Volume 3, Number 3, May 2012

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REGULAR PAPERS

Characteristics of Japanese Language Learners and Their Perceptions of Error Feedback

Noriko Fujioka-Ito

 

Integrating Computer Mediated with Face-to-face Communication and EFL Learners¡¯ Vocabulary Improvement

Abbas Ali Rezaee and Solmaz Ahmadzadeh

 

Screen Interface Design for Mobile-assisted Language Learning in EFL Context: A Case Study in Japan

Ruth Patricia Cortez and Debopriyo Roy

 

Investigating the Linguistics Features of Bayza Dialect

Ghorbanali Ebrahimi

 

Defosilization of /æ/ Phoneme Pronunciation of Non-native EFL Teachers

Ayhan Kahraman

 

Factorial Validation of a Writing Self-regulation Scale: With and without Acceptably Cross Loading Items

Ebrahim Khodadady and Salim Yassami

 

The Past, Present, and Future of Reading Diagnosis and Remediation

Evan Ortlieb

 

Issues Affecting Item Response Theory Fit in Language Assessment: A Study of Differential Item Functioning in the Iranian National University Entrance Exam

Alireza Ahmadi and Nathan A. Thompson

 

Deletion of Segments in Jussive Verbs: Generative Phonology View

Atef Mustafa Jalabneh

 

The Pedagogical Impact of Discourse Markers in the Lecture Genre: EFL Learners' Writings in Focus

Afsaneh Rahimi Tehrani and Hossein Vahid Dastjerdi

 

The Role of Motivation and Controversial Conceptual Material in Foreign Language Classrooms

Antonio R. Iaccarino

 

Implicit Versus Explicit Feedback in Classroom: An Experimental Study

Zahra Rastegar Haghighi Shirazi and Firooz Sadighi

 

Exploring Students¡¯ Anxiety in Computer-based Oral English Test

Fengyang Shi

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The Effect of Metadiscourse on EFL Learners¡¯ Listening Comprehension

Seyed Mohammad Reza Heshemi, Hossein Khodabakhshzade, and Majid Elahi Shirvan

 

Teaching Listening Comprehension Skills: A Test-orientated Approach

Shao-Wen Su and Chung-Hsiang Liu

 

Investigating Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety within the EFL Learner's Interlanguage System: The Case of Iranian Learners

Masoud Mahmoodzadeh

 

A Survey of Attitudes toward Mediation among Chinese High School EFL Teachers and Their Classroom Constraints

Xiongyong Cheng

 

Political Zionism and Fiction: A Study of John Updike's Terrorist

Maryam Salehnia

 

Teaching Writing through Reading Integration

Luu Trong Tuan

 

The Exploring Nature of Methodology in the Current Studies of Language Learning Strategies (LLSs) with Focus on Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) of Rebecca L. Oxford

Seyed Hossein Fazeli

 

A Study of the Relationship between English Self-concept and Language Learning Strategies

Mingmei Du

 

The Effect of Portfolio and Self Assessment on Writing Ability and Autonomy

Ebrahim Khodadady and Hossein Khodabakhshzade

 

Communicative Language Teaching in an EFL Context: Learners' Attitudes and Perceived Implementation

Sahail M. Asassfeh, Faisal M. Khwaileh, Yousef M. Al-Shaboul, and Sabri S. Alshboul

 

Masked Noncognate Priming across Farsi and English

Zahra Fotovatnia and Ferdos Taleb

 

A Study on Compliment Response Strategies by Chinese College Students

Ying Cai

 

On the Role of Strategy Use and Strategy Instruction in Listening Comprehension

Amir Hossein Rahimi

 

Toward a Cognitive Stylistic Contingency Theory of Translation (English¨CArabic¨CEnglish)

Hasan Said Ghazala

 

What do Medical Students Need to Learn in Their English Classes?

Giti Karimkhanlouei

 

An Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of the Lexical Approach to Improving Writing in SLA

Jingwei Tang

 

Sense of Humor and Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Stress among EFL Teachers

Shahin Vaezi and Nasser Fallah

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