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The modern-day dictionaries, particularly the EFL learner dictionaries have improved enormously o... more The modern-day dictionaries, particularly the EFL learner dictionaries have improved enormously on their micro-macro and super structure, yet the potential users of these kinds of dictionaries are not fully aware of this comprehensive improvement. As a result, the wealth of information, both linguistic and encyclopedic goes unheeded by the potential learners. The main cause of all this is attributed to the lack of requisite reference skill (Dictionary using skills) by the learners. The aim of this study is to find out the extent to which the students of electrical

This paper intends to analyse the interviews of one of the most prominent Pakistani fashion desig... more This paper intends to analyse the interviews of one of the most prominent Pakistani fashion designer Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, known as HSY. The study aims at plunging deep into the ideologies, values and societal trends set by the leading personas through the language they select to empower and market themselves as brand. Latent Themes and meaning with reference to individual, power and society will be analysed and discussed thoroughly. As Pakistani fashion industry is a blooming avenue it is beneficial to understand the important underlying motives. The palpable themes stemming from the critical analysis of the discourse were timelessness, classic and Elegant Fashion fusion endeavour, believing on fate, modern women perspective, self-appraisal, self-reliance and satisfaction, success and achievements, strong business, conservation of culture and concern for community. Seven interview scripts were taken from online fashion magazines websites. The six scripts from online resources were studied in-depth qualitatively by using critical discourse analysis technique based upon Norman Fairclough's assumptions. HSY emerged as strong cosmopolitan exercising great insight-based driving force to bind conservative fashion ideologies and modern needs together.

The present case study explores the challenges to Computer Assisted Language Teaching at a privat... more The present case study explores the challenges to Computer Assisted Language Teaching at a private sector university to teach English as a communicative language in the perspective of incompetence of university students" in communication skills. The study is an effort to groom university students as global individuals in the perspective of the status of English as a lingua franca. The study fills the gap in ELT studies to incorporate modern technology into English language pedagogy to improve Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Pakistani universities. The main research questions focus on the issues faced by English language teachers while teaching the module Communication skills in BS (Hons.) classes without modern technology. The research tools include observations of the BS (Hons) second semester classrooms and interviews of the English language teachers of a private sector university. The findings of the research suggest that English language needs to be taught as a living language instead of a bookish language by establishing state of the art English language classrooms or language labs to integrate four skills of English language for interactive teaching and learning process. It is recommended to Higher Education Commission (HEC) and stake holders in Pakistan to revise policies to assess students" written and oral communication skills for qualifying English Communication Skills as a core subject. It is imperative to improve university students" communication skills to face the contemporary challenges in the global village.

This case study explores the challenges faced by Postgraduate students at a private sector univer... more This case study explores the challenges faced by Postgraduate students at a private sector university in Lahore. It is an attempt to come up with a model for challenges faced bythe students using Grounded Theory Approach. It fills the gap in the studies regarding challenges faced by postgraduate students at university level in Pakistan. The research questions focus on the challenges faced by the university students to pursue their educational degrees. The sample of the study included 15students of final semester at the Department of English Language and Literature in a private university in Lahore, Pakistan. The instrument of the study was semi-structured interview of the students. The qualitative data was analysed using open, axial and selective coding. Four dimensional challenges emerged as major themes: (a) Dispositional (b) Situational, (c) Institutional, and (d) Academic. These challenges were categorized into further sub-themes. The findings of the study show that these challe...

Arts and Social Sciences Journal, 2018

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & LITERATURE, 2018

The present case study explores the challenges to Computer Assisted Language Teaching in LGU to t... more The present case study explores the challenges to Computer Assisted Language Teaching in LGU to teach English as a communicative language in the perspective of incompetence of university students" communication skills. The study is an effort to groom university students as global individuals, acknowledging the status of English as a lingua franca. The study fills the gap in ELT studies to incorporate modern technology into language pedagogy to improve CLT in Pakistani universities. The main research question focuses on issues faced by English language teachers while teaching the module Communication skills in BS (Hons) classes without modern technology. The research tools are observations for the students and interviews for the English language teachers of LGU. The findings of research suggest that English language needs to be taught as a living language instead of a bookish language by establishing state of the art English language classrooms or language labs to integrate four skills of English language for an interactive process of teaching and learning. It is recommended to HEC and stakeholders to revise policies to assess students" written and oral skills for qualifying English subject. It may improve university students" communication skills to face the contemporary challenges in the global village.

The aim of this study is to go a step further in this line of thinking and explore the relation b... more The aim of this study is to go a step further in this line of thinking and explore the relation between genre and translation competence, on the one hand, and the communicative and textual sub-competence, on the other (Kelly, 2005). Indeed, the value of the concept of text genre in the acquisition of translation competence has already been addressed in previous works (Montalt, 2003; Montalt, Ezpeleta and García de Toro, 2005; Ezpeleta, 2005; or García Izquierdo, 2005a). Now, as we have said above, translation competence is a multifaceted concept that is made up of a number of sub-competencies and we believe it is possible to define in greater detail exactly which particular translation sub-competencies could be acquired by using text genre as a teaching aid. More specifically, the main hypothesis we will attempt to illustrate here is that this concept would be especially useful for acquiring what is known as communicative and textual subcompetence. The acquisition of translation com...

Language is a carrier of culture. It conveys all the information about culture in verbal and writ... more Language is a carrier of culture. It conveys all the information about culture in verbal and written forms. On the other hand, culture influences and shapes language. Language is intrinsic to the expression of culture. As a means of communicating values, beliefs and customs, it has an important social function and fosters feelings of group identity and solidarity. It is the means by which culture and its traditions and shared values may be conveyed and preserved. The following research had been placed within the socio cultural approach of discourse analysis in order to highlight how language is a cultural and psychological tool for getting things done. It further illustrated that how speakers construct the contextual foundations of their talk. It illustrated the influence of socio cultural factors on the structure, rhetorical devices, and choice of words of participants' written and spoken discourse. The following Qualitative study aimed to identify those socio cultural elements which implicitly influence one's expression of thought, emotions and perceptions and such expression of one's subjectivity servers as a manifestation of one's conscious identity. For that purpose, document analysis and semi-structured interviews was conducted among participants belong to different socio cultural background. The data was analyzed by using Fairclough three dimension model of discourse analysis. It was concluded that socio cultural

This article is basically an attitudinal study of Shakespeare's famous character Othello and thro... more This article is basically an attitudinal study of Shakespeare's famous character Othello and throws light on Othello as a character in the play in detail. There are various misconceptions and charges against Othello as a jealous character. This article is aimed at countering that claim. What Shakespeare wants to show is not only the jealousy but also certain minute aspects that are often neglected in criticism. There are many other things, which contribute a lot in Othello's tragedy and constitute the main action of the play. Jealousy has very little to do with Othello's tragedy. Throughout the play there is no direct physical clash between Cassio and Othello which could prove that Othello was influenced by Cassio at all. We are shown Iago arousing sexual jealousy in Othello and giving dramatic imagery to his venomous tongue. The skillful Iago traps Othello.

This research paper explores the pronunciation problems of Omani students and suggests remedies t... more This research paper explores the pronunciation problems of Omani students and suggests remedies to improve it. Sample of population consists of undergraduate Omani students who face a communication setback while speaking English inside and outside classroom. Present study analyzes the recorded speech of Omani students in formal and casual surroundings. It evaluates the extent of interference of L1 in English language used by undergraduate Omani students as well as analyzes the types of errors made by them.

Teaching of English has undergone a rapid progress with the changing needs of society. Present st... more Teaching of English has undergone a rapid progress with the changing needs of society. Present study aims not only at testing of vocabulary enhancement through short stories but also checks its effects on rural and urban population at secondary level. Present study uses Pre-test, post-test experimental design. Before the commencement of study, 50 students took their pre-test from rural site and 50 students took their pre-test from urban site. Only those 20, 20 students were selected from both sites whose accumulative score was almost the same. After this, five short stories were taught to both groups for five weeks with the same methodology. After the completion of coaching, a post-test was conducted. Marks of pre-test and post-test of both rural and urban groups were compared to see difference in learning. Data was analyzed statistically by using SPSS 20 for windows. Analysis of data proved that urban group had statistically significant improvement as compared to rural group.

Arts and Social Sciences Journal, 2018

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & LITERATURE, 2018