Editorial
Motivational and Learning Strategies of Iranian EFL Learners Exposed to an E-Learning Program
Motivational and Learning Strategies of Iranian EFL Learners Exposed to an E-Learning Program

Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri; Morteza Yamini; A. Mehdi Riazi

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 1-35

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.199

Abstract
  The purpose of this study was to expose a group of Iranian students to an e-Learning program and find out the effects of this exposure on their learning and motivation strategies. This ...  Read More
Editorial
Teaching Literary Criticism to Iranian University Students: Some Cultural Obstacles
Teaching Literary Criticism to Iranian University Students: Some Cultural Obstacles

Hossein Payandeh

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 37-48

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.200

Abstract
  Literary criticism is one of the most challenging courses, if not the most problematic course, to teach on the curriculum of Literature in Iranian universities. This course has in fact ...  Read More
Editorial
Paranoia vs. Anti-paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow
Paranoia vs. Anti-paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow

Farideh Pourgiv; Pavin Ghasemi; Mahsa Hashemi

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 49-60

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.201

Abstract
  Gravity's Rainbow is among the “most widely celebrated, unread novels” of American literature and already “a piece of minor folklore.” Pynchon's genius manifests ...  Read More
Editorial
Lord Byron’s Allusions to Persia
Lord Byron’s Allusions to Persia

G. Reza Sami Gorgan Roodi

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 61-73

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.202

Abstract
  This article examines Lord Byron’s allusions to Persian literature, history, culture and its ancient religion. The influence of Persia on Byron is considerable. Byron was greatly ...  Read More
Editorial
Anaphors in Casual and Controlled Talk groups of Iranian EFL Learners
Anaphors in Casual and Controlled Talk groups of Iranian EFL Learners

Hossein Shokouhi; Iman Imari

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 75-97

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.203

Abstract
  By relying mainly on the accessibility approach to anaphora, this article intends to analyze the types, distributions and retrieval of anaphors in two forms of spoken discourse: casual ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Rabatak Inscription
The Rabatak Inscription

Mahmood Jaafari-Dehaghi

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.255

Abstract
  Introduction        The inscription of Rabatak was found in 1993 near an ancient hill in the north part of Baghlan in Afghanistan. The village of Rabatak ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Historical and Comparative Study of the Ergative Verb Structure in Ardakani, Dashti, Dashtaki,
 Yazdi Jewish and Lari Dialects
A Historical and Comparative Study of the Ergative Verb Structure in Ardakani, Dashti, Dashtaki, Yazdi Jewish and Lari Dialects

Farokh Hajiani

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 21-40

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.256

Abstract
  Introduction        A dialect is a variety of a language used by group of people whose lexicon, syntax, phonetics and phonology are different from those ...  Read More
Research Paper
Socio-cultural Patterns in Iranian High School Textbooks from the View point of Motivation for Research
Socio-cultural Patterns in Iranian High School Textbooks from the View point of Motivation for Research

Saeed Ketabi; Mohammad Reza Talebinezhad

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 41-69

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.257

Abstract
  Introduction One very important aspect of any textbook is its content in terms of the motivation it creates in the readers. This is specifically true in EFL textbooks where the learners ...  Read More
Research Paper
Literary Figures in Gāthic Texts
Literary Figures in Gāthic Texts

Katayon Namiranian

Volume 28, Issue 1 , July 2009, Pages 71-83

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.258

Abstract
  Introduction        Gāthic texts are a collection of religious songs of Zarothustra who lived about 1200 BC. Of the seventy two hāts (stanzas) of Yasna ...  Read More