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Item Promoting Reading Comprehension Skills of EFL University Level Students Using Autonomous Learning Activities(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Hussein Mohamed, YaraThe aim of this research was to identify the types of autonomous reading activities that Egyptian EFL university level students can use to be able to promote their reading comprehension skills. It also attempted to discover the challenges that these students face while reading EFL texts, and recommend some useful activities to promote the learners’ ability to read independently. The questions of the research were “What are the main obstacles that face EFL university level students in reading comprehension activities?” and “What are the most effective autonomous learning activities that can promote reading comprehension skills among EFL university students?” It was hypothesized that (a) “Low motivation and low EFL proficiency level are the main obstacles that face EFL university level students in reading comprehension.” and (b) “Writing self-reports and diaries are the most effective autonomous learning activities that can promote reading comprehension skills among EFL university students”. As the research was targeting EFL university level students, a random sample of forty students was selected from both Ain Shams and MSA universities. The means of the research was a questionnaire that consisted of six multiple response questions. The respondents were asked to answer the questions according to their own perceptions and points of view. Analysis of the questionnaire results revealed that both hypotheses were refuted. Based on the study findings, it was recommended to encourage EFL learners to practice autonomous reading activities to foster their reading comprehension skillsItem Cultural and Political Ideologies in Selected Works from Arabic and English Children's Literature(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Abdel Halim, WagehThe problem with analysis done on children’s literature is that critics often describe this field as not complex as adult literature, which abandons and ignores the ideologies this field represents and implants in the minds of children. This dissertation is conducted to present summaries, examinations and comparisons of Kamel Kilani’s children’s stories “Safirat Al Qamar” and “Al Singab Al Sagheer” to Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to prove the argument of the study that these works from Arabic and English children’s literature affect the Arabic and British child’s cultural and intellectual development on many layers and levels through the cultural and postcolonial ideologies they explicate and present. The study uses postcolonial approaches of reading and analysis, and concludes that Kilani’s works are rather educational and rigid, while Dahl’s works leave more space for imagination and they fixate more on imperial doctrinesItem Deconstructing the Stereotypes: The Myth of Arab Anti-Semitism(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Al-Moataz, TasneemItem Measuring the Effect of Talent Management Strategies on Employees' Retention(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Ali Abdel-Azim, AlaaThis research measures the effect of Talent management Strategies on Employees’ Retention. Talent management (TM) is a collection of practices related to Human Resources Management (HRM) that manage and focus on the most distinctive employees of the organization. Retention is the efforts made by the organizations in order to attract and keep their competitive workforce and talents for a long period of time. An exploratory research was built, then, followed by a quantitative descriptive research, to study the two main concepts then apply on the selected context of the research. The context of the research is Air Liquide Company in Egypt, in which twenty four employees were chosen using a convinience sampling technique. The research resulted in three main finding, which are, TM practices do not enhance talents in Air Liquide, the TM policies of Air Liquide affect employees’ retention, and talent identification criteria adopted by Air Liquide affect employees’ retentionItem Investigating EFL Secondary Stage Learners' Problems in Comprehending Phrasal Verbs in Written Texts(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Qussay Youssef, ZienaThe aim of this research was to find out the problems that face Egyptian EFL secondary stage learners while attempting to comprehend phrasal verbs in written texts. To achieve this aim, a test was designed and administered by the researcher on a random sample of fifteen Egyptian EFL secondary stage students at Modern Infinity Language School. It was hypothesized that (a) Egyptian EFL secondary stage students find it most difficult to comprehend phrasal verbs that consist of a verb + an adverb particle + a preposition as compared to the other two types of phrasal verbs and (b) Egyptian EFL secondary stage students find it most difficult when they are required to guess the meanings of phrasal verbs on their own without being offered any alternatives. Based on the analysis of the test results, it was revealed that both of the research hypotheses were confirmed. However, it should be highlighted that there were limitations to the current research findings. One of these limitations was related to the fact that it was a small scale study conducted on a small group of students in only one school and one governorate. Therefore, it was recommended to conduct this study on a larger scale and to follow more effective teaching methods to help EFL learners overcome their problems in comprehending phrasal verbsItem Suppression under the Mask of Protection in Parents-Daughter Relationships: A Comparative Study(October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Fahd, YasmeenThe struggle between parents and daughters is a controversial problem that needs to be resolved. Especially, in case of immigrant parents the struggle even hardens. Among children, daughters get double censorship and control, which limit their freedom and independence. Parents think they provide protection to their daughters from the ‘other’ in the ‘foreign land’ by being strict. However, their protection and strictness tend to be exaggerated, which results in psychological repression of daughters. Moreover, as first-generation immigrants, parents insist to impose their cultural, social, and religious beliefs on them in an attempt to preserve their native heritage in the ‘other’ world, refusing their daughters would merge or assimilate in the foreign land. However, as second-generation immigrants, daughters do not even recognize any other culture, except that of the ‘other’ world, which absolutely is not ‘other’ for them. Consequently, daughters feel torn between two cultures, which they even do not know to which they belong, and suffer from double consciousness. Within a feminist framework, this dissertation provides an illustration to the struggle between parents and daughters, reflected in three literary examples from different hyphenated cultures. Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf , Maxine Hong Kingston’s “No Name Woman”, published in her book The Woman Warrior, and Theodor Dreiser’s “Old Rogaum and His Theresa” represent the oppression of daughters and the psychological suffer they experience as a result of their parents’ over conservativeness. Parents follow ‘punitive’ and harsh method in raising their daughters, which forces them to rebel and challenge their parents by violating the ‘rules’ in their perception. Therefore, a suggested solution to the struggle would be that parents should be communicative and loving with their daughters, convincing them of the right by logic and reason, with preservation to their own space and independence of thinking Summary: تلخيص في حالة الهجرة تضطرب الصراع المعنوي بين الآباء و بناتهن من المشكلات التي تثير جدل كبير و تحتاج إلى حل جذري. خاصةً عن الأبناء، مما يقّيد حريتهن و استقلاليتهن. يعتقد الآباء بكونهم العلاقة أكثر. رقابة مضاعفة و سيطرة كاملة تُخ صص للبنات دونا محافظين أنهم بذلك يحمون بناتهن من العالم الغريب الذين هاجروا إليه. نعم هو غريب، و لكن غريب بالنسبة إليهم. إنما بالنسبة لبناتهن فهو العالم الوحيد الذي يعرفونه. اختلاف وجهات النظر و الأساليب التي يستقبلون بها هذا العالم و يزنون بها الأمور هي أساس الصراع بين الآباء و بناتهن. يظن الآباء أنهم يحافظون عليهم بالشدة في معاملتهن. و لكنهم لا يعلمون أنهم يخسرونهن بهذه الطريقة. كما يتسببون تات بين ثقافتين، لا يعلمن حتى إلى أي واحدة ينتموا. و كبح البنات و التحكم في في عذاب نفسي للبنات لأنهن يجدن أنفسهن مشتّ تصرفاتهن في كل خطوة ينتج عنه ضعف شخصية و عند، و هو الأمر الذي لا يود أي أب و أم رؤيته في بناتهن. مشروع التخرج هذا لا أعما يناقش هذه القضية، و تعرض فكر البنات و رد فعلهن نحو التحكم المبالغ فيه الذي يلقونه من آبائهن. تتناول هذه الرسالة أيضا أدبية من ثقافات مختلفة، لتثبت أن الصراع المعنوي بين الآباء و بناتهن هو مشكلة نجدها في كل مكان في العالم، و في كل الأحوال تؤدي إلى نفس النتيجة من الدمار النفسي للبنات. يحلل هذا المشروع ثلاثة أعمال أدبية اشتركوا في كون مؤلفيها و أبطالها من مختلف الثقافات الأم ولكنهم هاجروا إلى أمريكا. إحدى هذه الأعمال هي رواية كتبتها الكاتبة العربية- الأمريكية مهجة كهف و هي "الفتاة في حجابها البرتقالي". والأعمال الأخرى هي قصة قصيرة كتبتها المؤلفة الصينية-الأمريكية ماكسين هونج كنجستون، و تُسمى "امرأة بلا اسم"، و قصة قصيرة بعنوان "العجوز روجم و ابنته ثيريزا". يتناول المشروع هذه الأعمال بنظرة مدافعة عن حقوق المرأة، و رسالته هي إعطاء حرية التصرف و التقرير .للبنات، و خلق جو تفاهمي في الأسرة بد لا من الجو التهديديItem Measuring Employees' Perception of the Selection Process and Its Effects on the Perception of the Company(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Khaled ElRahawy, KhloudThis research measures the relationship between employees’ perception and the selection process in the workplace. Perception is the individual’s own vision in viewing what surrounding him/her. Selection process is made to choose certain individuals who acquire certain skills, knowledge and abilities that are needed for the workplace. Therefore, employees’ perception can have a great impact on how selection process’s practices should be implied by the HR department in any organization. This relationship is measured in the area of application of Air Liquide, which is a multinational company, but has several branches in EgyptItem Euro-Feminism in Margot Badran's Translation of Mudhakkirat Huda Shaarawi 'Harem Years': A Translation and Cultural Studies Approach(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Salah, MariamBadran used different strategies in Harem Years to translate Shaarawi’s diaries. These strategies led to major problems such as imposing Western thoughts in the translated version. The problem was that Badran delivered different message to the target audiences. The aim of this paper was to study Euro-feminism in Margot Badran’s translation of Huda Shaarawi’s diaries. This paper used the manipulation theory (1985) by Theo Hermans. It discussed how the text was selected for translation, and how the translator played a role in that selection. Also, it was about the manipulation of translating the source text considers as rewriting. The Manipulation theory played a vital role between the translator and target culture. The theory discussed that translators and translation are impacted by the ideology of a certan culture. This study used a qualitative research methodology that employs content analysis and comparison as tools analysis. The data was about Huda Shaarawi’s diaries and the translated book Hareem Years by Margot Badran. The research chose this data because of the major differences between the original book and the translated book. It attempted to answer a question on how did Margot Badran enforce Euro-feminism in Harem Years. She focused more on the history of Egypt than translating Shaarawi’s diariesItem Investigating Factors Affecting Employees' Performance in National Bank of Egypt (NBE)(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Medhat, HibatallahThe aim of this research paper is to evaluate the concept of Job Performance in work place. Moreover, it examine how the employees’ performance is affected by other factors, the examined factor in this paper are: Job Satisfaction, Leadership, and organizational culture. Each factor of them affect the employees’ performance in a different way. The purpose of the research is to investigate the relationship between: job performance and job satisfaction, job performance and leadership, and job performance and organizational culture. The exploratory research was used to identify if these factors has an effect or not, and the results showed that it each factor has an effect on the employees’ performance. Besides, the methodology used in this research is Questionnaire, among sample of employees and the results assured what the findings of the exploratory results. The area of application that the papers applied its research upon it is the commercial bank: National Bank of Egypt (NBE). And The results showed that job satisfaction, leadership and organizational culture have a positive effect on employees’ job performanceItem Translating Puns in Juvenile's Literature: A Case study of Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Hesham Youssef, NouraneWriting for children can be controversial, because of the variation of its origin and purpose. The role of translator is critical since not all the people around the world speak the same language especially if the translator has to translate puns and wordplays. This research uses the method of a content based analysis to compare and contrast between the puns in the original source text of Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its translation by Shakir Nasr El-Din. Translating puns and wordplays can cause problems and worries for the translators who make an attempt at its translation, because the rendition of wordplay is not just of words but of effect. The translator’s challenge is to deliver the humor behind the pun to his readers. On the linguistic level, Nasr El-Din twists and plays with the text to deliver the message to his readers. However, it does not always work well as he loses the humor of the text and also in some case, the whole meaning of the sentence. The translator follows Venuti’s strategy of visibility and stay visible to his readersWriting for children can be controversial, because of the variation of its origin and purpose. The role of translator is critical since not all the people around the world speak the same language especially if the translator has to translate puns and wordplays. This research uses the method of a content based analysis to compare and contrast between the puns in the original source text of Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its translation by Shakir Nasr El-Din. Translating puns and wordplays can cause problems and worries for the translators who make an attempt at its translation, because the rendition of wordplay is not just of words but of effect. The translator’s challenge is to deliver the humor behind the pun to his readers. On the linguistic level, Nasr El-Din twists and plays with the text to deliver the message to his readers. However, it does not always work well as he loses the humor of the text and also in some case, the whole meaning of the sentence. The translator follows Venuti’s strategy of visibility and stay visible to his readersItem investigating the Pronunciation Difficulties of Egyptian EFL Preparatory Stage Learners(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Alber Ayoub, MadonaThe aim of the research was to detect the pronunciation errors and difficulties that encounter Egyptian EFL preparatory stage learners. It was hypothesized that (a) "When it comes to consonants, pronouncing /p/, /dʒ/, /ʒ/, /v/, /ʧ/ and /θ/ represents the most common pronunciation difficulty that Egyptian EFL preparatory stage learners face." and (b) "As for consonant clusters, final position consonant clusters that consist of three and four successive consonants constitute a major difficulty for Egyptian EFL preparatory stage learners." The research means was a pronunciation test that was designed by the researcher for Egyptian EFL preparatory stage learners. A random sample of ten EFL preparatory stage students enrolled at Modern Infinity School took the pronunciation test that consisted of five sections. After administering the test, the study results revealed that Egyptian EFL preparatory stage leaners face problems in pronouncing consonants as /p/, /dʒ/, /ʒ/, /v/, /ʧ/ and /θ/. It was also revealed that pronouncing three and four consonant clusters in final position is a major difficulty for Egyptian EFL preparatory stage learners. Hence, the first and second hypotheses were confirmed. However, it should be highlighted that more studies are needed to investigate the effectiveness of varied methods and approaches in fostering native- like pronunciation among Egyptian EFL preparatory stage studentsItem Cover image Normal view MARC view ISBD view “Womanism” Between African-American and Egyptian Women : A Comparative Study of Selected Short Stories by Alice Walker and Salwa Bakr(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Ahmed M. Nouhy, MaryamItem The Loss of Music and Meaning in the Translation of Poetry: A lierary Approach to Mahmoud Darwish's Unde Siege (Halat Hesar)(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2018) Assem, MariamThe problem in the center of this research paper was to test translated poetry and whether it can be a match for the original work. The study aimed at examining the loss of music and meaning in the translation of poetry through a literary approach, applied to Mahmoud Darwish's poem, Under Siege (Halat Hesar) and its English translation done by Marjolijn De Jager. It applies Eugene Nida's Philological theories of translation as well as Susan Bassnett and Andre Le Fevere's cultural turn approach. The research uses a qualitative method of research that employs tools of content and comparison analysis. The data used is Mahmoud Darwish's Under Siege (Halat Hesar). The translation of poetry entails major differences to that of pros based on the fact that meaning is reflected, not only through the poet's choice of words, but also through the musical devices used. Through this study, it becomes apparent that poetry, in particular, can never be read the same after translation as the musical elements are lost, and with them so does the meaning. It also proves a lack of parallelism between English and Arabic in terms of musical devices employed because ultimately, the translator will always opt to focus on literal linguistic meaningItem Analyzing Egyptian EFL Secondary Stage Learners’ Grammatical Errors in Writing(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2019) ElZahraa Hussein, FatmaThis study aimed at finding the most common grammatical errors committed by Egyptian EFL learners in writing. In order to achieve the aim of the current study, a random sample of thirty Egyptian EFL secondary stage students was selected from Dar El Taryba School. A writing diagnostic test adopted from Cambridge English preliminary teachers’ handbook and Euro exams B1 webset was used as the tool for the current study. The test consisted of three questions, and the study participants were required to answer all the questions of the test. The study results indicated that more than 90% of the study participants committed grammatical errors in their writing related to wrong tenses, incorrect subject-verb-agreement while 60% of the students committed grammatical errors in their writing related to the wrong use of comparative and superlative forms. Based on the study findings, the hypothesis was partially confirmed and partially refuted. However, the study findings cannot be generalized as the study was a small scale one that was conducted on a random sample of only thirty Egyptian EFL secondary stage students in only one Egyptian school. Therefore, it is recommended that it would be better to conduct larger scale studies in the Egyptian context in order to ensure the reliability of the findings. According to the study results, it is suggested that EFL teachers should integrate the writing classes with the grammar classes in order to help EFL learners overcome such grammatical errors in their writingItem Identity and Feminism in Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Maya Angelou and Nazik Al Malaika Poetry(October university for modern sciences and arts, 2019) Mohamed Abdallah Sherif, BasmaFeminism and identity are controversial concepts where they can meet and diverse at different points within poetry compared to its translation. The role of feminism in asserting one individual identity or even collective identity represents a problematic area of study in translation. Sociocultural approaches in translation studies vary in their techniques of translating different texts in the light of their interrelations with identity and feminism. The present study aims at exploring the relationship between identity and feminism in the original productions of Maya Angelou and Nazik Al Malaika selected poems and their translations using a multidisciplinary approach that combines between post colonial and gender based studies. The theoretical framework of this study is based on Sherry Simon (2005) and Gayatri Spivak (2004) theories of translation in relation to identity and feminism. This paper is a qualitative theoretical research that uses content analysis and comparisons as research tools. It concluded that the analysis and discussion of data have proved that identity and feminism are inseparable due to their absolute and essential connectedness that is emphasized by the fact that each concept of them completes and confirms the other. As a recommendation, translation should reflect the intersection of identity and feminism instead of their diversities in order to assert the writer point of view.Item Analyzing the Efficiency of the Translation Brief in Translating Electronic Commerce Websites: A Functionalist Skopos Approach(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2019) Mamdouh, AmrThis study aims to investigate the effect of the translation brief on the quality of translation by translation major students. The problem is that previous studies showed that in the real practice of translation, many translation task providers (agencies, clients) do not provide the translators with a brief to guide them and ensure the purpose of the translation is clear. Accordingly, this situation represents an obstacle for translators in general and translation students in particular who are on their way to the translation market. This paper adapts translation-oriented model of text analysis by Christiane Nord (1991), to analyze source texts on an e-commerce website, to establish the purpose of this translation, and therefore adapting it in a brief. This type of translation (e-commerce translation) is chosen because it is one of the main types that a new translator in the market will find available. Further, a sample of translation major students are chosen to perform two translation tasks, first without a brief and then with one, to examine the effect of the brief on the quality of translation and achieving its purpose. The present researcher hypothesis that when translating with a brief the performance will improve, which is proven by the results of the tasks, as their percentage of achieving the purpose improved by 100%Item A Pattern For Female PTSD: The Unauthorized Memory in Victor Fleming’s Cinematic Adaptation of Gone With The Wind and Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2019) Youssef Bushiha, HibaThe narrative of post-war trauma is often focused on the experiences of the average white male, while females are often silenced and denied authority to speak about their own war trauma. The researcher aims to assert this fact by examining the quadri-phasic development of war related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder exhibited by Scarlett O’Hara in Victor Fleming’s 1939 cinematic adaptation of Gone with the Wind and Vera Brittain in her own 1933 memoir Testament of Youth. Using William Niederland’s theory of Survivor Syndrome along with numerous literatures on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the researcher examines the two female characters in the stages of Pre-trauma, Peri-trauma, Post-trauma and Growth. The findings indicate that a positive pre-traumatic life increases women’s chances of developing Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that women’s tendency to dissociate when exposed to trauma is further the root cause of the disorder as both female characters re-experience the feelings of shock and fear that have been dissociated during the traumatic event. The researcher further concludes that women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder may exhibit an inability to feel and form healthy relationships and that the only means of post-traumatic growth is the establishment of meaningful relationships and connections after resolving and letting go of the past.Item Misleading Implementation of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Egypt(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2019) Hassan Elsherbiny, DinaThis research is mainly tackling the presence and the role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem through the Egyptian economy and the entrepreneurship in Egypt. The main target is to identify the determine the effect of the entrepreneurship on the economic growth in Egypt and how it affect it. This hypothesis was examined through two Methods to measure the real-life situation for the startups in Egypt. The methods worked on collecting the real thoughts and actions toward the concept to give an accurate analysis on the consequences that might happen due to the incorrect way of applying and controlling the entrepreneurship process in Egypt. Therefore, this gives a credit and enhance the role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and how it assures the success of the entrepreneurship and subsequently Egypt will have an economic growth. 3 Misleading Implementation of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in EgyptItem Life Beyond Death in Children Literature: an Eco-critical exploration in Cultural-Portrayal of Death in Children Literary Works(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2019) Youssef Abd El-Azim Mohamed El-Rouby, ShrookQuestioning how the reality of death should be delivered to children has been a controversial issue between parents and accordingly children works content creators. Whether death is depicted in a positive of negative attitude in a specific culture, the concept of death should most times be simply delivered to children. The dissertation explores the portrayal of life after death in different children literary works through an eco-critical perspective. The children literary works are inspired by certain cultures which are Greek mythology, Mexican culture and Chinese culture. A comparison between the variations of cultural attitudes is tackled through the different literary interpretations of death, with main question of whether children literature makes the concept of death easier to perceive by children and to what extent. The Greek culture of death shall be tackled through the Greek myth of Hercules in The Story of Hercules and the Disney movie Herculesto further understand whether the movie is better at reflecting the eco-critical aspect of death through the use of animals and imagery. The Disney movie Cocoin comparison is tackled to view the positive portrayal of death in the Mexican culture through the positive surrounding and colorful animal, and finally the Disney movie of Mulanand the Disney story ofMushu's Story which shows that despite the fact that Chinese culture does not have a positive attitude of death, the Disney production still found a way to create a pet out of the dead world whom is loveable and funny. The findings of the dissertation illustrates that the children literary works do indeed make death a more simple and less traumatic fact for children through the eco-critical elements used by the authorsItem Identity and Feminism in Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Maya Angelou and Nazik Al Malaika Poetry(October University of Modern Sciences and Arts, 2019) Mohamed Abdallah Sherif, BasmaFeminism and identity are controversial concepts where they can meet and diverse at different points within poetry compared to its translation. The role of feminism in asserting one individual identity or even collective identity represents a problematic area of study in translation. Sociocultural approaches in translation studies vary in their techniques of translating different texts in the light of their interrelations with identity and feminism. The present study aims at exploring the relationship between identity and feminism in the original productions of Maya Angelou and Nazik Al Malaika selected poems and their translations using a multidisciplinary approach that combines between post colonial and gender based studies. The theoretical framework of this study is based on Sherry Simon (2005) and Gayatri Spivak (2004) theories of translation in relation to identity and feminism. This paper is a qualitative theoretical research that uses content analysis and comparisons as research tools. It concluded that the analysis and discussion of data have proved that identity and feminism are inseparable due to their absolute and essential connectedness that is emphasized by the fact that each concept of them completes and confirms the other. As a recommendation, translation should reflect the intersection of identity and feminism instead of their diversities in order to assert the writer point of view