identity of Changez Khan, a Muslim protagonist in Mohsin Hamid’s Novel: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007). The protagonist is a Pakistani, cultural Muslim immigrant, who succeeds in getting quality education an... see more
The 'Theatre of the Absurd' challenged the theatrical traditions and absurd dramatists tried to depict a confusing and seemingly meaningless world where mankind face various unanswered questions and absurd circumstances. The philosophy and the thought pro... see more
Ndidiamaka Ononuju Ejechi
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