Volume 3, Issue 1

 

ارسال های اخیر

  • Iranians’ Belief about Language Learning: The Role of Sex and Language Proficiency 

    Sotoudehnama, Elaheh؛ Heidari, Maryam (University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2011-07-01)
    The purpose of this study was to see the role of English language proficiency level and sex on Iranian students' beliefs about language learning. This study also investigated the usefulness of the BALLI questionnaire ...

  • Stress Pattern System in Central Sarawani Balochi 

    Soohani, Bahareh؛ Ahangar, Abbas Ali؛ Oostendorp, Marc van (University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2011-07-01)
    The present article investigates the stress pattern system of Central Sarawani Balochi (CSB), spoken in Sarawan located in Sistan and Baluchestan province of the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on metrical theory as developed ...

  • Word Type Effects on L2 Word Retrieval and Learning: Homonym versus Synonym Vocabulary Instruction 

    Mashhady, Habibollah؛ Lotfi, Behruz؛ Noura, Mahbobeh (University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2011-07-01)
    The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to assess the retention of two word types (synonyms and homonyms) in the short term memory, and (b) to investigate the effect of these word types on word learning by asking learners ...

  • Russian Loanword Adaptation in Persian; Optimal Approach 

    Kord Zafaranlu Kambuziya, Aliyeh؛ Hashemi, Eftekhar Sadat (University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2011-07-01)
    In this paper we analyzed some of the phonological rules of Russian loanword adaptation in Persian, on the view of Optimal Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky, 1993, 2003). It is the first study of phonological process on ...

  • Alternative Assessment Procedures in Iranian EFL Writing Classes: The Washback Effect and Learners’ Attitudes 

    Heidari, Farrokhlagha (University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2011-07-01)
    This study aimed to investigate the washback effect of three alternative assessment procedures, namely oral-conferences, portfolios, and corpora-based feedback on the writing achievement and attitudes of Iranian EFL ...

  • Assessing Reading Comprehension of Expository Text across Different Response Formats 

    Akhondi, Masoumeh؛ Aziz Malayeri, Faramarz (University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2011-07-01)
    This study investigated if different response formats (test methods) measure reading comprehension of expository text differently. The study was conducted with 48 semester 6 TESL students at a university in Selangor, ...