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Sajedifard, Mohammad; Sajedifard, Zahra – School Psychology International, 2022
This qualitative study aimed to investigate the influences on 32 rural Iranian high school students' adoption of achievement goals. To this end, the high school students took part in individual semi-structured interviews. The outcomes indicated the high school students' goal orientation adoption was impacted by a host of significant individuals in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Predictor Variables
Derakhshan, Ali; Eslami, Zohreh R.; Curle, Samantha; Zhaleh, Kiyana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
To expand the literature on the rather new concept of student burnout, the present study examined the influence of teacher immediacy and stroke variables on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' experience of burnout. To fulfill this aim, a group of 631 undergraduate EFL students from various universities in Iran answered questionnaires…
Descriptors: Burnout, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Hamedi, Seyyedeh Mina; Pishghadam, Reza; Fadardi, Javad Salehi – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2020
Given the fact that reading is considered as a crucial language skill through which the reader can interact with the author to obtain the required information for the higher communication and participation in the current literary society (Walker in Diagnostic teaching of reading: techniques for instruction and assessment, Merril, Columbus, 2000),…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Reading Comprehension
Derakhshan, Ali; Malmir, Ali – TESL-EJ, 2021
While aptitude has been seen to contribute to second language (L2) development, most studies have examined its contribution as a fixed trait, rather than viewing it as a dynamic, changing variable. There appears to have been little or no investigation of the role that aptitude plays in the development of L2 pragmatic ability. Therefore, this study…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh; Makiabadi, Hossein; Abdi Navokhi, Samaneh – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
Given the prominence of mindfulness in educational settings and the fact that little attention has been given to this concept in foreign language learning, the present study sets out to explore the influence of mindfulness and L2 resilience on Iranian EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' self-fulfilment, and L2 motivation. To meet this…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Predictor Variables
Rahimi, Masoud; Weisi, Hiwa – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
This study examined the relationships among English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' reflective practices, self-efficacy, and research practice. Data were collected from a survey of 150 EFL teachers engaging both with (i.e. through reading) and in (i.e. through doing) research in English language teaching (ELT). The results of multiple…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Reflective Teaching, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Honarzad, Radin; Rassaei, Ehsan – JALT CALL Journal, 2019
This study aims to identify which technology-based out-of-class activities are more commonly used by Iranian EFL learners outside language classrooms. Furthermore, it explored the relationship between the use of technology-based out-of-class language learning activities (TBOCLLAs) by EFL learners and three individual learner characteristics such…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Personal Autonomy, Student Motivation
Afshar, Hassan Soodmand; Bayat, Mahsa – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
The present study investigated the relationship between language learning strategy use, learning styles, gender, and second language (L2) achievement of Iranian English for academic purposes (EAP) learners. To this end, 120 Iranian EAP learners majoring in various fields of humanities including political sciences, psychology, economics and law…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
Ashraf, Hamid; Kafi, Zahra H. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2017
The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between Iranian EFL, English as a foreign language, male and female instructors' philosophy of education and their professional development to see whether there is any significant relation between the type of philosophy of education that teachers hold and their professional development. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Dashti, Laleh; Razmjoo, Seyyed Ayatollah – Cogent Education, 2020
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore Iranian IELTS candidates' strengths and weaknesses in IELTS Speaking Test in terms of IELTS's four speaking assessment criteria, namely Fluency and Coherence (FlC), Lexical Resource (LR), Grammar Range and Accuracy (GRA), and Pronunciation (Pro). It also aimed to examine the discourse features…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Speech Communication
Khezerlou, Ebrahim – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
The study aimed at measuring the perceived Professional Self-esteem, Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and Personal Accomplishment (PA) of Iranian (n = 230) and Turkish (n = 156) EFL teachers and determining the prediction role of Professional Self-esteem in EE, DP, and PA processes. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Esteem, Professional Identity, Teacher Burnout
Babaei, Mehdi; Abednia, Arman – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This article reports on a study that explored the relationship between reflective teaching and teachers' self-efficacy beliefs. Two questionnaires, the English Language Teaching Reflection Inventory (Akbari, Behzadpoor, & Dadvand, 2010) and Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs System-Self (TEBS-Self) (Dellinger, Bobbett, Olivier, & Ellett, 2008),…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Beliefs
Jodai, Hojat; Mahda Vi Zafarghandi, Amir; Danaye Tous, Maryam – Online Submission, 2013
This study investigated the effect of motivational factors on English achievement in an intensive English course. The participants consisted of 164 Iranian male military staff, aged from 20 to 30. The participants filled a translated and adapted version of the mini-Attitude Motivation Test Battery (a=0.70). Factor analysis of the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Motivation, Anxiety, Military Schools, Military Personnel
Asakereh, Ahmad; Dehghannezhad, Maliheh – Issues in Educational Research, 2015
This study investigated the relationship between student satisfaction with speaking classes, speaking skills self-efficacy beliefs, and speaking skills achievement. To this end, one hundred Iranian EFL undergraduate students filled out two questionnaires; a research-made and pilot-tested questionnaire for student satisfaction with speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, English (Second Language)
Pishghadam, Reza; Noghani, Mohsen; Zabihi, Reza – English Language Teaching, 2011
The present study was conducted to construct and validate a questionnaire of social and cultural capital in the foreign language context of Iran. To this end, a questionnaire was designed by picking up the most frequently-used indicators of social and cultural capital. The Factorability of the intercorrelation matrix was measured by two tests:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Cultural Capital, Social Capital