Papers by Fatima khudhair hassoon
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
This research paper draws on applying the tools of pedagogical stylistics in teaching literature ... more This research paper draws on applying the tools of pedagogical stylistics in teaching literature in particular poetry to English as a foreign language (EFL) undergraduate Iraqi students. The language of literature is rich with social context, exquisite deviant forms, and vocabulary. This paper aims at examining to what extent pedagogical stylistics can be helpful in increasing students' literary awareness. In addition, to examine how it can help them to interpret and analyze selected poems that have been chosen for them to achieve this goal. For the purpose of gathering the required data a pre-test and a post-test are conducted. Verdonk's (2013) approach is adopted in teaching stylistic tools to the students. The participants were (40) second-year students of the academic year 2018-2017 from University of Baghdad, Iraq. Moreover, a questionnaire is distributed to know students' opinions about studying stylistics. The final results proved that (1-) pedagogical stylistics tools are of great significance to pay heed to the language of poetry or literary language in general, (2-)the questionnaire shows that most agreed on studying stylistics in the classroom. Thus, this study highly recommends that teachers of literary subjects should focus on stylistic tools in teaching literary texts.
Al-Adab Journal, 2018
Modal verbs are also called auxiliary verbs, helping verbs and modal auxiliaries. They are specia... more Modal verbs are also called auxiliary verbs, helping verbs and modal auxiliaries. They are special auxiliary verbs that express the degree /of certainty of the action in the sentence, attitude or opinion of the writer concerning the action. These auxiliary verbs are can, could ,may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would and had better. Modality is one of the most difficult aspects of learning English, because the form of modals does not follow the conventional rules of grammar, and there are so many meanings of modals that students often get confused about which modal to use. Also, many EFL learners face difficulty in choosing the proper modal verb that fit certain situations because each modal verb has many functions. The present study is conducted to investigate fourth-year-college students’ ability in signifying English modals appropriately and using them correctly. To fulfill the basic requirement of this study, the researchers organized a test, which consists of t...
Modal verbs are also called auxiliary verbs, helping verbs and modal auxiliaries. They are specia... more Modal verbs are also called auxiliary verbs, helping verbs and modal auxiliaries. They are special auxiliary verbs that express the degree /of certainty of the action in the sentence, attitude or opinion of the writer concerning the action. These auxiliary verbs are can, could ,may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would and had better. Modality is one of the most difficult aspects of learning English, because the form of modals does not follow the conventional rules of grammar, and there are so many meanings of modals that students often get confused about which modal to use. Also, many EFL learners face difficulty in choosing the proper modal verb that fit certain situations because each modal verb has many functions. The present study is conducted to investigate fourth-year-college students " ability in signifying English modals appropriately and using them correctly. To fulfill the basic requirement of this study, the researchers organized a test, which consists of two questions; the first one is recognition, the second is production. The results show that the students have a real problem in recognizing and using modals. Section one: Introduction 1.1 The problem and Significance of the Study Modals of English derive from a special Germanic class of verbs (the ancestor of English and the other Germanic languages). They always differ from ordinary verbs, and in the course of history of English, they have diverged from verbs even further, to the point where they now belong to a syntactic category of their own (Siewierska, 1991: int.).They are important because they form tenses and alter the meanings of sentences to show "necessity, demand, strong deduction, recommendation, permission and desire"(phpBB Group, 2014:int.). Modality refers to the speaker " s attitude towards the judgment / or assessment of what he says. The complexity and multi-use of English modal auxiliaries comprise a serious challenge to EFL Students. EFL students have serious problems in using modals. Such problems are: 1. The misuse of modal auxiliary, that is attributed to the fact that the same modal can express different meanings in different contexts as in Mathies(1995: 73).
This research paper draws on applying the tools of pedagogical stylistics in teaching literature ... more This research paper draws on applying the tools of pedagogical stylistics in teaching literature in particular poetry to English as a foreign language (EFL) undergraduate Iraqi students. The language of literature is rich with social context, exquisite deviant forms, and vocabulary. This paper aims at examining to what extent pedagogical stylistics can be helpful in increasing students' literary awareness. In addition, to examine how it can help them to interpret and analyze selected poems that have been chosen for them to achieve this goal. For the purpose of gathering the required data a pre-test and a post-test are conducted. Verdonk's (2013) approach is adopted in teaching stylistic tools to the students. The participants were (40) second-year students of the academic year 2018-2017 from University of Baghdad, Iraq. Moreover, a questionnaire is distributed to know students' opinions about studying stylistics. The final results proved that (1-) pedagogical stylistics tools are of great significance to pay heed to the language of poetry or literary language in general, (2-)the questionnaire shows that most agreed on studying stylistics in the classroom. Thus, this study highly recommends that teachers of literary subjects should focus on stylistic tools in teaching literary texts.
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This study presents a stylistic analysis of newspaper stories. It is hypothesized that ... more Abstract:
This study presents a stylistic analysis of newspaper stories. It is hypothesized that the language used in newspaper stories violates the rules of grammar and the norms of literary writing. Moreover their style tends to be very distinctive. This can be attributed to the limited space given to each article and the author as all journalists writes to an absent or imaginary reader that must be quickly attracted.
The study aims at:
1. identifying some linguistic features of newspaper language.
2. shedding light on the style used in newspapers and how it differs from that used in literary writing.
Six stories have been selected for the purpose of analysis. They are selected randomly from different English newspapers. All of them are written in the inverted pyramid style.
Three models are adopted for the purpose of the analysis of the texts.
The results show that the language and style used for writing newspaper stories deviates from the ordinary norms of writing.
Key words: inverted pyramid, language of newspaper, stylistic analysis
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Papers by Fatima khudhair hassoon
This study presents a stylistic analysis of newspaper stories. It is hypothesized that the language used in newspaper stories violates the rules of grammar and the norms of literary writing. Moreover their style tends to be very distinctive. This can be attributed to the limited space given to each article and the author as all journalists writes to an absent or imaginary reader that must be quickly attracted.
The study aims at:
1. identifying some linguistic features of newspaper language.
2. shedding light on the style used in newspapers and how it differs from that used in literary writing.
Six stories have been selected for the purpose of analysis. They are selected randomly from different English newspapers. All of them are written in the inverted pyramid style.
Three models are adopted for the purpose of the analysis of the texts.
The results show that the language and style used for writing newspaper stories deviates from the ordinary norms of writing.
Key words: inverted pyramid, language of newspaper, stylistic analysis
This study presents a stylistic analysis of newspaper stories. It is hypothesized that the language used in newspaper stories violates the rules of grammar and the norms of literary writing. Moreover their style tends to be very distinctive. This can be attributed to the limited space given to each article and the author as all journalists writes to an absent or imaginary reader that must be quickly attracted.
The study aims at:
1. identifying some linguistic features of newspaper language.
2. shedding light on the style used in newspapers and how it differs from that used in literary writing.
Six stories have been selected for the purpose of analysis. They are selected randomly from different English newspapers. All of them are written in the inverted pyramid style.
Three models are adopted for the purpose of the analysis of the texts.
The results show that the language and style used for writing newspaper stories deviates from the ordinary norms of writing.
Key words: inverted pyramid, language of newspaper, stylistic analysis