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Download full textKhonbi, Zainab Abolfazli; Sadeghi, Karim – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
Idioms feature prominently in daily communication. Accordingly, teaching and learning idioms should be a primary concern in language education, including English education. However, there is relatively little research on the role of formal instruction of idioms in developing idiomatic competence. This study investigated the instructional effects…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Direct linkSadeghi, Karim; Khezrlou, Sima; Modirkhameneh, Sima – Journal of Research in Reading, 2017
This study sought to compare how three different gloss types (text-picture, text-audio and text-picture-audio) affected English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. The study also compared how results on comprehension and vocabulary acquisition differed across three learning conditions (i.e.,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Pictorial Stimuli
Soleimani, 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
Sadeghi, Karim; Abolfazli Khonbi, Zainab – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
This study investigated the effect of assessment type (self vs. peer vs. teacher) on university students' academic achievement and students' attitudes toward them. In the main study, 82 undergraduate English-as-a-Foreign-Language students in four classes at three universities in Iran were randomly assigned into one of self-, peer- and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Student Attitudes, Alternative Assessment
Abolfazli Khonbi, Zainab; Sadeghi, Karim – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
Student-directed teaching and assessment techniques are gradually dominating educational systems almost all over the world. This study investigated a cohort of male and female Iranian EFL students' attitudes toward self-, peer-, and teacher-assessment experiences. Sixty three students at Urmia University and Tabriz Islamic Azad University, in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, College Students, Pretests Posttests
Sadeghi, Karim; Dousti, Masoumeh – English Language Teaching, 2013
In the twenty-first century, integration of technology into education is a force worthy of contemplation. Among all the possible technological tools that can be integrated into EFL classes, computers seem to have achieved a more dominant position. One of the outstanding features of computers is their potential to present educational games and to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Technology Integration
Sadeghi, Karim; Ahmadi, Negar – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study investigated the effects of three kinds of gloss conditions that is traditional non-CALL marginal gloss, computer-based audio gloss, and computer-based extended audio gloss, on reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, three experimental and one control groups, each comprising 15 participants, took part in this study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Shishavan, Homa Babai; Sadeghi, Karim – English Language Teaching, 2009
This study attempted to characterize qualities of an effective English language teacher (EELT) as perceived by Iranian English language teachers and learners. For this purpose, a tailor-made questionnaire was administered to 59 English language teachers and 215 learners of English at universities, high schools and language institutes in Iran. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
