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Download full textAlhaj, Ali Albashir Mohammed – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
The current study aims at exploring some syntactic and semantic underlying problems in three English translations of the meanings of Surat Quraish; that is in English translations of AbdelHaleem, Khan and Mohammed Taj Al-Din Al-Hilai and Pickthall. Also, the study aims at probing how the three translators deal with some syntactic and semantic…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, English (Second Language), Translation
Tabley Amos, Ngoge; Hermilinda Abas, Imelda – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The present study aims at investigating idiom comprehension through multimodal teaching approach among Zanzibar University students. The participants of the study were 120 male and female students and selected randomly. All of the students speak Swahili as their first language. The participants enrolled in a 3-year English program at the…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
An Investigation on the Comprehension of English Idioms among Moi Primary School Children in Nairobi
Amos, Ngoge Tabley; Abas, Imelda Hermilinda – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The competence in identifying and comprehending the meaning of idiomatic expressions developed at an early age. However, second language learners reach the comprehension skill differently within the age and at pace. There are many unresolved questions regarding the age which children start to comprehend L2 idioms. The objective of this study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Al-Khazaali, Husam Mohammed Kareem – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The aim of the present study is to examine experimentally the influence of using lexical chunks on the achievement of second-year-university students of English in the writing fluency. Lexical chunks, as the composites of form, meaning and function, stored and retrieved as a whole in brain, can release the language processing burden and improve…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Essays
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to recognize the level of pragma-linguistic difficulties Iraqi EFL university learners face when handling phrasal verbs. Despite the fact that phrasal verbs are easy to understand by native speakers of English, non-native speakers usually encounter some difficulties in understanding the meaning of a phrasal verb…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phrase Structure, Verbs, English (Second Language)
Gathigia, Moses Gatambuki; Njoroge, Martin C. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The acquisition of idiomatic expressions is one of the primary challenges to learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) in multilingual contexts such as Kenya; yet, the learners are expected to use these expressions in their writing. The study on which this paper is based sought to assess the teaching of English idiomatic expressions in Kenyan…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, English (Second Language)
Rafieyan, Vahid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Development of target language pragmatic competence in language learners requires not only provision of cultural features of target language community in language classes but also language learner's willingness to learn and use those cultural features. To investigate the relationship between language learners' attitudes toward cultural instruction…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Correlation
Arif, Mahmoud; Abdullah, Imran Ho – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The major goal of this research is to investigate learners' metaphorical comprehension in L1 and its effect on the metaphorical comprehension in L2 by Iraqi EFL learners at secondary school. In which, they encounter difficulties understanding English texts and lectures, primarily when metaphor is included, which leads to the misunderstanding of…
Descriptors: Native Language, Figurative Language, Semitic Languages, Proverbs
Shantha, S.; Mekala, S. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The mastery of speaking skills in English has become a major requisite in engineering industry. Engineers are expected to possess speaking skills for executing their routine activities and career prospects. The article focuses on the experimental study conducted to improve English spoken proficiency of Indian engineering students using task-based…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Task Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis
