Number of Articles: 6
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF CAUSATIVIZATION IN OVERPASSIVIZATION OF UN-ACCUSATIVE VERBS BY IRANIAN ENGLISH MAJORS
Volume 34, Issue 3 , October 2015, Pages 1-28
Abstract
The current study aims at exploring the role of causativization as one of the causes stated in the literature for overpassivization of English unaccusatives in an Iranian context.The ... Read More
AN INVESTIGATION INTO ESAP NEEDS OF IRANIAN BA STUDENTS OF LAW
Volume 34, Issue 3 , October 2015, Pages 29-59
Abstract
English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) uses the results of needs analysis for curriculum development and materials production. ESAP courses should be based on students’ ... Read More
DE-MOTIVATORS, BURNOUT AND LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT IN AN IRANIAN EFL CONTEXT
Volume 34, Issue 3 , October 2015, Pages 61-85
Abstract
The present study probed 250 English as foreign language (EFL) learners' de-motivation by investigating its role in students' burnout, i.e., a state of physical, emotional, and mental ... Read More
THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION OF METAPHORS ON TEACHING ECONOMIC TERMS TO IRANIAN ECONOMIC MAJORS IN ESP COURSES
Volume 34, Issue 3 , October 2015, Pages 87-107
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of two strategies of explicit teaching of economic terms on learners' vocabulary learning and retention. In the first explicit ... Read More
STANCE AND ENGAGEMENT DISCOURSE MARKERS IN JOURNAL’S “AUTHOR GUIDELINES”
Volume 34, Issue 3 , October 2015, Pages 109-140
Abstract
Over the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in the study of interactional metadiscourse markers in different contexts. However, not much research has been conducted ... Read More
INSTRUCTORS’ AND LEARNERS’ QUESTIONING: A CASE OF EFL CLASSROOM DISCOURSE IN IRAN
Volume 34, Issue 3 , October 2015, Pages 141-164