"Iranian Journal of Language Studies" ("IJLS") is a quarterly journal devoted to all areas of language and linguistics. Its aim is to present work of current interest in all areas of language study. No particular linguistic theories or scientific trends are favored: scientific quality and scholarly standing are the only criteria applied in the selection of papers accepted for publication. "IJLS" publishes papers of any length, if justified, as well as review articles surveying developments in the various fields of language study (including Language Teaching, Language Testing, TESOL, ESP, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Curriculum Development, Politeness Research, Classroom Research, Language Policy, and so on). Also, a considerable number of pages in each issue are devoted to critical book reviews. "IJLS" commenced publication in 2006 for people involved in language and linguistic studies. This issue contains the following articles: (1) The Effect of Partial Synonymy on Second Language Vocabulary Learning (Abbas Ali Zarei and Valeh Golami); (2) From Reflective Teaching to Effective Learning: A New Class Order (Mohammad Reza Taghilou); (3) The Effect of Field Dependence-Independence as a Source of Variation in EFL Learners' Writing Performance (Nazanin Nilforooshan and Akbar Afghari); (4) Speech Acts in English Language Teaching (Sasan Baleghizadeh); (5) Urban Linguistics in Nigeria: A Case of Language Use in Lagos Metropolis (Harrison Adeniyi and Rachael Bello); and (6) Foreign Language Anxiety (Feryal Cubukcu). (Individual articles contain references.) [This journal is published by American Lulu, Inc. in print format and released by Zanjan University in electronic format. Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines. For Volume 1, Issue 2 of this journal, see ED494790.]