Research Paper
Using Multiple-Variable Matching to Identify EFL Ecological Sources of Differential Item Functioning
Using Multiple-Variable Matching to Identify EFL Ecological Sources of Differential Item Functioning

Touraj Jalili; Hossein Barati; Ahmad Moein Zadeh

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 1-42

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.36702.2794

Abstract
  Context is a vague notion with numerous building blocks making language test scores inferences quite convoluted. This study has made use of a model of item responding that has striven ...  Read More
Research Paper
Agile Development of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Mobile Application: A Critical Qualitative Approach
Agile Development of a Custom-Made Vocabulary Mobile Application: A Critical Qualitative Approach

Faramarz Kazemainy; Hamed Barjesteh; Nassim Golagahei; Atefeh Nasrollahi Mouziraji

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 43-93

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.36398.2786

Abstract
  There have been some observed studies and developed applications (apps), with a concentration on Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL), and no consideration of communicative needs ...  Read More
Research Paper
Learner-Centered Education in the Iranian EFL Context: A Glance through the Impediments
Learner-Centered Education in the Iranian EFL Context: A Glance through the Impediments

Mohammad Reza Moradi; Parviz Alavinia

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 95-121

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.36716.2796

Abstract
  Though learner-centered paradigm of education has long been introduced to pedagogy in general and language teaching in particular, it seems that scant heed has been given to its implementation ...  Read More
Research Paper
Exploring the Factors Iranian EFL Institute Teachers Consider in Grading Using Personal Construct Theory
Exploring the Factors Iranian EFL Institute Teachers Consider in Grading Using Personal Construct Theory

Majid Nowruzi; Majid Amerian

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 123-164

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.36293.2780

Abstract
  Although grades are the most ubiquitous currency of educational measurement around the globe, their meaning, particularly in understudied settings as in Iran, is still shrouded in mystery. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Effect of “Narrow Reading” on Learning Mid-Frequency Vocabulary: The Role of Genre and Author
The Effect of “Narrow Reading” on Learning Mid-Frequency Vocabulary: The Role of Genre and Author

Elaheh Sotoudehnama; Marie Ahmadi; Maryam Asadi Zarmehri

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 165-203

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.37154.2821

Abstract
  This study investigated the effect of Narrow Reading (NR) on learning mid-frequency words. Vocabulary Size Test (VST) designed by Nation and Beglar (2007) was administered as the first ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Effect of Open vs. Closed Tasks on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Performance
The Effect of Open vs. Closed Tasks on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Performance

Mohammad Zohrabi; Sahar Hassanpour

Volume 38, Issue 4 , March 2020, Pages 205-238

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.37075.2814

Abstract
  Among the latest efficient approaches in language teaching, Task-based Language Teaching has turned up to be the main approach in a way that it is currently recognized as the leading ...  Read More