Research Paper
Reading Performance of Iranian EFL Learners in Paper and Digital texts
Reading Performance of Iranian EFL Learners in Paper and Digital texts

Jaleh Hassaskhah; Behzad Barekat; Nahid Farhang asa

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, Pages 1-21

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2020

Abstract
  Dependence on computers and internet has given birth to digital literacy. However, research into its influences on the reading process is still in its infancy. To fill the gap, this ...  Read More
Research Paper
Cross-Cultural Investigation into Generic Structure of Dissertation Acknowledgements in English and Persian: Reflections on Politeness Strategies
Cross-Cultural Investigation into Generic Structure of Dissertation Acknowledgements in English and Persian: Reflections on Politeness Strategies

Alireza Jalilifar; Mohammad Javad Mohammadi

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, Pages 23-47

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2021

Abstract
  This contrastive study, in the first place, examined the generic structure and, in the second place, explored the face theory proposed by Arundale (2006) in 140 doctoral dissertation ...  Read More
Research Paper
Metadiscourse Strategies and Citation Patterns as Resources of Authorial Identity in Research Articles across International/Local Journals and Applied Linguistics Subdisciplines
Metadiscourse Strategies and Citation Patterns as Resources of Authorial Identity in Research Articles across International/Local Journals and Applied Linguistics Subdisciplines

Mohammad Nabi Karimi; Fatemeh Asadnia

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, Pages 72-49

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2023

Abstract
  The present study explored the rhetorical representation of authorial identity signaled by interactive/interactional metadiscourse strategies and integral/non-integral citation patterns ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Impact of Deductive, Inductive, and L1-Based Consciousness-Raising Tasks on EFL Learners' Acquisition of the Request Speech Act
The Impact of Deductive, Inductive, and L1-Based Consciousness-Raising Tasks on EFL Learners' Acquisition of the Request Speech Act

Zia - Tajeddin; Rasoul Hosseinpur

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, Pages 73-92

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2022

Abstract
  The necessity and importance of teaching pragmatics has come to light by many researchers (e.g. Rose & Kasper, 2001). Due to the consensus over the need to teach pragmatic competence, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Voice in Short Argumentative Texts Written by Undergraduate Learners of English
Voice in Short Argumentative Texts Written by Undergraduate Learners of English

Abbas Zare-ee; Navvab Hematiyan; Sajjad Askari Matin

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, Pages 93-111

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2025

Abstract
  The present study explored the intensity level of authorial voice in relation to the quality of argumentative writing. 42 undergraduate learners of English as a foreign language (36 ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Probe into Adaptive Transfer across Writing Contexts: A Case of an EGAP Class
A Probe into Adaptive Transfer across Writing Contexts: A Case of an EGAP Class

Gholam Reza Zarei; Ahmad Alibabaee

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, Pages 113-133

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2024

Abstract
  In an effort to expand the disciplinary discussions on transfer in L2 writing and because most studies have focused on transfer as reuse and not as an adequate adaptation of writing ...  Read More