A Comparative Study of the Effect of Explicit, Implicit, and Discovery Learning Methods on EFL Learners’ Comprehension of English Passive Voice

sepideh rafiei sakhaei; biook behnam; Zohreh Seifoori

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2024, , Pages 1-27

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2023.18472.2183

Abstract
  Despite all efforts rationalized around the significance of grammar instruction, it remains a contentious issue in the fields of second and foreign language teaching. Grammar teaching requires the design of both implicit and explicit approaches. One of the main features of grammar is English passive ...  Read More

Assertiveness and Prediction of Marked Structures in the Translations of Undergraduate English Students

Habibollah Mashhady; Moslem Fatollahi

Volume 2, Issue 4 , November 2015, , Pages 10-1

Abstract
  Markedness in linguistics is the state of being distinct, peculiar or complicated in comparison to a more usual or common form. Markedness has been widely studied in the literature. However, almost no study has ever explored the relationship between translators’ assertiveness and their preference ...  Read More

A Putative Evaluation Scheme for Critical Appraisal of ELT Papers

Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo

Volume 3, Issue 3 , September 2016, , Pages 18-1

Abstract
  Regarding the lack of consistency among ELT journals to evaluate papers, this research delves into how journal reviewers address the issue of determining the optimum paper to be published. In other words, this study aims at proposing a putative scheme to evaluate the papers submitted to ELT journals ...  Read More

Oral Corrective Feedback Preferences in Iranian L2 Learners with Different Proficiency Levels

Mahmood Hashemian; Helena Mostaghasi

Volume 2, Issue 3 , August 2015, , Pages 19-1

Abstract
  As far as making errors is an indispensable part of L2 learning process, appropriate and pertinent corrective feedback (CF) is a significant medium for L2 teachers to prevent their learners’ errors from getting fossilized and assist them progress along with their L2 learning process. There are ...  Read More

Introducing and Investigating a New Micro-strategy for Teaching Spelling Patterns: Active Mental Photography

Mohammad Zohrabi; Parya Kaashef

Volume 4, Issue 3 , August 2017, , Pages 19-31

Abstract
  Spelling has become a remarkable aspect of learning and/or teaching English as a foreign language. This skill helps learners to write fluently without interruption in the flow of thinking caused by searching dictionary for the correct spelling. However, the number of practical simple strategies to learn ...  Read More

A Triangulated Approach to Reading Strategy Use: Do General and Academic Reading Materials Make a Difference?

Javad Zare

Volume 2, Issue 1 , February 2015, , Pages 20-1

Abstract
  This paper was an attempt to explore the reading strategy use of Iranian M.A. students with general and discipline-related texts. More specifically, this was an endeavor to see if relation to discipline affects the reading strategy use of the students. To this end, a Nelson test and the reading comprehension ...  Read More

Analysis of Lexical Patterning and Semantic Elements in Reading Comprehension Sections of EFL Textbooks

Saemeh Askani; Omid Khatin Zadeh

Volume 3, Issue 4 , November 2016, , Pages 25-1

Abstract
  This study aimed to investigate patterns of encoding motion events in the sentences of ‘Reading Comprehension’ sections of English textbooks that are taught in Iranian guidance schools and high schools. To achieve this objective, all sentences that described motion events were collected from ...  Read More

A Triangulated Study of Workplace English Needs of Electrical Engineering Students

Samira kazempourian; Abbas Ali Rezaee

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2017, , Pages 25-1

https://doi.org/10.30479/elt.2017.1452

Abstract
  English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the considerable programs in the world of English language teaching and research since it pertains to specific needs of various specialties. Meanwhile, university students’ ability to communicate effectively through English language can greatly affect ...  Read More

Cross-Sectional Diachronic Corpus Analysis of Stance and Engagement Markers in Three Leading Journals of Applied Linguistics

Shirin Rezaei Keramati; Davud Kuhi; Mahnaz Saeidi

Volume 6, Issue 2 , May 2019, , Pages 25-1

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2019.11293.1409

Abstract
  Thanks to recent developments in metadiscourse studies, it is now increasingly accepted that metadiscourse practices are closely related to social activities, cognitive styles and epistemological beliefs of academic communities. Despite widespread interest and research among applied linguists to explore ...  Read More

A Comparative Investigation of Peer Revision versus Teacher Revision on the Production and Comprehension of Relative Clauses in Iranian EFL Students’ Writing Performance

Puyan Taheri; Mohammad Abdollahi-Guilani

Volume 5, Issue 3 , September 2018, , Pages 29-1

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2019.10509.1314

Abstract
  This study compared teacher revision with peer revision on comprehension and production of relative clauses (RCs) in Iranian EFL students’ writing performance. Data were collected from 109 Iranian intermediate language learners studying at Imam Khomeini International University and Kharazmi University. ...  Read More

An Investigation into Item Types and Text Types of Reading Comprehension Section of Iranian PhD Entrance Exams Using G-theory

Masoumeh Ahmadi Shirazi; Seyyed Mohammad Alavi; Hossein Salarian

Volume 6, Issue 1 , February 2019, , Pages 29-1

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2019.10591.1326

Abstract
  This study investigates some problems of PhD applicants in their entrance exams in the case of answering the reading comprehension questions. To this end, the researchers considered the item types and text types as main effects and their interaction effect using generalizability theory for examining ...  Read More

Classroom Interactional Teacher Language Awareness: Expert Talk Contextualizing Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Mandana Zolghadri; Mahmood Reza Atai; Esmat Babaii

Volume 6, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 29-1

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2019.11494.1428

Abstract
  The study investigated a second language teacher educator and teacher learners’ awareness of classroom interactional competence (CIC) to communicate pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) on a teacher education course in Iran. Therefore, the teacher educator’s classroom discourse was scrutinized ...  Read More

A corpus-driven investigation into lexical bundles across research articles in Food Science and Technology

Rajab Esfandiari; Ghodsieh Tavakoli Moein

Volume 3, Issue 1 , February 2016, , Pages 30-1

Abstract
  The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to identify the most frequent 4-word lexical bundles and (b) to analyse the functions these lexical bundles may serve. To those ends, a corpus of 4,652,444 in Food Science and Technology (hereafter FST Corpus) was developed, using 1,421 research articles (RAs) ...  Read More

Aspects of the Impact of Language Tests on Students’ Lifeworld: An Analysis of the Iranian B.A. University Entrance Exam Based on Habermas’s Social Theory

Alireza Ahmadi; Seyyed Abbas Mousavi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , April 2017, , Pages 31-1

Abstract
  Testing has been so intrinsically bound to today’s modern life whose foregone consequences are often taken for granted and is accepted widely as unavoidable side effects or sometimes even desired effects of an inevitable social event. The aim of this study is to investigate the aspects of the impact ...  Read More

Depth of Processing in Different Instructional Conditions and Iranian Learners’ Interpretation of English Inversion Structures

Shiva Kaivanpanah; Seyed Mohammad Alavi; Sara Rafsanjani Nejad

Volume 6, Issue 3 , August 2019, , Pages 32-1

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2019.11445.1422

Abstract
  The idea of encouraging awareness in classrooms is not new, but research into awareness is beginning to encourage those involved in language teaching to think more systematically about how language presentation facilitate language awareness. Awareness can be promoted through focus on form activities ...  Read More

An English Teacher’s Professional Identity Development: The Effect of Educational Policies

Bahram Behin; Fatemeh Esmaeili; Rsoul Assadollahi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , May 2018, , Pages 19-40

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2019.10271.1278

Abstract
  A fundamental aspect of teacher socialization and development is the construction and maintenance of vivid and strong professional identity. As a multi-layered and dynamic phenomenon, teacher identity is affected by diverse range of social and institutional factors. With an aim to add to growing literature ...  Read More

EFL Learners’ Attitudes Toward Flipped Teaching and Its Effect on Their Oral Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency

Anahita Sheikhipour; Mahmood Hashemian; Ali Roohani

Volume 8, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 21-51

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2020.13594.1670

Abstract
  The flipped teaching has nowadays become a new movement in teaching and is getting pervasive in the educational system. The goal of this study was to explore if there was any significant difference between L2 learners’ oral complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) in flipped and traditional classes. ...  Read More

Interactional Competence and Gender Impacts on EFL Learners’ Self-Perceptions of Its Sub-Constructs

Zari saeedi; Hossein Jajarmi

Volume 10, Issue 3 , July 2023, , Pages 21-38

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2023.17942.2135

Abstract
  Even though interactional competence (IC) has been in the center of attention recently, its constructs/sub-components and influencing factors still require a profound scrutiny. The features associated with IC have indeed been probed in various realms of language learning and teaching. However, the effect ...  Read More

A High Frequency Word List for Political Sciences

Reza Bagheri Nevisi; Mahmood Safari; Rasoul Mohammad Hosseinpur; Reyhaneh Mousakazemi

Volume 10, Issue 4 , October 2023, , Pages 21-43

https://doi.org/10.30479/jmrels.2023.18213.2161

Abstract
  Recent research favors specific academic word lists over a general academic word list for preparing university students to read and publish academic papers in English. Although researchers have developed word lists for various disciplines, some academic fields do not enjoy a well-developed technical ...  Read More

The effect of Computer-Mediated Collaborative Learning on Iranian Advanced Female EFL Learners' Critical Thinking and Writing Performance

zahra faghiri; mehdi bazyar

Volume 2, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 23-40

Abstract
  In this study, the researcher attempted to investigate the effect of computer-mediated collaborative learning on Iranian advanced female English Learners' critical thinking and writing performance. In order to do this, initially 90 participants were chosen. To assure the homogeneity regarding language ...  Read More