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Compensatory Strategies and Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Speaking Fluency: Focusing on Self-Repetition and Comprehension Check Strategies
Full text linkThis study aimed to seek the effects of self-repetition and comprehension check strategies on Iranian EFL learners' speaking fluency. To this end, the researcher gave the OQPT to 140 Iranian students to determine their level of English proficiency. The researcher selected 90 intermediate students and divided them non-randomly into two experimental groups; Self-Repetition group (n=30) and Comprehension Check group (n=30). Then, both groups were pretested. After that, the researcher put the participants of both groups in two Compensatory Strategies. Each experimental classroom was taught through a specific compensatory strategy. On the other hand, the control group received traditional activities in learning speaking fluency. This procedure continued till the last session. At the end of the study, a posttest was conducted. The results of one-way ANOVA revealed that both experimental groups had better performance on their post-test compared to their pre-test. The results showed that there was not a significant difference between the performances of the experimental groups on the post-test
A Gynocritic Study of Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey
Full text linkThis paper investigates the applicability of Elaine Showalter’s creative proposition of feminist criticism, gynocritics, in Rupi Kaur’s milk and honey. To that end, the paper tries to scrutinize the need of a text for writing about as well as on female experiences as demonstrated in the book. The researcher claims that the text exemplifies a complete and full use of the theory, which was established long before this work. The research is carried out in qualitative method, consulting the primary along with the secondary texts. It also posits the necessity of a language for a feminine text as used in Kaur’s work. It explores the book’s affinities with and the poet’s ideas of the common feminist concepts of the time by interpreting the sections of the book accordingly. In doing so, however, the researcher also tries to hint at the elements and features of contemporary poetry on the social-media platforms that contributed to the popularity of the book; therefore, it highlights the patterns of poetry and the trends or habits of the readers nowadays
The Double Colonization of Women in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
No full textThe present study offers a critical analysis of post-colonial feminism in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North (1969) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958). It analyzes the notion of double colonization as portrayed through marginalization and subordination of women in the novels. It shows the relationship between the colonizer and colonized and the purpose of colonization. In addition, it examines the status of the colonized women in relation to customs, traditions, and race where customs are obviously against women in their society and women characters appear as an inferior class and have no recognized status and view in that society. The method used can be described as descriptive and analytical relying mainly on the texts of the two novels and the critical literature produced on them that sheds more light on the problem in question
Strategy Politeness of Werkudara in Wayang purwa
Full text linkWayang purwa is a noble culture of Javanese people which is the pride of the Indonesian people and is recognized internationally as a masterpiece. The nobleness of the puppet culture is inseparable from the strong characterization of each character in the puppet. One of the strongest characters in wayang purwa is Werkudara. This research focused on the analysis of Werkudara politeness strategies in wayang purwa in order to explore the characterizations played by Werkudara characters. This research used the politeness theory of Brown & Levinson to deepen the results of the politeness strategy analysis. This study also used descriptive qualitative methods to explain the phenomenon of speech acts of Werkudara in explaining the politeness strategies used. This research data was Werkudara's speech taken from the data source, namely the recording of Ki Nartosabdo's purwa puppet show with Dewa Ruci's play. The results of this study concluded that Werkudara was more dominant in using negative politeness in speaking. The negative politeness strategies used include giving deference; being pessimistic, and using indirect expressions. Furthermore, positive politeness strategies are used by Werkudara, including the use of group identity markers; avoiding disagreement; offering promises, and exaggeration
The Representation(s) of Morocco in Elias Canetti’s The Voices of Marrakesh
Full text linkElias Canetti’s (2009) the Voices of Marrakesh depicts a set of cultural features about Marrakesh city, Morocco. In such travel writing text, different are the issues of representation about the country which are discursively figured in negative perspectives. Relatedly, the gaze of the Westerner theoretically and practically helps target the extent to which the Moroccan landscape and identity are constructed. At this point, debates about the nature of concepts like the ‘civilized’, the ‘primitive’, and the ‘savage’ are very common and form the intellectual background for the travel writer. The dichotomy between center and periphery is highly examined in the present article since there are images or processes of decentralizing Morocco. Following post-colonial analytical approach, the current article problematizes the way the West represents Morocco and its cultural geography. Importantly, the article focuses on Moroccan geography which is given little if not no importance pretending that it is a deserted space where the uncivilized natives dwell. It serves nothing but fear and mystery. This paper serves as a basis for the readership to understand the way Morocco is portrayed by Canetti. By representing Morocco in different images, Canetti ideologically generates a socio-cultural discourse about Arabs and about Morocco in particular. By doing so, he confirms the fact that there is no innocent text including travel narrative
The Influence of Communicative Method and Independent Learning Style to the English Learning Outcomes: An Experiment Research to Primary Grade One Level
Full text linkThe aim of this research is to obtain information about the effect of communicative teaching methods and independent learning styles on learning outcomes of Speaking English to the Primary grade 1 students in Al Hikmah School , South Jakarta. The communicative method is an effective learning method applied in the learning process of speaking English, especially for students at the Primary school level. This learning method provides more opportunities for students to express themselves in English, so that the English they learn can be integrated in their personalities and they can feel happier in learning. In this study, researchers used experimental research. The sample in this study amounted to 20 children who were divided into 2 groups of learning styles. Instrument learning outcomes in English are measured through written and oral tests. The results showed that in children with independent learning styles taught by communicative methods achieving higher English-Speaking learning outcomes than not being taught with this method
Analysis of the Chinese-English Translation of Public Signs: A Functional Theory Perspective
No full textTo achieve an internationally friendly community by interacting better with the foreign nationals in its territory and improving its image in the international world, China has since 2004 made a purported effort to translate and standardize the public signs, which are notices meant for public consumption located at public places or institutions in its domain. However, it has been observed from the bilingual translation of these public signs that, there still exist some translation problems. Therefore, the author of this study after an in-depth discussion of the core concepts of the functional theory and its principles of translation, analyzed the first-hand photos of bilingual public sign and text samples obtained at vantage places utilize by foreigners. Critical observation and analysis of the samples were conducted to find out problems associated with the translated public signs in one of the oldest historical towns in China with various pictorial examples as evidences to buttress the findings and finally suggested the way forward to having Chinese- English(C- E) translation of public signs devoid of errors. The identification of these translation errors would help translators in China to pay more attention during the translation process of C-E public sign in order to lift high the image of China in the international world through the production of quality and meaningful C-E pblic signs in China. This study would also contribute a country-specific knowledge regarding the translation of public signs to the field of study as it will serve as a reference literature to other scholar
A New Tool for Prompting ZPD: Statistical Results vs. Learners’ Perspectives
No full textFinding practical methods leading to a promising and autonomous learning is one of the significant objectives of research in the field of Foreign Language Teaching. Along with these attempts, this study tries to meet challenges by creating an alteration in the cloze procedure application. We aimed to study the effectiveness of employing a cloze procedure before teaching reading skills on Iranian engineering students’ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Applying quasi-experimental, pre-test, posttest, and delayed posttest design, the participants were selected using intact classes and randomly divided into the experimental and control groups. The participants were 380 B.S. Iranian first-year engineering students whose English proficiency levels were determined by using the Oxford Quick Placement Test. Except for using the cloze procedure in the experimental group (N=190), everything was similar between groups during the instruction. In addition to pre-test, posttest, and delayed posttest, the experimental group received a questionnaire to reflect on the efficacy of using the cloze procedure. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS. The results showed that employing instructional cloze texts before teaching reading skills was significantly effective in terms of creating participants’ ZPD and broadening their learning. These findings from the tests were consistent with the results obtained from questionnaires. The implication of the present study is that considering the learners’ developmental level, instructors can manipulate traditional methods and use the materials innovatively to facilitate learning. Also, training learners to set goals, plan their learning, and monitor their progress during the learning process should be given surplus attention.
The Relationship Between Idiomatic Knowledge and Second language Proficiency/ Kurdistan Universities Undergraduates As An Example
Full text linkIdioms are set of words whose meanings are not easy to understand or guess from
the literal usual meaning of those words. The present study is an attempt to show
the relationship between Idiomatic Knowledge and Second Language Proficiency of
undergraduate students of English in some Kurdistan Region/ Iraq universities. The
study has been carried out at English Departments of seven randomly selected
Kurdistan universities using a quantitative method to highlight the level of the
students in understanding idioms and the challenges or the difficulties they face in
using them. Two tests have been adopted to get the data from the departments
concerned after getting official permissions. Definitions by different linguists and
dictionaries with classifications of idioms are provided. Then, some detected
problems have been displayed and analyzed such as avoidance, competence and
culture. Finally, the study has come up with some important conclusions and
suggestions among which the existence and the nature of the relation between
Idiomatic Knowledge and Second Language Proficiency
Student-Teachers’ Professional Identity in the Age of Neoliberalism in an Omani Foreign Language Context: A Sociocultural Approach
Full text linkPre-service teachers’ professional identity is currently receiving a great deal of
attention in the field of second/foreign language teaching. This study aims at
investigating the professional identity of the student teachers in the Sultanate of
Oman in the age of neoliberalism from sociocultural perspectives. The present
study employed grounded theory approach to analyse the collected data to help
the researchers get an in-depth understanding. Therefore, structured interviews
were conducted. Concurrently, the ATLAS.ti software was utilized to facilitate the
data analysis. The findings revealed that the student teachers were able to
construct their professional identities, by the help of senior teachers and the
supervisor during the practicum. A number of factors that appeared to impact
identity construction were recognized, e.g. the practicum, the supervisor, the
senior teacher and the class teacher. The results obtained from this research may
contribute to the field of applied linguistics and teacher training programmes.
Pedagogical implications and practical suggestions were highlighted