issue 1 publication date 2014-01-01

• Designing reading tasks to maximise vocabulary learning
• Motivation, amount of interaction, length of residence, and ESL learners’ pragmatic competence
• The relationship between task repetition and language proficiency
• The effect of increase in task cognitive complexity on Iranian EFL learners’ accuracy and linguistic complexity: A test of Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis
• The effect of reading purpose on incidental vocabulary learning and retention among elementary Iranian learners of English
• Pragmatic comprehension of apology, request and refusal: An investigation on the effect of consciousness-raising video-driven prompts
• Investigating disagreements through a context-specific approach: A case of Iranian L2 speakers