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By All Memes, I Want To Learn Arabic: Teachers’ And Students’ Perceptions Of Using Memes In Afl Classrooms, Amani Batran

Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

As educational technology advances, teachers nowadays tend to incorporate technology into their classroom practices to enhance students’ learning and achieve better outcomes. Memes, which are pictures with texts and sometimes movements circulated mostly among social media users, are a powerful tool to reach learning goals in a fun and engaging way. Researchers explored memes’ effectiveness in various disciplines, yet the field of teaching Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) lacks investigation in this area. Therefore, this study aims to examine teachers’ and students’ perspectives on the use of memes in the classroom. This research also explores the disparities in …

Argumentation In The Message Of: The Boasts “Mufakharat” Between Malaga And Sala Of Lisan El Din Bin El Khatib, Omar F. Alkafaween

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The study dealt with the argumentation strategy in the message of "The Boasts of Malaga and Sala" by Lisan Al-Deen Bin Al-Khatib. The researcher first introduced the message of “Mufakharat” by Lisan El Din bin El Khatib and the motives for writing it. Then, he spotted some representations of argumentation like news and facts to prove and support his preferences for Malgaq to Sala. This was followed by using some rhetoric and linguistic tools to represent, underline and consolidate his arguments as an endeavor to communicate and share his goal of persuading and influencing the readers. The researcher also used …

Daughterly Narratives In Search Of Voice: Fadwa Tuqan, Latifa Al-Zayyat, And Samar Attar, Rania Bedeir

Theses and Dissertations

A myriad of pressures and struggles affect Arab women as they are coming of age due to the familial and societal constructs they face. As daughters, they yearn for a voice amidst a plethora of generational boundaries, transmissions, and ideals. The intricacy of the psychological and interconnected structural factors is augmented by their gender in societies that are motivated, and often governed by, the implications of gender roles. While multiple layers of influence such as familial and sociocultural institutions affect how consciousness is formed, generational transmission, through the maternal figure, is paramount. Daughters, therefore, cannot narrate their personal stories without …

Palestine Without Borders: A Study Of Arab And Western Voices In Theater, Bassem Mohsen Ahmed El-Sayed Ahmed Ibrahim

Theses and Dissertations

Theater has always been perceived as a way to link different cultures together and bring them under one large domain. Regardless, the genre does not give the needed attention to works written in certain regions that may otherwise fall outside the consensus. One good example is Palestine and any works that deal with it as a setting. The first thing that comes to mind whenever the word “Palestine” is brought up is almost always of a political nature, having to do with the Palestinians’ national conflict with Israel. This thesis undertakes to amend this by probing into plays written by …

Language Borrowing Among Syrians Speaking Arabic In The United States: Arabization Of English Words, Joanne Stephen

Theses and Dissertations

Immigration to the United States from different Arab countries have been occurring for the past couple of centuries. Arabs from many countries are still migrating to different States in America. Getting adapted to a whole new place, new culture, and especially a new language could be difficult. Cultural and language contact in some cases causes what is called “language borrowing”. This study identified and examined different words that Syrian Arabic speakers in the United States of America borrow from the English language and arabize them. This study investigated the different approaches that native Arabic speakers follow in order to adapt …

An Analysis Of Speech Acts In Egyptian Billboard Advertising, Wissam Abdelkareem

Theses and Dissertations

The present study explores the realization of speech acts in 80 Egyptian billboard advertisements from five different locations in Greater Cairo, in an attempt to identify the most dominant types of speech acts utilized in such billboard advertising. Further examination of the linguistic elements in advertisements is conducted to identify the most salient syntactic structures constructing them. The study starts with a quantitative approach and ends with a qualitative content analysis based on framework of Searle’s (1969) Speech Act Theory. The findings of the study reveal that the most frequently employed speech act types are representatives, directives, commissives, and expressives …

Recovery Of Voice, Agency, And Mental Health Through Autobiography In Nadia, Captive Of Hope, Dania A. Ayach

University Honors Theses

This paper explores the process of how one Arab woman reclaimed her agency, autonomy, and ability to move through trauma to self-construction, self-narration, and self-healing via the medium of autobiography in Nadia, Captive of Hope: Memoir of an Arab Woman.

التطور اللغوي في العربية المعاصرة من خلال باب الأدوات (تحقيقات في ضوء مقولة الخطأ والصواب ومقاربات في التفسير), خالد حسین دلكي

Dissertations

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Artificial Intelligence: Its Impact On Christian Education, Youssry Guirguis

Adventist Human-Subject Researchers Association

In recent years, the world has witnessed a resounding revolution in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and today there is no field where AI is not employed. These institutions have a major role in developing policies, curricula, and strategies to keep pace with the modern artificial revolution. The aim of this research is to find out how current developments in this ��eld are likely to impact education in the future, and how such developments in Edtech might impact on future graduates, colleges, universities, societies, and cultures.

The Evolution Of The Jinn In Middle Eastern Culture And Literature From Pre-Islam To The Modern Age, Caroline Ford

World Languages, Literatures and Cultures Undergraduate Honors Theses

The legends of the jinn, romanized as djinn and anglicized as genies, have long been a part of mystical story telling tradition. The modern-day genies of Western film are lovable and comedic tricksters who grant wishes to the master that uncovers them, but this depiction is a far cry from their origin point in the Ancient Middle Eastern region known as Mesopotamia. Here they began as powerful nature spirits inspiring poets, soothsayers, and philosophers by sharing messages of the unseen world. The modern Western depiction of the jinn is devoid of cultural and historical context. The very name “jinn” is …

In Search Of Effective Second Language Arabic Vocabulary Teaching Strategies: Theory And Implementation, Asmaa Yazidi Alaoui

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This portfolio is the outcome of the author’s studies in the Masters of Second Language Teaching (MSLT) program at Utah State University (USU) as well as her experience as a graduate instructor of Arabic at the same university.

This work has two main parts. The first comprises the three major components that present the author’s perspectives as a teacher, such as professional environment, teaching philosophy statement and the teaching observation.

The second part demonstrated the author’s research interest that aligned with her teaching perspective as an Arabic teacher. It was a position paper that called for Arabic vocabulary teaching strategies …

The Worlding Of Arabic Literature: Language, Affect, And The Ethics Of Translatability, Anna Ziajka Stanton

Literary Studies

Critics have long viewed translating Arabic literature into English as an ethically fraught process of mediating between two wholly incommensurable languages, cultures, and literary traditions. Today, Arabic literature is no longer “embargoed” from Anglophone cultural spaces, as Edward Said once famously claimed that it was. As Arabic literary works are translated into English in ever-greater numbers, what alternative model of translation ethics can account for this literature’s newfound readability in the hegemonic language of the world literary system?

The Worlding of Arabic Literature argues that an ethical translation of a work of Arabic literature is one that transmits the literariness …

The De-Indigenisation Of The English Language: On Linguistic Idiosyncrasy, Fayssal Bensalah

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

This paper introduces and explains a fresh adaptation of linguistic hybridity. This creative strategy is common among postcolonial, transnational and transcultural writers, who would import linguistic features from their first languages to hybridise their prose and paint it with a distinctive identity. I aim, however, to demonstrate that my English text can be hybridised without looking outside the English language, but rather by looking within it. The English language, as I argue, is already a hybrid language, populated by thousands of words borrowed from various languages, including Arabic. The words of this latter, if used intelligently and selectively in my …

الخطاب النقدي المغربي الحديث من سؤال الخصوصية إلى سؤال المنهج, لحسن بوتكلاي

Dirassat

The researcher of the evolutionary process of critical discourse in Morocco faces the question of its actual beginning as a practice describing creative work. A closer look at the studies which have dealt with the topic shows that these studies differ, whether in determining the date of its real beginning or in the stages it went through. Even at the present moment in which it has managed to surmount the complex of self-assertion and embrace modern theoretical and literary issues. Perhaps the reason for this difference is due to the concept adopted by each researcher of critical discourse itself. This …

الكلمة في اللغة العربية وقيود البناء, جمال والزين

Dirassat

This research paper aims to highlight the most important constraints, especially phonetic ones that govern word formation in Arabic. Therefore, if a word is an outcome of the combination of basic sounds and a morphological form, then the Arabic system considers a set of principles, which are combinatory constraints, in the process of word formation. Herein, it worth mentioning that these constraints are part of a general principle called the lightness and heaviness principle; it is a principle that governs the combination of the basic sounds (consonants) at the root level, as it governs the combination of vowels with one …

ظاهرة الشروح الأدبية في الثقافة العربية, حسيبة الدار

Dirassat

This research deals with the phenomenon of literary annotations. It focuses on the concept of the term and its scientific value going all the way back to the emergence stages of these annotations in the Arab Mashriq (Middle East) and Arab Maghreb (Northwest Africa). This research also refers to the historical development of this writing style over the centuries by citing works in this regard and determining the most important texts with the highest share of annotations.

أثر الاستراتيجيات ما وراء المعرفية في تنمية الكفاية اللغوية لمتعلمي المرحلة الثانوية من ذوي الإعاقة السمعية: دورة التعلم الخماسية والتساؤل الذاتي نموذجاا, الحسين أوباها, محمد الفران

Dirassat

This study, which is part of doctoral research into applied linguistics, aimed to identify the impact of using metacognitive learning strategies on developing linguistic competence for deaf learners in LALLA ASMAE foundation for deaf children in Rabat-Morocco. using descriptive and quasi-experimental methodologies approaches, on experimental group learned by metacognitive strategies, and control group by an ordinary method. And Mykle Bust test for diagnosis of learning disabilities and the Linguistic competence test (examined its psychometric stabilities). The results showed significant differences at (α 0.05) in favor of the experimental group, and no statistically significant differences at (α 0.05) due to the …

Motherland Is Out Of Place A Study Of Said’S Autobiography, Ahlam Masad

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Based on analyzing the images and conceptions perceived in Edward Said's Out of Place, this paper attempts to explore the reasons why Said does not attach himself to a specific place of identity or to a nostalgic restored place described as the lost place. These reasons are a unique layout Said portrayed to deal with the place. They also show an intense paradox of the image represented in various cultural classical literature tackling the relationship between man in exile, place, and motherland. Thus, Said presented a new image of his relationship with place in line with the different spatial frameworks …

The Center And Margin In The Sa’Alik Poetry In The Preislamic Era In The Light Of Cultural Semiotics, Zahi Najeeb Salami, Yousef Abuaddous

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The critical study views the center and the margin dialectic as an important matter to understand the literary text, taking into consideration the suitability of this duality to study most of literary texts. The research attempts to introspect the Sa’alik poetry in the pre-Islamic era through the view of cultural semiotics, with the help of the dual center and the margin as a part of such semiotics.The research is based on two aspects: the first investigates the appearance of the term “Center and Margin” and its indication in the literary and critical domains, and the existing dialectic in the terminological …

The Role Of The "Speaker" In The Stages Of "The "Emergence And Growth Of Arabic Grammar (A Study In The Light Of Some Modern Perspectives), Fares Alsoud, Faisal Safa

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study aims at illustrating the role of the "speaker" in the Arabic Grammatical Heritage in its two stages: "emergence" and "development". This is due to the intensive care given by "discourse studies" to both the "speaker" and the "addressee" in the verbal situation. That given intensive care was strong enough to encourage a lot of those who are interested in ancient Arabic linguistics to examine the ancient grammatical studies. This study was concerned with highlighting the concepts which governed the way of analysis followed in those studies. The results were impressive regarding the "speaker", and also were refuting one …

The Arabic Critical Term Between Lexical Meaning And Modern Concept, Ra’Ed Jaradat

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The study aims at examining some of modern literary and critical concepts most frequently used in ancient as well as modern literary and critical domains, with view at linking its old and new denotations , in addition to tracing its semantic development, the extent to which its connotations in old as well as new critical studies are related, and linking these concepts prevalent in heritage sources to western critical concepts.

The Setting In The Novel Of Al-Tanturiya, Khitam Alkhouli

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study deals with the setting and its connotations in Al-Tanturiya novel. The setting dominates the novel from beginning to end. It also highlights the effect of the setting on characters, their behaviors, morals, customs, traditions, and reactions. Moreover, this article proves that place remains unforgettable and stored in man’s memory throughout his lifetime. It is always the incidents and events that that rummage in the memory and reveal the memories of settings with its signs, significance, and symbols. The setting in this novel comes in a variety of forms such as the countryside, the city, and the immigration country: …

Themes Of Critical Feminist Cultural Speech Of Fatima Mernissi, Ali Kamel Al Sharef

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study deals with thecritical feminist cultural discourse by Moroccan feminist writer Fatima Mernissi (1940- 2015). The study focused on three concepts: cultural critique and feminist critique. The second topic dealt with cultural content in her speech through some of her works are related to the subject of the study. The last topic deals with the forms of women's cultural discourse at Mernissi: Harem speech, Hijab speech, power speech and masculine hegemony. It can be said that this study reveals the nature of critical thinking at Mernissi in dealing with social and cultural issues in general and women in particular. …

The Lammia Of Amr Ibn Sha's And The Mu'llaqa Of Imru' Alqays: An Opposition, Sahar Jadallah

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study reveals Amr Ibn Sha's' (Lammia) in which he followed Imru' al –Qays' popular Mu'allaqa in a prescribed way which is very close to that of an opposition, and that is due to the content of its ingredients, However it also contained three verses in which Amr Ibin Sha's is proud of himself over Imru' al – Qays for murdering his father, and for the victory of Bani Asad over Kinda. And so, if it weren't for these three lines it would have been considered a complete opposition, and this is evidence that opposition deeply exists, if permitted, in …

Awareness Of Time And Its Impact On The Formation Of Discourse, In The Text (40 In The Sense Of Growing) By The Writer Laila Al-Juhani, Amirah Ali Al-Zahrani

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This critical approach highlights the grammatical structures, similes, syntactic metaphors and technical methods and styles that the Saudi author Laila Al-Juhani used in her text (40 in the Sense of Growing) to express her feelings regards the changes that occur by the age of forty. The significance of this study relies in its attempt to examine the impact of the awareness of time on the formation of discourse. It addresses an artistic treatment and a discussion of the philosophical dimensions of the controversial of "awareness" and the problem of "time" and their impact on the discourse of revealing.

The Message Of Sahl Bin Haroun “On Avarice” Reading In The Parameters Of Controversy, Jamal Maqableh

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This paper explores the message sent by Sahl bin Haroun (215 H) to his cousins who descend from the AlRahboun clan. In this message, the author supports his attitude toward avarice, generosity and issues affiliated with economics. The message is an epitome of rational disputation and it reveals the nature of controversy during the author’s life-time between Arabs and Persians on traditions, values and related cultural, social, intellectual and doctrinal issues. The study underlines the significance of the message as an argumentative text deploying evidence and counter-arguments in a robust manner. The study will investigate the origin of the message …

The Role Of Epithet In Contemporary Narratology "Al-Hamoudi" Novel As An Example Analytic Stylistic Study, Raed Fareed Tafesh

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The study aims to grasp the importance of Epithet in contemporary narratives, as Epithet is a superior partner in producing grammatical structures that reveal the meanings in the text and innovate its aesthetics. Hence, the study examined the presence of Epithet in Al-Hamoudi novel, written by Omar Abdul Aziz, tracked its manifestations and investigated its functions. The research concluded that the Epithet in this novel has a prominent standing featured in four main roles, which contributed to empowering the aesthetic ability on one hand, and forming the core vision in the novel on the other hand. The first Role is: …

Emotional Structure Between Grammatical Rules And Semantic Restrictions: Apocopation As A Model, Yahya Ababneh

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The aim of this study is to reveal that emotional language may require emotional energies that make grammar control of language performance limited, And this is something that we assume that the positions of high emotion require a different tone from the flat tone in the case of the news language, So we have chosen one of the doors of emotional performance that represents the automatic performance of speakers, It is the door to the Apocopation that we carry on tugging, singing and profiting in most of the language-based situations on the subject of the appeal, Which makes this section …

Natural Language Processing: Between Theoretical And Computational Linguistics, Safa Al-Shraideh

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This research discusses how both theoretical linguistics and computational linguistics process natural language by clarifying the foundations which the two fields are based on. Also, this study attempts to analyze the differences and convergences that can lay a clear foundation for linguistics to be computed by studying the goals and operational procedures in different language systems such as morphology, phonetics, syntax and semantics. The research consists of an introduction and two sections. The first one is theoretical, explaining the linguistic theory with its two parts: Arabic and Western. Then the concept of computational linguistics and its role in studying, understanding, …

Multiple Functional Significance Of The Object: A Study In The Light Of The Theory Of Propping, Khalid Sulaiman Alkindi

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The term “object” for grammarians denotes: 1- What the “subject” has fallen on. 2-The result of the conversion. 3- The “predicate” and the “ascribed to it” in the attribution indicating what the subject’s verb fell on. 4- Who participated in the action and other functions. Because of the multiplicity of functions of the “object”, its concept has become ambiguous among grammarians with other concepts such as “Mansob because of the deletion of the preposition”. This study seeks to find out the reason that prompted the grammarians to launch the term “object” on all these functions despite their differences and to …