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Direct linkNamaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan; Hernández, Ronald M.; Ocaña-Fernández, Yolvi; Khabir, Masoud – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
This study investigated the effect of synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) text chat and voice chat on Iranian EFL learners' oral proficiency and anxiety. To this aim, 81 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners were selected from among 125 students at private English language institutes. The selected participants were divided into two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Oral Language
Sherkuziyeva, Nasiba; Imamutdinovna Gabidullina, Farida; Ahmed Abdel-Al Ibrahim, Khaled; Bayat, Sania – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
This study aimed to examine the impacts of computerized dynamic assessment (C-DA) and rater-mediated assessment on the test anxiety, writing performance, and oral proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. Based on Preliminary English Test (PET) results, a sample of 64 intermediate participants was chosen from 93 students. Running a convenience sampling…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textKarim Shabani; Iman Bakhoda – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
The introduction of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT) into the second language (L2) domain provides a potential site to explore the mechanisms underlying L2 learners' cognitive modification and the transformation of social understanding into the personal one. This study provided a picture of L2 personalization in two groups of advanced and…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Learning Theories, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Namaziandost, Ehsan; Neisi, Leila; Kheryadi; Nasri, Mehdi – Cogent Education, 2019
The current study tried to investigate the impact of cooperative learning (CL) on improving Iranian intermediate EFL learners' oral proficiency motivations toward learning English. To fulfil this objective, 90 participants were selected and divided into two equal groups; one experimental and one control group. Then, the sample's speaking skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Ebadi, Saman; Ebadijalal, Marjan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study reports the results of a mixed-methods investigation on the impact of a virtual reality (VR) tool on Iranian EFL learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) and oral proficiency. Twenty upper-intermediate EFL learners were divided into experimental and control groups role-playing as museum guides with and without Google Expeditions VR…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Khoram, Alireza – Cogent Education, 2019
Task-based language teaching comprises both a novel language teaching approach and a burgeoning area of study in the field of second-language acquisition. This study investigated the effects of task type and planning conditions on the accuracy of learners' oral performance during pre-task planning. Eighty intermediate EFL learners were assigned to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Assignments, Planning
Saeli, Hooman; Dalman, Mohammadreza; Rahmati, Payam – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2020
This study explored the affective, behavioral, and cognitive engagement of 18 Iranian EFL learners with oral corrective feedback on lexical stress errors. The data were collected using questionnaires, pretests, posttests, and interviews. The questionnaire responses showed that the participants held various perceptions about direct feedback.…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Feedback (Response), Suprasegmentals, Error Patterns
Shakhsi Dastgahian, Elahe; Turner, Marianne; Scull, Janet – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2020
Despite the recent emphasis on oral English language proficiency in the Iranian education system, the teaching of oral communication remains a challenge for secondary school English language teachers. In this article, we suggest that this, in part, relates to the continued emphasis on literacy practices. The article explores the approach taken by…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Literacy, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
Zare, Mostafa; Shooshtari, Zohreh Gooniband; Jalilifar, Alireza – Language Teaching Research, 2022
This study aims to explore the impact of oral corrective feedback types on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' willingness to communicate across proficiency levels. It also investigates how EFL learners view different types of feedback in relation to their willingness to communicate. Sixty Iranian EFL learners were tracked in four…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Hassanzadeh-Taleshi, Mobin; Yaqubi, Baqer; Bozorgian, Hossein – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This study aimed to examine the effects of combining task repetition with immediate post-task transcribing (TRIPT) on L2 learners' immediate and delayed oral repetitions of the same task in terms of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF). For this purpose, 38 intermediate Iranian learners were randomly assigned to two groups: TRIPT and task…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Saeli, Hooman; Rahmati, Payam; Dalman, Mohammadreza Dalman – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study examined low-proficiency Iranian EFL students' affective, behavioral, and cognitive engagement with oral corrective feedback (OCF) on interdental fricative errors: /?/and/ð/. The data were collected from 27 learners with favorable and unfavorable perceptions about OCF. After receiving OCF on 30 tested and 30 untested lexical items in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Error Correction, Pretests Posttests, Accuracy
Teymour Rahmati; Musa Nushi – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
Drawing on duoethnography, the teacher researchers in the present study interacted with the relevant literature, engaged in dialogs, and shared artifacts to examine their knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding fairness and justice considerations in technology-enhanced language classroom assessment. Under the domain of knowledge, they…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, High Stakes Tests
Sayyadi, Ali; Rezvani, Reza – Language Testing in Asia, 2021
Admission in English-medium universities or institutions of higher education depends on the results obtained by candidates in large-scale proficiency tests including Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) internet-based test (iBT). The structure and administration procedure of the TOEFL iBT speaking test leaves no room for carrying out…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Sepehrinia, Sajjad; Fallah, Nahid; Torfi, Soad – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
Studies on oral error correction in second language acquisition have been tilted towards cognitive aspects ignoring the affective and practical dimensions. This study attempted to fill this gap by investigating the role of students' proficiency levels in five English language teachers' corrective behavior. Follow-up interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
Nguyen, Hanh thi, Ed.; Malabarba, Taiane, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
This edited volume brings together 10 cutting-edge empirical studies on the realities of English language learning, teaching and testing in a wide range of global contexts where English is an additional language. It covers three themes: learners' development of interactional competence, the organization of teaching and testing practices, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
