Lahore, February 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):Three faculty members from the Department of English Language and Literature presented papers in 7th International Conference of the Linguistics Association of Pakistan hosted by the Department of English, University of Sargodha, in collaboration with the Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) of Pakistan on November 10-12, 2021. The conference focused on the promotion of linguistics, research in linguistics, perseverance of indigenous languages, importance of literature and implications of linguistics and literature.
During the conference, Dr. Anser Mahmood (HoD ELL) presented a paper on “English Vowel Sounds: An Investigation of the Gamification Strategy” with emphasis on the usage of English vowel sounds which are redressed and the ways how to solve vowel sounds problems among English as Second Language (ESL) and English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners.
Ms. Sadaf Afreen (Lecturer, ELL) presented her paper entitled: “Metamorphosis of Daru’s character in Hamid’s Moth Smoke: A psychoanalytical study” that showed how different characters in the novel move from one position to another which is caused by psychological transformation and how both positive and negative metamorphosis have impacts of psychological aspects of characters.
Ms. Nadia Naqvi (Lecturer, ELL)’s paper title was “Transitivity an analysis of the last sermon of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him: A systemic functional Study”. The paper showed the importance of SFL approach which is effective for understanding different linguistics aspects of a language, particularly syntax of the language. The model has been employed on the last sermon of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad PBUH.
Dr. Mahmood presented a research paper entitled: “Predicting Saudi Learners’ Critical Thinking through Personality Traits: A Study of PYP Students” at 2nd International Symposium on Applied Linguistics Research, on November6-7, 2021. Dr. Mahmood’s paper focused on linguistics skills of Saudi learners, and how to promote learning skills of EFL and ESL learners.
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