Volume 9-2 April 2013.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

1- The Relationship between Language Anxiety and Psycho-Physiological Responses to Oral Performance: A Study on Iranian EFL Students. Javad Hayatdavoudi and Zohreh Kassaian

2- On the Relationship among Language Learning Attitude, Academic Motivation and Language Proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. Jahanbakhsh Langroudi and Nasibeh Amiri

3- Investigating Development of Interactive Metadiscourse Resources in the Writings of Iranian EFL Learners: A Process-Based Approach to Writing. Leila Bahrami, Mansoor Tavakoli and Zahra Amirian

4- Reanalysis and its Operation in Different Languages.
Ahmad Farahmand and Asghar Hatami

5- The Effect of Using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) on the Listening Comprehension of Expository Texts for the Iranian University Female Senior. Fatemeh Ali Panahi and Sajjad Bakhtiari Pabandi

6- English vs. Persian Compounds; A Contrastive Study of Compound Verbs. Seyed Mohammad Mohammadi

7- The Relationship between EFL Teachers’ Level of Research Engagement and Their Qualification, Experience. Omid Tabatabaei and Yegnahe Nazem

8- The Effect of Task-Based Language Teaching Accompanied by Songs on Iranian EFL learners’ Learning L2 Grammar and their Attitudes. Mansoor Tavakoli

9- The Relationship between Extroversion/Introversion and Iranian EFL Learners’ Language Learning Strategy Preferences. Amir Hamid Forough Ameri

10- The Fundamental Features of EFL/ESL Textbooks Blurb. Mahboobeh Tavakol and Maryam Dehghan

11- The Representation of a Presidential Speech: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Ali Mansouri Nejad, Mohammad Reza Shamsaddini, Ambigapathy Pandian and Omer Hassan Ali Mahfoodh

12- Focus on Form and its Role on Grammar Instruction.
Abdollah Baradaran and Fereshte Haji Hatamlou

13- A Comparison of Test Anxiety of EFL Learners at High School and Language Institute. Mahdieh Noori

14- The Implicit Instruction of Grammar via Pictures: A technique to Improve Writing and Speaking Abilities of Iranian Elementary EFL Learners. Zargham Ghapanchi and Fahime Sabouri

15- Exploring EFL Teachers' Perceptions, Attitudes and Self-efficacy of doing Task-Based Language Teaching: The Case of Iranian State School Teachers. Morteza Rostamian

16- Toward Establishing an Atomistic View Regarding the Interrelatedness of Emotional Intelligence and Learning Styles. Parviz Alavinia

17- A Study of the Iranian EFL Students' Errors in the Pronunciation of Ten High-frequency Technology-related English Loan Words. Alireza Hojati

18- Self-Evaluation through Videotaping as an Alternative Mode of Teaching Supervision: A Comparison of Self and Supervisor Ratings. Saeedeh Kavoshian, Saeed Ketabi and Mansoor Tavakoli

19- The Relationship between Oral Corrective Feedback and Levels of Language Proficiency. Fereidoon Vahdany and Zohreh Khabbazi Alavi

20- Iranian EFL Learners’ Purpose behind Using the Internet and Its Impact on Their Writing. Sorour Seddighi and Mohammad S.Bagheri

21- The Relative Effects of Processing Instruction and Meaning-Based Output Instruction on Acquisition of English Conditional Sentences. Fahimeh Khani and Mehran Davaribina

22- A Qualitative Evaluation of the Iranian EFL Textbooks: A Call for Change or Adaptation. Parviz Ahmadi Darani

23- Translation of Function in Political Headlines Translated from Persian into English. Najme Bahrami and Masoud Sharififar

24- On the Investigation of Effects of Cooperative Learning on Critical Thinking; A Case of Iranian University EFL Context. Mohammad Reza Sadeghi

25- Exploring Sources of Demotivation with Iranian High school Students Abroad, Far East Asia. Behrouz Jamalvandi

26- Cross-Cultural Pragmatics of Bilingualism. Keivan Zahedi and Parisa Mehran

Volume 9-1 February 2013.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

1- Designing and Validating a Scale on English Language Teacher Perfectionism (SELTP). Reza Pishghadam, Azar Hosseini Fatemi and Shoorangiz Ghaviandam

2- The Acquisition of Relative Clause in Persian Speaking Children. Seyede Zahra Hashemi

3- The Effect of Task type on Learning English Collocations.
Najmeh Nasri, Azizollah Dabbaghi and Zohreh Kassaeian

4- Grammar and its Appropriate Placement in EFL Compositions. Taleb Yari and Seyed Mahdi Araghi

5- The Relationship among Multidimensional Perfectionism, Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety, and Motivation among Iranian EFL University Students. Hedye Rahmatian, Mahboube Akbarzadeh and Nahid Heidari

6- The Effect of Strategy Based Instruction on EFL Learners’ Writing Ability. Fatemeh Mahdavirad

7- Familiarity with Basic Issues in ESP. Reza Dehghan Harati

8- The Effect of Using Self-correction of Mistakes in Online Text-based Conversation. on EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency.
Forouzan Dehbashi Sharif and Bahareh Jalayeri

9- The Effect of Conscious Attention to Form on Achieving Syntactic Proficiency among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners. Sara Jafari

10- On the Effect of Using Metacognitive Strategies on Listening Comprehension of Iranian EFL Learners.
Ali A. Eftekhary and Mahshid Mirzaaghaee

11- CMC and distance learning: A case of vocabulary learning. Elahe Moladoust

12- Sources of Situational Interest in Reading Comprehension and Gender Differences of Iranian EFL Learners. Masoud Khalili Sabet, Amir Mahdavi and Nasra Roozbeh Rad

13- Textbook Evaluation based on the ACTFL Standards: The Case of Top Notch Series. Minoo Alemi and Zahra Mesbah

14- Teacher Educators and School Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Needs. in the Foreign Language Classroom.
Ayoob Damavand, Azizollah Viyani and Seyyed Hossein Kashef

15- The Role of Learning Strategies on the Students' Academic Achievement. Maryam Mohammadi, Afsar Rouhi and Mehran Davaribina

16- A Qualitative Study on the Impact of Students’ Self-Efficacy on Their Ability to Achieve Speaking Skills.
Nima Shakouri Masouleh

17- Vocabulary Focused Language Learning on IELTS Writing Skill Development: A Case Study. Ahmad Mohseni and Adnan Satariyan

18- Iranian EFL Students' Writing Performance Based on Types of Topic Progression Technique. Sahar Zahed Alavi and Ali Beihaghi

19- Investigating the EFL Learners’ Perceptions of the Role of Prior Knowledge in Reading Comprehension. Fathollah Ghaderinezhad

20- A Sociopragmatic Study of Speech Act of Suggestion in Persian EFL Learners. Vahid Mahmoudi Gahrouei

21- A General Approach to Focus on Form Instruction.
Farahman Farrokhi and Fattaneh Abbasi

22- Grammatical Collocation in Writing Production of EFL Learners: A Study of L2 Collocation Learning. Maryam Bahardoust

23- Comparing TEFL and English Translation Learners’ Beliefs about Language Learning in the Iranian Context.
Kamran Janfeshan, Maryam Islampanah and Servah Nikenaam

24- The Relationship of Burnout, Engagement, and Employment with Academic Achievement of Iranian EFL University Students. Jahanbakhsh Langroudi and Mina Pirouznejad

25- Lexical Exposure and Meaning Awareness in Iranian EFL Learners’ Semantic Restructuring. Abbas Bagherian

26- Analyzing Discourse Differences of Iranian Male and Female’s Syntactic Structures in Text Messaging via Cell Phones. Seyyed Reza Seyyedi Noghabi

27- The Effect of Teaching English Discoursal Cohesive Markers Through Simple Prose on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Writing. Esmail Faghih and Behnam Behfrouz

28- Form-focused Instruction and Understanding Bilingual Mental Lexicon: A Case of the Hegemony of Semantic Transfer. Nassim Golaghaei and Firooz Sadighi

29- On the Effect of Background Knowledge and IQ on Reading Comprehension and Recall Process of a Group of Iranian Intermediate Students. Mahboobeh Khosrojerdi

30- A Contrastive Rhetorical Analysis of Persian and English Narrative Genre in Short Stories. Nasser Rashidi and Afsaneh Baharloo

31- The Role of Emotions in Reading Literary Texts: Fact or Fiction? Katayoon Afzali

32- Crosbian Nihilistic Reading of Sadegh Hedayat's Three Drops of Blood and Franz Kafka's The Trial. Hassan Shahabi and Fatehem Mojdegani

33- Optional Structural Shifts in Translation; a Critical Discourse Analysis Approach. Aida Ferdowsifard

34- The Relationship between Grammatical Proficiency and Translating Competence in Persian-English Translation in EFL students. Nasrin Miryan and Leila Iravani

35- Expertise and Explicitation in Translation Studies: Is there any relationship? Reza Yalsharzeh and Sepideh Ahmad Khanbeigi

36- A Study of African American Vernacular Dialect Translation into Persian in The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Masoud Sharififar and Seyed Amin Enjavi Nejad

Volume 8-6 December 2012.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

1- Seyed Hossein Abdollahi and Abdorreza Tahriri. The Relationship between Learning Styles and Vocabulary Recall of EFL Learners

2- Azam Namjoo and Amir Marzban. Text Structure Awareness and Comprehension in EFL & ESL Reading Classes

3- Shiva Sadighi. An Account of English Lexical Collocations Errors through L1 Transfer

4- Najmeh Mottaghi Pisheh and Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri. The Impact of Educational Games on Vocabulary and Grammar Learning of Elementary Iranian EFL Learners

5- Arman Toni and Mansoor Fahim. On the Constructive Effects of Critical Thinking on EFL Learners’ Grammatical Accuracy

6- Ahmad Farahmand and Asghar Hatami. Grammaticalization, Studying (ra) Object Marker in Persian

7- Masoud Mahmoodzadeh. A Critical Inquiry into the Current State of Neurolinguistic Research Neglect in Second Language Pedagogy

8- Mohammad Khatib and Houman Bijani. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Various Types of Error Feedback on Students L2 Writing Quality

9- Hafez Shatery, Maryam Azargoon and Elaheh Zaferanieh. Investigating Teacher vs. Student-centered ELT Classes in Private Institutes and Islamic Azad University of Sirjan

10- Sara Badakhshan. The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Listening Comprehension of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners

11- Azizollah Viyani, Zarina Mustafa, Seyyed Hossein Kashef and Ayoob Damavand. The Impact of the Contexts on Language Learning Strategy use and on Academic Achievement in EFL Settings

12- Mehri Jalali. Consciousness-Raising and Noticing: A Study of EFL Learners’ Grammar Test Performance

13- Soroor Ashtarian. Patterns of ICT Use by Iranian EFL Teachers at Home/School

14- Asghar Bastami Bandpay. A Survey on the Impact of L1 Grammar Negative Transfer on L2 Writing Skill in Iranian EFL Students in Rudsar City

15- Fatemeh Ebrahimi-Bazzaz, Arshad Abd Samad, Ismi Arif bin Ismail and Nooreen Noordin. Measuring Collocational Competence of Iranian Learners by Using C-Test

16- Saeed Khojaste Nam, Khalil Tazik and Hossein Baniasad. The Impact of Trilingualism on Spatial Reasoning

17- Mehdi Sarkhosh, Aliakbar Khomeijani Farahani and Maryam Soleimani. Different Types of Corrective Feedback and the Improvement of the Accuracy in the Use of English Past Simple Tense

18- Mohsen Nazari. The Effect of Cooperative Student-Generated Questions on Their Achievements

19- Sedigheh Skourdi, Ayoob Damavand, Azizollah Viyani and Seyyed Hossein Kashef. On the Relationship between Linguistic Intelligence and Vocabulary Knowledge among Iranian EFL Learners

20- Reza Dehghan Harati, Ahmadreza Ebrahimi and Sohrab Assa. A Contrastive Analysis of Exam Papers and Term Projects Considering the Differences of the Two Contexts.

21- Seyyed Mohammad Alavi and Reza Bagheri Nevisi. The Impact of Task Complexity and Reading Proficiency Level on Learners' Pedagogic Task Performance

22- Hojat Jodai. Error Analysis in a New Context:A Comparative Study of Errors in General Linguistics and CALL

23- Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh. A Pioneer in Off-Off Broadway Drama

24- Maryam Soltan Beyad and Farshid Nowrouzi Roshnavand. Africanism in Langston Hughes’ The Weary Blues A Case of Double Consciousness

25- Moslem Zolfagharkhani. Conrad’s Darkness: A Cultural Study

26- Nasrin Nezamdoost and Fazel Asadi Amjad. Traces of Hyperreality in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing

27- Somayeh Khosravi Khorashad, Azadeh Abbasikangevari, Farhad Nazerzade Kermani. Different Kinds of Conflict in the Tales of Mystic Poems of Attar Neyshaburi's The Conference of the Birds Based on Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT)

28- Najmeh Nouri. Signifying Narratives: Revolting Voices in Alice Walker’s and Maya Angelou’s Narratives

29- Behzad Ghonsooly, Maryam Golkar Hamze'ee, Mohammad Reza Hashemi, Samira Abaszadeh and Mehdi Mirlohi. Is Reading Mistreated in a Translation Class?

30- Hoda Davtalab, Hossein Shams Hosseini and Mandana Yousefi. Contrastive Rhetoric in Translation: a Case Study of Metadiscourse in Falk’s Linguistics and Language and Its Translations into Persian

31- Mansoureh Sajjadi. Teaching Translation A Suggested Model to Remedy the Difficulties

32- Reza Yalsharzeh and Akbar Ansari. Domesticating and Foreignizing Literary Works and Their Relations to Expertise in Translation

33- Zohre Hadi and Rahele Eyvallah. Translation Criticism on Google Translation of Proper Names in Tourism Texts

34- Naeeima Farahbakhsh and Ali Asghar Rostami Abusaeeidi. A Contrastive Analysis of Personification and Hyperbole in Translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

35- Rahele Eyvallah and Goodarz Alibakhshi. The Study of Problems and Strategies used in Persian-English Public Signs Translation

Volume 8-5 October 2012.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

1- Reza Pishghadam and Paria Norouz Kermanshahi. Writers’ Stance-taking in EFL Articles: A Case of Persian, English and EFL Speakers

2- Seyed Mohammad Jafari and Reza Hajizadeh. Patterns of language learning strategy use among Iranian ESP students

3- Hamed Mahsefat and Sepide Homaie. Using Internet Technology in Teaching Vocabulary for Elementary Students

4- Mohammad Reza Hashemi and Mohsen Nazari. Cooperative Directed Reading-Thinking Activity and Referential-Inferential Reading Comprehension Skills

5- Shohreh Raftari, Maryam Bijami and Ambigapathy Pandian. The use of dichotic listening to establish the critical period for L2 learning in Iran

6- Mehrdad Rezaeian. An Investigation into the Relationship between Field Dependence/ Independence, Sex, and Age, towards EFL Proficiency in Iranian Language Learners

7- Mansoor Tavakoli, Zahra Amirian and Fatemeh Moslemi. Analysis of Interactional Metadiscourse Markers across Applied Linguistics Disciplines: Focusing on EFL Learners’ Perception

8- Seyyed Abdollah Razavi, Mahboube Nakhle and Mohammad Naghavi. The Effect of Cooperative Learning Strategy of Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) on Developing Oral Communication Skills of Iranian EFL Learners

9- Mohsen Jafarpour and Ebrahim Ezzati. The Effectiveness of Skimming in Reading Comprehension of Middle-aged Students in Iran

10- Mostafa Mirzaii. Consciousness-raising Instruction and its Effect on Iranian EFL Learners’ Use of the Mechanics of Writing

11- Zahra Zaragaran. The Impact of Language-based and Content-based Pre-tasks on Listening Comprehension: A Case of Iranian EFL Listeners

12- Hamid Reza Haghverdi, Hossein Heidari Tabrizi and Mohiaddin Manouchehr Eghbalitabar. The Effectiveness of Psychotypology-Reduced L2 Teaching on Three Linguistically Different Groups of Iranian Undergraduate EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Skill

13- Mina Rastegar, Nahid Heidari and Mahboubeh Akbarzadeh. On the Relationship among Locus of Control, Sense of Well-Being and Language Proficiency in Iranian EFL learners

14- Mehdi Karami. The Relative Significance of Lexical Richness and Syntactic Complexity in IELTS Academic Reading Tests

15- Gholam-Reza Abbasian and Bahareh Malmeer. Consumers’ Evaluation of the Content Parameters of the English Course Books (Iranian High-School Level)

16- Hamid Boadhar. The Effect of Cultural Familiarity on Reading Comprehension of Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners

17- Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash and Hassan Tarlani-Aliabadi. Generic Variation across Languages: A Case for Applied Linguistics

18- Zohre Hadi and Goodarz Alibakhshi. On the Effectiveness of Corpus Analysis Tool in the Use of Correct Preposition in Persian into English Translation

19- Mohammad Khatib, Saeid Najafi Sarem and Hadi Hamidi. A Critical Look at the Effect of Teachers' Self-Efficacy on Students' Academic Success

20- Ali Akbar Khomeyjani Farahani and Maryam Talebi. On the Effect of EFL Textbook Teachers’ Manuals on Iranian EFL Male and Female Teachers’ Perception and Treatment of Reading Skill

21- Mohammad Khatib and Mehdi Shokouhi. Strategically Mediated Reflective Practice Framework Introducing Reflective Practice from a Sociocultural Perspective

22- Maryam Meshkat and Arash Goli. Effect of Using E-Portfolio on the Writing Proficiency of Iranian EFL Learners

23- Mohamad Taghi Hasani and Cyrus Rouhollahi Moghadam. The Effect of Self- Assessment on Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing Skills

24- Najmeh Beizavi and Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri. The Effectiveness of Contextualized versus De-contextualized Vocabulary Teaching on Pre-university EFL Learners’ Short and Long-term Retention

25- Zahra Ghaffari Saravi. The Effect of Text Type, and Organization of the Passage on the Facility with which
Students Comprehend a Passage in a Foreign Language

Volume 8-4 August 2012.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

1- Mansoor Fahim and Saeedeh Erfan Rad. Developing Critical Thinking in Iranian EFL Students’ Argumentative Essays through Shor's Problem-Posing Pedagogy

2- Elham Barazandeh, Bahman Gorjian and Majid Hayati. An Evaluation of the Effects of Art on Vocabulary Learning through Multisensory Modalities

3- Rahim Najjari. Task-based Language Instruction: Implications for EFL Pedagogy in General and for Iran Context in Particular

4- Soheila Veisi. The Effect of Learning Styles and Lexical Difficulty on the C-Test

5- Gholam-Reza Abbasian and Nasibeh Minagar. PI-based vs. DG-oriented Instruction in Developing Grammar Ability and Motivation of EFL Learners

6- Farid Naserieh. The Relationship between Iranian Graduate Students’ Pattern of Strategy Use and
Gender, Age, Discipline, and Self-rated Proficiency Level

7- Afsaneh Hezarjaribi Ghassab. Power of Color in Toni Morrison's Beloved A Foucauldian Perspective

8- Aram Reza Sadeghi and Amineh Danaee. A Comparative Study of Academic Articles Written by Iranian Scholars and English Native Scholars Based on Textual Cohesion

9- Shole Hajghani, Mohammad Hasan Razmi and Mahtab Mohammadi Ghavam. The Relationship between Emotional Empathy and Self-efficacy among Iranian EFL Institute Teachers

10 - Kamal Heidari Soureshjani and Parisa Riahipour. The Effect of Gender on EFL Achievement Test in Pre-university Schools

11- Hamid Marashi and Roya Jafari. The Comparative Effect of Using Critical Thinking, Constructivist Learning, and a Combination of the Two Techniques on EFL Learners’ Writing

12- Mohammad Hasan Razmi, Mina Rastegar and Sholeh Hajghani. Self-Efficacy Components in Relation with the Metacognitive Listening Strategies Iranian EFL Learners use

13- Sajad Davoudi Mobarakeh and Hossein Khani. Textbook Evaluation: A Comparative Study between Iranian and Turkish High School English Textbooks

14- Hafez Shatery and Maryam Azargoon. Investigating the Degree of Correspondence between Topics of Reading Passages in General English Course Books and Students’ Interest

15- Hassan Shahabi and Ali Asghar Emami Pour. The Impact of Langston Hughes’ Poetry on Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: An Afro-American Critical Reading

16- Javad Gholami, Roghayeh Ilghami, Hassan Molla Hossein and Farzaneh Tahoori. Cohesive Devices in Iranian Research Papers across Social Sciences and Medical Sciences: the Case of Conjunctives in Papers on Biomedicine and Applied Linguistics

17- Nasim Shangarffam and Akram Zand. Iranian Foreign Language Learners’ Multiple Intelligences and Their Use of Oral Communication Strategies

18- Mehry Haddad Narafshan. The importance of input in language acquisition

19- Fatemeh Poorebrahim. Sociocultural Identity in EFL Textbooks of Iranian High schools: An Attempt to Fill in the Gap

20- Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi (Rokni). Cross-Linguistic Influence in Iranian EFL Learners: The Case of Relative Clauses

Volume 8-3 June 2012.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

1- Reza Pishghadam and Shaghayegh Shayesteh. Conceptions of Assessment among EFL Teachers

2-Ashraf Haji Maibodi and Mansoor Fahim. The Impact of Critical Thinking in EFL/ESL Literacy

3- Mohammad Reza Hasannejad and Mohammad Reza Mollahosainy. The Impact of Cohesive Devices on Iranian Intermediate EFL learners' Reading Comprehension Skills

4- Ataollah Maleki and Magnolia Kazemi. The Evaluation and Comparison of Two Most Widely Used Textbooks for Teaching English to the Iranian Students of Medicine

5- Asghar Bastami Bandpay. Conversational Analysis in EFL Learners: A Case Study on Iranian English Learners

6- Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh. A Clever and Witty Genre in the World of Prose Literature

7- Sara Badakhshan. The Relationship between Reading Anxiety and Locus of Control among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners (Prospective Language Teachers)

8- Behzad Ghonsooly, Majid Elahi and Seyyed Ehsan Golparvar. General English University Students’ Self-efficacy and their Achievement

9- Naser Ghafoori and Fateme Jahedi Esfanjani. The Effect of Morphological Awareness on Vocabulary Knowledge of Iranian High School Students

10- Ali Rastgou. The Impact of Form-Based and Text-Specific Content-Based Feedback on Writing Accuracy and General Writing Performance of English Students in Shahroud

11- Ahmad Farahmand and Asghar Hatami. Deixis, its Definition and Kinds in English and Persian languages

12- Sepideh Ahmad Khanbeigi and Reza Yalsharzeh. Integrating Language and Literature: the Impact of Direct Instruction of Narratives on Young Adults’ EFL Writing Ability

13- Houman Bijani. The Development of Students and Teachers Critical Thinking Ability: A Case of Explicit and E-Learning Instruction

14- Fereydoun Jafari laasaki. The Washback Effect of University Entrance Examination (UEE) on Iranian High School EFL Pedagogy

15-Mostafa Mirzaii. The Effect of Oral Conferencing and Peer Response on Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Achievements

16- Arman Abednia and Leila Tajik. Noticing the Receptive-productive Gap A Step toward Improving Productive Lexical Knowledge

17- Lakshmi Kala Prakash. To Be or Not to Be for ‘CALL’ in Iran

18- Ahmad Mohseni and Hossein Karimi. Linguistic Imperialism and EFL Learning in Iran: a Survey among High School Students in Tehran

Volume 8-2 April 2012.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh 

1- Mohammad Ali Fatemi and Javad Nabizadeh Moghaddam. The Effect of Learning Strategies on the Speaking Ability of Iranian TEFL Sophomores

2- Abdollah Baradaran and Bita Sarfarazi. The Impact of TELL Scaffolding on Academic Writing among Students of Teaching English as a Foreign Language

3- Ebrahim Khodadady, Seyyed Mohammad Alavi and Mohammad Saber Khaghaninezhad. Schema-Based Instruction and General English courses at Iranian Universities

4- Habib Gowhary. The Analysis of the Effect of Degree of Identifiability of the Mental Referents on Morphological Coding in Narrative Texts

5- Zahra Alimorad and Rahman Sahragard. Inflating and Persuading in the Discussion Sections of NSs’ vs. PSs’ Academic Research Articles

6- Arezoo Daneshvar. The Type and Frequency of Language Learning Strategies (LLSs)Employed by Iranian EFL Learners

7- Ali Darabi. On the Possible Relationship between Receptive and Productive Knowledge of Collocational Patterns among Iranian TEFL University Students

8- Ali Panahi. From Psychology of Intelligence to the Pedagogy of Multiple-Intelligences: Impact of Spatial Intelligence-Based Instruction on the Vocabulary Performance of EFL Learners

9- Ali Sattari. An Analysis of Grammatical Errors In Iranian Students' English Writings
 
10- Laleh Fakhraee Faruji. Mediation in Second Language Acquisition

11- Parviz Ahmadi Darani. A Critical Look at the Status of FLT in the Iranian Context: Challenges and Opportunities

12- Maryam Bahardoust. Lexical Collocations in Writing Production of EFL Learners: A Study  of L2 Collocation Learning

13- Mostafa Younesi. The Effect of Autonomous CALL Based Task on Speaking Skill

14- Hamid Reza Khalaji and Karim Vafaeeseresht. A New Horizon on the Relationship between Cognitive Load and Reading Comprehension

15- Ali Farahani and Anas Abdelrahim.  Critical Inquiry into EFL Teachers’ Perception of Culture Teaching and Practices Tehran, Iran vis-à-vis Khartoum, Sudan

Volume 8-1 February 2012.
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Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh         

1- Jahanbakhsh Nikoopour and Mohammad Amini Farsani. Depicting Washback in Iranian High School Classrooms: A Descriptive Study of  EFL Teachers’ Instructional Behaviors as They Relate to University Entrance Exam

2- Reza Pishghadam and Elham Naji. Applied ELT as a Panacea for Linguistic Imperialism

3- Hossein Shams Hosseini. The Importance of Task-Based Teaching in Second Language Acquisition

4- Maliheh Rezaei. Mediated Learning Experience: Teacher vs. Peer Scaffolding Modes in L2 Writing Classes

5- Rouhollah Sadeghpour. To Translate Idioms: Posing Difficulties and Challenges for Translators

6- Reza Ghafar Samar and Samad Hooshmand. A Corpus-based Analysis of Authentic Audio-visual Materials and its Possible Application in L2 Teaching Activities

7- Akram Mokhtari Esfidvajani. The Deconstructive Role of Environment in the Process of Fluidity of Mind
                                          
8- Jaleh Hassaskhah and Yaghoob Salehi. The Impact of Professional Competence on Choosing and Using Textbooks at University level

9- Esmail Azizi. Theme-Rheme Patterns in English and Persian Scientific Texts

10- Masoud Mahmoodzadeh. The Study of Principles and Techniques of Bimodality Theory from ELT
Teachers' Perspective: The Case of Iranian Teachers

11- Hafez Shatery. Teacher vs. Student-centered Classroom Interaction at Isfahan University

12- Naser Salehi. The Effect of Etymological Elaboration on Iranian EFL Learners’ Comprehension and Retention of Idioms

13- Mahdi Rajaee Nia and Ehsan Abbaspour. Language Attitudes of Iranian Junior High School Students towards the English Language and Its Use in Iranian Context

14- Azar Hosseini Fatemi and Seyyed Bagher Mirshojaee. Interactional Metadiscourse in English and Persian Research Articles; A Contrastive Rhetoric Study

15- Taher Bahrani, Abdol Majid Hayati and Bahman Gorjiyan. Audiovisual Mass Media News and Language Learning In EFL Context
 
16- Adeleh Heidari. The Effect of Explicit Teacher-directed Noticing on Learning Verb + Noun Collocations

17- Majid Fardy, Hossein Noori Shorabi and Yousef Mohammadi. The Effect of Using Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) on the Reading Comprehension of Narrative Texts for the Iranian University Male Freshmen

18- Ramazan Ali Gholami. An Investigation into the Emotional Intelligence and the Degree of Success in Foreign Language Achievement in Iranian EFL Context.

19- Reza Dehghan Harat. Personal Observation of Three ESP Classes

20- Alireza Barouni Ebrahimi and Zahra Fotovatnia. Aspects of Word Knowledge: Receptive Versus Productive Performances

Volume 7-6 December 2011.
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Foreword. Dr. Paul Robertson & Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh   

1-Reza Pishghadam and Shima Ghahari.  The Impact of Glossing on Incidental Vocabulary Learning: A Comparative Study.

2- Mahboobeh Mahboobi and Sarjit Kaur.  A Survey of Iranian EFL University Students’ Motivationand Interest in Intensive Reading.

3- Mehdi Shokouhi Shourmasti. The Impact of Critical Friends Groups on Teacher Cognition A Sociocultural View of L2 Teacher Education.

4- Reza Barzegar, Seyed Mahmoud Mirtabatabaie and Hassan Moradi. On the Relationship between Multiple Intelligences and Performance on Reading Proficiency Item Types .

5- Ali Malmir, Saied Najafi Sarem and Ayat Ghasemi. The Effect of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) vs. Content-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) on the Iranian Intermediate ESP Learners' Reading Comprehension.

6- Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh. Use of Myth(s) in Postmodern American Drama Case Study: the Plays of Sam Shepard.

7- Laleh Namdar and Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri. The effect of teaching etymology on the comprehension and retention of English technical vocabularies among vocational school students of Bandar Abbas.

8- Javad Zare’. The Relationship between First Language Reading Skill and Second Language Reading Skill.

9- Mahdi Rajaee Nia.  Effects of intensive reading on the mastery of Grammar in Iranian junior high school students.

10- Fatemeh Hemmati and Parisa Nasseri Karimvand.  A critical discourse analysis of five English language classes in Iran.                                          

11- Samad Mirza Suzani, Lotfollah Yarmohammadi and  Mortaza Yamini.   A Critical Review of the Current Situation of Teaching ESP in the Iranian Higher Education Institutions.           

12- Asghar Bastami Bandpay. A Contrastive Analysis of English and Persian Sentence Structure.

13-Farahman Farrokhi  and  Fattaneh Abbasi Talabari. The Study of the Effectiveness of Focus on Form Instruction on Vocabulary and Grammar Learning.

14- Hooshang Khoshsima and Salman Rostami Gohari. On The Translation of Metaphor: A Corpus-based Study of Three Persian Translations of Othello.              

15- Batoul Ghanbari and Saeed Ketabi. Practicing a Change in an Iranian EFL Curriculum: from Ivory Tower to Reality.

16- Masood Siyyari. The Big Five Personality Traits: A New Horizon of Research in Language Teaching.

17- Amir Reza Asiyaban, Morteza Yamini and Ghaffar Tajalli. L1 and L2 Language Stores Dependency and Their Connection Facilitation through Translation.

18- Marzie Heydari and Kourosh Akef. Investigating the Relationship between Peer assessment and Teacher assessment of the Composition Writing among Iranian EFL learners.

Volume 7-5 October 2011.
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1- Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson & Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh                              
         
2- Reza Ghafar Samar, Mohammad Bagher Shaabani  and Mohammad Nabi Karimi. Overpassivization of Unaccusative Verbs as a function of Discourse Pragmatics and Verb type: Testing the fit in Persian

3- Alireza Jamshidnejad. Learners’ Performance in and Beliefs about Problematic L2 Oral Communication in an EFL Context: A Qualitative analysis

4- Zahra Fakher Ajabshir. The Effect of Verbal and Visual Techniques on Vocabulary Achievement of Iranian EFL Students

5- Mehri Jalali. Evaluation of an EFL English Coursebook

6- Fateme Dehghan and Ali Akbar Jabbari. Animacy in the Acquisition of the Argument Structure: Psych Verbs

7- Reza Aghaie and Stefanie Pillaie. On the Explicit Instruction of Cognitive and Metacognitive Reading Strategies in Reading Performance and Self-Efficacy

8- Hadi Salehi and Manoochehr Jafarigohar. The Effectiveness of Mnemonic Strategies in English Vocabulary Learning: A Case of Iranian High School Students

9- Ali  Panahi. Relationship between Multiple-Intelligences and Learning Grammar in EFL Settings

10- Mohammadsaleh Sanatifar and Mohammad Reza Hashemi. A Contrastive Study of “Pro-form” Substitutions in English and Persian With Reference to Translation Practice

11- Mehry Haddad Narafshan and Mortaza Yamini. Policy and English Language Teaching (ELT) in Iran   

12- Reza Dehghan Harati. Learners’ Beliefs, Teachers’ Beliefs: Are They Different?

13- Jaber Ahmadi. Evaluation of Integrative Grammar TeachingThe Case of English Two-word verbs
And Adjective /verb + Preposition For Iranian EFL Learners

14- Saeed Khojasteh Nam. Iran and Teaching English in the Third Millennium

15- Biook Behnam and Akram Azarmi.  Critics of Brown and Levinson politeness theory

16- Mahdi Dahmardeh and David Wray. Culture and English Language Teaching in Iran

Volume 7-4 August 2011.
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1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh
         
2- Behzad Ghonsooly, Khalil Ghazizadeh and Rahil Sheibani. Genre-based Analysis of English Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) and Examining the   Reading  Strategies Used by Skilled and Novice Readers in Reading PILs  

3- Mohammad Javad Rezai. Acquisition of resumptive pronouns in interrogative embedded clauses by Persian learners of English   

4- Farman Faham. The Impact of Background Classical Music on Teaching Reading Comprehension to Iranian EFL Learners: The Effect of Mozart Sonata on Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Learning and Performance

5- Farimah Farrahi Moghaddam.  The Relationship between Spelling and Fluency in EFL Writings: A study based on the AIMS six trait analytic writing rubric – official scoring guide 

6- Zahra Fakher Ajabshir. Evaluation of "English for the Students of Management"

7- Anita Vali Mohammadi and Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri. Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Motivation and the Vocabulary Size of EFL Students  

8- Maryam Salehi and Mohamad Sadegh Bagheri. The Relationship between Reid’s Learning Styles and Oxford’s Language Learning Strategies in Adult EFL Learners of Iran Language Institute

9- Hamid Allami and Zohreh Shiamizadeh. Comparative Genre Analysis of Newspaper Editorials Across English and Persian

10- Gholam-Reza Abbasian and Esmaeil Hassan Oghli.
Evaluation of Iranian EFL Textbooks: A study of Learner - Teachers Criteria Compatabilty.

11- Mohammad Ali Farsidoust, Firooz. Sadighi and Mahboobeh Saadat. Investigating the Primacy of Aspect in the Performance of Iranian EFL Learners

12- Kamal Heidari Soureshjani. Reconsidering Speed test with a Focus on Grammar

13- Abbas Ali Rezaei and Rasoul Mohammad Hosseinpur. On the Role of Consciousness-Raising Tasks in Learning Grammar: A Learner Perspective

14- Mohammad Javad Rezai and Saeedeh Avand. The Acquisition of English Locative Constructions By Persian Speakers: Syntax-Semantic Interface

15- Fatemeh Pourjafari. From Ancient Fatalism to Modern Determinism: A Comparative Study

16- Mahbube Keihaniyan. Teaching Methodology, Motivation, and Test Anxiety: Comparison of Iranian English Private Institute and High School

Volume 7-3 June 2011.
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1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

2- Mahmood Salimi, Mansoor Tavakoli and Saeed Ketabi. Testing EFL learners’ Knowledge of English Collocations: an Exploratory Factor Analysis Approach 

3- Azar  Hosseini Fatemi,  Reza  Pishghadam and Zahra Heidarian. Gender Delineation in High school and Pre-university ELT Textbooks: A Criterion-Oriented Approach to Text Analysis

4- Iman Alizadeh and Hadi Farjami. Recounting and Fine-Tuning Academic Word List for Four Academic Fields

5- Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh. A Tireless Experimenter in modern drama  

6- Mohammad Salehi. The acquisition of preposition pied piping and preposition stranding by Iranian learners of English

7- Afsaneh Baharloo. The Anxiety about L2 Reading Tasks  

8- Mehdi Mardani and Ahmad Moinzadeh. The Effect of Explicit Training of Metacognitive Vocabulary Learning Strategies on Recall and Retention of Idioms by Advanced EFL Students   

9- Hassan Fartousi. A Semantic Analysis of interchangeability and Synonymy of the Discourse Markers But and However 

10- Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani and Seyedeh Masoumeh Ahmadi.  The Impact of Authentic Listening Materials on Iranian EFL Learners’ English Listening Comprehension

11- Fateme Layeghi. Form and Content in the Argumentative Writing of Extroverted and Introverted Iranian EFL Learners 

12- Mohamad Reza khodabakhsh. The Effect of Modified speech on listening to Authentic Speech

13- Peyman Rajabi, Gholam Reza Kiany and Parviz Maftoon. The Impact of ESP In-service Teacher Training Programs on Iranian ESP Teachers’ Beliefs, Classroom Practices and Students’ Achievements

14- Ali Akbar Jabbari and Amrollah Fazlinezhad. Acquisition of English Syllable Structure as a Foreign Language by Iranian  Farsi and Arabic Speakers

15- Zargham Ghabanchi and Sahar Zahed Alavi. The Relation between Paragraph Organization and The Topic Progression Used in English Paragraphs Selected from Native Books on Teaching Writing 

16- Shahla Janghorban and Saeed Ketabi. An Investigation of E-mail Writing Style in Persian Learners of English: The Effects of Social Distance and Closeness on the Formality of the Written E-mails

Volume 7-2 April 2011.
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1- Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson & Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh 

2- Reza Pishghadam.  Introducing Applied ELT as a New Approach in Second / Foreign Language Studies
                       
3- Keivan Zahedi and Mohammad Ali Shams. Exploring the Iranian Candidates’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in the Writing Module of IELTS

4- Masoud Sharififar and Mahboubeh Akbarzadeh.   An Analysis of Demotivators in English Classes for Iranian university students

5- Ehsan Ghassemi and Nasser Shahsavari. What is not working? A study of students’ perceptions of problems and concerns over English language learning at Islamic Azad University, Hajiabad Branch
  
6- Aram R. Sadeghi and Ali Asadi. Critical Discourse Analysis in an EFL Classroom

7- Sima Khezrlou, Ali Akbar Khomeijani and Farahani Fateme Layeghi. Foreign Language Learners' Processing of Relative Clause Ambiguity: A Relevance Theory Perspective

8- Seyyed Mohammad Reza Amirian and Reza Bagheri Nevisi. Overt Pronoun Constraint in Persian

9- Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani and Seyedeh Masoumeh Ahmadi.   The Effect of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on Iranian EFL Learners’ Language Learning

10- Sanaz Ghobadi Mohebi and Ebrahim Khodadady. A study on Iranian University Students’ and Teachers’ Beliefs about Language Learning

11- Naser Atasheneh and Ahmad Izadi. Refusals in English and Persian: A pragmalinguistic investigation

12- Ali Rahimi and Nabi. A Ebrahimi. Guiding a Persian EFL Instructor to Create Individualized Classroom Environments: Novel Opportunities for ELT Practitioners

13- Reza Keshavarz and Rasool Roozegar. Assessing Iranian Students’ English ability: Semantic Competence vs. Pragmatic Competence

14- Mahboobeh Abhaji Ezabadi. The Effect of Image Generation on Remembering Story Details in  Iranian EFL learners

15- Roya Khoii and Nazli Shamsi. The Effect of the Method on the Trait: Investigating the Function of  No-Error Options in Grammar Error-Identification Items in Admissions
Tests

16- Mansoor Fahim and Shahla Azarnioushi. The Relationship between Critical Thinking and Deductive/Inductive  Teaching of Grammar to Iranian EFL Learners

Volume 7-1. February 2011.
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1- Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson & Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh  
          
2- Khalil Motallebzadeh and Neda Heirany. Thematic Clustering of L2  Vocabularies: A Technique for Improving Reading Comprehension Ability of Iranian Intermediate EFL Adult Learners

3- Nasser Rashidi and Hamid Reza Zare Asl. A Comparative In-Depth Evaluation of Two Pre-University English text books       

4- Bahman Gorjian, Syyed Rahim Moosavinia and Parisa Shahramiri.  Effects of  Oral Summary of Short Stories on Male/Female Learners' Speaking Proficiency:  High vs. Low Achievers

5- Ebrahim Khodadady, Sara Shirmohammadi and Farima Talebi. Brainstorming and its Effect on Critical Thinking and Speaking Skills

6- Hamid Ashraf. Research Articles’ Critical Reading: Developing an Effective Approach in an EFL Context

7- Mahdieh Arjomand and Masoud Sharififar. The Most and Least Frequently Used Vocabulary Learning Strategies among Iranian EFL Freshman Students and its Relationship to the Gender

8- Majid Nemati and Amin Shahini. The Relationship between Extroversion and Introversion and the Oral Proficiency of Iranian EFL Learners

9- Mehdi B. Mehrani and Ghasem Modarresi. The Nature of Interactive and  Intervening Strategies in Scaffolding EFL Reading Skill

10- Maryam Shirin Zarii and Midi Martini. Two Types of Text Modification and Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Simplification vs. Elaboration

11- Ethan Assai and Manor Tavakoli. Corrective Feedback in the L2 Classroom: Matched-gender and Mixed-gender Dyads in Focus

12- Sepideh Ahmad Khan Beige and Hammed Hamada.  A Contrastive Comparison of  Structural and Rhetorical Patterns of Persian and English Argumentative  Essays

13- Shirin Abadikhah and Zahra Mosleh. EFL Learners' Proficiency Level and Attention to Linguistic Features during Collaborative Output Activities

14- Fateme Layeghi. Single vs. Multiple Prompts in Writing

15. Bahareh Khazaeenezhad and Mohammad Reza Talebinezhad. Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive-Affective Reading-Based Courses: The Case of Reading Open-Ended Stories

16- Hossein Askari and Moussa Ahmadian. How Many Reading Comprehension Strategies to be Taught in a Semester?

Volume 6-4. December 2010.
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1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh 
                              
2. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh,  Mohamad Reza Hashemi and Hesamoddin Shahriari Ahmadi. Writing Through Literature: A Novel Approach to EFL Writing Instruction

3. Fatemeh Mahbod Karamouzian. A Post-Use Evaluation of Current Reading Comprehension Textbooks Used in TEFL Programs

4. Hamide Ghaemi and Hamed Ghaemi. Item Format Influence on the Reading Comprehension Ability of Dyslexics

5. Zahra Amirian and Mansoor Tavakoli. A Swalesian Genre Approach to the Investigation of the Introduction Sections of English, Persian, and EFL Applied Linguistic Research Article

6. Seyyed Mohammad Ali Soozandehfar and Marzieh Souzandehfar. Which Learner Speaks Bettter Integratively Motivated or Instrumentally Motivated

Volume 6-3. September 2010.
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1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh   
 
2. Mansoor Fahim, Parviz Maftoon and Hossein Hashemnezhad. Types and Amounts of Original vs. Modified Descriptions of Scaffolding in EFL Writing Ability

3. Azar Hoseini Fatemi  and Hesam Shahriari. To Teach or Not to Teach: On the Didactic Aspect of Accent Training in the EFL Classroom

4. Nasser Rashidi and Mansoureh Sajjadi. The Effect of Time Intervals on the Keyword Mnemonic Technique Used in Teaching Vocabulary to Iranian Female EFL Learners

5. Mohammad Reza Hashemi and Elham Yazdanmehr. A Process-oriented Evaluation of EFL Writing Tasks in FCE/CAE Preparation Courses versus IELTS/TOEFL Courses of Iran

6. Masoumeh Akhondi, Faramarz Aziz Malayeri and Arshad Abd. Samad. Assessing Speaking: Manipulating the Facet of the Length of Prompt in an Oral Proficiency Interview Setting

7. Amin Marzban and Mohammad Ali Ayatollahi. Accurate Recall Concerns in Language Classrooms: The Role of Clause Order in Memory Constraints

Volume 6-2. June 2010.
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1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh    

2. Ebrahim Khodadady, Reza Pishghadam and Maryam Fakhar. The Relationship among Reading Comprehension Ability, Grammar and Vocabulary Knowledge: An Experimental and Schema-Based Approach

3.  Mansoor Fahim and Arman Abednia. Investigating conflict between the critical nature of transformative language teacher development and student teachers’ traditional background

4.  Ma'ssoumeh Bemani Naeini and Ambigapathy Pandian. On the Possible Relationships between Multiple Intelligences, Listening Proficiency and Motivational Orientation among Iranian TEFL University Students

5.  Hassan Samavarchi, Laila Samavarchi and Hamid Allami.
Politeness in Hindi and Persian: A Contrastive Sociolinguistic Study

6.   Golnaz Modarresi Ghavami and Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi. An Optimality-Theoretic Study of Interlanguage Phonology Development in Persian Learners of English

Volume 6-1. March 2010.

1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh

2. Mahmood Reza Atai and Mahbobeh Saberi.
The Contribution of Perceptual, Linguistic, and Cognitive Processing Skills to Early EFL Reading Development

3. Reza Pishghadam, Mohammad Reza Hashemi and S.M. Reza Adel. Dialogical Interaction in Formal and Informal Contexts: A Study in an EFL Situation

4. Hassan Soodmand Afshar. Iranian EFL Learners’ Most and Least Frequently-used Vocabulary Learning Strategies: The Relationship to Success and Gender

5. A. R. Jalilifar and M. Hashemian. Uh Well, You know, I Mean It: Discourse Markers Use by Non-Native Students in Interview Settings

6. Susan Marandi and Shabnam Mokhtarnia. Reading Strategies in Electronic Environment: An Emerging Concern

7. Hamid Zahedi and Mahsa khajooei Mirzadeh. Collocational Cloze: The Effect of Deletion Procedure and Gender

8. Esmaeel Ali Salimi, Mansoor Tavakoli and Saeed Ketabi.
The Effect of Noticing on the Judgment of Lexical Collocations: The Case of Language Proficiency and Complexity of Patterns

Volume 5. December 2009.

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Index

1. Foreword. Drs. Robertson & Rajabali Torghabeh 

2. Mohammad Hossein Keshavarz & Lotfollah Akbari Malek. Critical Discourse Analysis of ELT Textbooks

5. Khalil Motallebzadeh. Strategy-Based Instruction: A Focus  on Improvement of IELTS Speaking

6. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh, Majid Elahi & Saeed Khanalipour.   Examining Iranian EFL Learners' and Teachers' Beliefs about Teachers Through Metaphor Analysis

7. Purya Baghaei & Nazila Amrahi. Introduction to Rasch 
Measurement

Volume 4. September 2009. PDF E-book version

Foreword: Drs. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh & Paul Robertson

1. Reza Pishghadam, Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh, & Safoora Navari. Metaphor Analysis of Teachers’ Beliefs and Conceptions of Language Teaching and Learning in Iranian High Schools and Language Institutes: A Qualitative Study

 2. Bahman Gorjian, Alireza Jalilifar &  Halimeh Mousavi. Redundant Versus Consistent Stems in Multiple-Choice   Vocabulary Tests and their Effects on the Pre-University Students' Performance

3. Fatemeh Shahamat & Abdolmehdi Riazi.  The Place of Information Technology in Second Language Teaching in Girl's High Schools and Private English Institutes in Shiraz 

 4. Purya Baghaei, Mohammad Monshi Tousi  Ali Akbar Boori. An Investigation into the Validity of Conversational C-Test as a Measure of Oral abilities          

5.  Jaleh Hassaskhah. There is never any one right way to teach! A case of "Multiple Intelligences" 

6. Zahra Amirian &  Mansoor Tavakoli. A Contrastive Intercultural Analysis of the English and Persian Research Articles: The Case of the Discussion Sections7. Ali S.M. Al Issa. Reflection through Peer Collaboration “A Study from Omani ELT Classrooms.

Volume 3. March 2009. PDF E-book version SWF version

Foreword: Drs. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh & Paul Robertson

1. Rahman Sahragard & Afsaneh Baharloo.  Fear of Success, Imposter  Phenomenon, Academic Achievement, and Language Proficiency among  some Iranian EFL Learners: a correlational study

2. Reza Pishghadam & Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh. The Impacts  of  Teacher Self-disclosureon the Speaking Ability of EFL Learners

3. Mohammad Rahimi. The Effect of Coaching on Test-Takers Attitudes toward and Performance on C-Test
                                
4. Khalil Motallebzadeh & Hamed Ghaemi. The Relationship between  Online Reading Strategies and the Choice of Offline Reading Strategies of Intermediate  EFL Learners

5. S.A. Razmjoo,  R. Sahragard,  & M. Sadri. On the Relationship  between Multiple Intelligences, Vocabulary Learning Knowledge and Vocabulary Learning Strategies among the Iranian EFL Learners

6. Behrooz Ghoorchaei & Zohreh Kassaian. The Relationship between Risk-taking, Fluency and Accuracy in the English Speech of Iranian EFL Students

7. Firouz Sadighi, Rahman Sahragard , & Seyed Mohammad Jafari.  Listening Comprehension and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety among Iranian EFL learners

Volume 2. 2008. PDF E-book version
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Foreword: Drs. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh & Paul Robertson

1. Purya Baghaei.  An Attempt to Fit the Rasch Model to a C-Test 

2. Mohammad Mehdi Soleimani.   Strategy teaching and its impact on reading comprehension in an EFL setting

3. Behzad Ghonsooli, Reza Pishghadam & Fatemeh Mohaghegh Mahjoobi. The Impact of Collocational Instruction on the Writing Skill of Iranian  EFL Learners: A Case of Product and Process Study

4. Mohammad Reza Ghorbani.  The Washback Effect of the University  Entrance Examination on Iranian English Teachers’ Curricular Planning and Instruction

5. Abdolmehdi Riazi & Mohammad Ali Mansoorian. Shiraz University Learning Style Preferences Among Iranian Male and Female EFL Students

6. A. Majid Hayati & Ehsan Ghassemi. The effect of anxiety on readingcomprehension across genders: A case of Iranian EFL learners

7. S.A. Razmjoo & M. Shaban. On The Relationship Between
Introversion/Extroversion and Grammaticality Judgment among the Iranian EFL Learners

Volume 1. 2008. PDF E-book version
SWF version

Foreword: Drs. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh and Paul Robertson                         

1. Massoud Rahimpour & Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash
- Examining Gender-based Variability in Task-prompted, Monologic L2 Oral Performance

2. Ali Jahangard - Evaluation of EFL Materials  Taught at Iranian Public High Schools

3.  Javad Golami & Farraman Farrokhi - Reactive and Preemptive Language Related Episodes and Uptake in an EFL Class

4. Abdullah Ali Al-Eryani - Refusal Strategies by Yemeni EFL Learners                      

5. Masoud Khalili Sabet and Manijeh Youhanaee - The Relationship between  Syntactic Clustering of bligatory/Null
Subject Parameters and Proficiency Levels in L2 Acquisition: New Evidence from a Grammaticality Judgment Test

6. Karim Sadeghi - The Key for Successful Reader-writer Interaction: Factors Affecting Reading Comprehension in L2 Revisited

7. Ataollah Maleki & Ebrahim Zangani - A Survey on the Relationship between English Language Proficiency and the Academic Achievement of Iranian EFL Students

8. Abdolmehdi Riazi &  Mohammad Javad Riasati - Language Learning Style Preferences: A Students Case Study of Shiraz EFL Institutes

9. Nasrin Shokrpour &   Mohammad Hossein Fallahzadeh - A Survey of the Students and Interns’ EFL Writing Problems in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

10. Ahmet Acar - Standards and Competence in English as an International Language Pedagogy

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