Communicating effectively in foreign language depends mainly on the strategies one employs to convey meanings when facing speaking problems. Although a lot of studies have been done in recent years on learning strategies used by native language learners, little attention has been given to teach communication strategies to EFL learners in Iran. In this book, the researcher tries to investigate the effect of communication strategy instruction on Iranian EFL learners' oral performance across genders. This research aims to shed light on interrelationship among these variables and suggests the...

Vocabulary and its appropriate use play a crucial role in second language learning and teaching.However, vocabulary acquisition in EFL education failed to receive the attention it deserved.Collocations have a significant role in EFL teaching and learning as they develop the learners' proficiency with lexis. Lexical approach gives special attention to teaching and learning collocation. Although most of the studies have proved the significance of collocations, researchers have pointed out that collocations are a serious problem for second language learners and one of the difficult parts of...

Regarding the importance of English language acquisition as an international language, foreign language learning textbooks play a crucial role in this path. Textbooks have a great deal of influence on developing learners intercultural competence, since they are often learners sole source of having hands on experience with target culture community. Although a lot of studies have been conducted in recent years which probe into cultural content of EFL textbooks, little attention has been given to comparing and contrasting the existing textbooks in this regard. This book, therefore, tries to...