Special issue on ESP: Reflections and perspectives; includes and editorial, an introduction, and nine papers on English for Specific Purposes and CLIL.
CONTENTS: Manual and automatic corpus compilation: A case study for legal translations by Patrizia GIAMPIERI (1-16); Teaching purposefully: Considering the perspectives of foreign language learners in language skill development by William K. BIMPONG (17-36); A conversation analytic study of virtual vs. CALL language classes: With reference to adjacency pairs by Ali KAZEMI & Farshad AZIMIFAR (37-60); "I deeply regret that some perceive my being here as political": Rhetorical analysis of Netanyahu's speech on the Iran nuclear deal as a securitizing move by Forough AMIN & Alessandra GAGARIDIS (61-86); Dovetailing focus on form instruction with cognitive styles: A constructive endeavor by Farzin KHALILI & Zhila MOHAMMADNIA (87-108); An etymological exploration and dissection of Sogdian loanwords in Modern Persian by Farrokh HAJIANI (109-134); English for Specific Purposes (ESP): The state of the art (An online interview with Mohammad Hassan Tahririan) by Mohammad Hassan TAHRIRIAN & Azizeh CHALAK (135-141)
Papers in this issue include: (1) Ana María Díaz Collazos & Diego Pascual y Cabo, Vocalic instability in L3 acquisition: The case of falling diphthongs [aj] [oj] among Japanese learners of Spanish; (2) Samuel Atechi, Pidgin English in Cameroon: To teach or not to teach; (3) Mostafa Zamanian & Reza Mobashshernia, A survey of PhD programs in TEFL: Curricular strengths and weaknesses in Iranian universities; (4) Saeed Taki, Cross-cultural communication and metaphorical competence; (5) Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan, The place of genre analysis in international communication; (6) Kamal Heidari Soureshjani & Nasser Rashidi, On the Iranian EFL learners' working memory in reading: Does gender make any difference? (7) Shih-min Li & Huei-ling Lai, Hakka aspectual Ted4 constructions: A constructional approach; (8) Parviz Birjandi, Parisa Daftarifard & Rense Lange, The effects of dynamic assessment on Rasch item and person hierarchies in second language testing
Language acquisition socialization: Sociocognitive and complexity theory perspectives; by Assia BAGHDADI (pp. 1-22); The impact of background knowledge on test performance: A multivariate G-theory approach; by Seyyed Mohammad ALAVI & Hossein KARAMI (pp. 23-44); A pragmatic analysis of diminutives in Palestinian society; by Mahmood K. M. ESHRETEH (pp. 45-62); Second language teacher education: Preparing teachers for the needs of second language learners; by Aseel KANAKRI (pp. 63-94); Exploring a novice Chinese EFL teacher's writing beliefs and practices: A systemic functional perspective; by Xiaodong ZHANG (pp. 95-118); A pragma-semiotic analysis of the Catholic bishops' communiqué on the Ebola epidemic: Impact on the University of Ibadan Catholic faithful; by Patience Obiageri SOLOMON-ETEFIA & Gerald Okechukwu NWEYA (pp. 119-142); Book Review by Azizeh Chalak (pp. 143-151).
Papers in this special issue: (1-32) The meaning of 'because' on a Gricean view, by Valandis BARDZOKAS; (33-50) A jurilinguistic analysis of selected libel cases in Nigeria, by Wasiu Ademola OYEDOKUN-ALLI & Joel Kehinde BABATOPE; (51-68) Mass generics in L3 English: Acquisition route and transfer recovery, by Abdelkader HERMAS; (69-90) The variations and changes of Portuguese in postcolonial Timor-Leste, by Nuno Carlos de ALMEIDA & Davi Borges de ALBUQUERQUE (91-108) The web as corpus in ESL classes: A case study, by Patrizia GIAMPIERI; (109-120) Clearing the mist: The border between linguistic politeness and social etiquette, by Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN; (121-128) Book Review, by Stuart FOSTER; (129-134) Book Review, by Azizeh CHALAK
(1-30) by Hansong CAI & Luna Jing CAI; (31-58) by Heiko WIGGERS; (59-82) by Lozzi Martial MEUTEM KAMTCHUENG; (83-100) by Jack Jinghui LIU; (101-108) by Fereshteh AHANGARI & Masumeh MAHLUJIZADEH MAHABADI; (109-130) by Fitria A. MARFUATY & Ribut WAHYUDI; (131-146) by Milisi SEMBIRING; (147-154) by Keith ALLAN & Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN; (155-160) by Azizeh CHALAK.
1) Speech acts or language micro- and macro-games? by Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN; (2) Rituals of death in Odisha: Hindu religious beliefs and socio-cultural practices by Kalyanamalini SAHOO; (3) Analysis of authentic legal negotiation: Implications for teaching contract negotiation to undergraduate law students by Anthony TOWNLEY & Mehdi RIAZI; (4) Politeness in the Yoruba and French Languages by Temitope Michael AJAYI & Kudrat Olayinka BALOGUN; (5) Conversation proficiency assessment: A comparative study of two-party peer interaction and interview interaction implemented with Thai EFL learners by Ratchawan USSAMA & Kemtong SINWONGSUWAT; (6) Prosodic Analysis: An Italian case study by Alessia D'ANDREA, Fernando FERRI & Patrizia GRIFONI; (7) The final goodbye: The linguistic features of gravestone epitaphs from the nineteenth century to the present by Manel HEART; (9) Teacher- and peer-enhanced scaffolding: Self-regulated learning of collocations in CALL by Abbas Ali REZAEE et al.