Mohammad Reza Khodadust
Assistant Professor in TEFL, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
[ 1 ] - A Sociolinguistic Study of Mark Negotiation Discourse in Iranian Universities
Ideology, power, and identity are truly reflected in people’s daily discourse including mark negotiation discourse of students. Peculiar power relations in Iranian academic settings and the unique features of politeness in Farsi extending up to Ta’arof motivated the researcher to statistically analyze a total of 50 mark negotiation discourse samples of Iranian university students from diverse d...
[ 2 ] - A Sociolinguistic Study of Discourse of Consumerism in SMS Advertisements of Iran
With recently widespread use of mobile phones and SMS communication in Iran and reformulation of conventional communication practices, short message advertisements have recently started to gain prominence in the world of advertisement as a quick, less costly, available and reliable means of introducing the products and services offered by the companies and institutions. With this in mind, the p...
[ 3 ] - The Effect of Background Music While Silent Reading on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension
This study attempted to determine the effect of background music while silent reading on Iranian EFL learners’ reading comprehension. The participants were 57 Iranian EFL learners between the ages of 14 and 16 in two 3rd grade high schoolclasses at pre-intermediate proficiency level. Before treatment,both experimental and control groups took a reading comprehension pretest. In the experimental ...
[ 4 ] - Spelling Errors of Iranian School-Level EFL Learners: Potential Sources
With the purpose of examining the sources of spelling errors of Iranian school level EFL learners, the present researchers analyzed the dictation samples of 51 Iranian senior and junior high school male and female students majoring at an Iranian school in Baku, Azerbaijan. The content analysis of the data revealed three main sources (intralingual, interlingual, and unique) with seven patterns o...
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