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Ali Rahimi, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Bangkok University, Thailand. He is the author of 13 books. Four recent titles are Critical Discourse Analysis, The Art of Communication, Roadmap to Meaning, Textbook Evaluation: Analysis of ELT materials. He has translated 12 books on Creative Intelligence, Psychology, Sociolinguistics, and Pragmatics, etc. He has also published extensively in different reputable international journals and has presented his articles at national and international conferences. He has run workshops throughout Asia and Europe on Creativity, Critical thinking, Communication Skills, Critical Discourse Analysis, Language and Culture, and Research Designs. He has had major roles in international educational associations as well as curriculum development policies and has served on numerous editorial boards. He is the editor-in-chief of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching.
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What Will Become Of This Confused Species

An Anthology of Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are... more Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are supposed to be a safeguard against muddled thinking, fallacious arguments, and illogical implausible claims, etc. The cornerstone of this project is to put forward an insight into the discursive structures of various texts, genres and cultures together with their socio-political effects. It also aims at detecting the potential pitfalls of CDA studies since any theory or paradigm is susceptible to the likelihood of turning into an institution or instrument of power itself, bitterly ironically. Strangely enough, individuals who never kick over the traces have embarked on CDA studies.

Challenges Faced by Novice EFL Teachers

The aim of this study was to investigate adaptation challenges of novice EFL teachers during indu... more The aim of this study was to investigate adaptation challenges of novice EFL teachers during induction period in Iraqi Kurdistan. Through a questionnaire prepared in a cross-sectional descriptive design, the data were collected from 20 novice EFL teachers teaching in four provinces of the Kurdistan region. The outcomes of the study presented that novice EFL teachers had both job-related and social challenges. The most frequent adaptation challenges were related to (1) relationship with students, (2) social status and identity, (3) supervisors (school principals and inspectors), and (4) classroom management. The data are analyzed with SPSS 16.0 , the findings are discussed and the appropriate recommendations are given.

GJFLT- Current issue.docx

Message from Editor, Dear Readers, It is a great honor for us to publish 7th volume, 3rd , 2017 i... more Message from Editor,
Dear Readers,
It is a great honor for us to publish 7th volume, 3rd , 2017 issue of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (GJFLT).
We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

Best regards,
Associate Professor Dr. Ali Rahimi,
Editor – in Chief

The Interface between Iranian EFL teachers' intercultural sensitivity and their ethnic and demographic backgrounds

by Science Park Research Organization & Counselling and Ali Rahimi

Given the ever-increasing trend of interconnectedness among nations on the one hand and the impor... more Given the ever-increasing trend of interconnectedness among nations on the one hand and the importance of professional development of foreign language teachers on the other, educational systems need to be reoriented to address the intercultural dimension of language teaching and its interface with social and ethnic identities as its inseparable components. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers' intercultural sensitivity level with their ethnic background, age, and gender. To collect the data, Chen and Starosta's (2000) Intercultural sensitivity scale (ISS) and a demographic background information questionnaire were utilized. The results of the t-test and a Pearson correlation indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between gender and intercultural sensitivity. But, there is not a statistically significant relationship between age and intercultural sensitivity. Similarly, the relationship between ethnic background and intercultural sensitivity turned out to be insignificant. This study could have some implications for the curriculum designers willing to make their curricula as full-fledged as possible. Ghamarnia, M., Soltani, A. & Rahimi, A. (2016). The Interface between Iranian EFL teachers' intercultural sensitivity and their ethnic and demographic backgrounds. Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching. 6(1), 36-45. 37

THE EFFECT OF TURKISH LYRICAL MUSIC ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AND LONG TERM RETENTION IN A TURKISH LANGUAGE COURSE (TÖMER)

Effect of Turkish Lyrical Music on Vocabulary Acquisition and Long Term Retention

by Ismail Baniadam and Ali Rahimi

MJAL, 2017

In most studies, a critical importance of vocabulary acquisition in ESL or EFL is not deniable. W... more In most studies, a critical importance of vocabulary acquisition in ESL or EFL is not deniable. Wilkins (1972) uttered that “while without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed” (pp.111–112). The current study is to investigate the effect of using lyrical music on foreign language vocabulary acquisition and its effect on long term retention of vocabulary in Turkish language course in Urmia, Iran. For this purpose sixty male BA and MA university students with the range of 22 to 27 ages were selected and assigned to two groups of thirty. The first group as an experimental group (n=30) was taught the new words through music and the second one as a control group (n=30) received the traditional vocabulary instruction. The two main research hypotheses were: music has not any effects on vocabulary acquisition of students and music has no effects on long term retention of vocabulary. After the treatment, the same vocabulary post-test was administered to the groups. The data analysis through the statistical T-test indicated that the experimental group outperformed the control group in vocabulary acquisition and the in long term retention. As a result, the null hypotheses were rejected in this study.

Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching , Current Issue

Dear Colleagues, It is a great honor for us to publish the seventh issue Global Journal of Fo... more Dear Colleagues,

It is a great honor for us to publish the seventh issue Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching.

Articles are available at

http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/GJFLT/issue/view/151

http://www.gjflt.eu/

Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related to linguistics. GJFLT is an international journal and it is devoted to be a joint for presenting and discussing the emerging developments on foreign language teaching in an international arena.

We thank all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

Best regards,

Associate Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi
Editor – in Chief

Bio-Cognitive aspects of simple and progressive verb forms usage

The article offers a cognitive subject-oriented perspective on language and its acquisition with ... more The article offers a cognitive subject-oriented perspective on language and its acquisition with a focus on grammar. By sketching out the cognitive mechanisms of languaging 'conceptual complexes' or mental categories through grammar means, the authors endeavour to define and formulate their semantic representations.

Learning Objectives in ESP Books Based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

University English books as the chief source of learning English are remarkably important and inv... more University English books as the chief source of learning English are remarkably important and investigating their content quality can lead to English learning improvement. This study investigates learning objectives in ESP books for students of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacology in IUMS. Using Bloom's taxonomy, learning objectives reflected in ESP books for students of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacology in IUMS were investigated.

LINELT,2017, call for abstracts.docx President's email : rahimijah@yahoo.com , ali.r@bu.ac.th

GLOBAL JOURNAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. Current issue, Published

Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and compre... more Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related to linguistics. GJFLT is an international journal published quarterly and it is a platform for presenting and discussing the emerging developments in foreign language teaching in an international arena. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major Structures in Patients with Schizophrenia, and The Effect of Second Life on Speaking Achievement have been included in this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. We are trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge through which different kinds of topics will be discussed in 2017 issues. We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

Computer-assisted language learning and EFL students' vocabulary learning

The results of the ANCOVAs revealed that using vocabulary learning software was more effective th... more The results of the ANCOVAs revealed that using vocabulary learning software was more effective than using printed book on vocabulary learning, vocabulary breadth, and vocabulary depth of the participants. The results of the present study could help EFL course book designers, foreign language institutes, educational planners, material developers, teachers, and learners to provide a better context for EFL learning.

GLOBAL JOURNAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. VOL 6, NO 3 , Published, Message from editor

Dear Readers, It is a great honor for us to publish August 2016 - Vol 6, No 3 of Global Journal o... more

EFL Learners' Task Motivation: The Case of ICT-Integrated Task

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF IRANIANS IN A WESTERN MOVIE ''NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER''

The significant role of the media, in general, and the movies, in particular, in disseminating in... more The significant role of the media, in general, and the movies, in particular, in disseminating information and creating images of the real life by use of the language as a powerful social tool is totally irrefutable. Although critical analysis of the movie discourse is a fashionable trend among the critical discourse analysts, there is a paucity of research on movie discourse in Iran. Besides, the increasing number of the anti-Iranian movies produced in the last decade and the growing tendency among the English students to watch American movies, have established the need for conducting a research to investigate the images of Iranians represented in the Western movies. Thus, in this article an American movie, Not Without My Daughter (1991), has been critically analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis techniques.

Ever Expanding Interdisciplinary Horizons: The Interlacing Domains of Critical Applied Linguistics

Critical applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary critical approach to applied linguistics. Ho... more Critical applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary critical approach to applied linguistics. However, applied linguistics has defied clear-cut specification of its building blocks let alone critical applied linguistics with the added perplexing element of ‘’ critical’’. Notions of power, inequality, visibility/invisibility, disenfranchisement, ‘’ideological lunacy’’ can be elucidated with critical applied linguistics as a robust post-modern emancipatory problematizing weapon against prevalent insularity and socio-political propaganda machines. Critical approaches like post-colonialism, queer theory, feminism, liberalism, critical literacy in the light of questioning discursive mapping of dominant ideologies are the cornerstones of all democratic education. Moreover, the overlocalized undertheorized notion of the contextualized applied linguistic studies can be illuminated through a genuine critical globalized lens. The challenge of critical studies is now the creation of proper relations between academic studies and social issues of gender inequality, racism , xenophobia, misogyny, islamophobia, anti-immigration policies more severely accentuated and perniciously growing with the unexpected American presidency results.

Culture Incorporated with Foreign Language Teaching

Languages, perceived as the specific set of speech norms of a particular community, are also a pa... more Languages, perceived as the specific set of speech norms of a particular community, are also a part of the larger cultural identity. Humans use language as a way of manifesting identity with one cultural group and difference from others. Culture includes a community's way of using language, just as other shared practices are; due to its connection with a specific group it also becomes a way of displaying group identity The essential elements of any language, that is, sounds, words and structure interact with other extralinguistic parameters. Language and culture are inextricably tied up with each other and the nature of this relationship has attracted the attention of EFL teachers, curriculum developers, and assessment specialist. It has also fascinated the thinkers in a variety of disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, anthropolinguistics, philosophy, psychology, and literature, etc. Linguists and anthropologists, particularly sociolinguists have specialized in studying how ways of speaking vary between speech communities. Linguists use the term varieties to refer to the different ways of speaking a language. This term includes geographically or socioculturally defined jargon, styles, registers and subcultures. The ways in which speakers of a language think and behave are shaped by their language and it , in turn, constructs their linguistic repertoire. In this article I am going to clarify the nature of this relationship and manifest the misconceptions and erroneous beliefs held by EFL theorist and practitioners. Various way in which language and culture influence each other are elucidated through pragmatic communicative examples of genuine linguistic encounters and interactions. It should be pointed out, however, that culture does not always refer to the interpretation of '' high culture'', or literature, music and arts. With respect to pragmatics, intercultural communication and cross-cultural specificities, culture can be whatever a person needs to know to use language appropriately and effectively within a society. What's more, there is no single approach to study of culture; language learners as well as educators adopt entirely different perspectives and attitudes towards the definition of culture and the role it plays in the complex act of language learning and teaching. There are different approaches to culture such as '' Ideal Culture'', ''Formal Culture'', ''Operational Culture'' and '' Experimental Culture''. Understanding these classifications is impossible unless one has enough familiarity with philosophical approaches to the concepts of worldviews and cultural issues. These approaches encompass important concepts such as epistemology, ontology, teleology, futurology, etiology, and theology.

The impact of authentic context in an EAP setting on reading motivation

While authenticity is recurrently associated with higher motivation, the question remains how an ... more While authenticity is recurrently associated with higher motivation, the question remains how an authentic context can affect reading motivation in an EAP setting. To investigate the effect, two groups of 30 EAP students were selected through cluster random sampling as control and experimental groups. A mixed methods approach was employed to collect data. The quantitative method encompassed the administration of the reading motivation questionnaire and the qualitative methods were the focus group interview and diary writing. Having administered the pretest of the reading motivation questionnaire at the beginning of the study, the researchers administered the posttest after the 8-week intervention of providing an authentic context. The findings revealed that the experimental group (Authentic context) had a higher reading motivation after the intervention as compared to the control group (traditional context). The interview findings also supported the quantitative findings. Moreover, the data from the diaries shed more light on the students' general views of the two contexts such as their impressions of the tasks and activities, impressions of what was enjoyable and what was not, and the reactions to the instructor and the peers.

Language and Globalization Vis-à-vis Critical Discourse Analysis

Language and Globalization: Norman Fairclough Critical Discourse Analysis: Ali Rahimi, Rahman Sa... more

What Will Become Of This Confused Species

An Anthology of Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are... more Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are supposed to be a safeguard against muddled thinking, fallacious arguments, and illogical implausible claims, etc. The cornerstone of this project is to put forward an insight into the discursive structures of various texts, genres and cultures together with their socio-political effects. It also aims at detecting the potential pitfalls of CDA studies since any theory or paradigm is susceptible to the likelihood of turning into an institution or instrument of power itself, bitterly ironically. Strangely enough, individuals who never kick over the traces have embarked on CDA studies.

Challenges Faced by Novice EFL Teachers

The aim of this study was to investigate adaptation challenges of novice EFL teachers during indu... more The aim of this study was to investigate adaptation challenges of novice EFL teachers during induction period in Iraqi Kurdistan. Through a questionnaire prepared in a cross-sectional descriptive design, the data were collected from 20 novice EFL teachers teaching in four provinces of the Kurdistan region. The outcomes of the study presented that novice EFL teachers had both job-related and social challenges. The most frequent adaptation challenges were related to (1) relationship with students, (2) social status and identity, (3) supervisors (school principals and inspectors), and (4) classroom management. The data are analyzed with SPSS 16.0 , the findings are discussed and the appropriate recommendations are given.

GJFLT- Current issue.docx

Message from Editor, Dear Readers, It is a great honor for us to publish 7th volume, 3rd , 2017 i... more Message from Editor,
Dear Readers,
It is a great honor for us to publish 7th volume, 3rd , 2017 issue of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (GJFLT).
We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

Best regards,
Associate Professor Dr. Ali Rahimi,
Editor – in Chief

The Interface between Iranian EFL teachers' intercultural sensitivity and their ethnic and demographic backgrounds

by Science Park Research Organization & Counselling and Ali Rahimi

Given the ever-increasing trend of interconnectedness among nations on the one hand and the impor... more Given the ever-increasing trend of interconnectedness among nations on the one hand and the importance of professional development of foreign language teachers on the other, educational systems need to be reoriented to address the intercultural dimension of language teaching and its interface with social and ethnic identities as its inseparable components. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers' intercultural sensitivity level with their ethnic background, age, and gender. To collect the data, Chen and Starosta's (2000) Intercultural sensitivity scale (ISS) and a demographic background information questionnaire were utilized. The results of the t-test and a Pearson correlation indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between gender and intercultural sensitivity. But, there is not a statistically significant relationship between age and intercultural sensitivity. Similarly, the relationship between ethnic background and intercultural sensitivity turned out to be insignificant. This study could have some implications for the curriculum designers willing to make their curricula as full-fledged as possible. Ghamarnia, M., Soltani, A. & Rahimi, A. (2016). The Interface between Iranian EFL teachers' intercultural sensitivity and their ethnic and demographic backgrounds. Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching. 6(1), 36-45. 37

THE EFFECT OF TURKISH LYRICAL MUSIC ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AND LONG TERM RETENTION IN A TURKISH LANGUAGE COURSE (TÖMER)

Effect of Turkish Lyrical Music on Vocabulary Acquisition and Long Term Retention

by Ismail Baniadam and Ali Rahimi

MJAL, 2017

In most studies, a critical importance of vocabulary acquisition in ESL or EFL is not deniable. W... more In most studies, a critical importance of vocabulary acquisition in ESL or EFL is not deniable. Wilkins (1972) uttered that “while without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed” (pp.111–112). The current study is to investigate the effect of using lyrical music on foreign language vocabulary acquisition and its effect on long term retention of vocabulary in Turkish language course in Urmia, Iran. For this purpose sixty male BA and MA university students with the range of 22 to 27 ages were selected and assigned to two groups of thirty. The first group as an experimental group (n=30) was taught the new words through music and the second one as a control group (n=30) received the traditional vocabulary instruction. The two main research hypotheses were: music has not any effects on vocabulary acquisition of students and music has no effects on long term retention of vocabulary. After the treatment, the same vocabulary post-test was administered to the groups. The data analysis through the statistical T-test indicated that the experimental group outperformed the control group in vocabulary acquisition and the in long term retention. As a result, the null hypotheses were rejected in this study.

Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching , Current Issue

Dear Colleagues, It is a great honor for us to publish the seventh issue Global Journal of Fo... more Dear Colleagues,

It is a great honor for us to publish the seventh issue Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching.

Articles are available at

http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/GJFLT/issue/view/151

http://www.gjflt.eu/

Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related to linguistics. GJFLT is an international journal and it is devoted to be a joint for presenting and discussing the emerging developments on foreign language teaching in an international arena.

We thank all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

Best regards,

Associate Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi
Editor – in Chief

Bio-Cognitive aspects of simple and progressive verb forms usage

The article offers a cognitive subject-oriented perspective on language and its acquisition with ... more The article offers a cognitive subject-oriented perspective on language and its acquisition with a focus on grammar. By sketching out the cognitive mechanisms of languaging 'conceptual complexes' or mental categories through grammar means, the authors endeavour to define and formulate their semantic representations.

Learning Objectives in ESP Books Based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

University English books as the chief source of learning English are remarkably important and inv... more University English books as the chief source of learning English are remarkably important and investigating their content quality can lead to English learning improvement. This study investigates learning objectives in ESP books for students of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacology in IUMS. Using Bloom's taxonomy, learning objectives reflected in ESP books for students of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacology in IUMS were investigated.

LINELT,2017, call for abstracts.docx President's email : rahimijah@yahoo.com , ali.r@bu.ac.th

GLOBAL JOURNAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. Current issue, Published

Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and compre... more Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related to linguistics. GJFLT is an international journal published quarterly and it is a platform for presenting and discussing the emerging developments in foreign language teaching in an international arena. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major Structures in Patients with Schizophrenia, and The Effect of Second Life on Speaking Achievement have been included in this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. We are trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge through which different kinds of topics will be discussed in 2017 issues. We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

Computer-assisted language learning and EFL students' vocabulary learning

The results of the ANCOVAs revealed that using vocabulary learning software was more effective th... more The results of the ANCOVAs revealed that using vocabulary learning software was more effective than using printed book on vocabulary learning, vocabulary breadth, and vocabulary depth of the participants. The results of the present study could help EFL course book designers, foreign language institutes, educational planners, material developers, teachers, and learners to provide a better context for EFL learning.

GLOBAL JOURNAL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. VOL 6, NO 3 , Published, Message from editor

Dear Readers, It is a great honor for us to publish August 2016 - Vol 6, No 3 of Global Journal o... more

EFL Learners' Task Motivation: The Case of ICT-Integrated Task

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF IRANIANS IN A WESTERN MOVIE ''NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER''

The significant role of the media, in general, and the movies, in particular, in disseminating in... more The significant role of the media, in general, and the movies, in particular, in disseminating information and creating images of the real life by use of the language as a powerful social tool is totally irrefutable. Although critical analysis of the movie discourse is a fashionable trend among the critical discourse analysts, there is a paucity of research on movie discourse in Iran. Besides, the increasing number of the anti-Iranian movies produced in the last decade and the growing tendency among the English students to watch American movies, have established the need for conducting a research to investigate the images of Iranians represented in the Western movies. Thus, in this article an American movie, Not Without My Daughter (1991), has been critically analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis techniques.

Ever Expanding Interdisciplinary Horizons: The Interlacing Domains of Critical Applied Linguistics

Critical applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary critical approach to applied linguistics. Ho... more Critical applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary critical approach to applied linguistics. However, applied linguistics has defied clear-cut specification of its building blocks let alone critical applied linguistics with the added perplexing element of ‘’ critical’’. Notions of power, inequality, visibility/invisibility, disenfranchisement, ‘’ideological lunacy’’ can be elucidated with critical applied linguistics as a robust post-modern emancipatory problematizing weapon against prevalent insularity and socio-political propaganda machines. Critical approaches like post-colonialism, queer theory, feminism, liberalism, critical literacy in the light of questioning discursive mapping of dominant ideologies are the cornerstones of all democratic education. Moreover, the overlocalized undertheorized notion of the contextualized applied linguistic studies can be illuminated through a genuine critical globalized lens. The challenge of critical studies is now the creation of proper relations between academic studies and social issues of gender inequality, racism , xenophobia, misogyny, islamophobia, anti-immigration policies more severely accentuated and perniciously growing with the unexpected American presidency results.

Culture Incorporated with Foreign Language Teaching

Languages, perceived as the specific set of speech norms of a particular community, are also a pa... more Languages, perceived as the specific set of speech norms of a particular community, are also a part of the larger cultural identity. Humans use language as a way of manifesting identity with one cultural group and difference from others. Culture includes a community's way of using language, just as other shared practices are; due to its connection with a specific group it also becomes a way of displaying group identity The essential elements of any language, that is, sounds, words and structure interact with other extralinguistic parameters. Language and culture are inextricably tied up with each other and the nature of this relationship has attracted the attention of EFL teachers, curriculum developers, and assessment specialist. It has also fascinated the thinkers in a variety of disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, anthropolinguistics, philosophy, psychology, and literature, etc. Linguists and anthropologists, particularly sociolinguists have specialized in studying how ways of speaking vary between speech communities. Linguists use the term varieties to refer to the different ways of speaking a language. This term includes geographically or socioculturally defined jargon, styles, registers and subcultures. The ways in which speakers of a language think and behave are shaped by their language and it , in turn, constructs their linguistic repertoire. In this article I am going to clarify the nature of this relationship and manifest the misconceptions and erroneous beliefs held by EFL theorist and practitioners. Various way in which language and culture influence each other are elucidated through pragmatic communicative examples of genuine linguistic encounters and interactions. It should be pointed out, however, that culture does not always refer to the interpretation of '' high culture'', or literature, music and arts. With respect to pragmatics, intercultural communication and cross-cultural specificities, culture can be whatever a person needs to know to use language appropriately and effectively within a society. What's more, there is no single approach to study of culture; language learners as well as educators adopt entirely different perspectives and attitudes towards the definition of culture and the role it plays in the complex act of language learning and teaching. There are different approaches to culture such as '' Ideal Culture'', ''Formal Culture'', ''Operational Culture'' and '' Experimental Culture''. Understanding these classifications is impossible unless one has enough familiarity with philosophical approaches to the concepts of worldviews and cultural issues. These approaches encompass important concepts such as epistemology, ontology, teleology, futurology, etiology, and theology.

The impact of authentic context in an EAP setting on reading motivation

While authenticity is recurrently associated with higher motivation, the question remains how an ... more While authenticity is recurrently associated with higher motivation, the question remains how an authentic context can affect reading motivation in an EAP setting. To investigate the effect, two groups of 30 EAP students were selected through cluster random sampling as control and experimental groups. A mixed methods approach was employed to collect data. The quantitative method encompassed the administration of the reading motivation questionnaire and the qualitative methods were the focus group interview and diary writing. Having administered the pretest of the reading motivation questionnaire at the beginning of the study, the researchers administered the posttest after the 8-week intervention of providing an authentic context. The findings revealed that the experimental group (Authentic context) had a higher reading motivation after the intervention as compared to the control group (traditional context). The interview findings also supported the quantitative findings. Moreover, the data from the diaries shed more light on the students' general views of the two contexts such as their impressions of the tasks and activities, impressions of what was enjoyable and what was not, and the reactions to the instructor and the peers.

Language and Globalization Vis-à-vis Critical Discourse Analysis

Language and Globalization: Norman Fairclough Critical Discourse Analysis: Ali Rahimi, Rahman Sa... more

Rahimi, A., & Sahragard, R. (2007). Critical Discourse Analysis. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Naderi Farsani, S. (2007). The Art of Communication: Attitude change, Awareness, and Self-empowerment, Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A. (2008). Roadmap to Meaning: Fine-tune Your Translation Skills. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Jahangard, A., Soodmand Afshar, H., & Rahimi. A. (2012). Textbook evaluation: Analysis of ELT materials. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany

Rahimi, A., & Malekpoor, Z. (2009). Current Controversial Issues. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Sahragard, R. (2008). Worried About Letter Writing? RELAX!. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Yazdanbakhsh, A. (2008). Dictionary of Spoken Words and Phrases. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Shojaii, F. (2008). A Guide to Teaching English Language Skills. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Mowlaie, B. (2007). Why Not Enjoy Reading? Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Naderi Farsani, S. (2006). Language and Thought. Lulu Publication, North America

BOOKS Shekarey, A., & Rahimi, A. (2006). Globalization: The Overt and Covert Perspectives. Novin Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Talebi Hemmat, P. (2012). Translation made simple. Sokhanvaran Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Shahballa, A. (2010). The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Bagheri, Z. (2008). Sociolinguistics. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Ashraf Ganjooie, B. (2008). Pragmatics. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Etemad Hosseini, Z., & Rahimi, A. (2008). Language Psychology: Keywords. Islamic Azad University Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Rahnavard, R. (2009). An Introduction to Language. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Bagheri, Z. (2009). Second Language Acquisition. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A. (2009). The Study of Language. Jungle Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Safavi, L., & Rahimi, A. (2010). HEIFETZ: As I Knew Him. Sokhanvaran Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Molaei, S. (2012). 50 Self-help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life from Timeless Sages to Contemporary Gurus. Sokhanvaran Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Najafi, N. (2012). The Power of Creative Intelligence. Sokhanvaran Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Rahimi, A., & Ebrahimi, N. (2009). 601 Words You Need To Know To Pass Your Exam. Peyk Zaban Publication, Tehran, Iran.

Footprints on the sand : A Poem

His fanatic frenzy, fantastic fire, and furious flame, His zany zest, zooming zone of zeal, He wa... more His fanatic frenzy, fantastic fire, and furious flame,
His zany zest, zooming zone of zeal,
He was a megastar, yes he was a sultan, an icon,
He was the object of interests,
His presence was a grace, shinier than the sun,
People cherished him as if he was a redeemer, a messiah,
A stunner, a winner in the corridors of power,
He would crack the whip, was the top dog, the big cheese,
Like a fat cat on his big yacht,

ON the balcony , A poem

He observes the vibe and hardships of people, All went away, to some other place, To pollute i... more

Poem : Ignite Your Fire

Dance to fire inside, celebrate, Fierce forceful flood of full-blooded foray, liberate, Fire of... more

Return of the Salad Days

Yes , I have made inks out of your tears, Music out of your laughters, Water of life out of yo... more

Poem : Everyday is a new breeze

Wednesday, day of Wodan, midweek reflection, Day of Mercury, poetic and musical inspiration, Le... more

Poem : Distance

Bored with parental alienation ,suffer attachment disorders, Emptiness, loneliness, the outco... more Bored with parental alienation ,suffer attachment disorders,
Emptiness, loneliness, the outcome is dysfunctional families, social rejection,
Spanish Civil War, Second World War,
Collective alienation , Crusades and witch-hunt,
Soldiers feel alienated , self-sacrifice for common good , to de-alienate,
They deny their own interests , seeking out ideal satisfaction

Poem: Do We Really Matter ?

Ali Rahimi , 2.28.15 We live our days with cries and laughter, Just a spot in the titanic unive... more Ali Rahimi , 2.28.15
We live our days with cries and laughter,
Just a spot in the titanic universe , that’s bitter,
We are born to be a savior , a tycoon, or a leader,
Parents’ desire to be a defeater, a fantastic winner,
Impose strict control, harsh discipline, massive pressure,
So too does the ruthless teacher,

Poem : Rain or Shine !

Bought her red roses, like I was on a pilgrim to the shrine, Or a soldier returning from the fro... more

Poem: She got into the car

Yes, she got into the car, The door slammed behind and locked, What will happen to her? Can she... more

A Wild Goose Chase

Is life a wild goose chase? Is it a sick dream? A fantasy? Or just a deceptive fallacy? Could b... more Is life a wild goose chase?
Is it a sick dream? A fantasy? Or just a deceptive fallacy?
Could be an error, a bizarre accidental act of lunacy?
A senseless explosion of foolishness and idiocy?
Or a holy orchestrated creation with phenomenal accuracy?
Sinless flawless birth of man, perfect example of wisdom, insight and rationality,
Paragon of kindness and love, epitome of tenderness and sympathy,
Pivot of universe, core of creation, heart of cosmos in ability,

A Poem : Amused and Confused

This is the desert of scorching heat and sun, Dryness, the fire inside, where is the fun? Barre... more This is the desert of scorching heat and sun,
Dryness, the fire inside, where is the fun?
Barren uncultivated land of silence and gun,
Beware! Slaughterhouse, carnage has begun,
Hey brother! Hey sister! Run! Run! Run!,
We still blink, shriek, but we are all skinned,
There are different way to skin a man,
Mentally, emotionally nailed, smashed and pinned,

This is just the tip of the iceberg

I am pensively looking at my calendar, In this gloomy uneventful November, Things happened I don... more

Poem: A Beloved Chimera

beauty of emotions not suppressed by honor and taboos, hunger of a prisoner left in his cell, ... more

!Faux Pas !

Godforsaken happy land!

Godforsaken happy land!

Poetry : They walk away

They walk away

Poetry: They didn't do our hands fair

They didn't do our hands fair

Poem : Why are we kept waiting?

Poem : We shall come back

we shall come back

Poem : Floating on waves

My Youtube channel

My Youtube channel

international workshops

Workshops in some countries

http://www.world-education-center.org/index.php/GJFLT

http://www.world-education-center.org/index.php/GJFLT

http://www.world-education-center.org/index.php/GJFLT

Global conference on Linguistics and Foreign lang teaching , Turkey, www. Linelt.com

LINELT, 2017, call for abstracts , message from the president

We would like to invite you to the “5th Global Conference on Linguistics and Foreign Language Tea... more

International Conferences

Fundamental considerations Identity and Teachers' Professional Development

A myriad of parameters may affect teachers’ professional practice and identity formation. The fac... more A myriad of parameters may affect teachers’ professional practice and identity formation. The fact is that teacher identity development may be formed or reformed by a large number of norms and values. Macro -structural and micro- structural elements encompassing sociopolitical, cultural as well as personal specificities can shape or reshape teachers’ manner and praxis of teacher identity formation.

Here's the link to my latest speech on this topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4qwva4qNH4

My Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdwiYYYLoZIiJRJmb74j61g

My youtube Channel

My youtube channel

The effect of using computer-assisted semantic mapping on the Iranian EFL students’ reading comprehension

The effect of using computer-assisted semantic mapping on the Iranian EFL students’ reading comprehension achievement

The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions in Second Language Learning

by Rouhollah Askari Bigdeli and Ali Rahimi

Exploring the Role Identities of EFL Teachers in Language Institutes

by Rouhollah Askari Bigdeli and Ali Rahimi

ICT and EFL students’ self regulation mastery: Educational meat or poison?

by Rouhollah Askari Bigdeli and Ali Rahimi

Classroom-based research: A Confidence boosting instrument

by Rouhollah Askari Bigdeli and Ali Rahimi

Teachers’ Identity Formation and Development: The Touchstones, Praxis Divergence and Convergence

by Rouhollah Askari Bigdeli and Ali Rahimi

Interdisciplinary Talks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdwiYYYLoZIiJRJmb74j61g

First International Conf. on Language Focus, Urmia, LTTL1. October,2017

Call For Abstracts The First Conference on Language Focus Linguistics , Language Teaching, Trans... more Call For Abstracts
The First Conference on Language Focus
Linguistics , Language Teaching, Translation and Literature
Urmia, LTTL1 October 5, 6 2017

Website link : www.lttlu.ir

Keynote Speakers :
Alireza Jalilifar: Shahid Chamran University
Birsen Tütünis: University of Sussex
Ali Rahimi: Bangkok University
Cem Can: Cukurova University

Poetry, Ideology and Persuasive Rhetoric

Poetry, Ideology and Persuasive Rhetoric In the postmodern world of contradictions and paradox... more Poetry, Ideology and Persuasive Rhetoric

In the postmodern world of contradictions and paradoxes, poetry can be the fusion of fact and fiction, science, fantasy, abstract, and concrete phenomena. It can be the combination of positive and negative emotions, irresistible enchantment with hope and an equally intense fascination by cynicism and skepticism; the ironic symbiosis of conflicts and catharsis in human life. It lucidly depicts the mutailistic fatalistic togetherness of grisly beautiful bipolar state of affairs. It’s the embodiment of a futuristic blend of rationality, logic, and human imbecility. It is impossible to overlook the merits of literary works and literary criticism specifically poetry as an intricate formal system that encompasses subtle linguistic maneuvers. Poetry employs structures and conventions to elucidate diverse interpretation of words, or to evoke emotions of pleasure and pain. Literary devices such as alliteration, rhythm and onomatopoeia are used to create musical harmony and artistic satisfaction. Figures of speech such as irony, metaphor, simile, oxymoron render interpretation of poetry a formidable task, a difficult nettle to grasp indeed.
Poetry is in fact the spirit which invigorates the appreciation of human felicity, follies, foibles and failures. Readers can decipher the meaning, the impression of overpowering beauty and symmetry of words. It can be pointed out, however, that we cannot conceive even the simplest and most rudimentary lines of poetic language without discernment of the relevant rhetoric in the poets’ mind. Their persuasive discourse replete with literary figures manifest their oratory eloquence or bombastic magniloquence indicative of ideologically hegemonic discourse.
The compendium of my poems vividly elucidate pleasure, pain, misery, human lunacy, social ills, excitement, ecstasy, nostalgia, melancholy, solitude, oppression, avarice, envy, hypocrisy, crime, injustice, love, passion, etc.

Please follow the link below:

https://www.poemhunter.com/ali-rahimi/poems/

A Copious Cornucopia of Crucial Critical Quests

Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are ... more Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are supposed to be a safeguard against muddled thinking, fallacious arguments, and illogical implausible claims, etc. The cornerstone of this project is to put forward an insight into the discursive structures of various texts, genres and cultures together with their socio-political effects. It also aims at detecting the potential pitfalls of CDA studies since any theory or paradigm is susceptible to the likelihood of turning into an institution or instrument of power itself, bitterly ironically. Strangely enough, individuals who never kick over the traces have embarked on CDA studies. What's more, some misperceptions misapplications and misinterpretations inflicting CDA will be demystified. Jumping on the bandwagon of CDA ! due to its dominance and popularity is a difficult nettle to grasp and an unfortunate event, let's call a spade a spade.

A Copious Cornucopia of Crucial Critical Quests

Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are ... more Critical studies focus on fairness, justice, democratic education, and student support. They are supposed to be a safeguard against muddled thinking, fallacious arguments, and illogical implausible claims, etc. The cornerstone of this project is to put forward an insight into the discursive structures of various texts, genres and cultures together with their socio-political effects. It also aims at detecting the potential pitfalls of CDA studies since any theory or paradigm is susceptible to the likelihood of turning into an institution or instrument of power itself, bitterly ironically. Strangely enough, individuals who never kick over the traces have embarked on CDA studies. What's more, some misperceptions misapplications and misinterpretations inflicting CDA will be demystified. Jumping on the bandwagon of CDA ! due to its dominance and popularity is a difficult nettle to grasp and an unfortunate event, let's call a spade a spade.

The effect of using computer-assisted semantic mapping on the Iranian EFL students’ reading comprehension achievement

THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTMENT/ACCULTURATION OF FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION OF MIGRANTS: THE CASE OF NOMAD QASHQAEE TURKS IMMIGRANTS IN SHIRAZ-IRAN By

Positive Self representation and negative Other representation in Iranian and Western media Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has become a very effective academic

Manufacturing Reality, Fabricating Perception, Constructing Conception

Manufactured Reality, Fabricated Perception and Constructed Conception

Immigration Studies in Iran: The case of Tehran Citizens

Immigration is considered as one of the recent issues in the world today. Many problems naturally... more Immigration is considered as one of the recent issues in the world today. Many problems naturally arise from this phenomenon for both the host countries and the homelands of immigrants. The aim of the present study is recognizing the incentives of Iranians for immigration. For this purpose, by considering the research literature (the push and pull theory) the factors provoking immigration in Iran were investigated and the economic, social, and affective factors were taken into account. A research questionnaire was planned and distributed among 480 residents in twenty two districts of Tehran. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS and Warp PLS software. In this research, attention to affective factor for immigration in the Iranian context can be viewed as a new idea in the related literature. However, the mere use of a quantitative method for analyzing such a complex phenomenon which has different complicated structural and social layers is considered as one of the limitations of the present study.