Discourse Analysis
Grammatical Complexity in Research Articles: Iranian Local Journals and International Journals

Seyed Foad Ebrahimi; Samaneh Imandar

Volume 10, Issue 2 , December 2021, , Pages 301-323

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2022.61187.600

Abstract
  This study aimed to investigate the grammatical complexity based on Biber, Gray, Staples, and Egbert’s (2020) linguistic description in research articles published in Iranian local journals and international journals. The corpus of the study included 40 Applied Linguistics research articles, 20 ...  Read More

Language Skills
Motivating the Unmotivated: Making Teacher Corrective Feedback Work

Masoud Azizi; Majid Nemati

Volume 7, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 87-110

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2019.42762.401

Abstract
  It is often wrongly assumed that the provision of teacher corrective feedback naturally entails learners' attendance to and application of it, but learners have repeatedly been reported not to pay attention to teacher feedback due to lack of motivation and the distracting effect of the grades they receive. ...  Read More