A Comparative Intercultural Analysis of Two English School Textbooks from Iran and Egypt
A Comparative Intercultural Analysis of Two English School Textbooks from Iran and Egypt

Leili Jorfi; Majid Amerian; Hamid Reza Dowlatabadi; Hooshang Yazdani

Volume 41, Issue 1 , February 2022, , Pages 33-67

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2021.40338.2989

Abstract
  The present study aimed to analyze two secondary English school textbooks from Iran and Egypt to see to what extent these two middle-eastern countries with similar religious, historical, ...  Read More
The Effect of Flipping a Foreign Language Writing Course on Writing Performance and Writing Motivation
The Effect of Flipping a Foreign Language Writing Course on Writing Performance and Writing Motivation

Zeinab Moradi khazaee; Hamid Reza Dowlatabadi; Majid Amerian; Jalil Fathi

Volume 39, Issue 3.2 , November 2020, , Pages 35-65

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2021.38564.2900

Abstract
  To explore the effectiveness of flipped instruction in influencing second language learning outcomes, the current research investigated the contribution of flipped classrooms of an ...  Read More
A Postcolonial Perspective towards Prefaces of Iranian English Language Textbooks: The Cases of Graded, Right Path to English, and Prospect/Vision Series
A Postcolonial Perspective towards Prefaces of Iranian English Language Textbooks: The Cases of Graded, Right Path to English, and Prospect/Vision Series

Ehsan Mehri; Majid Amerian; Moussa Ahmadian; Hooshang Yazdani

Volume 39, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 1-44

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.37726.2853

Abstract
  Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, there have been three packages used in the state-controlled schools of the country, namely, Graded, Right Path to English, and ...  Read More
Exploring the Factors Iranian EFL Institute Teachers Consider in Grading Using Personal Construct Theory
Exploring the Factors Iranian EFL Institute Teachers Consider in Grading Using Personal Construct Theory

Majid Nowruzi; Majid Amerian

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, , Pages 123-164

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.36293.2780

Abstract
  Although grades are the most ubiquitous currency of educational measurement around the globe, their meaning, particularly in understudied settings as in Iran, is still shrouded in mystery. ...  Read More
A Cross-sectional Study of Iranian EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Skills Development: The Case of Written Requests
A Cross-sectional Study of Iranian EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Skills Development: The Case of Written Requests

Abdolvahab Asefi; Majid Amerian; Hooshang Yazdani; Moussa Ahmadian

Volume 38, Issue 2 , July 2019, , Pages 1-46

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.34548.2728

Abstract
  This study attempts to investigate the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic development of Iranian EFL learners cross-sectionally when making requests in different situations. To this ...  Read More
Language Socialization and Essay Writing: The Appropriation of Academic Discourse in an Iranian English L2 University Class
Language Socialization and Essay Writing: The Appropriation of Academic Discourse in an Iranian English L2 University Class

Majid Amerian; Ehsan Mehri

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, , Pages 1-35

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.30320.2555

Abstract
  L2 language socialization asks how learners come to gain the ability to write appropriately and sufficiently in an institutional academic community of practice. In the same line, this ...  Read More