Volume 15 (2023)
Volume 14 (2022)
Volume 13 (2021)
Volume 12 (2020)
Volume 11 (2019)
Volume 10 (2018)
Volume 9 (2017)
Volume 8 (2016)
Volume 7 (2015)
Volume 6 (2014)
Volume 5 (2013)
Volume 4 (2012)
Volume 3 (2011)
Volume 2 (2010)
Volume 1 (2009)

The Effect of Grammar vs. Vocabulary Pre-teaching on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension: A Schema-Theoretic View of Reading

Ali Jahangard; Ahmad Moinzadeh; Akbar Karimi

Volume 3, Issue 8 , December 2011, , Pages 91-113

Abstract
  This study was designed to investigate the effect of grammar and vocabulary pre-teaching, as two types of pre-reading activities, on the Iranian EFL learners’ reading comprehension from a schema–theoretic perspective. The sample consisted of 90 female students studying at pre-university centers ...  Read More

Investigating the Predominant Levels of Learning Objectives in General English Books

sahar Zahed alavi; Rahman Sahragard

Volume 8, Issue 17 , July 2016, , Pages 93-114

Abstract
  This study investigated nine General English books (five produced by non-native Iranian speakers and four produced by native speakers) in terms of learning objectives in Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy (2001). The aim was to find out which levels of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy are dominant in the books. ...  Read More

Critical Perspectives on Contrastive Rhetoric: A Report from Iranians' EFL Reading Textbooks

Marzieh Rafiee; Hossein Vahid Dastjerdi; Mansoor Tavakoli

Volume 5, Issue 12 , December 2013, , Pages 93-108

Abstract
  The efficacy of genre-based approach to teaching writing has been regarded as an influential practice in L2 writing pedagogy (Hyland, 2007). However, there is still gap between actual structures found in reading materials recommended as textbooks and discourse patterns recommended for L2 writing in EFL ...  Read More

Cognitively Complex Tasks and Individual Differences: Two Influential Factors in Iranian EFL Learners’ Written Text Quality

Farahman Farrokhi; Simin Sattarpour

Volume 11, Issue 23 , June 2019, , Pages 95-126

Abstract
  Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis and Skehan’s Limited Attentional Capacity Model provide the major impetus for this study. The present article reports the findings of a between-subject factorial experimental research study which explored 1) the effects of increased cognitive task complexity, ...  Read More

The Relationship between Depth and Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension among Iranian EFL Learners

Saeed Mehrpour; Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo; Parvaneh Kian

Volume 2, Issue 222 , December 2010, , Pages 97-127

Abstract
  The current study is an attempt to investigate the particular role learners' vocabulary knowledge plays in their reading comprehension performance. It intends to determine whether breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge are related to EFL learners' reading comprehension, and to investigate which one ...  Read More

Discourse Structures of Condolence Speech Act

Mostafa Morady Moghaddam

Volume 4, Issue 10 , March 2013, , Pages 105-125

Abstract
  Condolence is part of Austin’s expressive speech act and is related to Searle’s behabitives illocutionary act. Although a theoretically sound issue in pragmatics, condolence speech act has not been investigated as much as other speech acts in discourse-related studies. This paper aims at ...  Read More

Toward an Analysis of the Bond between Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy among EFL Teachers

Habibollah Mashhadi

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2013, , Pages 107-125

Abstract
  This study explored the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and self-efficacy in 71 Iranian EFL teachers in private language institutes. The participants’ EI and self-efficacy were rated through questionnaires. They were also administered a demographic sheet. The findings revealed ...  Read More

Corrective Feedback in EFL Classrooms: Learner Negotiation Strategies and Uptake

Reza G.samar; Parvane Shayestefar

Volume 1, Issue 212 , December 2008, , Pages 107-134

Abstract
  This quasi-experimental study examines the extent to which research findings from teacher Corrective Feedbacks (CFs) and SLA concerning the efficiency of Focus-on-Form (FoF) pedagogy is transferable to the context of foreign language learning in Iranian schools. To investigate how "grammar instruction ...  Read More

Incidental Vocabulary Learning Through Comprehension-Focused Reading of Short Stories*

Naser Rashidi; Amir Ganbari Adivi

Volume 2, Issue 217 , October 2010, , Pages 111-129

Abstract
  This study investigated the amount of incidental vocabulary learning through comprehension-focused reading of short stories and explicit instruction to this goal.  Forty male high school students were selected randomly, and divided into two groups of twenty.  One group of these students was ...  Read More

A Remedy to the Misery of Language Learning Efficacy: Flipped Classroom

Kourosh Fathi Vajargah; Mohammad Karimi Sabet; Milad Javanmardi; Sajad Davoudi

Volume 12, Issue 26 , November 2020, , Pages 125-143

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2020.11470

Abstract
  Choosing the right method for teaching is an important step in learning. Corporate trainers have always been interested in finding new ways to achieve effective learning. The present study seeks to improve language learning by measuring, comparing and prioritizing the effectiveness of three methods: ...  Read More

Improvement of Metadiscourse Use among Iranian EFL Learners through a Process- based Writing Course

Mansoor Tavakoli; Leila Bahrami; Zahra Amirian

Volume 4, Issue 9 , December 2012, , Pages 129-164

Abstract
       The present study investigated the use of interactive metadiscourse resources (IMRs) in terms of appropriacy during a process- based writing course by applying qualitative and exploratory methods. Moreover, learners' perception was investigated to find out how confident they ...  Read More

The Role of Transcribing Group Discussion Task in Promoting Autonomy and Oral Proficiency of University EFL Learners

Mansoor Ganji; Sakineh Jafari; Majid Asgari

Volume 12, Issue 25 , June 2020, , Pages 131-148

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2020.10678

Abstract
  This study investigated the effect of transcribing group-discussion tasks on the development of university students' autonomy and oral proficiency. A quasi-experimental research design was followed to compare the performances of four groups: two experimental groups and two control groups (each group ...  Read More

EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of Learner Autonomy: Developing a Glocalized Model

Naser Rashidi; Hazhar Muhammadineku

Volume 10, Issue 22 , December 2018, , Pages 87-112

Abstract
  Learner autonomy (henceforth LA) has become a buzz word in education in general and language education, in particular, for more than a decade now. Focusing on investigating Iranian EFL teachers’ conceptions of LA, the current study, taking a mixed method approach, attempted to illustrate how Iranian ...  Read More

An Applied Linguistics Look at the Linguistic Comparison of Nominal Group Complexity between Two Samples of a Genre

Yaser Hadidi

Volume 10, Issue 21 , June 2018, , Pages 105-116

Abstract
  The roles and effects of changes in syntax on comprehension and processing effort, and the relationships between these two, comprise a large and separate field of inquiry, with the general belief now in place that such changes and variations bring about varied psycholinguistic and discursive implications ...  Read More

A Conversation Analytic Study on the Teachers’ Management of Understanding-Check Question Sequences in EFL Classrooms

Baqer Yaqubi; Sediqeh Karimpour

Volume 5, Issue 12 , December 2013, , Pages 109-134

Abstract
  Teacher questions are claimed to be constitutive of classroom interaction because of their crucial role both in the construction of knowledge and the organization of classroom proceedings (Dalton Puffer, 2007). Most of previous research on teachers’ questions mainly focused on identifying and discovering ...  Read More

The impact of portfolios and conferencing on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill

Abbas Moradan; Seyyed Nasibeh Hedayati

Volume 3, Issue 8 , December 2011, , Pages 115-141

Abstract
  The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of portfolios and conferencing techniques on Iranian EFL learners' writing skill. The experiment involved Iranian intermediate students that were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The participants of the first ...  Read More

Cross-Linguistic Transfer or Target Language Proficiency: Writing Performance of Trilinguals vs. Bilinguals in Relation to the Interdependence Hypothesis

Sima Modir Khamene

Volume 3, Issue 7 , December 2011, , Pages 115-143

Abstract
  This study explored the nature of transfer among bilingual vs. trilinguals with varying levels of competence in English and their previous languages. The hypotheses were tested in writing tasks designed for 75 high (N= 35) vs. intermediate (N=40) proficient EFL learners with Turkish, Persian, English ...  Read More

The Impact of MA TEFL Curriculum on Student Teachers’ Self-Efficacy

Elaheh Sotoudehnama; Maryam Fakhari

Volume 8, Issue 17 , July 2016, , Pages 115-146

Abstract
  The importance of professional development programs in enhancing teacher self-efficacy has attracted the attention of researchers in the realm of teacher education for two decades. However, the role of university programs and their curriculum in developing teachers’ self-efficacy has not been given ...  Read More

Exploring Phrasal Complexity Features in Graduate Students’ Data Commentaries and Research Articles

Alireza Jalilifar; Mohammad Parviz; Alexanne Don

Volume 11, Issue 24 , December 2019, , Pages 115-153

Abstract
  The present study aimed at exploring phrasal complexity features in data commentaries produced by graduate students and in research articles written by expert writers. To this end, 25 empirical RAs in the field of Applied Linguistics and 158 data commentaries generated by graduate students of English ...  Read More

A Dynamical System Approach to Research in Second Language Acquisition

Hassan Soleimani; Mohammad Alavi

Volume 5, Issue 11 , November 2013, , Pages 127-143

Abstract
  Epistemologically speaking, second language acquisition research (SLAR) might be reconsidered from a complex dynamical system view with interconnected aspects in the ecosystem of language acquisition. The present paper attempts to introduce the tenets of complex system theory and its application in SLAR. ...  Read More

Teachers’ Limited Wait-Time Practice and Learners’ Participation opportunities in EFL Classroom Interaction

Bager Yaqubi; Mostafa Pourhaji Rokni

Volume 4, Issue 10 , March 2013, , Pages 127-161

Abstract
  Pairing theory with methodology, this study demonstrates how EFL teachers’ limited wait-time practice structures in and affects the structuring of the unfolding classroom discourse with reference to learners’ participation opportunities. Informed by the tenets of conversation analysis, we ...  Read More

Contributions of KARDS to Iranian EFL University Teachers’ Professional Identity

Vahid Hassani; Mohammad Khatib; Massood Yazdani Moghaddam

Volume 11, Issue 23 , June 2019, , Pages 127-156

Abstract
  This paper deals with the contributions of a language teacher education model by Kumaravadivelu (2012) known as KARDS (knowing, analyzing, recognizing, doing, and seeing) to Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) university teachers’ professional identity reconstruction. The researchers used ...  Read More

On the Construct Validity of the Reading Section of the University of Tehran English Proficiency Test

Mohammad Salehi

Volume 2, Issue 222 , December 2010, , Pages 129-159

Abstract
  University of Tehran administers a test known as The University of Tehran English Proficiency Test (the UTEPT) to PhD candidates on a yearly basis. By definition, the test can be considered a high-stakes one. The validity of high stakes tests needs to be known (Roever, 2001). As Mesick (1988) maintains, ...  Read More

Cloze validation against IELTS Reading Paper: Doubts on correlational validation

Karim Sadeghi

Volume 2, Issue 217 , October 2010, , Pages 131-154

Abstract
  Cloze was officially introduced in a journal on Journalism as a technique for estimating text readability and as "a new psychological tool for measuring the effectiveness of communication" (Taylor, 1953: 415). Different varieties of cloze have since been developed and experimented upon as measures of ...  Read More

Iranian ISI and Non-ISI Medical Research Articles in English: A Comparative ESP/EAP Move Analysis

Abbas ali Rezaee; Nasrin Sayfouri

Volume 1, Issue 212 , December 2008, , Pages 135-160

Abstract
  During recent decades publishing articles in academic journals has become a worldwide urge for all members of academia. There is, however, a widespread belief according to which more value is given to the articles published in internationally-recognized, high standard journals. An issue raised in this ...  Read More