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The present article studies Quranic quotations in the poetry of Mohammad Iqbal Lahori based on the approach of intertextuality. Iqbal is one of the greatest poets and intellectuals of the Eastern Muslim world. Quran is a source of inspiration both in his life and poetic career. His poetry is interwoven with Quran through intertextual Quotations. These Quranic quotations are central to the production of meaning in Iqbal’s poems. The present research limits itself to Julia Kristeva’s concept of intertextuality. Kristeva (1980) states that meaning is not inherent in the text rather it is produced through the intertextual relations between texts. This research aims to apply Plett’s (1990) set of structural codes of quotations to Iqbal’s poetic text to expose the role of scriptural quotations in his poetry. The findings of this paper show that Quranic quotations mostly follow the rules of general quotations; except that as authoritative words they are open to some transformations at surface structure but not at deep structure. The semantic fixity of Quranic quotations does not prevent their application as means of power for purposes not endorsed by Quranic instructions. Finally, the authoritative nature of Quranic quotations allows Iqbal not to employ quotation markers in his text wherever he makes use of them.

Genuine Criticism (GC) is an evaluative expression of annoyance with an attribute in the interlocutor, whose realization may threaten the positive image of both interlocutors. The current study investigates facework and politeness in performing GCsin different contexts and for interlocutors with low social distance and high status in terms of GC realization strategies and mitigation devices that the speakers employ to soften their criticisms. Data were collected from 70 situations from movies in which GCs arise between interactants. The interactants deal with topics that happen in their daily life. The data were transcribed, categorized and analyzed based on the adapted version of criticizing categorization developed by Nguyen (2005, 2013).The results indicate that interactants with low social distance between them and the speakers who possess higher status employ direct strategies more than indirect strategies when they carry out criticism. Besides, the speakers with higher social distance utilize direct criticizing strategies more often. With regard to mitigation strategies, both groups tend to mitigate their criticisms less often. Exploring the strategies that English NSs employ can help EFL material developers realize and depict a better picture of the strategies in learning materials so that potential learning problems are prevented.

Academic writing ability is an important goal that learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL) try to attain. While ESL students’ academic writings have been widely explored, owing to few studies investigating appraisal resources in EFL students’ argumentative writing, the gap still exists about EFL students’ academic writing. This study aimed to see how Kurdish-speaking learners of English employ appraisal resources in their writings. It further aimed to explore whether the appraisal framework can be utilized as an assessment scale for evaluating the students’ argumentative writing. To this end, the study investigated the argumentative essays written by 15 bilingual Kurdish-Iranian graduates of English within the framework of the appraisal theory. The instruments applied in this study consisted of a modified rating scale for assessing the essays in terms of the macrostructures exploited in them and the framework for the analysis of appraisal resources. Quantitative findings revealed high-graded essays employ more attitudinal items and fewer monoglossic resources than low-graded ones. Qualitatively, the high-graded essays articulated attitudinal values in nominal forms and sometimes in a backgrounded manner while these values were mostly presented by surge of feelings and in a foregrounded way in the low-graded essays. Regarding engagement, unlike the high-graded essays, the low-graded ones were poor in recognizing other voices and alternative positions. Inspired by the strength of the appraisal model evaluating writing, results suggest that high-graded essays are successful in positioning readers attitudinally and clarifying the ethical message to readers.

Planning, monitoring, and evaluating one’s performance constitute individuals’ metacognitive strategies. Recently, metacognition has been conceptualized not only at the individual level but also at pair and group levels. The concept of socially-shared metacognition has arisen based on the idea that group members observe, control, evaluate, and regulate each other’s actions to promote the group’s problem-solving. This article investigated the impact of motivational scaffolds on a group of Iranian EFL learners’ individual and socially-shared metacognition. Two groups of 30 female intermediate learners participated in this study. In the experimental group, the participants received the teacher’s motivational scaffolds as she provided instructions and feedback throughout individual and collaborative oral and written tasks. On the other hand, the participants in the control group were asked to take part in the routine oral and written classroom activities. The participants’ think-aloud protocols in individual and pair activities were analyzed, and instances of metacognitive activities were identified. The data were analyzed through two Mann-Whitney U tests, and the results indicated that motivational scaffolds statistically significantly enhanced the use of metacognitive strategies at both inter and intra-individual levels. Implications for classrooms are discussed

مقاله حاضر در نظر دارد که تاثیرﺁموزش درون متنی کلمات فرانسه را بر روی دانشجویان سال دوم و سوم لیسانس زبان فرانسه دانشگاه اصفهان بررسی کند. این مقاله سعی در بررسی دلایل برخی از عدم موفقیتها در به خاطر سپاری کلمات در متن و یا در خارج از ﺁن را دارد.هدف اصلی، در اینجا، هدایت دانشجویان به طرف شناخت علائم زبانی و معانی کلمات توسط تمرینات جایگزینی کلمات در متن (قبل و بعد از جلسات ﺁموزش لغات) و به همراه ارزشیابی های اولیه و پایانی است. به این ترتیب ﺁموزش اصطلاحات فرانسه ضروری به نظر می رسد تا از مشکلات فرهنگی مانند تداخل زبان مادری و زبان هدف ٬ ابهامات و مشکلات درک مطلب احترازشود. نتایج حاصله لزوم تربیت آموزگاران توانا و قادر به ایجاد تطبیق با موقعیت آموزش را ﺁشکار می سازد.

هدف از تحقیق حاضر مقایسه فراوانی وقوع بخشهای متوجه به شکل زبان در مکالمات گروه های دو نفره متشابه و نا متشابه بود. این مطالعه با شرکت شصت نفر از دانشجویان رشته آموزش زبان انگلیسی که بر اساس نمراتشان در یک آزمون بسندگی استاندارد به دو گروه تقسیم شدند صورت گرفت. در یگ گروه، گروه های دونفره متشابه و در گروه دیگر گروه های دونفره نامتشابه تشکیل شدند. زبان آموزان در هر دو گروه مکالماتی در طی نه فعالیت نوشتاری مشارکتی انجام دادند که مکالمات ضبط و نگشاته شدند. میزان فراوانی وقوع بخشهای متوجه به شکل زبان، در مکالمات ضبط شده از گروه ها، شمارش و با روش آماری آزمون تی گروه های مستقل مقایسه گردید. نتایج تحلیل های آماری نشان دادند که گروه های دونفره نا متشابه، در مکالمات خود، بطور قابل توجه و معنی داری، از بخشهای متوجه به شکل زبان بیشتری استفاده کرده بودند. نتایج بدست آمده با توجه به نظریه اجنماعی فرهنگی ویگوتسکی مورد بحث قرار گرفته و نهایتا فواید آموزشی متعددی بدست آمد.