Code-switching (CS) is one of the communicative strategies used in defining and structuring social relationships of speakers. In this study, we demonstrate how teachers perceive and employ CS in a Malaysian Chinese Independent School (MCIS) English classrooms to achieve communicative intents and to create a sense of belonging among students. Ethnography recording of classroom discourse and semi-structured interviews with seven English teachers were employed. The analysis reveals a noteworthy commitment that CS does not only act as a pedagogical tool but also as a means of facilitating interpersonal communication in class.
{"title":"ESL teachers’ perceptions and practices of code-switching in a Malaysian Chinese independent secondary school","authors":"Yeevon Wong, D. Yoong","doi":"10.22452/JML.VOL29NO1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/JML.VOL29NO1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Code-switching (CS) is one of the communicative strategies used in defining and structuring social relationships of speakers. In this study, we demonstrate how teachers perceive and employ CS in a Malaysian Chinese Independent School (MCIS) English classrooms to achieve communicative intents and to create a sense of belonging among students. Ethnography recording of classroom discourse and semi-structured interviews with seven English teachers were employed. The analysis reveals a noteworthy commitment that CS does not only act as a pedagogical tool but also as a means of facilitating interpersonal communication in class.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72565213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The main purposes of this article are to provide an overview of a research project on a longitudinal learner spoken corpus and to share procedures related to the transcription of learners’ utterances from audio files using automated speech recognition (ASR) technology (IBM Watson Speech-to-text). The data of the corpus were collected twice or thrice a year for three consecutive years from 2016, creating eight data collection points altogether. They were gathered from 120 secondary school students who had been learning English in an English as a Foreign Language context for three years. The students were asked to take a monologue speaking test, the Telephone Standard Speaking Test, consisting of various tasks. The overall discussion of the article focuses on the details of this project and highlights how a methodological approach of combining electronic learner language data and ASR technology is useful in constructing learner spoken corpora.
{"title":"Constructing a longitudinal learner corpus to track L2 spoken English","authors":"Abe Mariko, Y. Kondo","doi":"10.22452/JML.VOL29NO1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/JML.VOL29NO1.2","url":null,"abstract":"The main purposes of this article are to provide an overview of a research project on a longitudinal learner spoken corpus and to share procedures related to the transcription of learners’ utterances from audio files using automated speech recognition (ASR) technology (IBM Watson Speech-to-text). The data of the corpus were collected twice or thrice a year for three consecutive years from 2016, creating eight data collection points altogether. They were gathered from 120 secondary school students who had been learning English in an English as a Foreign Language context for three years. The students were asked to take a monologue speaking test, the Telephone Standard Speaking Test, consisting of various tasks. The overall discussion of the article focuses on the details of this project and highlights how a methodological approach of combining electronic learner language data and ASR technology is useful in constructing learner spoken corpora.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86090636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Previous studies have found that different Arabic dialects display different degrees of stress-timing features forming a continuum that ranges from more stress-timed to less stress-timed Arabic dialects. This study investigated the vocalic durational intervals of speakers from two groups of speakers, Yemeni younger generation (YYG) and Yemeni older generation (YOG), both in reading and spontaneous speech by means of two indexes, namely, nPVI and Varco V. The results revealed that Yemeni speakers displayed stress-timing features in both the read passage and spontaneous speech. However, whereas the rhythmic patterns in read speech appeared to be comparable for both YYG and YOG speakers, significant differences were found in spontaneous speech, in terms of the nPVI and VarcoV measurements, where the rhythmic output of YYG speakers appeared to be more stress-timed than their older counterparts. The high values obtained by both indexes in the study show that YA patterns with prototypical stress-timed languages such as English, Dutch, Thai and the highly stress-timed western Arabic dialects.
{"title":"An acoustic analysis of the rhythm of Yemeni Arabic","authors":"Nada Mohammed Abdo Salem, S. Pillai","doi":"10.22452/JML.VOL29NO1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/JML.VOL29NO1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Previous studies have found that different Arabic dialects display different degrees of stress-timing features forming a continuum that ranges from more stress-timed to less stress-timed Arabic dialects. This study investigated the vocalic durational intervals of speakers from two groups of speakers, Yemeni younger generation (YYG) and Yemeni older generation (YOG), both in reading and spontaneous speech by means of two indexes, namely, nPVI and Varco V. The results revealed that Yemeni speakers displayed stress-timing features in both the read passage and spontaneous speech. However, whereas the rhythmic patterns in read speech appeared to be comparable for both YYG and YOG speakers, significant differences were found in spontaneous speech, in terms of the nPVI and VarcoV measurements, where the rhythmic output of YYG speakers appeared to be more stress-timed than their older counterparts. The high values obtained by both indexes in the study show that YA patterns with prototypical stress-timed languages such as English, Dutch, Thai and the highly stress-timed western Arabic dialects.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75509810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence de Jean-Paul Sartre dans Nos Doigts qui Brûlent de Souheil Idriss = تأثير جان-بول سارتر في أصابعنا التي تحترق","authors":"Kania Chettouh","doi":"10.12816/0027293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0027293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82811381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study holds written from a post-colonial theoretical stance that Beloved by Toni Morrison, is a novel of ambivalence and resistance which questions the established boundaries between Self and Other. It is attempted to examine this novel by Morrison based on theories of poststructuralist theorist, Homi K. Bhabha, who challenges the notions of fixed identities, undermines the binary opposition between oppressed and oppressor and emphasizes the role of language in identity construction. The concepts stereotype and uncanny, derived from Bbabha's theories, are applied to the novel, and the main focus has been on the unhomely nature of the colonial world and the ambivalent nature of colonial relationships, which leads to resistance on the part of the colonized. Key Terms: Beloved, Unhomely, Uncanny, Stereotype, Morrison, Black, Novel
{"title":"Beloved in Search of an Identity: A Reading of Beloved by Toni Morrison, Based on Homi K. Bhabha's Theories","authors":"Abdol Husein Joodaki, Asrin Vajdi","doi":"10.12816/0027297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0027297","url":null,"abstract":"This study holds written from a post-colonial theoretical stance that Beloved by Toni Morrison, is a novel of ambivalence and resistance which questions the established boundaries between Self and Other. It is attempted to examine this novel by Morrison based on theories of poststructuralist theorist, Homi K. Bhabha, who challenges the notions of fixed identities, undermines the binary opposition between oppressed and oppressor and emphasizes the role of language in identity construction. The concepts stereotype and uncanny, derived from Bbabha's theories, are applied to the novel, and the main focus has been on the unhomely nature of the colonial world and the ambivalent nature of colonial relationships, which leads to resistance on the part of the colonized. Key Terms: Beloved, Unhomely, Uncanny, Stereotype, Morrison, Black, Novel","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80139105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La Théorie Linguistique Depuis le Lxème Siècle a Nos Jours Chez les Penseurs Arabes et Occidentaux = النظرية اللغوية عند المفكرين العرب و الغربيين منذ القرن التاسع إلى يومنا","authors":"Samira Moutakil","doi":"10.12816/0027294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0027294","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90050941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"L'Étranger de Camus en Classe de FLE : L’Expérience Jordanienne = الغريب لآلبرت كامي في محاضرة تعليم اللغة الفرنسية كلغة أجنبية : تجربة أردنية","authors":"Narjess Ennasser, Adnan Smadi, Shereen Kakish","doi":"10.12816/0027240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0027240","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81263084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study investigates the effect of reading product in L1 on EGP and ESP reading product and process. Thirty nine tertiary level students took part in this study. They were divided into two groups of high and low performers based on L1 reading test scores. Then they were given tests of reading in EGP and ESP, which were immediately followed by reading strategies questionnaire as well as an interview as retrospective measures of their reading behavior. Analysis of data evidenced that there was no significant difference between the two L1 reading ability groups in reading process in EGP and ESP as well as the reading product in ESP. But in EGP reading there was a significant difference in the reading product for high and low groups of L1 reading ability. Cook (2007) maintains the cognitive processing of information is slower and less efficient in a foreign language. As the L1 reading product is no good predictor for L2 reading success, it is recommended to get tertiary students more familiar with the L2 code so that they become independent in text processing of different general and specific genres.
{"title":"An Investigation into the Effect of L1 (Persian) Reading Product on the Product and Process of Reading in EGP and ESP","authors":"S. Talibi","doi":"10.12816/0027296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0027296","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the effect of reading product in L1 on EGP and ESP reading product and process. Thirty nine tertiary level students took part in this study. They were divided into two groups of high and low performers based on L1 reading test scores. Then they were given tests of reading in EGP and ESP, which were immediately followed by reading strategies questionnaire as well as an interview as retrospective measures of their reading behavior. Analysis of data evidenced that there was no significant difference between the two L1 reading ability groups in reading process in EGP and ESP as well as the reading product in ESP. But in EGP reading there was a significant difference in the reading product for high and low groups of L1 reading ability. Cook (2007) maintains the cognitive processing of information is slower and less efficient in a foreign language. As the L1 reading product is no good predictor for L2 reading success, it is recommended to get tertiary students more familiar with the L2 code so that they become independent in text processing of different general and specific genres.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76107694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"L'Étranger de Camus en Classe de FLE : L’Expérience Jordanienne = الغريب لآلبرت كامي في محاضرة تعليم اللغة الفرنسية كلغة أجنبية : تجربة أردنية","authors":"شيرين قافيش, عدنان الصمادي, نرجس الناصر","doi":"10.12816/0027295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0027295","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85606740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper reads Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses through a postcolonial critical perspective. It argues that the author rewrites the history of Islam by utilizing postcolonial strategies of historiographic modality and spatiality in order to challenge Islam as a colonizing force and deconstruct what he considers its essentialist creeds. Ironically, Rushdie negates postcolonial discourse by essentializing Islam and evaluating it from an imperial perspective and a Eurocentric point of view. Such practice undermines his claims to modality and to spatial history writing and compromises his decolonizing project against Islam.
{"title":"Acts of Negation: Modality and Spatiality in The Satanic Verses","authors":"E. Sadiq, S. Arabia","doi":"10.12816/0031467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0031467","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reads Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses through a postcolonial critical perspective. It argues that the author rewrites the history of Islam by utilizing postcolonial strategies of historiographic modality and spatiality in order to challenge Islam as a colonizing force and deconstruct what he considers its essentialist creeds. Ironically, Rushdie negates postcolonial discourse by essentializing Islam and evaluating it from an imperial perspective and a Eurocentric point of view. Such practice undermines his claims to modality and to spatial history writing and compromises his decolonizing project against Islam.","PeriodicalId":53718,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages & Literature","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2013-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82587906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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