Editorial 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

Research Article
The Effect of Explicit and Implicit Corrective Feedback on the Narrative Writing of Advanced Iranian EFL Learners

Dr. Jafar Afshinfar; Awat Shokouhifar

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, Pages 15-41

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26273.1075

Abstract
  This study seeks to investigate the effect of explicit and implicit corrective feedback on the narrative writing of advanced Iranian EFL learners. In so doing, the study was conducted with 76 advanced EFL learners from 3 intact classes at an English language teaching institute in Iran. The sample was ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
An Investigation into the Target Needs of Engineers in Selected Employment Sectors

Dr. Azizeh Chalak; Mahdokht Nilforoush

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, Pages 43-65

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26196.1057

Abstract
  This article aims to investigate and analyze the perceived English language needs of engineers who want to develop their job position through English Language in their workplaces such as public relations, technical and operational, engineering support of production, planning and development, financial, ...  Read More

Research Article 3. Applied Literature
A Comparative Study of "From 7 O`clock to 9:30" by Na-albandian and "Erostratus" by Sartre by Applying Bakhtinian Dialogism

Amir Hamed Dolatabadi Farahany; Dr. Mojgan Eyvazi; Dr. Mohsen Momen

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, Pages 67-79

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26317.1084

Abstract
  The present study is conducted to compare 'From 7 o`clock to 9:30' by Abbas Na-albandian and 'Erostratus' by Jean-Paul Sartre based on Bakhtin’s intertextual approach with an eye on Bakhtin’s notion of dialogic imagination. Bakhtin in his approach focuses on the text, rather than the author, ...  Read More

Research Article
The Effect of Read-Aloud Method on Iranian EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension

Dr. Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar; Hossein Kargar Behbahani

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, Pages 81-100

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26255.1070

Abstract
  One of the most important language skills affecting students' success in academic settings is reading comprehension and the ability to read fluently in a second language. Japanese EFL learners' less than satisfactory performance in standard English tests led Shinozuka, Mizusawa, and Shibata (2014) to ...  Read More

Research Article
The Effect of Pictorial Presentation of Vocabulary on EFL Learners' Retention

Hossein Ghader; Dr. M. Rahim Bahlooli Niri

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, Pages 101-114

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26275.1076

Abstract
  AbstractThis study aimed at examining the effect of pictorial presentation of vocabulary on EFL students’ retention relying on Dual Coding Theory and Additivity Hypothesis, both of which emphasize the additive effect of images on recall. To that end, 63 students who were in grade three of high ...  Read More

Research Article
A Comparative Analysis of Collocation in Arabic-English Translations of the Glorious Quran

Dr. Ameneh Zare; Farnaz Zare

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, Pages 115-128

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26177.1054

Abstract
  The Qur’an is the only holy book of Muslims all around the world. Each person with any religion and language is interested in comprehending and accepting the rules and regulations of their own belief. Translation of the Qur’an is only an attempt to present its meaning. One of the most challenges ...  Read More

Book Review 3. Applied Literature
Book Review: 'The Question of Justice and Identity in Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad'

Javad Khorsandi

Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2016, Pages 129-130

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2018.26320.1085

Abstract
  Ahmed Saadawi’s third and last novel Frankenstein in Baghdad was originally published in Arabic in 2013 and has since been translated into several languages, including an English translation by Jonathan Wright in 2018. The novel, which won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, is a heart-rending ...  Read More