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The aim of the current study was to examine conjunctions in academic texts. The corpus included 200 conference abstracts, of which 100 were written by Iranian novice writers and 100 by English native speakers. Each group of texts consisted of 50 abstracts from soft sciences and 50 from hard sciences. Following Liu's (2008) taxonomy, the frequency and type of conjunctions were examined. The results revealed that non-native writers use more conjunctions in their conference abstracts. Furthermore, it was found that compared to hard sciences, more conjunctions are employed in soft sciences. Regarding the role of L1, the results showed that non-native writers in soft sciences are more likely to use conjunctions. Moreover, the findings indicated that the most frequent conjunction type used by both native and nonnative writers are adversatives and additives in soft sciences, and additives and adversatives in hard sciences, respectively. The findings of the study have implications for teaching academic writing and material development for writing courses.

Intralingual translation is mainly motivated by the intention to modify the text to facilitate the listener's understanding. The present study attempts to examine the differences between VOA Special English and Regular English due to intralingual translation at the levels of phonology, lexicon, and syntax. To this end, 36 samples of passages of varying lengths dealing with academic discourse from non-modified (Regular English) and VOA’s modified (Special English) corpora were randomly selected and analyzed. The comparative analysis showed a significant difference between the modified and non-modified corpora in speech rate, syntax, and lexicon. Further investigation revealed that Special English was characterized by slower readings, increased pauses and tone units, more frequent and limited words, no idioms, repetitive and unmarked nominal clauses, and impersonal subjects in active voice structures. The findings of the study have implications for English teachers and material developers.

With the advancement of technology and its role in making life more convenient, some EFL teachers prefer to use it in their classrooms. In view of this, the current study aimed to explore the effect of Anki and WhatsApp on the vocabulary retention of Iranian EFL learners. The study’s design was quasi-experimental with three groups of WhatsApp-based vocabulary instruction, Anki-based vocabulary instruction and the traditional one. Sixty EFL learners studying English in a language institute participated in the study, and were divided into three groups of twenty. To ensure their homogeneity, a Solution Placement Test was given to them. After the treatment, the post-test was given to them to check their vocabulary retention. The results of the repeated measures ANOVA indicated that Anki-based and WhatsApp-based vocabulary instruction were effective in enhancing their vocabulary retention. The results of MANOVA showed that there were significant differences among the three groups in their vocabulary retention.

This study aimed to compare the effect of two types of assessment, i.e., self-assessment and peer assessment, on reflective and impulsive EFL learners’ speaking skill. To this end, a group of 51 (24 impulsive and 27 reflective) intermediate EFL learners were selected based on their performance on a PET (Preliminary English Test), and the Impulsiveness Sub-Scale of Eysenck’s Impulsivity Inventory. They were randomly divided into two experimental groups (i.e., self-assessment and peer assessment), each containing impulsive, and reflective learners. In the self-assessment group, the assessment was based on the Speaking Self-Assessment Sheet designed by Babaii, Taghaddomi and Pashmforoosh (2015). In the peer assessment group, the assessment was based on the Peer Assessment Rating Sheet by Yamashiro and Johnson (1997). At the end of the treatment, the participants received the speaking section of another PET as a posttest. The results of two-way ANOVA revealed that (a) the assessment type and cognitive type had no significant interaction, (b) self-assessment and peer assessment had the same effect on impulsive and reflective learners’ speaking skill, (c) irrespective of the assessment type, learners with different cognitive types performed differently, with the reflective learners outperforming their impulsive counterparts.

Le fait qu’au contraire du persan le français est une langue genrée implique des problèmes pour la traduction automatique des pronoms sujets de 3 e personne depuis le persan vers le français. Dans la présente étude, nous voudrions vérifier l’accord des pronoms sujets de 3 e personne dans le système de traduction en ligne de Google Translate persan-français de 50 extraits tirés d’ une collection d’écrits de Sadegh Hedayat , choisis et compilés par Mohammad Baharlou (1994). Notre objectif principal est de savoir à quel point la traduction automatique des pronoms sujets de 3 e personne offerte par Google Translate est correcte ou incorrecte, et aussi quelles sont les raisons pour les traductions erronées ; nous supposons que le phénomène de pro-drop et l’ellipse linguistique des pronoms en persan ainsi que le manque de traduction interphrastique aux systèmes de traduction automatique impactent la qualité de traduction des pronoms étudiés. Par conséquent, nous allons mener une recherche basée sur l’analyse statistique-descriptive des données en nous appuyant sur la théorie du Liage chomskyienne. D’après les résultats obtenus, Google a traduit ces pronoms avec 44% de précision (y compris des pronoms bien traduits (40%) et certains pronoms non traduits (4%)); en effet, il a offert une traduction correcte dans les cas où l’antécédent était dans la même phrase que le pronom, ou s’il se plaçait dans la phrase précédant celle du pronom, il était traduit par un syntagme nominal masculin. 

L’hétérolinguisme amène la traduction à son majeur dilemme de refléter l’hétérogénéité ou de l’abandonner afin de présenter un texte homogène. Cet article propose d’examiner la question de la traduction de l’hétérolinguisme à travers un regard contextuel porté sur la dimension hétérolingue de Parce que je t’aime et La fille de Brooklyn de Guillaume Musso et la traduction en persan de ces deux œuvres. Dans cette optique, après un bref aperçu théorique sur les motivations de l’hétérolinguisme, ses représentations ainsi que sa traduction, nous procéderons, dans un premier temps, à une analyse textuelle visant à observer la place , la fonction et les modalités de l’apparition de l’hétérolinguisme dans Parce que je t’aime et La fille de Brooklyn ; et puis, nous nous pencherons sur la problématique de la traduction de l’hétérolinguisme pour savoir comment et à quel degré l’hétérolinguisme présent au sein de ces deux œuvres est assumé dans les traductions en persan.