June 2011

“My name is Khan and I am not a Terrorist”: Representation of Muslims in ‘My name is Khan’

  The media plays a pivotal position in society today and its ubiquitous presence signifies the potential the media has in transferring information, about every day issues, to the masses. The media not only transfers information but has the ability to mold the viewers’ perceptions about what should and should not be a reality. In recent developments, Bollywood  has taken an interest in the...

Author(s): Belinda Marie Balraj

June 2011

The effects of code-mixing, thematic clustering, and contextualization on L2 vocabulary recognition and production

  To investigate the effects of code-mixing, thematic clustering, and contextualization on L2vocabulary recognition and production, a sample of 120 EFL students of Zaban Negar institute in Qazvin, Iran were divided into three groups. Each group received vocabulary instruction in one of the aforementioned techniques. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blanks vocabulary tests were used to measure the...

Author(s): Abbas Ali Zarei and Samira Tagipour Arasteh

June 2011

Investigating factors contributing to grade nine students’ spelling errors at Don Bosco High and Preparatory School in Batu

  This study investigates the causes of grade nine students’ spelling errors at Don Bosco High and Preparatory School in Batu, Ethiopia in 2009/2010. Fifty-two students were included in the study using simple random sampling techniques, and ten teachers who taught other subjects in English were selected using availability sampling. The research revealed that the origin of English Language words is...

Author(s): Mihiretu Miressa and Melkamu Dumessa