Research Article
Investigating the Effect of Changing Answers in Multiple-Choice Questions of Reading and Listening Tests in EFL Context

Parviz Ajhideh; Solmaz Saeeidi Manesh

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2015, Pages 11-24

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2015.13694

Abstract
  This study investigates whether the practice of answer changing on multiple-choice questions (MCQs) is beneficial for Iranian students’ overall test performance in EFL context. Several studies have shown that answer changing in multiple choice examinations is generally beneficial for improving ...  Read More

Genre Analysis of ELT and Nursing Academic Written Discourse through Introduction

Morteza Amirsheibani

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2015, Pages 25-36

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2015.13695

Abstract
  Since Swales’ (1981, 1990) CARS model work on the move structure of research articles, studies on genre analysis have been carried out amongst which works on different parts of research articles in various disciplines has gained a considerable literature. This study aims to investigate the rhetorical ...  Read More

A Comparative Genre Analysis of Memorial Cards in English and Funeral/Memorial Announcements in Persian

Seyedeh Elham Elhambakhsh; Forugh Amirjalili; Elham Kashefi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2015, Pages 37-48

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2015.13696

Abstract
  As covert socio-cultural relations have significant effects on language, these norms are reflected in linguistic and generic structure of public death notices as a distinctive genre. This study intended to identify the different genres of death notices (e.g. memorial advertisements, obituaries, funeral ...  Read More

Attitudes in Iranian vs. Western Media Coverage of the Iranian Nuclear Issue

Fatemeh Mahdavirad; Mohammad Ghane

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2015, Pages 49-71

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2015.13697

Abstract
  Employing the appraisal framework in discovering the way ideology is crystalized through discourse, the present study attempts to investigate how journalistic ideologies and political positions are manifested through attitudinal terms. Referring to White’s (2012) distinction of attitude types, ...  Read More

The Relationship between Tertiary Level EFL Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Perceptions and Their Level of Linguistic Proficiency

Shabnam Kurosh Khanshan; Mohammad Hossein Yousefi

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2015, Pages 73-89

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2015.13698

Abstract
  Teacher self-efficacy has been identified as an important characteristic of teachers that can positively influence both teacher and student outcomes. The relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy and their linguistic proficiency, however, is yet to be investigated. The present study was an attempt ...  Read More

The Metaphor of Vision and the Construction of Sexist-Norms in Western Metaphysics

Moussa Pourya Asl

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2015, Pages 91-111

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2015.13699

Abstract
  Current feminisms have emphasized the systematic nature of women’s oppression. Feminist scholars like Luce Irigaray insist that woman’s difference and otherness is a matter of male-dominated institutional definition: because the woman is theoretically subordinated to the concept of masculinity, ...  Read More

The Effects of Types of Writing Approaches on Iranian EFL Learners’ Writing Performance and Their Attitudes toward Writing Skill

Zahra Talebi; Nader Asadi; Hanieh Davatgari

Volume 3, Issue 2 , September 2015, Pages 113-133

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2015.13700

Abstract
  The main purpose of the present quasi-experimental study was twofold; its first purpose was to investigate the effects of using of two approaches namely; genre and process on EFL learners’ accuracy, fluency, and complexity in written task production. Secondly, it attempted to investigate the effects ...  Read More