1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Structural and Functional Characterization of Citation Practices in Academic Research Writing: A Concordance-Informed Analysis

Rajab Esfandiari; Sahar Saleh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 April 2024

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28656.1549

Abstract
  In the last two decades, citation behaviour in academic research writing has been highlighted in English for academic purposes. This concordance-informed, corpus-based study has focused on cross-disciplinary analysis of citations by English and Iranian academic writers in English Economics and Industrial ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Unveiling the Invisible Gem: Identifying the Obstacles on the Path of Critical Literacy Practices in EFL Digital Classes in Iran

Esmaeel Ali Salimi; Omid Ostad

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28312.1521

Abstract
  In the present climate, Critical Literacy has become an area gathering momentum more than ever before, tantamount to an ‘invisible gem’ as almost many education systems have attempted, but failed, to incorporate it into their curricula. To address this elusive notion, this study aimed to ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Syntactic Priming: Is Shared Semantic Content an Obligation?

Ali Akbar Ansarin; Masoud Yaghoubi Notash; shalaleh Javadi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28639.1547

Abstract
  Syntactic priming has been suggested to be an efficient paradigm in studying mental language representations. However, further research is needed to explore the underlying mechanisms. Recently it is suggested that argument-based constructions are present at both the syntactic and discourse levels of ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Iranian TEFL Students’ Perceptions and Challenges in Collaborative Content Learning Across Gender

Rogayeh Eslami; Mahnaz Saeidi; Touran Ahour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 March 2024

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.27975.1456

Abstract
  Collaborative content learning (CCL), as a process of learning that contributes to effective learning of the content of the courses in EFL contexts, has recently gained prominence in the research literature; however, the male and female students’ perceptions regarding CCL’s efficacy and their ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Can Concept-Based Language Instruction Change Beginning Learners’ Aspectual Development?: Preliminary Experimental Evidence that Novice Learners Taught Boundedness Are Less Influenced by Lexical Aspect

Elizabeth Maria Kissling

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.27948.1447

Abstract
  Concept-Based Language Instruction (C-BLI) is rooted in Vygotskian sociocultural theories (SCT) of learning and modeled after Systemic Theoretical Instruction. Investigations of C-BLI have reported positive instructional outcomes such as increased conceptual awareness and control for a variety of targeted ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
L2 Motivation as Seen Through the Lenses of Sociocultural Theory and Complexity / Dynamic Systems Theory: Are They Commensurable?

Michael Amory; Mariana Lima Becker

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28021.1470

Abstract
  Research on motivation in second language (L2) learning has progressed tremendously over the last several decades. Within the recent trend to investigate the socially situated context of motivation and the role of social processes in shaping individual L2 motivation, Sociocultural Theory (SCT) and Complexity ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
A Diffractive Reading of Multiliteracies, Participatory Teacher Action Research and Cultural Historical Activity Theory: Entanglements and Insights in Indigenous Language Teaching

Sabine Siekmann; Joan Parker Webster

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28038.1473

Abstract
  This article examines the onto-epistemological-methodological grounding of a conceptualization of praxis in the context of Indigenous language teaching for maintenance and revitalization.  We conduct a diffractive reading (Barad, 2007) of cultural historical activity theory (Vygotsky, 1978; Engeström, ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory for Second Language Learners: Addressing In/commensurabilities with Popular School-Based Curricula

Alessandro Rosborough; Jennifer Wimmer

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28049.1474

Abstract
  This paper addresses the in/commensurability of Vygotskian sociocultural theory (SCT) with popular K-12 educational curricula positioned and claiming to use his theory in practice (McLeod, 2019). We discuss well-known educational curricula, models, and social theories in relation to second language learning. ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Integration and Compatibility of Sociocultural Theory and Cognitive Linguistics for Second Language Lexicogrammar Instruction

Benjamin White; Kyoko Masuda

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28052.1476

Abstract
  In recent years, there has been a growing interest in bringing together Vygotskian sociocultural theory and cognitive linguistics for research on second language (L2) instruction. This paper explores the compatibility of the two theoretical orientations and finds that certain key assumptions within cognitive ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
ELF and Sociocultural Theory: An Integrated Approach

Enrico Grazzi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28866.1581

Abstract
  The main focus of this article is on the controversial issue of integrating English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) into English Language Teaching (ELT). Particularly, the plurilithic nature of English as an international language in the age of Globalization challenges the long sedimented native-speakerism ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Collectivizing an Orientation to Turn-Allocation as a Learnable Through Pre-Task Planning

Nuria Ballesteros Soria; Rémi Adam van Compernolle

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2023

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2024.28178.1502

Abstract
  Pre-task planning has been extensively studied in task-based language teaching research, but a limited number of studies to date has explored the phenomenon through a sociocultural theory lens. In this article, we report on pre-task planning from a Vygotskian group-as-collective perspective by examining ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Investigating the Role of Iranian EFL Learners’ L2 Proficiency in Their Attitudes Toward the Use of L1 in Institutional Contexts: A Mixed Methods Study

Sasan Baleghizadeh; Hamidreza Zakervafaei

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 9-31

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28007.1466

Abstract
  Given the long-lasting debates over L1 use in language teaching and learning, this study adopted a mixed methods design to investigate the role of Iranian EFL learners’ L2 proficiency in their attitudes toward using L1. A questionnaire originally developed by Scheffler et al. (2017) was modified ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
High and Low Achieving Online Graduate Students’ Learning Styles and Strategies

Moloud Kashiri; Mahboubeh Taghizadeh

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 33-54

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28082.1484

Abstract
  This study explored the styles and strategies used by online MA students of TEFL and investigated the relationship among their learning styles, learning strategies, and learning achievement. The participants were 87 online graduate students of TEFL at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
A Study of Modifications in Teachers’ Pedagogical Beliefs: Pre-Service Versus Novice Teachers

Parisa Etela; Hossein Saadabadi Motlaq; Saaid Yazdani

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 55-75

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28028.1471

Abstract
  Pedagogical beliefs as an important concept in psychology are one of the most influential and decisive factors in learners’ success. Recently, teacher beliefs have attracted the attention of many researchers in English language teaching contexts; therefore, the current study investigated non-native ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
English Didactics in Norway: A Propaedeutic or Parasitic Discipline?

Saeed Karimi-Aghdam; Phalangchok Wanphet

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 77-102

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28050.1475

Abstract
  Since English didactics has a relatively short history in Norway, exploring its nature, scope, academic identity, definition, status, and raison d'être is an ineluctable necessity. This article sets out to answer a simple yet fundamental question about English didactics: Is English didactics a ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Iranian EFL Instructors’ Practical Adherence to Postmethod and Critical Pedagogy

Farahman Farrokhi; Leila Mohammadbagheri-Parvin

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 103-120

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28258.1513

Abstract
  Fundamental changes and novel ideas have been brought into the field of English Language Teaching through introduction of postmethod and critical pedagogy. Postmethod as an alternative to methods aimed at fulfilling its triple principles of particularity, practicality, and possibility. The well-known ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
The Interplay of Gender, L2 Grit and Academic Buoyancy Among Iranian Junior High School Students: A Positive Psychology and Control Value Theory Perspective

Mohammad Ghafouri; Abdorreza Tahriri

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 121-139

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28160.1499

Abstract
  Understanding the role of positive emotions and their contributions to the learners’ overall academic success and well-being is of utmost importance. To this end, by following positive psychology and control-value theory, the researchers explored the relationship between two under-researched factors ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
EFL Writing Skill Instruction in the Light of TBLT-Synthesized Collaborative Dialogue: Spotting Learners’ Achievements and Teachers’ Perceptions

Haniyeh Shirazifard; Gholam-Reza Abbasian; Ahmad Mohseni

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 141-160

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28136.1497

Abstract
  The present study aimed to investigate the effects of TBLT-synthesized collaborative dialogue in teaching writing skills to Iranian EFL learners and also to explore their teachers’ attitudes towards such an approach. Regarding the essence of the questions of the study, an explanatory sequential ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Validation of an Ecological Model of Teacher Agency for Iranian EFL Student Teachers

Saemeh Arabahmadi; Omid Mazandarani; Seyyed Hassan Seyyedrezaei; Zari Sadat Seyyedrezaie

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 161-184

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28234.1510

Abstract
  Despite the abundance of research on language teacher education, there is a dearth of ecologically informed instruments for measuring teacher agency. To this end, this study aims to fill this gap by designing and validating a questionnaire for assessing the agency of student teachers. Thirteen facets ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
We Do Need to Develop the Perspectives: In Pursuit of Options for Triangulating Academic Discourse Studies

Davud Kuhi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2023, , Pages 251-268

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2023.28292.1517

Abstract
  This paper assumes that developing strong models of academic discourse analysis would not by itself guarantee researchers’ access to the realities of academic communication and that any development in the theory of academic discourse analysis should also be informed and equipped with developments ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Towards the Development of an Assessment Literacy Questionnaire: The Case of Iranian EFL Teachers

Behnaz Rastegar; Abbas Ali Zarei; Rajab Esfandiari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 9-34

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2022.27579.1378

Abstract
  Substantial research has been done on assessment literacy (AL), and several questionnaires have been developed to measure AL. However, little (if any) research has attempted to provide a comprehensive assessment literacy questionnaire. To fill this gap, the present study attempted to develop an assessment ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Exploring Where Perceived Teacher Enthusiasm and Learner Engagement Meet in the Language Classroom

Saeed Safdari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 35-52

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2022.27667.1413

Abstract
  Teacher Enthusiasm (TE) and Learner Engagement (LE) have recently appealed to educational researchers. Nonetheless, their association and potential impacts have not been sufficiently dealt with in the field of second language (L2) research. The present mixed methods study sought to explore the intersection ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
The Role of Guided Reading Method in Reading Comprehension Improvement of Iranian Oil and Gas Industry Engineers

Leila Dobakhti; Mahshid Panahi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 53-70

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2022.27785.1417

Abstract
  One of the necessities of learning foreign languages is reading comprehension, particularly for adult learners. Also, reading interest of learners would be developed considering the time spent to learn different literacy. The current research aimed at exploring it as a contributing factor when learners ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Fluid Intelligence and Self-Efficacy in Iranian Female and Male EFL Teachers’ Burnout: Possible Relationships and Differences

Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi; Ali Amirghassemi; Mahnaz Saeidi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 71-93

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2022.27841.1428

Abstract
  Teachers' psycho-affective state is important to the quality of their classroom performance. Self-efficacy and fluid intelligence are thought of as being protective in adverse conditions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation among Iranian EFL teachers' self-efficacy, fluid intelligence, ...  Read More

1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
EFL Teachers’ Burnout Levels and Their Commitment to Iran Language Institute

Elahe Asadi; Hossein Bozorgian

Volume 10, Issue 2 , October 2022, , Pages 95-115

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2022.27890.1436

Abstract
  Teachers play an important role in providing training and upbringing services for the educational community. However, burnout is rampant among teachers in professional contexts. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the factors that lead to burnout and to investigate approaches to reduce the impact ...  Read More