INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES最新文献

Wrong Usage of English Tenses in Student’s Essays: The Nigerian Experience 学生作文中英语时态的错误用法:尼日利亚的经验

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-10-14 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v8.no1.2023.pg27.36

Rosemary Ebele Chiedu

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Language and Culture as Instruments for National Economic Advancement in Nigeria 语言和文化作为尼日利亚国家经济发展的工具

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-10-14 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v8.no1.2023.pg17.26

Taofeek Olanrewaju Alabi, Abimbola Folasade Abolarin-Egbebiola

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Coverage of Diabetes Mellitus Prevention and Management in Nigerian Newspapers 尼日利亚报纸对糖尿病预防和管理的报道

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-10-14 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v8.no1.2023.pg1.16

Chibitam Kem Ikechi, Prof W.C. Ihejrika, Dr S.C. Mbazie

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Examining the Differences between Neologisms and Spelling Errors on Social Media 研究社交媒体上新词和拼写错误的区别

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v7.no1.2022.pg37.62

Ebidenyefa Charity Nikade

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The Traumatic Effect(s) of Childlessness in Flora Nwapa’s Efuru and One is Enough 弗洛拉·恩瓦帕的《埃弗鲁》和《一个就够了》中无子女的创伤效应

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v7.no1.2022.pg26.36

Ogunka O. Nnoka, C. Ojukwu, A. U. Nwanyanwu

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Teaching English as a Second Language in Nigeria: The Total Physical Response Option for Beginners 在尼日利亚教英语作为第二语言:初学者的完全身体反应选项

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v7.no1.2022.pg16.25

Dr. (Mrs.) K. M. Sama

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Rethinking Proficiency in the Language of Teaching and Learning (LoTL) as a Pillar in the Learning of School Mathematics 重新思考教学语言在学校数学学习中的支柱作用

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v7.no1.2022.pg63.75

Nick Vincent Otuma, Robert Kati, D. Wasike

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We Live, only if the Environment Lives; An Enquiry into Niyi Osundare’s Eco-poems 只有环境生存，我们才能生存;尼依·奥桑达尔生态诗研究

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Pub Date : 2022-07-02 DOI: 10.56201/ijelcs.v7.no1.2022.pg1.15

Oguntuase Adebayo Adefemi, Obura Oluoch, Amateshe Kisa

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