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Contents Volume VI Issue I (Winter 2021)

Challenges of English Curriculum Implementation at Higher Secondary Level in Pakistan
Abstract:	The study was aimed to examine the challenges of English curriculum implementation at higher secondary level in Punjab. The study is quantitative in nature. The sample of the study was comprised of 429 English teachers teaching at the higher secondary level. A stratified sampling technique was used to select the sample. The data were collected through the survey research method and were analyze ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Saleem: Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Govt. Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Hafiza Sadiya Iqbal: Lecturer, Department of Education, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Rafaqat Ali Akbar: Director, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Curriculum, Implementation, Challenges
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).01	Details Download
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A Daughter's Memoir: Fatima Bhutto's Apology for the Misrepresentation of Her Father
Abstract:	esearch expThe present research explores how Fatima Bhutto has glorified her father's political image while defending his political actions and challenging his misrepresentation. In her autobiography Songs of blood and sword: A daughter's memoir (2011), Fatima discusses his father's assassination and tries to eliminate the misconceptions connected with his actions. She narrates the heroic actio ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Asma Kashif Shahzad : Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Pakistan. 2-Mujahid Abbas : Lecturer, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Pakistan. 3-Samia Mudasser : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.
Keywords:	Autobiogra
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Religious Chauvinism: An Emerging Counterproductive Dilemma of Post 9/11 Pakistani Nationalism in Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden
Abstract:	This study explores the emergence of religious chauvinism in post 9/11 Pakistan in Aslam's 'The Blind Man's Garden'. The rise of chauvinism and militant connotations is not only provenance of great disintegration but also a menace to a prestigious survival of the state, a setback to the moderate majority of Pakistanis that takes pride in their nationality. Some extremist voices, which, no doubt ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Atta-ul-Mustafa : Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities & Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Asif : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Ali Usman Saleem : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Nation, Nationalism, Chauvinism, Jingoism, Identity, Institutional Radicalization
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).03	Details Download
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Bicultural Subjectivity and Modern Native American Identity in Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Abstract:	The colonial enterprise of Euro-Americans, since its first contact, flourished on the false notions of Indianness, fixating the image of Native Americans as primitive and savages without any claim to civilization or history. This fixity and lack of presence involuntarily led to an absence marked by a lack of identity and subjectivity for the Indians. The current article explores Sherman Alexie' ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Ali Usman Saleem : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Amara Amin : PhD Scholar, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Amara Javed : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Acculturation, Bicultural Subjectivity, Identity, Native Americans, Representation
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).04	Details Download
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An Analysis of Errors of Present Tense in the Written English of BS Students
Abstract:	This analytical study was conducted through a mixed-method approach, and a test related to present tenses' active and passive was taken from the BS students. Through open-ended questionnaires, their experiences and problems faced in the learning of present tenses were taken. The analysis of students' errors was conducted using Corder's (1981) conceptual framework, and test results were calculat ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Mahnoor : Lecturer, Department of English, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Abdul Rahman : Lecturer, Department of English, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Mubashar Nadeem : Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Education, Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Errors, Present Tense, Surface Structure Taxonomy, Interlingua
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).05	Details Download
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Connoting 'Reconciliation' in History: A Multimodal Analysis of Indo-Pakistani Visual Narrative
Abstract:	Entangled in history awash with events of war and conflict, both India and Pakistan have ensured the representation of national narratives in their respective media. Being apprehensive neighbours since the day of partition, the sensation of patriotism has led these nations towards three major wars and numerous skirmishes on the borders, claiming lives of the peoples on both sides of the border. ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Malik Haqnawaz Danish : PhD Scholar, Department of English, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Multimodal, Narrative, Signs, Systemic Functional Grammar
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).06	Details Download
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A Critical Discourse Analysis of 'An American Brat' by Bapsi Sidhwa
Abstract:	This paper presents a critical discourse analysis of the novel written by an eminent 21st-century female writer Bapsi Sidhwa. The text was analyzed critically in the backdrop of the checklist developed by the researcher. The findings reveal that a significantly tough language has been used for the depiction of men and women. Roles and responsibilities given to them have been found to be assigne ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Maira Mariam : MS Scholar, Department of TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Sana Baig : Lecturer, Department of TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Fareeha Javed : Head of TESOL Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Discourse Analysis, Racism, Ethnicity
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).07	Details Download
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L1 Use in English Courses 'a Facilitating Tool or a Language Barrier' in L2 Teaching/Learning at Graduation Level
Abstract:	The purpose of the current study was to explore either L1 use in L2 courses teaching/learning is a facilitating tool or a language barrier. This research design was qualitative in nature. The outcomes of the present study directed that the teachers and learners of both genders disclosed exceedingly positive views and perceptions regarding the use of L1 in L2 classroom. The majority of the respo ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Ahsan : Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Asif : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Zahoor Hussain : Lecturer, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Layya Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Code-Switching, First Language, Motivation, Multilingualism, Second Language
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).08	Details Download
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Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif
Abstract:	The present study pursues the primaeval customs of patriarchy and its tormenting effects happening in the lives of women in Pakistan. The purpose of this research is to explore how patriarchal traditions, class differences, and their triple marginalization in the novel played chaos in the lives of females. Though the existing status of women is traditionally much better than that of women in th ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Saira Siraj : Independent Researcher 2-Muhammad Tahir Anjum : Lecturer, Department of English, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan. 3-Abdus Samad : Assistant Professor/Chairman, Department of English, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Stagnant, Stereotype, Subaltern, Marginalization, Resistance
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).09	Details Download
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Page Nos:	84-89
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An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Advertorials
Abstract:	This study examines the language used in advertorials of Covid 19 from an ecolinguistic perspective. Through the ecolinguistic study of advertorials on Covid 19, the elements of fear and xenophobia are dredged up. Regarding Covid 19, little research has been carried out on advertorials. This study applies Halliday's (1970) metafunctions of language proposed in Systemic Functional Linguistics (S ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Rabia Gul : Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan. 2-Saddam Hussain : Lecturer Department of English, University of Malakand, Chakdara, KP, Pakistan. 3-Shaukat Ali : Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Malakand, Chakdara, KP, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Advertorials, Covid 19, Ecolinguistic Analysis, Metafunctions, SFL
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).10	Details Download
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Love as a Victim of Class Consciousness: A Study of Ayesha Salman's Blue Dust
Abstract:	When differences are experienced in religions, love life is disturbed. Blue Dust (2012) narrates religious differences and various conflicts that arise as to their consequence. There is a story of shattered personalities, dual ethnic backgrounds, and intensity of emotions. Such problems and conflicts make people spiritually unsatisfied and psychologically hollow. This study concluded that a man ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Ayesha Jan : Student, Department of English Language and Literature, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Conflicts, Consciousness, Love, Problems
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).11	Details Download
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Effect of Argumentative Discourse based Intervention on Argumentation Ability: A Study of Demographic Factors
Abstract:	Argumentation can be viewed as an important activity in science education aiming at a better understanding of science topics. This article is drawn from doctoral research aiming to assess the effect of an argumentative coursebased intervention on argumentation ability in complement with other variables. This section highlights how students with demographic variations differ in their argumentatio ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Sumaira Majeed : PhD Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Nighat Sana Kirmani : Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Argumentation, Science, Demographics, Gender, Achievement
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).13	Details Download
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Achieving Pedagogical Abilities through Teaching Practice: A Smooth Track to be a Professional before Professional
Abstract:	Saphier, Haley-Speca., & Gower (2008) stated that teaching practice is to create a dynamic schoolroom environment that fosters fantastic, powerful communication amongst school students, teachers, parents and other members of the school community. This descriptive research is focused on the significance of teaching practice for the prospective teachers and was conducted by administering a questi ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Maria Shiraz : Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Mubashar Nadeem : Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Shahzada Qaisar : Associate Professor, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Teacher Education, Teaching Practice, Professional, Teaching Approaches, Teaching Abilities
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).14	Details Download
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Remapping Bangladesh: A Palimpsestic Approach to Tehmima Anam’s Bengal Trilogy
Abstract:	I here apply the Palimpsestic approach to the major events and characters in Tehmima Anam’s Bengal Trilogy, A Golden Age (2007), The Good Muslim (2011) and The Bones of Grace (2016). I have explored how Anam remaps particular places in her trilogy by adding a unique narrative in the history of Bangladesh. This research identifies the reactions of some of the major characters when they are placed ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Hafiza Habiba Ikram : Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Amara Khan : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Email: khanamara@gmail.com
Keywords:	Bengal Trilogy, Palimpsest, Recalling, Remapping, Re-Inscription, Tehmima Anam
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).15	Details Download
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Ironic Nostalgic Pakistani Family System in Haider's How It Happened: Postmodern Analysis
Abstract:	This article presents a close reading of the ironic present and nostalgic nature of the Pakistani family system through a postmodern lens. Haider's How it happened depict irony and nostalgia in a new and postmodern manner. This novel exposes the ironized culture of the Pakistani family system and the nostalgic nature of societal relationships. This is descriptive research, and data is analyzed ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Khadija Majeed : Lecturer, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Aniqa Rashid : Assistant professor, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Samina Ali Asghar : Lecturer, Department of English, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Ironic Present, Nostalgic Past, Postmodern, Conceived Realities, Family System
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).16	Details Download
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Page Nos:	143-155
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A Socio-Spatial Critique of Pre-Historic and Pre-Contact Spatial Marginalization of Native American Woman
Abstract:	This paper offers a socio-spatial analysis of Native American normative geographies and Native American woman's spatial positionality within these normative landscapes. The discussion in this study premises on the notion that these normative geographies are ambivalent since they accord a marginalized spatial position to the Native American woman. The study argues that the nomadic tribes brought ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Fasih ur Rehman : Lecturer, Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak, Karak, KP, Pakistan. 2-Rubab Khalid : MPhil. Scholar, Department of English, Riphah International University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Gohar Munir Mukhi : MPhil. in English, Department of English, The National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBAE), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Native American Spatiality, Native American Normative Geography, Native American Woman, Spatial Marginalization
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).17	Details Download
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Teaching the Construction of Feminist Ideology to EFL Learners: A Corpus Approach
Abstract:	Corpus Linguistics has gained much importance, and it is now continually been applied in linguistics as well as in literature. This paper aims to investigate the use of corpus linguistics in teaching literature to students. This research has used a both qualitative and quantitative approach. The question it probes to find out is how literature (Feminist Theory) can be taught to students by using t ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Mamona Yasmin Khan : Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Nausheen Rasheed : Scholar, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Shaheen Rasheed : Scholar, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Corpus Linguistics, Word list, Key Words, Concordance, Simple Concordance Program (4.09)
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).18	Details Download
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Loss of Innocence and Onset of Maturation: A Feminist Study of Alice Walker's The Flowers
Abstract:	This study plans to tour the different stages of the loss of innocence in the character of MYOP, a feeling conjured by Alice Walker in her short story "The Flowers". This paper encompasses the qualitative research approach and insights taken from the basic postulates of "traditional gender roles" situated within the theoretical framework of Feminists Criticism by Lois Tyson. Significant finding ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Noveen Javed : Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Ezzah Shakil : Visiting Faculty, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Sohail Ahmad Saeed : Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Gender Roles, Patriarchy, Mental Growth, Onset of Maturity, Episteme, Feminists
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).19	Details Download
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Page Nos:	178-185
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The Representation of Social Reality in Saraiki Dramas Roshan Zameer and Qatil e Hamsheer
Abstract:	The Genre of Drama had always been reflective of social life. The history of drama is as old as of humans on earth. Saraiki drama is believed to be developed from undeveloped but organized expressions of caricatures; such kind of organized caricature is found still in the local area. It is a tradition that people of the lower caste named Bhaands. This kind of art was established by the people w ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Saeed Nasir : Lecturer in English, Emerson University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Riaz : Lecturer in English, Bahauddin Zakriya University, Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Barirah Nazir : Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Bhakkar Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Saraiki Drama, Patriarchal System, Submissiveness, Indigenousness
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).20	Details Download
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Page Nos:	186-196
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Covid-19 and Media Representation: A Multimodal Study of Positive Discourse in Pakistani Television Commercials
Abstract:	The present study seeks to highlight the role of mainstream media in the dissemination of positive discourse, creating awareness among the masses with regard to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan. Media discourse plays a significant role in promoting ideology at a larger scale due to its vast viewership across the country. These ideological narratives are implicitly employed by the advertiser ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Muhammad Haseeb Nasir : Assistant Professor, Department of English, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Ejaz Mirza : Assistant Professor/HOD, Department of English & Social Sciences, NUML, Rawalpindi Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	COVID-19, Media Discourse, Multimodality, Positive Discourse
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).21	Details Download
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William Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold and Walter Pater: The Romantic Notion of Education and its Relation to Culture
Abstract:	This research paper examines the relationship between Arnold, Pater and modernism through the mediation of Wordsworth's ideas on education. Arnold's ideas on education are inspired by Wordsworth, and Arnold remains the most influential critic and theorist of education in the 'Wordsworthian tradition'. It is important to acknowledge the centrality of Arnold's ideas since Wordsworth's influence ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Sajjad Ali Khan : Associate Professor & Chairperson, Department of English Language & Literature, Government College University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Wordsworth, Culture, Education, Aesthetic, Humanistic Vision
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).22	Details Download
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Reading the Silence of Women in Saadat Hassan Manto's Selected Short Stories
Abstract:	This research paper offers an analysis of a selection of Saadat Hasan Manto's works through a feminist perspective. It explores the feminine content with reference to the suffering and violation of women as a major preoccupation of the selected short stories. As his works indicate, Manto portrayed experiences of women during the time of political upheaval in the subcontinent. He presents the si ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Fizra Sattar : Visiting Faculty, Department of English, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Umama Mehmood Ansari : Visiting Faculty, Department of English, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Sohail Ahmad Saeed : Assistant Professor, Department of English, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Gendered Oppression, Colonization, Violence, Hegemony, Resistance
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).23	Details Download
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Thematic Discourse Analysis of Gender Objectification in Billboard Advertisements of Pakistan
Abstract:	The current qualitative study endeavoured to investigate the multi-layered meaning of billboard advertisements by elaboration, exploration and elucidation of intended meanings and cultural norms demonstrated in billboard advertisements. For this purpose, the content of eight (8) billboard advertisements was thematically analyzed utilizing Fairclough 3-Dimensional Model: Description interpretat ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Zawar Hussain : Graduate, Department of English, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2-Iqra Maryam Qandeel Arif : Student, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3-Nimra Saleem : Student, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Gender Objectification, Social Stereotype, Billboard Advertisements, Female Portrayal, 3-Dimensional Model
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).24	Details Download
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Eccentricity and Conformity in Toni Morrison's A Sula: The Struggle for Life in a Patriarchal Society
Abstract:	The present research investigates the struggle of female entities throughout their lives in a maledominated society, either acting in congruity or incongruity with the norms and set patterns of the society in order to get societal acceptance or to assert their sovereign individual-selves. The American society that is full of discrimination victimizes the race of Blacks in general and Black women ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Mashhood Anjum : Lecturer in English, Government College University Faisalabad, Layyah Campus, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Raheel Rehman Khan : Lecturer in English, Government College University Faisalabad, Layyah Campus, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Yasir Khan : Assistant Professor, Government College, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Feminism, Feminist Existentialism, The Struggle for Females, Black Women
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).25	Details Download
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Cultural De/Colonization in Anwar Masood's Bunain
Abstract:	This article addresses cultural hegemony of colonial discursive praxis and cultural decolonization in the wake of postmodern thought. Cultural hegemony entails the predominance of ruling states (colonizers) over the subordinate states (colonized). Western European states dominated colonial nations socioculturally and intellectually for a considerable time. Cultural decolonization is a process by ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Aamir Shehzad : Assistant Professor, Government College of Management Sciences, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan. 2-Sardar Ahmad Farooq : Lecturer, Government Postgraduate College, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan. 3-Quratulain Arshad : Visiting Lecturer, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Colonialism, Postmodernism, Cultural Hegemony, Decolonization
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).26	Details Download
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Woman-Nature affinity in Desai's Where Shall We Go This Summer: An Ecofeminist A..
Abstract:	This research paper focuses on the images extracted from natural phenomena in Anita Desai's Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1982), to illustrate the pros and cons of patriarchal society's marginalization and alienation of women in today's world. The article exposes the deep hidden meanings of natural imagery through a feministic sensibility. Desai uses natural and animal elements to create a metap ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Arshad Nawaz : Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Sub-Campus Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Nimra Iftikhar: M.Phil in English, Minhaj University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Ruqayya Maqbool: M.Phil in English, Minhaj University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Woman, Nature, Feminism, Ecology, Ecofeminism
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).27	Details Download
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The Ethos of War Literature in For Whom the Bell Tolls
Abstract:	The aim of this research paper is to demonstrate that Hemingway's work, ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ to show commitment to representing the war literature in which he realistically depicts the war scenes and the crippling impact of violence upon the individuals. This research is qualitative research carried out within the framework of theory, fiction, and history. We have deeply and analytically ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Nasir Iqbal: Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Umar Hayat: Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Muhammad Asif Nadeem: Lecturer in English, Superior College Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Ethos, War Literature, Ernest Hemingway, Novel, For Whom The Bell Tolls
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).28	Details Download
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Multiple Intelligences and Language Learning Strategies: Mental Choices and Pref..
Abstract:	Exploring mental choices and preferred language learning strategies of ESL learners can help language teachers to recognize their strengths and weaknesses. After knowing the preferences of the learners in learning English, Language teachers can reconsider or re-strategize their techniques, methods, and approaches for better proficiency and promising results. The current study aims at exploring the ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Shahid Nawaz: Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Saeed Ahmad: Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Rehan Muhammad: Lecturer, Department of English, Emerson University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords:	Cognition, Intelligence, Multiple Intelligences, Language Learning Strategies, English as Second Language Learning
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).29	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).29
Page Nos:	264-275
Volume & Issue:	VI-I
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Hybridization Within Single Words: An Analysis of the Formation of English- Pashto Lexical Hybrids In Pashto Spoken Discourse
Abstract:	In bi/multilingual societies, the process of code-mixing and language hybridization holds great significance. The present study attempts to examine the process of language hybridization in the Pashto local context. The purpose of the study is to show that code-mixing of English lexical items in Pashto spoken discourse has resulted in the formation of English-Pashto lexical hybrids. Research data w ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Aiman Gul Akram: Lecturer, Department of English, Women University Mardan, KP, Pakistan. 2-Liaqat Iqbal: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Keywords:	Code-mixing, Language Hybridization, English Language, Pashto Language
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).30	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).30
Page Nos:	276-289
Volume & Issue:	VI-I
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The Impact of Communicative Language Teaching: A Study at University Level in Bahawalpur
Abstract:	Communicative language teaching (CLT) stresses communication as a medium and as the mainobjective of language education, a multilingual and international language teaching method.Communication is also a way to teach foreign languages and stresses communication as a means andprimary language learning goal. The aim of the study is to explore the impact of communicativelanguage teaching of BS student ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Shehla Ilyas: Subject Specialist Quaid-e-Azam Academy for Educational Development, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan 2-Abdul Khaliq : Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Allied Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan 3-Rasheed Ahmad: Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords:	Communicative Language Teaching, Assessment, Effects, Impact and Proficient
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).31	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).31
Page Nos:	290-297
Volume & Issue:	VI-I
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The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club
Abstract:	Psychoanalysis has been used for decades to explore the hidden motives and explanation of violent behavior of the characters in a novel. This paper analyses Chuck Palahniuk’s famous novel Fight Club using Freudian psychoanalysis. It explores the Freudian concepts of Id, Ego, and Super-ego as portrayed in the character of Tyler, the narrator, and the society in the novel. The research show how th ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Faiz Ullah: Lecturer, Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan 2-Mujtaba Khan: Lecturer, Department of English, University of Swabi, Swabi, KP, Pakistan 3-Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai: Student of PhD TESOL, School of Educational Studies, University Science Malaysia (USM-Main Campus) Malaysia
Keywords:	Id, Ego, Super-ego, Nature, Instincts, Psychoanalysis
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).32	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).32
Page Nos:	298-306
Volume & Issue:	VI-I
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Comparative Study of Daud Kamal and Sarojini Naidu's Selected Poems: An Existentialist Study
Abstract:	The paper presents the comparative study of the poem Ode to Death by Daud Kamal and the Poem To Death by Sarojini Naidu. The present study tells the reality of life, which is the universal element on this earth. Life is a combination of misery and happiness. Every person has to face the hardships and sufferings in this temporary world. No one is total happiness in this world of uncertainty. Everyo ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Samina Yasmin: Lecturer, Department of English, University of Education Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Nusrat Sultana : Lecturer, Department of English, University of Education Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Sanniya Sara Batool : Lecturer, Department of English, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords:	An Ode to Death, Daud Kamal, Death, and Life, Sarojini Naidu: Human Individuals, Eternity
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).33	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).33
Page Nos:	307-312
Volume & Issue:	VI-I
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Video Wisdom: Using TED Talks for Developing Speaking Proficiency of Pakistani Undergraduate learners
Abstract:	This research focuses on the perceptions of students about TED talk videos and their effects on speaking skills. This study follows an experimental research design. The researchers, by using the purposive sampling technique, took a sample of 50 undergraduate students studying in SE college, Bahawalpur. A questionnaire was proposed to know the learner's perception about videos and a speaking test w ...Read More - View Fulltext
Author/s:	1-Shahid Nawaz: Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Saleem: MPhil Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. 3-Farah Zaib: Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Keywords:	Advancement in Technology, TED Talks, Speaking Skills, TED Talks, and Speaking Skills
DOI Number:	10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).34	Details Download
DOI Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).34
Page Nos:	313 – 321
Volume & Issue:	VI-I
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