Vol 1, No 7 (2012)

[Special Issue]

Table of Contents

Articles

Interplay of Language Policy, Ethnic Identity and National Identity in Five Different Linguistic Settings
Mehdi Gran Hemat, Chan Swee Heng
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1-7
Intragroup Conflicts during Collaborative Writing in an ESL/EFL Preparatory Programme
Santini Pathinathan, Yong Mei Fung
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8-18
Speech Disfluencies and Mispronunciations in English Oral Communication among Malaysian Undergraduates
Sarah Yong Enxhi, Tan Bee Hoon, Yong Mei Fung
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19-32
‘Farm’ Animal Metaphors in Malay and Arabic Figurative Expressions: Implications for Language Learning
Sabariah MD Rashid, Pabiyah Hajimaming, Nurul Nadia Muhammad
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33-39
A Comparative Study of the Rhetorical Moves in Abstracts of Published Research Articles and Students’ Term Papers in the Field of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering
Lam Yik San, Helen Tan
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40-50
Reconciling Diverse Communities through Language Policy Practices in Malaysia
Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, Chan SweeHeng
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51-55
Conveying Communicative Intent: Moves and Metadiscourse in Abstract Writing
Chuah Ek Lon, Helen Tan, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah
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56-65
Gender-linked Choice of Politeness Strategies Applied to Translation of Persian Face-threatening Acts into English
Mojde Yaqubi, Ebrahim Davoudi Sharifabad, Wan Rose Eliza Abdul Rahman
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66-79
On the Semantic Prosody of Career Women in Chinese Web Reportage
Haiyan Men
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80-89
Student Feedback or ‘Students Hit Back’: in Search of Quality Feedback for Quality Teaching
Abdel Rahman Abdalla Salih
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90-103
The Impact of Task Complexity and Strategic Planning Time on EFL Learners’ Accuracy and Fluency in Written Task Production
Asghar Salimi, Parviz Alavinia, Parvin Hosseini, Ali Shafaei
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104-116
Learners’ Identity Construction in the Context of English as an International Language
Luis Guerra
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117-126
Politeness Accommodation in E-Mail Requests among Iranian Postgraduate Students of EFL
Muhammed Parviz
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127-136
Metaphoric Expressions and Their Relation to the Coherence and Unity of Literary Texts
Mina Abbasi Bonabi, Hasan Iravani
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137-144
From Strategic Perspective: Investigating Teacher-Employed Communication Strategies in EFL Classroom Context
Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash, Mohammad Amin Karafkan
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145-154
Gender Differences in Iranian EFL Students’ Letter Writing
Somaye Hamdi asl, Azizollah Dabaghi
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155-169
Iranian Junior High school English Book Series (Right Path to English) Weighted against Material Evaluation Checklists
Farhad Golpour
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170-179
A Socio-Semantic Study of Selected Nicknames Used by Yoruba Brides for In-Laws
Adebola Adebileje
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180-186
The Arabic Origins of Verb 'To Be' in English, German, and French: A Lexical Root Theory Approach
Zaidan Ali Jassem
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187-198
How Should an Effective Performance Appraisal Be: EFL Teachers’ Perspective
Holi Ibrahim Holi Ali
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199-208