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Vakili, Shokoufeh; Ebadi, Saman – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Theoretically grounded in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of mind, Dynamic Assessment (DA) provides researchers with the opportunity to investigate different aspects of learners' developmental trajectory, including the ways they overcome their errors. As a qualitative inquiry into the nature of errors reflecting learners' development in academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
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Roozafzai, Zahra Sadat – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2019
Considering the controversy about the nature of ergativity, the issue of whether a case morpheme is theta assigning or just structural case-marking, the present study tried to provide an evidence for either side or both. To this aim, the acquisition and use of ergative verbs were studied and possible explications of the errors were presented.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Indo European Languages
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Rikhtegar, Omid; Gholami, Javad – English Language Teaching, 2015
The purpose of this study was to find out the possible effects of pre-versus post-presentation input flooding via reading on simple past tense acquisition among young Iranian EFL learners. Sixty one elementary EFL learners were divided into two experimental and one control group. The experimental groups were exposed to pre and post presentation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Moqimipour, Kourosh; Shahrokhi, Mohsen – International Education Studies, 2015
The present study aimed at analyzing writing errors caused by the interference of the Persian language, regarded as the first language (L1), in three writing genres, namely narration, description, and comparison/contrast by Iranian EFL students. 65 English paragraphs written by the participants, who were at the intermediate level based on their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Error Patterns, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Falhasiri, Mohammad; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Hasiri, Fatemeh; Mohammadzadeh, Ali Reza – English Language Teaching, 2011
This study intends to shed light on the most occurring grammatical and lexical (pragmatic) errors which students make in their compositions. For this purpose, 23 male and female undergraduate students from different majors were asked to take part in the present study. Each week, for four weeks, students were asked to write 4 compositions on…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Grammar
Pasand, Parastou Gholami – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2013
The M.A. level in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Iran aims at training qualified persons for teaching English at universities or institutions of higher education and also fulfilling the needs of the society regarding experts in the field of research in language teaching issues, translating different English texts into Persian or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Teaching Methods