Accepted abstracts

Moment as an Eternity in Woolf's '"Waves"

Natia Noidze, Georgia;   Abstract: It is regarded that ‘’Waves’’ is the most experimental novel of Virginia Woolf. The novel is unique with its unconventional structure and chapterless narration, however, my paper aims to research the issue of time in’ ’Waves’’. It is not surprising that...
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Memory Mechanisms in Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile

Prof. Jousef Awad, University of Jordan;       Abstract: This paper examines the intersection of the performativity of exile, gender, memory, and agency through the prism of postmodern feminism in Chinese American novelist Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club (1989) and in Arab...
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Language education support for children with different mother language in preschool age

Zuzana Bánovčanová, University of Trnava, Slovakia;    Abstract: With the increasing number of migrants in Europe, children from different cultural and language backgrounds are entering schools. Teachers and school principals in Slovakia are already encountering this problem. The...
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Key moments in the process of development of language teacher-researchers’ academic literacy

dr. Jitka Crhová & María del Rocío Domínguez-Gaona, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México;        Abstract: The present paper reports the results of a research project that focused on the development of academic literacy of a group of language...
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Historical Bratislava in Literary Fiction and Film Adaptation

Dominika Hlavinová Tekeliová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia,        Abstract: The aim of the paper is to characterize the city of Bratislava after the First World War as a literary space in the short story Worst Crime in Wilson City...
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Gender politics in Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ as a stimulus for active learning and student engagement in the EFL classroom

Louise Kocianova, Trnava University, Slovakia;                Abstract: An active approach in the classroom dominates the teaching of Shakespeare in UK schools and its benefits are widely acknowledged for bringing together...
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EXPERIMENTATION OF TEACHING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ROMAN LAW IN CONTEMPORARY LAW EDUCATION

Öğretim Üyesi Elvan Sütken, Anadolu University, Turkey;         Abstract: Roman law, which is the most influencial law of ancient times, has great importance also today in law education for the perfection of law formation. In Roman law lessons, evolution of...
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EXPERIMENTATION OF TEACHING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ROMAN LAW IN CONTEMPORARY LAW EDUCATION

Elvan Sütken, Anadolu University, TURKEY;      Abstract: Roman law, which is the most influencial law of ancient times, has great importance also today in law education for the perfection of law formation. In Roman law lessons, evolution of Roman law institutions are described by...
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EFFECTS OF NON-NATIVE INSTRUCTORS’ L1, BELIEFS AND PRIORITIES ON PRONUNCIATION PEDAGOGY AT SECONDARY LEVEL IN DISTRICT RAJANPUR, PAKISTAN

Muhammad Imran & Quratul Ain, School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China & Govt. College for Women, Rajanpur, Pakistan;          Abstract: This paper aims to know the effects of the pronunciation of non-native instructors...
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Development of foreign language phonemic awareness of primary learners with dyslexia and dysgraphia

Silvia Pokrivčáková, University of Trnava, Slovakia;          Abstract: The basic reason for learning difficulties of dyslectic and dysgraphic learners is an insufficiently developed phonological and phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is understood...
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Czech Journalism in the Context of the Political and Cultural Complexities

Lenka Tkáč-Zabáková, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Slovakia;        Abstract: The study is devoted to the journalism and its genesis in the Czech cultural and language environment. The importance is laid on the socio-political changes in the...
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Content-based teaching and plurilingual approach: how deep & how far? (virtual paper)

Prof. Zuzana Straková, University of Prešov, Slovakia;       Abstract: Content-based approach aims at connecting learning languages and meaningful context. Experience from integrating content and language from the Catalan and Basque educational context provides an...
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Challenges and possibilities of English as medium of instruction: lecturers’ attitudes and practices

Prof. dr. Jolita Horbacauskiene, Kaunas University of Technology in Kaunas, Lithuania;          Abstract: Study programs and modules conducted in English as medium of instruction (EMI) becoming one of the most important aspects of higher education...
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Assessing Spoken Proficiency: Holistic and Analytic Ways of Scoring

Rastislav Metruk, University of Žilina, Slovakia;      Abstract: Carrying out a proper and objective evaluation of spoken proficiency of foreign language learners is a rather challenging task. This paper is concerned with the two ways of assessment which are commonly...
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African American Rap Culture as a Metamorphosis of Orality in Black Literature

Aminu Segun, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo, Nigeria;           Abstract: Rap music is a derivative of the oral forms of literature, which is man’s original medium of self-expression and artistic creativity. Rap music (Rhythm and Blues) is a highly...
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Adaptation in news transference

Jolita Horbacauskiene & Adrija Kalpokaite, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania;         Abstract: News translation is inherent part of the Translation and Adaptation studies because it is interdisciplinary process. Furthermore, news translation...
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A significant role of CLIL tasks in cognition development

dr. Michaela Sepešiová, University of Prešov, Slovakia;        Abstract: It is important to accentuate that CLIL is not a way of simplifying transferred knowledge or replicate information that learners already know. When applying CLIL, teachers should really...
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A corpus based study of ‘Dharma’ in the translated English version of the Sanskrit text Yajnavalkyasmriti

Navreet Kaur Rana, O. P. Jindal Global University in Haryana, India;      Abstract: This paper reports a corpus linguistic study of the English translation of the Sanskrit text Yajnavalkya smriti. The corpus is adapted from an edited version of the scripture translated into...
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A CONSPICUOUS PRAGMATIC SCOPE TO INFLUENCE TEACHING LEGAL ENGLISH TO ALGERIAN STUDENTS: THE CASE OF LEGAL ENGLISH STUDENTS AT THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF ORAN 2

Younes SAAID1 & Mimouna ZITOUNI2, University of Oran 2, Algeria;      ABSTRACT: Being able to use English in a proficient manner has undoubtedly become an essential asset in Algerian professional and academic settings over the last few years. Recent contingency for a...
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Kashubian as an ausbau language: a sociolinguistic perspective

Rafał Gołąbek, Uniwersytetu Technologiczno-Humanistycznego im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego w Radomiu, Poland;     Abstract: The article addresses a long-standing issue with regard to the status of Kashubian, a lect spoken in northern Poland. Should it be treated as a language, or a...
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Tropes-Based Difficulties Encountering EFL Students when Interpreting Literary Text: towards Promoting Communicative Competence

Souad Benguega, Université Kasdi Merbah, Algeria;          Abstract: It is proved that literature can develop EFL students’ communicative competence. However, Algerian EFL students lack enthusiasm toward learning literature because of inability to...
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