This paper explores sub-disciplinary variations and generic structure of research article introductions (RAIs) within three sub-disciplines of applied linguistics (AL); namely, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Psycholinguistics, and Sociolinguistics, using Swales’(1990) CARS model. The corpus consisted of 90 RAIs drawn from a wide range of refereed journals in the corresponding sub-discipli...

The present study intended to propose a causal model of factors that would predict Oral Communication Apprehension (OCA) of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language. To conduct the study, 135 male and female University students majoring in English were selected. Five variables including: learners’self-esteem and introversion/extroversion(as independent variables), their gender and prof...

This study was conducted in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) context to explore Iranian teachers' perceptions of their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and their sense of professional identity (PI) as well as to scrutinize how their cognitions were practiced in EAP classes. To this end, two ELT teachers and two content instructors (i.e. subject experts who teach EAP courses in addition to...

With the expansion of technology and rapid spread Internet use around world, supply demand for education have shifted. In some cases, demographic changes led to population increases, posing challenges higher in terms education, especially given global Covid19. Higher institutions are researching adopting pedagogical approaches meet changing needs response various challenges, with E-learning is ...

English has established itself as a lingua franca for people from variety of linguistic and cultural origins in today's more globalized world. As result, English's current position is likely to have an effect on both EFL students' perceptions the language its pedagogy. The purpose this study was elicit perspectives (ELF) - defined common medium communication persons with varied instructional im...