http://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/issue/feed 2026-09-10T09:23:32+00:00 Dr. Zahoor Hussain editor@jals.miard.org Open Journal Systems <p>Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies (JALS) is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original and high-quality research papers in all areas of arts, linguistics, and literature. As an important academic exchange platform, scientists and researchers can know the most up-to-date academic trends and seek valuable primary sources for reference.</p> <p><span class="x_818172775highlight"><span class="x_818172775colour"><span class="x_818172775font"><span class="x_818172775size">The journal also welcomes articles from Language, Linguistics, Literature, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion Studies, Islamic Studies, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, literary Arts, Art History, Anthropology, Archeology, Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Development Studies, Geography, Home Economics, Novels and short stories.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Dr. Zahoor Hussain (Editor)</strong><br />Associate Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur.<br /><strong>Email:</strong> editor@jals.miard.org</p> http://jals.miard.org/index.php/jals/article/view/762 2026-09-08T18:13:01+00:00 Eiman Ansari t@miard.edu.pk Bareera Tariq Paracha t@miard.edu.pk Asmara Shafqat t@miard.edu.pkp

<p>This exploratory, mixed-methods study examined how instructional modality shapes the immediate and delayed retention of academic content, and the linguistic features of learner output, among postgraduate students in applied linguistics and TESOL teacher education. Twenty postgraduate students at a public university in Pakistan were randomly assigned to a YouTube video group (n = 10) or a PDF text group (n = 10) and were exposed to identical academic content on “Corpora vs. AI Tools in Language Learning.” Retention was measured with a 20-item immediate post-test and a 10-item delayed post-test administered two weeks later. Delayed written summaries were compiled into modality-specific corpora and analyzed in AntConc to identify lexical patterns associated with each modality.</p> <p>Immediate retention did not differ significantly between groups. Delayed retention, however, favored the PDF text group, suggesting that text-based input supports deeper processing and more durable consolidation over time. Corpus analysis revealed distinct linguistic patterns: essays from the YouTube group used more evaluative, metacognitive, and interpersonal language, while essays from the PDF group used more formal academic vocabulary and showed greater structural precision.</p> <p>Together, these findings suggest that video-based input is a strong driver of short-term engagement through multimodal scaffolding and affective processing, whereas text-based input better supports long-term retention through deeper linguistic processing and cognitive consolidation. The study underscores the need for deliberate multimodal integration in TESOL teacher education, particularly within virtual intercultural exchange (VIE) contexts, and offers implications for curriculum design, pedagogical practice, and policy in support of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education).</p>

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<p>This study examines how youth and employment were discursively constructed in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) election manifestos for the 2024 election. The study uses a qualitative research design and Fairclough's Three-Dimensional Model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to look at the strategic use of language to produce youth identities, employment stories and ideologies of national development. The analysis shows that despite all three parties' focus on youth as the main factor in Pakistan's future and the employment as the means of economic development, they have different ideologies being presented. Entrepreneurship, innovation and self-reliance are the forte of PTI while institutional development and economic modernization are the mantra of PML-N, while inclusive growth, social justice and state-backed youth empowerment is the key of PPP. The findings show that election manifestos contain political documents that can influence the public opinion, validate the political agenda and create alternative views of governance, citizenship and the development of a country.</p>

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