Abstract

This paper attempted to conduct a critical analysis of Donald Trump’s inauguration speech in 2025. The speech was analysed through Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach. Three levels of analysis were employed: textual, cognitive, and social. The findings revealed that Trump employed several rhetorical appeals, including logos and pathos. Additionally, various rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, metaphors, and parallel structures were utilised to reinforce his ideas. The analysis also revealed underlying ideologies within the speech, including nationalism, inequality, and protectionism. Trump depicted Americans as law-abiding citizens, while he portrayed immigrants as criminals posing a serious threat to America. Furthermore, Trump effectively employed linguistic tools and rhetorical devices to characterise Biden’s administration as weak and incompetent in managing social and economic issues, while presenting himself as a redeemer of America.

This research investigated the challenges medical university students encounter in learning

technical vocabulary. A quantitative research approach was adopted. 61 first-year medical

students at the University of Gharyan participated in the study. A structured questionnaire was

used to gather the data. The findings revealed that medical university students encounter

several challenges in medical vocabulary learning, including pronunciation, spelling, meaning and use. The results also indicated that medical university students struggle to recall some

medical terms, which could be attributed to cognitive overload. The researchers suggest

revaluating the current English medical programs at the Faculties of Medicine in Libya.

Teaching vocabulary in context, highlighting the grammatical categories of words, drawing

distinctions between synonyms through examples, and training students on using medical

words through interactive activities could enhance the current English medical programs.

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