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Item Exploring the Impact of Mobile Learning (Mlearning) on Vocabulary Acquisition(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Raheela Naz; FA16-REL-012; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 5172This study investigated the impact of an online mobile game Kahoot on English vocabulary acquisition of undergraduate students and establish how mobile game-based technology aids in improving the English vocabulary skills. An experimental design helped to determine the influence of the mobile game intervention on the learning process over the traditional paper-based English vocabulary acquisition method. Following a pre-test/post-test design, sixty undergraduate students from two classes randomly divided into a control and an experimental group participated in the present study. Each group contained 30 students who either used conventional paper-based methods or vocabulary learning mobile game over a period of six weeks. The findings of this study statistically analyzed via independent t-tests at the end of the experimental period indicated that students using the mobile game Kahoot had greater achievement in learning vocabulary than those using the traditional method in learning vocabulary. However, the results revealed no significant difference in vocabulary scores between male and female students who participated in traditional paper-based and mobile game-based learning methods. Thus, it would be essential to create awareness among the educators that the use of the new smart phone gaming technology is an effective tool for teaching and learning new vocabulary.Item Flouting of Gricean Maxims: An Analysis of Pakistani Comedy Talk Shows(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Ayesha Kinz ul Eman; FA16-REL-011; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 5171The study is carried out to investigate the phenomenon of flouting of Grice maxims in Urdu language with respect to Urdu comedy talk shows “Hasb-e-haal” and “Khabarnaak”. The reason why the researcher chooses this study because in the political talk shows flouting occurs when individual intentionally do not apply the maxims in order to persuade their listeners to derive the hidden meaning behind what is said, that is, the speakers employ implicature. The main purpose of this study is to find out how flouting create comedy and which is the frequently flouted maxim and reasons behind it. It is a qualitative study that focuses on flouting of maxim. The data of this research are interviews from only that part of the show in which current political issues have been discussed by the mimic artists of politicians and 40 instances from both the shows are selected. Based on the analysis, in results there are two points; first data analysis shows that every type of maxims is flouted by the participants in order to create comedy. Second, the most flouted maxim is manner maxim with 62.5% because participants using vague and ambiguous information which the implicature shows that interviewer and interviewee wants their audience to look for the hidden meaning.Item Effect of English as Instructional Language on Teacher Learning: An Analysis of Government Teachers Education in Pakistan(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Rabea Saeed; SP17-REL-002; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 5315Teacher educator development has taken integral position in education sector, and, with launch of various programmes, the emphasis on using English as medium of instructions (EMI) in teacher education has increased too. However, language proficiency of teacher educators, who are placed in EMI immersion programmes, stands as one the biggest challenge not only in Pakistan but globally too (Huq, 2018). Teacher Language Awareness (TLA) (Andrews, 2007) framework connects teacher language awareness to pedagogical content, and reveals that a teacher educators language awareness, with respect to both declarative and procedural knowledge, affects the pedagogical content knowledge. Applying this framework, written assessments of non-native teacher educators (Pakistan) are assessed and analysed. Present study is mix-method research that uses qualitative and quantitative methods for data analysis. Value of relationship coefficient ‘r’ between EMI and teacher performance reveals a strong downhill relationship indicating negative effect of EMI on teacher performance in Pakistani context. Similarly, a qualitative analysis of the assessments reveals that EMI inversely affects subject matter cognitions. These findings necessitate measures to be taken which could help improve language proficiency of the teacher educators, as well as reconsider the choice of medium for maximum output and effective learning.Item An Investigative Study of ESL Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes towards Corrective Feedback(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2017) Gulshan Shahzadi; SP16- REL-014; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 4844The study aims to analyze the students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards teachers’ corrective feedback on the language errors of ESL students. The present study also analyzed the students’ attitudes on the basis of their gender and educational background. Teachers’ attitudes with respect to their teaching experienced explored. The population of this study is 200 students (121 males and 79 females) and 12 ESL teachers (2 males and 10 females). The participants are the undergraduate students and the ESL teachers of the COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology Lahore. In the study four instruments are used to achieve the objectives of the study: 1) Teachers’ questionnaire; 2) Students’ questionnaire; 3) Teachers’ interviews and 4) Students’ interview. The analysis of the data shows that teachers and students have positive attitudes towards the corrective feedback of teachers on the students’ language errors. The results reveal that students and teachers considered the feedback necessary for the effective learning. The teachers’ corrective feedback is a very significant technique to improve the students’ second language speaking and writing. A t-test analysis indicates no significant difference between the attitudes of students and teachers towards the corrective feedback on the basis of their gender and educational background. To investigate the impact of teachers’ language teaching experience on their attitude to corrective feedback, t-test analysis is used. The findings reveal no significance difference between the teachers’ attitudes with respect to their language teaching experience.Item THE STUDY OF IDEOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIMS IN HOLLYWOOD CINEMA: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Arfa Aemen; FA16-REL-005; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 5317The current study aims at finding out how Hollywood presents the image of Muslims in a negative way through the source of media. The study exposes the way film directors and writers set their aim to propagate against Muslims with the presentation of language in forms of dialogues. Critical Discourse Analysis as a research tool has been used to analyze the corpus of two Hollywood movies: The Kingdom (2007) and Zero Dark Thirty (2011) which were produced after 9/11 Twin Tower attack. Both Hollywood movies are based on the terrorism genre in which Muslims are depicted as terrorist. Fairclough’s three dimensional model (1989) has been used to explore linguistics features and discourse structures. Three levels of Fairclough’s (1989) model (descriptive, discursive and social practices) analyze the text on each level separately. The findings reveal that discourse of terrorism is embedded in the text which represents Muslims with the tag of terrorists. It has been examined that through hidden ideology and manipulated language, Muslims are labeled as terrorists and biased picture is shown in Hollywood movies. The findings indicate that Muslims received negative coverage and an exaggerated picture of being shown as terrorists is drawn on a big scale of media and it is very difficult to perceive the true side of the picture.Item Investigating ESL Undergrad Pakistani Students’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies with Respect to Gender(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Farhana Ahsan Javed; FA16-REL-016; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 5319This research study is intended to explore vocabulary learning strategies of undergraduate English as second language students at COMSATS University Lahore, Pakistan. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the most and the least frequently used vocabulary learning strategies, to find out significant difference between male and female students in learning strategies for vocabulary, and to explore the types of strategies for learning vocabulary employed by undergraduate students. Data are collected through questionnaire and interviews. Questionnaire of vocabulary learning strategies is based on Schmitt’s taxonomy (1997). Semi structured interview is conducted to find out what strategies undergrad students employ in learning vocabulary to get in depth detail concerning vocabulary learning strategies. There were 300 participants involving 157 female students and 143 male students who filled the questionnaire. There were 8 participants who were randomly selected for Interview. Descriptive Statistics (Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), Version 23), Independent sample t-test and ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) are used to analyze data. The findings of this study revealed that there is significant difference between males and females in using strategies for learning vocabulary. Female students most frequently used memory strategies whereas male students use determination strategies. Concerning the most and the least frequently used vocabulary learning strategies, determination strategies are used most frequently, and cognitive strategies are least frequently used by the ESL undergraduate students. Large number of variance is found in the usage of group of strategies for learning vocabulary by the students.Item Conversation Analysis of British and American Entertainment TV Talk-Shows: A Comparative Study(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2018) Shazia Sarwar; FA16-REL-007; Dr. Aasia Nusrat; LHR TP 5168This study endeavors to present the contrastive analysis of the conversational process of TV entertainment talk shows between two native English countries. The analysis focuses on the way of using conversational aspects such as turn-taking, response tokens and topic organization by native English speakers and the purposes to be achieved through these conversational aspects during the interaction on the TV talk shows. The data are taken from two talk shows one from UK and one from USA; one full episode of The Graham Norton Show (UK) and one full episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (USA). Mixed-methods approach is applied to find the difference regarding the use and purpose of using these conversational aspects by native English speakers including the host and guest(s) of both of the shows. Turn-taking and response tokens are analyzed quantitatively to differentiate between the conversational processes in terms of frequency in the use of these aspects in the shows understudy by dividing the episode into its beginning, middle and ending sections. In the qualitative analysis section topic organization, turn-taking and response token are analyzed to find out various purposes behind the use of these conversational aspects in both of the shows understudy. The findings reveal that in both of the shows the same conversational aspects were used to achieve same purposes but in a different manner in order to make the conversation a successful one. The study concludes that the findings can provide the learners and teachers of English as target language with a guideline to enhance their communicative skills as well as to maintain the flow of their conversation in English language.