Research Paper
The Disourse of War in the Middle East: Analysis of  Syria's Civil Crises in English Editorials Published in Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia
The Disourse of War in the Middle East: Analysis of Syria's Civil Crises in English Editorials Published in Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Forough Amin; Alireza Jalilifar

Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, Pages 1-21

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1725

Abstract
  This paper examines the relationships between language and ideology and how ideology is constructed and presented via different language choices in English editorials published in different ...  Read More
Research Paper
Metadiscourse Markers in the Discussion/Conclusion Section of Persian and English Master's Theses
Metadiscourse Markers in the Discussion/Conclusion Section of Persian and English Master's Theses

Atefe sadat Mirshamsi; Hamid Allami

Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, Pages 23-40

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1706

Abstract
  Metadiscourse markers help writers make coherent and reader- friendly texts, thus of considerable importance in academic writing. The main aim of this study was to investigate how interactive ...  Read More
Research Paper
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
Research Paper
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
Research Paper
Personality Development by means of Investment in L2 and its impact on EFL Proficiency: A survey of Iranian MA EFL students
Personality Development by means of Investment in L2 and its impact on EFL Proficiency: A survey of Iranian MA EFL students

(Amir) Hossein Samadi Bahrami

Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, Pages 83-105

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1705

Abstract
  Abstract Norton’s (1995) Investment Hypothesis in L2 learning that L2 learners who cherish and foresee a richer personality for themselves in their L2 context would thrive more ...  Read More
Research Paper
Peer Reviewers’ Comments on Research Articles Submitted by Iranian Researchers
Peer Reviewers’ Comments on Research Articles Submitted by Iranian Researchers

Mohammad Hassan Tharirian; Elham Sadri

Volume 32, Issue 3 , October 2013, Pages 107-123

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1558

Abstract
  The invisible hands of peer reviewers play a determining role in the eventual fate of submissions to international English-medium journals. This study builds on the assumption that ...  Read More