Volume 3, Number 1, January 2012

Table of Contents

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REGULAR PAPERS

Heralding an ICT Environment in Initial EFL Teacher Training Programmes through a Curricular Innovation

Murat Hismanoglu

 

Written Error Feedback from Perception to Practice: A Feedback on Feedback

Reza Norouzian and Ali Akbar Khomeijani Farahani

 

The Influence of Formal Language Learning Environment on Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Shima Kameli, Ghazali Bin Mostapha, and Roselan Bin Baki

 

Bilingual English-Persian Dictionaries from a Pragmatic Perspective: Labeling in Focus

Azizollah Dabaghi and Zohreh Gharaei

 

The Effective Role of Language Supervisor in the Enhancement of Foreign Language Education in Developing Countries

Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek

 

The Role of Zone of Proximal Development in the Students¡¯ Learning of English Adverbs

Abbas Ali Rezaee and Zeinab Azizi

 

Empirical Research on the Chinese Ability of New Vietnamese Female Immigrants in Southern Taiwan

Hsiao-wen Huang and Hengli Liao

 

On the Role of Phonological Processing in L2 Reading

Mohammad Khatib and Jalil Fat¡¯hi

 

Cultural Awareness and Translation Teaching at Higher Vocational College: Problems and Solutions

Xuelian He

 

Differential Item Functioning: Implications for Test Validation

Mohammad Salehi and Alireza Tayebi

 

Teachers Identity in the Modern World, and the Factors which Shape them up Professionally and Psychologically

Muhammad Saboor Hussain, M. Manshoor Hussain Abbasi, Muhammad Afzal Awan, and Aisha Farid

 

An Investigation into the Problems of Teaching and Learning English in the Isfahan Province High Schools, Iran

Omid Tabatabaei and Ali A. Pourakbari

 

The Research on Willingness to Communicate in Chinese Students¡¯ EFL Study

Li Fu, Xuesong Wang, and Yang Wang

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The Effect of Written Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners¡¯ Performance after Collaborative Output

Shirin Abadikhah and Azadeh Ashoori

 

Choosing Teaching as a Career: Motivations of Pre-service English Teachers in Turkey

Ece Zehir Topkaya and Mehmet Sercan Uztosun

 

The Impact of Reading Strategy Training on the Reading Comprehension of Iranian EFL Learners

Hamid Reza Khalaji and Karim Vafaeeseresht

 

The Semiotic Analysis on the Appearance of Chinese and American Pavilions in Shanghai Expo

Shirong Zhang and Fan Yang

 

The Causes of Reading Difficulty: The Perception of Iranian EFL Post-graduate and Under-graduate Students

Shiela Kheirzadeh and Elahe Tavakoli

 

The Various Concepts of Curriculum and the Factors Involved in Curricula-making

Shao-Wen Su

 

Form-focused Instruction: A New Interpretation of TBLT in Iranian EFL Setting

Mojgan Rashtchi and Arshya Keyvanfar

 

An Eclectic Method of College English Teaching

Wenjing Li

 

Does Critical Thinking Enhance EFL Learners¡¯ Receptive Skills?

Mohammad Reza Hashemi and Reza Zabihi

 

Figurative Language and Stylistic Function in J. P. Clark-Bekederemo's Poetry

Ebi Yeibo

 

The Effects of Explicit/Implicit Instruction and Feedback on the Development of Persian EFL Learners¡¯ Pragmatic Competence in Suggestion Structures

Azin Salemi, Mitra Rabiee, and Saeed Ketabi

 

Validity of the Principle of Dynamic Equivalence

Yinhua Xiang

 

A Debate on Literature as a Teaching Material in FLT

Ferdows Aghagolzadeh and Farzaneh Tajabadi

 

A Brief Analysis of the Hero¡¯s Withdrawing from the Business of the World in 1900

Jun Xu

 

Teaching Pronunciation: The Lost Ring of the Chain

Majid Soltani Moghaddam, Morteza Nasiri, Alireza Zarea, and Sajjad Sepehrinia

 

Cultural Differences in English Literature for Chinese Students

Dini Zhang and Huaiyong Gao

 

The Predictive Validity of Final English Exams as a Measure of Success in Iranian National University Entrance English Exam

Taher Alavi

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