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Ali Rahimi, Ali
Bangkok University, Thailand
Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Materials Science & Nanotechnology Social Sciences

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Lexical Cohesion in English and Persian Texts of Novels Rahimi, Ali; Ebrahimi, Nabi A.
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
Publisher : Richtmann Publishing

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What are the stylistic differences between Persian and English novelists with regard to their choices and application of lexical patterns? What are the textual differences between Persian and English novels in terms of lexical cohesion? To answer these questions, two Persian (The Blind Owl by Sadigh Hedayat and The Patient Stone by Sadigh Chubak) together with two English novels (The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and The Pearl by John Steinbeck) which are enormously popular in contemporary Persian and English literatures were selected as the main source of data. The results of lexical cohesion analysis on 1000-word excerpts of these novels showed that the difference between Persian and English novelists’ choices of lexical patterns is caused by the higher number of reiteration as well as the collocation pairs used by Persian novelists. This study concludes that some lexical relations are more frequent in the Persian novels than in the English ones (e.g. Equivalence and Elaborative collocation), conversely some are more salient in English texts under study (e.g. Simple repetition). The similarities of these texts with regard to the frequency of lexical relations turned out to be more than their differences nonetheless. In addition, detailed explanations of the results as well as complete elucidation of the model of analysis (proposed by Tanskanen, 2006) accompanied by examples extracted from the selected Persian and English novels have been put forward. The results of this study can inspire literary critics, theorists in stylistics, EFL teachers, assessment specialists, translators and contrastivists.
Learning Objectives in ESP Books Based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Parsaei, Iraj; Alemokhtar, Mohammad Javad; Rahimi, Ali
Beyond Words Vol 5, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya

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University English books as the chief source of learning English are remarkably important and investigating their content quality can lead to English learning improvement. This study investigates learning objectives in ESP books for students of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacology in IUMS. Using Bloom’s taxonomy, learning objectives reflected in ESP books for students of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacology in IUMS were investigated in this library research. The frequency of each learning level used was determined. Descriptive statistics was used to depict the findings. of all the activities following each lesson in ESP books, only %8, %23, and %14 were aiming at improving higher cognitive levels of learning. There was no balance between applications of different learning levels throughout the books. Further studies are recommended to shed light on the issue. Key Words: Learning Objectives, Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, Textbook
The Effect of Online vs. Offline Flipped Instruction on EFL Learners' Writing Ability Rahimi, Ali; Hasheminasab, Morteza
Beyond Words Vol 8, No 2 (2020): November
Publisher : Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya

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This study aimed at examining the effectiveness of computer-assisted flipped instruction on the writing ability of upper-intermediate Iranian EFL learners and their attitudes toward it. A mixed-method approach was used. A quantitative method employing the quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was used. Twenty participants were selected based on convenient sampling method and were divided into an online flipped instruction group (N= 10) and an offline flipped instruction group (N= 10). A paired sample t-test and independent samples t-test was used to analyze the obtained data. The results showed that the learners who received online flipped instruction outperformed those who received offline flipped instruction, regarding their performance on the posttest. Based on the findings of this study, it was argued that the learners in the online group had a positive attitude toward this method.
Co-Authors Ebrahimi, Nabi A. Hasheminasab, Morteza Iraj Parsaei, Iraj Mohammad Javad Alemokhtar, Mohammad Javad