Number of Articles: 7
Establishing Propositional Relations in Reading Stories
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, Pages 1-20
Abstract
This study examined the establishment of coherence relations by Persian EFL learners in their reading of stories. 201 undergraduate EFL learners read narrative passages and selected ... Read More
A Genre Analysis of Reprint Request E-mails Written by EFL and Physics Professionals
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, Pages 21-42
Abstract
The present study aimed to analyze reprint request e-mail messages written by postgraduates (MA students) of two fields of study, namely Physics and EFL, to realize the differences ... Read More
Power and Politics of Language Use: A Survey of Hedging Devices in Political Interviews
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, Pages 43-66
Abstract
One tactful strategy in political rhetoric is hedging which is associated with vagueness and innuendos. Despite the studies that address hedging in academic discourse and conversation ... Read More
Texts and Politics: Postcolonial Revaluations of two British Classics
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, Pages 67-82
Abstract
The major argument of this essay is that Kipling treats the colonial subject as the "other," and Forster proves to be almost as pro-Empire as writers like Kipling. Nevertheless, A Passage ... Read More
Variations in EFL Teachers’ Pedagogical Knowledge Base as a Function of Their Teaching License Status
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, Pages 83-114
Abstract
The study of teachers’ pedagogical knowledge base (PKB) to discover how teachers think and work is attracting increasing attention in ELT. Against this background, the present ... Read More
A Model of Speaking Strategies for EFL Learners
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, Pages 115-142
Abstract
This study intended to develop a model describing speaking strategies for EFL learners by taking into account the effects of learners’ gender and proficiency on the application ... Read More
The Effect of the Translator's Gender Ideology on Translating Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights
Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, Pages 143-158