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Folk Narrative and EFL: A Narrative Approach to Language Learning
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, 2018 This paper aims to bridge folk narrative studies and literature on foreign language learning, by providing an overview of the applications of folk narratives—from fairy tales to contemporary legends—to EFL teaching and learning. It focuses on how the very nature of oral narratives, of which the English language has a particularly varied and rich ...
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The third sector has emerged as an increasingly important actor in governance, social development, and public service delivery across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), yet scholarly understanding of its evolution, institutional capacity, and policy role remains fragmented and uneven.
Moosa Elayah +2 more
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Diversitas JournalThis study explores the rich folk literature of Cagayan and Ilocos Norte, two provinces in the Philippines, through a combination of fieldwork, archival research, and analysis.
Louie Villanueva
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Time in Finnish Folk Narratives
Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore, 1998 Some of us may recall the story about the Chinese man who asked the world-record sprinter how he would make use of the extra hundredth of a second he won in the race. Although we often talk about using our time wisely or foolishly wasting it, time is hard to reify; after all, in a way, time itself is non-existent – instead we have a process, movement ...
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article advances a theory of co‐production as a relational state‐building strategy for countering youth radicalisation in fragile states. Grounded in fieldwork in northern Togo, affected by jihadist incursions from the Sahel and home to a predominantly young population, we argue that co‐production extends state presence into ‘brown areas’
Bakoa Nathan Madjoulba +1 more
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Rajac and Paradise: Names of East Serbian Villages in Folk Tradition
Вопросы ономастикиThe article examines folk motivations for the names of villages in the southern part of the Negotin region in Eastern Serbia, exploring their historical context and legends about local heroes.
Anna Arkadyevna Plotnikova
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Debates abound regarding how to use land for nature recovery and environmental governance. Such decisions require an understanding of benefits and trade‐offs, and increasingly rely on vast quantities of data, delivered through digital technologies.
Lucy Jenner +3 more
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Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016 The paper offers a semiological analysis of narratives about the “werewolf of Tamnava County” which were published in Serbian daily newspapers in June 2005.
Sonja Žakula
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Władysław Orkan’s Peasant Narrations, Or On the Benefits of History of Literature for the Folk Turn
Journal of Folklore and Popular CultureThe aim of the article is to examine Władysław Orkan’s oeuvre from the perspective of the contemporary folk turn. Having debuted in 1897, the writer can be seen as a precursor of the peasant trend in Polish prose.
Marcelina Kuc
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Conservation decisions often require navigating tensions among ecological, cultural, economic and social priorities. While debates frequently centre on single‐species outcomes, less is known about how care for landscapes may contribute to co‐stewardship.
Diana S. Macias +22 more
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