Background: Philippine English (PhE) is a dynamic and complex linguistic continuum shaped by diverse regional, social, and linguistic contexts. Existing academic literature on PhE has largely focused on acrolectal and educated varieties, while the basilectal variety spoken by lab...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3343
Background: Public speaking is an essential component of oral communication, requiring learners to demonstrate both vocal and non-verbal delivery skills. During School Year 2020–2021, Modular Distance Learning and weak internet connectivity limited opportunities for some Grade 11...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3344
This paper reports on the Jolly Phonics in-service training programme conducted by the Tanzania Institute of Education, in collaboration with Jolly Learning Ltd, across all 23 district and municipal councils in four regions of Tanzania: Arusha, Tabora, Iringa, and Rukwa, from 5 M...
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Aims: This study aims to examine the language of fashion in contemporary Albanian, with particular attention to terminology, lexical borrowing, adaptation, and lexical innovation. It investigates fashion language as a dynamic area of specialised and semi-specialised vocabulary sh...
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This article examines how the Bengali song Coffee Houser Sei Addata Aaj Aar Nei represents adda, friendship, temporal rupture, and cultural memory, and how digital circulation changes the conditions under which that memory is encountered. Rather than treating the song as evidence...
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Chieftaincies, lineage councils, ritual associations and the female offices attached to them retain constitutional recognition and considerable social authority across Anglophone West Africa, yet the five states of the sub-region record levels of women's legislative representatio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i2339
Aims: This study examines identity formation in Waywaya by F. Sionil Jose, focusing on how identity is imposed, negotiated, and socially recognised within a precolonial social order shaped by unequal power relations, internal hierarchy, and patriarchal authority. Study Design: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i2337
Aims: This study examined the practices of English teachers in the conduct of the Catch-Up Friday Program in selected secondary schools in Northern Samar and used the findings as the basis for a proposed reading literacy programme. Study Design: The study employed a descriptive-q...
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This study examines how contemporary child refugee narratives reconfigure home as an emotional, relational and psychological space rather than a fixed geographical location. It comparatively analyses Veera Hiranandani’s The Night Diary, Alan Gratz’s Refugee, and Victoria Jamieson...
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Background: Instructional planning is central to curriculum implementation because it connects curriculum expectations, learner needs, teaching strategies and assessment practices. Understanding teachers’ planning experiences across educational contexts can provide useful insight...
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