This paper examines the enduring significance of Khajuye Kermani’s epic poem ‘Homay and Homayun’ through the lens of Alan Palmer’s (2004) theory of fictional minds. The study aims to analyze the construction of the narrative’s characters and the reader’s engagement with the text...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1222
Flexible Learning (FL) has become the norm in the Philippines after it experienced a medical health crisis along with other countries in the world. The Philippine chairman for Commission on Higher Education made it clear that FL will continue as the country, through the state uni...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1220
The primary aim of this study is to critically examine and analyze the perspectives of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instructors regarding pre-service and in-service training programs at the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1219
Aims: This study aims to investigate the teachers' live experiences in teaching Filipino in senior high schools in Region 12. It utilizes the mixed method focusing on the explanatory sequential design to analyze the relationships between the level of teachers in the 21st century...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1218
Purpose: This study investigates the effectiveness of culture-based literary texts within the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) curriculum in the Philippines. It aims to enhance student engagement, academic performance, and cultural awareness by integrating lea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1217
Literature, known for its aestheticality, has been a dominant social science and humanities study field for centuries. People believe it helps the students become proficient in language skills (LSRW). Literature’s textual regimentation and the formalist fallacy of the ‘print-cent...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1215
Aims: To develop a best-fit model for students’ oral skills using structural equation modeling, to understand the intricate relationship between vocabulary learning strategies, language exposure, language learning beliefs, and oral skills of students and to use the resulting mode...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i1214
In this paper, I seek to demonstrate three key points. That vowel lengthening in EkeGusii, a Kenyan Bantu language, is iconized. That the extent of vowel lengthening in the adjectives shows isomorphic relations between durative vowels and meaning impressions in the sense of struc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2024/v7i3212
This paper examines the instrumentality of classroom exercises in effective teaching and learning of spoken English. In Nigeria, the curriculum of the Bachelor of Arts (English Language) program reveals that spoken English is crucial in English studies. Courses such as Spoken Eng...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2024/v7i3213
In Shashi Deshpande's novels, the transformative journeys of women protagonists are significantly influenced by the support of fathers and trustworthy friends. Fathers emerge as pivotal figures in fostering self-esteem, a quality often diminished by patriarchal norms and societal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2024/v7i3211