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Dashtestani, Reza – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
Learning English for academic purposes (EAP) can help university students promote their academic literacy through socializing them into academic communities of practice. This study examined the impact of the use of collaborative projects on three social network sites on EAP students' attitudes towards EAP and academic content learning. Three…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Social Networks, English for Academic Purposes, Student Attitudes
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Dashtestani, Reza – Research in Learning Technology, 2014
This study set out to explore Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' perceptions on the implementation of online EFL instruction. A mixed-methods design, including semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, was employed for the specific purposes of this study. A total of 242 EFL teachers participated in the questionnaire phase…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Dashtestani, Reza – Teaching English with Technology, 2014
Even though there are a plethora of CALL materials available to EFL teachers nowadays, very limited attention has been directed toward the issue that most EFL teachers are merely the consumers of CALL materials. The main challenge is to equip EFL teachers with the required CALL materials development skills to enable them to be contributors to CALL…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Teachers