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Issues In Translating Military Terms And Texts Between English And Arabic
(2009)
Ai-Shehab, Mohammad Hamza
This study is aimed at exammmg the ability of military personnel involved in translation work in the Jordanian Military Academy to translate terms and expressions within the context of military texts from English into Arabic. It is also aimed at investigating the problems confronting military personnel when translating military texts from English to Arabic and vice versa.
An Analysis Of Theta Roles Of Verbs In The Mah Meri Language
(2013)
Rais, Maisarah Muhammad
The Mah Meri language, one of the severely endangered languages of Malaysia is facing the threat of extinction. In order to save valuable information and heritage, this research focusses on the Theta Roles in relation to the verbs in the Mah Meri language. Using Radford's (1997 & 2009) approach in analysing Theta Roles and the verbs, this study explores the interview data ofa Mah Meri native speaker. Two main ideas which are thoroughly examined in this thesis are the Theta Roles and the structural entity of verbs and their related parts ofspeech in order to understand the sentential constructions. Thus, in the primary research question, the Theta Roles examined are the Agent, Theme, Experiencer, Benefactor, Instrument, Goal and Locative. These Theta Roles are examined in relation to the verbsfound in the data ofthe study ofthe Mah Meri language. The second research question addresses the structure of verbs found in the Mah Meri language. In order to fully understand the verb structures, the morphological entities of affixes such as prefixes and suffixes are studied. Moreover, the word order of the sentential constructions are also analysed according to actives and passives. This is done in tandem with analyzing the pronouns in relation to the placement ofverbs in a Mah Meri sentential construction. In short, this thesis aims to document the language of Mah Meri in order to preserve the language heritage ofMah Meri.
Power Imbalance And Patriarchal Control In Alison Goodman'S Eon And Eona: A Feminist Reading
(2016-02)
Kamaruzaman, Nor Farah Anis
This study comprises a feminist reading of Alison Goodman's Eon and its sequel Eona through a conceptual framework that consists of various feminist and psychological tools. The review of related literature reveals that the fantasy genre is largely neglected by scholars as the genre is deemed as trivial and insignificant, and most studies on the fantasy genre are more focused on classic fantasy literature. The literature review also reveals that studies in the fantasy genre mostly focus on young girls and women's representation that often mirrors gender stereotypes. This study aims to fill the lacuna caused by the neglect of studies on power imbalance and patriarchal control in the fantasy genre. Objectives of the study include revealing power imbalance between genders, exposing patriarchal control over women, and determining the strategies of resistance used by women in their struggle against power imbalance and patriarchal control in the selected texts. The findings reveal that there is an imbalance of power between genders, whereby men hold more important roles in society, cultural traditions benefit men more than women, and women are often unfairly and ill-treated. The findings also reveal that women are being oppressed and subjugated by patriarchy through the use of violence, power, social norms, cultural traditions, and law.
Design, Development And The Effects Of Emotionally Sound Web-Based Instruction On Performance, Satisfaction, Engagement And Retention
(2018-11)
Rasalingam, Rasslenda-Rass
This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of the emotionally sound web-based instruction on performance, satisfaction, engagement and retention in learning English grammar among students with different levels of emotional intelligence. The sample consisted of 183 Form Two students from a secondary school in the Northern region of the Peninsular Malaysia. The data were collected with the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire - Short Form (TEIQue-SF), End-User Computing Satisfaction (EUSC), Post-Test 1, Retention Questionnaire (Post-Test 2) and E-Learning Engagement Instrument (ELEI). The research design for this study is Quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design.
Reading Rick Riordan'S Sea Of Monsters Using Propp'S Theory Of Narratology
(2019-07)
Khaksari, Mahta
Due to the significance of the contemporary young adult literature (YAL) in conveying values and literary information to young readers, and because such texts appeal to young adults (YA) more than the classics, the present research aims to investigate the structure of modem mythology texts systematically to see whether they match the classics in terms of complexity of structure and conveyed values or not. To this end, the structure of YA novel Percy Jackson and (he Sea of Monsters (SaM) by Riordan (2013) was analysed based on the theory of narratology of Propp (1968/2009) presented in Morphology ofthe Folktale. The functions of the characters and their corresponding sequence and move schemes were identified and the Proppian move schemes were combined and extended into a new move scheme representing a heroic type of novel.
The Realization Of Politeness Strategies In Verbal Disagreement By Jordanian Arabic Speakers: A Socio-Pragmatic Analysis
(2021-12)
Sakher Naji Mohammad Alazzam
This study aims to identify the verbal disagreement strategies that are used in Jordanian Arabic, and to determine the politeness strategies that are used for showing verbal disagreement in Jordanian Arabic. The present study also attempts to examine how gender, social status, and social distance among interlocutors affect selection of politeness strategies when showing verbal disagreement.
The Effects Of Genre Approach On Orang Asli’S Efl Descriptive Writing: A Case Study Of A Secondary School In Pahang
(2022-01)
Phan, Jonathan Kar Jun
The indigenous Orang Asli in Malaysia who do not use English on a daily basis consequently have low English proficiency and poor writing skills. Their existing English as a foreign language (EFL) situation coupled with the ongoing problems in gaining access to proper education further stifles their English language development. In accordance with the long-term goals set by the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (MEB) and the fourth sustainable development goal of providing inclusive and equitable quality education to the indigenous community, this study assesses the effectiveness of the genre approach in improving secondary EFL Orang Asli students’ descriptive writing, and discovers their perceptions in using the genre approach as a framework to overcome challenges in learning descriptive writing. The conceptual framework encompasses Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), the teaching and learning cycle for genre writing, and the concept of scaffolding from the Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development.
Translatability Of Arabic Fixed Expressions In Three Novels Into English Using Neural Machine Translation
(2022-02)
Mohammad Aldelaa, Abdullah Sanad
Arabic fixed expressions (AFEs) have a symbolic figurative meaning that cannot be predicted from the individual components or the literal meanings of constituent parts. Many users nowadays rely on NMT systems to translate AFEs since these systems became an essential part of the process of translation. However, Neural Machine translation (NMT) creates a sort of difficulty and challenge to those who do not have enough experience in the translation of fixed expressions like proverbs and idioms. These translation systems might create a gap between Source Language (SL) and Target Language (TL). The study investigates the syntactic structure of the Arabic Fixed Expressions (AFEs), which allows a high level of accuracy to be achieved in its translation using selected Neural Machine Translation (NMT) systems. Also, this study seeks to identify the most efficient system to render the meaning of the (AFEs) extracted from the the three novels. Moreover,
Arabic Morphological Productivity In The Translation Of Medical Terminology
(2022-02)
Amar, Khatra
The terminology wealth of a given language indicates its development in the scientific and technical research and, hence its ability to use its linguistic potentials to be a language of science. Accordingly, the study of the morphological productivity in the translation of terminology in a given field is crucially important. The ever-increasing developments in the field of medicine in today’s world, and the English dominance in that field, made it necessary for the Arabic language to adjust itself to change by making full use of its morphological productivity potentials to create appropriate translation equivalents for English medical terms to cope with ongoing developments.
Translatability Of Arabic Fixed Expressions In Three Novels Into English Using Neural Machine Translation
(2022-02)
Aldelaa, Abdullah Sanad Mohammad
Arabic fixed expressions (AFEs) have a symbolic figurative meaning that cannot be predicted from the individual components or the literal meanings of constituent parts. Many users nowadays rely on NMT systems to translate AFEs since these systems became an essential part of the process of translation. However, Neural Machine translation (NMT) creates a sort of difficulty and challenge to those who do not have enough experience in the translation of fixed expressions like proverbs and idioms. These translation systems might create a gap between Source Language (SL) and Target Language (TL). The study investigates the syntactic structure of the Arabic Fixed Expressions (AFEs), which allows a high level of accuracy to be achieved in its translation using selected Neural Machine Translation (NMT) systems. Also, this study seeks to identify the most efficient system to render the meaning of the (AFEs) extracted from the the three novels. Moreover, the study examines problems that hinder NMT systems when translating Arabic fixed expressions into English. In order to achieve the aim of this study, the researcher select samples of Arabic proverbs and idioms from three literary texts Banat AlRiyadh (Girls of AlRiyadh) by Rajaa Alsanea, Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shamâl (Season of Migration to the North) and by Tayeb Saleh, and Suqut al-lmam (The Fall of the Imam) by Nawal El Saadawi) to be translated automatically by NMT systems in order to measure and evaluate the accuracy level of these software in particular. The researcher inserts texts containing a certain number of these expressions and analyze the obtained results after these systems translate the texts from Arabic into English.
Similarities And Differences Of English And Malay Feline Proverbs: A Conceptual Metaphor Approach
(2022-02)
Siti Mukhlisa Binti Mohamad Khairul Adilah
This study aims at analysing the disparity of the feline representations with the search for their similarities and differences, as well as exploring the cross-cultural differences between English and Malay feline proverbs, with 24 and 42 proverbs respectively.
Domesticating And Foreignizing Cultural Terms In Religious Texts: A Case Study Of Al-Baqara Sūrah In The Noble Qur’An
(2022-02)
Ali Ayyad, Ghada Rajeh
This study aims to investigate the translation of cultural terms in the Noble Qur’an from Arabic into English by using the domestication and foreignization strategies. Three English translations of the Qur’an are selected to be studied. The data of this study are collected from Al-Baqarah Surah and its selected translations. Three main objectives have been proposed in this study. Firstly, to identify the more frequent strategy used by the translators to translate cultural terms. Secondly, to determine how the translators domesticated and foreignized cultural terms. Finally, to know which strategy of domestication and foreignization conveyed the meaning more adequately. The significance of this study arises from the fact that such studies may be used as a reference and a source for translators who are dealing with Qur’anic texts.
A Syntactic Analysis Of Arabic-english Intra-sentential Code-switching In Jordanian University Students’ Speech
(2022-04)
Alamaren, Eman Mohammad Hussein
Languages are not perfectly complete by themselves. Language contact is the process of contacting languages to allow speakers' connection. This contact results in some changes in languages including code-mixing phenomenon. The present study aims at investigating the syntactic patterns of Jordanian Arabic-English code-mixing in Jordanian students' speech in Yarmouk University. Firstly, the study determines the types of patterns and the syntactic aspects of code-mixing in Jordanian Arabic-English pair in Yarmouk University students' speech. Secondly, it determines the effect of the syntactic differences between Arabic and English on Arabic structure when code-mixing is performed. Thirdly, it explores the most frequently used English syntactic categories that students tend to use when performing codemixing. Finally, the study examines the occurrence of Poplack's constraints in Jordanian Arabic-English code-mixing. To this end, a research design involving both qualitative and quantitative approaches was adopted. That is, tape-recorded conversations between students in Yarmouk University were qualitatively analyzed to identify the types of patterns of code-mixing, and then the conversations were quantitatively analyzed to explore the numbers of the used English constituents. The collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis and frequency distribution techniques. The findings revealed that there are three types of code-mixing; each type includes a number of patterns, and these types of patterns are gradual in terms of familiarity and frequency of occurrence. Verb-Object pattern occupies the first position followed by Determiner-Noun pattern, while Preposition-Noun pattern occupies the last position.
Social Practices Of Personal Naming Among Parents In Rural And Urban Societies In Irbid, Jordan: A Socioonomastics And Morphological Study
(2022-08)
Mohammad Ali Tahat, Abdel Razzaq
Taking into account the scarcity of research on the practices of personal naming in Jordan, this study examined personal names in rural and urban regions in Irbid, Jordan, in terms of social practices, factors affecting the social practices, and morphological patterns. The research approach of this study is mixed-methods in which the design is explanatory sequential design with two phases: quantitative and qualitative. The sample of this study is 384 parents who were randomly selected from urban and rural regions in Irbid. In the quantitative phase, data were collected using an adapted questionnaire which consists of three parts: Part A (demographic variables with 5 items), Part B (the social practices of personal naming with 16 items), and Part C (factors affecting the social practices of personal naming). In the qualitative phase, qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews which were constructed and designed based on the results of the questionnaire to provide elaboration and explanation for the results obtained from the quantitative phase.
English Translations Of Quranic Verses Regarding Women: An In-Depth Analysis Of Loss And Gain In Meaning Based On Baker’S Taxonomy
(2022-09)
Omar Ba Sharahil, Fatma Ahmed Abdallah
Studies have demonstrated that no translation of the Holy Quran is devoid of shortcomings; the point of interest is not whether there are shortcomings, but lies instead in the extent of the shortcomings, since translating the Holy Quran into a foreign language with perfect accuracy is an impossible task. Referring to several Quranic verses, claims have been made that Islam oppresses women and deprives them of their rights. This general perception that women are looked down upon, discriminated and insulted based on verses of the Holy Quran is common in the West, where translations of the Holy Quran are relied on. This thesis comprises an in-depth analysis of four English renditions of Quranic verses regarding women from the renditions by Pickthall, Arberry, Sarwar and Abdel Haleem. The selected verses are analysed with the aim of identifying the strategies used and determining the extent of loss or gain in meaning. Also, identification of the most dominant and least used strategies, and determining the themes demonstrating the most loss or gain in meaning. To this end, the verses regarding women were identified and categorised into five major themes based on their subject matter, then analysed using Baker’s taxonomy.
The Effects Of The Station Rotation Model On Libyan Secondary School Students’ Efl Writing Skills: Teachers’ And Students’ Perceptions
(2022-11)
Salem Albelazi, Najah Abdullah
Educational technology is often used to improve educational processes in the modern digital age. Although secondary schools in Libya have minimal amenities, teachers have not been formally encouraged or practised using technology. Similarly, there is no demonstration of how technology can help high school pupils enhance their writing skills. The main goal of this study was to examine if involving students in a Station Rotation Model (SRM), utilising a blended learning approach, may help them enhance their writing essays skills. The following research questions were addressed: (1) To what extent does the SRM affect Libyan EFL secondary students’ performance in writing? (2) What are the teachers’ perceptions of the use of the SRM to teach writing? and (3) What are the Libyan EFL Secondary students’ perceptions of the use of the SRM in teaching writing skills? In this study, 2 EFL Libyan teachers, and 55 students from two classes of the second year (28 students in the experimental group class) and (27 students in the control group class) in a Libyan secondary school in Al Khums participated in a mixed-methods design research. The data were collected by applying pre-post and delayed tests, class room observations, teachers’ interviews and focus group interviews.
Sociocultural Factors Influencing The Willingness To Learn The Skills Of Translation Among Iranian Students
(2022-12)
Akbarimotlaq, Mohammadjavad
The purpose of this study is to explore the sociocultural factors influencing Iranian professional translation learners’ WTLT (willingness to learn translation) to identify the sociocultural factors that influence WTLT and investigate their relationship, also to investigate the influence of age and gender on WTLT. This study adopts the mixed method approach that contains two phases. The data from the first phase, which is qualitative: FGD (Focus Group Discussion), informs the development of the second research instruments, questionnaire for the quantitative phase. The population of this study is 200 Iranian translation students. For the 1st phase, 20 participants were purposively selected to participate in the FGD. The data from the FGD were analyzed. Enthusiasm to translate, enthusiasm to translate technical text, enthusiasm to translate informal text, enthusiasm to translate scientific text, and enthusiasm to earn money from translation were the factors found influencing willingness to learn translation. The themes created were used to form the questionnaire. The next phase dealt with the validation of the designed questionnaire by employing exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling as confirmatory factor analysis. The WTLT questionnaire was distributed to 200 professional translation students that were selected based on convenient sampling technique and the Pearson-product moment correlation was used to determine whether there is a direct and significant relationship between the enthusiasm factors and willingness to learn translation. The results indicated a significant and positive correlation.
The Speech Act Of Promising Among Saudi Female Efl Students: A Case Study At Jouf University
(2023-01)
Mustafa Buny Abdo, Halemeh Naim
The current study investigated the ability of Saudi EFL students in the southern region of Saudi Arabia to produce and recognise utterances related to the speech acts of making promises. The qualitative study was conducted at Jouf University. To achieve the objectives set in the study, 20 hypothetical situations adapted from Beebe et al.’s (1990) DCT were selected. The 20 situations expressed the speech acts of promising and imitated real-life situations in Saudi Arabia; These situations were collected orally from 20 female Saudi students through semi-structured interviews (hereafter SSI) conducted with them. In addition, seven questions of the SSI were proposed to enhance and enrich the findings. The focus was placed on identifying the various ways of promising and identifying students’ problems when producing a promise and overcoming these problems in communication. Meanwhile, four focus group discussions (hereafter FGD) were held with the 16 participating female Saudi students, with four students in each group. The FGD sessions were conducted orally and were audio-recorded to identify the functions of the speech act of promising in communication. It also focused on the impact of Islamic culture on the production of the speech act of promising in communication. The study’s population for both the SSI and the FGD were chosen at random from the English Department at Jouf University in Tabarjal’s 3rd and 4th year- 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th levels. The collected data were then transcribed using the NVivo software-12 version and analysed using thematic analysis. The study focused on the various responses to each question provided by each respondent. The speech acts were underlined in a variety of ways and functions. xvi One of them accurately pertains to the influence of Islamic culture on promising. The findings indicated that Saudi EFL students faced significant difficulties when it comes to producing and recognising the speech act of promising. Specifically, while 37% of students demonstrated the ability to recognise the speech act of promising, the overwhelming majority of students (63%) did not. Additionally, the findings showed that students frequently made unconditional promises rather than conditional promises, refusing promises, or delaying promises. In summary, the analysis revealed that Saudis issue pledges in various ways for various reasons. Also, it revealed that Saudis issue pledges for a variety of functions. Mainly, nine functions were identified when students opt for promising. Indeed, the current study made a contribution to linguistics by focusing on examining speech acts in general and the speech acts of promising in particular by focusing on the impact of Islamic culture on the production of the speech act of promising in communication. This is accomplished by highlighting the prominent ways and functions of the speech act of promising.
The Effect Of Written Corrective Feedback On Grammatical Accuracy Of Passive Voice Tenses And Unaccusative Verbs Of Pakistani Esl Undergraduates
(2023-02)
Muhammad, Mujtaba Syed
The impetus for undertaking the current study was that the literature on written corrective feedback (WCF) is replete with studies that have examined the efficacy of WCF on passive voice tenses and unaccusative verbs (trained and untrained), despite the challenges English language learners face in the construction of these grammatical structures. Therefore, the current study was conducted to investigate the effects of WCF on the grammatical accuracy of passive voice tenses (present, past, and perfect) and unaccusative verbs (trained and untrained) of Pakistani ESL undergraduate learners. The study has three aims:1) examining whether the provision of WCF improves the grammatical accuracy of passive voice tenses; 2) examining whether the provision of WCF improves the grammatical accuracy of unaccusative verbs (trained and untrained); 3) examining which type of WCF is most effective in helping Pakistani ESL undergraduates improve the grammatical accuracy of passive voice tenses and unaccusative verbs (trained and untrained).
Non-Native German Secondary School Teachers’ Beliefs And Practices In The Integration Of Culture In Teaching German As A Foreign Language In Malaysia
(2023-06)
Kok Foong Moi
This mixed-methods study surveyed 66 teachers and interviewed five participants to explore the beliefs of non-native German teachers in Malaysian secondary schools and how these beliefs influence their practices in integrating cultural elements into GFL instruction. The study found that the majority of teachers held positive beliefs about incorporating cultural elements in GFL classes and recognised the need to create a cultural learning environment.

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