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Aghajani, Mojtaba; Gholamrezapour, Emad – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
Critical thinking is crucial to the learning process, cognitive development, and effective information seeking. People can use critical thinking skills to understand, interpret, and assess what they hear or read in order to formulate appropriate reactions or responses. The present study intends to investigate the predictive power of critical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad; Taghizadeh, Mahboubeh – Educational Assessment, 2014
Dynamic assessment is a procedure in which development is simultaneously assessed and improved with regard to the individual's or group's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD; Lantolf & Poehner, 2004). This study aimed to follow dynamic assessment and investigate the impact of three types of implicit and explicit feedback on the essay writing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alternative Assessment, Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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Mansouri, Vahid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
When it comes to language learning, vocabulary learning is the main activity focused on. Vocabulary learning is the main problem and also the goal of new language learners. It is one of the major problems that language learners encounter during learning a new language. Krashen (1989) (cited in Tokac, 2005) points out the role of vocabulary in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Ahmadian, Moussa; Jalilian, Vahid – English Language Teaching, 2012
During the last two decades, Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences with its emphasis on learner variables has been appreciated in language learning. Spatial intelligence, as one domain of the multiple structures of intelligence, which is thought to play a great role in reading, writing, and literacy, particularly in L2 learning, has not…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries