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Does Gender Matter? Motivation and Learning EFL: A Saudi Case Study 性别重要吗？动机与外语学习——以沙特为例

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.23.1.2

A. Alghamdi, Areej Albawardi, Nadya Alzuabi

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The Magic Lamp in American Fiction: An Archetypal Approach to Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut 美国小说中的神灯:马克·吐温和库尔特·冯内古特的原型分析

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.23.1.9

N. J. Kadhim

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An Alternative Semantic Analysis of the Particle ʃikil in Jordanian Arabic 约旦阿拉伯语中助词“kil”的语义分析

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.23.1.16

Mohammed Al-Malahmeh

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Challenges of ELT during the New Normal: A Case Study of Malaysia, Turkey and Palestine 新常态下英语教学的挑战——以马来西亚、土耳其和巴勒斯坦为例

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.23.1.20

A. Assaiqeli, M. Maniam, M. Farrah, E. Morgul, K. Ramli

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Ling Ma’s Severance: A Dystopian Pre/Post-Apocalyptic Novel in the Time of Covid-19 《马凌的遣散:新冠肺炎时代的反乌托邦前/后世界末日小说

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.22.2.9

S. A. Helmy

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Translating Children’s Literature Using a Pivot Language 用中心语言翻译儿童文学

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.22.2.8

M. Abdel-Fattah

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Colliding Utopian and Dystopian Worlds: Revising Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Ahmed K. Towfik’s Utopia 乌托邦与反乌托邦世界的碰撞——重温雷·布拉德伯里的《华氏451度》和艾哈迈德·托菲克的《乌托邦》

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.22.2.5

O. Bohovyk, Andrii Bezrukov

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Transformations in the Translation of Hard and Soft News Reports into Arabic 硬新闻与软新闻在阿拉伯语翻译中的转换

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.22.2.3

H. Sharkas

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From “My Dovecote” to “My Building”: Intertextuality in Jarrar’s “The Story of My Building” 从“我的Dovecote”到“我的建筑”——贾拉《我的建筑故事》中的互文性

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.22.2.11

Yousef Abu Amrieh

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Phonological Awareness in Arabic among Early Grade Teachers 小学教师的阿拉伯语语音意识

International Journal of Arabic-English Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI: 10.33806/ijaes2000.22.2.10

Hanady Bani Hani, Rana A. Alkhamra, H. Alomari

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