Varieties of Arabic

The road to Marrakesh The night before their departure from Anfa, Antonio lay on the creaking bed, staring at the ceiling of his room in the house in the Alt Baha. He wondered how Carolina would be managing without him and whether she and Lupita were still working the streets of Madrid as a duet. He missed Carolina more than anyone else, including Francisca, who still badly wanted to marry him. He liked her but remained unsure of a future with the woman. He wondered whether Carolina had sent…

Dingo – in Australian this means “native dog” (slang dictionary.org) Bandicoot –are small marsupials indigenous to Australia (Wiki Bandicoot) Goanna – in Australia this is a type of monitor lizard with over 20 varies ranging in size and color (Outback) Going bush – to break away into “the bush” and be uncivilized (Dictionary.com) Bush (as Terrian) – an area of terrain covered by diverse plant life; terrain which is has been unfarmed by man (Dictionary.com) Dreamtime – “any remote period”…

decree and started its operations on November 2003. They are known to be the national airlines of United Arab Emirates with their head offices being located in Abu Dhabi which is the capital of United Arab Emirates. The term Etihad refers to ‘union’ in Arabic making it very meaningful to unite passengers from all over the country. The main business of Etihad airways is the air transportation of passengers while it also operates businesses in Etihad cargo, Etihad holidays GCC (global contact…

Maintaining Spanish as a Heritage Language in Australia Stephanie Natolo, Griffith University, Australia Abstract: Heritage language maintenance in Australia faces great challenges. In Australia, English is the dominant official language de facto, whilst Spanish is a community language. Spanish is primarily learnt and used in the home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an…

Chapter-1 Introduction Plantains and banana constitute the fourth most important global food commodity (after rice, wheat and maize) grown in more than 120 countries over a harvested area of approximately 10 million hectares. The annual production of banana is about 88 million tonnes (Frison and Sharrock, 1999). It is the crop in superior position due…

The reason for this thesis was that the movie industry seems to have no space for women socializing with each other on screen. Sweden is the first country drawing attention to this fact with the help of the Bechdel test, which points out if a movie has (1) at least two named women in it, (2) who talk to each other, (3) about something besides men. Germany has not introduced the Bechdel test to its cinemas. That is why this paper deals with the problem statement: To what extent can the Bechdel…

INTRODUCTION Teachers need to help students boost their thinking skills. The traditional teaching strategy is no longer effective as it does not motivate students to become higher-level thinkers. In traditional group learning, students work in groups with no attention paid to group functioning. In contrast, group work in cooperative learning is systematically prepared, structured, and monitored. Research shows that cooperative learning has numerous positive outcomes. At the academic level, it…

at night, some people staged a procession in Ramu in protest of the perceived blasphemous image uploaded to a Facebook account. Newspaper reports stated that local Awami League leaders were initially seen mobilising the mob and emphasising the sentimental religious issue to counter the opposition. The Daily Star, a widely circulated national daily, reported that a motley group comprising local leaders of pro-Awami League organisations, BNP men, madrasa students and common people were allegedly…