Second language learning starts with and using its words. When learners know how to use the basic or common words of target language, they can communicate better thus master receptive productive skills language. In light this interpretation, English instructors started literary works expand learners’ vocabulary achieve outcomes. regard, short stories for acquisition instruction is an effective ...

In 1983, Alice Walker proposed the idea of womanism as a way for black feminism to distinguish itself from white by using concept point departure. response erasure women color mainstream feminist critical theory and politics, this school thought was born. Womanism, phrase that comes folk culture, is term used indicate notion moulded experiences an African-American female. To be womanist love wo...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparative effect of using electronic short story books and traditional printed texts on EFL learners’ reading comprehension. For that purpose, ninety female learners ranging in age between fifteen and thirty five sat for the language proficiency test (PET, 2009) as the test of homogeneity and consequently sixty students were selected based on t...

Memory complaints are frequent in the elderly but the confirmation of memory decline is challenging. Tests employing the recall of paragraphs or short stories have been proposed for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Objectives To evaluate the influence of educational level on immediate recall of short stories. Methods A sample of 363 individuals (2...

the present article is an attempt to review the syrian short storyfrom the period between 1931 to 1947 and its development. syrian short stories in this period are affected by cultural, political and historical events.