Studies in cognitive linguistics have highlighted the importance of metaphors for language teaching. Metaphoric competence, as an important aspect of intelligence, can contribute to the learning of languages. Most textbooks ...

This study aimed at comparing the impact of two types of teacher feedback on Iranian EFL learners' writing ability and their verb tense consistency in L2 writing. Following the administration of a standardized language ...

While learners' ability to speak academic language develops over time in content-based programs, the development of their nonacademic language appears to lag behind. Students' speaking in content-based (CB) classrooms is ...

Using a critical discourse analytic model of translation criticism, the present study attempts to explore the effect of ideology and idiosyncrasy on the lexical choices in translation studies. The study employed a descriptive ...

This study aimed at examining the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and learning English language vocabulary. The male (N= 119) and female (N= 98) participants who were randomly selected from high schools ...

This study investigated metadiscourse and its subcategories in English research articles (RAs) written by nonnative (Iranian) and native English writers from the two disciplines of applied linguistics and civil engineering. ...