The Iranian EFL Journal August 2014

The Iranian EFL Journal Volume 10 Issue 4 August 2014

1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh
2. Learning How – to – Learn: Sophomore University Students’ Learning Styles and Strategies in an Iranian Context. Mojgan Hamidni, Azizollah Dabaghi and Saeed Ketabi|closed|closed
3. Translation of Euphemism: A Case Study of Translation of Euphemism from English into Persian. Najme Bahrami, Masoud Sharififar
4. Relationship between Social Competence and Iranian EFL Learners’ Academic Achievement across Different Levels. Mehdi Musavi, Ghaffar Tajalli and Mohammad Bagheri
5. Interlingual Interference in English Language Order of Prenominal Adjectives: A Context of Iranian Pre-advanced Learners. Rozana Shamsabadi and Daryoosh Nejadansari
6. Non-Equivalence in Technical Language of Cell Phones A Case Study of Persian and English Languages. Ghazal Saeedfar and Amir Hossein Mirsalehian
7. The Relationship between Self Esteem (global self-esteem and task self-esteem) and Speaking Skill of Female EFL Learners. Mojdeh Shahnama and Shahin Sheikh Sang Taja
8. The Acquisition of Optional Infinitives by Persian EFL learners. Ali Akbar Jabbari and Hamide Behroueian
9. Mobile Learning: Using Cellphones and Its Effects on Listening Skill in Iranian EFL Intermediate Learners and on Their Motivation. Soraya Entezari, Habib Soleimani and Kamran Janfeshan
10. The Effect of Three Test Methods on Reading Comprehension of Iranian EFL learners: Focusing on Multiple Intelligences Approach. Mahin Gholami and Azizollah Dabaghi
11. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Press News on Syrian Unrest. Javad Hayatdavoudi
12. Enhancing Promotion through Generic Features: The Case of Blurbs in Hard versus Soft Science Textbooks. Davud Kuhi and Zeinab Iraji
13. The Effect of Foreign Language Anxiety on Listening Comprehension of Iranian EFL Learners. Fatemeh Mahmoudi Zarandi and Hamid Mohaghegh
14. The Role of Integrated Social and Cognitive Classroom Activities in Developing Oral Fluency and Naturalness in Iranian EFL Learners. Asgar Mahmoudi
15. I SWEAR BY GOD! Who Swears More, Men or Women? A Case Study of Iranian Male and Female Teachers’ Use of Swearing. Ayad Kamalvand, Mohammad Javad Mohammadi and Akbar Azizifar
16. Investigating the Effect of the Amount of Familiarity with Web on Iranian EFL Students’ Source-Based Writing. Mustafa Shahrokhi
17. Collocation learning: Direct or indirect written corrective feedback? Farzaneh Solgi
18. Translation of Cognitive Schemata in Children Storybooks According to Cognitive Linguistics. Bijan Bateni, Behnaz Ebdali Takallu and Sharareh Sarsarabi
19. Translation of Extralinguistic Culture-Bound Elements in Missing Slouch a Persian novel translated into English. Najme Hamzehnejadi, Masoud Sharififar
20. The Relationship between Iranian EFL learners’ Learning Styles and Their Perception of Error Feedback in Oral Activities. Malihe Afghari, Azizollah Dabaghi and Omid Tabatabaei
21. The Effect of Using Semantic Network of Word Net on Intermediate EFL Vocabulary Learning. Niloofar Mansoory and Leila Armal
22. Beautification of Metaphor in William Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Mokhtar Ebrahimi, Maryam Ebrahimi
23. Translation Universals: A Case Study of Explicitation in Persian-English-Persian Translations. Masoud Sharififar and Seyed Mahmoud Reazi
24. Output-based Instruction: Investigating the Interaction between Pedagogy and Motivation in Iran. Majid Farshid, Azizollah Dabaghi and Mansoor Tavakoli
25. Moving Towards an Objective Scoring Assessment in Interpreting. Sima Ferdowsi
26. Similar Portrayal of Two Invulnerable Heroes in Homer’s Iliad and Ferdowsi’s Shah-nameh. Mohammad Ghazanfari
27. Image-Making as Exercised by Iranian Literary Translators. Hoda Hadipour
28. Improving the Proficiency of Iranian Students in Learning English by Using Games. Mohammad Reza Pahlavan Nezhad and Farzaneh Hassanzadeh Tavakoli
29. The Comparative Effect of Short Stories and Task-Based Reading on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension. Mona Khabiri and Tannaz Jalayer
30. Critical Evaluation of Teaching ESP for Tertiary Level Iranian EFL Learners. Farah Shooraki, AzizollahDabbaghi and Saeed Ketabi
31. Generic Differences between Iranian Students’ Essays and a Standard Model Essay. Parisa Javani