Papers by Alireza Bonyadi
Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2020
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The rhetorical properties of the schematic structures of newspaper editorials: A comparative stud... more The rhetorical properties of the schematic structures of newspaper editorials: A comparative study of English
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2015
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2016
1.IntroductionFor many teachers efficiency of the teaching and achieving the preplanned goals of ... more 1.IntroductionFor many teachers efficiency of the teaching and achieving the preplanned goals of the educational system and goals of the class, is a vital issue in teaching-learning process. Rock, Gregg, Ellis and Gable (2008) acclaim that, today teachers are responsible not only for meeting the diverse needs of all students but also for ensuring improved educational outcomes.Improving skills and specially reading skill and comprehension from reading in EFL setting is a pivotal issue which concerns any language teacher, educational expert and learners themselves in any educational system. Importance of reading in lesson plan and curriculum and its effect on other skills is emphasized by some of the scholars (Brown, 2001; Chastain, 1988; Lindsay and Knight, 2006; etc.). DI which takes into account differences of the learners, can be an alternative approach for teaching English in rural areas. So this approach seems to be effective in rural environment and more probable to meet the ne...
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2014
1. IntroductionEnglish teachers as well as researchers have made efforts to explore strategies an... more 1. IntroductionEnglish teachers as well as researchers have made efforts to explore strategies and techniques for teaching English vocabulary. They have become aware of the importance of vocabulary learning in the process of learning a language. Due to this, learning vocabulary is a basic component of language proficiency. Inadequate vocabulary knowledge is one of the most difficult tasks for Iranian students affecting their language skills development and learning ability.Traditionally, teaching English language in Iranian schools, in many cases, has focused on Learners English grammar. It is based on the assumption that that knowing about the language would lead learners to use the language in real life situations. However, real life language use cannot be equated with the knowing on language usage. It is a complex process that needs integration of all language skills.Certainly, the integration of skills cannot be done by chance, as there are some methods and techniques that help ...
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Acknowledging the importance of learner autonomy (LA) as one of the hottest concepts in EFL conte... more Acknowledging the importance of learner autonomy (LA) as one of the hottest concepts in EFL contexts, the author of Autonomy, Agency, and Identity in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language has endeavored to explore critically these notions within the context of recent research findings. Throughout its eight chapters, the book aims at providing EFL teachers with frameworks connecting the three notions so that they can equip themselves with a deeper “understanding of the challenges in EFL teaching and learning” (p. x). While chapters 1-6 elaborate on the different theoretical aspects of Autonomy, Agency, and Identity, chapters 7 and 8 each includes a qualitative research paper on teachers’ and learners’ identity respectively.
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2016
1.IntroductionThe wide recognition of affective factors in the learning process and their inclusi... more 1.IntroductionThe wide recognition of affective factors in the learning process and their inclusion in different learning theories reveals their important place in modern conceptualizations of human learning (Schmitt, 2002). According to Brown (2007) any theory of second language acquisition which claims to be a thorough and complete definition of the language learning process, should deal with both the cognitive and affective factors of the language learners. According to Schmitt (2002) affective side of human beings is the emotional aspect of their behavior which has a close correlation with their cognitive side and is very significant in determining their responses in various contexts. Among the affective factors of human behavior, human personality has attracted the attention of different psychologists, educationalists, and all the people which deal with human learning in some way (Ellis, 2008). A review of the research regarding the effects of personality on the academic achiev...
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2015
1. IntroductionThere are many reasons to suppose that English is the world's most common lang... more 1. IntroductionThere are many reasons to suppose that English is the world's most common language. Speaking English not only can allow you to travel and do business and still be able to talk to a large majority of people no matter where you go but also can convey information and ideas, and maintain social relationship by communicating with others. It is worth to point out that McDonough and Shaw (2003) devoted considerable attention to speaking skills and said: -With the recent growth of English as an international language of communication, there is clearly a need for many learners to speak and interact in a multiplicity of situations through the language, be it for foreign travel, business or other professional reasons." (p.133).As McCarthy(1991) mentioned, it is undeniable fact that: -Interactional talk has as its primary functions the lubrication of the social wheels, establishing roles and relationships with another person, confirming and consolidating relationships, e...
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2016
1.IntroductionAccording to Graves (2000), short stories are among the most effective reading text... more 1.IntroductionAccording to Graves (2000), short stories are among the most effective reading texts for the teaching of different linguistic items including vocabulary items and grammatical structures. As he noted, since short stories are more directly related to the language learners' lives, they are more interesting for the learners as reading tasks and as free reading texts. As Stahl (1999) noted, among different reading text genres, the short story has not received enough attention in research studies. As he explained, in addition to the research studies, most of the curriculum designers have neglected short stories in the language teaching materials in both the second and foreign language contexts.A review of the literature regarding the use of short stories in language classrooms shows that these stories have been mostly employed in order to investigate the learners' general comprehension. That is, most of the research studies have investigated their effectiveness for t...
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IntroductionWhile learning multiple languages is excellent as it allows you to speak with a large... more IntroductionWhile learning multiple languages is excellent as it allows you to speak with a larger group of global people, speaking English has some importance aspects like English is the world's most common language. It can't be denied that this international language may help the learners prepare better for their career in the future because it does not only equip learners with a necessary source of information of social and culture knowledge, but also gives them up-to-date information concerning a different issues in our society.The following figure (figure 1) shows the role of speaking in Language history (Celce- Murcia,2001)Chun (2006) did an essay about four skills of language. The real purpose of language learning is to enhance the speakers' four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, with the base of wide range of vocabulary and good structure, but this is not the optimal objective. The last end is to empower speakers to use the language by using all...
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1.IntroductionInterlanguage pragmatics( ILP) deals with the " investigation of NNSs' com... more 1.IntroductionInterlanguage pragmatics( ILP) deals with the " investigation of NNSs' comprehension of speech acts, and the acquisition of L2-related speech act knowledge"(Kasper and Dahl,1991, P.215), and its domain is extended to include the use of L2 communication strategies and the emergence of intercultural styles. As Thomas (1983) believes, ILP pinpoints how learners realize speech acts and indicates that even advanced learners can fail to convey or comprehend intended meanings. Therefore, speech acts and pragmatic transfer are two fields of study in ILP.The performance of speech act, which is one of the basic issues in the realm of ILP, involves both sociolinguistic and sociocultural knowledge which determines when to perform a speech act and which one is appropriate in a given situation. In accordance with Austin (1962) and Searle (1969) it connotes the presentation of three types of act: locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. The locutionary...
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2015
1. IntroductionTasks have a central role in modern SLA research and especially in language pedago... more 1. IntroductionTasks have a central role in modern SLA research and especially in language pedagogy. It is in the natural setting where the word "task" entered language teaching through work with adults who needed to use the second language outside the classes (Allwrights, 1979; Breen, 1984; Nunan, 1989; 1993 as cited in Megias, 2004).The principle of "task" can be traced back from 1980s, responding to dissatisf action with dominate principles of traditional methods (Norris, 2009). They resulted in disappointing outcomes and unsuccessful learners. At that time, tasks were considered as mechanisms for production phase of teaching.Scholars have defined tasks in different ways. Long (1985) has defined task as a piece of work undertaken freely or for the same rewards: painting a fence, filling out a form.... For Crooks (1986) task is a piece of work or activity with a specified objective, as a part of educational course, or at work. According to Bygate (2001) task is...
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2015
IntroductionSpeaking is an interactive process of communicating meaning which involves producing,... more IntroductionSpeaking is an interactive process of communicating meaning which involves producing, receiving and processing information (Burns & Joyce, 1997). Its form and meaning depend on the context such as the participants themselves, their collective experiences, the physical environment, and the purposes for speaking (Cunningham, 1999).According to Richard (2008), speaking has a prominent place in language classes all over the world. He claims that needs for speaking English as an international language intensified importance of finding more effective ways to teach English (Richard, 2008).At the same time, fades and fashions affected approaches of teaching speaking in ELT. For most of the English teachers who were followers of traditional methodologies of the 1790, speaking usually meant repeating after the teacher, memorizing a dialogue, or responding to drills, all of which reflect the sentence-based view of proficiency prevailing in the audio-lingual and other drill-based or...
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Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2015
1. IntroductionBeing competent in a language is no longer equal to having grammatical or textual ... more 1. IntroductionBeing competent in a language is no longer equal to having grammatical or textual competence. Although grammatical knowledge is vital for communication, by redefinition of communicative competence and emergence of some theoretical models by Canal & Swain(1980) Bachman(1990), and Bachman & Palmer(1996),more emphasis is given to pragmatic competence.Communicative competence is composed of knowledge of grammar, vocabulary of a language, rules of speaking, knowing how to use and respond to different types of speech acts, and how to use language appropriately (Richards, Platt, and Weber, 1985).According to Hymes(l 971 ),commumca Live' competence includes both knowledge of linguistic rules and socio-cultural rules for appropriate use. Bachman and Palmer (19%) emphasize two subcomponents of communicative ability: language knowledge and strategic competence. Bachman (1990) further classifies language knowledge into organizational competence and pragmatic competence. Kaspe...
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The International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research, 2021
Consecutive interpreting is the most popular type of interpretation work, and its highly cognitiv... more Consecutive interpreting is the most popular type of interpretation work, and its highly cognitively complex nature usually poses challenges for student interpreters (Arumí Ribas, 2012). However, compared with the theoretical issues of translation and interpreting (with which the bulk of the published literature is concerned), the practical aspects of consecutive interpreting have not been paid due attention. As “a response to the almost total lack of published material on consecutive [interpreting] as a whole” (Gillies, 2019, p. 13) and also based on the author’s 20-year experience in reading, practising, and teaching consecutive interpreting, the recently published Consecutive interpreting: A short course has broken down consecutive interpreting pedagogically into its basic components...
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The Journal of AsiaTEFL, 2019
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LSP International Journal, 2018
English for specific purposes, ESP, has been taught in Iran’s higher educational centers for year... more English for specific purposes, ESP, has been taught in Iran’s higher educational centers for years. For certain reasons, however, these courses have been marginalized and less exposed to expert’s criticism and evaluation. To evaluate the effectiveness of these courses in assisting the students to achieve the desired educational objectives, non-participant observations of ESP classes in two of the country’s institutions of higher education were carried out. Based on our observations, we found that developing the reading skills was the main objective of these classes. Moreover, it was found that the students in their struggle to comprehend the assigned reading texts had problems in recognizing the basic sentence structure, the grammatical functions of gerunds, polysemous words and passive voice. The level of difficulty of the texts was found to be the source of reading problems as well. Considering the findings from the observed classes, the paper offers some practical suggestions for...
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Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2019
Taking discourse approach towards language teaching has been drawing researchers’ and practitione... more Taking discourse approach towards language teaching has been drawing researchers’ and practitioners’ attention since the introduction of discourse analysis as a discipline in social sciences. Based on the premise that education for sustainable development (ESD) in language pedagogy cannot be realized fully unless language teachers are equipped with theoretical issues in discourse analysis, the purpose of this paper is to review the current research on discourse analysis and language teaching. The focus on the intersection of discourse analysis and language education indicates that three approaches, namely Critical discourse analysis, Descriptive discourse analysis, and Pedagogical discourse analysis have been taken by practitioners in educational context. As for directions of future research on discourse analysis and language teaching, it was postulated that the prospective researchers in the field are expected to focus on operationalizing the discourse concepts at the methodologica...
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