English Editorials Research Articles

Digital and Convergent Development Indicators for UATV English Channel in 2022-2023

Introduction. International broadcasting of Ukraine, namely the digital UATV English channel, has been active since 2017, but the most active period of rapid growth happened in 2022–2023 with the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. World attention allowed for a natural audience growth to the level of long-standing European and American international broadcasting YouTube channels. Implementing a modern strategy of digital tabloidisation kept the audience involved over time, and the channel maintained periodic natural audience growth, which is evidenced by certain digital and convergent indicators. Relevance of the study. Purpose of the research – research into the digital and convergent indicators of the development of the Ukrainian international broadcasting channel UATV English in 2022–2023 in order to understand their impact on strategic planning and efficiency of the media channel in the current information landscape. Methodology. Theoretical and empirical methods were used. The entire scientific procedure was based on a socio-communication approach. Source description, literature analysis, statistical method, observation, forecasting, historical method. The research period is from January 2022 to January 2024. The necessary data were collected from open-source digital analytics websites and social media platforms, as well as provided by the editorial team of UATV English itself. Results. The available data allow us to assess the efficiency of the current media strategy, implied by UATV English, based on digital indicators (both open-source and inside metrics), formulate conclusions and recommendations for an exemplary media strategy and lay ground for future in-depth research of Ukraine’s international broadcasting system after February 2022. Conclusions. Although the period of global attention has been diverted from Ukraine to the Middle East in the second half of 2023, the UATV English editorial team managed to maintain a high level of audience involvement, alongside providing natural growth of the audience through implying tabloid approaches to content design, using available tools for user engagement, analysing the demand of the audience and answering it with appropriate thematic content. However, there’s still room for standardising and establishing a single and exemplary media strategy and content design to meet the contemporary needs of the audience.

Interactive metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English: Evidence from editorials

Abstract This study investigates the use of interactive metadiscourse markers in first language (L1) and second language (L2) English editorials. It also identifies how L1 and L2 editorials differ in the use of these markers. To this end, the study utilizes Hyland’s (2019) model of interactive metadiscourse to analyse – based on a descriptive approach – 80 editorials collected from two highly reputed newspapers: The Guardian and The Jordan Times, distributed evenly. The data were analysed both quantitatively, using SPSS tests to identify significant differences (if any) between the two sets of editorials, and qualitatively to enrich our understanding of the functions of interactive metadiscourse markers in editorials. The analysis revealed that there is no significant difference in the use of interactive metadiscourse markers between the two corpora. However, there is a slight variation in the use of individual interactive markers such as frame markers and evidentials. The findings are discussed in the light of theories of metadiscourse and previous literature. The study provides implications for L2 learning and teaching in terms of how interaction in written discourse is achieved in the L2.

Editorial in English

Editorial in English

English, Winter Issue 2022

When the recent removal of Philip Larkin and Wilfred Owen from the GCSE syllabus was labelled ‘cultural vandalism’ by the erstwhile Education Secretary (the ever-reliable Nadhim Zahawi) and accompanied by a sputter of outrage in the UK media, The English editorial team – who have a vested interest in the teaching and enjoyment of poetry – decided to open a forum on the subject. Our Autumn 2022 issue included John Wilkinson and Derek Attridge’s animated readings of Denise Riley’s poem ‘Lone Star Clattering’; the present issue continues the theme of reading poetry with the first discussions of what is at stake in teaching poetry in schools, colleges, and universities; of which methods and activities have, in practice, enlivened students to poetic language and what it can do; and of wider questions about who is, or who should be, represented in today’s curricula. Schools, universities, and journals like this are actively involved in canon formation, however suspicious we may be of the notion, and our teaching, whatever its constraints, is the live manifestation of this process. We hope this candid exchange of experience and expertise will develop over subsequent issues as we reflect on what is most challenging, valuable, and yes! enjoyable, in the teaching of poetry.

Editorial in English

Editorial of Vol. 14, n. 2 in English.

Italian Fascists and the Rewriting of American History

Italian Fascists and the Rewriting of American History

Editorial in English

Editorial in English

Contemporary Challenges for a Philosophical Theory of War. An Exposé

English Editorial of the special Issue on Philosophical Theories of War: Contemporary Challenges and Discussions giving an overview of the latest state of the debate.

Editorial

Editorial in English and French.

Discourse Markers in Selected English Editorials: A Communicative Aspect Between Text Producers and Receivers

Discourse markers (DMs) are those elements which show the writer’s linguistic and rhetorical manifestation for the information that used in the text. The aim of this paper is to show the importance of discourse markers (DMs) in editorial texts of two English newspapers, the Guardian and the New York Times. To fulfill the goals of the  study, the function of these DMs in editorials will be analyzed according to their qualitative contributions. The results and findings of this research show that the function of these DMs are different. A great variety of occurrence of DMs can be seen between textual and interpersonal genres.  Interpersonal DMs achieve certain goals or roles in the study. This leads to a conclusion that though the function of DMs is different, a similar aspect in which how text producers try to instruct their readers in a way that their attitudes and discourses can be easily understood   leads to fulfill the tenor of  communication.

LEXICAL BORROWING IN MALAYSIAN ONLINE NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS: A CORPUS-BASED APPROACH

Lexical borrowing is words that have been transferred from the native language and integrated into a different language (Hamdi, 2017). Studies on newspaper editorials have drawn a large readership, yet it is not been given enough coverage in terms of borrowed words used by the editors in English language newspapers. This paper examined the types and frequencies of lexical borrowing. This paper used both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Haugen's (as cited in Annab, 2019) pioneering work of lexical borrowing was used in this research. Three forms of lexical borrowing, namely loanwords, compound blends, and loan transitions/claque were found. In this paper, four months of editorials from The Star Online were transferred into a text files by using Microsoft Word and imported into WordSmith Tool version 6 (henceforth WST 6) to generate the data. Results reflect that the highest frequency of lexical features identified was loanwords (84%), followed by compound blends (9%), and loan transitions (7.5%). The top three highest borrowed words used by editors were the words Pakatan, Datuk, and Barisan. Conclusively, as large amounts of borrowed words exist in English editorials, this phenomenon should be eliminated. This is because one of the ways to elevate Malaysian English (henceforth ME) to meet and sustain with the International level is to uphold the quality of the English language in newspapers. Besides, relevant stakeholders should work together to increase the quality of editorials as newspapers are part of authentic materials used in education.

Editorial in English

Editorial in English

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Whites and Browns: A Contrastive Study of Metadiscourse in English Newspaper Editorials

Metadiscourse is an interesting field of inquiry that is believed to play a vital role in organizing and producing persuasive writing. It is a set of linguistic devices used to communicate attitudes and mark the structural properties of a text. The study aimed to investigate whether native and non-native varieties of English varieties are similar or different from each other from the perspective of interactional meta-discourse markers. The study as contrastive rhetoric research scrutinized a corpus of 900 newspaper editorials (450 written in native English newspapers and 450 written in non-native English newspapers). Editorials were culled from 15 native English newspapers belonging to three native English countries, England, America, and New Zealand, and 15 non-native English newspapers belonging to three non-native English countries, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka. Based on the model of metadiscourse given by Hyland (2005), interactional metadiscourse resources were analyzed. The frequencies of interactional metadiscourse markers in both native and non-native varieties were counted and compared with each other. The results disclosed that there were worth-pointing differences between the native and non-native English editorialists in the use of interactional metadiscourse markers. Two different varieties of English editorials showed variations particularly in the use of hedging and self-mention markers. On the whole, findings suggested that the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in native English editorials were more frequent than those in non-native English editorials which made their writings more appealing and convincing context.Keywords: metadiscourse; native; non-native; newspaper; editorials

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Editorial in English

English Editorial of Volume 23-1-2021

English Editorial of Volume 23-1-2021

Editorial – 2020 - Thematic Issue Research Methodology in Mathematics Education: directions and perspectives

Editorial in English

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Editorial in English

Editorial in English

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