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Rahman, Kh. Atikur; Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna; Hasan, Md. Kamrul; Namaziandost, Ehsan; Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
This paper presents the findings of a study which aimed at exploring the washback of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) English examinations on English teaching and learning practice at secondary schools in Bangladesh. For this purpose, a qualitative research (employing interviews with English teachers, FGDs with students and classroom…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan; Atabekova, Anastasia; Shoustikova, Tatyana; Kussanova, Bibigul H. – Journal of Education, 2023
There has been an ongoing debate on the effectiveness of spaced and massed distribution instruction in second/foreign language learning. A number of studies in the literature have investigated the impacts of spacing effect on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' vocabulary acquisition. This study aims to expand the body of existing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary Development
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Azizi, Zeinab; Namaziandost, Ehsan – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
Though dynamic assessment (DA) has gained strong theoretical and empirical support over the last decades, second language (L2) practitioners have blamed it for its applicability in large classes. To ameliorate this limitation, peer-dynamic assessment (peer-DA), rooted in the conceptualization of zone of proximal development (ZPD), can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Second Language Learning
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Ghahderijani, Behnoosh Heshmat; Namaziandost, Ehsan; Tavakoli, Mona; Kumar, Tribhuwan; Magizov, Rustem – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
This study attempted to check the impact of two dynamic assessment (DA) models on speaking CAF. DA, as opposed to static assessment, is conceived as an interactive approach to assessment that integrates teaching and testing into a unified instructional engagement. To achieve the goals of this research, a convenience sample of 90 upper-intermediate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alternative Assessment, Group Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan; Ahmad Tilwani, Shouket; Pourhosein Gilakjani, Abbas – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the effect of using authentic materials on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension, reading motivation, and reading anxiety. In this study, 58 Iranian male EFL learners were selected and randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Both groups were pretested through a reading…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Pretests Posttests
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan; Heidari, Shadi; Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
The present investigation aimed at studying emotional terms (ETs) in Persian and English bed-night stories for children by adopting a contrastive analysis approach within two phases. Emotional terms were categorized into two theoretical models (tokens and types) in phase one of the study, and in the second phase, the effect of teaching emotive…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Indo European Languages, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Nasri, Mehdi; Rahimi Esfahani, Fariba; Keshmirshekan, Mohammad Hossein – Cogent Education, 2019
This study intended to investigate the effect of spaced and massed distribution instruction on vocabulary learning. To fulfil this objective, 68 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners (14-16 years) participated in 16 sessions. The participants were randomly divided in to two experimental groups; spaced distribution group (n = 34) and massed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Dehkordi, Elham Saberi; Shafiee, Sajad – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
The present study aimed to investigate the comparative impacts of input-based and output-based activities on vocabulary knowledge of Iranian EFL learners. To fulfil this objective, 54 intermediate EFL students out of 70 from a private language institute were chosen through administering the Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The selected…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Sawalmeh, Murad Hassan Mohammed; Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad; Ziafar, Meisam; Arianti, Arin; Hernández, Ronald M.; Razzhivin, Oleg Anatolevich; Ocaña-Fernández, Yolvi; Fuster-Guillén, Doris; Garay, Jessica Palacios – SAGE Open, 2021
Ensuring second language (L2) learners have an adequate breadth and depth of L2 vocabulary knowledge is a key pedagogical objective in L2 learning contexts. For this reason, establishing guiding principles that successfully enhance the efficacy of L2 vocabulary knowledge development is of strong importance. The current study investigated the value…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Rezvani, Ehsan; Polemikou, Anna – Cogent Education, 2020
In this study, 92 Iranian intermediate EFL learners (17 to 22 years) took part in 14 sessions in which they were taught L2 vocabulary through three input enhancements, i.e., visual input enhancement, semantic input enhancement, and input flooding. In fact, the selected participants were divided into three experimental groups and one control group.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Pretests Posttests
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Hafezian, Mitra; Shafiee, Sajad – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2018
This study was intended to investigate the relationship between working memory, anxiety and Iranian EFL learners' listening comprehension. For the purpose of this study, 60 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected among 80 students at a private language institute in Hamadan, Iran. They participated in a homogeneity test (Oxford Quick…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Dehkordi, Maryam Khodaverdian; Alipour, Poupak; Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2020
This study investigated the impact of spaced and massed instruction on foreign language reading motivation and reading attitude among Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. To fulfil this objective, 60 Iranian participants were chosen among 120 students based on the results of Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The selected pre-intermediate…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Namaziandost, Ehsan; Rahimi Esfahani, Fariba; Hashemifardnia, Arash – SAGE Open, 2018
This study compared the effects of spacing and massed instructions on Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension. To fulfill this objective, 50 Iranian participants were selected among 80 students based on the results of Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The intermediate selected participants were then randomly…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction