Number of Articles: 369
Methodological Synthesis of Working Memory Capacity Measures in Relative Clause Attachment Ambiguity Resolution Studies
Volume 41, Issue 4 , November 2022, , Pages 113-172
Abstract
This synthesis reviews the methodological issues in empirical studies investigating the effect of working memory capacity (WMC) on relative clause ambiguity resolution where results ... Read More
Raising EFL Learners' Pragmatic Awareness of Intercultural Rhetoric in Writing
Volume 34, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 115-143
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to explore the effectiveness of raising Iranian learners’ pragmatic awareness of intercultural rhetoric in enhancing their L2 writing ability, ... Read More
IMPACT OF SYNCHRONOUS COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION ON EFL LEARNERS’ COLLABORATION: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Volume 34, Issue 4 , March 2016, , Pages 115-140
Abstract
For the last two decades, computers have entered people’s lives in an unprecedented manner in a way that almost everybody considers life without them rather impossible. In recent ... Read More
The Impact of Learning through Management System vs. Learning through Experience Platform on Exam Results of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
Volume 40, Issue 3 , August 2021, , Pages 117-158
Abstract
The upheaval time of COVID-19 highlighted the importance of an effective way of teaching English to the front-line healthcare workers such as medical doctors and researchers with different ... Read More
Thinking Ability and its Impacting Factors among Graduate Iranian EFL Learners through Generating Types of Questions
Volume 41, Issue 3 , August 2022, , Pages 117-153
Abstract
Since an effective technique to assess the level of thinking ability is to identify the types of questions one generates, the present research by employing a hybrid question framework, ... Read More
The Ordering Process of Narrative in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, , Pages 119-133
Abstract
Regarding the literary historical debates, one of the main concerns of modern historiography is the way of representing the concept of reality within the framework of a coherent narrative, ... Read More
Built-In Learner Participation Potential of Locally- and Globally-Designed ELT Materials
Volume 35, Issue 3 , October 2016, , Pages 119-156
Abstract
This study aims at empirically measuring a universal criterion for materials evaluation, i.e., learning opportunities, in a locally- and a globally-designed materials. Adopting the ... Read More
Sociological and Aesthetic Senses of Culture Represented in Global and Localized ELT Textbooks
Volume 36, Issue 3 , October 2017, , Pages 119-143
Abstract
The relationship between language and culture has become a rich source of inquiry in the context of English language teaching. Learning materials can depict cultural content in different ... Read More
On Anthropomorphism in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning: Does Modality Matter in Agent-Based Multimedia Instruction on L2 Idioms?
Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, , Pages 123-160
Abstract
The present study aimed to satisfy a twofold purpose: On the one hand, it sought to verify the postulation that agent-based instruction could offer a compromise approach to teaching ... Read More
The Impact of Sequence Map, Answering Question, and 3-2-1 Techniques on EFL Learners’ Summary Writing Ability
Volume 37, Issue 2 , July 2018, , Pages 125-167
Abstract
Considering the challenges inherent in learning and teaching of summary writing in EFL/ ESL settings, it is crucial to look into various instructional techniques thoroughly. This study ... Read More
THE IMPACT OF USING COMPUTER-AIDED ARGUMENT MAPPING (CAAM) ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ WRITING SELF-REGULATION
Volume 34, Issue 2 , July 2015, , Pages 127-152
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of using computer-aided argument mapping (CAAM) on the improvement of Iranian learners’ writing self-regulation. To this ... Read More
From Academic to Journalistic Texts: A Qualitative Analysis of the Evaluative Language of Science
Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, , Pages 127-158
Abstract
This study examined academic articles and journalistic reports in 5 disciplinary areas to explore how similar contents might attitudinally be realized in two different genres. To this ... Read More
The Development of Reading and Operation Span Tasks in Persian as Measures of Working Memory Capacity for Iranian EFL Learners
Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, , Pages 129-162
Abstract
This paper presented two complex span tasks in Persian as measures of working memory capacity (WMC). Firstly, the construct of working memory (WM) and possible WM measures that could ... Read More
A Genre-Based Investigation of Inter/Intra-Lingual Relationships between Persian and English Academic Writings: Common Underlying Proficiency Oriented
Volume 38, Issue 2 , July 2019, , Pages 131-170
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
Can Scaffolding Mechanisms of Structuring and Problematizing Facilitate the Transfer of Genre-based Knowledge to Another Discourse Mode?
Volume 35, Issue 4 , March 2017, , Pages 133-156
Abstract
A pivotal issue in research on writing concerns whether the knowledge of how genres are constructed and learned in one discipline/genre can be transferred to other contexts, genres, ... Read More
On The Factor Structure (Invariance) of the PhD UEE Using Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling
Volume 36, Issue 4 , 2018, , Pages 141-170
Abstract
The aim of the current study was twofold: (1) to validate the internal structure of the general English (GE) section of the university entrance examination for Ph.D applicants into ... Read More
Exploring EFL Learners’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Pragmatically Focused Role-play Tasks
Volume 37, Issue 4 , March 2019, , Pages 141-165
Abstract
Communicative language use largely entails regular patterns consisting of pre-constructed phrases or sequences. These sequences have been examined by many researchers to find the situation-based ... Read More
Developing EFL Learners' Oral Proficiency through Animation-based Instruction of English Formulaic Sequences
Volume 38, Issue 1 , May 2019, , Pages 157-190
Abstract
The current pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study attempts, firstly, to probe the effects of teaching formulaic sequences (FSs) on the second or foreign language (L2) learners' ... Read More
Trodden and Untrodden Paths: A Study of Cognitive Processes in Oral Responding and Questioning
Volume 38, Issue 3 , October 2019, , Pages 159-187
Abstract
The present study was an attempt to provide a psycholinguistic account of cognitive processes underlying responding and questioning. It also strived to identify the potential differences ... Read More
Developing and Validating a Model for Exploring Iranian EFL Teachers’ Perception of Professional Development
Volume 37, Issue 3 , October 2018, , Pages 169-210
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The present study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL teachers’ perception of professional development. To this end, 200 EFL teachers teaching at private language institutes in Iran ... Read More
The Rabatak Inscription
Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, , Pages 1-20
Abstract
Introduction The inscription of Rabatak was found in 1993 near an ancient hill in the north part of Baghlan in Afghanistan. The village of Rabatak ... Read More
Motivational and Learning Effects of Computer-aided Procedures on Students' Reading Comprehension
Volume 29, Issue 3 , September 2010, , Pages 107-139
Abstract
Reading development and instruction is a pedagogical priority at all academic levels. Historically, in the educational field, numerous efforts have been made to facilitate the complex ... Read More
Peer Reviewers’ Comments on Research Articles Submitted by Iranian Researchers
Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 107-123
Abstract
The invisible hands of peer reviewers play a determining role in the eventual fate of submissions to international English-medium journals. This study builds on the assumption that ... Read More
The Effect of Lexical Collocational Density on the Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension
Volume 32, Issue 1 , May 2013, , Pages 111-136
Abstract
The present study aims at investigating the effect of different levels of lexical collocational density on EFL learners’ reading comprehension. Eighty sophomore students with ... Read More
Interfaces of Macro and Microstructure in Academic Writing: The Case of Research Article Abstracts
Volume 32, Issue 4 , March 2014, , Pages 111-138