Research Paper
Language Socialization and Essay Writing: The Appropriation of Academic Discourse in an Iranian English L2 University Class
Language Socialization and Essay Writing: The Appropriation of Academic Discourse in an Iranian English L2 University Class

Majid Amerian; Ehsan Mehri

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, Pages 1-35

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.30320.2555

Abstract
  L2 language socialization asks how learners come to gain the ability to write appropriately and sufficiently in an institutional academic community of practice. In the same line, this ...  Read More
Research Paper
Iranian EFL Teachers’ Sources of Self-Efficacy in the Context of New English Curriculum: A Grounded Theory Approach
Iranian EFL Teachers’ Sources of Self-Efficacy in the Context of New English Curriculum: A Grounded Theory Approach

Elyas Barabadi; Hossein Ahmad Barabadi; Seyyed Ehsan Golparvar; Mokarrameh Bayat

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, Pages 37-72

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.29613.2527

Abstract
  Teacher efficacy is an essential psychological variable which is linked to student achievement, motivation, and even student self-efficacy. Moreover, teachers' self-efficacy beliefs ...  Read More
Research Paper
Developing a Model of Teachers’ Possible Selves for the Iranian Context
Developing a Model of Teachers’ Possible Selves for the Iranian Context

adel dastgoshadeh

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, Pages 73-96

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.28369.2453

Abstract
  This study reports on the development and validation of a questionnaire for exploring the different types of EFL teachers’ possible selves. First, a theoretical framework behind ...  Read More
Research Paper
Grammatical Subject in Results and Discussion Section of Research Articles: Disciplinary Variations
Grammatical Subject in Results and Discussion Section of Research Articles: Disciplinary Variations

Seyed Foad Ebrahimi; Chan Swee Heng

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, Pages 97-125

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.30374.2557

Abstract
  Frequencies and discourse functions of grammatical subject types were investigated in a corpus of forty results and discussion sections selected from four disciplines (Applied Linguistics, ...  Read More
Research Paper
From Academic to Journalistic Texts: A Qualitative Analysis of the Evaluative Language of Science
From Academic to Journalistic Texts: A Qualitative Analysis of the Evaluative Language of Science

Alireza Jalilifar; Ali Bardideh; Zohreh, Shooshtari

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, Pages 127-158

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2018.30299.2554

Abstract
  This study examined academic articles and journalistic reports in 5 disciplinary areas to explore how similar contents might attitudinally be realized in two different genres. To this ...  Read More
Research Paper
Inspecting Task-Induced Involvement from the Perspective of Sociocultural Theory
Inspecting Task-Induced Involvement from the Perspective of Sociocultural Theory

Shiva Kaivanpanah; Mowla Miri

Volume 37, Issue 1 , May 2018, Pages 159-192

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2019.30652.2569

Abstract
  Grounded in sociocultural theory (SCT), this study explored whether the hypothesized difference in task-induced involvement could affect the actual realization of evaluation, one of ...  Read More