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01 - A Lacanian Reading of Human Psyche in the Poetry of John Keats and Faiz Ahmad Fa

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).01
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).01      Published : Jun 2017

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    Romantic poetry, as an expression of the conscious and unconscious sentiments of the individual, holds a significant potential to be analysed for psychological contents. Such a view would reveal the personal life and psychological status of the poets. Therefore, the present paper concentrates on the Lacanian reading of the poetry of John Keats and Faiz Ahmad Faiz: the two major romantic poets of t... Details

    Romanticism, Keats, Faiz, Psychology, Sense of lack, Desire of Union

    (1) Ali Naqi
    Ph.D. Scholar, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Aisha Jadoon
    Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (3) Fasih Ahmed
    Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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02 - Linguistic Variation across Research Sections: A Multidimensional Analysis of Pa

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).02
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).02      Published : Jun 2017

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    This research analyzes academic journal articles in Pakistan by exploring their linguistic variations in different sections through multidimensional analysis. The analysis identifies the language of Pakistani academic journal articles. The corpus of Pakistani academic journal articles has been culled from a variety of research articles published in Pakistani academic journals. The data have been a... Details

    English language variation, Academic register, Academic Journal Research Articles, Multidimensional Analysis

    (1) Aniqa Rashid
    Assistant Professor, National University of Modern Languages (Faisalabad campus), Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Asim Mahmood
    Professor, Department of Linguistics, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Sajid Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Government Post Graduate College, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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03 - Students' Attitudes to Teachers9apos9 Code -Switching at Undergraduate Level in

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).03
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).03      Published : Jun 2017

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    The study investigates attitudes of social and natural science students towards the practice of code switching by respective teachers at undergraduate level. For this purpose, Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) is applied. An adapted questionnaire of El-Fiki (1999) focused the advantages, disadvantages and CS practice as a helping tool in teaching methodology. The statistical results show a ... Details

    Code - Switching, Attitudes, Education, Social Science, Natural Science

    (1) Summaira Aziz
    MPhil. Research Scholar, Deparmtent of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Fasih Ahmed
    Head, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Momel Shehnaz
    Junior Research Fellow, Humanity Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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04 - Scale Development for Teaching Appraisal

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).04
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).04      Published : Jun 2017

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    The study finds if teachers' success in classroom is determined by the efficacy of teaching skills. Successful and effective teaching depend on several factors including level of knowledge, classroom management skills and students assessment. Evaluating the effectiveness of teachers is a challenging task due to the absence of standardized scale for assessing teachers’ classroom disposition. ... Details

    Teaching Skills, Evaluation, Classroom, Management, Reliability

    (1) Shahida Naz
    Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Memona Rasheed
    Department of Economics, Bhauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Tahir Rasheed
    BS (Student), Department of English, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Paksitan
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05 - Barthian Semiotics in Prince Bahram, In search of Gulandama

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).05
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).05      Published : Jun 2017

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    The paper aims at finding Ronald Barthes’ codes in the short story Prince Bahram, In Search of Gulandama. Using textual analysis, the short story was is analysed in the light of Ronald Barthes five codes. It is found that almost all of Ronald Barthes’ codes: hermeneutic, proairetic, semantic, symbolic and cultural codes are present in the short story. The story has puzzles and enigmas ... Details

    Semiotics, Ronald Barthes, Hermeneutic, Proairetic, Semantic, Symbolic, Cultural Codes

    (1) Liaqat Iqbal
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Irfan Ullah
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Reena Khan
    MPhil. Researcher, Applied Linguistics, Lahore Leeds University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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06 - Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).06
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).06      Published : Jun 2017

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    The aim of this study is to see if there is any discrepancy between constructed response test items and learning objectives of Grade IX English Textbook published by Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore. As product oriented syllabi have clearly defined objectives, each lesson of the book contains a specified set of objectives. The researcher studied these objectives and their relation to the test items s... Details

    Constructed Response Test Items, Learning Objectives, English Textbooks

    (1) Azhar Habib
    Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Riaz Ahmed
    Mphil Scholar, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (3) Sana Gul
    MPhil. Scholar, Northern University, Nowshera, KP, Pakistan.
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07 - Test Phobia of IELTS and its Remedy

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).07
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).07      Published : Jun 2017

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    English acquisition as a second language (ESL) has been a Herculean task for students generally. When it comes specifically to IELTS, it seems to be the most difficult assessment of life because students' level of English do not meet the IELTS requirements due to incorrect local practices; either due to unconducive environment or social factors for which the best way out is rephrasing the text, ge... Details

    Statement Rephrasing, Opinion Presentation, familiarity of accents, IELTS

    (1) Sadeeq Akbar
    M.Phil Scholar, Department of English, Northern University, Nowshehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Shams ul Islam
    Independent Researcher
    (3) Muhammad Uzair Yousaf
    Independent Researcher
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08 - Compounding in Pashto: An Analysis of Compound and Compound- Complex Adjectives

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).08
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).08      Published : Jun 2017

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    Compounding as the word formation process is common across languages. Pashto language uses it as a productive morphological process. The paper aims at the structural description of compound and compound-complex adjectives in the language. For this purpose the data were collected through discourse centered method, Pashto newspapers and Pashto programmes on T.V and radio. The data is analyzed using ... Details

    Compounding, Pashto Morphology, Compound Adjectives, Compoundcomplex Adjectives

    (1) Akbar Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of English , Department, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP. Pakistan
    (2) Muhammad Yasir Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English, Cadet College, Palandri, AJK.
    (3) Bilal Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English, FATA University, Kohat, KP, Pakitsan.
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09 - The Culture of Silence and Secrets: Repressions and Psychological Disorders amon

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).09
10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).09      Published : Jun 2017

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    Pakistani housewives suffer emotional and psychological repression in their daily lives, which result in the mental instability and psychological disorders. Through the analysis of two short stories by Pakistani feminist writers Shaila Abdullah and Rukhsana Ahmad, this paper studies the repressions of Pakistani housewives, and their emotional sufferings, to identify the long-lasting effects of emo... Details

    Repression, Psychological Disorders, Abuse, Pakistani Housewives, Short Stories

    (1) Noreen Zainab
    Research Scholar, Department of English, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Aisha Jadoon
    Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Nawaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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