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Developing an Iranian ELT Context-Specific Grit Instrument
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Ebadi, Saman; Weisi, Hiwa; Khaksar, Zahra – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
Grit as an interesting and significant topic in psychology has been associated with better study habits and higher grades through perseverance and passion for long term goals. The only available measurement instrument of grit (Duckworth et al. in "J Personal Soc Psychol" 92:1087-1101, 2007) is general both in terms of its subject matter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Persistence, English (Second Language)
EFL Teachers' Perceptions of Strategy Deficiency Syndrome: A Grounded Theory Study
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Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Ahmadabadi-Tak, Bahareh – English Language Teaching, 2017
Strategy-deficient language learners struggle to develop their language proficiency through limiting and inappropriate strategies. This study aims at exploring experienced teachers' perceptions of strategy deficiency syndrome among EFL learners. To this end, the perspectives of a purposive sample of experienced teachers teaching in private…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Vocabulary Learning Strategies from the Bottom-Up: A Grounded Theory
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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
The Effect of Activating Metacognitive Strategies on the Listening Performance and Metacognitive Awareness of EFL Students
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Rahimirad, Maryam; Shams, Mohammad Reza – International Journal of Listening, 2014
This study investigates the effect of activating metacognitive strategies on the listening performance of English as a foreign language (EFL) university students and explores the impact of such strategies on their metacognitive awareness of the listening task. The participants were N = 50 students of English literature at the state university of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Listening Skills, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
EFL Learners Beliefs about Translation and Its Use as a Strategy in Writing
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Bagheri, Mohammad S.; Fazel, Ismaeil – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2011
Although translation in learning a foreign or second language is frowned upon by many language practitioners, it is nonetheless used by language learners as a viable strategy. To date, few studies have investigated the effect of translation on writing. This study explored the use of translation by Iranian university students, particularly with…
Descriptors: Translation, Learning Strategies, Interviews, Writing Skills
Farmers' Learning Strategies in the Province of Esfahan
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Karbasioun, Mostafa; Biemans, Harm; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
This study was designed to investigate changes in farming and to look at how farmers adapt to diverse changes in and around their farms in the province of Esfahan, Iran. It is part of a larger project aimed at developing a job competency profile for agricultural extension instructors (AEIs). One hundred and two farmers who had previously followed…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Learning Strategies, Extension Agents, Foreign Countries