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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
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Zarrinabadi, Nourollah; Rezazadeh, Mohsen; Chehrazi, Abdollah – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
This study sought to investigate the relationship between language mindsets and grammar learning strategies and grammatical performance among English as L2 and L3 learners. Moreover, this study examined fixed and growth language mindsets across gender and language groups. The sample included 320 (N[subscript L2] = 160, N[subscript L3] = 160)…
Descriptors: Grammar, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
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Bahman Gorgian; Farzaneh Mir; Batool Nasiri – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2025
The evaluation of in-service teacher educators ' feedback on using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) processes is important for providing educational policymakers with the strengths and weaknesses of the Vadana platform. It proposes an integrated CALL evaluation scale (ICES) eliciting the in-service teacher educators' literacy of using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Educators
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Ali Derakhshan; Mehdi Solhi; Jean-Marc Dewaele; Farzaneh Shakki – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The present study aimed to explore the association between 302 (93 males and 209 females) English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' perceived teacher support (i.e., personal support and academic support) and their reading motivation. This inquiry also sought to assess the potential mediating influences of second or foreign language (L2)…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
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Hassan Mollahossein; Karim Sadeghi – TESL-EJ, 2025
This paper examines the relationship between ethnocentrism and motivation in language learning, focusing on the Ideal L2-Self and Ought to L2-Self constructs of the L2 Motivational Self System. Additionally, the study examined the potential moderating effect of gender on the relationships between ethnocentrism and both the Ideal L2-Self and Ought…
Descriptors: Ethnocentrism, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
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Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh; Mahdi Rajaeenia – TESL-EJ, 2024
Language learning beliefs are considered to be an important factor influencing student learning outcomes. This mixed-methods research investigated English language learning beliefs of Iranian English language learners. Data were collected from 226 junior and senior male and female high school students using the Beliefs about Language Learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Rezaei, Mahdi; Salehi, Hadi – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2022
This study aimed to scrutinize the measurement of ICC and then investigate the relationship between Iranian L2 learners and their L2 learning motivation, and achievement on the one hand, and the difference between ICC and motivation of EFL learners, on the other. To do this, the participants included 60 B.A. Translation and 60 B.A. non-Translation…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Translation, Correlation
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Ghadyani, 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
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Tabatabaee-Yazdi, Mona – SAGE Open, 2020
The Hierarchical Diagnostic Classification Model (HDCM) reflects on the sequences of the presentation of the essential materials and attributes to answer the items of a test correctly. In this study, a foreign language reading comprehension test was analyzed employing HDCM and the generalized deterministic-input, noisy and gate (G-DINA) model to…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Classification, Models, Reading Comprehension
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Nazari, Mostafa; Hashemi, Mohammad R. – Educational Action Research, 2022
The present action-research study explored the experience of a co-educational class in a context where it was a total educational novelty. Generating data from a number of sources before, during, and after the course, the study portrays how the participants experienced initial challenges followed by mutual adaptability toward the end of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Coeducation, Educational Change, School Policy
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Hossein Navidinia; Adrian Naznean; Maha Sourani; Nargess Hekmati – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Online teaching has gained more momentum since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. While this mode offers many benefits, one major concern is maintaining academic integrity, as online instruction can provide more opportunities for cheating. This study aimed to explore students' attitudes toward cheating in online assessments (OAs) and any…
Descriptors: Ethics, Cheating, Computer Assisted Testing, COVID-19
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Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Nakhaee, Shiva; Abbasi-Sosfadi, Saeed – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2020
This study aims at investigating the relationship between student's second language lexical fluency and their C-test performance. Using cluster sampling procedure,75 undergraduate students of Engineering and Basic Sciences studying general English at Shahrood University of Technology were randomly selected to participate in this study. Controlled…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Undergraduate Students
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Mousavi, Hamid – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2018
Motivation as one of the most important areas in language learning has been extensively investigated based on various models and theories. Recent motivational theories on L2 learning emphasized the importance of the possible 'selves' in motivating learners. This paper analyzes and compares the two constructs of Ought-to L2 self and Ideal L2 self…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation, Self Concept
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Nahid Soltanian; Zargham Ghapanchi – MEXTESOL Journal, 2024
Unlike communities of practice, previous studies on imagined communities of practice are scarce, yet enlightening. The present research was conducted in an English as a foreign language (EFL) context in order to provide more insight into how language learners perceive their imagined communities (ICs). It was based on Norton's (2000; 2001)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Vakilifard, Amireza; Ebadi, Saman; Zamani, Mahmood; Sadeghi, Bahador – Cogent Education, 2020
Learners' motivation has been widely accepted as a key factor which influences the rate, success, and failure of second/foreign language learning. On the other hand, demotivation is regarded as a flip side of motivation which has negative effects on language learning processes and outcomes. This study intended to examine what factors may…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Indo European Languages
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