Vocabulary Learning by Iranian Adult L2 Learners via Extensive Viewing of Subtitled and Captioned TV Series
Vocabulary Learning by Iranian Adult L2 Learners via Extensive Viewing of Subtitled and Captioned TV Series

Shahab Mazahery; Mahmood Hashemian; Javad Alipour

Volume 40, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 83-115

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2021.39209.2921

Abstract
  Television can be considered a rich, helpful, and valuable source to expose L2 learners to huge amounts of comprehensible input so that they can improve their L2 knowledge and, in particular, ...  Read More
Instructed Second Language English Pragmatics in the Iranian Context
Instructed Second Language English Pragmatics in the Iranian Context

Farzaneh Shakki; Jila Naeini; Omid Mazandarani; Ali Derakhshan

Volume 39, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 201-252

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2020.38481.2886

Abstract
  The present study aimed to review the instruction of the L2 speech acts in English pragmatics in the Iranian context during the last two decades from 2000 to 2020. To this end, upon ...  Read More
The Impact of Metacognitive Instruction on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension and Oral Language Proficiency
The Impact of Metacognitive Instruction on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension and Oral Language Proficiency

Mehrak Rahimi; Maral Katal

Volume 32, Issue 2 , July 2013, , Pages 69-90

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2013.1555

Abstract
  The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of metacognitive instruction on EFL learners’ metacognitive awareness of listening strategies, listening comprehension, ...  Read More
Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Iranian EFL Pre-University Students
Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Iranian EFL Pre-University Students

Saeed Mehrpour; Firooz Sadighi; Zahra Bagheri

Volume 31, Issue 1 , May 2012, , Pages 107-139

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.331

Abstract
  The present study investigated the potential of implementing reading strategy instruction in raising learner readers' awareness of reading strategies,  extending the range of strategies ...  Read More