Number 4 Volume 3

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1 - The Effect of Error Analysis on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners of L2 Adjective Knowledge
Mahboobeh Joze Tajareh Mohammadreza Khodareza

The present study intended to investigate the effect of Error Analysis on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ knowledge of L2 adjectives. The question of this study followed the fact that whether Error Analysis has any effects on intermediate EFL learners’ kn More

The present study intended to investigate the effect of Error Analysis on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ knowledge of L2 adjectives. The question of this study followed the fact that whether Error Analysis has any effects on intermediate EFL learners’ knowledge of L2 adjectives, In order to find the answer of this question, this article considered some issues about Error Analysis and their effect on L2 adjective knowledge. For this reason 60 intermediate EFL learners were selected by OPT test and were divided in two groups (a control group and an experimental group). Then the pretest of L2 adjectives knowledge was administered in both groups in order to find out about L2 adjectives ability. Then treatments were administered in both groups. Treatment in control group was the traditional way of teaching adjectives without attention to source of errors and in experimental group was teaching adjectives by using Error Analysis and considering the type and source of errors. After that the posttest was administered in both groups in order to find out the amount of progress between pretest and posttest. At the end, the data was analyzed by two ways, Independent sample t-test and One-way ANCOVAS. And the result of study showed that the null hypothesis of the study was rejected so the Error Analysis had positive effect on L2 adjective knowledge Manuscript profile

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2 - Exploring the effective elements of e-learning development in Iran's higher education system
Khalil MIRZAEI Marjan EBRAHIMI Adel ESMAEELI

This study, by considering the importance of e-learning in higher education system,has the aim to identify and explore alternative solutions of the development of elearningin Iran. This research has been conducted using an exploratory qualitativeresearch methodology wit More

This study, by considering the importance of e-learning in higher education system,has the aim to identify and explore alternative solutions of the development of elearningin Iran. This research has been conducted using an exploratory qualitativeresearch methodology with two groups of respondents including both faculty membersand PhD students in three different higher education institutes in Hamedan andKurdistan provinces. Data were gathered through interviews technique. The datacollection process was conducted to obtain complete and comprehensive data, andsaturation was attained by 25 respondents. The results revealed that effective elementsof e-learning development in Iran were: promoting cultural environment for both facultymembers and the students, supporting technical infrastructure, removing technologicaland economical barriers, conducting continuous training courses and workshops. Manuscript profile

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3 - E-learning in EFL classes: a facilitator for the learner or the teacher?
Fatemeh Bagheri Shahla Roshani Ghale Sheikhi

This study aimed at bringing into light the various aspects of the impact of e-learning on the EFLlearners and Teachers and the level of their satisfaction with the outcome of their implementationof e-learning in their classes. The participants consisted of EFL students More

This study aimed at bringing into light the various aspects of the impact of e-learning on the EFLlearners and Teachers and the level of their satisfaction with the outcome of their implementationof e-learning in their classes. The participants consisted of EFL students and teachers that theyselected randomly from ELT teachers and learners of Shokoh institute in Zanjan. 100 studentsand 20 teachers were selected randomly. 60 students were female and 40 male and 12 teacherswere female and 8 of them were male. The range of the students’ age was 19-21 years old andteachers’ was 27-45 years old. In order to meet the criteria of the present research according tothe research question, two instruments were used, questionnaire and written protocol. Havingdone the administration of the questionnaire and written protocol in form of semi-structuredinterview, the researcher gathered the questionnaires and transcribed the interviews and then thedata was analyzed. The results show that the teachers have a more positive perception towarde-learning. So, e-learning is more facilitator for EFL teachers than students. According to theresults of this study and previous studies reported in literature, it can be said that e-learning isaccepted by students and the teachers in online learning environment. Manuscript profile

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4 - Iranian EFL learners’ knowledge of overt pronoun constraint in English
Samaneh Afrazi Kalvir Ramin Rahmany

The present study aims to investigated Iranian L2 speaker`s knowledge of the overt pronounconstraint (OPC) in English. It also aims to examine L2 learners understanding of UniversalGrammar (Chomsky 1981, 1986, 2000, 2001) and if it is common to all languages. Specifical More

The present study aims to investigated Iranian L2 speaker`s knowledge of the overt pronounconstraint (OPC) in English. It also aims to examine L2 learners understanding of UniversalGrammar (Chomsky 1981, 1986, 2000, 2001) and if it is common to all languages. Specifically,this study takes a new look at the L2 acquisition of knowledge of the overt pronoun constraint(Montalbetti 1984) by Persian learners of English. The current work examines whether Iranianlearners of English can obtain native-like knowledge of OPC in their sentences. Forty femalelearners of English (intermediate and advanced) completed three tests, a Pet test and an EnglishOPC test with a Persian OPC test at the Kish English Language Institute in Tehran, Iran. Thesecomprised a multiple choice test for English language proficiency (PET test) to determine thelevel of each participant, and a multiple choice OPC test including English and Persian questionsto measure the possible effect of null or overt pronoun structures in sentence construction,evaluating the participants` knowledge of OPC usage. Results from the experiment show that L2speakers can successfully achieve knowledge of the OPC regardless of pronoun position in theirtarget language in both levels. However, the advanced level candidates performed much betteron the OPC construction in the English test than those in the intermediate. There was asignificant dependency between the English language proficiency level and the understanding ofOPC structures. We believe that language proficiency affects the use of OPC in learners ofPersian, suggesting that OPC may not hold true in different situations. The findings of thecurrent study may have suggestions for L2 learners and teachers. Manuscript profile

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5 - Strategies Used in Translation of Comedies with Emphasis on Politeness
Khojasteh Shirzadi Bahador Sadeghi

The present study sought to investigate the translation strategies in an American sitcom in Iranian EFLclasses with emphasis on politeness. The participants were 50 male and female Iranian undergraduateB.A. and M.A. students majoring in English Translation, and English More

The present study sought to investigate the translation strategies in an American sitcom in Iranian EFLclasses with emphasis on politeness. The participants were 50 male and female Iranian undergraduateB.A. and M.A. students majoring in English Translation, and English language teaching at the IslamicAzad University, North Tehran. The participants were administered three tests. A multiple choice test forEnglish language proficiency PET test to determine the level of the participants. A multiple choicepoliteness test including politeness, impoliteness and neutral sentences to measure the politeness ofhumor on participants’ comprehension and the participants’ knowledge of politeness structures. And atranslation strategies test to investigate the translation strategies in Friends series. Finding showed thatthere was a significant dependency between the participants’ English language proficiency level and theircomprehension and interpretation of politeness and impoliteness discourse in humor series. So highlanguage proficiency affects the comprehension, perception and interpretation of politeness andimpoliteness structures. The research discovered that in the translation strategies synonymy,naturalization and intra-textual gloss are the most frequent strategies which are used and performed wellin translation of Friends series, according to Aixelas’ (1996) and Davies’(2003) lists of strategies. Thefindings of the present study may have implications for EFL learners and teachers. Manuscript profile

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6 - The Effects of Cooperative Language Learning Strategies on Learning Active and Passive Structures among Iranian EFL Learners
Abbas Rahmani Mohammad Taghi Hassani

This study aims at investigating the effects of cooperative language learning on learning active and passive structures among Iranian EFL students. The participants of the study were 60 high school students that were selected from third grade of Barikbin high school in More

This study aims at investigating the effects of cooperative language learning on learning active and passive structures among Iranian EFL students. The participants of the study were 60 high school students that were selected from third grade of Barikbin high school in Qazvin. All of the participants were male. Their level of proficiency was intermediate. Then the participants were divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. Their age was between 16-17 years old. The experimental groupreceived passive and active structures’ instruction through cooperative language learning strategies and control group received normal instruction regarding passive and active structures. At the end of treatment, the post test was held in order to measure the difference between experimental and control groups’ achievements. The results show that that cooperative language learning strategies had significant effects on Iranian EFL students’ active and passive structures. Manuscript profile

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