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Editorial
Editorial Volume 4, Issue 1

Dr. Bahram Behin

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 15-16

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.13768

Abstract
    EDITORIAL Dear JALDA reader, Our journal experiences transformations. In its title “Discourse Analysis” gives way to “Applied Literature.”  The reason is that our Department offers undergraduate and graduate courses in both English Literature and English Language ...  Read More

Review Article 3. Applied Literature
Why we need to read and understand literature: literariness and Hans Rosling’s Factfulness (2018)

Dr. Jane Mattisson Ekstam

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 17-29

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26269.1074

Abstract
  My article addresses the qualities of “good” literature and how an understanding of the nature of literary devices, so-called “literariness”, can enhance the reading experience. Focusing on Hans Rosling’s Factfulness (2018), I discuss some of the most important features ...  Read More

Research Article
Group Collaboration, Scaffolding Instruction, and Peer Assessment of Iranian EFL Learners Oral Tasks

Leila Ahmadpour; Dr. Mohammad Hossein Yousefi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 31-44

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26138.1046

Abstract
  Peer assessment has gained growing popularity in education and teaching. Being a learning tool, evaluating their peers can equip learners with skills to develop judgments about what forms high-quality work. There have been however research gaps in the literature showing a lack of adequate work on the ...  Read More

Research Article
The Efficacy of Procedural and Declarative Learning Strategies on EFL Students’ Oral Proficiency

Dr. Mansour Amini; Dr. ٍSeyed Saber Alavi Hosseini; Dr. Ali Zahabi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 45-61

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26092.1036

Abstract
  Style and strategies in EFL learning contexts and the effects of task types were explored to enhance language learning strategies. Using a quantitative pre-test, post-test design and interviews, this study investigated the effects of procedural and declarative learning strategies on EFL learners’ ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Euphemistic Strategies Used by Iranian EFL Learners: Death and Lying in Focus

Dr. Amin Karimnia; Mohammad Reza Khodashenas

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 63-80

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26169.1052

Abstract
  Euphemism is a communicative strategy used to frame a polite or less offensive language and to save people’s public face in communication. This study investigated the euphemistic strategies used by Persian speakers in situations associated with death and lying. Warren’s model of euphemism ...  Read More

Research Article 3. Applied Literature
War, Trauma, Memory in Selected Short Stories of Fire and Forget Edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Ghalagher and A Vital Killing by Ahmad Dehghan

Maryam Nobarly; Dr. Nasser Dashtpeyma

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 81-97

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26232.1063

Abstract
  This article is a comparative study of similar experiences in the American short story collection, Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Ghalagher and the Persian short story collection, A Vital Killing by Ahmad Dehghan as they belong to two different languages, ...  Read More

Research Article
Differences in the Use of Multiple-choice Test-taking Strategies by Iranian EFL Learners Regarding Reading Comprehension Ability

Dr. Esmaeel Nourmohammadi; Laya Tahami

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 99-108

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26157.1050

Abstract
  The study investigated differences in the use of multiple-choice test-taking strategies by Iranian EFL learners regarding reading comprehension ability. Reading is the most important academic language skill that receives the particular focus in second or foreign language teaching; tests are also regularly ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
A Comparative Analysis of Self-Mentions in Applied Linguistics PhD Dissertations Written by Native and Non-Native English Writers

Mitra Pourmohammadi; Dr. Davud Kuhi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 109-124

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26165.1051

Abstract
  The purpose of the present study was to compare the PhD dissertations written by native and nonnative English writers in the field of Applied Linguistics with regard to the use of self-mentions. To this end, 40 Applied Linguistics PhD dissertations (20 written by native English writers and 20 by non-native ...  Read More

Book Review 3. Applied Literature
Book Review: 'Health Humanities and Applied Literature'

Dr. Abolfazl Ramazani

Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2016, Pages 125-131

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.13772

Abstract
  Health Humanities written by Paul Crawford, Brian Brown, Charley Baker, Victoria Tischler, and Brian Adams was first published in 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan, UK. The book is a result of many years of experience of work in the field and comes at a right time after the successful organisation of some international ...  Read More