NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Navaie, Leila Ashegh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the Reciprocal Teaching Procedure (RTP) on reading comprehension of intermediate Iranian EFL learners in Iran. Two intact groups were chosen non-randomly, one as the control group and the other as the experimental group. Then an IELTS reading test was administered to both groups as…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Afraz, Shahram; Taghizade, Leila; Taghinezhad, Ali – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
Speaking is a crucial form of communication in language learning settings. Through speaking skill, ESL/EFL language learners can communicate and convey information. Pictorial aids have been deployed as efficacious mediatory tools in teaching various disciplines such as language teaching. Still, to the best of the researchers' knowledge, a direct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rahimirad, Maryam; Shams, Mohammad Reza – International Journal of Listening, 2014
This study investigates the effect of activating metacognitive strategies on the listening performance of English as a foreign language (EFL) university students and explores the impact of such strategies on their metacognitive awareness of the listening task. The participants were N = 50 students of English literature at the state university of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Listening Skills, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Al Rasheed, Hana S. S. – English Language Teaching, 2014
Reading comprehension is a key issue in learning English as a foreign language, and it is critical that teachers utilize pre-reading strategies in reading classes in order to help students enhance their comprehension. The present study investigates the effectiveness of two pre-reading strategies on EFL students' performance in reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Khodadady, Ebrahim; Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh – English Language Teaching, 2011
The present study investigated the influence of concept mapping as a post-reading strategy on EFL learners' critical thinking ability. The study utilized a pretest-posttest control and experimental group design. To do so, thirty six EFL learners at upper intermediate and advanced levels were randomly assigned to experimental (n=18) and control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning