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  Foreword: Profs. Askarzadeh and Robertson.

Welcome to the 4th edition of the Iranian EFL Journal. Both the rate of submissions to our journal and the substantial daily rise in readers is very pleasing.
      In the first article,  a study by  Reza Pishghadam, Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh, & Safoora Navari  “…aimed at  first collecting the metaphors language teachers created by using  prompts, and secondly, identifying and analyzing the metaphors based on the guidelines laid down by Martinez..
     In the second paper, Bahman Gorjian, Alireza Jalilifar &  Halimeh Mousavi investigated the effect of redundant and consistent stems in multiple-choice vocabulary tests on pre-university students' performance.
     Fatemeh Shahamat & Abdolmehdi Riazi  carried out an IT study to investigate the use of educational technology in Iranian schools and language institutes to see how frequently different means of educational technology are used at both places. Also, to see whether there are any significant differences across the three levels of proficiency at different language schools in terms of using educational technology.
     In our fourth paper by Purya Baghaei, Mohammad Monshi Tousi  Ali Akbar Boori, the major goal of this project was to take advantage of this finding and test whether C-Tests constructed out of spoken discourse (dialogues, interviews, etc.) will result in the prediction of listening skill of the test-takers.
    Jaleh Hassaskhah researched Gardner's Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory claims that every individual is in possession of one or some of eight types of intelligences and depending on the type of those intelligences, the outcome of their performance might be different.
     The sixth paper by Zahra Amirian &  Mansoor Tavakoli is an attempt to reveal the generic structure of research articles written and published by English writers as well as Persian writers with the purpose of identifying culture-specific conventions of this genre. The final paper by Ali Issa considers paper thus reports on a study into reflection through peer collaboration

Volume 4. September 2009.

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Foreword: Drs. Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh & Paul Robertson

1. Reza Pishghadam, Rajabali Askarzadeh Torghabeh, & Safoora Navari. Metaphor Analysis of Teachers’ Beliefs and Conceptions of Language Teaching and Learning in Iranian High Schools and Language Institutes: A Qualitative Study 

2. Bahman Gorjian, Alireza Jalilifar &  Halimeh Mousavi. Redundant Versus Consistent Stems in Multiple-Choice   Vocabulary Tests and their Effects on the Pre-University Students' Performance

3. Fatemeh Shahamat & Abdolmehdi Riazi.  The Place of Information Technology in Second Language Teaching in Girl's High Schools and Private English Institutes in Shiraz  

4. Purya Baghaei, Mohammad Monshi Tousi  Ali Akbar Boori. An Investigation into the Validity of Conversational C-Test as a Measure of Oral abilities          

5.  Jaleh Hassaskhah. There is never any one right way to teach! A case of "Multiple Intelligences" 

6. Zahra Amirian &  Mansoor Tavakoli. A Contrastive Intercultural Analysis of the English and Persian Research Articles: The Case of the Discussion Sections

7. Ali S.M. Al Issa. Reflection through Peer Collaboration “A Study from Omani ELT Classrooms.