Discourse Analysis
Pragmatic Competence Development: Demystifying the Impact of Task Types and EFL Students' Perceptions

Esmaeel Ali Salimi; Behnam Karami

Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2019, , Pages 279-302

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2020.48521.445

Abstract
  Interlanguage pragmatics, as an inseparable part of communicative competence, has been emphasized as an ultimate objective in language learning. This study explored the perceptions of Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) students regarding interlanguage pragmatics and the impact of textbooks tasks ...  Read More

An Investigation into Cultural Representation in Interchange Textbooks

Ali Roohani; Elham Molana

Volume 2, Issue 2 , December 2013, , Pages 113-136

Abstract
  Language and culture are now deemed to be co-constitutive; hence English language teaching (ELT) textbooks should incorporate cultural aspects and promote intercultural competence. However, careful decisions should be made as regards to the cultural content of materials and the ways in which culture ...  Read More

Evaluating an Instructional Textbook: A Critical Discourse Perspective

ali roohani; najmeh heidari

Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2012, , Pages 123-158

Abstract
  A critical discourse analysis (CDA) of English language teaching (ELT) textbooks can provide a theoretical description of existing ideological effects in the texts and a means to link linguistic and social practices. This study, thus, seeks to evaluate Summit 2B (i.e., the advanced book of Top Notch ...  Read More