30 articles in this issue
Ali Mahbudi,Ladan Mahbudi,Ehya Amalsaleh
A prominent feature of formal writing, particularly in the field of science and technology, is the use of nominalization. Scientific writings, including medical writings, are expected to observe formality, precision, lack of ambiguity and concentration of... see more
Roya Nayebi Limoodehi,Abdorreza Tahriri
The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between five dimensions of the epistemological beliefs regarding structure of knowledge, stability of knowledge, source of knowledge, ability to learn and, speed of learning and six measur... see more
Azar Mojoudi,Omind Tabatabaei
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and autonomy among Iranian intermediate and upper intermediate EFL learners. To this end, after conducting Oxford Placement Test (OPT), 84 Iranian EFL learners at both intermed... see more
Mir Mohammad Khadem-Nabi,Elaheh Gharesoufloo
Translation Studies has moved from linguistically oriented approaches to a historicist one. This is evident in many recent publications, and has brought about new trends in Translation Studies as well as in Cultural Studies. This paper is an attempt at su... see more
Sara Nowrouzi,Tam Shu Sim,Gholamreza Zareian,Vahid Nimehchisalem
Numerous studies are available on L2 learners’ strategy use; however, there is no study investigating the Iranian tertiary level EFL learners’ listening strategy use. The present paper reports the findings of a cross-sectional study that explored a group ... see more
Mohammad Zohrabi,Hossein Sabouri,Saeid Peimanfar
Research into vocabulary acquisition indicates that there are several contributors to word learning. However, the question of phonology’s place in word learning has been virtually ignored. Sound symbolism is the idea that the relationship between phonolog... see more
Ali Zangoei,Esmaeel Nourmohammadi,Ali Derakhshan
This study explored the effects of contextual factors, namely exposure to instruction and gender difference on Iranian EFL learners' pragmatic perception of the illocutionary act of apology. To this end, sixty four upper-intermediate English learner... see more
Ali Jamalinesari
Because of its figural or rhetorical component, language cannot be a reliable medium for stating truth. Rhetoric continually undermines the abstract systems of grammar and logic and any attempt to fix a connection between the book and the world is futile.... see more
Rouhollah Zarei,Mitra Doostkam
Reduced forms are thought to have a significant influence on understanding spoken language. They are important aspects of spoken language which have sometimes been undervalued in material development, teaching, and testing. This problem is further aggrava... see more
El-Sadig Ezza,Khaled Al-Mudibry
Research into the written performance of Arab EFL learners centres for the most part upon their failure to handle a variety of assignments as prescribed by the writing syllabus. All things considered, writing problems are primarily attributed to the... see more
Hanieh Zaltash,Farid Parvaneh
This paper seeks to examine William Gibson’s Mona Lisa Overdrive as a cyberpunk novel in the light of Baudrillard’s theory of “Simulation”. Jean Baudrillard believes that reality is replaced by “hyperreality” and human beings live in a total “simulation” ... see more
Susanna Marie Anderson
In this qualitative research study interviews conducted with elite participants serve to reveal the underlying elements that unite the richly diverse emerging field of Applied Literature. The basic interpretative qualitative method included a thematic ana... see more
Samya Achiri
No one possesses the necessary talent to deconstruct a woman’s character rather than a woman herself. Katherine Mansfield’s fame in this area exceeds by far that of most of her predecessors and contemporaries alike. When reading “Prelude” and “At the Bay”... see more
Maryam Azarnoosh
Research findings highlight the role of motivation in the long-term process of learning a second/foreign language. One’s motivation can change even in a short period of time under the influence of multifarious factors. To enrich our understanding of the a... see more
Farhad Ghorbandordinejad
This study was conducted to investigate the possible effect of motivation and autonomy on students' English as foreign language proficiency in two universities - Payamenoor (distance) and Islamic Azad universities (traditional)- in the city of Gonbad-e-Ka... see more
Rita Salehi Sepehr,Esmaeil Bagheridoust,Massood Yazdani Moghaddam
The present study investigated the extent to which an instructional framework of integrating strategy instruction (open-ended strategy and fill-in-the blanks strategy) with motivation- support affected on reading result for young EFL learners. The central... see more
Hooshang Khoshsima,Razie Tanhaei
Since the beginning of language studies, second language acquisition (SLA) researchers have been searching for effective ways of improving learners’ language skills. With this in mind this study aimed to examine the effect of teaching grammatical structur... see more
Hadiseh Esmaeeli,Afshin Soori
This study set out to investigate whether the knowledge of semantic macro-structures on the report writing of Iranian EFL students in terms of three main categories of rating, namely structure, vocabulary, and organization. This study is a true experiment... see more
Abdolmajid Mohaqeqi,Peyman Faramarzi,Jamileh Mohaqeqi
After the advent of Islam in Iran, Persian Literature has always been considered as one of the major characteristics of Iranian culture and identity to the extent that some people believe whatever western has achieved in terms of literature – especially E... see more
Rouhollah Zarei,Somayeh Norouzi
The translation of proper nouns is not as easy as that of other parts of speech as this is more challenging for certain reasons. The present article presents a descriptive study of proper nouns in translation, scrutinizing the challenges and exploring the... see more
Musa Farmanlu,Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi-Rokni
By the advent of new theories and approaches toward language teaching, a lot of attention has been paid to the role of those approaches on language learners. Superiority of psychology and linguistics in the area of language teaching urged scholars to deve... see more
Hossein Shokri,Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi-Rokni
Applying new methods and techniques for language teaching throughout the history could not address the needs and wants of the learners. Allegedly the reason of this problem laid in contextual factors and learner’s considerations including the instrument, ... see more
Dennis Moradkhan,Kourosh Karimi,Atoosa Aryan
The purpose of this research was to find out whether introducing color as an element which may appeal to spatially-intelligent candidates affects their performance on ESL grammar tests. 52 participants were given two parallel grammar tests, one in black a... see more
Ali Jabbar Al BAKAA
This study investigated the manifestation of Textual Themes in argumentative English assignments written by Iraqi and Australian postgraduate students. Textual structure is a core component of argumentation in academic writing. How the themes in a text ar... see more
Abbas Monfared,Mohammad Meisam Safarzadeh
In a globalized era where English keeps the position of an international language, learnt and spoken by lots of people from diverse linguistic, cultural and national backgrounds, there is a need for a new perspective towards English as an international la... see more
Mozhdeh Alizadeh Shirazi,Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya
The problematic life of modern human has always been a significant issue for many areas of study. In reaction to the absence of romantic values and the unity of the pre-modern world, Human being was afflicted with a sense of inner crises which is referred... see more
Ali Dabbagh,Mahdi Noshadi
This paper aims to give a comprehensive account of the roles of metacognitive strategy awareness and proficiency level in EFL Learners’ listening comprehension performance. 147 EFL learners were selected and divided into three language proficiency levels ... see more
Mohsen Mahmoud Rowshanzamir
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1800- 1864) who grew in the puritan environment of Salem, Massachusetts nourished worries regarding man and his relationship with the society on one hand and with his God on the other. On the whole he had some moral responsibility to ... see more
Anchalee Jansem
This qualitative study was conducted to explore non-native EFL teachers’ knowledge base performed during instruction, perceived knowledge base underlying teaching practices, and perceived pathways of knowledge base construction. The data from four s... see more
Nader Assadi Aidinlou,Hamid Nezhad Dehghan,Majid Khorsand
The main purpose of this paper is to assess the translation quality of a political literary text, i.e. Orwell’s Animal Farm, from the viewpoint of critical discourse analysis (CDA) and explore the degree to which ideology and power relations play major ro... see more