The Iranian EFL Journal Volume 11 Issue 2 April 2015

The Iranian EFL Journal Volume 11 Issue 2 April 2015

1. Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh
2. The Effect of Task Complexity on Syntactic Complexity Measures in EFL Learners Narrative Writing
   Gholamreza Hessamy, Dariush Goodarzi and Mitra Sohrabi
3. The Effect of Cooperative Learning on Improving Reading Comprehension of EFL Learners
   Zahra Ghobadi Asl, Mehran Davaribina and Reza Abdi
4. Contrastive Analysis of Passive Voice in English and Persian
   Mohammad Reza Ghorbani and Hadis Sherafati
5. Love Conceptual Metaphors in Persian and English
   Abdolreza Pazhakh and Shahrzad Pirzad Mashak
6. Native Versus Non-native English-speaking Teachers in English as Foreign Language Classrooms
   Elham Abolfathi, Reza Khany and Habib Gowhary
7. An In-depth Evaluation of the Textbook Prospect One
   Masoud Bagheri, Kolsoom Zendehboudi, Azam Rad Mehr, Elham Teimouri and Sakine Tashakori
8. The Effect of Group Work Activities on Increasing Elementary Level Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge
   Yassin Babaee and Hamed Mahsefat
9. Evaluation of an ESP Textbook for the Students of Accounting
   Jahanbakhsh Langroudi and Enayat Behrozi
10. Translation teaching methods and translation teaching in Iran
    Shadi Deilami Moezzi
11. The impact of Task-Based Vocabulary Instruction on Iranian EFL Reading Ability
    Leila Saberi and Mohammad Rasoul Homayuon
12. A Comparative Study of the Use of Nominalization in Articles Written by Native and
    Iranian Authors in English Teaching Discipline
    Seyyed Abbas Kazemi
13. The Effects of Free Writing on Writing Fluency of Intermediate English as Foreign
    Language (EFL) Learners
    Masoud Khalili Sabet and Sheyda Khorasani
14. A Comparative Study of Metadiscourse Markers in some Selected News Programs on
    VOA: The Case of Regular English Programs vs. Special English Programs
    Biook Behnam and Nasrin Mollanaghizadeh
15. Grammatical Processing of Spoken Language in Child and Adult Language Learners:
    A Review Article
    Mahdieh Noori and Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar
16. The Effect of Sentence Reading Versus Sentence Writing on Vocabulary acquisition
    among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners
    Mehdi Rahmanzadeh, Ahmad Mohseni and Shadab Jabbarpoor
17. The Investigation of Identity Construction: A Foucauldian Reading of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child
    Shayesteh Saeedabadi and Hasan Shahabi
18. The Study of the Relationship between Test method Factor and Advanced EFL Learners ҆ Performance in Reading Comprehension Skill
    Samane Nazari Ghahroudi
19. Narrative Techniques in E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime
    Parvin Ghasemi, Siamak Shahabi and Sahar Nakhaei
20. Teachers’ Beliefs towards the Impact of Immediate and Negotiated Error Treatment
    on Learners’ Writing Fluency
    Ahmad Mohseni and Masoomeh Yallanghach
21. Colonial Subjects in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God
    Zahra Sadeghi
22. The Investigation of the Relationship between Type A & Type B Personalities and
    Quality of Translation
    Saeed Ahmadi
23. Iranian EFL Students’ Motivation Orientation, Self-efficacy and Their Use of Oral
    Communication Strategies
    Alireza Amini
24. The Impact of Decision-making Tasks and Production Tasks on the Performance of
    Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners in Different Parts of a Collocation Test
    Esmail Zare Behtash and Masoume Etehadi
25. Critical Discourse Analysis and the Translation of Idiomatic Expressions: A Case Study of The Catcher in the Rye
    Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh and Hamideh Shirmohamadi
26. A Survey Study on the Best Reading Assessment
    Tahere Bakhshi and Mohammadkazem Nouri
27. The effect of Input, Input-output and Output-input Modes of Teaching on the Vocabulary
    Learning of Iranian EFL Learners
    Ramin Fazeli and Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri
28. Implications of Theories as Prerequisite Knowledge for Beginner Learners to Commence
    a new Language, Especially English
    Mohammad Javad Moafi
29. Iranian Pre- service EFL Teachers’ Attitude towards Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
    Mahya Nejadian
30. Evaluating Ph.D Candidates’ Interviews: A Validity Argument Approach
    Saman Ebadi and Majid Saedi Dovaise
31. Iranian Students’ Problems with Macro Level of Paragraph Writing
    Shahryar Sanaee and Masoud Sharififar
32. Second Language Loss: Potential Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Effects
    Nouroddin Yousofi, Gerannaz Zamani and Fereshteh Shirzad
33. The Impact of Socio-Cultural Conditions on Translation of Tintin Comics Before and
    After the Islamic Revolution of Iran
    Mina Zand Rahimi
34. Formative Assessment in the EFL Context of Kermanshah: High Schools Teachers’
    Familiarity and Application
    Nouzar Gheisari and Ferdos Jamali
35. The Iranian ways of courtesy
    Farideh samadi
36. A Contrastive Study of Ellipsis in Persian & English in Journalistic Texts
    Gholamreza Rostami, Ahmad Farahmand and Solmaz Hemati