issue 7 publication date 2012-01-21

• Avoiding Prolixity in Academic Prose; the Use of Quantity Metadiscourse in Research Articles
• EGP or ESP Test for Medical Fields of Study
• Academic Discipline DIF in an English Language Proficiency Test
• Authentic or not? A Case Study on the Role of Authenticity in English Language Teaching in Iran
• Feuerstein's Theory of Mediation and Its Impact on EFL Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy
• Cross-Linguistic Transfer or Target Language Proficiency: Writing Performance of Trilinguals vs. Bilinguals in Relation to the Interdependence Hypothesis
• Oral Communication Apprehension and Affective Factors: Self-esteem and Introversion/Extroversion