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Editorial
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

Research Article 2. Applied Linguistics (Inspirations from neighbor disciplines)
An Investigation of Interactional Metadiscourse in Discussion and Conclusion Sections of Social and Natural Science Master Theses

Farzad Salahshoor; Parya Afsari

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 7-14

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26208.1060

Abstract
  This study is a corpus-based study of interactional metadiscourse in natural and social science master theses. For this purpose, 30 natural and social science master theses in six disciplines were randomly selected out of the library of five universities. Five master theses were selected in each discipline, ...  Read More

Research Article 3. Applied Literature
Structuring Racist Ideologies in Stephen Crane’s “A Dark Brown Dog”: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Taher Ben Khalifa

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 15-46

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26344.1093

Abstract
  This paper deals with the study of how racist ideologies are constructed in Crane’s “A Dark Brown Dog” using the CDA framework. Benefitting from the approaching between literature and linguistics, it focuses on the linguistic examination of the (re)construction of whiteness and blackness ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
The impact of gender on using reading sub skills in Iranian EFL learners reading comprehension

Kamran Janfeshan; Mohammad Mahdi Pourarian

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 47-60

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26241.1064

Abstract
  The present study was an attempt to investigate the impact of gender on using reading subskills and reading comprehension skill of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, four subskills involved in the reading comprehension process were selected. Then some reading passages whose comprehension questions were ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Hybridity of Scientific Discourses: an Intertextual Perspective and Implications for ESP Pedagogy

Davud Kuhi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 61-80

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26150.1048

Abstract
  In light of a large number of admirable attempts which look at scientific discourse from social, dialogic and interpersonal points of view, the propositions which consider scientific discourse as an interactive endeavor are now well-established. By the force of our social constructivist gyrations, we ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
The effect of implicit input enhancement on learning grammatical collocations

Zahra Mohamadian; Shiva Sabbagh Shabestari

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 81-90

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26251.1066

Abstract
  Collocation is known as one of the most problematic areas in learning a second language and it seems that if one has tendency to improve his or her communication ability in another language, the elaboration of collocation using competence is among the most important issues. This study investigated the ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Learner Strategies and Test-wiseness of the Intermediate and Advanced Iranian TOEFL ibt Test Takers

Amirreza Nemat Tabrizi; Fateme Zununi Vahed

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 91-100

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26252.1067

Abstract
  Good language learners slot in a repertoire of strategies and when language tests are at stake, test-taking strategies and test-wiseness pave pay to a prolific outcome. Among such tests, TOEFL iBT seems to be a prerequisite to academic success and a nightmare many Iranian students struggle with. Therefore, ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
The Impact of Mnemosyne Computer Software on Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning

Saeed Taki; Sanaz Jafari

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 101-111

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26246.1068

Abstract
  The Mnemosyne computer software is a flash-card aid, which optimizes learners’ learning process. The current study was conducted to evaluate the extent to which Mnemosyne can assist college-level Iranian EFL learners to improve their vocabulary learning by utilizing spaced repetition. For this ...  Read More

Book Review 2. Applied Linguistics (Inspirations from neighbor disciplines)
Book Review: 'Ecolinguistics: Language and ecology'

Ghader Razmjou

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 113-115

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26377.1097

Abstract
  Ecolinguistics: language and ecology delivers an overall view and a critical approach on ecolinguistic studies. This book is an excellent resource to students, researchers, linguists and those working in the area of discourse analysis as well as ecology. The book claims presenting a news course for ecolinguistics ...  Read More

Interview
JALDA's Interview with Peter Mühlhäusler

Bahram Behin

Volume 5, Issue 2 , September 2017, Pages 117-120

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26371.1096

Abstract
  Peter Mühlhäusler is the Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, and Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He has taught at the Technical University of Berlin and in the University of Oxford. He is an active researcher in several areas of linguistics, including ...  Read More