Wafaa Al-Temeemey

• Professor (Assistant) at University of Misan

Speaking is among the most important skills aimed at in EFL college classes, and yet it seems to be ignored since many students fail to express themselves for various reasons, although they have some adequate knowledge in English to do this. This phenomenon is called 'Mute English' which is a serious problem that prevails in Iraqi EFL college class...

Synonymy can be one of the most extensively investigated lexical relations in language studies. Perhaps this is due to its being problematic for foreign language learners. In such an important concept where there is a sense relationship between words, selecting the correct word is very important in facilitating understanding and conveying the clear...

Iraqi English language learners exhibit variation in their academic performance in courses covering linguistic and literary subjecs, leaving professors to wonder whether this is due to the content or the learners' preferences for styles that correspond with that content. Put a strong emphasis on students' preferred learning styles is one of the eff...

The semantics of degree modification and its effect on mutating the meaning of structures they appear in have held considerable appeal for specialists in areas ranging from lexical semantics to language pedagogy. Although the general concept of degree modifiers received a lot of attention in the twentieth century studies in linguistics, it has been...

Educational methods must be dynamic and continuously adapt to an ever-changing social environment. That’s why teachers should move from the old ways of teaching towards modern ones. Smart learning is a broad term for education in today's digital age. It reflects how advanced technologies are enabling learners to digest knowledge and skills more eff...

The present study aims at stylistically analyzing a selection of poem titles belonging to the Neoclassical era. Results sought include identification of unique linguistic features of these titles and any relative stylistic pattern that may be detected. Analysis is carried out on syntactic and semantic levels. The purpose of the study is to show the...

Abstract Speaking is among the most important skills aimed at in EFL college classes, and yet it seems to be ignored since many students fail to express themselves for various reasons, although they have some adequate knowledge in English to do this. This phenomenon is called 'Mute English' which is a serious problem that prevails in Iraqi EFL coll...