Contents Volume VI Issue II (Spring 2021)
Investigating Integration of Writing Skills in Grade VIII English PTBB Textbook |
Abstract: | The present study aimed to explore the integration of writing skills competency in the Grade VIII English
textbook prescribed by the Punjab textbook board. A content analysis was carried out in the backdrop of a
checklist based on the competencies and students' learning outcomes provided in the latest English National
Curriculum (2006), Pakistan. The writing competency was proposed to improve l ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sana Baig : Lecturer, Department of TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Fareeha Javed : Assistant Professor, Head of TESOL Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Fasiha Altaf : PhD Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Writing Skills, National English Curriculum, Competency, Student Learning Outcomes, Grade VIII and English Textbook |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).01 |
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The Organization of Power in Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Foucauldian Reading |
Abstract: | The present study aims to highlight the role of power in Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
through the ideas given by Michel Foucault. Roy discusses various power centers present in contemporary Indian
society, which institutionalize the suppression faced by various characters in the novel on the basis of their caste,
religion, social class, or political affiliations. The study i ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Raheela Hameed Laghari : Research Scholar, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Asif Khan : Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Aamer Shaheen : Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Foucault, Hierarchy, Power, Resistance, Suppression |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).02 |
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Memory for Text: The Relationship between Form and Meaning |
Abstract: | A linguistic sign, according to Saussure (1966), is a combination of a signifier (form) and a signified (meaning).
Form without meaning is just half of the sign. Although in some situations surface forms are excellently retained
in memory over time, in most circumstances, explicit long term memory for the surface details or memory for
forms of long-past linguistic events is poor or non-existent ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Amjad Saleem : Assistant Professor, Department of English & Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Umer : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Islamia College University Peshawar, KP, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Form, Meaning, Memory, Memorization, Text, Processing |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).03 |
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Schooling the Souls of the Savages: Theme of Negative Stereotyping in Native American Play |
Abstract: | The present article deals with the theme of negative stereotyping in the backdrop of identity and representation
in Native American drama with special reference to Scott Momaday's The Indolent Boys, The Moon in Two
Windows, and Howe & Gordon's Indian Radio Days. By assuming an explicit postcolonial angle, these plays
consciously subvert the project of negative stereotyping of the natives by emp ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Asma Aftab : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Sadia Akram : Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Eurocentrism, Negative Stereotyping, Native American Plays, Savages |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).04 |
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Exploring Racism, and Anxieties of Identity in Aslam's Selected Work |
Abstract: | The question of identity and sense of displacement is always fundamental for culturally displaced people. The
objective of the Diaspora writings is to explore the construction of new identities in new cultural places and the
painful experiences of migration. The present study aims to explore the issue of identity and racism in selected
fictional works, Season of the Rainbirds (1993) and Maps fo ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sameen Nisar : Scholar, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. 2-Mamona Yasmin Khan : Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Aqsa Choudhry : Research Scholar, Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Ambiguous, Identity, Immigrants, Marginalization, Minorities, Racism, Stereotypical Attitude |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).05 |
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Stereotypical Hijab, Oppressive Forces and Postcolonial Muslim Women: A Critical Analysis of Hijabistan by Sabyn Javeri |
Abstract: | This research highlights the use of the word Hijab and the position of Muslim women in Sabyn Javeri's Hijabistan.
This study is significant as Hijab is considered important, sacred and respectful in many religions of the world
but is portrayed as a sign of stigma and oppression when associated with Muslim women. It is assumed that
Muslim women used to wear Hijab to hide their negative activitie ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sanniya Sara Batool : Lecturer, Department of English, Riphah International University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Nafees Parvez : Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Amna Farooq : Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Hijabistan, Hijab, Ideology, Muslim Women, Oppression, Scar, Sabyn Javeri |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).06 |
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The Theatre of Historical Revision: An Analysis of the Native American Drama Tradition |
Abstract: | We attempt to analyse the form and content of major Native American plays to discuss their
relationship with the traditional English drama and its content. By looking at plays of key Native
American playwrights, we show that the Native American tradition goes against the English
tradition of drama in its form by challenging the unities of time and place and characterization. It
also brings in ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Amer Akhtar : HoD, Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Rida Rehman : Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan.3-Neelum Almas : Assistant Professor, Department of English, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Native American, Genocide, Drama, Historical Revision |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07 |
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Transitivity Analysis of Pakistan's Code of Civil Procedure 1908: A Corpus-Based Study |
Abstract: | The language of law is complex and needs to be investigated to facilitate its easy understanding. The present
study addresses this need by analyzing a mini-corpus comprising two short texts taken from Pakistan's Code
of Civil Procedure 1908 and the U.K.'s Civil Procedure Rules 1998 with Halliday's ideational metafunction,
which is suited for analyzing procedural texts (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2 ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Saadat Hasan Akhtar Usmani : PhD Scholar, Department of English, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Ayaz Afsar : Vice President Academics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Corpus Analysis, Ideational Metafunction, Legal Language, Legislative Drafting, Linguistic Complexity, Systemic Functional Linguistics |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).08 |
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Quest for Body and Voice: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Shamsie's Broken Verses |
Abstract: | In contemporary and postmodern literary discourses, feminism has introduced a paradigm change in
the sex debates. The plan of feminist critical discourse analysis is to explore different discourses from a
feminist viewpoint. The planned study conforms to this field of feminist discourse that will attempt to
analyze Kamila Shamsie's selected work, Broken Verses. She, being a famous feminist, has ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Mashhood Anjum : Lecturer in English, Government College University Faisalabad, Layyah Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Iftikhar Baig : Associate Professor, Qurtaba University of Sciences and Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.3-Abdul Hameed : Assistant Professor, Qurtaba University of Sciences and Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Feminism, Patriarchy, Gender, Discourse, CDA, FCDA, Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).09 |
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Institutional Violence and Madness in Bond's Subversive Comedy The Sea |
Abstract: | This paper analyses Edward Bond's play The Sea as a subversive comedy. The existing sociopolitical
hegemonies in the British culture are ridiculed. Bond foregrounds the unjust automatized social
structures that produce multiple types of madness that leads to violence. Gradually, the social beings
become habitual of their madness-based identity. They develop an equation to cope with the existing ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Muhammad Umer Azim : Assistant Professor of English, Government Graduate College Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Saleem : Professor of English, Government Graduate College Township, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Nargis Saleem : Lecturer, Department of English, Riphah International University, Lahore Campus, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | 'Aggro-effects', Alienation, Dehumanization, Rational Theatre |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).10 |
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Postmodern Absurdist Critique of Julian Barnes's The Only Story.... |
Abstract: | This research paper endeavors to examine the postmodern absurdism as a literary sub genre in postmodern fiction. It delves deep into the concept of absurdism by concentrating upon the characteristics that distinguish it as a postmodern sub genre. Through the analysis of the postmodern novel, The Only Story (2018), this research paper illustrates how the characteristics of absurdism haven impact up ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Arshad Nawaz: Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Sub-Campus Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Ijaz: Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Literature, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Khalid Mehmood Anjum: Lecturer, Department of English, Riphah International University Islamabad, Sub-Campus Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Postmodern Absurdism, Julian Barnes, The Absurd, The Only Story |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).11 |
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Subverting the Politics of Discourse in Gerald Vizenor's Heirs of Columbus |
Abstract: | Vizenor is an illustrious novelist whose works, especially The Heirs of Columbus, dwells upon some of the substantial and significant issues facing the modern-day Native American nationals of America and Canada as the majority of the Native American tribes straddle along the borders between the two countries. Victor believes in Saidian terms that the white Euro-American colonizers, after making in ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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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: | TheHeirsofColumbus,Indigenous,Anthropological |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).12 |
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Effects of Short Messaging Services' Language on the Academic Writing Skills of Graduate Learners at University Level |
Abstract: | Short messaging service (SMS) language, text speak or text language is used with internet-based communication such as text messaging or e-mail and instant messaging. The current study aims at determining the reasons for short messaging service (SMS) language usage and its effects on the academic writing of the learners. Eighty (40 male and 40 female) learners and ten teachers were purposive a sele ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Shahid Nawaz: Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan2-Rasheed Ahmed: Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Amna Mushtaq: PhD Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Academic Writing, SMS (Texting), Textspeak, Standard English, Writing Skills |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).13 |
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Depiction of Pakistani Culture through Code-Mixing: Critical Examination of the Novel Holy Woman by Qaisra Shahraz |
Abstract: | Code mixing is a process that is unconscious which helps to establish communication in a multilingual group. The study in question examines the use of code-mixing throughout the book "The Holy Woman"by "Qaisra Shahraz." The study examines the socioeconomic and cultural lives that are in Sindh and Karachi. The marriage ceremony was analyzed using words like amazing Rishta three talaqs sister's Meha ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sana Sardar: Lecturer, Department of English, Government Degree College for Girls, Takht Bhai, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.2-Muhammad Zawar Khan: Department of English, Government Post Graduate College Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.3-Mujtaba Khan: Lecturer, Department of English, University of Swabi, KP, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Code-Mixing, Borrowing, English Language, Urdu Language |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).14 |
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Freud's Theory of Human Nature and Instincts in Chuck Palahniuk's Novel Fight Club |
Abstract: | The 1996 novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk demonstrates a strong basis in psychoanalytical theory. The analysis of this novel shows that Freudian concepts of human nature and the basic instincts of Ero and Thanatos explain the reason behind the struggle of nature and nurture. This representation is evident in the setting, in the plot, and in the major characters of the novel. Within this framewo ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Faiz Ullah: Lecturer, Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan2-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: | Psychoanalysis, Nature, Nurture, Instincts, Ero, Thanatos |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).15 |
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The Impact of Task-Based Language Instruction on Oral Communication Development in ESL Students |
Abstract: | In this study, the aim of the investigation was to find the impact of using task-based teaching method son the oral communication skills of ESL students at the undergraduate level. The investigation was carried out in a university at the tertiary level by checking the influence of task-based language teaching on 22 ESL students. After looking at the results obtained in the study, it is found that ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Urooj Fatima: Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Talha Shoaib: Research Assistant, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Sofia Anwer: Research Assistant, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | ESL, Oral Communication, EFL, Task-Based Approach |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).16 |
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Proverbs: An Analysis of Translation from Urdu to English |
Abstract: | The translation of proverbs, which has always been a difficult area, is always emerged in culture because of its relevance to folklore, and hence translators face problems at the lexical, syntactical, or cultural level. Keeping in view this fact, the present study aimed to analyze Urdu proverbs and their equivalence in English, i.e., their translated version. For this purpose, as a source of data, ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Mujtaba khan : Lecturer in English, University of Swabi, KP, Pakistan.2-Faiz Ullah: Lecturer in Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan3-Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai: Ph.D. scholar, TESOL, School of Educational Studies, University Science Malaysia (USM-Main Campus) Malaysia |
Keywords: | Translation, Proverb, Equivalent, English, Persian, SL/TL |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).17 |
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9/11 and the Dilemma of Pakistan's Image: Rereading Hamid's Response in Reluctant Fundamentalist and Discontent and Its Civilizations |
Abstract: | The contemporary age is of globalization that is engulfing smaller cultures and their local values into today's big Americanized fold of cultural and economic domination. Pakistan, after 9/11, has been the worst victim of cultural hegemony and economic depression besides loss of invaluable lives despite being front line ally of America in its global war on terror. Mohsin Hamid's is the strongest,u ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Zeeshan Aslam: Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad (Chiniot Campus), Punjab, Pakistan.2-Ghulam Murtaza: ssociate Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Saba Rasheed: MPhil English Literature, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
Keywords: | Pakistan, Globalization, Civilization, English Literature, Representation, 9/11, War on Terror, Media |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).18 |
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The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Postcolonial Study |
Abstract: | Othering is the issue that refers to prevent women from their basic rights. They face discrimination in homes and on work places as compared to men. The study highlights the concept of marginalization in A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) and The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Husseini. The study of the texts shows the courage of women for empowerment who faced domestic and social fierceness through tr ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Samina Yasmin: Lecturer in English, University of Education Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan2-Nusrat Sultana: Lecturer in English, Department of English, University of Education Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan3-Sanniya Sara Batool: Lecturer, RIUF |
Keywords: | Othering, Subalterns, Basic Rights, Eclectic Approach |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).19 |
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Use of Pre-Invitation Signaling Politeness: A Descriptive Study |
Abstract: | Better understanding in relationships can be achieved by applying pre-invitation and politeness strategies. The major focus of the current research was to explore the frequency and usage of pre-invitation in making polite utterances. Data for the current study was gathered from professional field people. The participants of the professional field were the 60 teachers of Islamia University of Bahaw ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Farah Zaib: PhD Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Shahid Nawaz: Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Riaz Hussain: Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Communication, Politeness, Face-Saving, Pre-Sequence, Pre-Invitation, First Pair Part (FPP), Second Pair Part (SPP) |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).20 |
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Analysis of Assessment Methods Used by ESL Teachers at Undergraduate level in Pakistan |
Abstract: | The purpose of the current study was to examine language assessment practices of ESL teachers at the undergraduate level in Punjab (Faisalabad and Lahore). Objectives of the study were to evaluate current second language assessment methods used by teachers at the undergraduate level, to identify any difference between perceptions of teachers about their assessment skills and actual practices of te ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Rameen Asif : Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Shahida Naz: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
Keywords: | Language Assessment Methods, Assessment Knowledge, Assessment Training |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).21 |
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Perceptions and Practices of Written Feedback in English Classes at Intermediate level in Bagh, Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
Abstract: | This study aims at analyzing the perceptions and practices of written feedback in English classes atan intermediate level in public sector colleges in district Bagh, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir. Precisely,the study analyzes English teachers' perceptions and actually written feedback practices employed in classrooms. Further, it examines the perceptions students have about written feedback; and explore ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Shoukat Hayat Khan: MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan2-Qudsia Ishaq: Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.3-Sabir Hussain Shah: Lecturer, Department of English, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Written Feedback, Feedback Practices, Teachers’ Perceptions, Students ‘Perceptions |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).22 |
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Autocracy, Displacement and Struggle for Independence Presented in the Selected Bangladeshi Literary Fiction |
Abstract: | This research explores Tahmima Anam’s A Golden Age as political writing in the context of the Bangladesh independence war, depicting an ideological conflict between Bangladesh's social democracy and Pakistani political leaders. Bengali people's participation in social democracy justifies their appeal for social equality and moral responsibility. During the divested civil conflict, they bear witn ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Hassan Bin Zubair: PhD Scholar (English Literature), Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Bakhtawar Salim: MPhil English (Literature), Visiting Lecturer in Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Saima Larik: PhD Scholar (English Literature), Lecturer (English), Department of Linguistics and Social Sciences, Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University, Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Trauma, War, Displacement, Social, Politics, Anxiety |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).23 |
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Urdu Postposition Phrases |
Abstract: | Urdu post positions need to be clearly defined because long as an accurate concept of Post position Phrases is chalked out, the concepts of Noun and Verb Phrase will also remain incomplete. The available literature describes them either semantically (traditional approach), or in Lexico-Functional-Grammar. Neither approach differentiates between their roles as case markers and post positions. Nor i ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Muhammad Athar Khurshid: Assistant Professor, Government Graduate College, Model Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan2-Hina Azad: Lecturer, Hazrat Aisha Siddiqa Model Degree and Commerce College, Nicolson Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Samreen Riaz Ahmed: Lecturer, Department of English, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Postpositions, Complement, Adjunct, Genitive, Instrumental, Locative, Accusative, Dative, Oblique |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).24 |
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Representation of Regional Political power through Cartoons: A Semiotic Study |
Abstract: | Media is an essential tool to describe the current issues from the individual level to international relations. Through presenting images and cartoons, media highlights the occurred situation of the world with specific illustrations. The present research study describes the semiotic analysis of the Pak-India relationship as presented by political cartoons in Pakistani-published Urdu newspapers. As ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Waheeda Rehman: PhD Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad./ Lecturer, Department of English, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, KP, Pakistan.2-Quratulain Arshad: Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Linguistics the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan3-Huda Hameed Qureshi: Assistant Professor, Government Post Graduate College, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Power, CDA, SA, Political Cartoons |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).25 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).25 |
Page Nos: | 239-245 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Teachers' and Learners' Perceptions of Online Teaching amid COVID-19 in Lahore, Pakistan |
Abstract: | This study aims to explore the perceptions of teachers and learners about online teaching during the pandemic scenario of COVID-19. Allegedly, people complain about poor connectivity, unavailability of machines and inefficiency of computer operating skills. Therefore, there is a need to explore the perceptions of academia and learners about online classes while pandemic lock down. This study has e ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Mohsin Tajammul: MS Scholar Applied Linguistic, Department of Sciences and Humanities, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Nimra Rafiq: MS Scholar Applied Linguistic, Department of Sciences and Humanities, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Namra Fazal: MS Scholar Applied Linguistic, Department of Sciences and Humanities, FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | COVID-19, Online Teaching, Perceptions, Lockdown |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).26 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).26 |
Page Nos: | 246 – 251 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Exploring Teachers' Difficulties in Teaching English as a Second Language in Public Sector Elementary Schools |
Abstract: | This study explored the difficulties faced by the teachers while teaching English as a second language in public sector elementary schools. This study was descriptive in nature, and a survey-type research design was used. Data were collected from a randomly selected sample of 120 teachers, both male and female, out of the population of 800 public sector elementary schools of tehsil Samundari distr ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Aqila Hafeez: Ph.D. Scholar, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Ijaz Ashraf: Associate Professor, Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Teaching, English, Second Language, Elementary Schools |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).27 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).27 |
Page Nos: | 252-262 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short Stories in Increasing Motivation and Interest in Reading Classroom |
Abstract: | This research was conducted to study the effectiveness of Pakistani English short stories to increase the level of interest and motivation of the students in reading class. The first part of this study was experimental research that found the positive effect of indigenous English literature on students' interest and motivation in reading classrooms. This second part is based on the students’ per ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Ubaidullah Khan: Lecturer, Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Tahira Malik: Lecturer (visiting), Department of Business and Management Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.3-Shamim Ara Shams: Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Literature, Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Indigenous Literature, Interest, Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Literature |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28 |
Page Nos: | 263 – 275 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Grappling with Environmental Crisis: An Eco-critical Study of Momaday's House Made of Dawn |
Abstract: | The present paper examines the exploitation of nature and its effect on Native Americans, who not only identify themselves with nature but also have a life-sharing bond of interdependence with it.The European colonisation not only displaced the Native Americans from their homeland but also exploited their resources. The destructive activities of the European colonizers wreaked a rift between Nativ ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sardar Ahmad Farooq: PhD, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Amara Akram: MPhil, Riphah International University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Arshad Nawaz: Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Sub Campus Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Eco-criticism, Restoration, Native Americanism, Euro-Americanism |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).29 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).29 |
Page Nos: | 276 – 287 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse |
Abstract: | Muslim women in western literary and non-literary discourse have been portrayed stereo typically as uneducated, submissive, family-bound, segregated, confined to the harem, doubly marginalized and a threat for western ideology. Akbar Ahmed's Journey into Islam demonstrates Muslim women and their roles in Muslim societies based on different geographical contexts. This article attempts to highlight ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Muhammad Ijaz: Lecturer in English, Department of Humanities and Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Ghulam Murtaza: Associate Professor, Department of English, GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Atha Adrees: Lecturer in English, Department of Humanities and Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
Keywords: | Islam, Misrepresentation, Muslim Women, Veil, Stereotypes |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30 |
Page Nos: | 288-294 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Pragmatic Analysis of Short Story "The New Constitution": Finding the Conventional Implicatures |
Abstract: | Every literary text has some connotative meaning which is beyond the denotative meaning of lexicons used in it. To unveil the hidden aspect of society is the real intuition of author towards coding the text.This research paper aims to analyze the short story "The New Constitution" by Saddat Hassan Manto.The Pragmatic Analysis of text has been chosen as an analytical framework. Pragmatically, text ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Shunizia Sheikh: M.Phil. English Linguistics, Department of English, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Shahid Saleem: M.Phil. English Linguistics, Department of English, Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Conventional Implicatures, Contextual Meaning, Discourse, Pragmatic Analysis, Short Story |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).31 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).31 |
Page Nos: | 295-303 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Gregor's Father: A Confirmation of the Oedipal Complex |
Abstract: | The present study aims to analyze Franz Kafka's work, The Metamorphosis, in terms of the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud. According to the theory, the Oedipus complex indicates the feelings and thoughts that the brain keeps oblivious, to through powerful constraint, that concentrates upon a boy's longing to have his mom physically and sexually. The metamorphosis is the sensation of Gregor ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Saddam Ul Islam: M.Phil. Scholar, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.2-Farman Elahi: Department of English, University of Buner, KP, Pakistan.3-Kiran Qamar: Lecturer, Department of English, Women University Mardan, KP, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Metamorphosis, Oedipus Complex, Freud, Kafka, Unconscious, Psychoanalysis, Confirmation |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).32 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).32 |
Page Nos: | 304-309 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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Stylistic Analysis of Ode to the West Wind by PB Shelley |
Abstract: | Stylistics is concerned with the analysis of variation and characteristics of language. Stylistics has gathered imminent role in ascertaining language use, especially poetic language. In this research paper,I have explored the intentional deviation from the conventional rules in the poem Ode to West Wind by P.B Shelly. The poem is rich from a stylistic point of view because the application of deli ...Read More - View Fulltext |
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1-Sana Gul: Lecturer, Department of English, Riphah International University, Gulberg Greens, Islamabad, Pakistan2-Kamal Saeed: Lecturer, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan3-Nimra Tariq: Mphil Scholar, Department of English, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan. |
Keywords: | Stylistics Deviation, Linguistics Analysis, Figurative Language, Semantic Analysis, Syntactic Deviation |
DOI Number: | 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).33 |
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DOI Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).33 |
Page Nos: | 310-316 |
Volume & Issue: | VI-II |
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