Editorial, Volume 9, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, , Pages 1-2

Abstract
  Dear JALDA ReaderThe job being done by the young and zealous members of the team behind The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature can be regarded as a reflection of what happens generally in Iran in relation to English language.  With a fire of enthusiasm burning inside young adults ...  Read More

Editorial, Volume 8, Issue 2
Volume 8, Issue 2 , October 2020, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/JALDA.2020.14128

Abstract
  JALDA has been officially recognized as a Scientific Grade B Journal by Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology recently. A main interest of the Journal lies in the contextualized sense of science; the studies should take place in real world contexts and they should be intended to help ...  Read More

Editorial, Volume 8, Issue 1

Bahram Behin

Volume 8, Issue 1 , April 2020, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2020.26841.1180

Abstract
  A new vocabulary item has been added to English dictionaries: Covid-19. For linguists, the addition of a meaningful linguistic element to any language should change the whole language as, for T. S. Eliot, a new poem changes the whole literature of a nation. But let us see how seriously the addition of ...  Read More

Editorial, Volume 7, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 7, Issue 2 , September 2019, , Pages 1-3

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26724.1157

Abstract
  According to Patrick Colm Hogan, in the US academic context, few people in literary theory or comparative literature have much familiarity with non-Western literary theories, and fewer still have research expertise in the field. While working on a project in non-Western literary theory, he was surprised ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 7, Issue 1

Bahram Behin

Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2019, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26636.1142

Abstract
  JALDA, therefore, would like to show inclination towards the view that the reality of the world is not a fixed entity standing out there to be measured by our pre-fabricated ‘scientific’ instruments. In line with Haghshenas’ argumentation, not only can theories and instruments shrink ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 6, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 6, Issue 2 , September 2018, , Pages 1-6

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26464.1124

Abstract
  The decision by the Ministry of Higher Education in Iran to revise and update the subjects for the MA and PhD courses in TESOL should pave the way towards a more comprehensive understanding of teaching English to speakers of other languages. The Ministry’s revisions can be seen in line with the ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 6, Issue 1

Bahram Behin

Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2018, , Pages 1-6

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2019.26415.1111

Abstract
  The editor’s notes in our Journal have been so far a site for the clarification of the Journal’s policy and the task still continues. With an inclination towards solving our real world problems in language teaching (and literary studies, which I will discuss in the next issue of the Journal), ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 5, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 1-5

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26357.1092

Abstract
  Our Journal's tendency towards the real world in applied linguistics and literary studies should have significant epistemological and methodological consequences in researching the fields. The interest in the real world makes the problems we may have in our everyday lives our 'points of departure' in ...  Read More

Editorial Volume 5, Issue1

Bahram Behin

Volume 5, Issue 1 , March 2017, , Pages 1-2

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26340.1089

Abstract
  Applied Literature, however, does not have literature at its centre. Literature in this domain is a tool to solve problems and achieve goals. Using literature to teach and learn languages, the application of literature to language education, is a very handy example. Health Humanities (by Crawford, et ...  Read More

4. Dynamics between Applied Studies on Language and Literature
Editorial Volume 4, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, , Pages 13-14

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26311.1082

Abstract
  Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature in the sense that we would like to use them should result in academic activities that are social in their orientation. Academics are not isolated individuals equipped with scientific tools and working within laboratory like situations. Their close encounter ...  Read More