This study examines the specialised lexical repertoire of the Kegite (Palm Wine Drinkers') Club at Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria. The study draws on participant observation and oral interviews with purposively selected fully initiated members, whose familiarity with club...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3349
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Bhutan find it difficult to speak fluently. This study examined the impact of Total Physical Response Storytelling (TPRS) on the speaking fluency and confidence of Grade VIII learners in a Bhutanese middle secondary school. A mixed-...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3348
Contemporary Gothic fiction is gradually moving beyond its conventional reliance on Gothic terrors, including supernatural forces, ghosts, ghouls, and haunted castles. Instead, it is moving towards the fears and uncertainties of the human mind. Alex Michaelides’s The Silent Patie...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3347
This study compares the protagonists in the novels of Knut Hamsun's Hunger and Growth of the Soil, by investigating their situations as artist cum vagabond and peasant, respectively in the tensions of contemporary subjectivity. The analysis is concerned with alienation, artistic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3345
Gond art, one of India's oldest Indigenous art traditions, reflects the rich cultural heritage, spiritual beliefs, and ecological worldview of the Gond tribe of central India. Traditionally created on the walls and floors of village homes during rituals and festivals, this vibran...
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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3346
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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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3342
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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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3341
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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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i3340
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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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i2338
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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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i2336
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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Research Article10.9734/ajl2c/2026/v9i2335