University Tehran Language Research 2251-9289 4 1 2013 04 21 Production of English be-passive by Farsi-speaking EFL learners: A cognitive-construction grammar approach Production of English be-passive by Farsi-speaking EFL learners: A cognitive-construction grammar approach 41 60 35923 10.22059/jolr.2014.35923 FA Houshang Besati PhD student, Department of Linguistics, Allameh Tabtaba’i University Shahla Raghibdoost Assistant professor, Department of Linguistics, Allameh Tabtaba’i University Journal Article 2012 11 17 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">English passive has always been regarded as a challenge by Farsi-speaking EFL learners. Despite the presence of many linguistic and pedagogical approaches in studying and teaching English passive, there still appears to be a pedagogical gap facing Farsi-speaking EFL learners dealing with this construction. Taking up the cognitive-construction grammar perspective, the present article aims to investigate some aspects of the Farsi learners' errors emerged in forming English be-passive. In the present article, while investigating the linguistic behavior of Farsi-speaking EFL learners in forming English be-passive through designing and implementing a writing experiment on a group of 30 subjects of intermediate proficiency level, we found that subjects show a variety of performance errors which can be analyzed in terms of cognitive-construction grammar approach, and consequently, several suggestions can be put forth for teaching English be-passive to Farsi-speaking EFL learners.</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span>   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">English passive has always been regarded as a challenge by Farsi-speaking EFL learners. Despite the presence of many linguistic and pedagogical approaches in studying and teaching English passive, there still appears to be a pedagogical gap facing Farsi-speaking EFL learners dealing with this construction. Taking up the cognitive-construction grammar perspective, the present article aims to investigate some aspects of the Farsi learners' errors emerged in forming English be-passive. In the present article, while investigating the linguistic behavior of Farsi-speaking EFL learners in forming English be-passive through designing and implementing a writing experiment on a group of 30 subjects of intermediate proficiency level, we found that subjects show a variety of performance errors which can be analyzed in terms of cognitive-construction grammar approach, and consequently, several suggestions can be put forth for teaching English be-passive to Farsi-speaking EFL learners.</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span>   https://jolr.ut.ac.ir/article_35923_14747ce6489fb4e8a58fe09fa2e91827.pdf