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01 - Challenges of English Curriculum Implementation at Higher Secondary Level in Pak

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

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    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 analyzed b... Details

    Curriculum, Implementation, Challenges

    (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.
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02 - A Daughter's Memoir: Fatima Bhutto's Apology for the Misrepresentation of Her Fa

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

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    The 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 actions of her fath... Details

    Autobiogra

    (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.
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03 - Religious Chauvinism: An Emerging Counterproductive Dilemma of Post 9/11 Pakista

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

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    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 na... Details

    Nation, Nationalism, Chauvinism, Jingoism, Identity, Institutional Radicalization

    (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.
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04 - Bicultural Subjectivity and Modern Native American Identity in Alexie's The Abso

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

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    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's T... Details

    Acculturation, Bicultural Subjectivity, Identity, Native Americans, Representation

    (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.
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05 - An Analysis of Errors of Present Tense in the Written English of BS Students

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

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    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 calculated ... Details

    Errors, Present Tense, Surface Structure Taxonomy, Interlingua

    (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.
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06 - Connoting 'Reconciliation' in History: A Multimodal Analysis of Indo-Pakistani V

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

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    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. Th... Details

    Multimodal, Narrative, Signs, Systemic Functional Grammar

    (1) Malik Haqnawaz Danish
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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07 - A Critical Discourse Analysis of 'An American Brat' by Bapsi Sidhwa

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

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    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 assigned o... Details

    Discourse Analysis, Racism, Ethnicity

    (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.
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08 - L1 Use in English Courses 'a Facilitating Tool or a Language Barrier' in L2 Teac

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

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    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 responde... Details

    Code-Switching, First Language, Motivation, Multilingualism, Second Language

    (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.
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09 - Unveiling Women Marginalization in Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

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

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    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 the W... Details

    Stagnant, Stereotype, Subaltern, Marginalization, Resistance

    (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.
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10 - An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Metafunctions of Language in Pakistani COVID-19 Adv

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

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    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 (SFL)... Details

    Advertorials, Covid 19, Ecolinguistic Analysis, Metafunctions, SFL

    (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.
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11 - Love as a Victim of Class Consciousness: A Study of Ayesha Salman's Blue Dust

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

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    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, w... Details

    Conflicts, Consciousness, Love, Problems

    (1) Ayesha Jan
    Student, Department of English Language and Literature, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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13 - Effect of Argumentative Discourse based Intervention on Argumentation Ability: A

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

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    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 argumentation ... Details

    Argumentation, Science, Demographics, Gender, Achievement

    (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.
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14 - Achieving Pedagogical Abilities through Teaching Practice: A Smooth Track to be

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

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    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 quest... Details

    Teacher Education, Teaching Practice, Professional, Teaching Approaches, Teaching Abilities

    (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.
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15 - Remapping Bangladesh: A Palimpsestic Approach to Tehmima Anam's Bengal Trilogy

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

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    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 pl... Details

    Bengal Trilogy, Palimpsest, Recalling, Remapping, Re-Inscription, Tehmima Anam

    (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
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16 - Ironic Nostalgic Pakistani Family System in Haider's How It Happened: Postmodern

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

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    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 the... Details

    Ironic Present, Nostalgic Past, Postmodern, Conceived Realities, Family System

    (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.
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17 - A Socio-Spatial Critique of Pre-Historic and Pre-Contact Spatial Marginalization

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

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    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 th... Details

    Native American Spatiality, Native American Normative Geography, Native American Woman, Spatial Marginalization

    (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.
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18 - Teaching the Construction of Feminist Ideology to EFL Learners: A Corpus Approac

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

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    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... Details

    Corpus Linguistics, Word list, Key Words, Concordance, Simple Concordance Program (4.09)

    (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.
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19 - Loss of Innocence and Onset of Maturation: A Feminist Study of Alice Walker's Th

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

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    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 findings o... Details

    Gender Roles, Patriarchy, Mental Growth, Onset of Maturity, Episteme, Feminists

    (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.
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20 - The Representation of Social Reality in Saraiki Dramas Roshan Zameer and Qatil e

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

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    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 who ... Details

    Saraiki Drama, Patriarchal System, Submissiveness, Indigenousness

    (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.
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21 - Covid-19 and Media Representation: A Multimodal Study of Positive Discourse in P

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

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    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 advertisers t... Details

    COVID-19, Media Discourse, Multimodality, Positive Discourse

    (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.
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22 - William Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold and Walter Pater: The Romantic Notion of Educ

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

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    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 on l... Details

    Wordsworth, Culture, Education, Aesthetic, Humanistic Vision

    (1) Sajjad Ali Khan
    Associate Professor & Chairperson, Department of English Language & Literature, Government College University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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23 - Reading the Silence of Women in Saadat Hassan Manto's Selected Short Stories

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

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    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 silen... Details

    Gendered Oppression, Colonization, Violence, Hegemony, Resistance

    (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.
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24 - Thematic Discourse Analysis of Gender Objectification in Billboard Advertisement

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

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    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 interpretation ... Details

    Gender Objectification, Social Stereotype, Billboard Advertisements, Female Portrayal, 3-Dimensional Model

    (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.
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25 - Eccentricity and Conformity in Toni Morrison's A Sula: The Struggle for Life in

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

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    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 i... Details

    Feminism, Feminist Existentialism, The Struggle for Females, Black Women

    (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.
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26 - Cultural De/Colonization in Anwar Masood's Bunain

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

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    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 w... Details

    Colonialism, Postmodernism, Cultural Hegemony, Decolonization

    (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.
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27 - Woman-Nature affinity in Desai's Where Shall We Go This Summer: An Ecofeminist A

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

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    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... Details

    Woman, Nature, Feminism, Ecology, Ecofeminism

    (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.
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28 - The Ethos of War Literature in For Whom the Bell Tolls

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

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    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 stud... Details

    Ethos, War Literature, Ernest Hemingway, Novel, For Whom The Bell Tolls

    (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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29 - Multiple Intelligences and Language Learning Strategies: Mental Choices and Pref

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

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    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... Details

    Cognition, Intelligence, Multiple Intelligences, Language Learning Strategies, English as Second Language Learning

    (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
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30 - Hybridization Within Single Words: An Analysis of the Formation of English- Pash

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

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    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... Details

    Code-mixing, Language Hybridization, English Language, Pashto Language

    (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
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31 - The Impact of Communicative Language Teaching: A Study at University Level in Ba

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

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    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... Details

    Communicative Language Teaching, Assessment, Effects, Impact and Proficient

    (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
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32 - The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniu

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

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    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 the ... Details

    Id, Ego, Super-ego, Nature, Instincts, Psychoanalysis

    (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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33 - Comparative Study of Daud Kamal and Sarojini Naidu's Selected Poems: An Existent

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

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    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... Details

    An Ode to Death, Daud Kamal, Death, and Life, Sarojini Naidu: Human Individuals, Eternity

    (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
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34 - Video Wisdom: Using TED Talks for Developing Speaking Proficiency of Pakistani U

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

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    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... Details

    Advancement in Technology, TED Talks, Speaking Skills, TED Talks, and Speaking Skills

    (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.
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35 - Barriers and Facilitators in Developing Higher-Order Thinking Skills among Stude

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

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    This qualitative study investigates teachers' and students’ perceptions regarding barriers and facilitators in developing higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) among undergraduate students before and after undertaking the Functional English (FE) course. For data collection, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were administered in two phases before and at the completion of th... Details

    Barriers, Critical Thinking, Facilitators, Higher-order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

    (1) Shaista Irshad Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Shawana Fazal
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Haleema Bano
    Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Haripur, Haripur, PK, Pakistan.
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