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International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies
ISSN 2308-5460 · Lasting Impressions Press · 270 articles in the index
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A Concise Review of the Principles and Procedures of ‘Explicitation’ as a Translation Universal
The purpose of this study is to concisely review the concept of explicitation as a translation universal in terms of both principles and procedures. In three main sections, it presents the related theories from Nida (1964) to Becher (2010) along with a number of previous studies and discusses how…
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Exploring Multifarious Linguistic, Semantic and Syntactic Challenges in Translating Surah Yassin into English: A Theoretical and Practical Perspective
The current research paper intends to explore some multifarious linguistic, semantic and syntactic challenges in translating Surah Yassin into English, in the translation work of Mohammed, A.S Abdel Haleem, Mohammed, M Pickthall and Mohammed Khan and Mohammed Taj Al-Din Al-Hilali. Also, the study…
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Corrective Feedback Controversies in Language Learning: Focus on Direct Written Corrective Feedback
Corrective feedback (CF) has been the focus of different ESL/EFL educators and researchers. It has been a source of debate among them for about four decades. Many controversies are associated with different variables of corrective feedback. This paper discusses some of these controversial issues in…
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On C-E Mistranslation in Shanghai World Expo Official Website and Translation Strategies for Publicity Text
As a well-known international gathering, the Shanghai World Expo not only tries to exhibit the economic and technological innovation, but also to convey its profound culture. Publicity text, as a special text type, the purpose is to publicize China to the outside world and let the world know better…
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A Functional and Thematic Analysis of the Language Commonly Used by Foreign Customers in their Visits to Spa and Wellness Centers in Thailand
Spa and wellness are among the major tourism industries in Thailand. Each year, millions of foreign customers visit Thailand and visit its spa and wellness centers. However, little research has been done on the characteristics of the language used by those foreign visitors. Our aim was to analyze…
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Effectiveness of Utilizing the Task-Based Approach in Improving Sight Translation Skills among Saudi Students of Translation at King Khalid University
The Task-Based Approach (TBA) has become more popular in the domain of teaching translation in the last few years of the current century. This study aimed to investigate the effective role played by utilizing the Task-Based Approach in improving sight translation skills among Saudi students of…
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Exploring Repressed Desires and Their Effects on the Emergence of Varied Kinds of Violence in the Selected Novels of Stephen King
This research provides a psychological review of Stephen King's Misery and The Dark Half based on Slavoj Zizek's ideas of violence and its veiled dimensions. In this investigation, the issue of encountering violence promptly and abominating all kinds of violence in the actions of human beings as…
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Inference, Interpretive Strategies, and Strategic Interpretation: A Reading of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigation
Wittgenstein's analytic enterprise represents a major intellectual challenge for the philosophy of science and for a variety of humanistic disciplines. Reconstructing the epistemic fabric of logic and problematizing the nature of reasoning and argumentation, Wittgenstein's intellectual stance…
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Study of the Impact of Socio-Political Conflicts on Libyan Children and their Education System
Wars and conflicts affect everyone; especially the children the most. Civil wars have been not only costly and they have crippled social infrastructures including education and other basic and necessary social services (Waal and Vines 1992; Malecela 1999). The war in 2011 and subsequent conflicts…
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Negative Evidence and its Impact on the Iranian EFL Young Learners’ Performance in Grammar Tests
This study examined the effect of negative evidence on young learners’ performance on grammar test. Gass (1997) asserted that negative evidence, also known as “negative feedback”, offers the learner with information about the inaccuracy of a second language (L2) form and is often understood with…
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Beliefs about Language Learning and Language Learning Strategy Use in an EFL Context in Turkey
This study investigated a sample of 218 preparatory class university learners' beliefs about language learning and their use of strategies in the School of Language Preparatory School at Beykent University. Beyond the descriptions about beliefs and strategies, notably, the second objective of the…
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Collaboration between ESP and Content Teachers: Challenges and Advantages
Collaboration or co-operation have been active areas of research and inquiry in TEFL. However, most writings have focused on the different collaborative methods and techniques used in classrooms. Researching the process of co-planning and co-teaching and the way collaboration between language and…
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Living the Moment during Pandemics with Reference to Jack London's The Scarlet Plague
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals have been forced to cope with high stress, fear, and anxiety, focusing on living in the moment as a way of coping. The current COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences on social, economic and political levels. Applying the narrative analysis…
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The Mystery of Perpetuity and Popularity of Saadi’s Golestan
The perpetuity and popularity of Saadi is a clear point that most scholars acknowledge, but the philosophy and mystery behind these features have received little attention. The present study, investigated the factors involved in Saadi and his Golestan’s perpetuity and popularity using a…
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Virtual EFL Classes during COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Pros and Cons with Possible Solutions at Tertiary Level
This paper will explore the impact of sudden emergency virtual EFL classes in developing countries like Bangladesh due to COVID-19 pandemic based on a survey done on the learners of tertiary level in East Delta University. Students of East Delta University, Bangladesh has shifted to virtual…
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A Treat towards an Artist’s Psyche: A Psychoanalytical Reading of ‘Red’ by John Logan
The essence of human psyche as a primary subject of psychoanalytical discussions was in the center of attentions throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Thereupon, the investigations of various human psyche lead to the understanding of the relation between the conscious and the…
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Identification of Speech Acts Performed by a 25-26 Months Old Kholosi-Persian Bilingual Child
Language acquisition is the process whereby child being exposed to hearing how language is employed within its environment. (Vygotsky, 1986). Nino and Snow (1988) stated that the prominent aspect for communicative speech is when the individual has particular purposes of conducting various social…
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Iranian ELT Teachers' Use of First Language in Prospect Series Course Books
Nowadays, one of the most serious issues in teaching a second language is whether using first language is allowed or not during the teaching process. However, this critical issue is also important for Iranian teachers in teaching Prospect 1, a new course book for Iranian junior high school…
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Mariama Ba: An Early Intersectional Feminist
This article looks into Mariama Ba’s seminal novel, So Long a Letter, through the lens of intersectional feminism. Its main objective is to demonstrate that the Senegalese writer, by representing women at the intersection of multilayered and interlocking systemic oppressions, is an early…