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Morady Moghaddam, Mostafa; Esmaeilpour, Faeze – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
In line with the concept of mobile learning in English Language Teaching (ELT), the aim of this research is to explore how Iranian ELT practitioners take advantage of social media to propose supportive and impactful language learning programs by adhering to persuasive linguistic devices. The research design is nonexperimental and explorative.…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Advertising
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Maryam Soleimani; Zahra Aghazadeh – MEXTESOL Journal, 2024
The present investigation examines the impact of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on the enhancement of EFL learners' idiom learning through "WhatsApp" during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three complete classes with 60 intermediate female learners (20 per class) were selected and randomly assigned into two experimental and one control…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Telecommunications
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Roohani, Ali; Heidari Vincheh, Maryam – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL), which provides access to learning without the constraints of place and time, is worthy of exploration for pedagogical purposes. Given the use of gaming applications and social media as potential instructional methods for MALL, this study investigated the effect of these two methods, along with traditional…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Game Based Learning
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Eskandari, Hossein; Vahdani Asadi, Mohammad Reza; Khodabandelou, Rouhollah – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2023
This correlational study investigates the relationship between mobile phone use among elementary school students in Iran during the COVID-19 epidemic, and its effect on emotional-behavioural functioning and academic and social competencies. A researcher-devised questionnaire, and the Achenbach Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)-parental version, was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Handheld Devices, Psychological Patterns
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Ahmadi, Zahra – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2021
This study was an attempt to investigate whether using Instagram had any significant effects on Iranian intermediate autonomous/dependent EFL learners' pictorial metaphors or not. In doing so, Oxford Placement Test was administered among100 EFL learners studying at Rooyesh language institute in Kelishad, Isfahan, Iran; and based on the results, 80…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Ataeifar, Farideh; Sadighi, Firooz; Bagheri, Mohammad Sadegh; Behjat, Fatemeh – Cogent Education, 2019
The study aimed at investigating the impacts of mobile-assisted instruction on improving Iranian female EFL learners' speaking skill and exploring their perceptions of the experience. Random sampling was applied to select 90 female students at the Zand Higher Education Institute in Shiraz, Iran. Their ages ranged from 18 to 24. They were randomly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Student Attitudes, Speech Skills
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Kavoshian, Saeedeh; Ketabi, Saeed; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Koehler, Thomas – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
The purpose of this study was three-fold: first, it aimed to develop a scale to shed light on English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' perceptions of using Mobile Social Network Sites (MSNSs) in language teaching and learning. To this end, a 36-item MSNSs Utility Perceptions Inventory (MUPI) was developed. Second, the current study made an…
Descriptors: Barriers, Social Networks, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ma'azi, Halaleh; Janfeshan, Kamran – Cogent Education, 2018
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the effect of Edmodo social learning network on Iranian learners' writing skill. It also attempted to find out students' attitudes toward Edmodo. Forty participants were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. For both groups, at first a test of writing as a pre-test was run to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Social Media, Computer Uses in Education
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Mellati, Morteza; Khademi, Marzieh – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2015
The expansion of technological applications such as computers and mobile phones in the past three decades has impacted our life from different perspectives. Language teaching is no exception and like other fields of study, language teaching has also influenced by new language teaching sources and software. More recently, there has been a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Interaction, Second Language Learning