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Rafieyan, Vahid – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
To develop target language pragmatic competence, language learners' attention must be directed toward not only linguistic but also pragmatic aspect of the target language expressions (Schmidt, 2001). Thus, some sorts of pragmatic awareness-raising instruction, using either explicit "Focus on Forms" or implicit "Focus on Form"…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Teaching Methods, Linguistic Competence, Undergraduate Students
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Amiripour, Parveneh; Dossey, John Arthur; Shahvarni, Ahmad – REDIMAT - Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, 2017
This comparative study of two approaches contrasts a schema-based approach to represent a solution approach to solving whole number contextual problems for grades 2 and 3 with the traditional textbook approach. The participants are 9 to 11- year-old Afghani refugee students enrolled in non-public schools administered by NGO organization in Iran.…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition)
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Aghajani, Mojtaba; Adloo, Mahsa – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The widespread of mobile devices bring a huge potential to e-leaning in terms of pervasiveness, ubiquity, personalization, and flexibility. In this study, a total of 70 university ESP learners were involved. Telegram, as the treatment in this study was compared to a conventional method; face-to-face in the cooperative writing activities. First of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Writing Skills, Online Courses, Student Attitudes
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Farahani, Fahimeh – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) has potential to help language learners; however, it has received scant attention. The present study was an attempt to investigate the effect of NLP techniques on reading comprehension of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners at an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course. To achieve this goal, two…
Descriptors: Neurolinguistics, Reading Comprehension, English for Special Purposes, Experimental Groups
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Mahmoudabadi, Zahra – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study has two main objectives: first, to find traces of teaching methods in a language class and second, to study the relationship between intended learning outcomes and uptake, which is defined as what students claim to have learned. In order to identify the teaching method, after five sessions of observation, class activities and procedures…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Behavioral Objectives, Academic Achievement
Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2016
Based on their scores on a proficiency test, the 894 participants in this study were grouped into three experimental groups (EG) and three control groups (CG). They attempted an argumentative writing task and the Cornell Critical Thinking Test, Form Z (CCTT-Form Z) as the pre-test. While CG participants received no treatment or placebo, EG…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Critical Thinking, Persuasive Discourse