Competence in English Language Usage: A Tool for Self-sustenance, in Present Day Nigeria
Olayinka Michael Irewole,
Titi Deborah Adeyemi
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
89-97
Received:
31 March 2022
Accepted:
20 April 2022
Published:
11 October 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ellc.20220704.11
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Abstract: The study investigated the need for competency in English language usage; a tool for self-sustenance in the present day Nigeria. To achieve this, the descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population for this study was made up of writer-preneurs in the areas of content developing, copywriting, affiliate marketing and other areas where the knowledge of language is engaged for self-sustenance. The sample population comprised twelve (12) of such persons who were randomly selected from different parts of the country. Five (5) structured questions were raised to guide the study. The relevant data were generated for the study through interviews held over the internet due to the barrier of distance. The analysis was carried out using the conversation analysis and the result obtained showed that, there is a significant relationship between competence in language and self-sustenance. It was also discovered that, there is no significant relationship between competence in language and self-sustenance. These results were discussed and situated within the existing body of knowledge. Recommendations were made, some of which include that; The Teacher should: Ensure that the four (4) language skills are well taught, engage the use of modern instructional materials to aid the learners’ understanding. The learner should: develop the ability to listen, speak, read and write, move from competency to performance; that is, begin to put to use the knowledge they have already gained. The Government should: ensure that schools are well equipped with language laboratories.
Abstract: The study investigated the need for competency in English language usage; a tool for self-sustenance in the present day Nigeria. To achieve this, the descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population for this study was made up of writer-preneurs in the areas of content developing, copywriting, affiliate marketing and other areas where ...
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A Probe into Absurdism in Edward Albee’s Play The Zoo Story
Liang Jianhua,
Zhuang Qing
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
98-103
Received:
19 October 2022
Accepted:
28 November 2022
Published:
8 December 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ellc.20220704.12
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Abstract: As an American playwright who established his fame in 1960s, Albee finds his name and plays widely listed among critics’ hails and attacks. Liked or disliked, praised or condemned, original or posturing, he has played an undoubtedly essential role in the development of American play. This paper attempts to study Edward Albee’s style of Theatre of the Absurd with special focus on his play The Zoo Story (1959). It first explores the distinguishing characteristics that mark the playwright Edward Albee out from other writers, that is, the description of violence in his plays, his standing on the borderline between absurdism and realism, and the attack upon the optimism of the American Dream. Then by seeking recourse to literary theories like the Theatre of the Absurd, and the Theatre of Cruelty, and philosophical terms such as Existentialism, the latter part of the paper deals with the specific discussion of Albee’s play The Zoo Story, commenting on its devaluation of language, the existential choice and violence in action, and simulation in characterization. The paper intends to draw the conclusion that absurdism is permeated in the play, which indicates that Albee enriches the philosophy and practice of the Absurd theatre and continues its tradition through transplanting it in the soil of American theatre.
Abstract: As an American playwright who established his fame in 1960s, Albee finds his name and plays widely listed among critics’ hails and attacks. Liked or disliked, praised or condemned, original or posturing, he has played an undoubtedly essential role in the development of American play. This paper attempts to study Edward Albee’s style of Theatre of t...
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Typology and Meaning of Violence in Dashiell Hammett’s RED HARVEST and in Chester Himes’s THE BLIND MAN WITH A PISTOL
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
104-112
Received:
12 November 2022
Accepted:
2 December 2022
Published:
15 December 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ellc.20220704.13
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Abstract: The hardboiled novel, a narrative that represents the investigation of crimes and its horror in the early twentieth century, enriched American literature with a new mode of representation and expression. Though violence is the cornerstone in American crime fiction, it should not prevent us from analyzing what does it really stand for in these novels. The private eyes and the police detectives, by investigating crimes committed by the criminals, inquire the same time about the societal deeds such the profound motives of the murders and the criminals. So, the objective of this article is to analyze the types of violence depicted in Dashiell Hammett’s and Chester Himes’s hardboiled novels by linking them to the real context of their occurrence. It reveals that violence is not forcefully noticeable at firsthand view and that further investigation is need to thoroughly apprehend that it is in keep with the reality of American culture of violence. In doing so, the combination of the social approaches to the close readings of these novels allow us to clearly notice that despite the desire by these authors to paint violence, they succeeded in drawing a faithful portrayal of the societal deeds (mischief) of the American period of the thirties by showing that the culprit is not the criminals that pervade these novels but the society.
Abstract: The hardboiled novel, a narrative that represents the investigation of crimes and its horror in the early twentieth century, enriched American literature with a new mode of representation and expression. Though violence is the cornerstone in American crime fiction, it should not prevent us from analyzing what does it really stand for in these novel...
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