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Bozorgian, Hossein; Pillay, Hitendra – International Journal of Instruction, 2013
Listening used in language teaching refers to a complex process that allows us to understand spoken language. The current study, conducted in Iran with an experimental design, investigated the effectiveness of teaching listening strategies delivered in L1 (Persian) and its effect on listening comprehension in L2. Five listening strategies:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Indo European Languages
Bozorgian, Hossein; Pillay, Hitendra – Online Submission, 2013
Listening used in language teaching refers to a complex process that allows us to understand spoken language. The current study, conducted in Iran with an experimental design, investigated the effectiveness of teaching listening strategies delivered in L1 (Persian) and its effect on listening comprehension in L2. Five listening strategies:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Indo European Languages
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Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Educational Action Research, 2011
Action research is geared to changes for the better and has the potential to assist teachers to extend their teaching skills and develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their classroom and their learners. However, in the area of applied linguistics, the viability of action research has been seriously questioned. In this article, we argue…
Descriptors: Action Research, Applied Linguistics, Teaching Skills, Teaching Methods
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Ghabanchi, Z. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
This article reports the results of a study and a pilot study. The "study" considers the effectiveness of incidental teaching of grammar in a learning class of English As A Second Language by Persian speaking students. The "pilot study" examines the students' attitudes toward the incidental learning of grammar from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Grammar, English (Second Language)
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Shokrpour, Nasrin; Fotovatian, Sepide – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2006
To enhance reading comprehension, several strategies have been identified in previous research conducted (Naiman et al. 1978; O'Malley & Chamot 1990; O'Malley, Chamot, Manzanares, Russo and Kypper 1985; Politzer and McGroarty 1985; Prokop 1989; Oxford 1990; Salataci and Akyel 2002; Tercanlioglu 2004). However, using different types of Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Inferences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning