December 31, 2024

Preface: Exploring the Digital Arena: Language, Communication, and Sociocultural Shifts

Key Points

The exploration highlights key sociocultural shifts regarding language and communication in various contexts.
Significant topics include needs analysis in ESP for engineering students and gender representation in media.
A collection of articles presents diverse perspectives, including sociolinguistic views on gender perceptions and language variations.
The findings suggest ongoing transformations in language practices and representations across cultures.

Abstract

The contributions of the first issue of the International Journal of Multilingualism and Languages for Specific Purposes IJMLSP delve into significant topics relating to language, culture, and society. This collection of five articles explores various aspects such as the importance of needs analysis in ESP course design for engineering students, gender representation in Nigerian films, the Algerian gendered perception of female car drivers from a sociolinguistic perspective, spelling discrepancies between American and British English in a Nigerian setting, and the application of English stress in selected radio news broadcasts.

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Antony Hoyte-West (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af658fad7bf08b1eae4e38 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.52919/ijmlsp.v6i02.68