This research is a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of Figurative language in Pakistani English Newspapers. A corpus has been compiled from four Newspapers: Dawn, The News, Nation and Express Tribune on the basis best readership across country. To extract figures speech, wordlists comprised various speech work previous researchers. Data analyzed Richardson (2007) model Newspaper evaluation through Analysis. highlights implicit function figurative It explores how used communicating ideas to...

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the amount and type of teacher-talk, frequently asked questions feedback provided by teacher on learners’ performance in a language classroom. For this purpose, lecture was recorded from secondary level English classroom public sector school interpreted light teacher-student interaction management model David Nunan. Results revealed that maximum time (i.e. 80.1%) consumed which appropriate. However, certain deviations principles were also observed...

This research is a comparative study of Newsworthiness (importance news items) in English and Urdu newspapers. qualitative that explores the impact placement items The data has been collected from three their counterpart newspapers same groups. different will help to know about policies ideologies investigates how readership influences newsworthiness items. language studied discover relation between used inter intra newspaper results are not only interpreted on basis frequencies but also...

This study is a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of Pakistani and Indian budget speeches. Two specialized corpora, Budget Speeches (PBS) (IBS), from 2009 to 2012 both the countries were compiled. research explored hidden meanings through Parts Speech (POS) which conveyed in These POS limited nouns (singular plural), pronouns, adjectives (general), verbs (present/past/modal). develops insight that declared having multiple behind statement. The concludes government declares some similarities...

Linking adverbials are used to make speech and writing logically connected have been considered important tools in English language. The present study has explored compared the frequencies patterns of usage linking (LAs henceforth) native non-native Englishes. It examines distinctive arrangements LAs adopted by speakers Pakistan compare them with usually three varieties (i.e. U.K, USA Australia) Japanese, Chinese, Singaporean). research is conducted using corpus methodology order maintain...

This research studies the function of language online university prospectuses through 1st dimension, i.e.,involved versus informational production, multidimensional analysis modeled by Biber (1988). A corpusbased methodology is used. Corpus has been collected from Online Pakistani fashion brand’s blogs, and blogs male female categories having their two products clothes shoes were selected. Multidimensional tagger (v 1.0) used to tag andanalyze data. Scores co-occurrences linguistic features...

This research involved the impact of implementation task-based language teaching (TBLT) in Pakistani university classrooms. The study analyzed effects TBLT on learning four basic English skills: listening speaking, reading, and writing. A case was designed to evaluate skills at level. Pre-test post-test were conducted analyze differences between experimental controlled groups students. T-test ANOVA applied by using Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS) 2.0. quantitative data....

The present research inquires the paratactic and hypotactic thematic relations in terms of their grammatical realization, functional significance (Halliday, 1994) progression (McCabe, 1999). In clause complexes, two or more independent clauses are joined by coordinating conjunctions while dependent subordinating conjunctions. specific objectives this are: (1) to define realization structures English Urdu texts, (2) describe particular information flow (3) discuss how effectively text have...

Communicative competence is a broader term that covers all knowledge, capacity and skills. This study invites the attention towards communicative abbreviations as used on social media platforms in electronic communication. Researchers have placed these pragmatic grammatical knowledge Batchman’s (1990) model. These are internationally recognized mutually intelligible by community of media. Keeping view ideas active easily accessible platform to get information express views, large number...

Rubric to mark essay question in Intermediate English Examination BISEs of the Punjab (Pakistan) may be considered as an induction important document enhance scorer reliability. This study rethinks rubric on three lines i.e., its alignment with proposed by National Curriculum Pakistan 2006, principles experts theory language testing and rubrics vogue different agencies having international acclaim. Recommendations have been made further improve make it line currency.