Vocabulary acquisition is essential to achieve fluency in the target language; however, it a daunting and unending task for second language learners due large number of words required be learne. This two-group, pre/post/delayed post-test quasi-experimental study aims investigate whether English as Foreign Language (EFL) could learn new incidentally from reading texts their coursebooks there was...

The present article arises from a three-year cross sectional investigation into English Language Teaching (ELT) in secondary schools in Iran and the role of Communicative Pedagogy within this. The study has examined the extent of communicative pedagogy within the Iranian national ELT curriculum, the ELT programme and to some extent the English language coursebooks used in secondary schools. Wha...

Extracting incompatible values in the best-sellers current in ELT markets is a real concern. In this study, the researchers tried to bring some claims/counterclaims for hidden ideologies regarding two imported English language teaching coursebooks-Four Corners and Impact Values Series, which are commonly taught within Iranian English language institutes. The main intention was that they might t...

  Concerns over the phony nature of textbooks and artificiality of their contents in reflecting authentic language have been raised by a number of researchers. It has been argued that many language teaching programs result in the failure of learners of English to successfully communicate in the target language. The problem with these programs is that there is no general agreement about the succ...

Argument maps as schematic representations of arguments and their logical and evidential relationships are effective diagrams for instruction in education as well as in L2 development. However, their use for teaching L2 writing in EFL contexts has not been adequately studied. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of argument mapping instruction on Iranian EFL learners’ writing achieveme...

Teaching English as a second or foreign language has internationally turned into a determiner of success for societies. Thus, the demand has risen for changes in English Language Teaching (ELT) curricula in different contexts. In response to the growing globalization and the dissatisfaction of many Iranian ELT stakeholders with the former program in lower and upper high-school levels, the Minis...

This paper investigates the second language (L2) acquisition of Turkish category Ad tamlaması (AT). AT consists an umbrella term which is encountered in grammars and L2-Turkish coursebooks to refer three forms Nominal Syntagmatic Sets (NSS), namely a) N-(n)In N-(s)I(n), b) N N-(s)I(n) c) N-(y) . trying examine whether apparently formal similarity these 3 Tamlaması (NSS-AT) can be correlated wit...

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore whether Advanced Reading, an intensive reading coursebook in advanced level, includes elements critical thinking, which refers the skill, disposition, and knowledge. Critical thinking processes from Thomas Lok’s (2015) framework. This adopted a qualitative approach using evaluation checklist adapted Lok (2015). A deductive content analysis used...