The Center for Languages

2025

• Wali, A., Nabi, S., Hussain, F., Rida Zainab, & Ashraf, F. (2025). Comparative Phonemic Analysis of English and Urdu: Similarities and Differences. Journal of Social Signs Review, 3(05), 287–301. https://socialsignsreivew.com/index.php/12/article/view/270 
• Ajmal, S., & Hussain, S. I. (2025). Enhancing ESL writing skills in Pakistan: The role of AI-driven computational models. International Journal of Social Sciences Bulletin, 3(1), 204–207.
• Farman, M., Asgher, M., &Shoukat, S. (2025). Exploring semantic and syntactic properties of agent theta roles in Urdu. Annual Methodological Archive Research Review, 3(5), 322–344. https://doi.org/10.63075/5er7wc30
• Farman, M., Shoukat, S., & Mamoon, R. (2025). Exploring relationship of animacy and syntactic cues in processing strategies of second language learners. Social Sciences Spectrum, 4(2), 86–107. https://doi.org/10.71085/sss.04.02.259
• Fatima, N., Firdaus, A., & Saleem, Z. (2025). Leveraging AI-powered chatbots to enhance English speaking skills among rural Pakistani learners: A sociolinguistics and pedagogical evaluation. Policy Journal of Social Science Review, 3(5), 289–301. https://journalofsocialsciencereview.com/index.php/PJSSR/article/view/290
• Imam, S. H., &Moghees, A. (2025). Evaluating the effectiveness of logical reasoning integration on the academic writing of Pakistani undergraduate ESL learners. Annual Methodological Archive Research Review, 3(5), 432–453. https://amresearchreview.com/index.php/Journal/issue/view/17view
• Imam, S. H., Moghees, A., & Faheem, W. (2025). A comparative discourse analysis of gender identity construction in Lollywood and Bollywood item songs. Journal for Current Sign, 3(2), 311–326. https://www.currentsignjournal.com/index.php/JCS/article/view/164
• Ilyas, S. (2025). American late night talk shows and the bourgeois public sphere: Examining female marginalization in Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT), 8(1), 1505–1521. https://jalt.com.pk/index.php/jalt/article/view/515
• Ilyas, S. (2025). Gendered discourse in Pakistani talk shows: A public sphere perspective of female marginalization. Contemporary Journal of Social Science Review, 3(1), 1835–1850. https://doi.org/10.12345/w40mfk16
• Khan, N. W., Asgher, M., & Shah, A. (2025). Effectiveness of AI-based corrective feedback in improving academic writing skills of IELTS candidates. Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review, 9(1), 52–63.
• Khan, S. Y., Ajmal, M., & Shah, A. (2025). Fragmented selves and dislocated identities: A postmodern study of Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire. Policy Journal of Social Science Review, 3(6), 275–281.
• Muneer, M., Nijabat, A., & Nazim, M. (2025). Decoding errors: Unraveling the linguistic challenges faced by 10th grade ESL learners. Policy Research Journal, 3(5), 42–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15332140
• Nazim, M., & Nazim, Z. (2025). Achieving nonverbal presentation skills using self-regulated learning method in Pakistan. Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT).https://jalt.com.pk/index.php/jalt/article/view/541
• Nazim, M., Nazim, Z., & Muneer, M. (2025). Transcending translation: Using the potential of emojis in reading comprehension for young ESL learners. Indus Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2), 78–91. https://doi.org/10.59075/ijss.v3i2.1011
• Nayab, T. S., Farman, M., &Shoukat, S. (2025). Exploring syntactic processing in Urdu-speaking Broca’s aphasics. Policy Journal of Social Science Review, 3(5), 373–388. https://journalofsocialsciencereview.com/index.php/PJSSR/article/view/296
• Nijabat, A., Noreen, S., & Munir, M. (2025). Cognitive and discourse strategies in figurative language comprehension: A qualitative study of non-native English learners (BS level) at Hailey College of Commerce. Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 8(2), 784.
• Qureshi, N. A., Babar, S. F., & Maryam, A. (2025). A multimodal analysis of Pakistani advertisements for children's clothing brands. The Critical Review of Social Sciences Studies, 2(1), 46–58. https://doi.org/10.59075/33r90n31
• Saleem, Z., & Fatima, Z. (2025). Gamification in language learning: Enhancing English proficiency among university students in Lahore. Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT), 8(1). https://jalt.com.pk/index.php/jalt/article/view/415
• Yazdani, N., Moghees, A., & Shuja, A. (2025). Thematic analysis of management discourse: A study based on representation of power ideologies in an academic text. Middle East Journal of Management.

2024

• Abbas, M. H., & Noreen, S. (2024, February). Post postcolonial subaltern: A Foucauldian discourse analysis of transgender identity in Faiqa Mansab’s This House of Clay and Water (2017). Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 2(1), 305–326. https://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/article/view/98
• Ahmad, S., Ghazanfar, S., & Fatima, Z. (2024). Meta-functional analysis of Sufi Kalam of Baba Bulleh Shah. Jahan-e-Tahqeeq, 7(2), 706–718. https://jahan-e-tahqeeq.com/index.php/jahan-e-tahqeeq/article/view/1469
• Amir, S., Qureshi, N. A., Anjum, F., Nishtar, Z., & Lodhi, K. (2024). Use of emoji to exemplify students' attitude towards e-learning during COVID-19. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 2(4), 257. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/146
• Babar, S. F., Qureshi, N. A., & Maryam, A. (2024). Perspectives of university academics on language attitudes and beliefs: A mix method approach. Journal of Poverty and Development, 13(2), 1056. https://poverty.com.pk/index.php/Journal/article/view/583
• Fatima, K., & Qureshi, N. A. (2024). English as a medium of instruction in the education system of Pakistan. Journal of Education and Social Studies, 5(3), 241–248. https://doi.org/10.52223/jess.2024.5326
• Fatima, Z., Saleem, Z., & Shah, A. (2024). An investigation of the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on teaching English as a second language. Panacea Journal of Linguistics & Literature, 3(1), 53–78. https://journals.airsd.org/index.php/pjll/article/view/384
• Hussain, G., Gul, F., & Shah, A. (2024). Assessment practices for the students of non-formal and basic education in Punjab, Pakistan. Global Regional Review, 9(2), 75–80. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-II).07
• Ishfaq, S. (2024). Analyzing media representation of Asma Jahangir’s advocacy in Pakistan’s electronic media in the lens of framing feminism. Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences.
• Ishfaq, S. (2024). Identifying cultural metaphors and metonymies in Taufiq Rafat’s poetry and linking them to cultural schemas. Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences, 3(1), 181–191. https://wahacademia.com/index.php/Journal/article/view/63/44
• Murad, A., Zafar, S., & Mushtaq, Z. (2024). Effectiveness of code-switching in Pakistani university ESL classroom. Pakistan Language and Humanities Review, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-II)04
• Nabi, S., Ali, S. Z., Abbasi, A. W. A., & Hussain, F. (2024). Pronunciation of English and Urdu counterpart sounds /v/, /?/, and /w/: A comparative study. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 2(2), 893–917.
• Nazim, M. (2024). Impact of Urdu language on the lexical choice of Dhanni dialect on students at the University of the Chakwal. Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2), 280–304.
• Nazim, M., Iftikhar, S., &Madad, A. (2024). An in-depth analysis of linguistic deficiencies: A study investigating writing errors of undergraduate students from three public universities in Pakistan. Annals of Human and Social Sciences, 5(1), 373–387. https://ojs.ahss.org.pk/journal/article/view/492
• Nazim, M., Khan, N. W., & Nijabat, A. (2024). Challenges impacting the development and design of curricula in Pakistan. Human Nature Journal of Social Sciences, 4(4), 10–17.
• Rafi, M. S., &Moghees, A. (2024). The role of language during the pandemic: A mixed-method exploration of discourse of fear and Sinophobia. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 39(2), 305–328. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2024.39.2.18
• Sohail, R., Khan, N., &Tasaduq, S. (2024). Dissecting sociopolitical paradigms: A social semiotic scrutiny of Pakistani political caricatures within a curated corpus of English newspaper editorial content. Panacea Journal of Linguistics & Literature, 3(1), 191–203. https://journals.airsd.org/index.php/pjll/article/view/400
• Zafar, S., Murad, A., & Mushtaq, Z. (2024). To explore the practice of translingual pedagogies for second language teaching in multilingual classrooms: Students’ perspective. Global Educational Studies Review, 9(1), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2024(IX-I).13
• Zia, T., Batool, S., & Qureshi, N. A. A. (2024). Analyzing the sociolinguistic factors influencing code-switching among students in bilingual classrooms. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 3212–3231. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1519

2023

• Nazim, M., Nijabat, A., & Muneer, M. (2023). Course outline design for acoustically challenged Pakistani students. Pakistan Social Sciences Review, 7(4), 76–85. https://ojs.pssr.org.pk/journal/article/view/332
• Noreen, S., & Abbas, H. (2023). The loss of the real tale: The postmodern case of migration in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West. Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies, 1(4), 693–705. https://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/article/view/
• Rafi, M. S., & Moghees, A. (2023). Writing challenges, causes, and strategies to facilitate the doctoral dissertation-writing process: A qualitative analysis. International Social Sciences Journal, 73(247), 139–156. https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12367
• Saleem, Z., & Noreen, S. (2023). A pragmatic study for speech acts analysis in print media statements by focusing on Pakistani politics ideological agenda. Pakistan Journal of Law, Analysis and Wisdom, 2(2), 816–826. https://doi.org/10.1234/pjlaw.v2i02.111
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