Vol 1, No 6 (2012)

Table of Contents

Articles

The Effects of Cognitive Strategies i.e. Note-Making and Underlining on Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension
Amir Mahdavi, Sadaf Azimi
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1-6
Identity and Land in Mahmoud Darwish’s Selected Poems: An Ecopostcolonial Reading
Hamoud Yahya Ahmed, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Zalina Mohd. Lazim, Ravichandran Vengadasamy
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7-19
Linguistic Basis of Humor In Uses of Grice’s Cooperative Principle
Weiwei Pan
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20-25
On the Effect of Task-Complexity-Based Instruction of Incidental Vocabulary on Iranian Academic Learners’ Vocabulary Learning
Parviz Alavinia, Alireza Bonyadi Bonyadi, Fariborz Malehmir Chegini
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26-36
The Impact of Extensive and Intensive Focus on Form Strategies on EFL Learners’ Oral Accuracy
Massoud Rahimpour, Asghar Salimi, Farahman Farrokhi
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37-43
An Exploration in the language of Humor in English
Homa Mahna
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44-58
The Arabic Origins of Common Religious Terms in English: A Lexical Root Theory Approach
Zaidan Ali Jassem
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59-71
Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea as a Hypertext of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre: A Postmodern Perspective
Nazila Herischian
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72-82
Delineating Two Exclusive Views on Power of Choosing and Modal Dynamics of Double Performances
Mahshad Jalalpourroodsari, Sarah Catherine Household Ilkhani
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83-91
Comparison of Continuous Assessment (CA) and Examination Scores in an English Speech Work Class
Iyabode Omolara Akewo DANIEL
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92-98
An Investigation of the Effect of Transcribing Listening on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Skill
Davoud Shafiee, Ali Rahimi
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99-105
The Impact of Videos Presenting Speakers’ Gestures and Facial Clues on Iranian EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension
Somayeh Karbalaie Safarali, Hadi Hamidi
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106-114
Task-based Language Teaching from Teachers’ Perspective
Naemeh Nahavandi, Jayakaran Mukundan
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115-121
Literature of a Crisis: The Great War in Anglo-American Modernism
Shadi Neimneh
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122-130
Using Documentary Films in Oral Interpretation Class What is the Appropriate Length?
Darcy Soong
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131-141
Structural Analysis of Lexical Bundles in EFL English Majors’ Theses of an Ordinary Normal University in China
Xixiang LOU
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142-153
(EGL) and Contrastive Rhetoric: Reflections from L2 Writing Research
Hosney M. El-daly
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154-176
Guessing the Meanings of Words From Context: Why and How
Çağrı Tuğrul Mart
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177-181
The Effects of Input Flood and Consciousness-Raising Approach on Collocation Knowledge Development of Language Learners
Elaheh Hamed Mahvelati, Jayakaran Mukundan
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182-192
The Influences of Metacognitive Awareness on Reading Comprehension in Iranian English Undergraduate students in Kerman, Iran
Leila Anjomshoaa, Samira Golestan, Ali Anjomshoaa
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193-198
A Textbook Evaluation of Speech Acts: The Case of English Result Series
Minoo Alemi, Roja Irandoost
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199-209
Norms of Ambivalence in Setting, Plot and Point-of-View in the Anti-Realist World of Salman Rushdie and Ben Okri
Owoeye Durojaiye Kehinde
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210-221
The Effect of Context (Humorous vs. Non-humorous) on Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention of Iranian EFL Learners
Mohsen Ghaffari, Ramin Mohamadi
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222-231
A Critical Look at Different Classifications of Curriculum Principles: The Influence on Enhancing Learners’ Autonomy
Parviz Maftoon, Saeid Najafi Sarem
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232-239
Literary Language in Development of L2 Competence
Dan Lu
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240-246
Failed Quest in Samuel Beckett’s How It Is
Alireza Najafi, Parvin Ghasemi, Farideh Pourgiv
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247-255
Exploring the Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Performance: The Effect of Teaching Method
Mahnaz Kazemi, Masoud Khalili-Sabet
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256-263
When the Research Design Matters in EFL Context: A Case of Different Responses to Open-response and Closed-response Questions on Motivational Orientation
Ma‘ssoumeh Bemani Naeini
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264-275
L2 English Compliment Responses: An Investigation of Pragmatic Transfer
Supakorn Phoocharoensil
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276-287
A Comparison between Experienced and Novice Teachers in Using Incidental Focus on Form Techniques in EFL Classrooms
Yassamin Pouriran, Jayakaran Mukundan
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288-296