Research Paper
L1 Glossing and Lexical Inferencing: Evaluation of the Overarching Issue of L1 Lexicalization
L1 Glossing and Lexical Inferencing: Evaluation of the Overarching Issue of L1 Lexicalization

Nasim Golaghaei; Firooz Sadighi

Volume 31, Issue 4 , March 2013, Pages 1-24

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1131

Abstract
  This empirical study reports on a cross-linguistic analysis of the overarching issue of L1 lexicalization regarding two (non)-interventionist approaches to vocabulary teaching. Participants ...  Read More
Research Paper
Elicitation, Recast, and Meta-Linguistic Feedback in Form-Focused Exchanges: Effects of Feedback Modality on Multimedia Grammar Instruction
Elicitation, Recast, and Meta-Linguistic Feedback in Form-Focused Exchanges: Effects of Feedback Modality on Multimedia Grammar Instruction

Naser Rashidi; Hamed Babaie

Volume 31, Issue 4 , March 2013, Pages 25-51

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1132

Abstract
  This research explores the effects of three computer-mediated feedback modalities, that is, elicitation, recast, and meta-linguistics, on the learning of English participial, gerund, ...  Read More
A Corpus-based Analysis of Collocational Errors in the Iranian EFL Learners' Oral Production
A Corpus-based Analysis of Collocational Errors in the Iranian EFL Learners' Oral Production

karim sadeghi; Fatemeh Panahifar

Volume 31, Issue 4 , March 2013, Pages 53-78

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1137

Abstract
  Collocations are one of the areas generally considered problematic for EFL learners. Iranian learners of English like other EFL learners face various problems in producing oral collocations.  ...  Read More
Research Paper
Production of English Lexical Stress by Persian EFL Learners
Production of English Lexical Stress by Persian EFL Learners

Vahid Sadeghi

Volume 31, Issue 4 , March 2013, Pages 79-102

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1138

Abstract
  This study examines the phonetic properties of lexical stress in English produced by Persian speakers learning English as a foreign language. The four most reliable phonetic correlates ...  Read More
Research Paper
Power Relations among Different Test Parties from the Perspective of Critical Language Assessment
Power Relations among Different Test Parties from the Perspective of Critical Language Assessment

Sohila Tahmasebi; Morteza Yamini

Volume 31, Issue 4 , March 2013, Pages 103-126

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1139

Abstract
  Critical Language Assessment (CLA) argues that language testing is a form of social practice and an agent of cultural, social, educational as well as ideological agendas. As such this ...  Read More
Research Paper
First Language Use in English Language Institutes: Are Teachers Free to Alternate between L1 and L2 as Means of Instruction?
First Language Use in English Language Institutes: Are Teachers Free to Alternate between L1 and L2 as Means of Instruction?

Baqer Yaqubi; Sajjad Pouromid

Volume 31, Issue 4 , March 2013, Pages 127-152

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1140

Abstract
  Once severely rejected, first language (L1) use is no more considered to be inherently detrimental in foreign language pedagogy. Recent research within sociocultural framework has come ...  Read More