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Moore, Meredith Blair – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The main issue within the case study was the inclusion of instructional design, specifically ADDIE and open technology design principles. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to collaborate and receive subjective opinions of the English faculty and librarians on the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) curriculum…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Instructional Design, Teacher Attitudes, Librarian Attitudes
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Phillips, Sandra R.; Archer-Lean, Clare – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
First Nations writing within English literary studies risks contemporary colonisation if encountered as a literary object for close reading without context or reflection on the role of the reader. This article will explore the processes involved in constructing an innovative reading practice amongst tertiary students to counter the potential for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, College Students, Social Bias
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Falaleeva, Svetlana S.; Musaeva, Diana R.; Samoylova, Tatiana I.; Linnik, Anna M. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the problem studied in the article is conditioned by the fact that A. Huxley's works are regarded in the context of the modern theory of mimesis for the first time. The aim of the article is to analyze the author's problem as a corporal subject of Huxley's works in the context of the modern theory of mimesis. The leading method…
Descriptors: Authors, English Literature, Human Body, Realism
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Brightenburg, Cindy – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
The use of digital books is diverse, ranging from casual reading to in-depth primary source research. Digitization of early English printed books in particular, has provided greater access to a previously limited resource for academic faculty and researchers. Internet Archive, a free, internet website and Early English Books Online, a subscription…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, English Literature, Databases, Internet
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I'jam, Dunya Muhammad Miqdad; Fadhil, Zahraa Adnan – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study investigates chiasmus as a stylistic device in ten metaphysical poems (five for John Donne and five for Henry Vaughan). It aims at showing how both, Donne and Vaughan, utilize chiasmus at the different linguistic levels as a stylistic device in their poetry. Thus, to achieve this aim, it is hypothesized that chiasmus as used by Donne…
Descriptors: Poetry, Literary Styles, Literary Devices, English Literature
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Radic-Bojanic, Biljana; Topalov, Jagoda – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In the study reported a total of 145 students pursuing the academic title of a BA in English language and literature were tested with the aim of establishing which explanatory variables have the independent power to explain the level of English language speaking anxiety. The instrument used in the study was taken from Yaikhong et al. (2012) and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Academic Language, Speech Communication, Undergraduate Students
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Mulder, Jean; Thomas, Caroline – English in Australia, 2021
Although "VCE English Language (EL)" has been offered for twenty years in Victoria, Australia, the subject, and especially students' experience of it, has had little evaluation. Using data from four surveys conducted across seven years with over 1500 Unit 3-4 "EL" students, augmented by VCAA enrolment data, a profile of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Written Language, Oral Language, Foreign Countries
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Rahman, Muhammad Safiur; Tajuddin, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study of evil is one of the recurrent themes in the plays of Shakespeare. In "Macbeth," the playwright presents different dimensions of evil. The aim of this paper is to locate and examine the origin of evil in Lady Macbeth--whether evil is in her nature or not. Macbeth addresses her as "dearest partner of greatness",…
Descriptors: Drama, Theater Arts, English Literature, Literature Appreciation
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Asl, Moussa Pourya – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2014
Attempts to present a rational explanation of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" have been a growing concern since its publication in 1847. The abundant, yet incoherent, interpretations of "Wuthering Heights," make the need for this research timely. This article focuses on ways to achieve a truer and more rational…
Descriptors: Neurosis, Classics (Literature), Novels, English Literature
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Shalghin, Akram – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This paper deals with the question of revolutionary literary texts. It examines the painful, or even brutal, measures that could be taken at times when the revolutionary figures depicted in the literary texts are themselves subject to control by a party line. While this paper shows that the noble intentions would not suffice for conducting…
Descriptors: Drama, German Literature, English Literature, Conflict
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Rampton, David – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2014
The idea that literature has inspirational qualities and is produced by Great Writers has repeatedly come under attack as literary studies seeks to redefine itself. Yet the ability to think of the writer as genius, seer, moral guide, all the romantic possibilities, in short, is arguably as important as it has always been. Engaging with what G.K.…
Descriptors: Authors, Fiction, English Literature, Talent
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Uba, Emmanuel; Oteikwu, Emmanuel Agbo; Onwuka, Edwin; Abiodun-Eniayekan, Eugenia – SAGE Open, 2017
Graphic organizers (GOs) are fast becoming acceptable standard instructional tools across subjects in the education arena globally. However, this visual representation of information is yet to be recognized and integrated into the teaching methods in Nigerian schools. This study, therefore, presents a research-based investigation of the usefulness…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Visual Aids, Secondary School Students, English Literature
Simpson, Grant Leyton – ProQuest LLC, 2017
With few exceptions, digital humanities projects and objects have been described rather than studied. This dissertation attempts to advance that discourse by empirically studying, from a sociotechnical point of view, DH projects and the products they produce, specifically those within the realm of Old and Middle English language and literature.…
Descriptors: Humanities, Information Technology, Medieval Literature, English Literature
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Kusumaningputri, Reni – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2022
This article reports on a single case study investigating the adoption of reading portfolio and video-mediated reflection tasks so as to promote Indonesian university students' engagement in dialogic reading. Nested in a classroom ethnography design, data were collected through multiple interviews, teaching journals, and students'…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Task Analysis, Video Technology, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ozdemir, Hasan Fehmi; Kutlu, Omer; Huang, Shaofu; Crick, Ruth – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022
The aim of this study is to adapt the Crick Learning for Resilient Agency (CLARA) to Turkish culture, and to examine the psychometric features of the Inventory according to both Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT). In this respect, it is a descriptive level survey design research. Two different study groups were formed in…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, English (Second Language), English Literature
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