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ISSN.1026-7026

ELF
(English Language & Literary Forum)
ANNUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
Department of English
Vol. No10

Refereed Journal

2008

EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr.Ziauddin Khand

Editor-In-Chief

Dr.Ghulam Mustafa Mashori

Member

Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah

Member
EDITORIAL ADVISROY BOARD

Dr.Zafar Iqbal

Member

Dr.Muhammad Shahbaz Arif

Member

Dr.K.M Larik

Member

Dr.G.M Hall

(UK)

Member

Dr.J.L Milton

(UK)

Member

Dr.Estela Ene

(USA)

Member

Dr.Kaplan M.Lindsay (USA)

Member

Dr.Xiaoming Li

(USA)

Member

Dr.Paul Tench

(UK)

Member

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NOTES ON EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Dr.Ziauddin Khand
Editor-In-Chief
Department of English
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Sindh Pakistan
Dr.Ghulam Mustafa Mashori
Member
Associate Professor
Department of English
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Sindh Pakistan
Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah
Member
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Sindh Pakistan
Dr.Zafar Iqbal
Member
Chairman, Department of English,
University of Management & Technology Lahore, Pakistan
Dr.Muhammad Shahbaz Arif
Member
Professor and Head
School of Social Science and Humanities University of
Management Science and Technology Lahore Pakistan
Dr.K.M Larik
Member
Department of Business Administration
Iqra University Defence View Karachi
Dr.G.M Hall (UK)
Member
School of Applied Linguistics
University of Wales Swansea
Dr.J.L Milton (UK)
Member
Head of School of Applied Linguistics
University of Wales Swansea
Dr.Estela Ene (USA)
Member
School of Second Language Acquisition & Teaching
University of Arizona
Dr.Xiaoming Li (USA)
Member
Associate Professor of English
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus New York
Dr.Kaplan M.Lindsay (USA)
Member
School of English, George Town University, Washington D.C
Dr.Paul Tench (UK)
Member
Senior Lecturer, School of English
Cardiff University, Wales (UK)

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ISSN.1026-7026

ELF
English Language & Literary Forum
ANNUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
Department of English
Vol. No10

2008

CONTENTS
1. Vocabulary learning strategies for English as second language (ESL) learners
through reading
Dr.Ziauddin Khand and Dr.Rafique Ahmed Memon
2. Language Teaching strategies and learnability in (ESL) Class room
Dr.Muhammad Shahbaz Arif
3. Early attempt in Sindhi Lexicography a Descriptive Survey of Bilingual English
Sindhi Dictionary before 1947.
Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah and Dr.Ziauddin Khand
4. Developing English Vocabulary of English as Second Language (ESL) Learners
through awareness about affixes.
Dr. Ziauddin Khand and Dr.Rafique Ahmed Memon
5. Shakespeares Caliban a Symbol of Revolt against Colonialism.
Dr.K.M Larik
6. The Broken Dreams of Lady Macbeth
Irshad Ahmed Tabbasum
7. Unraveling the Egg: The Concept of Metaphysics in Metaphysical Poetry
Mrs.Koomal Ansari
8. A Descriptive- Contrastive Analysis of Syntactic Categories: A Case of Noun in
English & Urdu
Prof.Dr.Zafar Iqbal and Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Farrukh Durrani)
9. Reading: its different perceptions
Dr.Ziauddin KHand and Dr.Rafique Ahmed Memon

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
1. Dr.Ziauddin Khand
Assistant Professor, Department of English,
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
2. Dr.Rafique Ahmed Memon
Director,
Institute of Englihs, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
3. Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
4. Dr.Muhammad Shabaz Arif
Professor and Head
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
UMT Lahore
5. Dr.K.M Larik
Department of Business Administration
Iqra University, Defense View, Karachi
6. Irshad Ahmed Tabbasum
Lecturer in English,
Govt:Post: Graduate College Bahawalpur
7. Mrs.Koomal Ansari
Lecturer
Institute of English Language and Literature
University of Sindh Jamshoro
8. Dr.Zafar Iqbal
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Language and Islamic Studies, Bahauddin Zakriya
University, Multan