Wah Cantt, October 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):Second day of International Conference on Recent Advances in English Language, Literature and Linguistics commenced on 20 October, 2021. Brig (Retd) Khalid Anwar, Director, Quality Assurance and Enhancement graced the opening ceremony as Chief Guest. In his keynote speech, he stressed on making UW a research-oriented hub for scholars and researchers.
He also informed the house that UW is in the process of attaining latest ISO standard namely ISO 21001: 2018 Educational Organizations Management System (EOMS). He discussed how Pakistani society retains a love-hate relationship with English and Urdu. Moreover, he also shed light on Second Language Learning issues that students encounter.
In addition to that, he discussed that Pakistani English called Pinglish, pronunciation and use of Perso-Arabic script is deteriorating the essence of Standard English Language. Dr. Rasib Mehmood, Chairperson. Department of English reiterated that UW is working diligently to solve these issues of Pakistani multilingual society by means of conferences and research. Later on, Ms. Anne Casey, an eminent poetess from Sydney, Australia delivered her enlightening keynote speech on “Gender, Humanity and Immigration: Using Archival Research and Docu-Writing to Restore Voice”.
The second keynote speech entitled “Representation and re-presentation of Kashmiri Women in Modern English Fiction” was delivered by Dr. Akhter Habib Shah, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz University, and KSA. The session ended with interactive comments from audience followed by refreshment for all.
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