Author = Hashemian, Mahmood
Number of Articles: 5
Vocabulary Learning by Iranian Adult L2 Learners via Extensive Viewing of Subtitled and Captioned TV Series
Volume 40, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 83-115
Abstract
Television can be considered a rich, helpful, and valuable source to expose L2 learners to huge amounts of comprehensible input so that they can improve their L2 knowledge and, in particular, ... Read MoreLexis-Based Instruction and IELTS Candidates’ Development of L2 Speaking Ability: Use of Formulaicity in Monologic Versus Dialogic Task
Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, , Pages 69-98
Abstract
Although lexis research (e.g., Lewis, 1997; Taguchi, 2008) has already evidenced the possibility of teaching formulaic sequences (FS), further research is still needed to examine the ... Read MoreA Pragmatic Study of Requestive Speech Act by Iranian EFL Learners and Canadian Native Speakers in Hotels
Volume 33, Issue 2 , July 2014, , Pages 1-25
Abstract
This study was an attempt to shed light on the use of requestive speech act by Iranian nonnative speakers (NNSs) of English and Canadian native speakers (NSs) of English to find out ... Read MoreEffects of Focus-on-Form(s) Instruction on Iranian Intermediate L2 Learners’ Metaphorical Competence Development
Volume 32, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 1-17
Abstract
Recent developments in cognitive linguistics have highlighted the importance and the ubiquity of metaphors in language. Their effect has been instrumental in making significant headway ... Read MoreCross-Cultural Differences and Pragmatic Transfer in English and Persian Refusals
Volume 31, Issue 3 , October 2012, , Pages 23-46