Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Advances in Language and… | 2 |
| TESL Canada Journal | 2 |
| Interchange: A Quarterly… | 1 |
| International Journal of… | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 6 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 2 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Iran | 6 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Group Embedded Figures Test | 1 |
| Test of English as a Foreign… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkSafari, Parvin – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2016
Recently, there has been a change from traditional language testing approaches, with a focus on psychometric properties towards critical language testing (CLT) with its social practice nature. CLT assumes tests not as neutral devices but as instruments of power and control which are related to authorities' policy agendas to shape individuals' and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Educational Practices, High Stakes Tests
Download full textNematTabrizi, Amir Reza; Saber, Mehrnoush Akhavan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2016
The study was an attempt to measure the effect of critical reading strategies, namely; re-reading, questioning and annotating on recall and retention of collocations by intermediate Iranian EFL learners. To this end, Nelson proficiency test was administered to ninety (n = 90) Iranian EFL learners studying at Zaban Sara language institute in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Reading, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning
Mansoory, Niloofar; Jafarpour, Mohsen – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study examined teaching SP of English verbs through the data-driven learning (DDL) approach and its effect on learners' vocabulary choice appropriateness in the Persian English foreign language (EFL) context. In the present study, two male intact classes were selected. One of these two classes was randomly selected as a treatment group and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Verbs, Teaching Methods
Fatemi, Mohammad Ali; Montazerinia, Fatemeh; Shirazian, Sharifeh; Atarodi, Maliheh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Cultural integration can be used as an effective learning practice in contexts of English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of cultural integration on the development of Iranian EFL upper-intermediate learners' listening comprehension. To this end, fifty-two upper-intermediate EFL learners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Integration, Acculturation, Listening Comprehension
Naeini, Ma'ssoumeh Bemani; Pandian, Ambigapathy – TESL Canada Journal, 2010
Gardner's (1983) Multiple Intelligences Theory (MIT) has been found to have profound implications in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) in that it provides a way for teachers to recognize learners' individual cognitive and affective differences by providing favorable motivational conditions for learning. However, little investigation…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Multiple Intelligences, Listening Comprehension, Data Analysis
Salmani-Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – TESL Canada Journal, 2007
In this study it was hypothesized that field dependence or independence would introduce systematic variance into Iranian EFL learners' overall and task-specific performance on task-based reading comprehension tests. One thousand, seven hundred, forty-three freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students, all majoring in English at various Iranian…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Style, Reading Tests, Data Analysis
