Category Archives: OJML

Open Journal of Modern Linguistics

The Relationship between Metacognitive Reading Strategies Use and Reading Comprehension Achievement of EFL Learners

by scirp Posted on April 18, 2017

Authors: Mina Rastegar, Ehsan Mehrabi Kermani, Massoud Khabir ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between EFL learners’ metacognitive reading strategies use and their reading comprehension achievement. To fulfill this objective, 120 Iranian EFL students … Continue reading →

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Sexism in News: A Comparative Study on the Portray of Female and Male Politicians in The New York Times

by scirp Posted on December 24, 2014

Author(s):Haoyun Dai, Xiaodong Xu ABSTRACT Adopting a comparative and descriptive case study of The New York Times , this paper aims to probe into the gender discrimination against female politicians in the news media. The New York Times , one … Continue reading →

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Response to a Blog Post “Open Access Linguistics: You’re Doing It Wrong”

by scirp Posted on December 8, 2014

We noticed a blog entry with the title “Open Access Linguistics: You’re Doing It Wrong”. It was released online with date 2014-04-02 and marked online as 2014-04-01: http://troutworthy.blogspot.co.uk/2014_04_01_archive.html We are not taking this as a April Fool’s Day joke and … Continue reading →

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The Pedagogical Maze: Retrospection on CLT in Hong Kong

by scirp Posted on January 15, 2014

Authors: Dan Lu & Julie Y. F. Ng Source: Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, Vol. 3 No. 4, 1-6. The Communicative Language Teaching approach (CLT thereafter) has been implemented in Hong Kong for the purpose of education reform since the … Continue reading →

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Language Achievement Not Just a Unidimensional Linguistic Matter – More Aspects to be Considered

by scirp Posted on January 14, 2014

Student performance is a function of many factors within and external to the classroom. Broader contextual and attitudinal variables might influence student achievement. Increasing interest toward language learning has made the parameters determining language achievement more significant. If effective and … Continue reading →

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The Role of Religious Orientation, Psychological Well-Being, and Self-Esteem in Iranian EFL Learners’ Language Achievement

by scirp Posted on January 13, 2014

Open Journal of Modern Linguistics published a noteworthy report of The Role of Religious Orientation, Psychological Well-Being, and Self-Esteem in Iranian EFL Learners’ Language Achievement. The present study aimed at finding the relationship of religious orientation (RO), psychological well-being (PWB), and self-esteem (SE) … Continue reading →

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Ever Wondered Why a Teacher Would Prefer “We” to “You” When Speaking to Students, or a Father Favor “Daddy” over “I” to His Child?

by scirp Posted on January 8, 2014

This preference of different deixis is much related to their pre-emptive or anti-pre-emptive usages in social communication. Deixis is directly concerned with the relationship between the structure of a language and the context in which the language is used. The … Continue reading →

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