Volume 8, Number 8, August 2018

Table of Contents

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REGULAR PAPERS

 

Types of Inferences in the Comprehension of Metaphor

Ramona Pistol

 

Teachers' Attitudes toward and Use of Translation in the Foreign Language Classroom at Institutions of Higher Education in Croatia

Mladen Marinac and Iva Barić

 

Theory and Practice of the Mini-bibliobattle as an Output Activity of Extensive Reading

Kazuma Fujii

 

Assessing the Writing Task: Do Pictures Change What Students Write?

Dan Xu and Pengcheng Liang

 

An Analysis of the Relationship among EFL Learners¡¯ Autonomy, Self-esteem, and Choice of Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Filiz Yalcin Tilfarlioglu and Star Sherwani

 

A Study on the Influence of Language Learning Strategy Training on Learners¡¯ Beliefs

Na Yang, Li Gao, and Jie Zeng

 

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Donald Trump¡¯s Inaugural Speech from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Grammar

Wen Chen

 

Assessing Problem Areas in Senior Secondary Students¡¯ Use of the English Concord

Isaiah I. Agbo, Goodluck C. Kadiri, and Blessing U. Ijem

 

Cultivation of Critical Thinking Abilities in English Writing Teaching

Jie Liu

 

Responses to the Greeting ¡®How Are You?¡¯ in Britain and America

Mengyi Chen

 

A Panoramic Evaluation of Literary Texts in Preparatory Students¡¯ English Text Books

Gedefaw Abie Kebede and Yihenew Melese Milkitie

 

Close Reading: A Cornerstone of Text Appreciation in Advanced English

Sumei Wu

 

Analysis of Intertextuality in English News Headlines

Qin Xie

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English Cultural Expressions Translation: Strategies Used in Rendering Narnia Chronicles into Arabic

Hussein Ali Habtoor and Abrar Abdullah Al-Qahtani

 

Translation Standards and Strategies for Trademark Names of Cosmetics

Hongxin Zhao and Gaofeng Yu

 

The Landscape Representation of the Anglo-Irish Cultural Estrangements in Bowen¡¯s The Last September

Yena Wang

 

A Study on EFL Teaching Affecting Chinese Cultural Tourism

Onsiri Wimontham

 

An Analysis of the Quality of English Majors' Training in Local Colleges and Universities

Yuan Kong

 

Analysis of Dickens' Critique and Humanity Spirit in Oliver Twist Based on the Appraisal Theory

Min Lian

 

Myths and Realities about Language of Instruction in Pakistan: Parental Perspective

Habibullah Pathan, Khalid Hussain Channa, Shumaila Memon, and Waqar Shah

 

Research on the Similarities between the Plot of Ji Chun Tai and Content of Sichuan Opera

Ruoxi Li

 

Technology and the Predicament of Time in Don DeLillo¡¯s Cosmopolis

Jun Wang

 

Translation and Stylistics: A Case Study of Tawfiq al-Hakeem¡¯s ¡°Sparrow from the East¡±

Muna Alhaj-Saleh Salama Al-Ajrami and Esra¡¯a Mujahed Al-Muhiesen

 

A Cognitive Construal of English News Headlines: Prominence Dimension

Xiaoyu Xing and Li Zhang

 

A Study of the TPR Method in the Teaching of English to Primary School Students

Tingting Shi

 

Self-regulation and Locus of Control Predicting EFL Learners¡¯ Willingness to Communicate

Shirin Arkavazi and Mania Nosratinia

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