30 articles in this issue
Farahman Farrokhi,Asgar Mahmoudi
Learning spoken English in situations like Iran that do not support adequate and rich exposure results in English which is slow-paced and reduced regarding all aspects. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways by which these two problems can be a... see more
Bayu Permana Sukma,Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna
Writers can apply interpersonal metadiscourse markers to encode an interaction and build a relationship with their readers. In some particular genres, such as newspaper discourse, they can even be used as means of attaining persuasive goals. Initiated by ... see more
Fateme Saeb
The study reported in this paper aimed at investigating the efficacy of written corrective feedback (CF) in improving beginner EFL learners’ grammatical accuracy. It also compared the effects of focused and unfocused written CF on the learners’ grammatica... see more
Min-Tun Chuang,Ben Chang,Hsin-Chieh Chen
Recently, research on computer-assisted language learning has been growing. However, little research is conducted to explore the strategic social interactions of students who learn English as a foreign language (EFL) in a virtual world. The purpose of the... see more
Mustapha Bala Ruma
This paper examines the issue of race in Shakespeare’s Othello. It attempts to show that race is a very important issue raised by Shakespeare in the play in his eagerness to highlight the racial problems confronting Europe in the seventeenth century. In t... see more
Seyed Ayatollah Razmjoo,Alireza Rasti
Based on the expert observation that the teacher “supervisor’s role is, in part, culturally defined” (Bailey, 2006, p.6), and the perceived gap that few supervisors receive formal training, in the current study, the researchers report on the views of Mini... see more
Fauzia Hasan Siddiqui
This study aims at grabbing the attention of EFL /ESL teachers, trainers, and administrators towards the importance of teaching speaking skill to enhance overall language proficiency of EFL learners. Comprehensive research done in the field of applied lin... see more
Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid,Mohsen Noroozi
The role of instruction to develop learners’ pragmatic competence in both second and foreign language contexts has recently motivated a great deal of research. However, most of this research has adopted an explicit instructional approach with only a few s... see more
Atefe Sobhani,Khalil Motallebzadeh,Hamid Ashraf
Email has become a widespread medium of communication between students and their instructors, however; there is a limited amount of research on instructional role and uses of email in academic context. The present study investigated the communication stra... see more
Mariam Mohamed Nor,Chong Seng Tong,Abdul Halim Ibrahim,Ng Yu Jin,Mohd Ariff Ahmad Tarmizi
There have been so many ongoing disputes on different approaches to teaching grammar. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching grammar using Gass comprehended Input technique (GCI) (1997) (implicit) and to explore the undergraduates’ perc... see more
Sri Endah Kusmartini,Tiur Simanjuntak
Management of Sriwijaya State Polytechnic believes that peer-mentoring program has positive effects on students’ academic success. Moreover, it is also believed that good academic atmosphere should be developed. In line with these, researchers tried to in... see more
Natasha Pourdana,John S. Rajeski
The present study explored the possibility of grading English texts based on the psychological processes a non-native English translator might go through by applying Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain. The researchers’ p... see more
Mohammad Zohrabi,Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash,Sanaz Yousefzadeh Khiabani
With the growing interest in interaction in communicative language teaching, interactive features of classroom have gained more prominence. Questions as an important technique used by the teacher to promote classroom interaction have an important say in t... see more
Hussam Qaddomi
This study aimed at exploring the Palestinian security personnel motivation and attitudes towards English as a Foreign Language in workplace. In addition, the study sought to reveal the relationship between motivation and attitudes and some variables such... see more
Nor Azlina Binti Muhamad
The computer-mediated approach is deemed as an effective way to assist in improving the communicative skills among ESL learners. This study presents a mixed-methods research. It aims to identify the level of motivation of the CMC users in learning English... see more
Tina Toghraee,Mohsen Shahrokhi
This study was an attempt to determine the beliefs of undergraduate female and male EFL learners at Shahreza University, Isfahan, Iran, about foreign language classroom anxiety, and compare students’ and teachers’ attitudes toward FLL. For this purpose si... see more
Elahe Kamari,Shahram Jamali Nesari
The present study investigates the applicability of word association model to the second language word processing abilities of Kurdish learners of Persian. The aim of this study was to examine whether beginning L2 learners use their L1 as a mediating tool... see more
Nagwa ElShafei
The recent and fast development in various spheres of information and communication technology, global trade, digital and social media have resulted in growth in excellent employment opportunities but also influenced the labor market. For instance, some j... see more
Forough Barani,Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya
In any work of imaginative literature, binary oppositions, the specifics of time and the characterization of the protagonist play some role, no matter how small and insignificant. Reading Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily” in light of the conflicts... see more
Anto Sylvester Kwabena
The task of this study is primarily to investigate the differences between English and Mo/Deg nominal group (NG) qualifiers to identify any similarities within the NG qualification structures of these languages. In otherwise, the study finds answers to th... see more
Abeer Barakat Alhossary,Mohd Faiz Sathivellu Bin Abdullah
‘The Palestinian Prisoners-Shalit Swap’ was a major issue in the media coverage in the Middle East for almost five years. This issue refers to an agreement between Israel and Hamas, the dominant political party governing the Gaza Strip, to release the cap... see more
Morteza Yousofi,Ruzy Suliza Hashim,Mohd Faizal Musa
The need for perfection is an innate feeling in all human beings and a broader sense of it would be people’s craving to make a utopian society. Utopianism is rooted in religions like Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. It is also discussed in many ... see more
Alan Jaelani,Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna
The discussion of ideational grammatical metaphor has been attracted the attention of many researchers because of its usefulness and effectiveness in packaging information. With the device, meaning expressed in one pattern of the grammar can be reconstruc... see more
Mohammed Nasser Alhuqbani
This study investigated the English language needs, motivations and attitudes of a random sample of 223 police cadets studying at King Fahd Security College in Saudi Arabia. The analysis of the questionnaire results showed that only cadets with degrees in... see more
Seiyed Mahdi Araghi,Mohammad Yousefi Oskuee,Sara Salehpour
This study attempts to shed light on how a teacher’s instruction and guidance can cast aside writing inhibitions and bring about remarkable changes in the writing ability of advanced EFL students through the collaborative construction of extended chunks o... see more
Seyyed Reza Mousavinia,AbdolMajid Hayati,Saeed Khazaie
This study aimed to investigate whether application of abbreviations in instructional texting (SMS) plays any role in promoting students’ performance in learning English through reducing distance and language anxiety. Parallel with examining elliptical fe... see more
Moussa Ahmadian,Riyadh Matour
Listening comprehension has found its right place in the field of SLA in recent decades. For years, among all language skills, speaking and writing were of high significance in teaching and learning a new language as they were considered to be productive ... see more
Nader Zarza,Nabeel Abedalazeez
Multiple-choice tests are used to assess learning outcomes in variety of disciplines. They are comprised from two main parts: stem and options (distractors). Stem, by conveying information and fore heading the problem to be answered plays a vital role in ... see more
Hamid Ashraf,Toktam Abtahi
Two areas of difficulty that almost all students might face while learning a second language are speaking and listening skills. Individuals’ perceptions about the underlying main causes of their lives’ events which is called Locus of Control (LOC), ... see more
Jelena Bobkina,Elena Dominguez
This article provides a review of ideas and research regarding the role of literature in the EFL university classroom. After a brief historical overview of the question of using literature in the language classroom, the article discusses the reasons for t... see more