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Direct linkMehdi Mehranirad; Nahid Basafa; Reza Zabihi – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The present study aimed to examine the effect of activity engagement, age, language proficiency, and time elapse on children's response accuracy to adult's questions. A total of 70, 3- to 6-year-old children participated in the study, engaging in a story-telling activity, a proficiency test, and two interviews. Additionally, 57 of these children…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Language Proficiency, Age Differences, Reaction Time
Amir Reza Rahimi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
A research study on the L2 Motivational Self-systems (L2MSS) and technology acceptance of Foreign Language Learners (EFL) in relation to Language Massive Open Online Courses (LMOOCs) is warranted. In response, 336 Iranian EFL learners participated in three LMOOC platforms, learned language online in line with their language institutes, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, MOOCs
Download full textGhadyani, Fariba; Tahririan, Mohammad Hassan; Afzali, Katayoon – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
There is a dearth of research on hope in studies of second or foreign (L2) language learning. Therefore, the present research contributes conceptually to a deep understanding of hope for learning English as a foreign language and the ways it may be developed. To do so, an exploratory mixed-methods design was employed. Using in-depth interviews,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psychological Patterns
Khaksefidi, Saman – International Education Studies, 2017
This study investigates the psychological effect of a wrong question with wrong items on answering to the next question in a test of structure. Forty students selected through stratified random sampling are given 15 questions of a standardized test namely a TOEFL structure test in which questions number 7 and number 11 are wrong and their answers…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis
Blake, Helen L.; Bennetts Kneebone, Laura; McLeod, Sharynne – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
Key drivers for migrants' social integration are education, employment, and skills in the dominant language of the settlement country. Data from Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants were used to examine migrants' English proficiency and how oral English proficiency facilitated or hindered participation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)
Rezaei, Saeed; Khatib, Mohammad; Baleghizadeh, Sasan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The present study is a nationwide survey of language identity among English language learners in Iran. The participants who completed the survey in this research included 1851 English language learners from different parts of the country who belonged to different genders, age groups and English language proficiency levels. The main instrument was…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Questionnaires
Khezrlou, Sima – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2012
The present research investigated the use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies by 60 young and 90 adult learners of different levels of education across different fields of study. The intermediate level young participants included junior-high and senior-high school learners between the ages of 14 and 17. The high-intermediate adult…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Second Language Learning, Correlation, Metacognition
Dibaj, Farzad – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The purpose of this study is to compare the vocabulary learning of monolingual learners of English as a second language with bilingual learners of English as a third language. The study is based on data from 52 monolingual Persian-speaking learners of English and 45 bilingual Azeri-Persian-speaking learners of English. All the participants were…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Educational Background
Razmjoo, Seyyed Ayatollah; Movahed, Majid – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2009
The primary objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between language proficiency and socio-cultural factors among the Iranian MA students registered and entered at Shiraz University in 2008. The second objective was to explore whether or not one or a combination of socio-cultural factors are predictors of language…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Reading Comprehension, Student Placement, Achievement Tests
