World Journal of English Language

2020 - 2026

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Volume 16, issue 2, 2026

Evaluating Three Neural Machine Translation Platforms for English-Arabic Translation: A Comparative Study of Linguistic Accuracy and Cultural Fidelity pp. 1

Shahab Ahmad Al Maaytah

Beyond Language: Exploring the Hidden Curriculum's Contribution to the Language Development of English Language Learners pp. 15

Ahmad Ali Alzahrani and Waheeb Shadid Albiladi

“I Didn't Get Jobs Because of the Way I Spoke, and Because of Where I Came from": How English 'Native Speaker' Teacher' Accents Affect Their Employment Opportunities pp. 33

Muneer Hezam Alqahtani and Nasser Fahad Al-Dosari

National Features of Discourse: A Systematic Review pp. 44

Kulzat Sadirova, Guldana Nauryzbaikyzy, Aigul Imangazina and Aigul Aitbenbetova

Discursive Resistance to Orientalism: A Critical Approach to an Ideological Justification pp. 53

Ms. Ghulam Hifsa and Tabassum Saba

Exploration of Cultural Odyssey and Traumatic Upheaval in Rohinton Mistry and Elif Shafak's Novels pp. 65

Latha Devi R, Prabahar S, Priya K S, Maheshwari S, Mary Vanaja J and Amal J. Eronimus

Discursive Strategies in Imran Khan's Address to the United Nations General Assembly: Ideological Square Model Perspective pp. 72

Muhammad Mooneeb Ali, Mahwish Farooq, Muhammad Amir Saeed and Yasir Ahmed Ali

The Effectiveness of Mind Mapping Techniques in Vocabulary Learning: A Mixed-Methods Study pp. 83

Elhafez Morsi and B Sivakami

Supervisory Styles and Graduate Expectations: Perceptions of Saudi Master's Students pp. 105

Basim Alamri

Exploring AI-Generated Texts vs. Human-Written Texts in EFL Academic Writing: A Case Study of Qassim University in Saudi Arabia pp. 114

Mohammed AbdAlgane, Rabea Ali, Khalid Othman, Intisar Zakariya Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamed Kamal Mustafa Alhaj, Ezzeldin M. T. Ali and Faris Salim Allehyani

Linguistic Accuracy in Translating the Qur'anic Arabic Homograph al-HawÄ (الهوى) into English: An Equivalence Theory Approach pp. 132

Majda Babiker Ahmed Abdelkarim and Ali Albashir Mohammed Alhaj

A Corpus-based Re-categorization for English and Chinese Hedges pp. 143

Xiaole Liu, Roslina Binti Mamat and Salina Binti Husain

Navigating Challenges and Solutions in English as a Second Language Speaking Instruction: Insights from the Teachers' Perspectives pp. 159

Nallamuthu. P and Gandhimathi S.N.s

Peer Collaborative Dialogues: Perceptions and Attitudes of EFL Students and Teachers pp. 180

Sheikha Ali Al-Buraiki

Marginalization of Disability as Alterity in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire pp. 191

Hayder Ali Kadhim Gebreen Ali Gebreen, Ravichandran Vengadasamy and Jeslyn Sharnita Amarasekera

Implementation of Gamification as an Active Methodology to Enhance Motivation and Academic Performance in EFL Learners pp. 203

Carmen Benitez-Correa, Ana Quiñonez-Beltran and Elsa Morocho-Cuenca

Undergraduate Students' Perceptions on Growth Mindset, Intrinsic Values, and Self-Regulation in English Language Learning pp. 213

Rattima Thanyathamrongkul, Vorakarn Chalermchaikit and Nongnuch Sriussadaporn

Technical Oral Presentations (TOP) in EFL Engineering Education: A Systematic Literature Review on Workplace Communication Preparedness pp. 229

Muhammad Younus, Abdullah Adnan bin Mohamed, Fatimah binti Ali and Mohd Rashid Bin Ab Hamid

A Systematic Literature Review of Emotional Scaffolding in EFL Pedagogy pp. 242

Yao Yao, Hanita Hanim Ismail and Melor Md Yunus

Examining the Efficacy of ChatGPT and Human-Derived Corrective Feedback in Addressing Grammatical Errors in Saudi EFL Students' Compositions pp. 258

Fawaz Al Mahmud

Reporting Verbs in ELT Research Discussions: A Corpus-Based Comparison of Thai Scholars and International Editor-Authors pp. 271

Natthaphong Sirijanchuen and Supakorn Phoocharoensil

Theme-Based, Sheltered, or Adjunct? Evaluating CBI Models for Improving English Reading Skills in Chinese EFL Classrooms pp. 282

Lu Zhang, Hanita Hanim Ismail and Nur Ainil Sulaiman

Impact of Sustainability Awareness on AI Perception, Engagement, and Motivation among University-Level Literature Students pp. 295

Bilal Ibrahim Zakarneh, Fahad Aljabr, Diana Amin Mohammad Mahmoud, A. Nagaletchimee Annamalai, Rim Chakraoui and Ahmed Yakoob

Bridging or Dividing? Chinese Language Integration and the Resilience of ELT in Saudi Higher Education under Vision 2030: Policy Symbolism vs. Pedagogical Realities pp. 309

Gaus Chowdhury, Javed Ahmad, Nisar Ahmad Koka and Anjum Mishu

From Theory to Practice: A Contrastive Analysis of English and Indonesian Noun Clauses for Educators and Learners pp. 324

Herman Herman, Kartini Hutagaol, Elisabeth Sitepu, Indah Sari, Tanggapan C. Tampubolon, Gracia Elizabeth Simatupang, Ridwin Purba and Magdalena Ngongo

Unearthing Ecofeminist Voice in Jessica Zafra's "Portents": Language in Nature-Culture Relationship Construction pp. 336

Jaycel Anne B. Panday, Jonathan V. Gochuico, Mark Louie D. Reyes, Wincel M. Atienza and Gil M. Mallen

Enhancing Vocabulary Acquisition in EFL Education: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Digital Minimalism and Technology Use pp. 347

Shreya Basu and Soodeh Hamzehlou-Moghadam

Charting Specific Paths: A Decade of English for Specific Purposes Research (2015-2024) pp. 358

Lim Seong Pek, Rita Wong Mee Mee, Fatin Syamilah Che Yob, Khairul Firdaus Ne'matullah, Ali Derahvasht and Henry E. Lemana

Emancipatory Learning Strategies in English Language Teaching: Insights from Indonesia pp. 372

Yuni Budi Lestari, Kamaludin Yusra, Ni Wayan Mira Susanti, Makmur Hadi and Euis Naqeisha Windaputri

Exploring the Sources of English as a Foreign Language Teachers' Stress at Secondary High School pp. 389

Charly Jerome J, Sutharshan V, Ramesh Pettela, R. Rajadurai, P. Jayakumar and Lamessa Oli

Gendered Language in English-Medium Professional Digital Discourse: A Corpus-Based Study of Achievement Narratives and Interaction Dynamics on LinkedIn pp. 407

Ahmad Raza, Urooj Fatima Alvi, Ashwaq A. Aldaghri and Shadi Majed Alshraah

Sustainability in English Language Acquisition: Points to Explore pp. 420

Suhair Eyad Al-Alami

Self and Others in the English Translation of Taha Hussein's Al-AyyÄ m (The Days): A Posthumanist Perspective pp. 428

Samir Khalifa, Elham Alzain, Ghiadaa Khodier, Ali Alshebami, Abdullah Seraj and Ayman Elhalafway

Were It Not To Be Anachronism: Coriolanus As Seen by Aristotle pp. 436

Bahadir Cahit Tosun

Investigating Grammar Learning Challenges for Effective English as a Foreign Language Instruction in Ethiopia pp. 441

T. Jayasudha, Ramesh Pettela, G. Arun, Dhanyamol C.t, Ramaiyan D and Lamessa Oli

Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19: Saudi Male English as a Foreign Language Students' Perceptions pp. 458

Abdulrahim A. Aloufi, Katina Zammit and Maree A. Skillen

The Impact of Peer Feedback on Writing Anxiety and Performance: EFL Students at Wolkite University in Focus pp. 469

Esayas Teshome Taddese, Mitiku Tasisa Dinsa, Habtamu Adem Yassin, Anteneh Kebede Lakew and Wakgari Deressa Agemso

Postmodern Cultural Fragmentation and Subjectivity in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party pp. 479

Abdulhameed A. Majeed, Mohammad A. Rawashdeh, Haydar Jabr Koban and Ghada Sasa

Teaching Reading through Short Stories in a Digital Task-Based Environment pp. 486

Andria Babu and S. Soundiraraj

English and Identity in the Digital Age: Social Media, Code-Switching, and Linguistic Hybridity Among Jordanian Gen Z pp. 502

Maha S. Yaseen, Razan Alzyod, Amer Al-Adwan and Rami Sa'di

Reviewer Acknowledgements for World Journal of English Language, Vol. 16, No. 2 pp. 512

Joe Nelson

Volume 16, issue 1, 2026

Six NMT Systems, One Language Pair: Which Best Translates Arabic-English? pp. 1

Rand Habib, Linda Alkhawaja, Ogareet Khoury and Sa' ida Al-Sayyed

A Multidimensional Analysis of Linguistic Variation in Russian and British Newspaper Editorials pp. 17

Habibullah Pathan, Urooj Fatima Alvi, Shazia Ayyaz and Oksana I Aleksandrova

Freedom of Choice in C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce pp. 25

S. Jolin Sheena and A. Saridha

Language, Diplomacy and Global Governance: Discourse Strategies in a Middle Eastern UN Address pp. 33

Mohammad Awad AlAfnan

Strategies of Rendering Metaphor from Arabic into English: A Comparative Study of ChatGPT and Matecat pp. 45

Bilal Alsharif, Razan Khasawneh and Musa Alzghoul

Vocabulary Selection and Translation of China's Report on the Work of the Government: A Case Study of "Considerably" "Noticeably" & "Resolutely" from Their Semantic Prosody Performance pp. 52

Guangyao Ma, Salina Husain and Wan Muhammad Wan Sulong

Exploring EFL Teachers' Perceptions of Blended Onsite and Online Teaching at Saudi Universities: Benefits and Challenges pp. 62

Rashed Nasser Altamimi

A Corpus-Based Genre and Collocational Study of the Near-Synonyms: Grasp, Capture, Seize, Snatch, and Take pp. 73

Sani Yantandu Uba and Faiza Al-Dhahli

An Analysis of Figurative Language in Laurie Halse Anderson' Wintergirls pp. 86

Phanida Phunkrathok, Kampeeraphab Intanoo and Nawamin Prachanant

Decolonizing the Stage: Exploring Postcolonial Narratives and Identity in Rohina Malik's Unveiled pp. 95

Mohammad Alhourani, Mohammed Abou Adel, Maryam Abd el-Kareem Othman, Samir Khalifa and Ayman Elhalafawy

Discerning Turkish Food in The Bastard of Istanbul and The Forty Rules of Love pp. 104

Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Mohammad Jamshed, Sohaib Alam and Wahaj Unnisa Warda

Cebuano-Visayan Interference and Word Articulation of English Phonology Learners pp. 112

Marcelina S. Deiparine

Exploring Religious Discourse Authority among Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: A Pragmatic Approach pp. 120

Khaled Saeed Abdullah Abu Hikma and Abdul Hamid Saif Al-Hussami

Move Analysis in the Introduction Chapter of Thesis Written by Native English Speakers and Non-Native English Speakers pp. 130

Chen Dan, Ramiza Haji Darmi and Mohamad Ateff MD Yusof

Critical Analysis and Enhancement of Undergraduate English Syllabi: Aligning Pedagogical Deficiencies with Student and English Market Needs pp. 143

Udhayachandran R and Yadamala Sreenivasulu

The Extent of Technology Integration in Flipped English Classrooms in Language Education: A Multi-dimensional Exploration pp. 151

Fang Li

Decolonizing Travel Narratives: A Feminist Perspective in Cate Kennedy's Sing and Don’t Cry pp. 163

Asma Sakit Alshammari

Expressing Refusals in English: A Cross-Cultural Study of Invitation Responses amongst Malaysians pp. 171

Nur Asyrani binti Che Ismail and Nur Rasyidah Mohd Nordin

A Stylistic Analysis in Literary Texts: Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Everett's James pp. 183

Djoko Sutrisno, Martina Martina, Mu'jizah Mu'jizah, Nuraidar Agus, Herianah Herianah, Hastianah Hastianah, Nur Syamsiah, Dewi Juliastuty, Binar Kurniasari Febrianti and Syarifah Lubna

‘She Has an Accent' - When Pronunciation Overrides Appearance in Determining Whether Someone Is a Native English Speaker pp. 207

Douglas C. Severo

Thainess as Part of Thai Diaspora Identity in Thai American Literature: A Case Study of Manning's A Good True Thai and Lapcharoensap's Sightseeing pp. 217

Kittiphong Praphan

Male Vulnerability and Victimization: Examining Vassanji's No New Land pp. 226

Anju J and P. Tamilarasan

From Past to Present: Leveraging Digital Traditional Games in Teaching English Vocabulary for Young Learners pp. 235

Ahmad Syawaluddin, Nur Aeni and Aswati Asri

Faithfulness in the Translation of the Qur'anic Arabic Homographic Word Kataba (كَتَبَ) into English: Revisiting the Equivalence Theory pp. 248

Majda Babiker Ahmed Abdelkarim, Ali Albashir Mohammed Alhaj and Ahmed Hadi Hakami

From English to Tok Pisin: A Sociolinguistic Inquiry of Gender Preference in the New Testament Bible Translation pp. 259

Andreas Noreewec, Mangatur Nababan and Djatmika Djatmika

Evaluating Literary Meaning: Appraisal and Argumentation in Dancing in the Dust pp. 274

Matiyenga Tinashe Charles

The Continuity of Identity in Susan Abulhawa's Mornings in Jenin pp. 284

MohammedLami Shamallakh, Ravichandran Vengadasamy and Mohamed Zain Sulaiman

A New Historicist Reading of Shakespeare's Aesthetic Autonomy and Republican Voice in Coriolanus pp. 293

Syed Zamanat Abbas

The Politics of Representing Gender and Sexuality in Arundhati Roy's Selected Books pp. 305

Ranga R. and Poonam Prasad

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Eclectic Method in ESL Creative Thinking and Writing - An Experimental Study pp. 315

T. Mahendran, S. Diravidamani, Hema M, Masilamani. C, Ramesh M and Sathya Thangavel

Presupposition Analysis in Written Online News Discourse CNN The Death of Liam Payne Ex One Direction Personnel pp. 325

Herman Herman, Jumaria Sirait, Rakhmat Wahyudin Sagala, Rohanna Sinambela, Ridwin Purba, Endang Fatmawati, Claudya Siagian and Dwi Fitria Anggraini

Translating English Polysemous Words: A Systematic Literature Review pp. 337

Dengke Pan, Syed Nurulakla Syed Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan Abdullah and Rosfazila Abd Rahman

Dubbing for Oral Language Acquisition: A Literature Review on Practices and Implementation (2017-2024) pp. 351

Qiuyao Wang, Nooreen Noordin, Joanna Joseph Jeyaraj and Zhao Sun

The Intersection of Medicine and Mortality: Analyzing the Human Experience in Margaret Edson's "Wit" pp. 364

M. Ilaya Kanmani Nanmozhi and S. Gunasekaran

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: A Case of Postcolonial Discourse Analysis and Reexploration pp. 375

Saif Al-Deen Al-Ghammaz

Exploring Factors Influencing English-Speaking Skills among Saudi EFL Security Guards in Healthcare Institutions pp. 384

Majid Alharthi

"Not Intended to Drive People Crazy": Genre, Gender, and the Politics of Reception in The Yellow Wallpaper pp. 393

Anas Alhaisony

Collaborative Writing in Omani ESL Classrooms: A Quasi-Experimental Study from a Sociocultural Perspective pp. 403

Shumaila Memon, Saadia Fatima and Abida Ayesha

Structured Scaffolding with Digital Graded Audiobooks: Impacts on L2 Listening Comprehension and Learner Perceptions pp. 419

Davika Sakkampang, Pilanut Phusawisot and Massaya Rachawong

YouTube and TikTok Videos as Emerging Digital Literacies in Online Teaching: A Must Already in the Wake of COVID-19? pp. 431

Bahadır C. Tosun and Selma D. Üğüten

Reviewer Acknowledgements for World Journal of English Language, Vol. 16, No. 1 pp. 442

Joe Nelson