October 2011
Gender bias ideology as manifested in the grammar of Afan Oromo
The purpose of this research was to investigate and explain how the grammatical structure of Afan Oromo reveals social gender bias ideology. Based on quantitative and qualitative data collected from primary and secondary sources of the Macha dialect, the grammatical structure of Afan Oromo was analyzed in the light of the socio-cultural lives of the language community. The theoretical base of this study was...
October 2011
Fu Lei’s translation activity and legacy
The 1950s and 1960s witnessed the survival of the one and only freelance translator in mainland China, whose name was Fu Lei. Fu’s selection of source texts was affected by the ideological factors of the day. His financial conditions were intimately related to the change of the country’s policy on royalties, but his translation quality almost remained at the same level. His repeated revisions of...
October 2011
Co-enrollment as a facilitator of English as a second language (ESL) students’ transition to non-ESL college courses
English as a second language (ESL) educators face with special challenges in their field since the ESL students experience dramatic cultural and social transitions beside the educational changeover. Newcomers with different traditions, moral values and ethical standards are faced with more difficulties in or out of the classrooms. Such potential difficulties naturally negatively affect overall language...
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