Academic Journal
http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1994
2024-03-28T19:16:06ZTRANSLATION APPROACHES OF PHRASEOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF ELISABETH GILBERT’S ‘COMMITTED: A SKEPTIC MAKES PEACE WITH MARRIAGE’ & ‘EAT, PRAY, LOVE’ AND THEIR TRANSLATION INTO ALBANIAN
http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/2200
TRANSLATION APPROACHES OF PHRASEOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF ELISABETH GILBERT’S ‘COMMITTED: A SKEPTIC MAKES PEACE WITH MARRIAGE’ & ‘EAT, PRAY, LOVE’ AND THEIR TRANSLATION INTO ALBANIAN
PETRO, Jonida; DRIRA, Drita
Throughout history Albanians have shown their great interest toward other cultures. Thus to satisfy their thirst of foreign cultures the attention of Albanian readers is drawn on reading foreign literature. As a result more and more foreign books are translated to Albanian. This article will analyse the different methods used by two translators when interpreting phraseological units aiming to achieve similarity and avoid translation losses. The two texts under scrutiny are two memoirs of Elisabeth Gilbert, respectively, ‘Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage and ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ and their corresponding translations into Albanian from Edlira Keta and Diana Culi. Following that the phraseological units will be reproduced in Albanian as in the translated literary texts. They will be considered vis a vis the source text and commented on the best renderings as a result of the employed translation strategies, in order to meet the overall objective of this paper which in turn is to draw conclusions on the best approaches that can be utilized in rendering as much loyally as possible the phraseological units.
2016-12-01T00:00:00ZTHE INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES (THE ALBANIAN CASE)
http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/2199
THE INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES (THE ALBANIAN CASE)
MYSLIHAKA, Leonarda
The main objective of teaching and learning through Information Technologies and Communication (ITC) is to develop the students ‘personality to live and adapt in this world and to prepare them for future professional activities. These challenges are present in the Albanian society as well and day by day the education system requires a proper integration of ITC-s in the teaching and learning process. Their influence is increasing day by day, especially during the last years and in teaching and learning a foreign language. In order to see how much appreciated and preferred are ITC-s from the teachers and the students we organized to experimental teaching classes, one using ITC-s and in the other not, with a number of 50 students. After that the students had to fill in a questionnaire that had 6 questions and helped us to understand better how they relate with ITC-s tools. Last but not least this study made possible to create a clearer picture of how ITC-s are integrated in the class and how teachers and students reacted in a non-traditional academic environment.
2016-12-01T00:00:00ZTHE GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ALBANIAN ESL CLASSROOM
http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/2198
THE GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ALBANIAN ESL CLASSROOM
INCETAS, Yusuf
The traditional teacher-led classroom instruction with minimal student participation can potentially be a burdensome experience for everyone in class. This might especially be so in the English as a second language (ESL) classroom where constant student interaction and involvement is the key to master a foreign language. In this theoretical paper, I present the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model as a complementary source for the foreign language classroom. I explain the model through a suggested classroom application in an Albanian ESL class. I ask whether or not the GRR model is a viable tool for the foreign language classroom and look into answers through a brief literature review and a discussion. Studies provided in the literature review are from the US, Iran, and Jordan. The results of those studies indicate a potential benefit of the GRR model in the foreign language classroom. However, the scarcity of resources on the subject posed a hardship to come to solid conclusions as well as to offer suggestions. There is need for more research on the various applications of the model in the related field.
2016-12-01T00:00:00ZTHE ANALYSES OF THREE ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF CULTURAL CONTEXT
http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/2197
THE ANALYSES OF THREE ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF CULTURAL CONTEXT
TERCI, Mahmut; DIBRA, Alma
In this article we will investigate the cultural elements of three different English Language textbooks used in teaching foreign learners. The textbooks include Face2Face, New Matrix and English Plus, which is the textbook used at “Turgut Ozal Secondary School” where I completed my internship. The great importance of culture and the need to integrate culture into teaching has been discussed and highlighted in many studies. Textbooks are an essential part of learning a language in classrooms. Today it seems very common that teachers forget the importance of target culture information and its impact on learning a language and developing the learner’s linguistic knowledge. In this article we initially will expand our knowledge on culture and culture awareness.
Moreover, we notice the importance of cultural diversity and textbooks as authentic materials and their impact on the success and failure of teaching culture to second and foreign language students. We see closely some of the guidelines to evaluating cultural context in the two chosen textbooks and then present a survey questionnaire done only for the cultural section of English Plus course book to elicit the teacher’s perceptions.
The results have indicated that the teachers of Turgut Ozal College were very satisfied with the English Plus textbook, which is currently part of the curriculum that they are following for the secondary school.
The survey presents a clear picture of the cultural context of the textbooks, and indicates that it has been very helpful for the students in increasing their understanding and awareness regarding the culture in English speaking countries. To sum up, this article mainly deals with the cultural elements of three different English textbooks used in teaching English as a second language.
2016-12-01T00:00:00Z