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{"title":"DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON VAGUE LANGUAGE USED IN ADVERTISEMENT VIDEOS BY TIKTOK INFLUENCERS","authors":"Aris Pet Angeli Suarez, Coreen Joy L. Revamonte, Muhadir H. Balimbingan, Isabella Angel C. Irong, Eubien Jane V. Suco","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i2.1260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i2.1260","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to examine how vague language (VL) is employed by social media influencers in their TikTok video advertisements. This study used discourse analysis, specifically pragmatic analysis, which focuses on the meaning of a language within its social context. The corpora consisted of  25 transcribed texts from video advertisements of the five Filipino social media influencers. Results revealed that the selected influencers use VL in their TikTok video advertisements. Results further revealed that three strategies in the use of VL were identified: hedges, vague words and vague implication. Hedges include adapters, rounders, plausibility shields, and attribution shields. Influencers commonly use these strategies to create a more modest and credible image for the product or service they advertise and to avoid making explicit claims that could be challenged or refuted. Finally, it was found that the use of these strategies has contributed to the effectiveness of advertisements as evidenced in the engagement rate. Based on the results, the researchers recommend that social media advertisers should ensure that VL is used ethically and responsibly to avoid deception or misinformation and that there be further research on the use of VL in advertising across different social media platforms and languages. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45550264","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":"Overcoming of the Myth of the Silent Woman and Double-Colonization in Ernest Hemingway’s Indian Camp","authors":"Abdelhafid Tahboun","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1164","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000  \u0000This paper explores the confrontational resistance of overcoming the myth of the silent woman in Ernest Hemingway’s The Indian Camp (1924). It scrutinizes the autonomous emancipation and the subversive demolishment of double-minority status lifting the curtain on the thunderous screams of a female character as an emblem of expressive agency. To thematize this research topic and critically diagnose its feasible dimensions, this research paper casts the spotlight of analytical interpretation on the political dynamics, the implicit underpinnings and the insinuated textual unsaid underlying the female character of the Indian woman as a case study placed under scrutiny. In order to excavate in depth the ideological ramifications and the political implications tacitly embedded in the overall textual fabric of this literary artifact, this current study brings into play the postcolonial feminist perspective as a deconstructive paradigm through decomposing and dismantling a miscellany of excerpted extracts quoted from the decomposed text. To maintain a correlative harmony between the invoked theoretical framework and its corresponding practical application on the examined text, this research paper selects relevant thematic insights that embody the counter- patriarchal upheaval and the defiant insurgency unraveling the notion of the Voice as a third space of self-revival, restorative replenishment of the Indian female subaltern and decision-making power. This research paper culminates in a wide array of clear-cut conclusions: A. The strategic reversal of the gender- exclusive model of grand-narrative shifting it from misogynistic patriarchy and the top-bottom androcentric monopoly of power to gender-inclusive vision of democratic parity, political enfranchisement and performative agency. B. The transformational metamorphosis in the tectonic plates of male-female asymmetrical power structures and the replacement of the hierarchically structured pyramid of man-woman relation by a harmonious continuum of gender complementarity. C. The counter-active shift drifting from the reductionistic mindscape of phallocentric discrimination to the anti-patriarchal philosophy of gynocentric perspective. \u0000Key-terms: Postcolonial Feminism, Double-colonization, Voice, Agency, phallocentrism, emancipation, resistance.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45860883","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":"the status of alternative assessment in Morocco: teachers' attitudes and obstacles","authors":"Hicham Kasmi, Khadija Anasse","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1189","url":null,"abstract":"Assessment is a fundamental part in language teaching/learning process. It is a guiding factor that provides insight to teachers and learners about the best way to proceed. Hence, the literature about language assessment is rich. It includes different forms and techniques of language assessment. In this paper, however, the focus is mainly on alternative assessment. The latter is different both in form and nature from traditional assessment. Researchers confirm that if applied properly, alternative assessment can reflect students’ progress and motivate them to keep up the hard work. Hence, this paper aims to study the attitude of language teachers toward alternative assessment and the main obstacles that may hinder its application in the Moroccan classroom. This research is quantitative, it uses questionnaire as the main data collection tool. The findings indicate that teachers hold a positive attitude toward alternative assessment but they fail to apply it in their classroom due to different obstacles.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45473930","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":"ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT FORMS FOR THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM","authors":"Layla Aknouch","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1187","url":null,"abstract":"Dissatisfaction with the prevalence of testing in assessing students’ learning in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom has resulted in an increased interest among linguists and educators in the move towards the use of alternative assessment forms.  Research in this field has proved that testing as an assessment instrument is not an adequate means of assessing the multiple dimensions of language learning. As a result, various alternative assessment forms have been suggested in the literature to compensate for the weaknesses and limitations of conventional testing and ensure more effective learning. Accordingly, this paper seeks to review the literature on the different forms of alternative assessment that language teachers could use in addition to traditional assessment. More specifically, the present paper aims to explore the types of alternative assessments, stresses their importance by listing the many benefits that these assessment methods proved to have, and also discusses some of their perceived limitations.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48590939","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":"Ideology and Translation","authors":"Hanan Bennoudi, Abdelali Zaid","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1185","url":null,"abstract":"Ideally, a translation should be faithful to the original message making the translator invisible; however, myriad factors come into play to reconstruct the text suiting the patronage agenda and thus put the translator into the visible mode as he/she rewrites the text. This article explores, in-depth, the concept of Ideology in translation. In other words, to what extent may Ideology impact the translator’s choices regarding what to add and/or omit and other strategies that, consequently, shape the receivers’ worldviews? Having in mind the importance of ideology and translational changes, myriad examples are provided within the theoretical and practical parts to scrutinize the existence of the manipulation within.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41323205","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":"The Relationship between Yemeni EFL Postgraduate Students’ Perceptual Learning Styles and Language Learning Strategies","authors":"Belal Abdullah Mohammed Al-Hubaishi, Mohammad Abduh Ahmad Al-Mekhlafi","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1252","url":null,"abstract":"Learning styles and strategies are among the most influential factors that account for some differences in how students learn. Because traditional teaching methods are still employed at universities, Yemeni instructors need to be aware of students’ learning styles and strategies for improving classroom teaching and learning. This study intended to investigate the relationship between Yemeni EFL postgraduate students’ Perceptual Learning Style Preferences (PLSP) and their Language Learning Strategies (LLSs). A total of 45 Yemeni postgraduate students (males = 14 and females = 31) enrolling in master’s degree studies at Sana’a University completed two kinds of questionnaires adapted from Reid’s (1987) Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ) and Oxford’s (1990b) Strategy Inventory of Language Learning (SILL). The findings showed that kinesthetic, auditory, and tactile were the major learning style preferences (LSPs), whereas group and individual were the least preferred minor LSPs among the participants. Metacognitive, compensation, and cognitive strategies were the most frequently used, while memory and affective strategies were the least frequently used. A statistically significant relationship was found between the participants’ PLSP and their LLSs. These findings may help curriculum developers and language instructors incorporate learning styles and strategies into the syllabus to accommodate individual differences and facilitate learning.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46742860","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":"Loss and Gain in Translating Culture: Year of the Elephant’s Novella as a Case Study","authors":"Ilham Oudad, Noureddine Azmi","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1242","url":null,"abstract":"Loss and gain in translating culture have long been debated and continue to be debated. Transforming one culture to another is challenging and creates an obstacle to a successful translation. Considering the differences and distinctions present in each culture, it is notoriously difficult to overcome the cultural barriers in translation. However, many translation theorists propose innumerable translation strategies for rendering this issue. The general tendency of these theorists is either to domesticate or foreignize with reference to Venuti’s work (1995), which uses these two opposing concepts. Visibility and invisibility are other synonyms of domestication and foreignization. When the translator uses domesticating strategies, he/she is invisible. When the translator uses foreignizing strategies, he/she is visible. The research methodology is the qualitative approach where samples of culture specific items are analyzed.  Further, the research attempts to enlighten the reader on the transfer of culture from Arabic into English. Its ultimate goal is to identify the most efficient translation strategies applied to reduce loss and enhance gain.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42759373","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":"The Correlation between Critical Thinking Skills and Argumentative Writing Skills in Moroccan Higher Education","authors":"Mounir Beniche","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1226","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to  examine  the correlation between two major variables which are critical thinking skills and argumentative writing skills in Moroccan higher education. The participants were Semester 4 and Semester 6 students (English department, Faculty of Languages, Letters and Arts Ibn Tofail Universty, Kenitra). 100 students participated in the study. 50 students from semester 4 and 50 students from semester 6. The study resorted to the correlation design for measuring the degree of association between two variables adopting the statistical method of correlation analysis. Hence , a critical thinking test (AssessmentDay Practice Test Experts, 2018) was displayed to test students’ critical thinking skills. Then, the students were asked to write an argumentative essay about social media  and everday communication . For the  analysis of  the collected data, the study used  SPSS software (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 23). Pearson’s correlation coefficient was applied to examine the significant relationship between critical thinking skills and argumentative writing. The study result showed  that correlation coefficient of critical thinking test and argumentative essay of S4 students is 0. 683 and of of S6 is 0. 781 which implies  that the two tests are positively correlated and the correlation between critical thinking and argumentative writing  is positive and very significant.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46246521","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":"Mentoring Role in Enhancing Yemeni Novice Teachers' Professional Development","authors":"N. A. Kassim, A. Al-Mekhlafi","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1235","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed at investigating Yemeni novice teachers' perceptions towards the role of mentoring in their professional development. To achieve the objectives of the study and have a deep insight regarding the study investigation, a mixture of quantitative and qualitative research methods was used by means of an observation checklist and a questionnaire consisting 24 items and administered to 10 novice teachers who were mentored at their schools for six months in the academic year 2020. The findings of the study showed the participants had positive perceptions towards the mentoring role. The participants confirmed that the mentoring process was useful in enhancing their teaching knowledge, updating their instructional methods and use of media, providing them with sufficient instructional and administrative skills regarding classrooms and students' management and performance assessments. Some recommendations were made to schools administrators, policy makers and programs designers to pay more attention novice teachers' needs and demands using formal or informal mentoring practices to improve the quality of English language teaching and learning in Yemeni situation.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46078403","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":"Towards a New Strategy for Qur’anic Terms Translation","authors":"Adil Lachgar","doi":"10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v5i1.1196","url":null,"abstract":"The translation of Qur’anic terminology is a complex process. Translation of the Holy Qur’an into English is meant for communication of the Qur’anic Message to the whole world. Therefore, the role of the translator of Qur’anic terms is to convey the true meanings of these terms. Any misinterpretation of the Qur’anic terms will result in a huge loss of their meanings. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the useful of conveyance strategy in translating some terms that are related to “al?ibaadaat” (Islamic observances), “al?aqiida” (belief) and “almu?aamalaat” (interpersonal relations). For the sake of this study, this is a qualitative, comparative and analytical study. The results showed that the task of the translator as a mediator between languages, cultures, and between people is not that an easy task. The use of conveyance can help the translator to overcome the challenges that arise during the translation process. What is more, the ultimate goal of translating the meanings of the Holy Qur’an is to make sure that Allah’s Message is transmitted and understood by people. Hence, conveyance strategy can help the translator delivers the message to the target reader. The strategy of conveyance is of great importance in translating Qur’anic terms since it aims at communication.","PeriodicalId":34879,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Language and Literary Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69776684","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}