Accepted abstracts

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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