Volume 4, Number 4, July 2013

Table of Contents

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REGULAR PAPERS

L2 Writing Assessment in the Greek School of Foreign Languages

Despoina Panou

 

Vocabulary Learning Strategies of the Advanced Students

Katarzyna Maria Nosidlak

 

EFL Students¡¯ Judgments of English Idioms Familiarity and Transparency

Sameer S. Aljabri

 

The Comparison of English Learning between Two Ethnic Groups

Ching-Ying Lin and Yong-Ming Chen

 

Learner Involvement in Language Development: From Course Design to Performance Assessment

Abdulmoneim Mahmoud

 

Use of Technology in Classroom for Professional Development

Fouzieh Sabzian, Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani, and Sedigheh Sodouri

 

A Case Study of Exploring Viability of Task-based Instruction on College English Teaching in Big-sized Class

Xiangyang Zhang and Shu-Chiu Hung

 

Relationship between VAK Learning Styles and Problem Solving Styles regarding Gender and Students' Fields of Study

Shahin Gholami and Mohammad S. Bagheri

 

A Study on the Pragmatic Fossilization of Discourse Markers among Chinese English Learners

Hongwei Zhao

 

Cultural Capital and English Language Achievement at Grade Three in Iranian High Schools

Ebrahim Khodadady and Marziye Mokhtary

 

Binary Oppositions in the Structure of Masnavi Stories

Alimorad Ahmadi, Mansour Neurouzi Mostaali, Faramarz Piri, and Mandana Rahimi Bajelani

 

Learning a Foreign Language through Text and Memorisation: The Chinese Learners¡¯ Perceptions

Xia Yu

 

Brian Friel¡¯s Translations: A Bourdieusian Reading

Hossein Pirnajmuddin and Elham Heidari

 

The Impact of Gender and Strategic Pre-task Planning Time on EFL Learners¡¯ Oral Performance in Terms of Accuracy

Ali Shafaei, Asghar Salimi, and Zahra Talebi

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The Semantic Understanding of the English Counterfactual Conditionals¡ªA Model Based on Conceptual Integration Theory

Ling Qin

 

Lexical Collocation Instruction and Its Impact on Iranian Non-academic EFL Learners¡¯ Speaking Ability

Zohreh G. Shooshtari and Nasibeh Karami

 

Relationship between Multiple Intelligences and Writing Strategies

Narges Moheb and Mohammad S. Bagheri

 

A Study on Flow Theory and Translation Teaching in China¡¯s EFL Class

Xiaowei Guan

 

Adopted vs. Adapted EFL Textbooks in Iranian Context: Focusing on Gender Representation and Teacher Beliefs

Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash and Elmira Kooshavar

 

The Effect of Collaborative Writing on EFL Learners Writing Ability at Elementary Level

Masoumeh Shiri Aminloo

 

On Social Reality behind the Absurdity of Barthelme¡¯s The Glass Mountain

Xiaohua Wen

 

A Critical Evaluation of PNU ESP Textbooks

Hossein Davari, Abutaleb Iranmehr, and Seyyed Mahdi Erfani

 

The Role of L1 in L2 Idiom Comprehension

Saeed Taki and Muhammad Reza Namy Soghady

 

An Analysis of Spoken Language and Written Language and How They Affect English Language Learning and Teaching

Bei Zhang

 

A Contrastive Study on Transitional Markers in English Language Teaching Research Articles Written by English and Persian Academic Writers

Mansooreh Elahi and Mohammad Taghi Badeleh

 

The Effect of the Etymological Elaboration and Rote Memorization on Learning Idioms by Iranian EFL Learners

Iraj Noroozi and Hadise Salehi

 

Relevance and Coherence

Lihong Shen

 

A CDA Approach to the Biased Interpretation and Representation of Ideologically Conflicting Ideas in Western Printed Media

Amir Shojaei, Kazem Youssefi, and Hossein Shams Hosseini

 

Challenges of Language Syllabus Design in EFL/ESL Contexts

Azadeh Gholaminia Tabari

 

An Output-guided Study of Chinese Students¡¯ ESA Difficulty

Ting Zhang

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