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01 - Proverbial Rhetoric in Sustenance of Gender Stereotypes: An Ethnological Account

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).01
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).01      Published : Jun 2020

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    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... Details

    Cross-Cultural, Gender, Linguistic Determinism, Proverbs, Proverbial Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Woman Hood

    (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.
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02 - A Neo-Orientalist Critique of 'Humanitarian Interventions' in Afghanistan in Rah

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).02
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).02      Published : Jun 2020

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    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... Details

    Afghanistan, Bangladeshi Literature, Globalization, 9/11

    (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
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03 - A Snare in the Narrative Structure: An Exploration of Hermeneutic Code in "The

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).03
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).03      Published : Jun 2020

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    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... Details

    Hermeneutic, Barthes, Proairetic, Symbolic, Cultural and Semantic code.

    (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.
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04 - "Negotiation of Difference": A Study of the English Translations of Ghalib's Urd

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).04
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).04      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 who ... Details

    Ghalib, Literal Translation, Poetic Form, Sense-For-Sense Translation, Translation Studies, Urdu Ghazal.

    (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.
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05 - Exploring the Effect of Learners' Age Variation and Their Perceptions on the Res

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).05
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).05      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 (statisti... Details

    Learners, Teachers, Mother Tongue, Proficiency

    (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.
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06 - Sketching Victorian Society: A Corpus Assisted Study of Social Class in Dickens'

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).06
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).06      Published : Jun 2020

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    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... Details

    Social Class, Corpus Linguistics, Great Expectations, Adjectives

    (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.
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07 - A Comparative Study of Teachers' and Head Teachers' Perceptions about National P

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).07
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).07      Published : Jun 2020

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    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... Details

    NPST, Teachers, Head-Teachers, Secondary Level

    (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.
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08 - Moral and Political System as Objects of Aesthetic Beauty and the Case of Shelly

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).08
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).08      Published : Jun 2020

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    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, Shelley h... Details

    Political System, Poetry, Shelly

    (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.
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09 - Psychological Study of Islamic Mysticism in Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Lov

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).09
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).09      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 and enrichi... Details

    Mysticism, Mystical Experience, Primary Integration, Positive Disintegration, Secondary Integration

    (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.
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10 - Perceptions of ESL Learners of Teaching Listening Skill at Intermediate Level in

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).10
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).10      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 among th... Details

    ESL, Listening Skill, Proficiency, Supplementary Materials, Teaching Techniques, Methods

    (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.
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11 - The Effect of Psychological Factors on English Speaking Performance of Students

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).11
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).11      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 Speakers of ... Details

    Psychological Factors, Oral Performance, Speaking Problems, ELT and TESOL, Pakistan

    (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.
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12 - Tracing the Determinants of Marital Quality in Pakistani Society through the Len

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).12
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).12      Published : Jun 2020

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    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, communication, toge... Details

    Determinants, Dimensions, Marriages, Marital Quality, Gender

    (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.
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13 - Deviation in Academic Speech of Pakistani English Language Learners: A Corpus-Ba

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).13
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).13      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 British... Details

    First Language L1 and Target Language L2, English LanguageLearners, Pakistani Speakers, Speech Deviation, Received Pronunciation

    (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.
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14 - Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at S

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 selected a co... Details

    Brain-Based Learning, Academic Achievement, English

    (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.
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15 - Crossing the Borders: Beckett in the Eastern World

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).15
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).15      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 Beckett thr... Details

    Artistic, Religious Barometer, Holy Belief

    (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.
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16 - Construction of Cultural Identity through Language: A Study of 'Salt and Saffron

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).16
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).16      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 words, as... Details

    Language, Culture, Representation

    (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.
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17 - Literary References in Obiter Dicta: A Study on Intertextuality in Legal Discour

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).17
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).17      Published : Jun 2020

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    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... Details

    Law, Obiter Dicta, Literature, Law, and Literature; Literary References, Judgments

    (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.
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18 - Evaluation of English Textbook Exercises of Punjab Textbook Board for Grade 10 i

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).18
10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).18      Published : Jun 2020

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    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 ... Details

    English, Textbook Analysis, Anderson and Krathwohl Model, Punjab Textbook Board, Grade 10

    (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.
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