Volume 6, Number 1, January 2015

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REGULAR PAPERS

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Knowledge Construction and Negotiation of Leadership in Collaborative Talks among Multilingual Students

Ruilan Zhao

 

Learners¡¯ L1 Use in a Task-based Classroom: Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language from a Sociocultural Perspective

Rui Bao and Xiangyun Du

 

The Construct Validity of a Reading Test Based on Narrative Texts

Godefroid B. Katalayi and Sivakumar Sivasubramaniam

 

English Speakers Learning Spanish: Perception Issues Regarding Vowels and Stress

Sof¨ªa Romanelli and Andrea C. Menegotto

 

Relationship between Learners¡¯ German Language Communicative Abilities and Their Prior Performance in a National Ugandan Certificate Examination

Samuel Sekiziyivu and Christopher Byalusago Mugimu

 

Making Complaints¡ªProficiency Effects on Instructor- and Peer-directed Email Correspondence

Chi-yin Hong

 

Translating Le Monde and El Pa¨ªs English Business Loan Terms into Arabic: A Corpus-based Analysis

Mohamed M. Mostafa

 

Competency of Teaching English in Indian Context: A Situational Analysis

Baishalee Rajkhowa and Swarnalata Das

 

Exploring the Harmony between Jordanian EFL Teachers¡¯ and Students¡¯ Beliefs about Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Mohammad Abd Alhafeez Ali Ta'amneh

 

Some Reflections on the Relationships between Bilingualism, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Error Making in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Mali

Mamadou Gueye

 

EFL Undergraduates¡¯ Awareness of Translation Errors in Their Everyday Environment

Chin-Wen Chien

 

Interactional Patterns in Face-to-face and Synchronous Computer-mediated Communication in Problem-based Learning Contexts

Worasiri Boonsue, Anchalee Jansem, and Sirinan Srinaowara

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Questioning Powers of the Students in the Class

Murni Mahmud

 

The Impact of Linguistic Imperialism on Iranian EFL Learners¡¯ Home Culture Detachment

Mahshid Hejazi and Azar Hosseini Fatemi

 

Graded English Series (GES)¡ªA Possible Way Out for the Reform of the English Teaching in China

Tian Wang and Jianhe Xie

 

The Impact of Undergraduate Students¡¯ Learning Preferences (VARK Model) on Their Language Achievement

Hessam Moayyeri

 

Increasing Motivation at University Level: A Paradigm of Action Research

Illahi Bux Gopang, Abdul Fattah Soomro, and Faraz Ali Bughio

 

The Impact of Group Formation Method (Student-selected vs. Teacher-assigned) on Group Dynamics and Group Outcome in EFL Creative Writing

Jaleh Hassaskhah and Hamideh Mozaffari

 

Analysis of the Translators¡¯ Social and Psychological Trends from the Perspective of Intertextuality

Wenying Zhang and Nan Zhao

 

The Comparative Impact of Visual Aids and Contextualization on Field-dependent and Field-independent EFL Learners¡¯ Vocabulary Retention

Behdokht Mall-Amiri and Masoomeh Arabgol

 

Discourse Mastery Based on Indonesian Language Teaching Skills of the Second Grade Students in Senior High School, Pangkep Regency

Paris, Ide Said, Akmal Hamsa, and Mahmudah

 

The Impact of Attending EFL Classes on the Iranian Female Learners¡¯ Attributional Complexity

Nazanin Saryazdi and Azar Hosseini Fatemi

 

An Empirical Study of Blog-assisted EFL Process Writing: Evidence from Chinese Non-English Majors

Haiyan Zhou

 

The Influence of Concept Mapping on Reading Comprehension of Iranian English Students Employing Persuasive and Descriptive Texts

Vahideh Beydarani

 

When Metaphors Cross Cultures

Maisarah M. Almirabi

 

Exploring Flow Theory in TOEFL Texts: Expository and Argumentative Genre

Zeinab Azizi and Behzad Ghonsooly

 

A Contrastive Analysis of Connotations of ¡°Éß(she)¡± and ¡°Snake¡±

Chen Chen and Xiaohui Shan

 

On the Translation of Advertisements: A Comparative Study of English-Persian Verbal Metaphors

Shakiba Fadaee and Mahmood Hashemian

 

Politeness in Buginese Language as a Social Status Symbol in Wajo Regency

Haerany Halim, Sjahruddin Kaseng, Zainuddin Taha, and Akmal Hamsa

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