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The Fifty-fifty Man
No full textIndo-Canadian Diasporic literatures deal with the displacement of identities andthe cultural assimilation that occurs over generation and with re-discovering the‘hyphenated-identities’ that forms a major part of a diaspora. The constantconflict between ‘homeland’ and the ‘host-land’ creates a feeling ofdisplacement that becomes a central theme for diasporic literatures. Indo-Canadian diasporic people bond over their shared nostalgia of the homeland –they experience a sort of parallel existence with one foot in the homeland andthe other in the host-land. Through the two prominent novels of Indo-Canadiandiaspora – Anita Rau Badami’s Can You Hear The Nightbird Call? AndRohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance we understand the diasporic identity andwhat it entails. We will study how the characters in both the novels are alleffected by the socio-political and economic conditions of India during the 1975Emergency and how it alters each character. Badami’s novel moves between theSikhs living in India and Sikhs living in Canada and the plight of them, whileMistry deals with Hindu - Muslim conflicts. This paper focuses on how readingthese Canadian literatures during a worldwide Covid-19 pandemic changesone’s understanding of diasporic literature, cultures and diasporic identities.In a covid-19 pandemicsituation when many Indians living in Canada are horrified about the conditionsin their homeland, their helplessness for not being able to visit, relying onvirtual world/online modes of communication to keep themselves up to date onthe conditions in their homeland. Reading Canadian literatures with historicalcontexts of crisis situations, mass deaths, economic and sociological downfall,political crisis etc., at a time when we ourselves are undergoing or rathersurviving through a worldwide pandemic with countless deaths, economicdownfall etc., shapes or alters the approach towards diasporic literatures givingus a better understanding of Canadian literatures
Soft Skills Communication and Cognitive Development of First-Year Purposive Communication Students
No full textThe importance of a student's soft skills communication in language learning, particularly in their cognitive development, cannot be overstated. These skills, in turn, provide the groundwork for the development of other characteristics related to students' personal and career development. The descriptive correlational study aimed to verify the significant relationship between soft skills communication and cognitive development of the First-year Purposive Communication students. The findings revealed that there is a very high level of soft skills communication with a mean of 4.35. While cognitive development has a mean score of 4.44 which entails a very high distinction. On the other hand, when it comes to determining the significant relationship, it was found out that there is indeed a great connection between the two variables with a relationship value of 0.51 while its significance has a value of 0.0000000867. As a result, it is suggested that soft skills communication will have the same impact on students' cognitive development. The findings of this study show that each student's soft skills communication attribute is distinctive, and it can be improved by applying the lessons learned in ways that promote cognitive development, such as providing performance-based, outcomes-based, and other related and appropriate activities that require them to apply what they've learned. Further, based on the findings, it is recommended that this soft skills communication be extended and developed to other English subjects in the higher education curriculum, particularly the syllabus and assessment to use, in order to achieve higher cognition
The Reflection of Social Problems in the Novels by S. Maugham
No full textThe article analyzes the impact of the social environment on human life, the struggle of man to find his place in society in the novels of the English writer W.S. Maugham, who lived on the threshold of two centuries and skillfully reflected the characteristics of both realism and romanticism in his work. The inner world of the heroes, the principles of their existence in society, the impact of the environment on human life, regardless of age, as well as serious problems such as human collisions with the environment in the prose examples of the writer who deeply understands the essence of the problems of man and society, pays attention to the socio-philosophical harmony of life and the world are the object of research. The struggle for life and rebellion of the heroes against the accepted laws of society were emphasized based on the author's novels such as “The Moon and Sixpence”, “Theatre”, “Cakes and Ale” , “Liza of Lambeth”. At the same time, the article identifies the forms of manifestation of human and social problems against the background of social features and reveals the mechanism of conflict. The attitude of various writers and critics to Maugham's work was also touched upon
The External Conflict Management in Dolittle Movie
No full textThe analysis of external conflict in this study used a movie as the subject, namely Dolittle. This study aims to know the kind of conflict by the source of the conflict faced by the main character in the Dolittle movie. The qualitative method was used to collect and analyze the data, which was achieved through observation. This study aims at (1) classifying the types of external conflict, (2) describing the source of the conflict, (3) analyzing the conflict based on the conflict management strategy. The data were collected by conducting close observation of the movie. After analyzing the data, this study found that the main character faced two types of external conflict, namely, man against man and man against nature which the conflict arose dominantly caused by Limited resources. As for the conflict management strategy, the Avoidance strategy is commonly found in the main character resolving the conflict. The conclusion developed by the interpretation of the data is that it is from the kind of external conflict which is related to the source and the conflict management strategy that show the dominant data used by the main character encountered the conflict
An Analysis on the Undergraduate Students’ Citing Habit in Thesis Writing
No full textThis study aims to investigate the students’ habit in writing citation in their thesis. As a scientific paper, a thesis should be formatted according to the style allowed or accepted by the institution. By involving 83 thesis written by undergraduate students on an English program of a college in North Maluku, this descriptive qualitative study revealed that most students used APA style as required by the college. Moreover, the students made many mistakes in writing citation ranged from non-italicized book title to non-recorded quotation. Data from interview revealed that the students made these mistakes due to some factors that we assumed the causes of the students’ citing habit. Overall, plagiarism has been noted as the main factor responsible for those mistakes
Analysis of Turn-Taking and Gender Differences in Online EFL Classrooms
No full textThe Covid-19 Pandemic has influenced EFL learners' turn-taking system due to the sudden shift from traditional face-to-face classes to virtual learning. This study aimed at investigating the role of gender in turn-taking patterns in online Iranian EFL classrooms. To this end, the discourse exchanges of 55 Iranian upper-intermediate online English learners were collected and analyzed. The approximate equality of male and female students paved the way to scrutinize the role of gender. The data were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through the lens of the turn-taking system. Descriptive statistics followed by the Chi-square tests and paired comparison tests revealed that teacher selection occurred more frequently than self-selection, and using vocatives was the most preferred strategy applied by the teachers. Moreover, males took more turns compared to the female students. Therefore, gender was a determinative factor in the dominant patterns of turn-taking in online classrooms. The results could provide insightful information for teachers on creating a dialogic atmosphere in virtual classes in which all students can engage in a cooperative discussion
A Phytonymic phraseology and linguocultural features of paremiological units
No full textThe article comparatively examines phytonomic phraseology, forming a branch of onomastic phraseology of English and Azerbaijani languages. Internal classification of onomastic phraseology is provided for this purpose and the criteria for designation of phytonymic phraseology are determined. Such a system of markers embraces lexical units that are more or less connected with the plant world, as well as words denoting the species of plants. Phytonymic phraseologies were selected from relevant lexicographic sources and grouped on the basis of materials of Azerbaijani and English languages. The research shows that phytonymic phraseology forms an independent group in the onomastic phraseology of each language. The characteristics of the development of phytonomic phraseology by species and type names were studied and high frequency of some species’ names in phytonomic phraseology was found out. The article also addresses the issues over adequacy and equivalence of phytonomic phraseology of diferent-system languages. The study in this area indicates considerable role of phytonomic phraseology in the verbalization of national-cultural indicators. Direct connection of ethnocultural marker and the code with the onym used in the composition was clarified in phytonomic phraseology
The Application of the Cooperative Learning Model (Picture and Picture) to Improve the Students’ Reading Skill
No full textThe purpose of this study was to improve students' reading skills using picture and picture media. This research is a Classroom Action Research. The research was conducted in two cycles. The subjects of this study were 23 students in class IX SMP Kristen Idamgamlamo west Halmahera. The data collection techniques in this study were observation and test. While the data analysis techniques were used The results showed that: The use of picture and picture media can improve students' reading activities. The increase occurred in cycle I is 53,8%. Learning activities were not optimal. The implementation of cycle II is 88,4% causes activity and learning outcomes to be good and increase to a higher level so that it can support quality learning. The conclusion of this research is to improve reading ability by using picture and picture media in class IX SMP Kristen idamgamlamo Halmahera Barat
Teaching English Poetry in EFL Classroom through Classroom Presentation
No full textThe objective of this research was to know about how to teach English poetry in the EFL classroom through classroom presentation. Poetry has been used in teaching and learning English in the classroom. Many educators have attempted to deal with poetry in the EFL classroom. English poetry is a subject in the fifth semester of the English Department at STKIP Kie Raha Ternate. The research design used in this research is qualitative research. The population in this research was all students of the English Department of STKIP Kie Raha Ternate, and the samples of this research were 20 fifth-semester students of the English department of STKIP Kie Raha Ternate. To collect the data the researcher used classroom observation and documentation. To analyze the data, the researcher was analyzed the data from the result of classroom observation or in other words the researcher analyzes the result of classroom presentation. The analysis showed that classroom presentation can enhance the students’ achievement in learning poetry
The Structure of Peer Feedback
No full textThis article aims to propose an overview of structured peer-feedback applications. Even though peer-feedback is no longer a new thing in the world of teaching writing, until now there are still many researchers who are interested in studying it and not a few teachers are still using it. Research that has been conducted to test the effectiveness of peer-feedback and student responses to peer-feedback activities still shows different results. One thing that needs to be considered important is that differences in the results of peer-feedback use and research may result from unstructured application of peer-feedback. Experts have indicated that peer-feedback can be applied flexibly. They imply that peer-feedback activity should not be restrained in a rigid system. However, research suggests that without careful preparation, peer-feedback activity is unlikely to produce satisfactory results. In order for peer-feedback activity to be prepared, special stages in implementing peer-feedback cannot be avoided. Meanwhile, we are faced with the fact that until now there is no system that regulates the peer-feedback structure. It is for this reason that this article was written. Using literature research, this article provides a peer-feedback structure worthy of attention