International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
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description: The International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (ISSN: 2617-0299) is a double-blind peer-reviewed, monthly, open-access journal published by Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development. It publishes high-quality articles across the breadth of linguistics, literature and translation research. With its uniquely broad coverage, all articles are free to access across the globe, allowing authors to share their research and maximise its impact. The journal is led by expert international editorial board members who take an objective approach to peer review, ensuring each research paper is reviewed and evaluated on its own scholarly merits and research integrity. Publishing your work in the International Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Translation means you will receive prompt and reliable publishing and a global platform for your research to reach its full potential. The journal is published in both online and print versions.
publisher: Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
language: en
publication name: International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
issn: 2617-0299
items: Effective use of AI applications to enhance Saudi EFL learners’ writing ability: A study at the tertiary level
items: The Present Situation of the Manipuri Meitei Language : A Study of the Socio-Cultural Aspects of Bangladesh
items: “Always Hungry: The Short Story as Cultural and Narrative Space in Anzia Yezierska’s Fiction”
items: Morocco’s Football Diplomacy and Soft Power Projection: Reading Morocco Through The Guardian
items: The Syntax of Unaccusative Verbs in Moroccan Arabic: A Minimalist Approach
items: Clinical Supervision in Education: A Formative Framework for Enhancing Instruction and Professional Development
items: The Dialogue of Pessimism as a Linguistic Structure of Desire: A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Reading of the Babylonian Text
items: The Relationship between Free Will and Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces in Sister Carrie
items: Translation of English and Arabic “Sleep” Terms and Formulaic Expressions by Artificial Intelligence: A Comparison of Copilot and DeepSeek
items: Cultural Nuances in Translation: A Critical Examination of Language, Meaning, and Identity
items: Challenges of Incorporating Implicit Meanings of Omitted Sentences When Translating the Holy Qur’an
items: Technology's Impact on International Community in American Literature
items: The Fragile Architecture of Knowing: Madness and Reason in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Purloined Letter
items: Interrogating Native-Speakerism and Linguistic Imperialism in ELT: A Comparative Review
items: Problems that face the Implementation of ICT and the Suggested Solutions
items: Estranged Bodies, Alienated Minds: Grotesque Aesthetics and Resistance in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
items: English Learning Self-Efficacy and Academic Performance: A Correlational Study on Chinese High School EFL Students
items: Politeness Strategies in Advice Giving Used by Bani Hassan: Grice’s Approach
items: Effects of Task Type on Linguistic Complexity of Chinese EFL Undergraduates: A Functional Linguistics Perspective
items: Students' Acceptance and Academic Use of Social Networking Sites: A Qualitative TAM-TTF-Based Analysis
items: Devices of humor in Oscar Wilde's play "The importance of being Earnest"
items: China's Image in Sino-US Trade War Reporting from the Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis: Comparative Study on the Report of China Daily in 2018 and 2025
items: The Madrilenian Poetry in the Early 20th Century. Spanish > English Translated Poems of Antonio Casero (1874-1936)
items: The Moral Impact of Social Order in Frankenstein and Slaughterhouse-Five
items: Analysis of Linguistic Pattern “X Xue” based on Constructional Grammar: Transforming from Grammatical Construction to Rhetorical Construction
items: The Role of Video Games in Improving English Vocabulary Mastery Among Elementary School Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study
items: From Classroom to Workplace: The Role of Soft Skills in Moroccan Higher Education
items: Gamified Reading with Quizizz: Performance Gains and Vietnamese EFL Learner Attitudes
items: Breaking the Mould: Redefining Asian-American Beauty Standards in Selected Digital Short Stories
items: Written Assignments and the Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

Effective use of AI applications to enhance Saudi EFL learners’ writing ability: A study at the tertiary level
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description: The increasing application of artificial intelligence (AI) in education provides new possibilities to facilitate second language (L2) writing development. Nevertheless, limited research has investigated the potential of AI-driven writing aids to expand the writing performance of Saudi EFL learners at the tertiary level. This research analyzes the effects of AI tools, Wordtune and Grammarly, on academic writing among Saudi university students and examines how these tools can be deliberately integrated as part of structured writing instruction. Using quantitative data, 62 students participated, with a group in each gender category assigned as an Experimental Group (EG) using AI tools and a Control Group (CG) following old methods. Descriptive Statistics, Independent-samples t-tests, and Regression Analysis in SPSS were conducted to compare pre- and post-writing tests, assessing changes in content development, coherence, cohesion, and grammatical accuracy. The EG achieved higher scores than the CG, with improvements in content development (57.40-75.20), coherence (55.60-74.10), cohesion (54.80-73.20), and grammatical accuracy (53.90-72.50). Independent t-tests showed extremely significant differences (p < 0.001) with large effect sizes (d=1.31–1.34), and regression analyses confirmed AI exposure as a strong predictor of writing performance (R²=0.68; β=0.32–0.34). The effects of AI were consistent across genders. Overall, the result indicates that pedagogically integrated AI writing tools can effectively enhance Saudi EFL students' academic writing, support their independence, confidence, and overall writing competence while overcome limitations of conventional instruction.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Artificial Intelligence, Saudi Tertiary Education, AI-Assisted Writing Tools, Writing Proficiency, Lexical Development, Academic Writing, Grammarly
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creator: Paiker Fatima Mazhar Hameed
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-02
publication date: 2025-12-02
starting page: 46
ending page: 56
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.12.7

The Present Situation of the Manipuri Meitei Language : A Study of the Socio-Cultural Aspects of Bangladesh
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description: This article aims to highlight the real context of the Manipuri Meitei language that exists in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been known as a monolingual country since its independence in 1971.Manipuri Meitei, like other indigenous community, must adhere to the country’s multilingualism. After learning their mother tongue, Meitei people begin to communicate with the local Bengali community in which they live. Furthermore, throughout the academic phase, Meitei pupils need to study basic Bangla and English as well. In recent days, Multilingualism has become a threat to Meitei indigenous community. In a situation, this study involves finding out the historical background of the Manipuri Meitei language community in Bangladesh and how their language has been associated with their culture, arts, and literature beyond multilingualism. Furthermore, the researcher tried to investigate the attitude of Meitei different aged group generations of using Bangla and English in their daily life conversation. In this research, the researcher follows qualitative methods by doing some interviews and FGD (Focus group discussion).
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Meitei language, Multilingualism, Bilingualism, Indigenous language, Meitei generation.
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creator: Puja Roy
creator: Imrose Afrine
creator: Mahbuba Sarker Shama
creator: Tanzina Mousumi Chowdhury
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-30
publication date: 2025-11-30
starting page: 28
ending page: 39
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.12.5

“Always Hungry: The Short Story as Cultural and Narrative Space in Anzia Yezierska’s Fiction”
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description: This essay examines the short fiction of Anzia Yezierska. It argues that her literary imagination finds its most compelling realization in the short story, a form uniquely suited to the intensity, brevity, and culturally hybrid perspective of her work. Her narratives explore the immigrant Jewish woman’s struggle for cultural integration and personal emancipation, articulating a persistent tension between Old World deprivation and New World promise. Central to this study is the concept of “hunger,” both literal and symbolic, as a driving force in Yezierska’s prose, reflecting her characters’ spiritual, emotional, and aesthetic desires. The essay situates her writing within the broader context of early twentieth-century American realism and modernist experimentation, highlighting how the short story form enables her to navigate the constraints of her hybrid identity, linguistic innovation, and socio-cultural marginality. Ultimately, Yezierska’s stories are presented as a distinct narrative niche, a concentrated space where memory, desire, and cultural translation converge, producing a voice both intensely personal and resonant with collective experience.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Anzia Yezierska; hunger; short story; Hungry Hearts; Children of Loneliness
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creator: Simona Porro
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Simona Porro https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-30
publication date: 2025-11-30
starting page: 40
ending page: 45
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.12.6

Morocco’s Football Diplomacy and Soft Power Projection: Reading Morocco Through The Guardian
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description: This article presents evidence of the role of sports diplomacy in advancing national image, soft power, and foreign policy objectives through examining Morocco’s performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This study argues that sporting events, particularly successful ones, can enhance the country’s symbolic and political capital. The article develops its own view of soft power through sport’s achievement by winning the hearts and minds of foreign audiences worldwide. This matches Morocco’s cultural diplomacy, which aims to spread the nation’s image/ reputation beyond borders, especially nowadays when there is fierce competition for public opinion through soft power instruments. This study assumes that international relations are subject to ongoing changes, and small nations can use their intangible capital to consolidate their international position.
subject: Research Article
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creator: Rachid Enaim
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-22
publication date: 2025-11-22
starting page: 21
ending page: 27
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.12.4

The Syntax of Unaccusative Verbs in Moroccan Arabic: A Minimalist Approach
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description: The present paper explores the syntax of unaccusative verbs in Moroccan Arabic (MA) within the theoretical framework of the Minimalist Program (MP). The study aims to delimit the gap in the literature concerning the analysis of unaccusative verbs in the context of MA. The primary objective of this research is to apply the VP split hypothesis to account for unaccusative verb constructions. The findings reveal that unaccusative verbs can appear in locative inversion constructions and expletive-insertion structures but cannot undergo passivization. Furthermore, the Split-VP hypothesis provides an appropriate account for these constructions and the alternating SVO orders of MA. Semantically, unaccusative verbs take one internal theme argument in their thematic grid. This internal argument originates within VP, where it receives nominative case, and remains in VSO order. To derive the SVO order, the theme argument moves to spec-TP to satisfy the EPP feature of T. Therefore, the study provides insights into the syntactic structure of unaccusative verbs in MA, which can supply information for comparative syntax in future research.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Unaccusative, unaccusativity hypothesis, the Minimalist Program, VP-split hypothesis, nominative case, Moroccan Arabic
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creator: Yasmina EL Haddari
creator: Houda Kably
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-21
publication date: 2025-11-21
starting page: 142
ending page: 159
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.15

Clinical Supervision in Education: A Formative Framework for Enhancing Instruction and Professional Development
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description: Pursuing professional development is a fundamental goal for every teacher. This can be achieved through various avenues, including attending and participating in conferences, workshops, and seminars, conducting action research, or engaging in peer observation, among others. Within this process, supervision also plays a fundamental role. Traditional educational supervision models were predominantly summative, primarily focusing on controlling teachers and making judgmental decisions about their performance. However, the limitations of this approach created a need for a more formative model, leading to the development of clinical supervision. Accordingly, it is the intent of this paper to underscore the significance of this approach to supervision in the field of education, focusing on its theoretical tenets that serve as a foundation for enhancing the quality of instruction. This paper stresses the formative nature of clinical supervision through adopting a cyclical approach encompassing five key phases: the pre-observation conference, classroom observation, analysis, post-observation conference and post-conference analysis. By so doing, clinical supervision prioritises the enhancement of quality instruction and supports teachers’ professional development, rather than identifying faults or issuing criticism.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Clinical supervision, educational supervision, professional development, supervisory cycle
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creator: Mohamed Lahri
creator: Hanan El Ouanjli
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-19
publication date: 2025-11-19
starting page: 136
ending page: 141
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.14

The Dialogue of Pessimism as a Linguistic Structure of Desire: A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Reading of the Babylonian Text
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description: This study examines The Dialogue of Pessimism—presented here in the researcher’s own translation—from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. It argues that mythological and early literary texts serve as spaces that reveal the early mechanisms of the unconscious as articulated by Freud and Lacan. Through an analysis of the repetitive dialogue between the master and the servant, the study demonstrates how desire operates within a closed linguistic circle that exposes the impossibility of its fulfillment. Thus, the Dialogue of Pessimism is reinterpreted not merely as a satirical or pessimistic work but as a linguistic structure embodying Lacan’s notion of desire as metonymy. تسعى هذه الدراسة إلى مقاربة النص المعروف بـ«حوار التشاؤم البابلي» -وهو من ترجمة المؤلف ويَرِد نصّه في متن البحث- من منظور التحليل النفسي اللاكاني، بوصفه نصًا يكشف عن البنية الرمزية للرغبة واللاوعي في الفكر الرافدي القديم. ينطلق البحث من فرضية أن النصوص الميثولوجية والأدبية القديمة تمثّل فضاءً مبكرًا لتجلّي آليات اللاوعي كما نظر (لاكان) إليها، إذ عدّ اللغة وسيطًا أساسًا بين الذات والرغبة. ومن خلال تحليل البنية الحوارية المتكرّرة بين السيد والعبد، يبيّن البحث أن الرغبة في النص تتحرك ضمن دائرة لغوية مغلقة تُظهر استحالة الإشباع ووعي الإنسان بالعدم. وبذلك يُعاد فهم النص لا بكونه نتاجًا ساخرًا أو تشاؤميًّا فحسب، بل بوصفه بنيةً لغويةً تُجسّد المفهوم اللاكاني للرغبة بعدّها كنايةً تنتج عن نقصٍ أزلي في الذات.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Desire, Mythology, Freud, Language and Psychoanalysis, Jacques Lacan, Mesopotamia, Slave and Master, The Big Other, metonymy, point de capiton
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creator: Wasim Khatabe
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-08
publication date: 2025-11-08
starting page: 119
ending page: 131
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.12

The Relationship between Free Will and Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces in Sister Carrie
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description: This paper explores the relationship between free will and the concepts of centrifugal and centripetal forces in Theodore Dreiser's naturalist novel, Sister Carrie. As a work of naturalism, which is defined as an "extension or continuation of Realism with the addition of pessimistic determinism," the novel suggests that external forces severely curb a person's free will. The protagonist, Caroline Meeber (Sister Carrie), is presented as a submissive and passive character whose actions are mostly reactions to external forces, demonstrating the pessimistic feature of naturalism. Carrie is argued to possess a centrifugal force, which is a "mode of writing with a strong need to represent movement" and allows her to meet others and acquire traits that assist her personally. Her centrifugal nature, driven by a desire for material possessions and social power through "conspicuous consumption," makes her willing to be shaped by those who can satisfy her needs. Conversely, Hurstwood possesses an inherently centripetal force, which represents "the need to establish strong centers that serve as magnets for certain characters" and causes him to try and achieve his goals on his own terms. He seeks to attract characters with centrifugal force, like Carrie, often imposing himself to achieve the responses he desires. The characters' interactions are shown to be influenced by a variety of internal and external forces, including sexuality, a train, the rain, money, and winter.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Naturalism, Free Will, Centrifugal Force, Centripetal Force, Determinism, Sister Carrie, Conspicuous Consumption, External Forces
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creator: Saleh Aljumah
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Saleh Aljumah https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-21
publication date: 2025-11-21
starting page: 160
ending page: 165
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.16

Translation of English and Arabic “Sleep” Terms and Formulaic Expressions by Artificial Intelligence: A Comparison of Copilot and DeepSeek
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description: This study examined how Microsoft Copilot (MC) and DeepSeek (DS) translate sleep terms vs formulaic expressions from English to Arabic and Arabic to English, compared MC and DS’s translations, identified the percentage of accurate equivalents, types of errors made, the translation strategies used, and AI translation error causes. Analysis of 130 English sleep terms, 91 English sleep formulaic expressions and 110 Arabic terms and formulaic expressions revealed that MC and DS rendered 91% correct equivalents to English sleep idioms, 79% and 71.5% correct equivalents to English formulaic expressions respectively as She wept herself to sleep بكت حتى نامت, and 48% and 49% of the Arabic terms and formulaic expressions respectively as نوم قلق restless sleep. The most common translation strategy was literal, word for word translation as غرق في النّوم He drowned in sleep, instead of he is fast asleep); نمت كالقتيلة I slept like the dead instead of slept like a log. DS gave an explanation or annotation following the equivalent in 14% and MC in 3% of the Arabic items as inطار النَّومُ من عينيه Sleep flew from his eyes (couldn't sleep). The tendency to Arabic sleep items literally based on surface meaning because is due to an AI default literal translation strategy. AI systems tend to flatten nuance. Higher percentages of correct equivalents to English sleep items were given in this study than medical terms, zero-expressions, expressions of impossibility, Gaza-Israel War terminology, Arabic grammatical terms used metaphorically, Abu & Umm medical folk terms, Abu brand names and Abu & Umm metonymic animal and plant folk names. English-Arabic translation was easier than Arabic-English translation due to training bias, as most AI models are trained on English-dominant corpora, with English-Arabic translation receiving more attention and refinement than Arabic-English translation. Additionally, Arabic-English translation is less represented in the AI corpora, especially for domain-…
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject:
  topic: keywords
  value: Copilot translation, DeepSeek translation, AI translation, sleep terms, sleep idioms, English-Arabic translation, Arabic-English translation, literal translation, AI translation strategies, AI translation errors
creator: Reima Al-Jarf
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-04
publication date: 2025-11-04
starting page: 95
ending page: 108
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.10

Cultural Nuances in Translation: A Critical Examination of Language, Meaning, and Identity
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description: Translation should not be understood as just a mechanical reproduction of words between languages; the process is very cultural as it is negotiating meaning, and identity, power across language and social borders. The paper explores the focal position of cultural nuance in translation, where it is believed that effective translation must entail cultural competency as well as linguistic competence. The paper identifies areas of fidelity and reception of translations through an interdisciplinary approach that taps into the various areas of linguistics including translation, sociolinguistics, and intercultural communication. It methodology is founded upon comparative textual analysis of idioms, case studies of text translation errors in global marketing, and critical discussion about machine translation. Canonical political models, such as dynamic equivalence developed by Nida, domestication and foreignization by Venuti, and Skopos theory claims proposed by Vermeer, are presented with the recent exchange of ideas on gender inclusivity and translation applications based on AI. Case studies also illustrate that mistranslations have caused commercial, diplomatic and ideological effects and what the translator needs to have is a mediator of cultures and not a linguistic technician who is neutral. The conclusions indicate that translation cannot exist out of culturally specific issues of cultural identity, power relations, and ethical responsibility. The paper will conclude by highlighting the necessity of training in translation to focus more on cultural competency and request increased fine-grained collaboration between human translators and new works of technology.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Cultural translation, Semantic equivalence, Identity and language, Localization, Transcreation
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creator: Mohammad Imran Khan
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 79
ending page: 87
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.8

Challenges of Incorporating Implicit Meanings of Omitted Sentences When Translating the Holy Qur’an
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description: This study investigates the complex challenges of translating omitted declarative, coordinative, and conditional sentences in the Holy Qur’an, focusing on the retrieval and accurate rendering of their implicit meanings in English. While ellipsis (ḥadhf) is a well-documented rhetorical device in Arabic, its syntactic and semantic implications remain underexplored in Qur’anic translation studies. By analyzing selected verses across three prominent English translations—Abdel Haleem, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, and Saheeh International—the study examines translators’ awareness, interpretive strategies, and the impact of their choices on semantic fidelity and theological accuracy. Findings reveal significant variation in the treatment of ellipsis, highlighting the difficulty of conveying nuanced meaning without explicit syntactic cues. Non-native translators occasionally outperform native speakers, demonstrating that methodological rigor and exegetical insight often outweigh intuitive proficiency. The study underscores the critical role of contextual and rhetorical understanding in translating Qur’anic ellipsis, advocating for a systematic framework that preserves both the semantic depth and rhetorical elegance of the original text.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Qur’anic Translation - Ellipsis (Ḥadhf) - Omitted Sentences -Predicate, Conjunction, and Conditional Structures - Semantic and Grammatical Challenges
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creator: Abdarahman Abulgasim Salih NOORAIN
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 31
ending page: 39
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.4

Technology's Impact on International Community in American Literature
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description: American literature has always been a mirror to societal relationships, highlighting the impact of different issues on the international community, including the new advancement of Technology. Tracing this representation of society in American literature, this study aimed to assess the representation of Technology and its impact on the international community by exploring key literary texts from each technological evolution. The study employed a thematic analysis approach on 12 seminal literary works selected through purposive sampling with 3 texts from each era from the 1900s to the current digital age. The study findings highlighted the recurring themes from each period representing the impact of Technology on the international society. The most recurring themes included cultural exchange, communication advancement, and social effects on the flow of information. The early literary texts focused on isolation and prejudice, whereas the industrialization-era texts brought mobility and labour exploitation issues in industries. Further, the advancement of mass media influence has brought issues like censorship and information control. In contrast, the modern digital age literature was focused on the virtual worlds, connectivity benefits and drawbacks, highlighting the re-emergence of issues like isolation with rapid cultural exchange and identity crisis. In essence, by analyzing seminal American literary texts, the study has covered the role of Technology from the historical period to the current era, emphasizing international communication. Further, research can focus on the intersection of society, Technology and literature with recent developments. Lastly, the study suggests that policymakers should emphasize the pros and cons of new technological innovations and ensure inclusion, empathy and the well-being of the international community by establishing dynamic and effective cultural exchange programs.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: : Cultural Exchange, Prejudice, Literary representation, mobility, isolation.
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creator: Farhana Tabassum
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Farhana Tabassum https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-07
publication date: 2025-11-07
starting page: 109
ending page: 118
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.11

The Fragile Architecture of Knowing: Madness and Reason in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Purloined Letter
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description: This essay approaches Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and “The Purloined Letter” (1844) as twin meditations on one enduring and unsettling question: how do we ever come to know anything at all? At first, the two stories seem to stand on opposite shores—one steeped in the feverish shadows of Gothic terror, the other grounded in the crisp precision of reason and deduction. But look again, and the illusion of contrast begins to dissolve. Beneath their surfaces, both works move toward the same unsettling aim: exposing how knowledge is formed and questioning the shaky trust we place in what we believe to be true. Each constructs, then deftly dismantles, the very frameworks of understanding it seems to affirm. In Usher, the house is more than a reflection of a disordered psyche—it is that psyche, alive and decaying. Its cracks, its echoes, and the shifting play of sound and shadow all mirror the narrator’s slow and steady fall into mental collapse. It’s as though his very language begins to tremble under the weight of what it tries to restrain, the sentences faltering in rhythm, surrendering to the same instability he so desperately hopes to master. The prose fractures; perception buckles under its own weight. And in The Purloined Letter, where rationality supposedly triumphs, the victory proves hollow—more performance than proof. The letter’s power resides not in its message but in its ceaseless circulation, while Dupin’s vaunted “method” reads as theater masquerading as science, a graceful choreography of intellect that dazzles precisely because it conceals the void beneath.Drawing on narratology—especially the concepts of unreliability and focalization—this essay brings those tools into dialogue with poststructural and feminist thought to examine how voice, perspective, and gendered silence dictate what can be seen, spoken, or ultimately known. The reader never remains a passive onlooker here; instead, they are quietly pulled into the machiner…
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Edgar Allan Poe; narrative unreliability; focalization; Gothic architecture; epistemology
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creator: Meshari Saleh Alanazi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-01
publication date: 2025-11-01
starting page: 12
ending page: 24
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.2

Interrogating Native-Speakerism and Linguistic Imperialism in ELT: A Comparative Review
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description: The article reviews the deeply embedded imperialist history in the language-teaching and learning landscape. It critically looks into two identical yet thematically quite disparate articles that reveal the most pressing and talked about concerns around the imperialist institutions since the inception of the idea of linguistic imperialism as well as subconscious subscriptions to secret following of the colonizers’ cultural nuances by non-native teachers and learners through teaching and learning materials made available by the UK and the USA. Recent research (e.g., Pennycook, 2017; Phillipson, 2008) shows that these dynamics continue due to linguistic marketization, in which Western publishers benefit from sustaining "standard" English ideologies. It focuses on age-old topics such as the tendency among non-native learners and teachers to prioritize and perfect phonology, strive for near-native proficiency, and incorporate native culture into their conversations, teaching, and reading. Finally, the wilful evasion of the admission by non-native speaker teachers and students alike to the consequences of being subtly inculcated into Western culture due to the West’s strategic launching of disciplines like TESOL to silently avoid the watch of non-native speakers is discussed with much greater profundity.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: native-speakerism; linguistic imperialism; ELT; English as an international language; cultural integrity
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creator: Md. Nurul Anwar
creator: Jonaydul Karim
creator: Md. Nurul Ahad
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-10-31
publication date: 2025-10-31
starting page: 41
ending page: 49
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.10.5

Problems that face the Implementation of ICT and the Suggested Solutions
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description: The primary objective of this paper is to illustrate the problems and the various challenges that hinder the implementation of ICT (information and communication technology) within the educational sector. The paper started with a brief definition of ICT. Some practical problems encountered by teachers as well as students when practicing (ICT) in classes are identified and well explained and some several proposed remedial strategies are introduced.The lack of comprehensive, effective training and the scarcity of time represent the fundamental problems that confront a significant number of educators and learners who are engaged with contemporary technological advancements.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Implementation of ICT, fundametal problems, Challenges, Remedial Strategies, technological advancements
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creator: Nawal Balol
creator: Sabah Mohamed Abass Hamza
creator: Richa Rastogi
creator: Mujahid Isam Mohammed Ahmed Alamin
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Nawal Salih Ahmed Baloul, Sabah Mohamed Abass Hamza, Richa Rastogi, Mujahid Isam Mohammed Ahmed Alamin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-12
publication date: 2025-11-12
starting page: 132
ending page: 135
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.13

Estranged Bodies, Alienated Minds: Grotesque Aesthetics and Resistance in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
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description: This article examines The Bell Jar (1963) through the complementary frameworks of Wolfgang Kayser’s and Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of the grotesque, arguing that Sylvia Plath’s novel deploys this aesthetic mode to interrogate cultural ideals of femininity, normalcy, and progress in 1950s America. While critics have often approached The Bell Jar primarily as a psychological or autobiographical document, this study foregrounds its deliberate aesthetic construction, showing how Plath uses grotesque imagery to render the familiar strange and to anchor existential alienation within the material body. Kayser’s conception of the grotesque, centered on estrangement and the uncanny, illuminates Esther Greenwood’s perception of the world as distorted, repellent, and hostile. Her experiences under “the bell jar” exemplify the dissolution of boundaries between self and environment, producing a pervasive sense of disorientation and unreality. Bakhtin’s notion of the grotesque body, by contrast, emphasizes embodiment, vulnerability, and the cyclical processes of life and death, situating Esther’s crisis within a collective, corporeal dimension she simultaneously rejects and cannot escape. The novel’s grotesque episodes function as key sites where these two traditions intersect. Each moment stages a confrontation between the alienation of consciousness and the unruly materiality of the body, exposing the violence implicit in midcentury cultural narratives of science, sexuality, and domesticity. Through this double lens, Plath’s grotesque emerges as both psychological and political: a strategy of defamiliarization that unveils the brutality underlying sentimental ideals of womanhood. Esther’s revulsion toward the bodily and the banal becomes a form of resistance – an instinctive refusal to conform to the image of the “perfect woman” upheld by patriarchal ideology. In mobilizing both Kayser’s and Bakhtin’s versions of the grotesque, The Bell Jar transforms the ordinary into the unca…
subject: Research Article
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subject: Sylvia Plath; The Bell Jar; grotesque; Wolfgang Kayser; Mikhail Bakhtin
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creator: Simona Porro
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Simona Porro https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-10-30
publication date: 2025-10-30
starting page: 01
ending page: 06
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.1

English Learning Self-Efficacy and Academic Performance: A Correlational Study on Chinese High School EFL Students
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description: In the context of curriculum reform in China prioritizing student-centered teaching, this study investigated the relationship between English learning self-efficacy and English proficiency among 30 senior high school students in Chengdu, China by employing an English learning self-efficacy questionnaire, an overall language proficiency test and a structured interview. The findings indicated that 1) the overall level of English learning self-efficacy among these students was moderate, with the highest in competence to face setbacks and the lowest in competence to complete tasks; 2) there was a strong positive correlation between the four dimensions of English learning self-efficacy and their English proficiency; 3) confidence in achieving goals emerged as the key dimension of self-efficacy directly predicting English proficiency, encapsulating the shared variance of the broader self-efficacy construct in this context. These findings suggested that the four English learning self-efficacy dimensions operate as an integrated, hierarchical system driven by a core factor.
subject: Research Article
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subject: English Learning Self-efficacy
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subject: English Proficiency
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subject: Correlation Analysis
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subject: Regression Analysis
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creator: Yichen HAN
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 HAN Yichen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-21
publication date: 2025-11-21
starting page: 08
ending page: 14
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.12.2

Politeness Strategies in Advice Giving Used by Bani Hassan: Grice’s Approach
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description: This study aims to examine the politeness strategies in advice giving employed by speakers of the Bani Hassan dialect, based on Grice's politeness approach as a theoretical framework and to show the most frequent strategy employed by them. A Discourse Completion Test (DCT) comprising 50 different situations was used to investigate and elicit the responses of 100 participants. The results revealed that there are two primary categories of strategies were used by the participants: direct and indirect. The direct strategies are: using the imperative form, using the imperative form preceded by the negative particle laa "not", using the verb ansah"أنصح" (advise) and using mitigation. On the other hand, the indirect strategies are: using religious expressions, using proverbs, suggesting alternatives, giving negative consequences, giving positive consequences, using insulting, using sarcasm, using emphasizing, using interjection, and using jokes. The results also showed that using the verb 'Ɂansˁaħ' (Advise) is the most frequent strategy used by Bani Hasan speakers to give advice with (17.7%) of the total strategies.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Politeness strategies, Advice-giving, , Grice politeness approach, Bani Hassan dialect
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creator: Ebtesam Al-Omoush
creator: Baseel AlBzoor
creator: Naser AlBzour
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Ebtesam Al-Omoush, Baseel AlBzoor, Naser AlBzour https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 25
ending page: 30
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.3

Effects of Task Type on Linguistic Complexity of Chinese EFL Undergraduates: A Functional Linguistics Perspective
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description: Although numerous studies have explored the relationship between linguistic complexity and L2 writing quality, most have focused on argumentative or persuasive writing, leaving uncertainties about the potential genre effects on linguistic complexity variation. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate how different task types, based on a functional linguistics taxonomy, influence linguistic complexity. Intermediate-to-high proficiency EFL university students (N = 144) completed argumentative, descriptive, interactive, and narrative essays. The results revealed that students performed best on argumentative tasks, with significant differences observed in lexical complexity between argumentative and descriptive essays, and in syntactic complexity between argumentative/descriptive and interactive/narrative essays. Lexical complexity emerged as the strongest predictor of writing scores across all four task types. Pedagogical implications are discussed.
subject: Research Article
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subject: task type, lexical complexity, syntactic complexity, EFL learners
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creator: Keqing Yu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Keqing Yu https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-21
publication date: 2025-11-21
starting page: 01
ending page: 07
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.12.1

Students' Acceptance and Academic Use of Social Networking Sites: A Qualitative TAM-TTF-Based Analysis
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description: This study aims to investigate students’ acceptance and use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) for academic purposes. Using a qualitative case study methodology and drawing on the integrated Technology Acceptance Model and Task Technology Fit model (TAM–TTF), data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 English studies students from Sultan Moulay Slimane University. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed that students’ engagement with SNSs is shaped by a dynamic interplay of technological, individual, and psychological factors rather than a simple behavioral choice. participants particularly identified accessibility, utility, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness, especially the platforms’ low data consumption, as key factors driving both their adoption and sustained use of SNSs for academic purposes. The implications of these results for the effective design and implementation of institutional technologies are discussed.
subject: Research Article
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subject: EFL learning, task-technology fit, technology acceptance model, social networking sites
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creator: Meryem Krimi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Meryem Krimi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 40
ending page: 48
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.5

Devices of humor in Oscar Wilde's play "The importance of being Earnest"
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description: This paper explores devices of humor that were used by Oscar Wilde in his popular play "The Importance of being Earnest". Techniques and Styles that had been used by Oscar Wilde in humor based on many literary devices and tools. But Oscar Wilde is basically known of his Epigrams. His witty comments were received by audience as perverbs. Humor was used within the course of the incidents to reflect his deep perspective on different issues of society and marriage. While Oscar Wilde was using sarcasm and mockery to explain his attitudes, he was in fact depicting very serious and real viewpoints about life and people. 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is one of the nine plays written by Oscar Wilde. Wilde's witty comments were really gorgeous to the degree that are later widely quoted as fabulous epigrams. Humor was specifically main ingredient in this play. Literary devices were used in this play to mock social rules and deception in love relation. These literary devices include irony, sarcasm, wordplay, and double entendre. This paper provides detailed examples of dialogues on which these techniques were used. It is not easy to Create a novel which is rich in such civilized humor. It is more like a philosophical perception about life coated with epigrams. It is something that make you think much about what life is really about. What should be and what shouldn't be. After all, this stir smiling and laughter as you contemplate life's course. This play is about two guys, Algernon and Jack, who were trying to be engaged to two beautiful girls. Each one of the two girls had dreamt of marrying a man named "Ernest". The playwright used this plot to cast out light on different issues related to society and people. Epigrams and humor were used to explain these strong viewpoints.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Epigram
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subject: humor
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subject: witty comments
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subject: literary devices
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creator: Dr. Afaf Yousef Elkhidr
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Dr. Afaf Yousef Elkhidr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-21
publication date: 2025-11-21
starting page: 15
ending page: 20
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.12.3

China's Image in Sino-US Trade War Reporting from the Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis: Comparative Study on the Report of China Daily in 2018 and 2025
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description: This study explores how China Daily, China’s official English-language newspaper, constructs and reconstructs China’s national image across two critical phases of the Sino–US trade war—2018 and 2025. Drawing on Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG), the research adopts a mixed-method approach combining quantitative corpus analysis and qualitative discourse interpretation. The two self-built corpora, each comprising 50 trade-related reports from the respective years, are analyzed in terms of transitivity, modality, reporting modes, and news sourcing. The findings reveal significant diachronic shifts in China Daily’s discourse strategies. In 2018, the newspaper’s coverage emphasized defensive and cooperative tones, with frequent use of low-value modality and indirect reporting to project a cautious yet resilient image. By contrast, in 2025, China Daily employed more assertive linguistic features, including increased use of high-value modals, a higher proportion of direct quotations, and a predominance of specific, identifiable news sources. These shifts signal a transformation from a passive, defensive posture to a confident, proactive representation of China as a responsible global power advocating fairness, stability, and multilateral cooperation. Theoretically, this research enriches CDA studies by providing a diachronic perspective on national image construction within domestic English-language media. Practically, it contributes to understanding how strategic discourse serves as a tool of international communication and ideological negotiation in the evolving landscape of China–US relations.
subject: Research Article
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subject: China’s Image
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subject: Sino-US Trade War
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subject: Critical Discourse Analysis
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creator: Haobo Sun
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Haobo Sun https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 49
ending page: 68
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.6

The Madrilenian Poetry in the Early 20th Century. Spanish > English Translated Poems of Antonio Casero (1874-1936)
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description: The literature in Madrid has had many masterpieces in poems, plays and novels that have remained unknown for a long time. One of the most interesting authors of Madrid’s early 20th-century literature is Antonio Casero. He belongs to one of the classical periods of the Madrilenian literature that is framed as part of a regional movement in culture, named as ‘Madrileñismo’ that had its ‘Golden Age’ between the late 19th and early 20th century. The aim of this study is to analyse, for the first time, a corpus of poems, full of Madrilenian terminology, taken from Antonio Casero’s poetical works and to make a proposal of translations from Spanish and its Madrilenian speech into English. Additionally, this research will provide some translated fragments from his poems and some translation comments. Thanks to this, they will be examples of Madrid as models to understand this rich, yet unknown, period of the Madrilenian literature within its Spanish and European contexts.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Literary Translation
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subject: Antonio Casero y Barranco
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subject: Madrilenian Literature
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subject: Madrid Poetry
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subject: early 20th century
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creator: Francisco Godoy Tena
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Francisco Godoy Tena https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 69
ending page: 78
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.7

The Moral Impact of Social Order in Frankenstein and Slaughterhouse-Five
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description: This essay explores Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, two novels that examine morality and the consequences of the protagonists' actions on their communities. Victor Frankenstein, driven by scientific ambition, creates and then abandons his creature, leading to devastating consequences. His misuse of knowledge highlights the dangers of unchecked scientific pursuit and the ethical dilemmas of creation. In contrast, Billy Pilgrim, shaped by his experiences in war, retreats into the realm of his imagination and time travel as a means of coping with trauma. His detachment from reality raises questions about free will, fate, and the psychological impact of war. The essay also explores moral dilemmas within both texts, analyzing how Victor and Billy grapple with their own sense of morality. While Victor seeks to unlock the secrets of life through science, Billy’s journey is defined by his struggle to make sense of life’s chaos. Despite their differing paths, both characters ultimately search for meaning, raising questions about personal responsibility and the consequences of human actions. Additionally, this essay discusses the literary concepts of centripetal and centrifugal forces, examining how these forces shape the characters and their actions. Victor's inward focus on his own ambitions contrasts with Billy’s outward detachment from reality. By analyzing these forces, the essay uncovers how both protagonists navigate the complex interplay between individual choices and external influences, ultimately shaping their respective narratives.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces, Existential Inquiry, Imagination and Reality, Morality, Scientific Ethics, Trauma
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creator: Saleh Aljumah
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Saleh Aljumah https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 88
ending page: 94
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.11.9

Analysis of Linguistic Pattern “X Xue” based on Constructional Grammar: Transforming from Grammatical Construction to Rhetorical Construction
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description: Focusing on the trending phenomenon on the internet, this study has generalized the different uses of “X Xue” from a perspective of Constructional Grammar. All data collected from Chinese mainstream social platforms went through a constructional analysis, including constructional meaning, syntactic structure and pragmatic use. According to the study, the linguistic pattern “X Xue” has witnessed a more diversified use. Compared with the traditional use of “X Xue”, the online practice of this phrase implies a sense of dismiss or self-mockery. To explain the change, Liu’s model of grammatical construction and rhetorical construction is employed in the research. In addition, the cognitive mechanisms for the variation of the phrase are also discussed in the essay. Study shows that there are two kinds of projection playing important roles in the process of such transformation. In general, the study thoroughly depicted the motion of “X Xue” in a continuum from grammatical construction to rhetorical one, and tried to explain the potential cognitive motivations behind the development.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Constructional Grammar; grammatical construction; rhetorical construction; projection; cognitive motivation
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creator: Tu Bangyan
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-10-04
publication date: 2025-10-04
starting page: 35
ending page: 40
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.10.4

The Role of Video Games in Improving English Vocabulary Mastery Among Elementary School Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study
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description: This quasi-experimental study examines the impact of video game–based instruction on English vocabulary mastery among fourth-grade students at Al-Fattah Primary School for Boys in Saudi Arabia. A total of 50 students participated, equally divided into experimental and control groups. Over an eight-week intervention during the second semester of the 2024 academic year, the experimental group was exposed to vocabulary instruction through interactive educational video games, while the control group received conventional instruction. Data were collected via a researcher-developed Vocabulary Achievement Test (VAT), and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings indicate that the experimental group achieved significantly greater gains in vocabulary knowledge compared to the control group. Paired- and independent-samples t-tests confirmed the statistical significance of these results, and effect size calculations highlighted a strong impact of the game-based approach. These outcomes underscore the pedagogical value of incorporating digital games into EFL instruction at the elementary level. The study offers theoretical and practical implications for language educators, curriculum designers, and policy stakeholders in integrating game-enhanced strategies to foster vocabulary acquisition in young learners.
subject: Research Article
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subject: video games, vocabulary mastery, elementary education, EFL, game-based learning, Saudi Arabia, digital instruction, quasi-experimental design
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creator: Bashar Ragheb Hasan Ode
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 01
ending page: 11
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.10.1

From Classroom to Workplace: The Role of Soft Skills in Moroccan Higher Education
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description: This article examines the demand for soft skills in the Moroccan job market by analyzing interviews with 180 participants, comprising 80 prospective graduates, 80 employees, and 20 employers in Morocco, specifically in the Ain Johara and Kenitra industrial zones. The study results reveal areas of divergence and convergence. Study participants prioritize communication and problem-solving; some place a strong emphasis on time management, while others tend to favor adaptability and leadership skills. By contextualizing the findings, this article emphasizes the implementation gap between declaring the importance of soft skills and their integration into higher education curriculum design. It also recommends collaboration among Moroccan higher education institutions and labor market recruiters to match graduates’ skills and job market demands. Soft skills are no longer considered an academic necessity; rather, they have become a top priority to enhance human capital competencies and competitiveness in today’s interconnected economy.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Soft skills; higher education; employability; communication; Morocco; curriculum reform; workplace adaptability; emotional intelligence
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creator: RACHID ENAIM
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-27
publication date: 2025-09-27
starting page: 134
ending page: 138
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.8.12

Gamified Reading with Quizizz: Performance Gains and Vietnamese EFL Learner Attitudes
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description: The study investigates the extent to which Quizizz improves pre-intermediate learners’ reading performance in a private center in Vietnam, and their attitudes towards it. The study employed a quantitative approach: A pair of pre-test and post-test was utilized to measure the effectiveness of Quizizz in improving pre-intermediate learners’ reading performance. Their attitudes were examined through a 15-item Likert questionnaire based on the ACB model (affective, cognitive, and behavioral components) across the pre-, while-, and post-reading stages. The participants were 100 pre-intermediate learners from a language center in Vietnam, chosen through convenience sampling. Because normality was violated, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was applied to compare scores. The results revealed a significant improvement in reading performance, with post-test scores higher than pre-test scores (Z=−7.437, p<.001) and a large effect size (r=.80). Additionally, the questionnaire findings showed positive attitudes in the while- and post-reading stages. In contrast, the learners’ attitudes in the pre-reading stage were mixed: they enjoyed quizzes with entertaining elements while reporting neutral responses to flashcards and future intentions of use. In conclusion, Quizizz significantly enhanced reading performance and encouraged positive learner attitudes, particularly in the while- and post-reading stages. These findings highlight the potential of gamified tools to support comprehension, motivation, and learner engagement in English reading instruction.
subject: Research Article
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subject: Quizizz
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subject: gamification
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subject: reading performance
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subject: attitudes
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subject: Vietnamese EFL learners
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creator: NGOC NGUYEN
creator: VY TRAN
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc, Tran Thi Truc Vy https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 20
ending page: 34
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.10.3

Breaking the Mould: Redefining Asian-American Beauty Standards in Selected Digital Short Stories
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description: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the discourse surrounding the Asian-Americans’ struggle has gained more prominence. Notably, the Asian-American diasporas in the United States confront multifaceted challenges, including stereotypes, discrimination, racism, and prejudice towards their physical appearance, contributing to a complex identity negotiation. Despite these multifaceted challenges, the researcher will focus on one central issue: the intricate dynamics of beauty standards in a white-dominated space. Western beauty standards are constantly idolized, fostering feelings of insecurity among Asian-American women. Media platforms, including television, entertainment, and online social media, play important roles in shaping these beauty standards. Additionally, cultural factors also contribute to the fluctuations in the perception and self-acceptance of Asian-American women. Motivated by the situation described above, this research aims to investigate how Asian-American women navigate their cultural identities and challenge mainstream beauty standards. Using a qualitative approach, the researcher will collect the data from selected digital short stories taken from the dearasianyouth.org website. The selected works are authentic data penned by Asian-American young adult female writers who represent how the main characters define beauty standards. The Asian-American characters find themselves trapped in a predicament and a process of identity negotiation. Through a postcolonial lens, the researcher scrutinizes how Western cultural beauty standards influence how the Asian-American characters define themselves and illustrate the pains of facing “standard” images of beauty. The first result of this study dismantles the aspects that shape beauty standards within the Asian-American characters, such as cultural hegemony, socio-historical context, and media influences. The second result highlights the impact of beauty standards on the characters’ lives, such as body image and se…
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Beauty Narratives
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subject: Asian-Americans
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subject: Identity
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subject: Stereotype
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creator: Catharina Brameswari
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Catharina Brameswari https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-10-01
publication date: 2025-10-01
starting page: 12
ending page: 19
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.10.2

Written Assignments and the Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
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description: The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools has created new opportunities and challenges in higher education. Written assignments, long regarded as central to intellectual development and assessment, are now being redefined by AI-assisted writing technologies. This article examines the epistemological, pedagogical, and ethical dimensions of AI in relation to written assignments, clarifying how AI reshapes academic discourse, assessment practices, and institutional approaches to integrity and fairness. The analysis draws on institutional guidelines, scholarly literature on assessment and second-language writing, theoretical debates on academic discourse, and policy frameworks in multilingual educational contexts. Findings indicate that AI can provide valuable linguistic and structural support in academic writing, particularly for second-language learners, but it also introduces risks related to academic integrity, transparency, bias, misinformation, equity, and linguistic justice. Assessment practices are especially vulnerable, necessitating innovative, process-oriented approaches such as workshops, oral defences, and reflective portfolios. In research contexts, concerns around reproducibility, data protection, and authorship are pressing. The article concludes that higher education institutions must balance innovation with ethical responsibility by embedding AI literacy, mandating disclosure, redesigning assessments to emphasize higher-order skills, and ensuring equitable access. Rather than prohibiting AI, universities should cultivate responsible digital citizenship to harness AI tools while upholding integrity, fairness, and inclusiveness.
subject: Research Article
  topic: section
subject: Written Assignments; Ethical Considerations; Artificial Intelligence; Higher Education
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creator: Mohammed Siddique Kadwa
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-22
publication date: 2025-09-22
starting page: 254
ending page: 257
doi: 10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.9.27