Exploring Iranian EAP Teachers’ Pedagogic Content Knowledge and Teaching Practices, and Students’ Beliefs about EAP Teachers’ Methodology

Mahmood Reza Atai; Esmat Babaii; Reza Taherkhani

Volume 6, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 27-1

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2017.8417

Abstract
  The systematic study of EAP teachers’ pedagogic content knowledge and their actual teaching practices in class is a fresh avenue in applied linguistics, especially in contexts like Iran, where, EAP courses are taught by two groups of teachers with different specializations; i.e., language teachers ...  Read More

Tracing Metadiscursive Stance over Time and Across Disciplines: A Comparative Study of English Research Articles

Esmat Babaii; Mahmood Reza Atai; Vali Mohammadi

Volume 5, Issue 1 , June 2016, , Pages 106-83

https://doi.org/10.22054/ilt.2016.7727

Abstract
  Research in academic writing has revealed a strong tendency on the part of writers to interactively communicate their scientific findings with their readers. In doing so, the writers should take a position while arguing their propositions. This interaction as proposed by Hyland (2005b) takes places having ...  Read More