Research Paper
Developing a Questionnaire for Assessing Iranian EFL Teachers’ Critical Cultural Awareness (CCA)
Developing a Questionnaire for Assessing Iranian EFL Teachers’ Critical Cultural Awareness (CCA)

Mahmood Reza Atai; Esmat Babaii; Davood Taghipour Bazargani

Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, Pages 1-38

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.24678.2214

Abstract
  Critical cultural awareness as a component of intercultural competence (Byram, 1997, 2012) has received the extensive attention of scholars in the fields of language teaching, cultural ...  Read More
Research Paper
Impact of Direct Corrective Feedback (DCF) Through Electronic Portfolio (EP) Platform on the components of Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing across Levels of Language Proficiency
Impact of Direct Corrective Feedback (DCF) Through Electronic Portfolio (EP) Platform on the components of Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing across Levels of Language Proficiency

Rajab Esfandiari; Hussein Meihami

Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, Pages 39-74

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.24570.2204

Abstract
  While some researchers have questioned the efficacy of corrective feedback (CF), other researchers believe that CF can be effective if implemented through new technology types, including ...  Read More
Research Paper
Interactional complexity development, interactional demonstrators and interaction density in collaborative and e-collaborative writing modalities
Interactional complexity development, interactional demonstrators and interaction density in collaborative and e-collaborative writing modalities

Zohre Mohammadi

Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, Pages 75-102

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.25896.2291

Abstract
  This study aimed at investigating the potential of collaborative and e-collaborative writing modalities in developing interactional complexity, utilization of interactional demonstrators ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating the Impact of Response Format on the Performance of Grammar Tests: Selected and Constructed
Investigating the Impact of Response Format on the Performance of Grammar Tests: Selected and Constructed

Farzaneh Mozaffari; S. Mohammad Alavi; Abbasali Rezaee

Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, Pages 103-128

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.23918.2154

Abstract
  When constructing a test, an initial decision is choosing an appropriate item response format which can be classified as selected or constructed. In large-scale tests where time and ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Development of Reading and Operation Span Tasks in Persian as Measures of Working Memory Capacity for Iranian EFL Learners
The Development of Reading and Operation Span Tasks in Persian as Measures of Working Memory Capacity for Iranian EFL Learners

Rahim Najjari; Mohammad Mohammadi

Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, Pages 129-162

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.24688.2215

Abstract
  This paper presented two complex span tasks in Persian as measures of working memory capacity (WMC). Firstly, the construct of working memory (WM) and possible WM measures that could ...  Read More
Research Paper
On Situating the Stance of Estrogen in the Acquisition and Recall of L2 Lexical Items: A Biological Look
On Situating the Stance of Estrogen in the Acquisition and Recall of L2 Lexical Items: A Biological Look

Nima Shakouri; Parviz Maftoon

Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, Pages 163-189

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.22414.2032

Abstract
  The present study examined whether the advantage of females on L2 vocabulary recall and acquisition is partly as a result of estrogen secretion or not. In this regard, through volunteer ...  Read More