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Download full textAbdolrezapour, Parisa; Fallah, Elahe – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2015
This study has sought to explore the effect of reflective teaching on learner autonomy and the intrinsic motivation of Iranian upper-intermediate female learners. The subjects included 60 adult upper-intermediate EFL learners chosen out of ninety, based on the scores obtained through administration of the TOEFL exam. They were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Personal Autonomy
Daftari, Giti Ehtesham; Tavil, Zekiye Müge – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
The discrimination between native and non-native English speaking teachers is reported in favor of native speakers in literature. The present study examines the linguistic insecurity of non-native English speaking teachers (NNESTs) and investigates its influence on learners' productive skills by using SPSS software. The eighteen teachers…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Doqaruni, Vahid Rahmani – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2014
Research has revealed that second language learners often seem passive and reticent in language classrooms. In the age of globalization, however, there is an urgent need for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers to enhance their reticent students' confidence to help them take part more actively in classroom oral activities. In line with…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Action Research, Self Esteem, Second Language Instruction
Gharbavi, Abdullah; Mousavi, Seyyed Ahmad – English Language Teaching, 2012
The primary focus of research on employment of language learning strategies has been on identification of adoption of different learning strategies. However, the relationship between language learning strategies and proficiency levels was ignored in previous research. The present study was undertaken to find out whether there are any relationship…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Learning Strategies, Language Tests, Correlation
Ghafournia, Narjes; Afghari, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2013
The study scrutinized the probable interaction between using cognitive test-taking strategies, reading proficiency, and reading comprehension test performance of Iranian postgraduate students, who studied English as a foreign language. The study also probed the extent to which the participants' test performance was related to the use of certain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, English (Second Language)
Laborda, Jesus Garcia; Royo, Teresa Magal – Online Submission, 2009
The IBT TOEFL has become the principal example of online high stakes language testing since 2005. Most instructors who do the preparation for IBT TOEFL face two main realities: first, students are eager and highly motivated to take the test because of the prospective implications; and, second, specific studies would be necessary to see if…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Second Language Learning, Familiarity, Testing
