Recitation and Listening to the Quraan

Q: Is the rewards different when reading the Quran in English or Arabic and when reading it on from a mobile device?

Q: Is it permissible to recite Quran sharif at the time of zawal?

Q: Is it permissible to memorise surahs by reading their English transliteration if I can't find someone who can teach me how to read arabic?

Q: I would like to know can a woman following the shafi madhab read Quraan without socks? That means revealing the feet.

Q: Are you allowed to participate in other activities e.g. going on your mobile phone whilst listening to a students Qur'an?

Q: Can I read the Quran without wudhu and without a head scarf? I read Quran from my phone in English transliteration as I cannot read Arabic.

Q: I am 18 years old and my father forces me to read Quran online for 1.5 hours every week at set times. I am busy in my studies so this is an annoyance to me and I think it's unnecessary because I have already finished the Quran and sill don't know it's meaning because I've never read it in English and I am reading it in Arabic again. Is this wrong of my father to force me into this? Is it minor shirk? 

Q: Is it permissible to lie down and read Qur'an?

Q:

1. Does any portion of the hand need to be covered at the time of reading Quraan?

2. Will it be sinful for any part of the hand to be exposed?

Q: While doing my household activities or even doing my assignments, can I play the audio of different Surahs from Qur'an. Whether I am listening or not as I want to prevent myself from thinking Shaitaani things while doing any work.