IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-07 DOI: 10.1093/english/efaa022

Jesse Jack

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引用次数: 1

Philosophical Reflection of Life in William Shakespeare’s “All the World’s a Stage” 莎士比亚《世界是一个舞台》对人生的哲学思考

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.2491

Gopika Unni P

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The Augmentation of Existentialism: Robinson Crusoe’s Character 存在主义的扩充：鲁滨逊的性格

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.3354

A. Bah

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Thematic Exploration of TPK’s Antagonistic Perception in his Play Fulfilment TPK戏剧实现中对抗性感知的主题探索

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.2948

Prafull D Kulkarni

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Teachers’ and Students’ Perception of Using Translation (L1) for Developing Reading Skill 教师和学生对使用翻译(母语)培养阅读技能的认知

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i3.3253

Tamanna Sharmin Kabir

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引用次数: 5

The Effect of Teacher Attitudes on Students’ English Reading Proficiency 教师态度对学生英语阅读能力的影响

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.3387

Zakia Ahmad

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引用次数: 1

Psychic Trauma of Youngsters in R.K. Narayan’s The World of Nagaraj R.K.Narayan《Nagaraj的世界》中青少年的心理创伤

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.3327

Gabriel Karthick K

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Incorporating Visual Arts into English Language Teaching 将视觉艺术融入英语教学

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.3320

U. Thulasivanthana

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引用次数: 1

All World is Good? 全世界都好吗？

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.3368

Uttam Balu Koli

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Representation of Women in Occupational and Domestic Roles in EfT Textbooks 教育教科书中妇女在职业和家庭角色中的代表性

IF 0.3 3区文学

ENGLISH Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.34293/english.v8i4.3390

Afroza Aziz Suchana

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