Manar Elsharq Journal for Literature and Language Studies

A Pragmatic Study of Fabrication in Israeli Newspaper Articles

Salih Mahdi Adai, Sally Hussain — Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The present study is concerned with the concept of fabrication through the lenis of pragmatics. The study aims to investigate the aspects of fabrication in Israeli news reports concerning the war of Gaza. The present study aims at finding out the cues of fabricated news reports and finding out what are the speech acts that are mostly used in news fabrication. The study come up with the following results: Israeli news reports use certain cues to fabricate their reports such as delivering half of the truth and lying. The reporters resorts mainly to representative speech act of reporting as they deliver the fabricated news from the military leaders.

Persuasion in Social Speeches

Hussain Hameed Mayuuf , Sally Hussain — Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The study of the political speeches has drawn the attention of scholars since its revelation up to the present day. Many scholars have attempted to study specific features of it. One of these features that has been at the core of interest is persuasion. This research was aimed to elaborate on the concept of persuasion in the political speeches and to find out the persuasive strategies used in the speeches of queen Rania (queen of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan) The study has confined itself to three main objectives. These are discussing the concept of persuasion as manifested in the political speeches, Identifying the persuasive strategies used, and naming the most common and the least common ones. By using a model based on persuasive communication theory and other related concepts, researcher analyzed the data using quantitative-qualitative research method. The analysis started with a comprehensive reading of queen Rania speech and then identifying the tokens of persuasive strategies. The results were put in numerical form and discussed both quantitively and qualitatively. The study findings show that persuasion is one of the basic concepts in the political speeches due to the nature of this text which aimed at persuading people to follow the righteous course of action and belief. It is also found that all the persuasive strategies included in the model appeared in the text under study. Finally, the study revealed that metaphor is the most commonly used persuasive strategies while personification is the least.

Narratives of a Nation: Iraqi Literature in the Post-2003 Era

Zainab Abd Ali Hammood — Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This review study offers developments of post-2003 Iraqi literature towards the concept of national identity while relieving socio-political turmoil. As such, the review study notices the synthesis of different scholarly approaches emphasizing themes and narrative shifts in contemporary works of Iraqi fiction. In such a context, diasporic literature and ethno-religious identity by Yasmeen Hanoosh in 2019 are differed from Al-Musawi in 2020 and Abbas in 2020 while discussing trauma and displacement both within Iraq and its diaspora. Khudayir 2017 looks at narrative techniques since the year 2003, Ali 2019 looks at literature as a preserving medium of the national identity from foreign influence, Ghareeb 2018 is more concerned with the cultural memory, and Abbas 2020 with displacement. Generally, it is apparent that Iraqi literature transforms from the pre-2003 dominant secular credentials to diversification in the marginalised identities, in addition to the role played by diasporic writers who brought about changes to what previously was a single-mode narrative. In such a nuanced analysis, it allows the representation of the way in which most of those themes are narrated by Iraqi authors-trauma, resilience, identity : contemporary Iraqi fiction is full of a life and transformative potential in building up cultural resilience and social justice.

The Impact of Using Audio-Visual Aids and Authentic Materials on Learners’ Performance in English Classes

Murtadha Hamid Hamzah, Raqib Abbas Jeryo, Hasan Mahmood Obaid — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Educators emphasize the important of the authentic learning experiences for English learner. They try their best to make the activities in the language class are effective by replicate the kinds of interactions that students encounter outside the classroom such as smartphones and social network programs. Between all these applications, images play an essential role in the students’ lives. This study reviews the impact of using audio-visual aids and authentic materials on learners’ performance in English classes. The aim is to explore how teachers can employ serval teaching strategies and methods to activate multimedia integration into their classes. The results of this study would be of asset to several stakeholders.