{"title":"Liminality and Cultural Identity in Gurnah’s Gravel Heart","authors":"","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)46","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140360254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing Language Anxiety in ESL Students: Identifying the Root Causes and Useful Coping Strategies","authors":"Amna Sana, Dr. Aqsa Atta","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)30","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to investigate the ways language anxiety occurs in ESL students, focusing on language abilities, duties, and classroom circumstances that elicit increased nervousness levels, and examines the effects of social and cultural factors. Language anxiety affects academic performance, motivation, and self-confidence in people learning English as a second language (ESL). The causes of language anxiety and effective coping strategies are poorly understood, despite the disorder's severe consequences. This research uses a qualitative research methodology to explore the causes, effects, and workable solutions for reducing language anxiety in ESL students. The findings reveal that students' self-perception, language proficiency teacher interactions, and learning environments are key contributors to language anxiety influencing emotional, mental, behavioral, and physical well-being. In addition to behavioral emotional cognitive and social strategies for coping students also use other ways to cope. The study promotes methods for reducing language anxiety, including raising self-efficacy giving constructive criticism, encouraging collaborative learning settings, and creating a pleasant learning environment. The research adds significant insights to our understanding of language anxiety by providing a thorough examination of this occurrence from the viewpoint of the students. Curriculum designers, legislators, and ESL teachers are all affected.","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140360384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Targeting Women's Healthism through DTCA: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of CaC-1000 PLUS Tablet Advertisement","authors":"","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"15 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140361242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Bilingualism on Intelligence and Academic Achievement of EFL Learners","authors":"Shahnaz Jumani, Dr. Saira Maqbool, Azeem Alphonce","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)17","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to explore the effect of bilingualism on the academic performance and intelligence of students. As the global landscape becomes increasingly interconnected, bilingualism is gaining recognition for its potential cognitive benefits. This study focuses on the cognitive and academic outcomes of individuals immersed in a bilingual learning environment. The participants in this study are instructors in the English department at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Hyderabad, Sindh and students taking English as a Foreign Language (EFL) courses. The study examines whether bilingualism improves academic performance and cognitive skills in students. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative assessments of intelligence and academic achievement with qualitative insights gathered through interviews and surveys. The results indicate that bilingualism affects intelligence and academic success in both favourable and complicated ways. This study recommends that there is need to revisit syllabus to create connection between intelligence, academic achievement and bilingualism.","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"29 50","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140358359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing Teacher Performance in E-Learning: Addressing Barriers and Promoting Sustainable Education in Public Universities of Pakistan","authors":"","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"13 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140358866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Pushing the People of Tribal Areas for Migration in The Shadow of The Crescent Moon by Fatima Bhutto","authors":"","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)39","url":null,"abstract":"This research explores the complex issue of forced migration in tribal areas, particularly focusing on the impact of the war on terror on these communities. The Federally Administrated Tribal areas (FATA) in Pakistan have historically been conflicted region. The Shadow of the Crescent Moon by Fatima Bhutto portrays the intricate web of socio-political, economic, and psychological factors that drive the tribal populations towards migration. Push Factors in Everett Lee’s A Theory of Migration (1966) provides an insight to understand the factors compelling individuals and families to leave their ancestral homes and seek refuge elsewhere. This research provides a comprehensive overview of the historical context and the evolution of the war on terror in tribal areas. It examines the push factors such as military operations, displacement, and economic hardship that force these communities to abandon their homes. The method of Textual Analysis has been employed to critically evaluate the text to explore Everett Lee’s perception of push factors. The research explored that the factors effecting economic and political stability, terrorism and hope for better future pushed people to migration.","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"21 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140359093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative Study of Noun Inflections and Their Functions in English and Astori Dialect of Shina Language: A Morphological Analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"28 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140360689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ideological Construction of Gender Representation in The Pearl That Broke: A Critical Discourse Analysis","authors":"Dr. Muhammad Imran, Mubasher Hussain","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)31","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to examine and analyse the Ideological construction of gender representation in Nadia Hashmi’s The Pearl That Broke Its Shell from the perspective of Critical discourse analysis. The study has been conducted in a socially constructed Bacha Posh tradition which has been practiced in Afghanistan for several generations. To unpack gender representation and ideological construction of gender in the discourse structures, the researcher has used M.M Lazar’s FCDA praxis. Lazar's theoretical and methodological considerations offer a systematic inquiry to the researcher to dig out the ideological construction and unequal representation of gender. The current study revealed that gender is a social and cultural phenomenon and central female characters in the discourse structures are represented unequally, socially, culturally politically and economically through linguistic structures. Further studies are required to investigate the effect of polygamy and early marriages on the lives of girls in Afghan society.","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"24 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140360847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autobiographical Element in the Form of Nostalgia in Eliot’s Post-Migration Poetic Work: Four Quartets","authors":"","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)26","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"10 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140361290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative analysis of poem \"Hum Dekhenge\" and \"Ode to the West Wind\"","authors":"Shujaa Hussain, Suhail Ahmed Solangi, Faizan Ali","doi":"10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-i)24","url":null,"abstract":"The research delves into a comparative analysis of two impactful poems: \"Hum Dekhenge\" by Faiz Ahmed Faiz and \"Ode to the West Wind\" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, framed within the theoretical backdrop of Karl Marx's conflict theory. This exploration unveils the profound themes embedded in these works, encompassing revolution, optimism, hope, and the nuanced social and political issues depicted by each poet in their respective creations. Conducting a meticulous textual analysis, the study culminates in a noteworthy revelation: despite the poets hailing from distinct cultures and employing different languages, their verses resonate with parallel revolutionary ideals. It is imperative to acknowledge the study's limitations, as it focuses solely on individual poems, paving the way for future research endeavors to enrich our understanding of these literary nuances.\"","PeriodicalId":141535,"journal":{"name":"PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW","volume":"32 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140358296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}