Showing papers in "Cogent Arts & Humanities in 2019"
TL;DR: The first goal of the sustainable development goals is to terminate poverty by 2030, and the West African countries are working assiduously to achieve this goal as mentioned in this paper. But poverty remains a global challenge.
Abstract: The first goal of the sustainable development goals is to terminate poverty by 2030, and the West African countries are working assiduously to achieve this goal. Poverty remains a global challenge ...
22 citations
TL;DR: The question of what literature is for, if there is a purpose, has been long and complex and is still ongoing as mentioned in this paper. But it is not new, and it has not been solved.
Abstract: The question of what literature is for—if there is a purpose—is not new. Since the beginning of literary theory as a field of study, the debate has been long and complex and is still ongoing. This ...
19 citations
TL;DR: Power has always been an obvious presumption in planning theory as discussed by the authors, and at times it has been considered as a one-way, top-down, instrumental and rational dominance while at other times, planning theory, i...
Abstract: Power has always been an obvious presumption in planning theory. At times it has been considered as a one-way, top-down, instrumental and rational dominance while at other times, planning theory, i...
17 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the recent development of indigenous people of Borneo Island, namely Dayak, and found that people and place cannot be separated, and people and places cannot be easily separated.
Abstract: People and place cannot be separated. The study examines the recent development of indigenous people of Borneo Island, namely Dayak. Borneo Island is one of the heartbeats of the world, the...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the connecting fabric between gendered violence and human rights through the dire lenses of widowhood rites in Oshimili-North Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria is evaluated.
Abstract: This paper evaluates the connecting fabric between gendered violence and human rights through the dire lenses of widowhood rites in Oshimili-North Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. Thi...
14 citations
TL;DR: The authors compare the rhetorical models followed by the Iranian and Chinese students in developing argumentative essays, and find that students from different cultures and first languages act differently in developing essay-based arguments.
Abstract: Students from different cultures and first languages act differently in developing argumentative essays. This study aimed to compare the rhetorical models followed by the Iranian and Chines...
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated Iranian State TV advertisements during 2011-2016 in terms of using western or western-like signs in detergents, and found that the use of western signs was more common in detergent advertising.
Abstract: This explanatory, descriptive non-experimental research investigates Iranian State TV advertisements during 2011–2016 in terms of using western or western-like signs in detergents. Since the method...
10 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a case study explores how the practice of shared reading enables readers who normally find poetry difficult to engage with, to sustain and deepen their attention, and they regard shared reading as a d...
Abstract: This case study explores how the practice of Shared Reading enables readers who normally find poetry difficult to engage with, to sustain and deepen their attention. We regard Shared Reading as a d...
10 citations
TL;DR: Cooperative learning is an approach of teaching and learning that roots in communicative language teaching (CLT) as discussed by the authors, and there are five elements that build up the essence of this approach and its...
Abstract: Cooperative learning is an approach of teaching and learning that roots in communicative language teaching (CLT). There are five elements that build up the essence of this approach and its ...
10 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the dark or negative side phenomenon in the creative industries, with particular focus on art and art education in Indonesia, is analyzed, and it is the hegemony of economic consideration.
Abstract: This paper analyses one of the dark or negative side phenomenon in the creative industries, with particular focus on art and art education in Indonesia. It is the hegemony of economic consideration...
10 citations
TL;DR: Mobile Learning (m-learning) is a learning method facilitated by the convenience of mobile technology has a crucial role to play in the development of quality education in Nigeria which represents the...
Abstract: Mobile Learning (m-learning) a learning method facilitated by the convenience of mobile technology has a crucial role to play in the development of quality education in Nigeria which represents the...
TL;DR: The Italian Muslims represent 2.6% of the entire population and one-third of all foreigners, constituting a fragmented and pluralistic community as discussed by the authors, and they constitute a minority in Italy.
Abstract: Italian Muslims represent 2.6% of the entire population and one-third of all foreigners, constituting a fragmented and pluralistic community. Recently, father Jacques Hamel, a French Catholic pries...
TL;DR: Identifying the motivating factors affecting Iranian medical ESP learners using a checklist, interview, and questionnaire suggested that students of medicine had a higher level of motivation, but their opinion regarding the factors they found motivating did not differ much from those studying nursing.
Abstract: With respect to the prominence attached to motivation and its significant effect on learning in general and language learning in particular, the present study aimed at identifying the motivating fa...
TL;DR: In this paper, the translators as a sector in translation studies has had a dramatic increase throughout the past decade due to the needs for intercultural communication, and therefore, transla...
Abstract: Appeal towards training translators as a sector in translation studies has had a dramatic increase throughout the past decade due to the needs for intercultural communication. Consequently, transla...
TL;DR: This paper explored how top hotels respond to customers' complaints in public space by exploring their responses to negative reviews (RNRs) through the lens of discourse genre analytically analyzes.
Abstract: This study probes into the issue of how top hotels respond to customers’ complaints in public space by exploring their responses to negative reviews (RNRs) through the lens of discourse genre analy...
TL;DR: The depiction of gender in Western media has been widely examined by researchers as discussed by the authors, and a study intends to throw light on the current representation of women in Pakistani entertainment print media. Da...
Abstract: The depiction of gender in Western media has been widely examined by researchers. This study intends to throw light on the current representation of women in Pakistani entertainment print media. Da...
TL;DR: Mothers’ knowledge of child preventable diseases and factors related to maternal child care practices were found to influence child survival and from the findings the study recommends women empowerment and health education for both mothers and their spouses.
Abstract: Background: Child survival is low in Nigeria and often related to the poor health practices of mothers and other exogenous factors. The various factors affecting survival chance of under fi...
TL;DR: The authors examines the American upper-class collective identity in terms of clannishness and capitalism in Edith Wharton's novel The House of Mirth (1905) and demonstrates that the changes in the house of mirth can be traced to changes in American society.
Abstract: This paper examines the American upper-class collective identity in terms of clannishness and capitalism in Edith Wharton’s novel The House of Mirth (1905). It also demonstrates that the changes th...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between EFL personality types, their learning style, and their reading fluency, using 130 male and female intermediate EF types, and found that the learning style and fluency of the EF types were related.
Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between EFL personality types, their learning style, and their reading fluency. To this end, 130 male and female intermediate EF...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on quality, equitable and inclusive education for all, and highlighted the importance and linkage of education to the development of any country, which underscores SDG 4.
Abstract: The objective of this paper centres on quality, equitable and inclusive education for all, which underscores SDG 4. This is because the importance and linkage of education to the development of any...
TL;DR: Overall, Chinese media dramas defined and presented inherent problems in doctor-patient communication, elaborated the causes of most of these problems, and made moral judgments about these issues using vivid individual stories, but they did not attempt to offer solutions to these problems.
Abstract: Using Framing Theory as a theoretical framework, this study examined depictions of patients and doctor-patient communication in Chinese medical dramas. The textual analysis had two major findings. ...
TL;DR: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is trying to build up a viable tourism industry that reflects the Islamic principles, heritage and traditions as discussed by the authors, and a special considerati...
Abstract: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is trying to build up a viable tourism industry that reflects the Islamic principles, heritage and traditions. In “Saudi Vision 2030” a special considerati...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the influence of listening to music to regain a sense of calm in a group of students after an exam, using 86 teacher-training students, made up of 86 teachers.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to analyse the influence of listening to music to regain a sense of calm in a group of students after an exam. The sample was made up of 86 teacher-training students...
TL;DR: As daughters of the gentry who rose to positions of power at the Tudor court, Kateryn Parr as the last queen of Henry VIII (r.1509−1547), Anne Stanhope as wife of Edward Seymour, Duke of So...
Abstract: As daughters of the gentry who rose to positions of power at the Tudor court, Kateryn Parr as the last queen of Henry VIII (r.1509–1547), Anne Stanhope as wife of Edward Seymour, Duke of So...
TL;DR: This paper explored how Chinese audiences evaluate a theater performance in Hong Kong and found that the audience experience is a bridge between performers and the audience in the performing arts, and that Chinese audiences were more likely to be satisfied with the performance.
Abstract: Audience experience is a bridge between performers and the audience in the performing arts. In this study, we explore how Chinese audiences evaluate a theater performance in Hong Kong. We interview...
TL;DR: This article pointed out that representations of dying warriors in the Iliad, despite the impersonal, unreflective, heterodiegetic form of narration, are typically suffused with a certain pat...
Abstract: Readers have often pointed out that representations of dying warriors in the Iliad, despite the impersonal, unreflective, heterodiegetic form of narration, are typically suffused with a certain pat ...
TL;DR: It was found that there was no significant difference between the meaning-focused input and output in terms of their effects on active and passive vocabulary learning.
Abstract: The current study aimed at investigating how meaning-focused input and output activities affect active and passive vocabulary learning. The participants of the study were 38 intermediate level male...
TL;DR: The findings were that concept mapping had a statistically significant effect on speaking accuracy and complexity of intermediate EFL learners and rehearsal significantly improved accuracy, however, there was no indication that rehearsal can significantly improve speaking complexity.
Abstract: The present study sought to investigate the effect of concept mapping and rehearsal on speaking accuracy and complexity of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. In addition, an attempt was made to mak...
TL;DR: This research presents a taxonomy in the form of an assessment table correlating with various types of movements along with their generator factors and architectural elements, to address circulation in architecture and visual movements.
Abstract: “Movement in architecture” is an organized system of various types of movements stimulated by specific architectural elements. This research was conducted through a qualitative-analytical method an...
TL;DR: This article used theories from the philosophy of sport literature to contextualize and make conclusions in relation to two famous matches in Fiji's soccer history: the 1982 Inter-district Championship Final and the 1982 World Cup Semi-final.
Abstract: We use theories from the philosophy of sport literature to contextualize and make conclusions in relation to two famous matches in Fiji’s soccer history: the 1982 Inter-District Championship Final ...