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Papers by Dr.Huda Halawachy

Journal of Education and Practice, 2014

The above quotation echoes the wisdom of silence. But, this wisdom is not workable thoroughly as ... more The above quotation echoes the wisdom of silence. But, this wisdom is not workable thoroughly as it has been a terrifying phenomenon in higher education atmosphere. A silent class definitely threatens the process of learning in Iraqi higher education as ''[silence]is often troubling when students speak, but disturbing when they do not'' (Boler, 2004quoted in Armstrong,2007b:p.1). The present study aims to identify, describe, and analyze the reasons behind silence of the majority part of the silent students at university level. It is hypothesized that certain psychological and pedagogical factors could be the main source of Iraqi learners’ silence. The empirical data is based on a questionnaire administered to two groups of 4 th grade students at the Dept. of English, College of Arts, University of Mosul during the academic year (2008-2009). In total, 43 students (20 females) and (23 males) participated in this study, with gender as the main dependent variable for the...

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies

As has long been known, though prevalent in everyday discourse across cultures, hyperbole is a ne... more As has long been known, though prevalent in everyday discourse across cultures, hyperbole is a neglected figurative language in the linguistic and/or literary sphere. In this talk, we propose a semantic taxonomy of hyperbole in American and British modern war poetry showing how this taxonomy helps readers figure out the poet’s meaning on a deeper level via a variety of hyperboles. The main objectives are to (1) identify the elements of such a trope in the corpora, (2) approach a semantic taxonomy of hyperbolic elements, and (3) come up with the true hidden messages and nature of the trope in accordance with the typology of the semantic field under which the trope is embraced. The corpora consist of two impressive poems – ‘Abu Ghraib’ by Curtis D. Bennett (American), and ‘A Message from Tony Blair to the People of Iraq by David Roberts (British). Findings indicate that both the evaluative and the quantitative dimensions are key characteristics that often coincide and should, therefor...

The problem of the present paper is to state: (1) Do poets have an excessive use of requestives n... more The problem of the present paper is to state: (1) Do poets have an excessive use of requestives not only to reflect aspects of the 20 th C.? (2) To what extent, the poets manage to link the aspects of the 20 th C., for instance, the social, political, etc. with their inner conflict? (3) Are requestives marshalled by the gender group and the nationality of each poet? 3. The Hypotheses: We hypothesize the following: (1) Different acts of requestives are used in different situations so as to convey various messages. (2) Different acts of requestives are controlled by different conflicts, gender groups and nationalities.

Investigating a cluster of terms and notions like the one at hand may arise certain queries like ... more Investigating a cluster of terms and notions like the one at hand may arise certain queries like the following: (1) Is there any difference between terms like opposition, and oppositeness? (2) Out of the 16 investigated terms which entail which? (3) Can we distinguish a terminological congruence of terms like opposition, antonymy, contrast, etc.? (4) Can we categorize types of oppositeness ? If yes, on what basis? 3. The Aims The main purpose of the present study is to (1) locate antonymy within the so-called incompatibility, and (2) explain the network relation holding between the notions under investigation.

The above quotation echoes the wisdom of silence. But, this wisdom is not workable thoroughly as ... more The above quotation echoes the wisdom of silence. But, this wisdom is not workable thoroughly as it has been a terrifying phenomenon in higher education atmosphere. A silent class definitely threatens the process of learning in Iraqi higher education as ''[silence]is often troubling when students speak, but disturbing when they do not'' (Boler, 2004quoted in Armstrong,2007b:p.1). The present study aims to identify, describe, and analyze the reasons behind silence of the majority part of the silent students at university level. It is hypothesized that certain psychological and pedagogical factors could be the main source of Iraqi learners' silence. The empirical data is based on a questionnaire administered to two groups of 4 th grade students at the Dept. of English, College of Arts, University of Mosul during the academic year (2008-2009). In total, 43 students (20 females) and (23 males) participated in this study, with gender as the main dependent variable for the purpose of statistical analysis. The study concludes that some psychological and pedagogical factors come to the forefront of the reasons behind Iraqi undergraduate students' silence. The paper also ends with some suggestions that might help students not to be "like our wise old bird" completely while learning English in the classroom.

Journal of Education in Black Sea Region

By distance learning we understand an educational situation in which a teacher and his/her studen... more By distance learning we understand an educational situation in which a teacher and his/her students are not placed in one physical environment. Distance learning was first applied in the 19th century and has undergone a long way of technological improvement. It has become indispensable in the time of global pandemic. It is characterized by both advantages and challenges, and, correspondingly, in normal situations is used by adults for additional education or at any level /age in combination with traditional face-to-face education. The goal of this paper is to assess how ready we turned out to be to involuntary, caused by extreme situation of coronavirus, switching over to distance learning. The article presents results obtained from six countries – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Nigeria, UK, and Ukraine - as well as some views of educators from several other countries. Although the samples were not representative by number of the research populations, they tried to take into considerati...

The Degree of Readiness to Total Distance Learning in the Face of COVID-19 - Teachers' View (Case of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Nigeria, UK and Ukraine, 2020

By distance learning we understand an educational situation in which a teacher and his/her studen... more By distance learning we understand an educational situation in which a teacher and his/her students are not placed in one physical environment. Distance learning was first applied in the 19 th century and has undergone a long way of technological improvement. It has become indispensable in the time of global pandemic. It is characterized by both advantages and challenges, and, correspondingly, in normal situations is used by adults for additional education or at any level /age in combination with traditional face-to-face education. The goal of this paper is to assess how ready we turned out to be to involuntary, caused by extreme situation of coronavirus, switching over to distance learning. The article presents results obtained from six countries-Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Nigeria, UK, and Ukraine-as well as some views of educators from several other countries. Although the samples were not representative by number of the research populations, they tried to take into consideration the strata involved (school/university teachers, younger than 30, 31-50, older than 50), in order to be trustworthy. The conclusion made is that the trend is that we (at least, in many countries, or many of us) are still rather far from ready to carry out so often declared and advertised distance learning with optimal efficiency and much work is needed to be able to switch to high-quality distance education.

The premise echoes: "The future of all nations depends on the young." But how about a country whi... more The premise echoes: "The future of all nations depends on the young." But how about a country which has been a war -zone area for centuries? And what is the role of the new generation in talking to Mother Nature ethically? My project aims at: • messaging all the globe helping the Iraqi kids to rebirth Mother Nature, • steering Iraqi community members to stop illegal aggressive habits with the earth making use of their counterparts' experience in the west in saving the endangered nature, • suggesting plans to the Iraqi decision -makers regarding publishing Iraqi educational magazines for kids at different ages on saving Mother Nature;and • recruiting Iraqi academics in English Language and Linguistics and literature as well to focus on issues where language and Mother nature are intersected. Conclusion: My project comes as an appeal for my global peers supporting me to start my research paper. Making a website or homepage with google is possibly good .Consulting managers of publishing houses of American educational and entertainment magazines for kids tackling nature , talking to parents and writers in the magazines , posting questionnaire (or even questions) could be done all easily online. Moreover, I could advertise on the website asking for free websites of magazines to get the corpus. A late bloomer -I hope I am not ! Our colleagues who share interest in this symposium may do a lot helping our kids. What can we do together? It is time to put the foundation stone of a library in all educational institutions where up-to-date materials including (books ,films , programs,etc.) on how we should speak ethically to Mother Nature in Iraq and in Mosul ,particularly, after war should be included.

This is part of my unpublished PhD dissertation titled:''A Synthetic Approach to the Study of Avo... more This is part of my unpublished PhD dissertation titled:''A Synthetic Approach to the Study of Avoidance in Language Production''. This part touches upon the fact that non-verbal communication can not be dispensed with as a means of communication in our daily encounters.

“A wise old owl sat on an oak; the more he saw the less he spoke; the less he spoke, the more he ... more “A wise old owl sat on an oak; the more he saw the less he spoke; the less he spoke, the more he heard; why
aren’t we like that wise old bird?”
(Richards: Via the net)
Abstract
The above quotation echoes the wisdom of silence. But, this wisdom is not workable thoroughly as it has been a
terrifying phenomenon in higher education atmosphere. A silent class definitely threatens the process of learning
in Iraqi higher education as ''[silence]is often troubling when students speak, but disturbing when they do not''
(Boler, 2004quoted in Armstrong,2007b:p.1). The present study aims to identify, describe, and analyze the
reasons behind silence of the majority part of the silent students at university level. It is hypothesized that certain
psychological and pedagogical factors could be the main source of Iraqi learners’ silence. The empirical data is
based on a questionnaire administered to two groups of 4th grade students at the Dept. of English, College of
Arts, University of Mosul during the academic year (2008-2009). In total, 43 students (20 females) and (23
males) participated in this study, with gender as the main dependent variable for the purpose of statistical
analysis. The study concludes that some psychological and pedagogical factors come to the forefront of the
reasons behind Iraqi undergraduate students’ silence. The paper also ends with some suggestions that might help
students not to be “like our wise old bird” completely while learning English in the classroom.

An idiom is a phrase or a clause whose meaning, mostly, cannot be deduced from the literal defini... more An idiom is a phrase or a clause whose meaning, mostly, cannot be deduced from the literal definition; it refers instead to a figurative meaning which is well-mastered by the native speakers in one particular culture. The present paper is geared towards exploring English idioms on the basis of a large corpus. The analysis of usage data provides an approximate insight concerning English idiomatic expressions. This paper also aims at providing a description of idioms which accounts for the syntactic structure, meaning and cultural effects on idioms. (111) English idiomatic expressions analysed herein rest on the following assumptions: (1) Idioms have a mercury-like nature; it is not easy to find a rule that embodies all idioms as far as form and structure are concerned. (2) Tracing back the origin of idioms helps to grasp the meaning of idioms in one single culture. Results show that though the present paper is an attempt to come closer to a syntactic, semantic and pragmatic typology of idioms, still idioms cannot be shaped due to the fact that they are not only linguistically-based but also culturally-based, i.e. they have an ad hoc usage. The paper also provides some suggestions on how to master idioms on the part of English foreign learners. Idioms remain but a field which is full of surprises for researchers and scholars.

One of the most remarkable features of language is the fact that it is an effective force in comm... more One of the most remarkable features of language is the fact that it is an effective force in communication. Yet, still in some situations, avoiding certain linguistic items is necessarily needed in communication among different interlocutors in order not to break communication. The current work is open to one major objective: unearthing an interesting linguistic phenomenon, namely avoidance with its two main types: verbal and nonverbal. The verbal aspects have been tackled by shedding light on five main types of avoidance, morphological, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and semantico-pragmatic avoidance, side by side with the reasons that lead to avoidance in one of the aforementioned linguistic fields or another. As for non-verbal avoidance in linguistic settings, again three main types of avoidance, viz. positive (represented by two manners) and negative avoidance have been studied in detail. The present paper ends with some concluding remarks that highlight the main points attended to in the preceding pages of the research.

Talks by Dr.Huda Halawachy

Spirit of a city Dr. Huda Halawachy, who teaches at the University of Mosul, remained in her home... more Spirit of a city
Dr. Huda Halawachy, who teaches at the University of Mosul, remained in her home town while it endured the three year occupation by ISIS. In conversation with Andy Homden she recalls the days after liberation in 2017, reflects on the lessons of war and celebrates a community’s enduring spirit.

Journal of Education and Practice, 2014

International Journal of Language and Literary Studies

The above quotation echoes the wisdom of silence. But, this wisdom is not workable thoroughly as ... more The above quotation echoes the wisdom of silence. But, this wisdom is not workable thoroughly as it has been a terrifying phenomenon in higher education atmosphere. A silent class definitely threatens the process of learning in Iraqi higher education as ''[silence]is often troubling when students speak, but disturbing when they do not'' (Boler, 2004quoted in Armstrong,2007b:p.1). The present study aims to identify, describe, and analyze the reasons behind silence of the majority part of the silent students at university level. It is hypothesized that certain psychological and pedagogical factors could be the main source of Iraqi learners' silence. The empirical data is based on a questionnaire administered to two groups of 4 th grade students at the Dept. of English, College of Arts, University of Mosul during the academic year (2008-2009). In total, 43 students (20 females) and (23 males) participated in this study, with gender as the main dependent variable for the purpose of statistical analysis. The study concludes that some psychological and pedagogical factors come to the forefront of the reasons behind Iraqi undergraduate students' silence. The paper also ends with some suggestions that might help students not to be "like our wise old bird" completely while learning English in the classroom.

Journal of Education in Black Sea Region

The Degree of Readiness to Total Distance Learning in the Face of COVID-19 - Teachers' View (Case of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Nigeria, UK and Ukraine, 2020

By distance learning we understand an educational situation in which a teacher and his/her studen... more By distance learning we understand an educational situation in which a teacher and his/her students are not placed in one physical environment. Distance learning was first applied in the 19 th century and has undergone a long way of technological improvement. It has become indispensable in the time of global pandemic. It is characterized by both advantages and challenges, and, correspondingly, in normal situations is used by adults for additional education or at any level /age in combination with traditional face-to-face education. The goal of this paper is to assess how ready we turned out to be to involuntary, caused by extreme situation of coronavirus, switching over to distance learning. The article presents results obtained from six countries-Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq, Nigeria, UK, and Ukraine-as well as some views of educators from several other countries. Although the samples were not representative by number of the research populations, they tried to take into consideration the strata involved (school/university teachers, younger than 30, 31-50, older than 50), in order to be trustworthy. The conclusion made is that the trend is that we (at least, in many countries, or many of us) are still rather far from ready to carry out so often declared and advertised distance learning with optimal efficiency and much work is needed to be able to switch to high-quality distance education.