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The world initiated a new era with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Education all around t... more The world initiated a new era with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Education all around the globe, including Turkey, was impacted to a great extent. Both teachers and learners were required to adapt to online education within a short period of time. Although previous studies had focused on the impacts of teaching English in general for teachers and learners, studies focusing on teaching of the speaking skills online particularly in the Turkish context was absent in the literature. Therefore, the gap which was to be considered appropriate for this research is related to comprehending the perceptions and challenges EFL teachers confronted while attempting to teach the speaking skills online within the Turkish context. This article aims to have a theoretical contribution to the current research, in order to see the significance of the Turkish context, as online teaching of English speaking was to be considered beneficial for learners, as it increased confidence for the interaction.

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This article analyses the stories of two women in terms of narrative and healing: Edith Hope in A... more This article analyses the stories of two women in terms of narrative and healing: Edith Hope in Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac, and Umut the survivor of the earthquake in Turkiye in February 2023. The authors draw a comparative view between two women who stayed in hotels in order to recover from traumatic experiences. Cultural trauma theory highlights an approach, in a way in which different types of trauma can be seen as results of unanticipated, catastrophic incidents. All traumas of different communities are interrelated to each other. That is why, getting conscious, taking responsibility, and sharing experiences can heal.

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The aim of this study is to have an analysis of the plot and the characters in the novel, Agnes G... more The aim of this study is to have an analysis of the plot and the characters in the novel, Agnes Grey, in terms of the perspectives of education and culture. Anne Brontë's first novel focuses on the life of Agnes, who is a young governess living in the Victorian era. In the novel, the narrative shows a period of time in English literature, when industrialization has a significant impact on the aspects such as social life and education, in a way in which women experienced many kinds of struggles for holding on to their lives and reaching their dreams. Agnes Grey, the main character of the novel, came from a middle-class family. She lived to tell the adventures of starting her career as a governess, and the difficulties she experienced. It didn't take long for Agnes, who started her first experience with the Bloomfield family, to face the rich upper-class culture and see the difficulties in educating children from another social class. The Murray family, with whom she stayed for a longer time, was the place where Agnes gained expression that extended into the adulthood. Agnes' teaching shows not only a kind of class struggle, but also a balance between the dialectical poles of the ideal and the reality. Agnes returned, in her adulthood, to her family with her teaching experiences. By keeping a concept of love in her mind, Agnes would be able to have the sense of reality in which culture and education came to offer.

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Globalization has developed into an ideological discourse that drives change, because of the perc... more Globalization has developed into an ideological discourse that drives change, because of the perceived immediacy and need to adapt to a new world order. It has a significant impact on the political, social, economic, cultural, and educational aspects. A visible transition has also been occurring in higher education. The world has grown extremely competitive because of the expending of globalization. Universities all over the world have to enhance their competitiveness through Englishization in higher education. Taiwan is experiencing educational reforms in higher education, in a way in which it is similar to other Asian nations, in order to maintain its competitiveness in the world. This article focuses on how globalization exacerbates competitiveness around the world, particularly in the educational sectors. The aim of this study is to review and to define how globalization is affecting higher education and in what way it has an impact on education policy in the context of Taiwan's higher education. The effects of globalization on global citizenship will also be examined, in order to give a full reflection.

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In this research about the comparative studies of the Natural environment and the cities, the aut... more In this research about the comparative studies of the Natural environment and the cities, the author intends to focus on different kinds of literary genres and texts through which the relation between the concept of Nature and different cities would be studied and examined. The author uses various perspectives of seeing different worksespecially visual arts and verbal arts-in terms of culture and humanity. By doing so, the author hopes to bring a better understanding towards the true meaning of these selected literary forms and texts. These literary genres and texts were selected and were aimed to observe the relation between Nature and culture, between Nature and the cities, and most importantly, between the animals and the human beings. It is significant to read the relations among the human beings and the natural environment and the animals, because in a way, the human beings would be able to find balance in which the human beings would even be able to find the true meaning of freedom and the true meaning of life through the inspiration of the things around them. In the similar fashion, when the human beings are aware of the conditions in which they are situated in, somehow, they are also able to express humanity through artistic forms and narratives, particularly visually and verbally. Works of painting and works of photography in literary forms-such as in the novels, the poems, the short stories and the dramatic plays-will be appreciated and will be analysed as aesthetic narratives.

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In this article, the author wants to theorise the dialectical images of London as signs, by using... more In this article, the author wants to theorise the dialectical images of London as signs, by using an Impressionist way of reading the visual and the verbal representations. Through reading three poems of London: William Wordsworth's 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802', Oscar Wilde's 'Impression du Matin', and Carol Ann Duffy's 'Woman Seated in the Underground, 1941', the author intends to show an awareness of the Impressionist narrative technique in terms of the spatial representations of the city. The impressions – in both visual and verbal terms, come to show the way in which London is a gendered space, synthesising masculine and feminine metaphors into a sequence of unique narrations. Each moment represents a personal, a specific, and a dramatic London, which is depicted in colours, shapes, lines and emotions.

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Through reading Walter Benjamin’s critical essay, Surrealism: The Last Snapshot of the European I... more Through reading Walter Benjamin’s critical essay, Surrealism: The Last Snapshot of the European Intelligentsia, the authors of this research would like to trace the key point of Surrealist aesthetics, particularly the juxtapositions of visual objects in the city of London. Richard Aldington’s two poems, London (May 1915) and Eros and Psyche, come to depict Surrealist image spheres, as their visual representations in words would show. The dialectical optic of the poet comes to reveal an allegorical synthesis, giving birth to new meanings. The city of London shows the
irrational fusion of the opposites, in a way which a Surrealist reading of these two poems is able to construct a critical virtue.

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This research aims to answer this question: how can students learn, identify, and appreciate Lond... more This research aims to answer this question: how can students learn, identify, and appreciate London poetry? In the process of teaching, can cultural exchange happen? Does it give birth to a new cultural identity through English teaching and learning, focusing on the skills of reading and writing? Through narrating the self, students can express themselves in writing, to identify their own life experiences in London poems in which they read in the class. Through literacy practices in the class, students can understand not only the meaning of the texts. Rather, they develop a sort of interest in British culture through reading London poetry. After identifying with narrating subjects in the poems, my students explore cultural differences between Turkish and British ones. Through comparing both cultures, my students synthesise these two, in order to develop a new cultural identity of their own.

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