Volume 3, Number 4, July 2012

Table of Contents

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REGULAR PAPERS

Marking of Speech Act Distinctions in Japanese and English

Masanori Deguchi

 

English Pronunciation Teaching: Four Case Studies from Finland

Elina Tergujeff

 

An Investigation of the Impact of Teaching Critical Thinking on the Iranian EFL Learners¨ Speaking Skill

Ali Malmir and Samad Shoorcheh

 

The Use and Reasons of Vocabulary Learning Strategies Use by Persian EFL Learners

Shima Kameli and Ghazali Bin Mostapha

 

The Relationship between Iranian EFL Learners Rote Learning Strategy Use and Their Level of Proficiency

Samira Hayati Samian and Mansoor Tavakoli

 

The Effect of Critical Thinking on Developing Argumentative Essays by Iranian EFL University Students

Mansoor Fahim and Pantea Hashtroodi

 

Individual Learner Differences and Second Language Acquisition: A Review

Shahila Zafar and K. Meenakshi

 

Frequency of Textual Metadiscourse Resources (MTRs) in Two Original and Simplified Novels

Karim Sadeghi and Sonour Esmaili

 

Textual Metadiscourse Resources (MTRs) in Original and Simplified Versions of Oliver Twist

Sonour Esmaili and Karim Sadeghi

 

Using Sound in Teaching Reading in Early Childhood Education

Hanna Onyi Yusuf and Agnes Ovayioza Enesi

 

The Role of Output, Input Enhancement and Collaborative Output in the Acquisition of English Passive Forms

Shirin Abadikhah and Atefeh Shahriyarpour

 

The Relationship between Students¨ Strengths in Multiple Intelligences and Their Achievement in Learning English Language

Majid Pour-Mohammadi, Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin, and Khairul Anuar Bin Yang Ahmad

 

The Impact of Metadiscoursal Features on Online Reading Ability of EFL Learners

Ali Zahabi, Hamed Ghaemi, and Ambigapathy Pandian

 

Sociocultural Perspectives on Foreign Language Learning

Mansoor Fahim and Mastaneh Haghani

 

Negative Evidence in Iranian Children: How do Iranian Parents Correct Their Children's Errors?

Parviz Birjandi and Atefeh Nasrolahi

 

An Investigation on Translation Strategies Based on Think-aloud Protocols

Yali Zhou and Xuefang Jiang

 

The Effect of Dictogloss Technique on Learners¨ Writing Improvement in Terms of Writing Coherent Texts

Masoome Kooshafar, Manijeh Youhanaee, and Zahra Amirian

 

A Comparative Study of Product, Process, and Post-process Approaches in Iranian EFL Students' Writing Skill

Hossein Hashemnezhad and Nasrin Hashemnezhad

 

On Some Dialogue Translation Mistakes in Little Women (1933)!From the Perspective of Skopos Theory

Yan Chang

 

Repairing Conversation and Foreign Language Proficiency

Ebrahim Khodadady and Jassem Alifathabadi

 

Effect of CALL-based and Non-CALL Based Methods of Teaching on L2 Vocabulary Learning

Effat Bagheri, Ali Roohani, and Dariush Nejad Ansari

 

A Cross-linguistic Study on Expressions of Gratitude by Native and Non-native English Speakers

Xuebo Cui

 

Comprehending a Non-text: A Study of Gender-based Differences in EFL Reading Comprehension

Alireza Ahmadi and Shaban Mansoordehghan

 

The Relationship between Iranian English Language Learners¨ Learning Styles and Strategies

Zahra Zohoorian Vahid Baghban

 

Study of the Open Structure in Oracle Night as a Metafiction

Hui Ni

 

Language Learning Beliefs of Non-English Majors: Examining the Role of English Language Proficiency

Hadiseh Bagherzadeh

 

Critical Thinking and Iranian EFL Context

Mansoor Fahim and Mehrshad Ahmadian

 

Using Games to Improve Students' Communicative Ability

Deguang Zhu

 

Cognitive Styles and Performance on Schema-based Cloze Multiple Choice Item Tests: A Fairness Issue

Ebrahim Khodadady, Azar Hosseini Fatemi, and Saba Etminan

 

Does Direct Instruction Develop Pragmatic Competence? Teaching Refusals to EFL Learners of English

Majid Farahian, Mehrdad Rezaee, and  Afshin Gholami

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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