LLCE2020 Accepted abstracts

Grammatical cohesion in translating English media discourse into Arabic

Kais A. Kadhim, Sohar University, Oman;       Abstract: Cohesive markers help to relate words and sentences together in the text. Also, they make the whole text united and meaningful resulting from their functions in linking the sentences. While translating from the SL...
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Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Translator’s Profession and Crisis-related Translator Training

Ramunė Kasperavičienė & Jurgita Motiejūnienė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania;     Abstract: The lockdown of economies worldwide due to Covid-19 pandemic in the first half of 2020 has made huge impacts on industries, including the translation business world. The...
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Improving social skills through literature: Mindful reading, diversity, and emotional intelligence

Dr Charlotte Williams, Bismarck State College, the U.S.A.;    Abstract: Many believe that reading fiction can improve empathy, yet this is an exploratory area of research with limited empirical studies. This presentation is a collection of literature based on the current research....
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INVESTIGATING OPEN-MINDEDNESS AMONG CLIL TEACHERS

Dr Katarzyna Lidia Papaja, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland;      Abstract: The notion of what it means to be a good teacher is a very complicated one, as good teachers need to have many qualities. One of them is open-mindedness, which helps individuals build...
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Komparácia hodnotenia pedagogických disciplín vysokoškolskými študentmi a ich cvičnými učiteľmi v pregraduálnej príprave učiteľov slovenského jazyka a cudzích jazykov

Mariana Sirotová, University of SS Cysrilus and Methodius, Slovakia;     Abstrakt: Príprava budúcich učiteľov sa realizuje na univerzitách. Príspevok predkladá komparáciu názorov vysokoškolských študentov – budúcich učiteľov a názorov učiteľov z praxe na obsah, metodiku...
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Learning a Second Language: A Vehicle to Another Self?

Muneerah Al Shuhail, University of York, United Kingdom;          Abstract: Learning a new language has implications on the learner’s sense of self i.e. identity and on his/her social and cultural views (Duff, 2013; Norton & Toohey, 2011). This is...
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Listening Comprehension in a Blended Learning model: Burden or Enjoyment? A case study at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

Estelle Bech, Jean-François Ghesquière, Hani Mustafa and Patricia Lorenz; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore;      Abstract: The integration of Blended learning to classroom-based teaching to students learning a foreign language aims at maximizing the benefits of each mode...
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Mimočítankové čítanie v súčasnej škole

Eva Vitézová, University of Trnava, Slovakia;      Abstract: Mimočítankové čítanie ako legitímna súčasť predmetu slovenský jazyk a literatúra.  Jeho úloha v zdokonaľovaní čítania a vytvárania vzťahu ku knihám. Úrovne a kvalita mimočítankového čítania. Klasifikácia...
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Motivation to improve pronunciation of pre-service teachers of English

Hana Vančová, University of Trnava, Slovakia;      Abstract: Pronunciation is one of the most complex issues non-native speakers must consider when they are learning a foreign language. Non-native speakers of English have outnumbered native speakers; therefore, improving...
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National Literatures in the Age of Globalisation (Origin and Development of American-Slovak Literary and Cultural Identity)

Anton Pokrivčák, University of Trnava, Slovakia;       Abstract: The paper is part of the project analysing the national and cultural concept in literature and its reflection in American literature, with a specific emphasis on the formation and development of...
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