Research Article
Bilingual and Monolingual EFL learners’ Use of Writing Metacognitive Strategies and Writing Performance
Bilingual and Monolingual EFL learners’ Use of Writing Metacognitive Strategies and Writing Performance

Fatemeh Poorebrahim; Mohammad Hassan Tahririan; Katayoon Afzali

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2017, Pages 1-22

https://doi.org/10.22108/are.2017.21323

Abstract
  Research has shown that writing skill of Iranian learners is not at a satisfactory level. One  of  the  ways  to  develop  writing  ability  ...  Read More
Research Article
Interface between Linguistic Noticing and Fossilization of Grammatical, Lexical, and Cohesive Features among Advanced EFL Learners
Interface between Linguistic Noticing and Fossilization of Grammatical, Lexical, and Cohesive Features among Advanced EFL Learners

Zia Tajeddin; Maryam Sadat Tabatabaeian

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2017, Pages 23-42

https://doi.org/10.22108/are.2017.21324

Abstract
  Fossilization has become the focus of many L2 studies since its introduction in 1972 as many learners fail to achieve native-speaker competence. Researchers have tried to unravel the ...  Read More
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The Lyrical Sensibility in English Nature Writing: An Appraisal Analysis
The Lyrical Sensibility in English Nature Writing: An Appraisal Analysis

Zahra Kordjazi; Behzad Ghonsooly; Mohammad Ghazanfari

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2017, Pages 43-66

https://doi.org/10.22108/are.2017.21325

Abstract
  Abstract: This study explores emotive language in lyrical nature writing from the perspective of ecolinguistics in four nature books. In fact, embodied mind style is explored by considering ...  Read More
Research Article
Native and Non-native Teachers’ Pragmatic Criteria for Rating Request Speech Act: The Case of American and Iranian EFL Teachers
Native and Non-native Teachers’ Pragmatic Criteria for Rating Request Speech Act: The Case of American and Iranian EFL Teachers

Minoo Alemi; Neda Khanlarzadeh

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2017, Pages 67-84

https://doi.org/10.22108/are.2017.21326

Abstract
  Abstract: Over the last few decades, several aspects of pragmatic knowledge and its effects on teaching  and  learning  a  second  language  (L2)  ...  Read More
Research Article
Examining University Students' Scholarly Publication in English Journals: A Case for Postgraduate Students' Written Literacy Practices
Examining University Students' Scholarly Publication in English Journals: A Case for Postgraduate Students' Written Literacy Practices

Marjan Vosoughi; Sue-San Ghahremani Ghajar; Atefeh Navarchi

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2017, Pages 85-116

https://doi.org/10.22108/are.2017.21328

Abstract
  This  research  aimed  to  screen  'essay  writing'  difficulties  that  non-native  university students  at  postgraduate  ...  Read More
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Realization of Verbal Appropriacy/ Inappropriacy in Persian:  A Variational Pragmatics approach
Realization of Verbal Appropriacy/ Inappropriacy in Persian: A Variational Pragmatics approach

Reza Khany; Mahdi Najar

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2017, Pages 117-140

https://doi.org/10.22108/are.2017.21327

Abstract
  Abstract: Avoiding the current terminology debates in the literature on politeness research  and following  a  variational  pragmatics  approach,  this  ...  Read More