Mahmood Validi
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
[ 1 ] - Medical Research Article Introductions in Persian and English Contexts: Rhetorical and Metadiscoursal Differences
Medical discourse has recently attracted much scholarly attention. However, few studies have concentrated on both the overall rhetorical structure of the research article (RA) and the specific lexicogrammatical features of the texts, particularly English-Persian contrastive studies on medical RAs. Relying on Nwogu’s (1997) framework, the present study aimed at providing a macroanalysis of the I...
[ 2 ] - Washback to Classroom Climate: The Case of an IELTS Speaking Preparation Course
In applied linguistics, washback, or backwash, refers to the influence of tests on teaching and learning. Though there is now a large body of research investigating the impact of tests on educational processes and outcomes, the possible effect of language tests on the psychological environment of language classrooms remains underexplored. This study examined the effect of IELTS on the classroom...
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