A Genre-Based Investigation of Inter/Intra-Lingual Relationships between Persian and English Academic Writings: Common Underlying Proficiency Oriented
A Genre-Based Investigation of Inter/Intra-Lingual Relationships between Persian and English Academic Writings: Common Underlying Proficiency Oriented

Mahboubeh Safavi; Firooz Sadighi; Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri; Mustafa Zamanian

Volume 38, Issue 2 , July 2019, , Pages 131-170

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.34951.2742

Abstract
  Although L2 writing has attracted salient attention and monopolized many studies in EFL contexts, there is still no full image of its complicated nature.  Trying to play a supplementary ...  Read More
Comparing confidence-based and conventional scoring methods: The case of an English grammar class
Comparing confidence-based and conventional scoring methods: The case of an English grammar class

Masoomeh Salehi; Firooz Sadighi; Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri

Volume 33, Issue 4 , March 2015, , Pages 123-152

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2015.3105

Abstract
  This study aimed at investigating the reliability, predictive validity, and self-esteem and gender bias of confidence-based scoring. This is a method of scoring in which the test takers ...  Read More
L1 Glossing and Lexical Inferencing: Evaluation of the Overarching Issue of L1 Lexicalization
L1 Glossing and Lexical Inferencing: Evaluation of the Overarching Issue of L1 Lexicalization

Nasim Golaghaei; Firooz Sadighi

Volume 31, Issue 4 , March 2013, , Pages 1-24

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1131

Abstract
  This empirical study reports on a cross-linguistic analysis of the overarching issue of L1 lexicalization regarding two (non)-interventionist approaches to vocabulary teaching. Participants ...  Read More
The Effects of Collaborative Translation Task on the Apology Speech Act Production of Iranian EFL Learners
The Effects of Collaborative Translation Task on the Apology Speech Act Production of Iranian EFL Learners

Ali Asghar Kargar; firooz Sadighi; Ali Reza Ahmadi

Volume 31, Issue 3 , October 2012, , Pages 47-78

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.621

Abstract
  The present study aims to investigate the relative effectiveness of different types of pragmatic instruction including two collaborative translation tasks and two structured input tasks ...  Read More
Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Iranian EFL Pre-University Students
Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Iranian EFL Pre-University Students

Saeed Mehrpour; Firooz Sadighi; Zahra Bagheri

Volume 31, Issue 1 , May 2012, , Pages 107-139

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.331

Abstract
  The present study investigated the potential of implementing reading strategy instruction in raising learner readers' awareness of reading strategies,  extending the range of strategies ...  Read More
THE IMPACT OF LINGUISTIC AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE READING PERFORMANCE OF IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS
THE IMPACT OF LINGUISTIC AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE READING PERFORMANCE OF IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS

Mohammad Rahimi; Firooz Sadighi; Zahra Hosseiny Fard

Volume 30, Issue 1 , April 2011, , Pages 151-171

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.397

Abstract
  Following innovations in intelligence and its radical changes from a unitary concept (IQ) to a multi-dimensional conceptualization, i.e. multiple intelligences and the need to design ...  Read More
The Role of Conceptualizable Agent in Overpassivization of English Unaccusatives in Iranian English Majors
The Role of Conceptualizable Agent in Overpassivization of English Unaccusatives in Iranian English Majors

Rahaman Sahragard; Firooz Sadighi; a Abbasi Bagherianpour

Volume 29, Issue 3 , September 2010, , Pages 141-162

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.419

Abstract
  The present study is an attempt to explore the effect of one of the pragmatic elements of discourse (namely the conceptualizable agent) on overpassivization of English unaccusative ...  Read More