An Interplay of English and Urdu Languages in Pakistani ESL Learners: Implications of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity This qualitative enquiry investigates the perennial question about the relation and intersection of language and thought. Taking Sapir and Whorf's (SWH) proposed causality between a language and cognitive processes as well as their standpoints of linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity as foundational to this debate, I have taken recourse to other re-conceptualizations offered by linguists. And according to the milder versions of this hypothesis, language can influence thought in various degrees and ways, and resist the decrees of an absolute takeover of language on thought. The first two chapters establish grounds for the actual research, by systematically debating these dimensions. This research makes use of these hypotheses, re-conceptualizations to observe the interplay of English and Urdu language in Pakistani ESL learners. The effort is neither aimed at comparing and contrasting the two languages nor to observe the phenomenon of code switching/ mixing. Instead, the focus remains on tracing the patterns of communicative choices Pakistani learners make for ensuring accuracy of expression and conveyance of fuller meaning. This has been achieved by means of focus group discussions and one to one interviews with the participants. The participants were engaged in dynamic, motivational and meaningful themes, instead of stereotype speaking skills topics, with the permissible use of Urdu where necessary. The third chapter (methodology) encapsulates the methodical stances I have adopted to view manifestations of SWH, during the communicative engagements of the participants. Later, the analysis and interpretation of the voice data is carried out by means of certain communicative strategy typologies that dissect and categorize discussion content across different parameters, for precision and meaningfulness (chapter four). From the analysis it is evident that the SWH does hold sufficient grounds when its application is seen in a bilingual situation. Such a situation produces rich and diverse data and has highlighted delicate intricacies of cultural and moral contents embedded within a language which majorly shapes influences on thinking patterns of its speakers, providing insightful conclusions (chapter five) and new dimension to this co- relational activity excited by language.
حدود کےنفاذ کی شرائط حدود کی تنفیذ کے لیے مندرجہ ذیل شرائط کا پورا ہونا ضروری ہے: 1۔ حدود کا اجراء ہر کسی کے لیے جائز نہیں بلکہ یہ حق صرف اسلامی حکومت کو حاصل ہے اور حکومت بھی اس وقت یہ سزا دے گی جب معاملہ کی پوری تحقیق ہو جائے اور ثبوت ، اقرار یا قرائن سے جرم ثابت ہو جائے اور کوئی شبہ باقی نہ رہے کیونکہ حد حق اللہ ہے اور شبہ سے حد ساقط ہوجاتی ہے۔ اسلامی قانون میں جائز نہیں کہ جرم ثابت ہو جانے کے بعد سزا میں کوتاہی کی جائے بلکہ ایسا کرنا جرم ہے۔ حد ودکا نفاذ اسلامی حکومت کے قیام سے ہو گااور امام کے ذمہ ہے ، جیسا کہ امام سرخسی ؒ نے لکھا ہے "استيفاء الحد إلى الإمام"38 "حد کا استیفا ء امام کا کام ہے۔ " حاکم وقت یا اس کا نمائندہ ہی حد کا نفاذ کر سکتا ہے ، جیسا کہ علامہ مرغینانی ؒ تحریر کرتے ہیں کہ "حد قائم کرنے کے لیے ضروری ہے اس کو امیرالمومنین یا حاکم وقت یا حاکم کا نمائندہ قائم کرے۔ "39 2۔ آزاد ، عاقل ، بالغ اور مرضی سے فعل سر انجام دینے والے پر حد جاری ہوتی ہے۔ علامہ مرغینانی لکھتے ہیں جس پر حد لگائی جائے وہ "آزاد ، عاقل ، بالغ ہواور یہ فعل آزاد ی و مرضی سے ہوا ہو۔ "40 3۔ جس پر حد قائم کی جائے وہ سلیم البدن ہو۔ پاگل ، مجنون ، مریض، ناتواں، ضعیف اور نشہ کی حالت میں حد قائم نہ ہو گی۔ ہاں البتہ ان کمزوریوں کے دور ہونے پر حد قائم ہو گی۔ رسول اللہ ﷺ کے زمانے میں تندرست پر ہی حد جاری کی جاتی، سوائے رجم کے ۔ حضرت عبد الرحمان سے روایت ہے کہ نبی ﷺ نے حضرت علی...
Assessment and the learning process become two intertwined concepts that are impossible to separate. When compared to the other three abilities, reading skills are the most important in English learning. In order to meet the demands of modern teaching development, information and communication technology is required for English language instruction and assessment. The purpose of this study is to examine the requirements of both learners and pursuers in terms of the use of information and communication technology in reading instruction assessment (Reading Assessment). This current study used two data collection technique, namely questionnaires and interviews analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Respondents in this study were selected by purposive sampling involving 70 students and 5 teachers in vocational schools. The results of this study found that (1) The students’ goal and necessities differ, (2) The students are at beginner level at reading skill and have reading word and sentences fluently and correctly, (3) They want familiar contents based on their life, environment and major, (4) The need of information and communication technology both for learning and assessing and (5) Through the product, the English learners would be learning, collaborative and independent. The researcher advised for further researcher to conduct the development the information and communication technology for teaching and assessing English learners in vocational schools.
The work presented in this thesis is devoted to digital image processing techniques using soft computing techniques and spline representations. In particular, it emphasizes on the problems of image interpolation for finding the optimal digital images. In this thesis, four image interpolation schemes are developed which utilize one of the soft computing techniques, Genetic Algorithm (GA) and newly constructed rational Ball Cubic B-spline representation, the cubic trigonometric B-spline representation, the quadratic trigonometric B-spline representation along with the rational cubic B-spline representation to get the resulting interpolated images. Genetic algorithms are used to get the optimal values of shape parameters in the description of the proposed B-spline representations. The proposed schemes are demonstrated with both gray scale and color digital images. Numerical results are collected in terms of well-known image quality metrics including Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structure SIMilarity (SSIM), Multi-Scale Structure SIMilarity (MS-SSIM) and Feature SIMilarity (FSIM) indices to analyze and compare the proposed interpolation schemes with each other and existing ones.