Volume 3, Issue 1
مرور بر اساس
ارسال های اخیر
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Tennessee Williams, Iranian Cinema, and Bakhtinian Dialogism: A Comparative Study of A Streetcar Named Desire and Biganeh
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)The history of literary adaptation is as long as the history of cinema itself. Given the undeniable fact that literary classics guaranteed a large number of viewers, it is no surprise that the first filmmakers turned to ...
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Perspectives of Forensic Linguistics Research in Iran
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)Forensic linguistics tackles legal ends through linguistic means and it has established a sublime place for itself in international academic centers. In the past 10 years, some studies have been conducted on forensic ...
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Teaching EFL with Interactive Whiteboards: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Drawbacks?
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) have been used in the educational context of Iran since 2009 and formally introduced to the educational context of Iran by the Iranian Ministry of Education in 2011. This study sets out to ...
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Using Dogme ELT in Reading Classes
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)This study was an attempt to investigate the effect of Dogme ELT on EFL learners' reading comprehension. Accordingly, 60 upper-intermediate female and male EFL learners were selected from among a total number of 92 through ...
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A Comparison of the Effects of Task Repetition and Elicitation Techniques on EFL Learners’ Expository and Descriptive Writing
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)Due to the significance of the methods and techniques teachers use to engage learners in the learning process, many studies have been conducted on them. Accordingly, this study aimed at finding out the impact of two ...
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Of Hideous ‘Half-and-Halfs’: Reading the Grotesque in Leila Aboulela’s The Kindness of Enemies
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)Drawing from the mainly Bakhtinian theories of the grotesque and its further readings by Kristeva, Foucault, and Bhabha, the present paper tends to examine the representation of “feminine grotesque" in one of the less ...
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Dynamic Assessment in Second Language Acquisition: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)In search of a more in-depth grasp of the process and practice of dynamic assessment (DA) in second language acquisition (SLA), the present study adopted a qualitative meta-synthesis methodology and identified a number of ...
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Developing and Validating a New Version of an EFL Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Test Based on Fuzzy Logic
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)Multiple-choice tests do not assess examinees' knowledge in accord with reality. In fact, the partial knowledge of examinees is not assessed. Providing a new approach to the assessment of reading comprehension in the ...
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A Cross-Cultural Study of English Teachers' Strategy Use for Managing Misbehavior in EFL and ESL Classrooms: The Case of Iran and the Philippines
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)The present study aimed at investigating the perceptions of EFL teachers about students' misbehavior in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom contexts. Moreover, the study ...
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The Effect of a Reading Application on the Reading Comprehension and Reading Self-Efficacy of Language Learners
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)Mobile technology is now being widely used to assist language learning and teaching. This study was designed and conducted to investigate the impact of a reading application on Iranian EFL learners' ...
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Gratitude Speech Act in Instagram: The Emergence of a Particular Genre of Language?
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)The present study investigated the speech act of gratitude in the context of Instagram as one of the most popular social networks. It sought to consider English and Persian users' utilization of gratitude strategies in ...
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The Concurrence of Women and Nature in Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock: A Cultural Ecofeminist Reading
(Alzahra Universityدانشگاه الزهرا, 2019-09-01)The oppression of women, as the subordinate second sex, and the exploitation of the environment have been the focus of most ecofeminist studies. In this study, the authors will discuss the patriarchal injustice suppressing ...



