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Online graded assessment of Saudi EFL learners during the Covid-19 pandemic: A successful implication of TAM Covid-19大流行期间沙特英语学习者的在线分级评估:TAM的成功含义

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.43

S. N. Ahmed, S. Réhman, Said Muhammad Khan

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引用次数: 3

The use of corporate social responsibility as a political tool: A case study of tobacco industry in Swabi Pakistan 将企业社会责任作为一种政治工具:以巴基斯坦斯瓦比的烟草业为例

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.32

J. Iqbal, S. Hussain, K. Khan

{"title":"The use of corporate social responsibility as a political tool: A case study of tobacco industry in Swabi Pakistan","authors":"J. Iqbal, S. Hussain, K. Khan","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.32","url":null,"abstract":"Corporate Social Responsibility is perceived as a major component of contemporary business policies. It is considered as a significant tool for business promotion and survival in the 21st century. The ideas of CSR (Welfare) and the business model, tobacco companies create a contradictory concept as it kills one-half of its chain users. Tobacco companies are strictly prohibited by international and local laws from the promotion of their products. In order to cope up with such strict laws, they start social initiatives. Hence, they take help from the idea of CSR. Through CSR they earned a soft image and entered in politics to influence public policy in their favor. This paper is an effort to discuss the real situation behind CSR initiatives of tobacco industry in Pakistan. Annual reports of Philip Morris Pakistan and Pakistan Tobacco Company are analyzed. Interviews of local companies’ owners or officials, research papers, newspaper articles and related sites have been investigated to get the conclusion. Resultantly, this paper emphasizes on the CSR regulations and centralization.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133219876","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}

引用次数: 1

Foucauldian biopower, homo sacer and resistance under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan 福柯式的生物力量，人类和阿富汗塔利班统治下的抵抗

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.2.38

Tasleem Malik, Faizullah Jan

{"title":"Foucauldian biopower, homo sacer and resistance under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan","authors":"Tasleem Malik, Faizullah Jan","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.2.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.2.38","url":null,"abstract":"This paper uses a qualitative discourse analysis to examine the plight of women under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan (1996-2001) as depicted in Siddiq Barmak’s film Osama. Contributing to the debates on the status of women during a regime of terror under the Taliban the paper uses Foucault’s biopolitics and Agamben’s concept of homo sacer to analyse how women under the Taliban rule were subjected to the technologies of control and regulation and reduced to bare lives stripped of their basic rights. It also critically examines resistance as depicted in the film as a survival strategy for women in the face of a tyrannical regime. The paper argues that though resistance, which is ‘a weapon of the weak,’ does not promise a change in the destiny, it still reflects the agency of women and a challenge to the hegemonic masculine order. We conclude by arguing that through the ‘use of memory’, as a mode of resistance the film sends out a message to all the stakeholders to keep in mind the atrocities and violence experienced by the people in Afghanistan, particularly women while striking any political deal with the Taliban.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132058574","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}

引用次数: 2

Impact of Financial inclusion and financial stability: Empirical and theoretical review 金融普惠与金融稳定的影响:实证与理论回顾

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.33

Asghar Kamal, T. Hussain, Muhammad Mahmood Shah Khan

引用次数: 5

Teachers’ perceptions of incorporation of corpus-based approach in English language teaching classrooms in Karachi, Pakistan 巴基斯坦卡拉奇教师对英语教学课堂采用语料库教学法的看法

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.40

Javeria Jamal, Asmara Shafqat, Ehtsham Afzal

{"title":"Teachers’ perceptions of incorporation of corpus-based approach in English language teaching classrooms in Karachi, Pakistan","authors":"Javeria Jamal, Asmara Shafqat, Ehtsham Afzal","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.40","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the study is to understand language teachers’ perceptions regarding incorporating a corpus-based approach, i.e., corpus-based teaching methodology in English Language Teaching (ELT) classroom contexts. The design of the study is qualitative. The sample is taken from 19 English language teachers who are currently enrolled as students of Master of Applied Linguistics at NED University, Karachi, Pakistan. The instrument of the study is an open-ended questionnaire and also a focus groups based on semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis of the interviews is conducted, as a result of which different themes emerged that conform to the benefits of incorporating corpus-based materials and activities in ELT classrooms. The findings show that use of a corpus-based teaching methodology in ELT classrooms is accepted as a new strategy for teaching different aspects and skills of English language such as vocabulary, grammar, reading, and writing. The pedagogical implications are found to be significant for curriculum designers, ELT teachers, and administrators at educational institutes where they want to enhance their students' interest and motivation levels. Material designers, corpus-based tools researchers, and teachers are suggested to collaborate for designing effective corpus-based materials for teaching as it increases the reliability of the teaching material.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128380283","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}

引用次数: 2

An annotated bibliography of the Mohenjodaro studies in the Pakistani research journals 巴基斯坦研究期刊上Mohenjodaro研究的注释参考书目

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.44

Sirat Gohar, Ifqut Shaheen, A. Manatunga

{"title":"An annotated bibliography of the Mohenjodaro studies in the Pakistani research journals","authors":"Sirat Gohar, Ifqut Shaheen, A. Manatunga","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.44","url":null,"abstract":"The publication of archaeological research is one of the important jobs the archaeologists should do. “Excavation without publication is destruction” is a famous axiom in archaeology. Once an archaeological site is exposed, it could not be restored despite the fact if the structures are conserved. Archaeologists aim to share as well as popularize archaeological discoveries and it necessitates the publication of results. Such endeavours result in preliminary reports, final reports, books, guidebooks, conference proceedings, scholarly articles in research journals, and popular articles in magazines and newspapers. All such forms of knowledge production and dissemination help archaeologists reach the target audience. Especially, research journal articles are primarily intended for specialists. This study focuses on the papers published on Mohenjodaro in Pakistani research journals (English). The study aims to prepare an annotated bibliography of the papers published on Mohenjodaro and place them in a broader perspective of the Indus Civilization. This research discovers that a total of 53 papers, which include reports of archaeological excavations, surveys, and conservation and preservation of monuments, research articles, a poem, and a book review, have been published on Mohenjodaro in Pakistani journals dedicated to archaeology, history, culture, and literature.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"53 21","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120882630","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}

引用次数: 0

The construction of self and others: A study of the identity construction in I am Malala 自我与他人的建构:《我是马拉拉》的身份建构研究

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.39

Asifa Qasim, S. Graham

{"title":"The construction of self and others: A study of the identity construction in I am Malala","authors":"Asifa Qasim, S. Graham","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.39","url":null,"abstract":"Autobiographical memoirs incorporate personal experiences of an individual and the cultural structures for recognizing lives and identities. They mediate between actions and point of view of an author to display the identity of self and others. The language of autobiographical narratives situates characters in relation to one another to distinguish between self and other. This study examines the approach adopted by Malala for her identity construction in her autobiography, explicating the ways she maintains or challenges the social customs through these ideologies. It analyses linguistic features employed by Malala for identity construction and ideological distinctions between the victims and the perpetrators, stigmatized and non-stigmatized in her story. Malala appears in her tales as an author with authority, as well as a victim of intolerance and abuse, according to the findings; however, her identity is often fluid and changing through acquiring the roles of victim, figure, and author, and depicting her characters in parallel roles. She positioned characters in her story by making overt and covert contrasts within reported events. Her narrative shows a contentious case of discrimination in which both the victim and the perpetrator are Pashtun Muslims from Pakistan of the same race, religion, and ethnicity.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126951122","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}

引用次数: 0

Hydro-Hegemony Framework: A study of the India Pakistan trans-boundary water competition and cooperation 水霸权框架:印巴跨界水竞争与合作研究

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.35

Munawar Hussain, Munazza Khalid, Sumeera Imran

{"title":"Hydro-Hegemony Framework: A study of the India Pakistan trans-boundary water competition and cooperation","authors":"Munawar Hussain, Munazza Khalid, Sumeera Imran","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.35","url":null,"abstract":"After the independence of Pakistan and India in 1947, both the newly established states submerged in many tensions leading to competition in many areas. One such area is the hydro competition between the two closely bordering states. Within this context, India and Pakistan kicked by perianal security dilemma at all levels. India is diverting water from western rivers which is not permissible for India in Indus Water Treaty. The Purpose of this study is to find out the reason/s that why India is behaving in this way? This is an applied research within the context of Hydro-Hegemony Framework (HHF) theory. According to the theory, India is behaving hydro-hegemonically because of the three reasons stated by Hydro-Hegemony Framework; firstly, because of Indian advantageous upper-riparian geographical position; secondly, because of Indian superior technical potential and ability to construct a lot of dams; thirdly power asymmetry exists between India and Pakistan. India because of these three main reasons is desirous to get “Consolidated Water Control” over three western rivers assigned to Pakistan by Indus Water Treaty. Indian endeavors to get water dominance would complicate its relations with Pakistan. Indian hydro-hegemony would impact Pakistan’s economy, hydro-power generations projects, agriculture sectors and domestic hydro-usage.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131151453","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}

引用次数: 2

Cyber hegemony and information warfare: A case of Russia 网络霸权和信息战:以俄罗斯为例

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.42

A. Rashid, Anum Yar Khan, S. Azim

{"title":"Cyber hegemony and information warfare: A case of Russia","authors":"A. Rashid, Anum Yar Khan, S. Azim","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.42","url":null,"abstract":"The world has shifted to a digital landscape in the recent decade with both its perks and underlying threats. Russia, throughout history has experimented with its information along with cyber channels and have been able to generate fruitful results that are manifested in the contemporary era. Russian expertise towards merging cyber domain into its military capabilities is praiseworthy to the point that its Western adversaries, despite the fact being economically and technologically advanced compared to Russia, have not been able to effectively counter Russian aggression. This research examines the essentiality of cyber security as a mere software or cyber command can create instability and drastic consequences requiring millions for clean-up by examining Russian cyber-attacks on Estonia, Georgia, Ukraine, US and Western Europe and concludes that the first steps towards Cyber and Information Warfare have been made, it is now to be made sure this does not escalate into a Cyber Arms Race. The research recommends that cyber security should be treated as an international issue with rules established for cyber governance and databases identifying cyber criminals and the software used by them or can be used by them and requires cooperation rather than competition amongst states particularly global superpowers.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130402470","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}

引用次数: 1

Promotional practices in mission and vision statements of corporate companies: A systemic functional linguistic analysis 公司使命和愿景声明中的促销实践:系统功能语言学分析

Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI: 10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.41

Iman Aib, W. Shehzad, Sadia Irshad

{"title":"Promotional practices in mission and vision statements of corporate companies: A systemic functional linguistic analysis","authors":"Iman Aib, W. Shehzad, Sadia Irshad","doi":"10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/5.1.41","url":null,"abstract":"Promotional strategies have become discursive practices in corporate companies’ mission and vision statements. However, less focus was given to the role of grammar in shaping this text type as part of promotional discourse. Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) is arguably the most definite and certain linguistic analysis as a meaning-making resource. Hence, the purpose of this study was to use transitivity grammar theory in SFL to analyse the use of experiential processes in enacting promotional rhetorical moves. Following purposive sampling, mission and vision statements of hundred international companies, which were ranked by current market capitalization, were selected. Using textual analysis, we applied transitivity grammar theory to manually analyse promotional rhetorical moves. The results were quantified and presented in tabulation form. The findings revealed that mental and relational processes are favoured grammatical patterns used by corporate firms to write mission statements that focus on building public image and establish self-concept. The findings of this research can prove helpful for other corporate companies to use similar grammatical patterns to develop mission and vision statements.","PeriodicalId":321577,"journal":{"name":"Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ)","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126868394","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}

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