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This study investigates the effects of metacognitive intervention in first language on the listening performance of young-adult English as foreign language (EFL) learners in Iran, and probes the learners' attitude toward such intervention in English as foreign language classrooms. The participants in the study were 61 young-adult EFL learners…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Bidabadi, Farinaz Shirani; Yamat, Hamidah – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2014
This paper discusses the findings of a qualitative study on the strategies employed by Iranian freshmen in extensive listening. A group of 12 freshman university students were purposefully selected based on their scores in the Oxford Placement Test administered. Four learners were identified as advanced, four as intermediate, and four as lower…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
Download full textSeddigh, Fatemeh – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study aimed to investigate the use of vocabulary learning strategies among medical students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in Iran as an EFL context. A questionnaire was administered to 120 medical students (53 males, 67 females) to identify; 1) the effective types of vocabulary learning strategies used by the learners and 2)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Learning Strategies, Medical Students, English (Second Language)
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
Zarei, Abbas Ali; Adami, Saba – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2013
To investigate the effects of semantic mapping, thematic clustering, and notebook keeping on L2 vocabulary recognition and production, four groups of intermediate level learners in an EFL institute in Zanjan, Iran participated in the study. Three experimental groups consisted of semantic mapping, semantic feature analysis, and vocabulary notebook…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Semantics, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Rahmani, Mina; Sadeghi, Karim – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2011
The present study examined the process and product effects of note-taking strategy training on Iranian EFL learners' comprehension and retention of written material, with gender as a moderating variable. Intermediate undergraduate EFL learners (N = 108) were assigned to experimental and control groups. The Experimental (intervention) Group…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Hayati, A. Majid; Jalilifar, Alireza – English Language Teaching, 2009
The main concern of the present study is to probe the relationship between note-taking strategy and students' listening comprehension (LC) ability. To conduct the study, a language proficiency test was administered to the undergraduate students majoring in English Translation at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and sixty students were selected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Notetaking, Learning Strategies, Listening Comprehension
