Iranian Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) is 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 2006 for people involved in language and linguistic studies. Articles highlighted in this issue include: (1) A Moraic Approach to Syllables: Evidence from Moroccan Arabic (Mohammed Rida Bernouss); (2) Native Speaker Norms and Teaching English as an International Language (Saeed Ketabi and Nematullah Shomoosi); (3) Socioeconomic Status and Class Perception (Reza Ghafar Samar, Hadi Azimi, and Babak Dadvand); (4) A Contrastive Study of the Introduction Section of English and Persian Medical Research Articles (Avishan Mahzari and Parviz Maftoon); and (5) The Effectiveness of Narrative versus Expository Texts: Which One is More Effective on the Scores Gained by TOEFL Test-Takers (Habibollah Mashhady). (Individual articles contain references, tables, and figures.) [IJLS is published by American Lulu, Inc. Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines.]