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Khonamri, Fatemeh; Yaqubi, Baqer; Sokhandan, Esmail – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
This explanatory mixed-methods study investigated the use of bilingual students' linguistic repertoire for teaching and clarifying grammar. A repeated-measures design was used in which the quantitative data were complemented with follow-up qualitative data. Data were collected in six treatment sessions and from twenty-five all-male twelfth-grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), Translation, Bilingualism
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Sanei, Taraneh – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
This paper explores the impact of globalization, and the consequent re-ordering of indexicalities associated with different languages and linguistic practices, on the sociolinguistic repertoires and behaviors of Farsi-English bilingual Iranians in Iran. I focus on the participants' Farsi-English Code-switching (CS) practices and their positionings…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Indo European Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Taheri, Ali Akbar; Davoudi, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Compensation Strategies (CpSs) are strategies which a language user employs in order to achieve his intended meaning when precise linguistic forms are for some reasons not available at that point of communication. Different factors may influence the use of CpSs, among which the level of language proficiency is one of the most important ones. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Gheisari, Nouzar – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
Theoretically framed within Vygotskyan sociocultural theory (SCT) of mind, the present study investigated resurfacing of private speech markers by Iranian elementary female EFL learners in teacher-learner interactions. To this end, an elementary EFL class including 12 female learners and a same-sex teacher were selected as the participants of the…
Descriptors: Inner Speech (Subvocal), Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language), Metalinguistics
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Jalilian, Sahar; Rahmatian, Rouhollah; Safa, Parivash; Letafati, Roya – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Simultaneous bilingual education of a child is a dynamic process. Construction of linguistic competences undeniably depends on the conditions of the linguistic environment of the child. This education in a monolingual family, requires the practice of parenting tactics to increase the frequency of the language use in minority, during which,…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingual Education, Indo European Languages, Child Language
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Miri, Mowla; Alibakhshi, Goudarz; Mostafaei-Alaei, Mahnaz – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2017
The authors report on a study aimed at exploring the role of a teacher education program (TEP) rested upon the tenets of critical pedagogy in influencing teachers' cognitions and practices concerning first-language (L1) use in second-language (L2) classrooms. Participants were 10 Iranian English as a foreign language teachers, whose cognitions…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Negative Attitudes
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Sharifian, Farzad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2013
Traditionally, many studies of second language acquisition (SLA) were based on the assumption that learning a new language mainly involves learning a set of grammatical rules, lexical items, and certain new sounds and sound combinations. However, for many second language learners, learning a second language may involve contact and interactions…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Indo European Languages, Cultural Influences
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Rahmatian, Rouhollah; Farshadjou, Mahdieh – International Education Studies, 2013
In today's world, a good command of more than two foreign languages is a commonplace necessity. However, this is not the case for the majority of language learners in Iran. The foreign languages which could be of any avail to them are neither close to Persian nor have any daily social usage. The present research aims at promoting this linguistic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), French, Second Languages
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Momenian, Mohammad; Samar, Reza Ghafar – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
This paper reports on the findings of a study carried out on the advanced and elementary teachers' and students' functions and patterns of code-switching in Iranian English classrooms. This concept has not been adequately examined in L2 (second language) classroom contexts than in outdoor natural contexts. Therefore, besides reporting on the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
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Rezvani, Ehsan; Street, Hezar Jerib; Rasekh, Abbass Eslami – English Language Teaching, 2011
This paper presents the results of a small-scale exploratory investigation of code-switching (CS) between English and Farsi by 4 Iranian English foreign language (EFL) teachers in elementary level EFL classrooms in a language school in Isfahan, Iran. Specifically, the present study aimed at exploring the syntactical identification of switches and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages
Salmani-Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali, Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
"Iranian Journal of Language Studies" ("IJLS") is devoted to all areas of language and linguistics. Its aim is to present work of current interest in all areas of language study. No particular linguistic theories or scientific trends are favored: scientific quality and scholarly standing are the only criteria applied in the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Linguistics, Language Tests, Language Teachers