1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Comparative Effects of Teacher-Directed and Collaborative Reading on EFL Learners’ Receptive Skills

Ensiye Niknahad; Zohre Mohamadi

Volume 9, Issue 1 , April 2021, , Pages 11-32

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.26943.1203

Abstract
  This study used a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental designto find out the effect of teacher-directed and collaborative reading on Iranian EFL learners' receptive skills.To start, 40 EFL intermediate female students within the age range of 15-17 were selected out of an initial 53 students, based on ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Instructors and Students’ Use of Literal, Reorganization, and Inferential Reading Strategies

Nur Izzati Azman; Mansour Amini; Lin Siew Eng; Masoumeh Alavi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , October 2020, , Pages 179-196

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2020.26960.1216

Abstract
  Different types of reading strategies pose challenges to instructors and learners in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. This study aimed at identifying and comparing reading strategies used by instructors and students in dealing with literal comprehension, reorganization, and inferential ...  Read More

The Effect of Explicit Teaching of Textual Metadiscourse on ESAP Reading Comprehension Performance of Iranian University Students

Mohammadreza Negahi; Naser Nouri

Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2014, , Pages 77-90

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2014.13519

Abstract
  The present study attempted the relative effect of explicit teaching of textual metadiscourse markers on ESAP reading comprehension performance of Iranian university students through an awareness raising experiment. A sixty-item multiple choice ESAP reading comprehension test of accounting was developed ...  Read More