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Construction and Reflection of Androgynous Gender in Discourse “A Study of Unique Discursive Practices of Hijra Community of Lahore, Pakistan”

Journal of Peace, Development & Communication, 2021

This study is an attempt to shed some light on the distinctive discursive practices of the Hijra ... more This study is an attempt to shed some light on the distinctive discursive practices of the Hijra (eunuch or hermaphrodite) communities located mostly if not all in the suburb of Lahore. These discursive practices serve as a source to construct and reflect their androgynous gender on different levels of their social discourse, ultimately helps us to identify how they understand reality around them, construct their identities and negotiate their roles as Hijras. A sample comprised 25 members of the hijra communities was selected to investigate what kind of discursive practices they carry out in their everyday interaction within their communities. The data was elicited through interviews and observations of the target communities. The results show that their unique discursive practices, in many ways different from cis genders are characteristics of their hijra world. They prefer to use highly contextual masculine and feminine pronouns as gender is not a fixed category for hijras and th...

Pakistani Higher Education Teachers Perceptions on Translanguaging Practices in Multilingual Classroom

Elementary Education Online, 2021

This study employed a quantitative approach to explore and gauge EFL&#39;s teachers&#39; ... more This study employed a quantitative approach to explore and gauge EFL&#39;s teachers&#39; perceptions and practices towards adapting translanguaging as a teaching strategy in their multilingual classrooms. This study consisted of 93 participants among which 33 are male, and 59 are female teachers working in different private and public sector universities in Lahore. A three sections questionnaire of five Likert-Type scale was administered online with the help of Google Form. The questionnaire was analyzed by descriptive statistics to calculate the percentages of each Likert-type item in the questionnaires. In order to determine the psychometric properties of the measurements, Structural equation model (SEM) was used with Partial least squares (PLS), especially SmartPLS v. 3.2.8. The results show that all the alpha coefficients, composite reliability (CR) estimates and average variance extracted (AVE) values were greater than the criteria of 0.7, 0.7 and 0.50 respectively (Hair et al. 2015; Henseler, Hubona, &amp; Ray, 2016).The percentage of variance explained of factors Pedagogical Technique, Implementation and Translanguaging were 59, 61 and 47 respectively. Whereas the both reliability coefficients, i.e., Cronbach&#39;s alpha and composite reliability were ranging from 83 to 93.The study concludes that the teachers are aware of the basic concept of translanguaging but they are not using translanguaging as a scaffold strategy in their multilingual classroom. The study suggests that the teachers might be trained in implementing translanguaging in a systematic way to enhance the learning skills of the students.

Social Factors and Pashto-English Codeswitching: The Case of English as Embedded Language in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews

Purpose of the Study: The present research investigates the use of English codeswitching about th... more Purpose of the Study: The present research investigates the use of English codeswitching about the social factors which influence the use of English in the Pashto language. First, the focus of the study lies on the social factors e.g., style, interlocutors, topic, social distance, social status, and identity, etc., and their influence on English codeswitching in the Pashto language. Methodology of the study: The data was collected with the help of a questionnaire consist of 13th statements. The data collected were further analyzed with the help of quantitative and qualitative methods employing descriptive analysis, SPSS 15, and the percentage method. Main Findings: The dominant pattern of codeswitching was insertion with nouns the most frequent codeswitching item. The study indicates that education is the key factor that influences English codeswitching and it also shows that Pashto is the dominant language of communication and is used as a symbol of solidarity and social marker in...

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