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Masoud Mahmoodi-Shahrebabaki; Eric Oslund – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2025
The present study aimed to explore the relationship between reading attitude, motivation, and the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies (MARS) of adult English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Ninety-seven Iranian intermediate EFL learners participated in the study after a multi-stage sampling. The initial analysis suggested high…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Reading Motivation
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Shakiba Razmeh – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of computer-assisted language learning on cultural adaptation and language learning in non-traditional classroom settings. Design/methodology/approach: The data of this study came from extended periods of observation, multiple rounds of semi-structured interviews and home visits. Using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Mesgar, Mitra; Tafazoli, Dara – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2018
This quantitative study focuses on online metacognitive reading strategies used by 39 Iranian postgraduate students with internal and external locus of control. The students were selected through locus of control questionnaire and it is followed by OSORS questionnaire to measure online metacognitive strategies used by students. The results of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Online Courses, Reading Strategies, Locus of Control
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Modarresi, Ghasem; Javan, Elham – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
There exists cross-cultural differences in English classes regarding the factors that demotivate students and lead to dropout. The present study, following the guidelines suggested by Rowsell (1992), mainly aimed to design and validate a questionnaire for the reasons for dropout. To do so, the researchers, first, interviewed with 20 translation…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning
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Xodabande, Ismail – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
In recent years, increasing availability of digital technologies and internet connection for the majority of global population has affected almost every aspect of modern life including education and language learning. As a result, the face of language learning is changing both inside and outside the classroom and there is an ever growing need to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preferences
Yegani, Hossein; Jodaei, Hojjat – Online Submission, 2017
The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of task-based and topic-based speaking activities on improving the speaking ability among Iranian EFL learners. The study used quasi-experimental design. The subjects consisted of 60 male and female students who were selected from among 90 EFL learners by applying the nelson proficiency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis
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Arani, Samaneh Ghanei; Yazdanimoghaddam, Massood – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2016
The present study was an attempt to examine the impact of input flooding (IF) and textual enhancement (TIE) on EFL learners' syntactic development. Four homogenous groups were selected based on the pre-test and placement tests. During the treatment, the first group (i.e., IF) received reading comprehension passages in which the structure was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Linguistic Input, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning
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Rahmatian, Rouhollah; Mehrabi, Marzieh; Safa, Parivash; Golfam, Arsalan – International Education Studies, 2014
Hesitation, when speaking a foreign language, is studied through its components: beginnings, pauses, and repetitions. This paper aims to identify, through the study of this phenomenon, vulnerable zones among Iranian learners when they speak French. A case study of 30 adult learners shows that hesitation is not random and at different levels (A1 to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Processes, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
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Mirhosseini, Seyyed-Abdolhamid; Sazvar, Azam; Rashed, Farnoosh – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
An important aspect of learning a foreign language is encountering the sociocultural orientations associated with it. The present qualitative study focuses on an Iranian setting of English language teaching (ELT) to explore the potential reflection and reproduction of certain cultural attitudes and lifestyles in this context. A total of 200 hours…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Qualitative Research
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Paziraie, Mandana Eftekhar – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study is devoted to the effect of "textual metafunction" on the levels of coherence and cohesion in the Iranian EFL learners' English writing performance. Sixty Iranian intermediate EFL learners who were adult females participated in this study were randomly divided into two groups; experimental, and control. They were given a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Skills
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Farahani, Ali Akbar; Salajegheh, Soory – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2015
Although the provision of error correction is common in education, there are controversies regarding "when" correction is most effective and why it is effective. This study investigated the differences between Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers and learners regarding their perspectives towards the timeline of error…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Error Correction
Abbasian, Gholam-Reza; Pooshaneh, Leila – Online Submission, 2015
Many empirical investigations have demonstrated that explicit Focus on Form (FOF) methods are more effective than implicit Focus on Meaning (FOM) methods (Norris & Ortega, 2000), because in FOF instruction learners' attention is drawn to linguistic form while FOM instruction requires learners' attention to communicate (Ellis, 2001). However,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Quasiexperimental Design, Adult Learning, English (Second Language)
Smith, Ann F. V., Ed.; Strong, Gregory, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2009
"Adult Language Learners: Context and Innovation" presents instructional practices that are particularly successful with adults. Adult language learners are goal oriented and direct their learning to fulfill particular needs or demands: to advance their studies, to progress up the career ladder, to follow business opportunities, to pass…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries
Bazany, M. – Literacy Work, 1972
Four part article: (1) a description of the program, (2) Grace Goodell's analysis of adult learning characteristics with emphasis on economic motivation, (3) a reply by J.D.N. Versluys emphasizing importance of teacher training, (4) a final comment by Goodell. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Economic Opportunities
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education