Browsing by Author "Mohammed, Tawffeek"

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    Cohesion and coherence in ibrahim al-koni's narrative discourse with special reference to al-bahth an almakan al-dh yie [in search of the lost place]: a textlinguistics approach
    (University of the Western Cape, 2023) Abdulnabi, Saleh Ali; Mohammed, Tawffeek
    The proposed study aims to analyse the narrative discourse of the Arab novelist Ibrahim al-Koni with special reference to his novel Al-Bahth an al-makan al-dhaya [In Search of the Lost Place]. As the title justifiably indicates, it is not only a search for a lost place but a persistent search for an identity and for a lost culture that has been marginalized and brushed aside. The narrative style of Ibrahim al-Kouni in general abounds with the use of stylistic and rhetorical devices that have distinguished his writings from those of other Arab novelists. While the narrative discourse of some Arab novels has been tackled from the perspective of Arabic classical rhetoric, very few studies have used contemporary critical discourse analysis methods in the study of Arabic literary texts in general and fictional prose in particular.
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    An exploration of student interpreters� attitudes towards the undergraduate interpreting training programmes at Yemeni universities
    (Academy Publication, 2023) Al-Sowaidi, Belqes; Mohammed, Tawffeek
    This study investigates the attitudes of trainee interpreters towards their training programmes at Yemeni universities. 61 interpreters in Taiz province participated in the study. A 16-item questionnaire was designed to explore their attitudes towards their programmes. The findings of this study show that the interpreters are not satisfied with the current programmes. The results also show that the programme does notadequately enhance the interpreting competence of would-be interpreters. The programme is mainly concerned with the enhancement of the linguistic and cultural competencies, paying less attention to other components of interpreting competence such as instrumental, psycho-physiological, and strategic. The results also show that respondents are not satisfied with the content of instructional modules, activities used in the training, the time allocated for practicums, and the amount of technology integration. This study has also investigated the interpreting directionality of beginner and advanced student interpreters at Al-Saeed University by quantitatively analysing their final scores in interpreting modules. Beginner and advanced groups in the current study demonstrate different levels of interpreting competence in both directions. The results from various statistical tools show that student interpreters, whether beginners or advanced, are more competent to interpret into their mother tongue, while very few of them show balanced skills in both directions. Additionally, the overall scores of beginner and advanced student interpreters in both directions do not reflect the expected level of proficiency.