COMPARATIVE TEXTBOOK EVALUATION: A STUDY OF IRANIAN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK AT THIRD-GRADE (INTERMEDIATE, GUIDANCE SCHOOL) ACROSS INTERNATIONAL CRITERIA
GholamReza Abbasnezhad1, Ramin Rahimy2, Masumeh Arjmandi……………………..………………………………10
THE EFFECT OF EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION OF METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES ON READING COMPREHENSION AMONG IRANIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Giti Mousapour Negari and Samineh Askani……………………………………………….…………………………….19
THE EFFECT OF PROBLEM SOLVING TASKS ON IMMEDIATE AND DELAYED RETENTION OF NEW WORDS BY EFL LEARNERS
Atefe Mortaji and Hamid Reza Fatemi pour………………………………..……………………………………………..30
ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT: HAS IT COME OF AGE?
Saeed Ayiewbey……………………………………………………………………………………………………………39
EFL LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS CRITICAL THINKING INSTRUCTION
Shabnam Azarmi Movafagh and Abdorreza Tahriri………………………………………..…………………………….45
THE EFFECT OF DOCUMENTARY SUBTITLES ON LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF IRANINAN EFL LEARNERS AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Behzad Barekat and Parisa Farrokhian…………………………………………………………………………………….54
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLLABORATION AND TEACHER SELF-REGULATION DEVELOPMENT
A STUDY OF IRANIAN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS
Amir Kaviani and Hamed Ghaemi…………………………………………………………………………………….…..64
CUMMING’S (2007) TEACHING APPROACH TO POETRY BASED ON THE SOCIO-CONSTRUCTIVE VIEW OF LEARNING: THE EFFECT ON IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ POEM COMPREHENSION
Sedigheh Golmohammadi and Omid Pourkalhor…………………………………………………………….……………72
GETTING ELL STUDENTS OUT OF THEIR SHELLS: ENHANCING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH WRITING
Ronnie E. Goodwin………………………………………………………………………………………………………..79
IMPLEMENTING ENGLISH STUDY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION: INVESTING IN EARLY INTERACTIVE READING AND CHILDREN LITERATURE
Zahra Hakimi, Seyed Jamal Abdorahimzadeh and Ali Asghar Kargar……………………………………………………100
A SURVEY OF IRANIAN EFL TEACHERS’ AND LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD AUTHENTIC LISTENING MATERIALS AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL
Sepideh Homaei……………………………………………………………………………………………………………116
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TYPES OF DICTIONARY USED AND IRANIAN INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS’ PRONUNCIATION ACCURACY
Fatemeh Javan Delzendeh, Fereidoon Vahdany and Masoomeh Arjmandi……………………………………………….137
THE EFFECT OF PHONOLOGICAL LOOP ON IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS' VOCABULARY RECALL AND RETENTION
Zabih Ollah Javanbakht and Fatemeh Miri…………………………………………………………………………….….148
THE EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY AND ITS EFFICIENCY ON SPEAKING SKILL AT IRAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (ILI)
Safie Kazempour Balagafshe, Fereidoon Vahdany and Masoomeh Arjmandi…………………………………..………..155
EMP STUDENTS’ USE OF READING STRATEGIES AND THE IMPACT OF STRATEGY INSTRUCTION ON MEDICAL TEXT COMPREHENSION
Maryam Khoshbouie, Seyed Jamal Abdorrahimzadeh and Mohammad Amin Sorahi……………………………………164
LEARNING STRATEGIES INSTRUCTION AND IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SUB-SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AT JUNIER HIGH SCHOOL
Mona Mahnani, Seyed Jamal Abdorrahimzadeh and Mohammad Rostampour…………………………………………..183
THE EFFECT OF PARTNERS' GENDER DURING PEER INTERACTION ACTIVITIES ON LISTENING IN EFL CLASSES
Hamed Mahsefat and Roghayeh Amooyi……………………………………………………………..……………………192
THE STATUS OF TEACHING AND TESTING L2 PRAGMATICS AMONG IRANIAN EFL TEACHERS
Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo, Rahele Mavaddat and Elyas Barabadi………………………………………………………..197
THE IMPACT OF ETYMOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION ON IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ COMPREHENSION OF IDIOMS IN SHORT READING TEXTS
Maryam Danaye Tous, Abdorreza Tahriri and Toktam Miri………………………………………………………………208
THE EFFECT OF MULTI-MEDIA AND MULTI-MODE GLOSSES ON INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY RETENTION OF IRANIAN EFL STUDENTS
Zhaleh Moazzeni, Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri, Firooz Sadighi and Mostafa Zamanian………………………..……….219
USING ILLUSTRATIVE DEVICES AND EFL LEARNERS’ WRITING SKILL
Mojdeh Shirvani and Massoud Tajadini…………………………………………………………………………….……..234
THE INTERACTIVE NATURE OF LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE, READING COMPREHENSION AND READING STRATEGIES IN IRANIAN EFL CLASSES
Mohammad Reza Talebinezhad, Ahmad Molavi and Hosein Hoseini…………………………………………………….239
REVISITING ETHICS IN IRARNIAN LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM: AN IGNI FATUUS!
Nima Shakouri and Ogholgol Nazari…………………………………………………………………………..…………..248
IRANIAN EFL STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE CONSEQUENTIAL VALIDITY OF THEIR RATINGS OF COLLEGE TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS
Hakimeh Pourjamal and Seyyedeh Susan Marandi……………………………………………………………..………..255
THE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE AND META-COGNITIVE STRATEGIES TRAINING ON ENHANCING VOCABULARY STORAGE OF IRANIAN STUDENTS
Mehran Rahimipour……………………………………………………………………………………………………….266
GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY THROUGH CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON DIALOGUE JOURNAL
Narges Rezaeizad, Abbas Moradan and Golnaz Peyvandi………………………………………………….…………….273
TOWARD LEARNER-CENTERED READING: LINKING EFL LEARNERS’ AUTONOMY, VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES, AND READING COMPREHENSION
Mania Nosratinia, Rosa Salehi Gourabsari and Elnaz Sarabchian………………………………………..……………..283
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WEBSTER'S "DADDY LONG LEGS" TRANSLATION FOR PUBLICATION AND ANIMATION: INSIGHT FROM VAN DIJK 'S IDEOLOGY FRAMEWORK OF CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Leila Sharifi and Amin Karimnia……………………………………………………………………………………..….293
A SURVEY ON THE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY OF GILAKI IN CITIES OF RASHT AND SOWME'EH SARA
Ahmadreza Shoa Hasani and Maryam Adelifar…………………………………………………………….………….301