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The Impact of Study Abroad on Affective Factors: Motivation, Attitudes and Anxiety
(2018-12-03)
Interest in study abroad (SA) and its linguistic outcomes has significantly increased in recent years due to globalisation and its emphasis on intercultural communication (Arnett, 2002). Nevertheless, although affective ...
Maturing the Old: Sophie's Journey towards Self-Recognition in Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
(2017-11-23)
The proliferation of the Children’s Literature novels by Diana Wynne Jones has converted her into a prominent figure in the fantastic genre. Although several scholars have researched diverse aspects of Jones’s narratives, ...
Long's Peak: Isabella Bird's Initiation Journey
(2018-07-16)
Contrary to what can be expected from a Victorian lady of the 19th century, which is mostly taking care of her offspring and loving spouse, the traveller and writer Isabella Bird was determined to deviate herself from ...
Her: Between Utopia and Dystopia
(2018-12-03)
Dystopian fiction is a literary and film genre that explores contemporary social and political issues and is, therefore, inspired by the anxieties and worries of the society that produces it. Set in a distant place and ...
Comparative Literautre: Religion and Religious Symbolism in the Tale of the Grail by Three Authors
(2017-11-21)
The myth of the Grail has long been recognised as the cornerstone of Arthurian literature. Many studies have been conducted on the subject of Christian symbolism in the major Grail romances. However, the aim of the present ...
Challenging the Coming-Of-Age: Similitudes and Divergences of Contemporary Female Bildungsroman with Traditional Instances
(2017-11-21)
The Bildungsroman is a literary genre that embraces those narratives dealing with the process of formation and self-development of its protagonist, narrating his or her journey from childhood to adulthood. The Bildungsroman, ...
Long’s Peak: Isabella Bird’s Initiation Journey
(2018-12-03)
Contrary to what can be expected from a Victorian lady of the 19th century, which is
mostly taking care of her offspring and loving spouse, the traveller and writer
Isabella Bird was determined to deviate herself from ...
The 2016 presidential candidates and their discourse: a reflection of a XXI century cultural and ideological conflict in the United States
(2017-11-24)
The recent result of the 2016 presidential election in the United States of America has left many of the nation’s experts at a loss for words, immediately following the announcement of the results, professionals from various ...
Didactic Unit for Students of 1st year of Compulsory Secondary Education: developing oral comprehension and production skills
(2018-12-03)
This project consists in an innovative teaching program comprising eight lesson plans devised for a 1st year of Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE) classroom. Based on an audiolingual and a communicative language teaching ...
Are the times a-changin'? Origin and Evolution of a-Prefix in English
(2018-12-03)
Among the many grammatical phenomena that can be observed in different dialects of the United States, one that has garnered linguistic attention is the so-called a-prefixing, which is a morpheme that appears attached to ...