Demotivating Factors Affecting Undergraduate Learners of Non-English Majors Studying General English: A Case of Iranian EFL Context
Demotivating Factors Affecting Undergraduate Learners of Non-English Majors Studying General English: A Case of Iranian EFL Context

Marjan Moiinvaziri; Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo

Volume 32, Issue 4 , March 2014, , Pages 41-61

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.1859

Abstract
  The literature on language teaching and learning has mostly accentuated motivation as one of the crucial factors influencing learners, but demotivating factors can be of crucial importance ...  Read More
Exploring Language Learning Strategy Use: The Role of Multiple Intelligences, L2 Proficiency and Gender
Exploring Language Learning Strategy Use: The Role of Multiple Intelligences, L2 Proficiency and Gender

Ali Roohani; Somayeh Rabiei

Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 41-64

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1704

Abstract
  Multiple intelligences (MI), second/foreign (L2) proficiency and gender are postulated to contribute to language learning strategies (LLS). This study, first, examined whether there ...  Read More
Bilinguality vs. Monolinguality among Kalhuri Kurdish Speakers: Gender, Social Class and English Language Achievement
Bilinguality vs. Monolinguality among Kalhuri Kurdish Speakers: Gender, Social Class and English Language Achievement

Mahboobeh Saadat; Saeed Mehrpour; Hiwa Weisi

Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, , Pages 27-50

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1707

Abstract
  Today in multilingual contexts, many parents prefer to rear their children in the dominant language rather than in their mother tongue. This phenomenon is widespread among native speakers ...  Read More
Modified output in task-based EFL classes across gender
Modified output in task-based EFL classes across gender

Karim Sadeghi; Pariya Sajedi

Volume 32, Issue 2 , July 2013, , Pages 113-135

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1520

Abstract
  AbstractThe current study examined the modification devices (MDs) used by non-native speakers (NNSs) learning EFL during dyadic task-based interactions. Three meaning-oriented tasks, ...  Read More
Cognitive Strategy Training: Improving Reading Comprehension in the Language Classroom
Cognitive Strategy Training: Improving Reading Comprehension in the Language Classroom

Sima Khezrlou

Volume 30, Issue 4 , March 2012, , Pages 77-98

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2011.372

Abstract
  This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction on English reading comprehension of Iranian advanced students. A total of 60 participants took part ...  Read More
The Effect of the Translator's Gender Ideology on Translating Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights
The Effect of the Translator's Gender Ideology on Translating Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

S. G Shafiee-Sabet; A Rabeie

Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, , Pages 143-158

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.381

Abstract
  The present study examines the effect of gender ideology of the translators on two Persian translations of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The findings reveal that although ...  Read More
A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING AND SELF-EFFICACY
A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING AND SELF-EFFICACY

Fatemeh Moafian; Afsane Ghanizadeh

Volume 30, Issue 1 , April 2011, , Pages 119-149

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.396

Abstract
  This article, first, examined the role of EFL university students' critical thinking (CT) in their self-efficacy beliefs. Second, the role of gender as a moderating factor in the relationship ...  Read More