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01 - Investigating Integration of Writing Skills in Grade VIII English PTBB Textbook

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).01
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).01      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 lear... Details

    Writing Skills, National English Curriculum, Competency, Student Learning Outcomes, Grade VIII and English Textbook

    (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.
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02 - The Organization of Power in Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Foucauldi

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).02
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).02      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 inte... Details

    Foucault, Hierarchy, Power, Resistance, Suppression

    (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.
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03 - Memory for Text: The Relationship between Form and Meaning

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).03
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).03      Published : Jun 2021

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    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. T... Details

    Form, Meaning, Memory, Memorization, Text, Processing

    (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.
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04 - Schooling the Souls of the Savages: Theme of Negative Stereotyping in Native Ame

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).04
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).04      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 em... Details

    Eurocentrism, Negative Stereotyping, Native American Plays, Savages

    (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.
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05 - Exploring Racism, and Anxieties of Identity in Aslam's Selected Work

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).05
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).05      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 for L... Details

    Ambiguous, Identity, Immigrants, Marginalization, Minorities, Racism, Stereotypical Attitude

    (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.
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06 - Stereotypical Hijab, Oppressive Forces and Postcolonial Muslim Women: A Critical

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).06
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).06      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 activities. ... Details

    Hijabistan, Hijab, Ideology, Muslim Women, Oppression, Scar, Sabyn Javeri

    (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.
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07 - The Theatre of Historical Revision: An Analysis of the Native American Drama Tra

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).07      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 elem... Details

    Native American, Genocide, Drama, Historical Revision

    (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.
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08 - Transitivity Analysis of Pakistan's Code of Civil Procedure 1908: A Corpus-Based

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).08
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).08      Published : Jun 2021

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    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, ... Details

    Corpus Analysis, Ideational Metafunction, Legal Language, Legislative Drafting, Linguistic Complexity, Systemic Functional Linguistics

    (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.
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09 - Quest for Body and Voice: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Shamsie's Br

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).09
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).09      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 pr... Details

    Feminism, Patriarchy, Gender, Discourse, CDA, FCDA, Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

    (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.
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10 - Institutional Violence and Madness in Bond's Subversive Comedy The Sea

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).10
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).10      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 co... Details

    'Aggro-effects', Alienation, Dehumanization, Rational Theatre

    (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.
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11 - Postmodern Absurdist Critique of Julian Barnes's The Only Story

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).11
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).11      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Postmodern Absurdism, Julian Barnes, The Absurd, The Only Story

    (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.
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12 - Subverting the Politics of Discourse in Gerald Vizenor's Heirs of Columbus

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).12
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).12      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    TheHeirs of Columbus,Indigenous,Anthropological

    (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.
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13 - Effects of Short Messaging Services' Language on the Academic Writing Skills of

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).13
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).13      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Academic Writing, SMS (Texting), Textspeak, Standard English, Writing Skills

    (1) Shahid Nawaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) 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.
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14 - Depiction of Pakistani Culture through Code-Mixing: Critical Examination of the

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).14
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).14      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Code-Mixing, Borrowing, English Language, Urdu Language

    (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.
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15 - Freud's Theory of Human Nature and Instincts in Chuck Palahniuk's Novel Fight Cl

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).15
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).15      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Psychoanalysis, Nature, Nurture, Instincts, Ero, Thanatos

    (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
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16 - The Impact of Task-Based Language Instruction on Oral Communication Development

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).16
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).16      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 ... Details

    ESL, Oral Communication, EFL, Task-Based Approach

    (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.
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17 - Proverbs: An Analysis of Translation from Urdu to English

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).17
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).17      Published : Jun 2021

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    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,... Details

    Translation, Proverb, Equivalent, English, Persian, SL/TL

    (1) Mujtaba khan
    Lecturer in English, University of Swabi, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Faiz Ullah
    Lecturer in Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai
    Ph.D. scholar, TESOL, School of Educational Studies, University Science Malaysia (USM-Main Campus) Malaysia
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18 - 9/11 and the Dilemma of Pakistan's Image: Rereading Hamid's Response in Reluctan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).18
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).18      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Pakistan, Globalization, Civilization, English Literature, Representation, 9/11, War on Terror, Media

    (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
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19 - The Concept of Othering in "A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner": A Pos

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).19
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).19      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Othering, Subalterns, Basic Rights, Eclectic Approach

    (1) Samina Yasmin
    Lecturer in English, University of Education Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Nusrat Sultana
    Lecturer in English, Department of English, University of Education Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Sanniya Sara Batool
    Lecturer, RIUF
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20 - Use of Pre-Invitation Signaling Politeness: A Descriptive Study

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).20
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).20      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Communication, Politeness, Face-Saving, Pre-Sequence, Pre-Invitation, First Pair Part (FPP), Second Pair Part (SPP)

    (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.
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21 - Analysis of Assessment Methods Used by ESL Teachers at Undergraduate level in Pa

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).21
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).21      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Language Assessment Methods, Assessment Knowledge, Assessment Training

    (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
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22 - Perceptions and Practices of Written Feedback in English Classes at Intermediate

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).22
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).22      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Written Feedback, Feedback Practices, Teachers' Perceptions, Students 'Perceptions

    (1) Shoukat Hayat Khan
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
    (2) 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.
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23 - Autocracy, Displacement and Struggle for Independence Presented in the Selected

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).23
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).23      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 witnes... Details

    Trauma, War, Displacement, Social, Politics, Anxiety

    (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.
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24 - Urdu Postposition Phrases

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).24
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).24      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Postpositions, Complement, Adjunct, Genitive, Instrumental, Locative, Accusative, Dative, Oblique

    (1) Muhammad Athar Khurshid
    Assistant Professor, Government Graduate College, Model Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) 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.
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25 - Representation of Regional Political power through Cartoons: A Semiotic Study

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).25
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).25      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Power, CDA, SA, Political Cartoons

    (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, Pakistan
    (3) Huda Hameed Qureshi
    Assistant Professor, Government Post Graduate College, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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26 - Teachers' and Learners' Perceptions of Online Teaching amid COVID-19 in Lahore,

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).26
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).26      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    COVID-19, Online Teaching, Perceptions, Lockdown

    (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.
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27 - Exploring Teachers' Difficulties in Teaching English as a Second Language in Pub

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).27
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).27      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Teaching, English, Second Language, Elementary Schools

    (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.
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28 - Pakistani Advanced EFL Learners' Perceptions of Role of Pakistani English Short

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).28      Published : Jun 2021

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    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' perce... Details

    Indigenous Literature, Interest, Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Literature

    (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.
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29 - Grappling with Environmental Crisis: An Eco-critical Study of Momaday's House Ma

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).29
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).29      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Eco-criticism, Restoration, Native Americanism, Euro-Americanism

    (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.
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30 - Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representat

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 ... Details

    Islam, Misrepresentation, Muslim Women, Veil, Stereotypes

    (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
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31 - Pragmatic Analysis of Short Story "The New Constitution": Finding the Convention

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).31
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).31      Published : Jun 2021

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    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 ... Details

    Conventional Implicatures, Contextual Meaning, Discourse, Pragmatic Analysis, Short Story

    (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.
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32 - Gregor's Father: A Confirmation of the Oedipal Complex

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).32
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).32      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Metamorphosis, Oedipus Complex, Freud, Kafka, Unconscious, Psychoanalysis, Confirmation

    (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.
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33 - Stylistic Analysis of Ode to the West Wind by PB Shelley

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).33
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).33      Published : Jun 2021

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    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... Details

    Stylistics Deviation, Linguistics Analysis, Figurative Language, Semantic Analysis, Syntactic Deviation

    (1) Sana Gul
    Lecturer, Department of English, Riphah International University, Gulberg Greens, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Kamal Saeed
    Lecturer, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (3) Nimra Tariq
    Mphil Scholar, Department of English, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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34 - Comparative Componential Analysis of Semantic Density of Selected Lexical Items

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).34
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).34      Published : Jun 2021

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    This study using a qualitative paradigm, investigates certain lexical items of the Holy Quran, employing Newmark's model of Componential Analysis. No two translations of the selected lexical items are the same in the 62 English-translated versions. The Holy Quran, being the language of ALLAH Almighty,has a special semantically loaded vocabulary which is hard for other languages to be completely en... Details

    Semantically Condensed Vocabulary, Comparative Componential Analysis, Under Translation

    (1) Muhammad Ishtiaq
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Govt. Degree College Takht-e- Nasrati Karak, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Nasim Gul
    Lecturer, Department of English, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) Kohat and FATA University, Kohat, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Ihtisham Ul Haq
    Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
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35 - Lexical Stress and Semantic Range: A Comparative Componential Analysis of Pahari

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).35
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).35      Published : Jun 2021

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    Stress is a unique feature in any language's phonology, serving various purposes. The study explores the function of lexical stress in Pahari by presenting a contrast between English and Pahari. In English, stress changes the syntactic category of the word; unlike English, the stress in Pahari not only changes the syntactic category but manages to put the lexical item in an entirely different sema... Details

    Language Comparison, Pahari, Lexical Stress, Semantic Field, Meanings, Componential Analysis

    (1) Mahwish Ashiq
    Lecturer, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
    (2) Shahid Hussain Mir
    Lecturer, University of Kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
    (3) Sehrish Shafi
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
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