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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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Mahdiuon, Rouhollah; Masoumi, Davoud; Farasatkhah, Maghsoud – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2017
The article aims to explore the attributes of quality and quality improvement including the process and specific actions associated with these attributes--that contribute enhancing quality in Iranian Virtual Higher Education (VHE) institutions. A total of 16 interviews were conducted with experts and key actors in Iranian virtual higher education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Virtual Universities
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Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Malekpur, Akram – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
Lots of studies have tried to test the effect of strategy training on vocabulary development. However, instead of trying to uncover the strategies that learners actually use, they have tried to expose learners to a list of strategies supported by theories. Although these theory-driven studies have provided the field with significant and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Atai, Mahmood Reza; Nejadghanbar, Hassan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
Despite the importance of reflection on critical incidents (CIs), there are only a few studies in ELT literature addressing English language teachers' CIs (Farrell, 2008). Accordingly, this study was conducted to explore and discuss how six in-service EFL teachers reflected on and reported their CIs. In so doing, the participant teachers reflected…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Critical Incidents Method
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Ganji, Mansoor; Ketabi, Saeed; Shahnazari, Mohammadtaghi – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
This study aims to paint a vivid picture of the English teacher training courses held in Iranian private language institutes, both to critically analyse their aims and content, and to find their strengths and weaknesses. In line with this, qualitative data were gathered through information available on 34 institutes' websites, narrative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Teacher Education Programs, College Second Language Programs
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Safari, Parvin; Rashidi, Nasser – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2015
Kumaravadivelu's (2003) introduction and development of "postmethod" led to the demise of methods and a dramatic change in the language teaching profession. In fact, it can be claimed that the arrival of postmethod pedagogy in language teaching might be the reason for the abandonment and replacement of method by context sensitive,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Namaghi, Seyyed Ali Ostovar; Moghaddam, Mohammad Reza Saboor; Tajzad, Maryam – English Language Teaching, 2014
The purpose of this study is to explore language teachers' perspectives on Iranian third grade senior high school EFL textbook, which is prescribed by the Ministry of Education. In data collection and analysis, the researchers used theoretical sampling and the coding schemes presented in grounded theory. Final analysis yielded "Negative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, High Schools, Second Language Instruction