Research Foreign Languages
A Critical Review of the Book Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment (Fundamental Techniques and Advanced Methods)

Rajab Esfandiari

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 1-25

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.31987.1926

Abstract
  Given the significant role of quantitative data in theory building in language assessment, the need for a book covering data analysis methods is strongly felt. The two-volume book, Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment (Fundamental Techniques and Advanced Methods), edited by Vahid Aryadoust ...  Read More

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A Critique of the Literary School of Critical Realism in Iran (Based on the Stories of “Farsi Shekar Ast/Persian is Sugar” and “Gileh Mard”)

Nahid Akbarzadeh; Janolah Karimi Motahhar

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 27-51

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.37523.2316

Abstract
  The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were the time for the formation of new schools of art in Europe. The rise of realism was the result of fundamental changes in the understanding of the world and a fundamental revision of the relationship between man and the world. In post-labor Europe, ...  Read More

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A Critique on the Book The Song of the Nibelungenlied

Hamideh Behjat

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 53-78

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.33953.2071

Abstract
  A look into the history of the literature of the ancient nations reveals that epics are the most fundamental works. Major role players of such epics are the heroes who have their roots in the unconscious beings of a collection of human beings and their existence provides a response to man’s wishes, ...  Read More

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A Comparative Analysis of the Value System of the Discourse of Lorca’s The Moon Romance and Its Persian Translation by Shamloo

Fatemeh Bayatfar; Najmeh Shobeiri

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 79-102

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.33037.1983

Abstract
  Quality assessment of literary texts translation has always been irregular since some theorists believe that faithful translation to the original text is impossible. Therefore, through time, various theories for literary texts assessment have been created. In this paper with the comparative study of ...  Read More

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A Critical Analysis of the Content of Iqbal’s Revelations in the Poem of the “Majlis-e- Iblis”

Ali Bayat

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 103-123

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.38374.2371

Abstract
  One of the poems of Armaghan-e- Hejaz collection is “Majlis-e- Iblis”. Iqbal's famous poem, which is generally taught in master's courses in Urdu language and literature. In this poem, Allama Iqbal has well exposed the conspiracies of the devilish system against Muslims. Explaining and studying ...  Read More

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A Critique on the Methods of Teaching Verbs of Motio in Russian Language in Iranian Universities

Rezvan Hasanzadeh

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 125-146

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.32004.1927

Abstract
  The present article reviews and examines the methods of teaching Russian motion verbs and provides quality strategies for teaching this category of the Russian language in our country's universities within the framework of the Russian language teaching course as a foreign language. The results of the ...  Read More

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A Critique on the Book Johnson and Sa’di: Two Intimate Strangers

Mostafa Hosseini

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 147-166

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.37376.2307

Abstract
  Johnson and Sa’di: Two Intimate Strangers, written by Helen Ouliaeinia, is a very useful work in the realm of Persian-English comparative literature. It deals with the unorthodox structural and thematic similarities (and somehow differences) between Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince ...  Read More

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An Evaluation and Criticism of the Revised BA Program in English Translator Training

Hossein Davari; Saeed Nourzadeh; Ailin Firoozian Pouresfahani; Ghodrat Hassani

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 167-190

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2020.29020.1687

Abstract
  After around three decades of implementing the BA program in English translator training approved in 1990 which was accompanied by many serious criticisms, finally, in 2017, its revised version was approved and implemented. This revised program first aims at enhancing the students' language skills and ...  Read More

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Internal and External Evaluation of the Book Principles and Methodology of Translation Published by SAMT

Alireza Rasti

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 191-208

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2020.27945.1644

Abstract
  The present research aimed at analyzing the book Principles and Methodology of Translation in terms of its formal characteristics, content, and methodology, using the critical library research method in general and McDonough, Shaw, and Masuhara’s (2013) textbook evaluative framework in particular. ...  Read More

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A Critique on the Book The Idea of Literature. From ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ to Writings That Intervene

Hassan Zokhtareh

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 209-229

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.37973.2345

Abstract
  The introduction of The Idea of Literature. From ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ to Writings That Intervene, the last book by Alexandre Gefen, starts with dedicating the Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan in 2016 that caused controversial reactions. In Gefen's view, the reason for all these ...  Read More

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A Critical Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Questions in English for Academic Purposes Textbooks: Old Versus New Generation

Mavadat Saidi; Soheila Nasiri

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 231-253

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.36167.2226

Abstract
  English for academic purposes materials primarily focus on developing and enhancing the university students’ reading skills. The current study aimed to evaluate and compare the reading comprehension questions in the old and new generations of EAP textbooks published by SAMT. To this end, the reading ...  Read More

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Text Research of the Book Persian Language-Correspondence and Business Documents (Based on Persian and Russian languages)

Maryam Shafaghi; Asghar Ghodrati

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 255-278

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.37514.2315

Abstract
  Administrative correspondence is one of the standard Persian languages that has its own writing characteristics in terms of vocabulary, fixed structural and style stereotypes. Teaching such a style of language use, especially teaching language as a foreign language (based on the example of teaching Persian ...  Read More

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An Investigation on the Subject of Women in the Thoughts of Anton Chekhov Based on the Latest Story by the Author, The Lady Bride

Zeinab Sadeghi Sahlabad

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 279-293

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.38080.2349

Abstract
  In this article, while examining Chekhov's latest story entitled The Lady Bride, the author's views on the issue of women in the last stages of her literary development are examined. To understand Chekhov in this regard, one must be aware of the historical context in which the work was created. Also, ...  Read More

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A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects

Reza Taherkhani; Fateme Mottaghi

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 295-321

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.25761.1561

Abstract
  Globalization has led to changes in the conceptual meaning of culture, one of which is the perception of people towards language in EFL contexts. Critical evaluation of teaching materials is a vital step in improving the status of the books, especially for the future. Therefore, the current study aims ...  Read More

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Reflections on Social Demographic Ideas of Amir Khosrow Dehlavi in a Realistic Narrative

Reza Kiani

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 323-338

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.34640.2115

Abstract
  Among the books of Amir Khosrow Dehlavi, the famous Indian thinker and writer, there is a book that has serious differences with his other works, and it is really brilliant. This book is called Dolarani and Khezer Khan, despite its great cultural and social significance, it is an anonymous work in Iran. ...  Read More

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Exploring the Discourses of Racism and Colonialism Novella Heart of Darkness

Mohammad Amin Mozaheb

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 339-359

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2020.28836.1674

Abstract
  Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness (1899) is one of the most important literary writings in English literature. Due to its main theme of colonial issues in the African country Congo, the work has given rise to various debates and opinions to date. Some believe that Conrad’s text bears ...  Read More

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A Critical Review on the Book Genki (Lively, Vivacious)

Farzaneh Moradi

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 361-384

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.36886.2278

Abstract
  This paper is an introduction and a critical review of the book Genki a two-volume book for elementary education of the Japanese language which was first published in 1999 and republished in 2011 and 2020. The book has been used in many universities and language teaching centers around the world, especially ...  Read More

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A Critique of Dante's Influence on Sanā’ī in the Research of Orientalists

Iman Mansub Basiri; Mahzad Sheikholislami; Hossein Hasani Dargah

Volume 21, Issue 10 , December 2021, Pages 385-402

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.36799.2272

Abstract
  When Reynold Alleyne Nicholson mentioned some similarities between Dante's Divine Comedy and Sanā’ī’s Seyr al-‘ebād in his article "A Persian forerunner of Dante", the belief that Dante has been influenced, in the creation of his eternal work, by the Sanai’s opus came into ...  Read More