Research Paper
An Acoustic Study of  Emotivity-Prosody Interface in Persian Speech Using the Tilt Model
An Acoustic Study of Emotivity-Prosody Interface in Persian Speech Using the Tilt Model

Batool Alinezhad; Elkhas Vaysi

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 1-27

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.382

Abstract
  This paper aims to explore some acoustic properties (i.e. duration and pitch amplitude of speech) associated with three different emotions: anger, sadness and joy against neutrality ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Role of Ethnicity in Integrative Tests Performances of Male/ Female Iranian English Learners of Different Language Proficiency Levels
The Role of Ethnicity in Integrative Tests Performances of Male/ Female Iranian English Learners of Different Language Proficiency Levels

Azar Hosseini Fatemi; Mohammad Saber Khaghaninezhad

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 29-56

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.383

Abstract
  Linguistic/cultural differences of learners’ native language with English as a foreign language, gender and English proficiency level are among those numerous variables which ...  Read More
Research Paper
Postmodern Orientalized Terrorism: Don DeLillo’s The Names
Postmodern Orientalized Terrorism: Don DeLillo’s The Names

hossein Pirnajmuddin; Abbas Ali Borhan

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 57-84

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.384

Abstract
  The terrorism of obscurantism is one of the hallmarks of Don DeLillo’s The Names (1982), distinguishing it as one of the "difficult writings" in his canon. Terrorism, however, ...  Read More
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An Investigation into Bilingual Dictionary Use: Do the Frequency of Use and Type of Dictionary Make a Difference in L2 Writing Performance?
An Investigation into Bilingual Dictionary Use: Do the Frequency of Use and Type of Dictionary Make a Difference in L2 Writing Performance?

Ali Roohani; Amine Khosravi

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 85-106

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.385

Abstract
  Bilingual dictionary use in L2 writing test performance has recently been the subject of debate. Opinions differ according to how the trait is understood and whether the system favors ...  Read More
Research Paper
Iranian EFL Teachers' Views on Measuring Reading Comprehension
Iranian EFL Teachers' Views on Measuring Reading Comprehension

Karim Sadeghi

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 107-134

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.386

Abstract
  Understanding the opinions of major role players in education (i.e. teachers, students, and policy makers) on all aspects of learning and teaching is influential to the success of the ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Power of Fiction: How Literature Educated and Reformed American Society
The Power of Fiction: How Literature Educated and Reformed American Society

Gholam Reza Sami

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 135-154

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.387

Abstract
  This paper focuses on a number of American stories which helped educate people and bring about legal or social change. There are many stories which caused major or minor legal and political ...  Read More
Research Paper
Effect of Gender – Oriented Content Familiarity and Test Type on  Reading Comprehension
Effect of Gender – Oriented Content Familiarity and Test Type on Reading Comprehension

Elahe Sotoudehnama; marjan Asadian

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 155-178

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.388

Abstract
  One important issue that any material or test designer should bear in mind is to be careful about developing teaching and testing reading materials which would not be to the benefit ...  Read More
Research Paper
Rhetorical Structure Analysis of EFLs’ Written Narratives of a Picture Story
Rhetorical Structure Analysis of EFLs’ Written Narratives of a Picture Story

hossein shokouhi; Fariba Shirali

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 179-208

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.389

Abstract
  This study was set to reveal how second language learners use rhetorical relations in their written narratives in terms of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) primarily proposed by Mann ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Effects of Glossing Conventions on L2 Vocabulary Recognition and Production
The Effects of Glossing Conventions on L2 Vocabulary Recognition and Production

Abbas Ali Zarei; Maryam Hasani

Volume 30, Issue 2 , July 2011, Pages 209-233

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.390

Abstract
  To investigate the effects of different glossing conventions on vocabulary recognition and recall, 158 participants were given a pre-test to make sure that they did not have any prior ...  Read More