Research Paper
Exploring L1 use in English as Foreign Language Classrooms through Activity theory
Exploring L1 use in English as Foreign Language Classrooms through Activity theory

Hossein Bozorgian; Sedighe Fallahpour

Volume 39, Issue 3.1 , October 2020, Pages 1-35

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2021.39025.2912

Abstract
  This study attempts to examine the amounts, purposes, and reasons for using L1 by teachers as well as the amounts and purposes of its use by students in English as foreign language ...  Read More
Research Paper
Using Graphic Markers to Highlight Syntactic and Emphatic Prosody and its Impact on ESP Readers' Foreign Language Reading Anxiety and Fluency
Using Graphic Markers to Highlight Syntactic and Emphatic Prosody and its Impact on ESP Readers' Foreign Language Reading Anxiety and Fluency

Ali Asghar Kargar

Volume 39, Issue 3.1 , October 2020, Pages 37-88

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2021.38956.2908

Abstract
  The study aimed at examining the effects of scaffolding ESP readers, by using graphic markers and highlighting syntactic and emphatic prosody, on their Foreign Language Reading Anxiety ...  Read More
Research Paper
Exploring the Impact of Blended, Flipped, and Traditional Teaching Strategies for Teaching Grammar on Iranian EFL Learners'''' through English Newspaper Articles
Exploring the Impact of Blended, Flipped, and Traditional Teaching Strategies for Teaching Grammar on Iranian EFL Learners'''' through English Newspaper Articles

Farzaneh Khodabandeh; Mohammad Hassan Tharirian

Volume 39, Issue 3.1 , October 2020, Pages 89-129

Abstract
  < p>Following the recent developments in educational technology-integrated learning, interest in the true implementation of flipped and blended classrooms as innovative approaches has ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating Iranian TEFL Ph.D. Candidates’ Professional Identity Development in the Course of their Doctoral Education
Investigating Iranian TEFL Ph.D. Candidates’ Professional Identity Development in the Course of their Doctoral Education

Armaghan Qaleshahzari; Esmail Faghih; Massood Yazdanimoghaddam

Volume 39, Issue 3.1 , October 2020, Pages 131-184

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.38243.2872

Abstract
  The current study investigated the Iranian Teaching English as a Foreign language (TEFL) Ph.D. candidates’ (TPCs) professional identity development during the TEFL Ph.D. education ...  Read More
Research Paper
Foreign Language Education Policy (FLEP) in Iran: Unpacking State Mandates in Major National Policy Documents
Foreign Language Education Policy (FLEP) in Iran: Unpacking State Mandates in Major National Policy Documents

Zia Tajeddin; Fariba Chamani

Volume 39, Issue 3.1 , October 2020, Pages 185-215

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2021.38870.2904

Abstract
  The worldwide spread of English as the dominant language of globalization has accelerated the development and implementation of Foreign Language Education Policy (FLEP) in many countries. ...  Read More
Research Paper
Improving EFL Learners’ Performance on Receptive-Response and Productive-Response Listening Comprehension Items through Diagnostic vs. Dynamic Assessment
Improving EFL Learners’ Performance on Receptive-Response and Productive-Response Listening Comprehension Items through Diagnostic vs. Dynamic Assessment

Ghazaleh Zandi; Kobra Tavassoli; Fateme Nikmard

Volume 39, Issue 3.1 , October 2020, Pages 217-252

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.38116.2865

Abstract
  Listening comprehension is a challenging skill in EFL contexts and it is necessary to research various aspects of this skill. Therefore, this study tried to investigate EFL learners’ ...  Read More