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Contents Volume V Issue II (Spring 2020)

Proverbial Rhetoric in Sustenance of Gender Stereotypes: An Ethnological Account of Proverbs from Pakistani Languages
Abstract:	Language is the most effective tool of communication across cultures. Proverbs are one such component of stylistic poetic and rhetoric devices which serves to communicate the worldview of an ethnic group. The paper is an analysis of ways in which gender differences are perceived, symbolized, portrayed, expressed and promoted rhetorically through the use of proverbs amongst various ethnic groups in ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Shazia Akbar Ghilzai: Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Aneela Sultana: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Mahwish Zeeshan: Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Cross-Cultural, Gender, Linguistic Determinism, Proverbs, Proverbial Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Woman Hood
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).01	Details Download
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Page Nos:	1-9
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A Neo-Orientalist Critique of 'Humanitarian Interventions' in Afghanistan in Rahman’s In the Light of What We Know
Abstract:	The study of Rahman's, In The Light of What We Know, explores how Neo-orientalist strategies of neocons subjugated South Asian neo-orients in the name of humanitarian help in war-afflicted Afghanistan. The global forces have reverted to the past binaric divisions of 'us' and 'them' in order to gain their economic and political interests. Using Steger (2003) and Howe's (2002) critique of the validi ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Atta-ul- Mustafa: Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Ghulam Murtaza: Associate Professor, Department of English, Govt. College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Muhammad Asif: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Govt. College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Keywords:	Afghanistan, Bangladeshi Literature, Globalization, 9/11
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).02	Details Download
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Page Nos:	10-22
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A Snare in the Narrative Structure: An Exploration of Hermeneutic Code in "The Kite Runner"
Abstract:	The present paper studies the novel The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini through the lens of Barthe's narrative code theory. The paper primarily focuses on the Hermeneutic code works underlyingly to the narrative. The researchers in the present chapter analyze the mysterious and puzzling elements in the novel, which help in the formation of the text: the current study, the novel The Kite Runner thro ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Syed Maqsood Alam: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Amir Jamil: Lecturer, Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Abdul Khaliq: Assistant professor, Department of Social & Allied Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and animal Sciences (CUVAS), Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Hermeneutic, Barthes, Proairetic, Symbolic, Cultural and Semantic code.
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).03	Details Download
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Page Nos:	23-31
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“Negotiation of Difference”: A Study of the English Translations of Ghalib’s Urdu Ghazal
Abstract:	The Ghazal is a well-known genre of Urdu poetry. The translation of Ghazal into the English language poses specific challenges. Translating Ghalib, one of the greatest ghazal writers, into English, is a special case under consideration. Several translators have produced their versions of Ghalib’s Urdu ghazals. The present study is an effort to evaluate the performance of six translators ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Asif Khan: Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Asma Aftab Khan: Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Aamer Shaheen: Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Ghalib, Literal Translation, Poetic Form, Sense-For-Sense Translation, Translation Studies, Urdu Ghazal.
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).04	Details Download
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Page Nos:	32-41
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Exploring the Effect of Learners' Age Variation and Their Perceptions on the Responses about Mother Tongue Use in L2 Learning
Abstract:	The purpose of the current study was to explore the effect of learners' age variation and their perceptions on the responses about mother tongue use in L2 learning at degree level. To find out an obvious understanding of this subject matter, the study focused on 577 L2 learners, for the sake of data collection questionnaire war used as a research tool. The data were analyzed through SPSS ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Ahsan: Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Noshaba Younus: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Riphah International University Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Muhammad Naeem: Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Learners, Teachers, Mother Tongue, Proficiency
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).05	Details Download
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Page Nos:	42-53
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Sketching Victorian Society: A Corpus Assisted Study of Social Class in Dickens' Great Expectations
Abstract:	The present work deals with the adjectives used by Charles Dickens to portray the social class in the novel Great Expectations. The study used a corpus linguistics methodology for data preparation, corpus development, and data analysis. The text of the novel was collected from online sources and used in the compilation of the corpus. The corpus was filtered of additional information and tagged usi ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Arshad Ali: Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Athar Rashid: Assistant Professor, Department of Governance & Public Policy, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Ameer Sultan: Lecturer, Department of English, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Social Class, Corpus Linguistics, Great Expectations, Adjectives
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).06	Details Download
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Page Nos:	54-61
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A Comparative Study of Teachers' and Head Teachers' Perceptions about National Professional Standard for Teachers at Secondary School Level
Abstract:	Pakistan is paying special attention to its educational system and training of the teachers to improve the quality of teaching as a profession. One of the most highlighted elements in this educational development is the quality teaching practices in terms of National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST).Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques were applied to analyze the c ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Fasiha Altaf : PhD. Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Saeed : Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	NPST, Teachers, Head-Teachers, Secondary Level
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).07	Details Download
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Page Nos:	62-71
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Moral and Political System as Objects of Aesthetic Beauty and the Case of Shelly
Abstract:	Researchers and critics, most of the time, have drawn the poets of revolutionary and political ideologies and ideals to the description of aesthetics qualification. Percy Bysshe Shelley's aesthetics of Romanticism tackles a new dimension in appraising and understanding the Romantic spur of poetry. The aspect is aesthetics as a moral and political system of Romantic poetry. In this study, ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Ayaz Ahmad Aryan : Lecturer, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan. 2-Liaqat Iqbal : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan. 3-Rafiq Nawab : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Political System, Poetry, Shelly
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).08	Details Download
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Page Nos:	72-82
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Psychological Study of Islamic Mysticism in Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love
Abstract:	Mysticism presents, amidst others, a unique worldview to unfold the cosmic mysteries through experiential ways, often rendering mystical experiences somewhat subjective and elusive. This makes it highly pertinent to delve into the human psyche, which is the fountainhead of such experiences. Psychology offers theoretical tools, thereby enabling researchers to resolve riddles at one hand an ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Imran : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College Havelian KP, Pakistan. 2-Nazakat : Lecturer, Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan. 3-Adil Khan : Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Mysticism, Mystical Experience, Primary Integration, Positive Disintegration, Secondary Integration
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).09	Details Download
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Page Nos:	83-92
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Perceptions of ESL Learners of Teaching Listening Skill at Intermediate Level in the Context of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Abstract:	The present research study investigates the problems in teaching English listening skill to the students of English as a second language at the Intermediate level in Tehsil Batkhela, District Malakand. The study was carried out in ten government degree colleges of District Malakand, Tehsil Batkhela. A quantitative approach was adopted to get reliable results for which two hundred students ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Sadeed Ahmad Khan : Lecturer, Department of English, University of Malakand, Swat, KP, Pakistan. 2-Shaukat Ali : Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Malakand, Swat, KP, Pakistan. 3-Saddam Hussain : Lecturer, Department of English, University of Malakand, Swat, KP, Pakistan.
Keywords:	ESL, Listening Skill, Proficiency, Supplementary Materials, Teaching Techniques, Methods
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).10	Details Download
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Page Nos:	93-100
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The Effect of Psychological Factors on English Speaking Performance of Students Enrolled in Postgraduate English Language Teaching Programs in Pakistan
Abstract:	This research attempted to identify the psychological factors that affect the speaking performance of students enrolled in Postgraduate English Language Teaching programs in Pakistan. A quantitative approach was used to address the main aim of this study. The participants of the research were 100 postgraduate students enrolled in English Language Teaching (ELT) and Teaching English to Spe ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Habiba Qureshi : MS Student, Department of TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Fareeha Javed : Head of TESOL Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Sana Baig : Lecturer, Department of TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Psychological Factors, Oral Performance, Speaking Problems, ELT and TESOL, Pakistan
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).11	Details Download
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Page Nos:	101-114
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Tracing the Determinants of Marital Quality in Pakistani Society through the Lens of How It Happened
Abstract:	The quality of the marriage is assessed by many determinants. Based upon a large number of subjects and determines on the marital quality evaluation, this research explores the factors which are fundamental in maintaining marital quality in the novel How It Happened by Haider (2013). The marital quality in this paper is measured through five dimensions, comprising satisfaction, communicat ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Zainab Akram : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. 2-Saima Yousaf Khan : Lecturer, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Determinants, Dimensions, Marriages, Marital Quality, Gender
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).12	Details Download
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Page Nos:	115-126
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Deviation in Academic Speech of Pakistani English Language Learners: A Corpus-Based Study
Abstract:	Pakistani English language learners' speech in an academic context has been evaluated in the present research. A catalogue of 350 words that fluctuate in pronunciation from the Basic English pronunciation of these words has been instructed in the present study. Wordlist founded on a remark made over six months has been formulated along with the transcription of these words according to the ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Aqsa Aslam : Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Aniqa Rashid : Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Amna Aziz : Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords:	First Language L1 and Target Language L2, English LanguageLearners, Pakistani Speakers, Speech Deviation, Received Pronunciation
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).13	Details Download
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Page Nos:	127-134
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Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari
Abstract:	Current educational standards are changing dramatically to meet student's academic needs, and learners are at the heart of the educational system. The sole objective of the study is to compare the effect of brain-based learning teaching method and traditional teaching method on students' academic achievement in English at the secondary school level. For this study, the researcher has sele ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Qasim Ali : PhD (Scholar), Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Najam Ul Kashif : Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Muhammad Asif Shahzad : PhD (Scholar), Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Brain-Based Learning, Academic Achievement, English
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14	Details Download
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Page Nos:	135-144
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Crossing the Borders: Beckett in the Eastern World
Abstract:	Beckettian scholars are of the view that Beckett is an autonomous artist and has never been a religious scholar, so his works should be read as an artistic expression without using any 'religious barometer. Beckett's obsessed quest about theology and his selected plethora of references about Christianity and God almost always capture the attention of critics by encouraging them to read Be ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Saeed Nasir : Post Doctoral Fellow, The School of Language and Literature(LLMVC), University of Aberdeen, UK. 2-Muhammad Riaz : Lecturer in English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus (Layyah), Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Sadia Rahim : Ph.d Scholar, Department of English, The Women University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Artistic, Religious Barometer, Holy Belief
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).15	Details Download
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Page Nos:	145-150
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Construction of Cultural Identity through Language: A Study of 'Salt and Saffron'
Abstract:	Most representations of culture are done through literature which tells the readers about the lives of the people of a given culture. This article explores how the English novel Salt and Saffron, written by Kamla Shamsie, a writer of Pakistani origin, constructs the cultural identity of Pakistani characters in the novel. As the novel revolves around a Pakistani family, the culturerelated w ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Ubaidullah Khan : Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Uzair : Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Shaista Zeb : Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Language, Culture, Representation
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).16	Details Download
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Page Nos:	151-159
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Literary References in Obiter Dicta: A Study on Intertextuality in Legal Discourse
Abstract:	The courts around the world have been introducing reforms into judicial systems,and one of these is to improve the language of judgments in which the judges of superior courts add their comments and observations. This attached discourse resembles the obiter dicta, which often contains moral and ethical exhortations. It is to add the literary touch (i.e., from dramas,novels, poetry, etc.) to a lega ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Amjad Hussain: Assistant Professor, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan 2-Mohsin Mansoor Pirzada: Advocate, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan 3-Muhammad Arif Saeed: LLM, Department of Law, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Law, Obiter Dicta, Literature, Law, and Literature; Literary References, Judgments
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).17	Details Download
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Page Nos:	160 - 169
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Evaluation of English Textbook Exercises of Punjab Textbook Board for Grade 10 in the Light of Revised Bloom's Taxonomy of 2001
Abstract:	This research study discusses and records the analysis of the exercises of English Book 10 of the Punjab Textbook Board by the application of Revised Bloom's Taxonomy by Anderson and Krathwohl for Teaching,Learning, and Assessment. The nature of the study is analytical, and it critiques the concerned textbook to evaluate the conformity of its exercises of the book given at the end of each chapter ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Talat Mariyam: Faculty of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Saria Kazmi: Faculty of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 3-Rana Imran Ali: Faculty of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	English, Textbook Analysis, Anderson and Krathwohl Model, Punjab Textbook Board, Grade 10
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).18	Details Download
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Page Nos:	170-178
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