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Iranian EFL Journal 1
The Iranian EFL Journal April 2014 Volume 10 Issue 2
ISSN On-line: 1836-8751
ISSN Print: 1836-8743
The Iranian EFL Journal
April 2014
Volume 10
Issue 2
Chief Editors
Dr. Paul Robertson
Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh
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The Iranian EFL Journal April 2014 Volume 10 Issue 2
Publisher
Dr. Paul Robertson
Time Taylor International Ltd.
Senior Associate Editor
Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Roger Nunn The Petroleum Institute
Abu Dhabi UAE
Dr. John Adamson Shinshu Honan College
Japan
Professor Dr. Z.N. Patil
Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages
Hyderabad, India
Senior Statesmen
Professor Rod Ellis
University of Auckland New Zealand
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Associate Editors
Professor Dr. Dan Douglas Iowa State University
USA
Dr. Reza Pishghadam Ferdowsi university of
Mashhad Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Behzad Ghonsooly Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Prof. Dr. Rana Nayar Panjab University
India
Dr. Abdolmahdy Riazi Shirza University
Iran
Dr. Mahmood Reza Atai Tarbiat Moallem University
Tehran, Iran
Editorial team
Dr. Pourya Baghaii Islamic Azad University, Mashhad
Branch, Iran
Dr. Zohre Eslami Rasekh Texas A & M University
USA
Dr. Azizullah Fatahi Shar-e Kord University
Iran
Dr. Mohammad Reza Hashemi Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Parvaneh Tavakoli University of Reading,
Humanities and Social Sciences Building Whiteknights England
Dr. Seyyed Ayatollah Razmju Shiraz University
Iran
Dr. Shamala Paramasivam University of Putra
Malaysia
Dr. Manizheh Yuhannaee University of Isfahan
Iran
Dr. Antony Fenton Soka University
Japan
Dr. Esma’eel Abdollahzadeh Iran University of Science and
Technology Iran
Dr. Ingrid Mosquera Gende Bettatur University College of
Tourism Tarragona, Spain
Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Christopher Alexander University of Nicosia
Cyprus
Dr. Robert Kirkpatrick Shinawatra International
University, Thailand
Dr. Abbas Zare’ee Kashan University
Iran
Dr. Masood Khoshsaligheh Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Dr. Masoud Sharififar Shahid Bahonar University
of Kerman Kerman, Iran
Dr. Naser Rashidi Shiraz University
Iran
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The Iranian EFL Journal Press A Division of Time Taylor Publishers QC Pavilion Cebu http://www.Iranian-efl-journal.com [email protected] This E book is in copyright. No reproduction may take place without the express written permission of the Iranian EFL Journal No unauthorized copying All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Iranian EFL Journal. Chief Editor: Dr. Paul Robertson Senior Associate Editor: Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
ISSN On-line: 1836-8751 ISSN Print: 1836-8743
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Table of Contents
Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh 8 - 10
1-The Effect of Teaching Lexical Cohesive Devices through Short Stories on Reading Comprehension among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners Maliheh Konarizadeh, Farzin Fahimniya and Ali Asghar Eftekhary 11 - 28 2- The Impact of Teacher Feedback on the Accuracy of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners: Cohesive Devices in Focus Seyed Mahdi Araghi and Fereshteh Asadzadian 29 - 41 3- The Relationship between Trilingualism and Attention Span: the Case of Iranian Trilinguals Saeed Khojasteh Nam, Nasser Fallah and Amir Shahraki 42 - 62 4- Investigating the Impact of Emotional Intelligence in ESP Reading Comprehension Test Performance Mostafa Khorsandi and Leila Mahd Qarabagh 63 - 77 5- English as an International Language in Iran and Teachers’ Competence Zahra Masoumpanah, Mohammad Reza Talebinezhad and Sadegh Shariatifar 78 - 92 6- Iranian EFL Learners' Attitudes towards CALL Salma Parhizgar 93 - 115 7- A Contrastive Study of Translation Strategies across Literary and Philosophical Genres Angineh Sarkisian, Zahra Amirian and Akbar Hesabi 116 – 130 8- A Comparative Study of Cohesive Devices in Reading Comprehension Texts by TEFL and Translation Students Abdolreza Pazhakh, Elkhas Veisi and Mohammadyar-e-Raeesi 131 - 152 9- The Study of Translation Strategies of English Idioms in Children's Literary Books Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh, Navid Rahmani and Mahdie Askarpour 153 - 161 10- The Cross-sectional Study of Iranian EFL Teachers’ Burnout and their Teaching Styles Preferences: Relationship in Focus Seyyed Reza Seyyedi Noghabi and Farrokhlagh Heidari 162 – 175
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11- A Study of Translating Metaphors in Business Texts: A Case Study: Eat That Frog!
Sahar Soltaninejad and Masoud Sharififar 176 - 184 12- The Aesthetic Comparison of Hafez Shirazi’s and William Shakespeare’s Sonnets Mokhtar Ebrahimi and Maryam Ebrahimi 185 - 197 13- Exploring the Relationship between Willingness to Communicate, Self-perception and Personality Type among Iranian EFL Learners in Ayandesazan Institute of Kerman Behnam Safaei, Reza Pasha Moghmizade and Mohammad Shariati 198 - 217 14- The Role of Power Relations in the Translations of Postcolonial Fictions: Focusing on English Translations of Persian Works Ahmad Alibabaee and Laleh Sheivandi 218 - 236 15- Item Preview and Proficiency Level in Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Items Saba Vafakhah 237 - 251 16- Investigating the role of Language Learning Strategies, the role of Language Learning Styles, and their relationship among EFL students of Azad University of Kerman Masoume Askarpour Kabir, Reza Pasha Moghmizade and Mohammad Shariati 252 - 268 17- A Metacritical Approach to the Translation of The Great Gatsby Sara Zandian 269 - 280 18- The Role of Form-Focused Instruction in the Acquisition of the Relative Clauses by Iranian EFL learners Farzaneh Emadian Naeini and Ali Akbar Jabbari 281 - 292 19- A Glocalized Post-Method Language Curriculum Saeedeh Erfan Rad and Mehrshad Ahmadian 293 - 305 20- Mobile vs Teacher Assisted Language Learning
Mohammad Reza Ghorbani 306 - 316
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21- Investigating the Relation between Topic-hood with Definiteness, Subject-hood, and Prosodic Prominence Habib Gowhary, Akbar Azizifar and Zakiyeh Esmaeili 317 – 330 22- Implementing Performance Based Assessment in the EFL Curriculum Ashraf Haji Maibodi 331 - 351 23- A Contrastive Analysis on the Application of Definite and Indefinite Articles in the Story Texts in Persian and English Languages Atiyeh Kamyabi Gol and Beheshteh Shakhsi Dastgahian 352 - 361 24- The Relationship between Teachers’ Gender and Their Emotional Attitudes Behzad Barekat and Samaneh Karami 362 – 381 25- An Exploration of RA Abstracts: From Schematic Structure to Modalization Mohammad Reza Shamsaddini and Ali Mansouri Nejad 382 - 395 26- Correct I or I Don’t Correct Myself: The Effect of Corrective Feedback on EFL Students Writing Hussein Meihami and Fateme Husseini 396 - 407 27- Translating Cultural Terms in Harry Potter Azadeh Gholamreza Mirzaei and Masoud Sharififar 408 - 422 28- The Power of Powerless Language Tests: Test Takers' perceptions Kioumars Razavipour 423 - 441 29- Power Distribution in EFL Context: Probing the Potential Role of Age and Grade of Study Parviz Alavinia and Seyyed Hatam Tamimi Sa'd 442 - 457 30- EFL Teachers’ Perception of Professional Knowledge through In-service Programmes Ghasemali Azadi 458 - 474
