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Teaching Translation Theory outside Europe: Historical Specificity Versus Universal Applicability
While teaching first in Singapore and now in Manchester, it has come to my attention that there are certain difficulties in teaching translation theory either outside of Europe or, in Europe, to students from outside of Europe who come here to study.…
LITERARINESS AS FREEDOM OF THINKING
The study argues about the advantage of the linguistic approach to literature in enabling students become aware of the multiple perspectives of narration giving them the power to do the work that otherwise the supreme interpreter would have done for…
Evaluating ESL Students’ Creativity in Writing
Writing as a productive skill isan integral part of the language-learning process. However, students do not consider writing an easy skill to learn and many ESL teachers certainly consider it a difficult skill to teach.Creative writing normally…
Conceptual Blending in Children’s Games as a Model for Double-Scope Creativity and New Learning Opportunities
Fauconnier and Turner (2002, pp. 389-396) provide an overview of how blending affects the course of a human life, and more specifically, how young children are engaged in building complex blends in very early stages of their lives. Their detailed…
Designing a Translation and Interpretation Diploma Course
The objective of this paper is to share the experiences regarding the design and implementation of a Translation and Interpretation Diploma Course (TIDC) in a public university located in central Mexico.The main point of designing and implementing…
A Review of Service and E-Service Quality Measurements: Previous Literature and Extension
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to show the requirement of industry-specific national service quality indices for measuring quality in both traditional and electronic services in various industries in a country. In this study, the literature…
Fighting Poverty from the Street: Perspectives of Some Female Informal Sector Workers on Gendered Poverty and Livelihood Portfolios in Southern Ghana
Over the last three decades or so, complex factors including the implementation of neoliberal economic reforms has led to a decline in formal sector employment in the Ghanaian economy. This together with increasing feminization of poverty has driven…
International Scientific Conference: „Establishment of a Modern Legal System“ – Review
Dana 24. oktobra 2014. godine, na Internacionalnom Burč univerzitetu u Sarajevu održana je međunarodna naučno-stručna konferencija na temu: „Izgradnja modernog pravnog sistema“. Konferenciju su zajednički organizirali Centar za društvena…
Implementing a Listening and Speaking Curriculum in a Linguistically Homogenous English for Academic Purposes Program
Linguistic homogeneity in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs can be a challenge to curriculum design and implementation. In university EAP programs where the majority of students share an L1 with classmates, instructors sometimes struggle…
Priorities for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Evidence from Listed Turkish Companies in Istanbul Stock Exchange
Abstract: This study is based on “stakeholder theory” in order to explain the concept of corporate social responsibility. To examine the social responsibility areas of business organizations, “The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility” model…