Mohammad Amiryousefi

English Department, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

[ 1 ] - Effects of Task Complexity Increase on Computer-Mediated L2 Writing and Temporal Distribution of Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes

This study examined the effects of cognitive task complexity increase on the complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) as well as the temporal distribution of the cognitive and metacognitive processes involved in computer-mediated L2 written production. To this end, the study employed a between-subjects experimental design with 85 EFL learners from a language learning institute in Iran. Participa...

[ 2 ] - How Iranian EFL Learners, Persian Native Speakers, and English Native Speakers Attempt to Manage Rapport in Service Encounters

This study aims to examine the cross-cultural similarities and differences in the use of rapport management strategies (rapport enhancement, rapport maintenance, rapport neglect, and rapport challenge) in the complaints during service encounters based on Spencer Oatey’s (2008) model. To this end, 90 participants (30 Persian native speakers, 30 Iranian EFL (English as a foreign language) learner...

[ 3 ] - Affordances and limitations of technology: Voices from EFL teachers and learners

With the developments of new technologies appearing very quickly, the attention has been focused more on technology than learning. English centers and institutes have mostly been busy accommodating new programs and technologies and hence have not spent enough time to evaluate the CALL programs and technologies employed to find their affordances and limitations. The present study was an attempt ...

[ 4 ] - Analysis of Translation Strategies Employed in Awards-winning Subtitled Dramas

The increasing impact of audiovisual media and film industry in particular has led researchers to think of audiovisual translation strategies. Huge investments in film industry need global markets. Hence, there is a need for qualified translations and systematic studies dedicated to this area are in great demand. This study aims to investigate translation strategies adopted in the translation o...

[ 5 ] - Analysis of Translation Strategies Employed in Awards-winning Subtitled Dramas

The increasing impact of audiovisual media and film industry in particular has led researchers to think of audiovisual translation strategies. Huge investments in film industry need global markets. Hence, there is a need for qualified translations and systematic studies dedicated to this area are in great demand. This study aims to investigate translation strategies adopted in the translation o...

[ 6 ] - بررسی چگونگی ارتباط بین تمایل به برقراری ارتباط، خودپنداره، آرمان خود در زبان دوم و اعتبار معلم در میان فراگیران خارجی زبان فارسی در ایران

اهمیت چشمگیر تمایل به برقراری ارتباط در یادگیری زبان دوم، بسیاری از محققان را بر‌ آن داشته است تا در پی کشف عوامل مؤثر در بالابردن سطح برقراری ارتباط در میان زبان‌آموزان باشند. این مطالعه به بررسی یک تحقیق تجربی در زمینه­ی ارتباط بین تمایل به برقراری ارتباط، خود پنداری، آرمان خود در زبان دوم و اعتبار معلم می‌پردازد و همچنین سعی برآن دارد تا تأثیر دو متغیر فردی (خودپنداری و آرمان خود در زبان دوم...