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The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 ISSN On-line: 1836-8751 ISSN Print: 1836-8743 The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 Chief Editors Dr. Paul Robertson Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh Iranian EFL Journal 1 The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 Publisher © English Language Education Publishing Brisbane Australia Senior Associate Editor Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad, Iran Dr. Roger Nunn Professor Dr. Z.N. Patil Dr. John Adamson The Petroleum Institute Central Institute of English and Shinshu Honan College Abu Dhabi Foreign Languages Japan UAE Hyderabad, India Senior Statesmen Professor Rod Ellis University of Auckland New Zealand Associate Editors Iranian EFL Journal 2 Dr. Reza Pishghadam Professor Dr. Dan Douglas Dr. Behzad Ghonsooly Ferdowsi university of Iowa State University Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad USA Mashhad, Iran Mashhad, Iran Prof. Dr. Rana Nayar Dr. Abdolmahdy Riazi Dr. Masoud Sharififar Panjab University Shirza University Shahid Bahonar University India Iran of Kerman, Iran Editorial team Dr. Pourya Baghaii Dr. Zohre Eslami Rasekh Dr. Azizullah Fatahi Islamic Azad University, Texas A & M University, Shar-e Kord University, Mashhad Branch, Iran USA Iran Dr. Parvaneh Tavakoli Dr. Mohammad Reza Hashemi Dr. Seyyed Ayatollah Razmju University of Reading, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Shiraz University, Humanities and Social Sciences Mashhad, Iran Iran Building Whiteknights England Dr. Shamala Paramasivam Dr. Manizheh Yuhannaee Dr. Antony Fenton University of Putra, University of Isfahan, Soka University, Malaysia Iran Japan Dr. Esma‘eel Abdollahzadeh Dr. Ingrid Mosquera Gende Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Iran University of Science and Bettatur University College of Torghabeh Technology, Tourism, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran Tarragona, Spain Mashhad, Iran Dr. Christopher Alexander Dr. Robert Kirkpatrick Dr. Abbas Zare‘ee University of Nicosia, Shinawatra International Kashan University, Cyprus University, Thailand Iran Dr. Masood Khoshsaligheh Dr. Masoud Sharififar Dr. Naser Rashidi Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Shahid Bahonar University Shiraz University, Mashhad, Iran of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Iran The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 Iranian EFL Journal 3 © English Language Education Publishing Brisbane Australia http://www.Iranian-efl-journal.com This E book is in copyright. 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Chief Editor: Dr. Paul Robertson Senior Associate Editor: Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran ISSN On-line: 1836-8751 ISSN Print: 1836-8743 The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 Iranian EFL Journal 4 Table of Contents Foreword: Dr. Paul Robertson and Dr. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh 8 - 10 1- Acquisition of Grammar through Consciousness- raising: A case of Relative Clauses Fatemeh Hemmati and Amin Khanjani 11 - 24 2- Facework and Disagreements in Computer Mediated Discourse between Native and Non-native Speakers Biook Behnam and Nahid Zarei 25 - 42 3- Investigating the Perceptions of Iranian Undergraduate EFL Students toward the Role of Literature in Their Success in Learning English Language Roozbeh Arabi, Mohsen Masoomi and Adel Dastgoshadeh 43 - 59 4- The Translation Construedby Students in Translator Training Programs in Iran Masood Khoshsaligheh and Zahra Salari 60 - 75 5- The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Language Learning Strategies of Iranian EFL Learners Ahmad Mohseni and Marziyeh Rabiee 76 - 88 6- Application of Newmark's strategies to the translation of culture-specific items in Boofe Koor and Dash Akol Masoud Sharififar and Narjes Rezaaeefar 89 - 107 7- The Washback Effect of Quizzes on the Grammar Skill Sarah Torabian 108 - 116 8- The Study of Learning and Retention of Vocabulary Through Keyword Method among Iranian EFL Learners Ali Sayyadi and Mohammad Javadi 117 - 128 9- The Suppliance of Definite and Indefinite Articles: The Role of Test Method and Proficiency Masoumeh Ahmadi Shirazi and Shabnam Shabanluie 129 - 144 10- The Relationship between Self-assessment and Speaking Skill of Junior High School EFL Learners Hamide Akbary, Shahin Sheikh and Narjes Sabouri 145 - 151 The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 Iranian EFL Journal 5 11- The Interface of Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement among Iranian EFL Students Mehrdad Oudi, Seyed Amir Alavi and Javad Heydari 152 - 159 12- The Effect of Synthetic and Analytic Phonics Instruction on Young EFL Learners Seyyed Mohammad Reza Amirian and Hanieh Sadeghi 160 - 174 13- The Effect of Task Repetition and Task Structure on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners' Oral Production Zahra Farzi, Morteza Khodabandehlou and Shahrokh Jahandar 175 - 191 14- Form- focused Communicative Tasks in the Pedagogical Context of EFL Classes: A Recommended Practical Pedagogical Model Nouzar Gheisari 192 - 198 15- Exploring Meta-discourse markers in the Speeches of Iranian leader based on Hyland (2005) model Hassan Kheirkhah and Mohammad Reza Hashemi 199 - 220 16- The Role of Achievement Goals in Language Proficiency among EFL Learners in Iran Fatemeh Khoddamy Pour, Mehdi Yadollahi and Nasibeh Amiri 221 - 231 17- The Effects of Raising EFL Students‘ Genre Consciousness on Their Writing Performance Hossein Ali Manzouri and Amir Shahraki 232 - 243 18- Metadiscourse Markers: Explicit Instruction and EFL Learners' Translating Performance Tooba Mardani 244 - 255 19- The impact of teaching reading and writing practice in a game–based context on EFL learners' anxiety Mehdi Moghimipoor 256 - 268 20- Footsteps of Mind Controlling in ELT Textbooks: A Critical Discourse Analysis Seyyedeh Fahimeh Parsaiyan 269 - 285 The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 Iranian EFL Journal 6 21- Metalinguistic Knowledge Assessment: Incorporating L2 Analytic-Ability to a Measurement of Metalinguistic Knowledge Fatemeh Rastegar and Mina Rastegar 286 - 302 22- Self-Assessment of Teacher-Fronted and Student-Centered Classroom Activities among Iranian Elementary and Intermediate Learners of English as a Foreign Language A‘zam Shams 303 - 315 23- The Role of Big Five Personality Traits in Language Proficiency of Iranian EFL learners Nasibeh Amiri, Mehdi Yadollahi and Fatemeh Khoddamy Pour 316 - 323 24- Interactive Compensatory Model of ESP Reading Comprehension: Vocabulary Knowledge, Reading Comprehension and Reading Strategies in Focus Mohammad Amiryousefi 324 - 343 25- Incorporation of Persian Literature into ELT in Iran: A Necessity which has been Ignored Faezeh Boroomand, Fatemeh Ramezani and Arezu Pooryazdanpanah Kermani 344 - 358 26- Investigating the Effect of Culture-Learning on EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension Fatemeh Alavi and Zahra Momeni 359 - 374 27- The Effect of Transcript-aided Listening Tasks on Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners‘ Listening Comprehension Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash and Majid Hamrang 375 - 385 28- Islamic Azad University Entrance Examination of Master Program in TEFL: an Analysis of its Reliability of the General English section Golnaz Jamalifar, Hossein Heidari Tabrizi and Azizeh Chalak 386 - 403 29- The relationship between e xaminees‘ academic background and their performance in the reading section of two types of English exam: IELTS and TOEFL (iBT) Narges Kamali 404 - 424 30- Acquisition of Particle infinitive in English (L2) and Arabic (L3) by Persian Speakers (L1) Fatemeh Khezri and Ali Akbar Jabbari 425 - 439 The Iranian EFL Journal October 2014 Volume 10 Issue 5 Iranian EFL Journal 7 Foreword Welcome to volume ten and the fifth edition of 2014. We are happy to announce that our readership is increasing day by day. For a journal examining the topics of EFL/ESL, Literature and Translation studies, the growth and readership has been pleasing. Our bi-monthly Journal has attracted many readers not only from the Middle East but also from different parts of the world. In this third edition, we have presented thirty articles, discussing different issues of EFL/ESL, literature and translation studies. In the first article of the issue, Acquisition of Grammar through Consciousness- raising: A case of Relative Clauses is studied by Fatemeh Hemmati and Amin Khanjani. In the second article of the issue, Biook Behnam and Nahid Zarei have studied Facework and Disagreements in Computer Mediated Discourse Between Native and Non-native Speakers. In the third article of the issue, Roozbeh Arabi, Mohsen Masoomi and Adel Dastgoshadeh presented Investigating the Perceptions of Iranian Undergraduate EFL Students toward the Role of Literature in Their Success in Learning English Language. In the next article, 4- The Translation Construedby Students in Translator Training Programs in Iran is presented by Masood Khoshsaligheh and Zahra Salari. In the fifth article of the issue, Ahmad Mohseni and Marziyeh Rabiee have presented The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Language Learning Strategies of Iranian EFL Learners. The next article which is Application of Newmark's strategies to the translation of culture-specific items in Boofe Koor and Dash Akol is done by Masoud Sharififar and Narjes Rezaaeefar.