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Editorial
Editorial, Volume 9, Issue 2

Bahram Behin

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 1-2

Abstract
  Dear JALDA ReaderThe job being done by the young and zealous members of the team behind The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature can be regarded as a reflection of what happens generally in Iran in relation to English language.  With a fire of enthusiasm burning inside young adults ...  Read More

Interview
JALDA's Interview with Professor Wendy Steiner

Wendy Steiner; Javad Khorsandi

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 3-7

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27416.1352

Abstract
  Wendy Steiner is the Richard L. Fisher Professor of English Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Steiner earned her B.A. from McGill University in 1970 and both her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 1972 and 1974 respectively. After teaching at Yale (1974-1976) and ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Exploring the Factors Triggering Iranian EFL Teachers' Immunity: A Mixed-Method Inquiry

Samira Atefi Boroujeni; Mohammad Hassan Tahririan; Katayoon Afzali

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 9-33

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27130.1265

Abstract
  It is frequently affirmed that EFL teachers face many stressors at work. While they keep experiencing perturbations that may cause fluctuations in their efficacy, immunity acts as a buffer and allows teachers to carry on performing academically in the classroom and emotionally and psychologically over ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Identity and Its Ramifications Among Advanced Adult Iranian Learners of English

Behrooz Marzban; Seyyed Mohammad Reza Adel; Ahmad Reza Eghtesadi; Mahmood Elyasi

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 35-57

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27193.1288

Abstract
  This study intended to investigate the effect of identity types on learners’ involvement, perceptions, and achievement scores using the validated L2 Quadripolar Questionnaire (Taylor, 2010), in the EFL context of Iran amongst the adult advanced learners of English in private institutions. Therefore, ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Iranian EFL In-Service Teachers’ Conceptions About Critical Thinking and Its Role in Foreign Language Teaching

Jalil Yazdankhah; Bahram Behin; Mohammad Hossein Yousefi; Hassan Asadollahfam

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 59-78

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27228.1303

Abstract
  Adopting a qualitative design, the present study investigated Iranian EFL teachers’ attitudes toward critical thinking as well as its role in language teaching. To meet these objectives, 36 EFL teachers were selected through purposeful sampling as the participants of the study. For the purpose ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Measuring the Predictability of Iranian EFL Students’ Pragmatic Listening Comprehension With Language Proficiency, Self-Regulated Learning in Listening, and Willingness to Communicate

Ali Zangoei; Ali Derakhshan

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 79-104

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27199.1292

Abstract
  Pragmatic Listening Comprehension (PLC), as a complex process, is influenced by various cognitive, psychological, contextual, social, cultural, and linguistic factors. To make a stride toward understanding the role of such factors in PLC, the present study sought not only to scrutinize to what extent ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
Exploring EFL Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Teacher Supervision in Iranian Language Schools

Shiva Azizpour; Javad Gholami

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 105-125

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27221.1300

Abstract
  Although supervision is an integral component of EFL teacher professional development, there have not been enough studies on language teacher supervision and EFL teachers’ attitudes toward supervision. The present study investigated EFL teachers’ attitudes toward supervision in Iranian language ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
EAP Learners’ Attitudes Toward Problem-Based Learning: A Fast-Track to Fourth Generation Universities

Minoo Alemi; Mojtaba Mohammadi; Hessameddin Ghanbar; Mohadeseh Asghari; Atefeh Rezanejad; Zhila Tootoonchian

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 127-150

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27258.1313

Abstract
  Problem-based Learning (PBL) is considered one of the instructional models of learning with many pedagogical advantages that can bridge the current traditional learning systems’ gaps. It is a method of learning in which the students start with a problem rather than the input provided by the teacher. ...  Read More

Research Article 1. Applied Linguistics (Language Teaching and Learning)
The Relationship Between Iranian EFL Learners’ International Posture and Willingness to Communicate Across High Versus Low English Proficiency Levels

Nadia Mahmoodi; Nasser Ghafoori; Seyed Reza Beh-Afarin

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 151-170

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27167.1278

Abstract
  The study attempted to investigate the relationship between male Iranian EFL learners’ international posture (IP) and willingness to communicate (WTC) across two proficiency levels. The study was carried out with 106 participants from selected universities in Tabriz and Sarab, Northwest Iran, who ...  Read More

Research Article 2. Applied Linguistics (Inspirations from neighbor disciplines)
Analysis of Culture and Multimodality in a Local English Textbook Series

Ali Roohani; Mohsen Hosseini

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 171-193

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27190.1287

Abstract
  Culture is regarded as a part of English language teaching (ELT). Also, ELT textbooks are a main source of intercultural teaching / learning in most English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning contexts. Thus, representation of cultural content and development of (inter)cultural aspects are important ...  Read More

Research Article 2. Applied Linguistics (Inspirations from neighbor disciplines)
Beneath the Surface of Turn-Taking and Interruptions in Intergenerational Conversations: The Case of Adult and Adolescent Females

Bita Moradi; Zari Saeedi

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 195-216

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27273.1320

Abstract
  Conversational turns have long snatched the attention of discourse analysts. Despite this fact, and to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, intergenerational conversations made by females have never been investigated through the lens of turn-taking and interruptions. Accordingly, this study ...  Read More

Research Article 2. Applied Linguistics (Inspirations from neighbor disciplines)
Translation of Poetry from a Hermeneutical Perspective: A Case Study of Rumi

Amin Karimnia; Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Fard

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 217-234

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27231.1306

Abstract
  Works of poetry are characterized by specific elements (e.g. symbols, images, concepts) that help interpret and thematize such works. The principle of “holism” in hermeneutics is concerned with analyzing how part-whole relationships are established in a text and how they may give rise to ...  Read More

Research Article 3. Applied Literature
Wrestling With Gender: Gender and Gender-Neutrality in the Mirror of the History of Scholarship

Fereshteh Hadisi; Firouzeh Ameri

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 235-250

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27039.1236

Abstract
  The history of feminism and gender studies is fraught with constant struggles to find applicable definitions for sex, gender, and sexuality, and understand their relationships and differences. This paper attempts to go through various theories in this regard, tracing their variations and evolutions through ...  Read More

Research Article 3. Applied Literature
Human Voice Becomes the Voice of Non-Human: Oliverian Green Project

Elmira Bazregarzadeh; Nasser Dasht Peyma; Maghsoud Esmaili Kordlar

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 251-267

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.27133.1266

Abstract
  There have always been many controversies with regards to the existing gaps between human beings and Nature, most of which have come into notice in particular at the current age of fragmentation and uncertainty. While we postmodern individuals take pride in our access to better means of living through ...  Read More

Book Review
Book Review: "Language Teacher Agency"

Foad Behzadpoor

Volume 9, Issue 2 , October 2021, Pages 269-273

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2021.14334

Abstract
  Second language (L2) teacher education has witnessed a substantial shift of attention and orientation with regard to the way it looks at teaching, teachers, and various teacher-related factors. This consequential drift began to occur in the 1970s, a decade branded by Freeman (2002) as the decade of change ...  Read More