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Direct linkSoleimani, Maryam; Modirkhamene, Sima; Sadeghi, Karim – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Drawing upon Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory (SCT), this study aimed at investigating the effect of two writing modes, namely, peer-mediated/collaborative vs. individual writing on measures of fluency, accuracy, and complexity of female EFL learners' writing. Based on an in-house placement test and the First Certificate in English writing paper, a…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Taki, Saeed – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
This study aimed to explore whether first-language (L1) readers of different language backgrounds would employ similar metacognitive online reading strategies and whether reading online in a second language (L2) could be influenced by L1 reading strategies. To this end, 52 Canadian college students as English L1 readers and 38 Iranian university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Metacognition, Electronic Learning
Download full textZarei, Abbas Ali; Baftani, Fahimeh Nasiri – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2014
To investigate the effects of different techniques of vocabulary portfolio including word map, word wizard, concept wheel, visual thesaurus, and word rose on L2 vocabulary comprehension and production, a sample of 75 female EFL learners of Kish Day Language Institute in Karaj, Iran were selected. They were in five groups and each group received…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Females
Clark-Goff, Kylah; Eslami, Zohreh – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2016
The beliefs a teacher carries into the classroom are a strong predictor of behaviour and, thus, have educational implications. With more English Language Learners (ELLs) worldwide, in mainstream classrooms in English speaking countries and in content-based classes in other countries around the globe than ever before, it is essential that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Beliefs, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Qarajeh, Masoud; Abdolmanafi-Rokni, Seyed Jalal – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present study was set out to investigate the effect of social hubs on improving EFL learners' speaking skill. The participants of the study were 38 female and 26 male students between the age of 19 and 29. They were randomly assigned to two groups of experimental and control. Each group consisted of 32 participants. A language proficiency test…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Media, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Iranian EFL Learners' Grammatical Knowledge: Effect of Direct and Metalinguistic Corrective Feedback
Saadi, Zahra Kheradmand; Saadat, Mahboobeh – English Language Teaching, 2015
The present study was conducted to compare the impact of direct and metalinguistic written corrective feedback on Iranian EFL learners' grammatical knowledge. The participants were a convenient sample of students in two intact writing classes. The instruction provided in both groups was similar; however, the students in one group received direct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Knowledge Level, Metalinguistics
Golpour, Farhad – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2014
The essential function of critical thinking in education is obvious by many studies done in this field. The main purpose of this article is to find the relationship between critical thinking levels of Iranian EFL learners and their performance on different modes of writing. The sample of the study selected among those who studying English at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kalali, Nazanin Naderi; Pishkar, Kian – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The main thrust of this study was to determine whether a genre-based instruction improve the writing proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, 30 homogenous Iranian BA learners studying English at Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch were selected as the participants of the study through a version of TOEFL test as the proficiency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Alavinia, Parviz; Hassanlou, Adel – English Language Teaching, 2014
The current study was aimed at investigating the relationship between academic Iranian EFL learners' extroversion/introversion and their writing performance. The participants of the study were some 52 BA learners majoring in English language literature in Urmia and Tabriz state universities. The chosen sample comprised of both males and females…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Extraversion Introversion
Sadeghi, Karim; Sharifi, Faranak – English Language Teaching, 2013
Considering the significant role of vocabulary in learning a language, and teachers' great responsibility in providing opportunities to facilitate this learning, many studies have focused on the best means of achieving a good knowledge of vocabulary. This study set out to investigate the effect of four post-teaching activities, namely game,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kamran, Saeedeh Karbalaee; Maftoon, Parviz – English Language Teaching, 2012
The current study is an attempt to investigate whether any statistically significant relationship existed between Iranian EFL learners' ambiguity tolerance (AT) and their reading strategy use. To this end, three instruments of Survey of Reading Strategy (Mokhtari & Sheorey, 2002), Second Language Ambiguity Tolerance Scale (Ely, 1995), and a…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Figurative Language, Ambiguity (Semantics), Statistical Significance
Birjandi, Parviz; Bagherkazemi, Marzieh – English Language Teaching, 2010
In the face of too much incoming information and too many people trying to convince us in today's world, the ability to think critically gains an ever greater saliency as a prime goal of student and teacher education. The present study aimed at substantiating the relationship between EFL teachers' critical thinking ability and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
