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Comparing Language Learning Strategies among the More and Less Successful EFL Learners in Iran
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Hassan SoodmandAfshar; Mahsa Bayat; Maryam Jalili Kia – Issues in Educational Research, 2025
Our study examined the language learning strategies of successful and less successful Iranian EFL learners. The sample comprised 1608 junior and senior EFL students who completed the "Strategy Inventory for Language Learning" (SILL), and 30 randomly selected participants in semi-structured interviews. The results from descriptive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
Strategy Use, Learning Styles and L2 Achievement of Iranian Students of English for Academic Purposes
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Afshar, Hassan Soodmand; Bayat, Mahsa – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
The present study investigated the relationship between language learning strategy use, learning styles, gender, and second language (L2) achievement of Iranian English for academic purposes (EAP) learners. To this end, 120 Iranian EAP learners majoring in various fields of humanities including political sciences, psychology, economics and law…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
Iranian EFL Learners' Emotional Intelligence, Learning Styles, Strategy Use, and Their L2 Achievement
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Afshar, Hassan Soodmand; Tofighi, Somayyeh; Hamazavi, Raouf – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The idea that language learning is facilitated or inhibited by a multitude of factors has prompted scholars in the field to investigate variables considered to be crucial in the process of second or foreign language learning. This study investigated relationships between emotional intelligence, learning style, language learning strategy use, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Emotional Intelligence
EFL Students' Attitudes towards Self-Regulated Learning Strategies in Academic Writing
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Abadikhah, Shirin; Aliyan, Zahra; Talebi, Seyed Hassan – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
The aim of the present study was to investigate EFL university students' attitude towards self-regulated learning strategies in writing academic papers. A further aim of the study was to compare the attitudes of two groups of university students (third and fourth years) in the employment of self-regulated learning strategies to find out whether…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes