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Author1 Ngumo, Mugambi C. Affiliation Department of Humanities, University of Embu, P.O Box 6-60100, Embu, Kenya Author2 Omoke, Lillian K. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-5383 Affiliation Department of Humanities, University of Embu, P.O Box 6-60100, Embu, Kenya Abstract It has been argued that mainstream media serves the interests of the powerful, the ruling class, […]
Analysis of Kenya’s newspaper headlines: The handshake and shifting political …
by Ngumo, Mugambi C.; Omoke, Lillian K.
Author Kanevskaya, Tatyana Dmitrievna Affiliation Rehabilitation boarding school No. 32 Ulitsa Admirala Lazareva 53, Moscow 117042, Russia Abstract The article identifies and analyzes non-verbal components of communication (NVCСs) in the dialogues of the characters of Lermontov’s novel “A Hero of Our Time”, depicted by the author and significant for the […]
Non-verbal communication in Mikhail Lermontov’s novel “A Hero of Our …
by Kanevskaya, Tatyana Dmitrievna
Author L. R. Prem Kumar Affiliation LDC-IL Department, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India Abstract The word structure is normally based on the number of letters in a word in the Tamil textbooks and accordingly single letter words to multiple letter words are graded. But this study fully concentrates […]
by Prem Kumar, L. R.
Author P. Paramadhyalan Affiliation Tamil Faculty, Southern Regional Language Centre, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India Abstract Dyslexia is best described as a combination of abilities and difficulties, which affect the learning process in one or more of reading, spelling, and writing. The school-age children, including children from all […]
by Paramadhyalan, P.
Author1 Charles Ofosu Marfo Affiliation Department of Modern Languages, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana Author2 Catrin Hill Affiliation Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Potsdam, Germany Abstract This paper presents a study of how humor impact the workplace and individual creativity following the position that humor […]
by Marfo, Charles Ofosu, and Catrin Hill
Author Shini Unni Affiliation Navis Nihongo Centre, Bangalore, India Abstract Dyslexia is a language learning disorder that results in deficits in reading, spelling (Balise, Black, Nussbaum, Oakland Stanford 1998). The primary question in the scientific community is “What causes dyslexia?” However, medical science has discovered that dyslexia is not a […]
Language teaching methods to dyslexics acquiring English as a second …
by Unni, Shini
Author Clement Odoje Affiliation Department of Linguistics and African languages, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Abstract Computers now translate human language without having any understanding of it. How does this happen? The answer to the question is the concern of this paper. This paper opines that even though the machine could […]
Investigating language in the machine translation: exploring Yorùbá-English machine translation …
by Odoje, Clement
Author1 Ali Rahimi Affiliation Kashan University, Iran Author2 Mohammad Taghi Farvardin Affiliation Kashan University, Iran Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between attitudes towards language learning, self-confidence, compensation strategies, teacher evaluation and class evaluation of EFL students in Iran. The study also discusses the variables […]
The relationships between attitude, self-confidence, compensation strategies, teacher evaluation and …
by Rahimi, Ali, and Mohammad Taghi Farvardin
Author Phylis Bartoo Affiliation Egerton University, Kenya Abstract Studies on refugees in Kenya have particularly dwelled on human rights violations. Although some of these studies have touched on language matters in the refugee camps, by and large, they have not addressed the issue of how the refugees are coping linguistically […]
by Bartoo, Phylis
Author1 Karen Kow Yip Cheng Affiliation Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Author2 Amir Biglar Beigi Affiliation University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract Although many studies have confirmed the importance and usefulness of metacognitive strategies in enhancing reading comprehension, instructing the exact use of […]
Enhancing reading comprehension via instruction of a metacognitive strategy: a …
by Cheng, Karen Kow Yip, and Amir Biglar Beigi