Hooshang Khoshsima

Chabahar Maritime University

[ 1 ] - Computer Assisted Pronunciation Teaching (CAPT) and Pedagogy: Improving EFL learners’ Pronunciation Using Clear Pronunciation 2 Software

This study examined the impact of Clear Pronunciation 2 software on teaching English suprasegmental features, focusing on stress, rhythm and intonation. In particular, the software covers five topics in relation to suprasegmental features including consonant cluster, word stress, connected speech, sentence stress and intonation. Seven Iranian EFL learners participated in this study. The study l...

[ 2 ] - A Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Study of Epistemic Modality Markers in Linguistics Research Articles

Epistemic modality devices are believed to be one of the prominent characteristics of research articles as the commonly used genre among the academic community members. Considering the importance of such devices in producing and comprehending scientific discourse, this study aimed to cross–culturally and cross-linguistically investigate epistemic modality markers as an important subcategory...

[ 3 ] - English and Non English major Teachers’ Assessment of Oral Proficiency: a case of Iranian Maritime English Learners

Speaking assessment is still construed as a complicated, under-researched process from the vantage point of tasks and rater characteristics. The present study aimed at investigating if and how English Major and none English Major teachers differ in their perception of the construct of oral proficiency while assessing learners’ L2 oral proficiency.  To this end, 38 male and female non-native EFL...

[ 4 ] - نظریه نوخاسته گرایی زبانی در بوته نقد

دو مکتب عقل­گرا و تجربه­گرا درباره منشأ زبان نظر متفاوتی دارند. عقل­گرایان، زبان به‌معنای قوه و استعداد ذهنی آن را فطری انسان می‌دانند و برای اثبات آن، ادله محکمی اقامه کرده­اند؛ در مقابل، تجربه­گرایان بر اکتسابی بودن زبان به کمک فرایندها و مکانیسم­های غیرمستقیم تأکید دارند و زبان را حاصل تجربه و تعامل ذهن با محیط می­دانند. اندیشمندان اسلامی معتقدند امور فطری از ابتدای خلقت به‌صورت بالق...

[ 5 ] - Interactional Metadiscourse in the Writings of Novice vs. Established Members of Academic Communities

Novice academic writers, particularly Iranian graduate students (IGSs), upon entering an academic community, are hypothesized to face probable difficulties in practicing rhetorical expectations set by the experienced (EXP) members, hence, not being able to write in a way acceptable to these professionals. To explore the probable rhetorical distance between them, this study investigated the empl...