The Effect of Using Mobiles in Students' Ability in Translation from English into Arabic at Jadara University in Jordan
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2017
Pages:
32-39
Received:
19 April 2017
Accepted:
8 May 2017
Published:
29 May 2017
Abstract: The current study aims at touching upon the effect of mobile method on improving students' translation from English into Arabic. The sample of the students was chosen randomly from the English Department at Jadara University in Jordan. The sample consisted of 40 translation students. It was divided into two similar Groups, Experimental, and Control. Experimental students were asked to use their mobiles in translation, while the Control students used a normal method in translating English or Arabic vocabularies into their equivalents. T-test for independent samples' was used to compare between the two Groups at pre and post tests. The results revealed the higher level in translation for the benefit of the Experimental Group. It also revealed statistical differences between pre and post tests for the Experimental Group. Recommendations and suitable suggestions were set up for future research.
Abstract: The current study aims at touching upon the effect of mobile method on improving students' translation from English into Arabic. The sample of the students was chosen randomly from the English Department at Jadara University in Jordan. The sample consisted of 40 translation students. It was divided into two similar Groups, Experimental, and Control...
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The Conflicts Between Henchard and Farfrae in the Mayor of Casterbridge
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2017
Pages:
40-45
Received:
29 May 2017
Accepted:
3 July 2017
Published:
3 August 2017
Abstract: The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of the most successful novels of Thomas Hardy, who is a famous English writer in the later part of the Victorian age. The Mayor of Casterbridge has been a very controversial novel since its publication. Critics all over the world have done lots of pieces of researchin revealing its theme, analyzing its characters and exploring its writing techniques. But very few researchers focus on the differences between the two mayors of Casterbridge. This paper intends make an all-round exploration on the conflicts between Henchard and Farfrae in the novel. Henchard and Farfrae, the two mayors of Casterbridge, have very different destinies due to their distinct characteristic. Henchard is a man from the old; he stands for the old and outdated force. It is evitable that Henchard, the old mayor, a representative from the old world will be replaced by Farfrae, the new mayor who symbolizes the new force and the new world. Two pairs of contrasts, tradition versus modernization and stubbornness versus flexibility, are discussed in details in the paper.
Abstract: The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of the most successful novels of Thomas Hardy, who is a famous English writer in the later part of the Victorian age. The Mayor of Casterbridge has been a very controversial novel since its publication. Critics all over the world have done lots of pieces of researchin revealing its theme, analyzing its characters an...
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