Number of Articles: 9
An Acoustic Study of Emotivity-Prosody Interface in Persian Speech Using the Tilt Model
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 1-27
Abstract
This paper aims to explore some acoustic properties (i.e. duration and pitch amplitude of speech) associated with three different emotions: anger, sadness and joy against neutrality ... Read More
The Role of Ethnicity in Integrative Tests Performances of Male/ Female Iranian English Learners of Different Language Proficiency Levels
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 29-56
Abstract
Linguistic/cultural differences of learners’ native language with English as a foreign language, gender and English proficiency level are among those numerous variables which ... Read More
Postmodern Orientalized Terrorism: Don DeLillo’s The Names
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 57-84
Abstract
The terrorism of obscurantism is one of the hallmarks of Don DeLillo’s The Names (1982), distinguishing it as one of the "difficult writings" in his canon. Terrorism, however, ... Read More
An Investigation into Bilingual Dictionary Use: Do the Frequency of Use and Type of Dictionary Make a Difference in L2 Writing Performance?
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 85-106
Abstract
Bilingual dictionary use in L2 writing test performance has recently been the subject of debate. Opinions differ according to how the trait is understood and whether the system favors ... Read More
Iranian EFL Teachers' Views on Measuring Reading Comprehension
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 107-134
Abstract
Understanding the opinions of major role players in education (i.e. teachers, students, and policy makers) on all aspects of learning and teaching is influential to the success of the ... Read More
The Power of Fiction: How Literature Educated and Reformed American Society
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 135-154
Abstract
This paper focuses on a number of American stories which helped educate people and bring about legal or social change. There are many stories which caused major or minor legal and political ... Read More
Effect of Gender – Oriented Content Familiarity and Test Type on Reading Comprehension
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 155-178
Abstract
One important issue that any material or test designer should bear in mind is to be careful about developing teaching and testing reading materials which would not be to the benefit ... Read More
Rhetorical Structure Analysis of EFLs’ Written Narratives of a Picture Story
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 179-208
Abstract
This study was set to reveal how second language learners use rhetorical relations in their written narratives in terms of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) primarily proposed by Mann ... Read More
The Effects of Glossing Conventions on L2 Vocabulary Recognition and Production
Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 209-233