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Investigating Kurdish EFL Learners’ Preferences to Oral Corrective Feedback at College Level
Omeed Lazkeen Ahmed Almahmada, Mohamed Basil Kasim Al-Azzawi
This study aims to investigate Kurdish EFL learners’ preferences to oral corrective feedback (OCF) and any differences between Kurdish EFL learners’ preferences to OCF strategies based on gender. It was carried out at four different departments of English in Duhok city. The participants of the study were 104 Kurdish EFL learners; 52 males and 52 females. A quantitative research methodology was used to conduct the study. Survey questionnaires were used to collect data from learners and SPSS program (version 26) was used to analyze the data collected from questionnaires. The results revealed that after finishing from speaking was the most preferred timing of correction among the participants. Regarding types of spoken errors and OCF strategies, participants mostly preferred the correction of serious spoken errors and metalinguistic explanation was the most preferred strategy. In addition, the results revealed that there were some gender differences in Kurdish EFL learners’ preferences to OCF strategies. The implications of the study’s findings will be of great significance to teachers, teacher training programs and curriculum designers where they highlight the importance of tailoring OCF and incorporating certain teaching methods based on learners’ preferences and gender. Furthermore, it suggests the employment of qualitative methodologies and inclusion of other variables in order to have a better understanding of the study.
Volume 12 · Issue 2 · April 2025The Linguistic Study of Swearing in Selected American Movies
Mohammed Hussein Ahmed Bapir
This paper deals with the subject of swearing in American movies through stylistic and linguistic analysis models in two movies: one from the action genre and the other one from the romance genre. The paper studies key questions in relation to whether the genre, theme, and tenor of a movie have the influence of the frequency, types, and functions of English swearing expressions. In addition to that, the study examines the impact of gender type on the use of swearing within the texts used in these movies. This was based on the hypothesis that differences in swearing frequency, types, and functions arise due to both the genre of the movies and the gender of the characters in the movies. To address these questions, the researcher has developed a theoretical framework for swearing in English language. Two movies were selected with an adopted model, and the statistical tools were used to calculate the frequency and percentage of swearing expressions in the analyzed texts. The findings of the study reveal that the frequency, types, and functions of English swearing are significantly influenced by the movie's genre and tenor, as well as by the gender of the characters. These results form the basis for a set of conclusions drawn at the end of the study for further studies.
Volume 12 · Issue 2 · April 2025Oppression of African-American Women in Maya Angelou’s “Our Grandmothers
Aram Omar Esmaeel, Zanyar Faiq Saeed
This paper examines Maya Angelou's poem "Our Grandmothers" to expose the oppression of African-American women through the lens of intersectional feminism. It scrutinizes their complex experience by revealing the interconnectivity of class, race and gender in Angelou’s poem. The study reveals the complex aspects of the oppression that African-American women have undergone. The chosen theoretical framework for this study is intersectional feminism, which recognizes that different types of oppression simultaneously affect each other. As a result, the oppressed obtain unique experiences at the intersections of multiple identities. In this case, the study focuses on how African-American women's experiences of oppression are influenced by their class, race, and gender. In "Our Grandmothers," Angelou's literary voice becomes a powerful conduit, amplifying the profound struggles African-American women endured in American society. The research uncovers the intricate ways these women have navigated and resisted systemic oppression by closely analyzing the poem. The poem serves as both a reflection of historical realities and a testament to the resilience of African-American women. This paper is significant because it provides a better and deeper understanding of the oppression that African-American women have historically suffered. It does not present their history of oppression but demonstrates the application of intersectionality to examine a poem by Angelou instead. By focusing on how class, race, and gender intersect within the poem, the study reveals the complexity of these themes and their expression in literature.
Volume 12 · Issue 1 · February 2025The Image of Women from the Perspective of Popular Proverbs
Alia Faraj Mustafa
Kurdish proverbs are considered one of the cultural components that extended their influence on social life despite the technological and scientific development during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Therefore, the researcher identified the image of women from the perspective of popular proverbs as a study topic by focusing on three main aspects: the relationship between both genders, the status of women compared to the status of men, and women’s actions in various life situations compared to men. The researcher adopted the content analysis approach in analyzing the contents of the eleven popular proverbs, as well as adopting a gender analysis that focuses on the genders and their related roles and status as a theoretical framework for analyzing the contents of popular proverbs related to the topic of the research. The researcher relied on gender indicators: gender issue, gender bias, and gender discrimination to reach conclusions related to the research topic. It is concluded that: six of the popular proverbs correspond with the gender discrimination indicator which is attributed to dealing based on gender by giving privileges to men depending on gender stereotypical roles, and five of the popular proverbs match with the gender bias indicator which is attributed to all verbal and nonverbal behaviors directed against women based on the perception that men and women are not equal. Thus, they do not deserve the same rights and status.
Volume 11 · Issue 6 · December 2024The relationship of gender differences to social development.
Hazhar Latif Saber, Abdulhamid Ali Saeed Barzanji
The main purposes of this study are to demonstrate the relationship between gender differences and social development. This study relies on theories (biology, social roles and gender differences) and the factors that underlie gender differences to analyze this relationship, through the use of descriptive analytical methods. The most important conclusions that this study achieved are: There is a wide gender gap in human society in terms of roles, especially in Kurdish society. Gender differences were also based on culture, political power, education and family, which are important social development agencies. There is also an inverse exchange relationship between gender differences and social development, as much as the differences will be extended, social development will be narrowed.
Volume 11 · Issue 6 · December 2024The phenomenon of loss and feminization in a grammatical gender in Kurdish language in Slivanian plain
Deman Abdullah omer
This research under the address of address of (the phenomenon of loss and feminization in a grammatical gender in Kurdish language in Slivanian plain) has given as an example. According this address we will try to declare (show) (what are the signs that can be grammatical gender? And in how many cases they appear? The lacke of the grammatical gender appear in which case of this district? The change in the appear in which case of the same district? In which case of lack ang the change of the grammatical gender appear more? Finally it has been shown that the signs of the lack of feminization of the grammatical gender apperr in some cases. This research consists of two sections. The first section is customized for the gender and the grammar that contain thes subjects: (gender concept, gender kinds, the intent of grammatical gender, the specifics of grammatical gender, the signs like the morpheme of the grammatical gender, the gender and the environment, the gender, lack of and the change, the gender and its shed, the reasons of changing the grammatical gender, the case and the gender). The second section is customized for (the phenomenon of loss and feminization in the grammatical gender in Slivanian plain) in which the lack of gender in the case of (Addition, Indirct, perfect, Continuity, Signal, Structuralism, call) are appeared and the phenomenon of feminization appear of (Addition, Indirct, perfect, Continuity, Signal, Structuralism,call )
Volume 10 · Issue 2 · June 2023Perspectives of Academic Faculties toward Studying Gender in Media Departments
Dunya Salahdin Mirdan
Gender as a subject for study in the academic sphere gave importance and characteristics to the department that will be studied in. The main purpose of this research is to determine the importance of gender studies in media departments, in the public and private universities and colleges in the Kurdistan Region. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to present the importance of gender studies as an independent subject in media departments. The researcher has attempted to discuss the importance of gender subject as an independent material in media departments in public and private colleges and universities in the Kurdistan Region, using a scientific quantitative and qualitative methods. The researcher has reached several conclusions: among all media departments (12 departments) in public and private universities and colleges in the Kurdistan Region, only one department is teaching gender as an independent subject. The issue of gender is unfamiliar, unfamiliar and not seriously considered. Gender is not considered as a necessary subject for some faculty members in these departments. However, proper understanding of the concept of gender in the academic setting itself is also complex and requires a scientific and objective understanding by academics and faculties. University teachers' understanding of the importance of gender and its philosophy along with their views on this issue, is of inevitable importance and needs to be considered.
Volume 10 · Issue 1 · March 2023Gender in Kurdish Education Program
Agreen Shawkat Hadi, Azad Ahmad Mahmood, Nareman Abdullah Kareem
Gender-related problems and gender diversity have always existed in schools. Many fields of school life are created around the role of traditional gender Schools play a key role in teaching and strengthening the dominant values of culture, particularly in gender. It is true that students go to school from day one, or kindergarten, known as their gender, and are called boys and girls. Their gender is constantly practiced through stories and free plays and interactions with teachers and peers. Schools are a place to seek special relationship with "best friends" in elementary school and "boys' friends" or "girls" about families and learn about relationships. These are the things that the community expects, and much of what happens at school is related to the gender side, which is why it is important for educators to have a strong understanding of how to deal with gender. This research is a way to raise awareness and show gender issues in the subjects of the education program. Research (in southern Kurdistan) is not sufficient to raise awareness of gender equality in schools. In this study, the texts (the third grade Kurdish reading book) are based on analyzing texts and images, and the results show that the Kurdish study program includes gender inequality. In other words, the image, role and duties of both genders are not taken into consideration equally. The results of this study are an attempt to take into account gender equality (text, images, tasks and roles) when the curriculum is set up.
Volume 10 · Issue 1 · March 2023Perspectives of Academic Faculties toward Studying Gender in Media Departments
Dunya Salahdin Mirdan
Gender as a subject for study in the academic sphere gave importance and characteristics to the department that will be studied in. The main purpose of this research is to determine the importance of gender studies in media departments, in the public and private universities and colleges in the Kurdistan Region. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to present the importance of gender studies as an independent subject in media departments. The researcher has attempted to discuss the importance of gender subject as an independent material in media departments in public and private colleges and universities in the Kurdistan Region, using a scientific quantitative and qualitative methods. The researcher has reached several conclusions: among all media departments (12 departments) in public and private universities and colleges in the Kurdistan Region, only one department is teaching gender as an independent subject. The issue of gender is unfamiliar, unfamiliar and not seriously considered. Gender is not considered as a necessary subject for some faculty members in these departments. However, proper understanding of the concept of gender in the academic setting itself is also complex and requires a scientific and objective understanding by academics and faculties. University teachers' understanding of the importance of gender and its philosophy along with their views on this issue, is of inevitable importance and needs to be considered.
Volume 8 · Issue 1 · March 2021The Effects of Gender Differences in the Kurdish Individual's Vision of Human Values in Kurdish Proverbs and its Dimensions Among University Students - A Cognitive Study –
Hemin Abdulhameed Shams, Khalid Ismail Mustafa
The research has a variety of aims. First, to clarify the cognitive level of the Kurdish individual about human values in Kurdish proverbs and its related dimensions, as well as to know the impact of gender differences on Kurdish proverbs and its dimensions. To achieve these two aims, 150 undergraduate university students participated randomly in the current research. The researchers used a self-designed data-gathering tool consisting of 204 varieties of Kurdish proverbs, each proverb with five Likert options. The psychometric of collection tool which is the validity and reliability of the instrument was measured and was at the required level and good enough to be used. In order to analyze the data of the research, the researchers used the (SPSS) statistical package for the social sciences program. After analyzing the data, the results of the research showed that the cognitive level of the Kurdish individual about human values was at a high and positive level according to the five Likert options, and the effect of gender differences on human values and their dimensions were not statistically significant except for four dimensions. The analysis also showed controversial results for negative proverbs about each gender variable. In conclusion, the study in light of the research results made some recommendations and scientific suggestions to the related field.