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Zarrinabadi, Nourollah; Lou, Nigel Mantou; Darvishnezhad, Zeinab – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study examined the effects of praise for intelligence and praise for effort on Iranian EFL learners' language mindsets, perceived communication competence, speaking anxiety, and willingness to communicate (WTC). The students in three English classes (N = 63, all junior high school students) in a private language institute filled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Reinforcement, Ability, Anxiety
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Mila Schwartz; Orit Dror – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: This study aimed to explore "why and how" the teachers' personal funds of knowledge and identity are connected to their classroom beliefs, knowledge, and practices. Design/methodology/approach: The study lasted one academic year (October 2021 - July 2022). We used multiple data sources, including semi-structured individual…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Policy, Language Usage
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Gutiérrez Pérez, Regina – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This article presents a didactic experience carried out in the Degree of Translation and Interpreting (English) at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville and it is part of a project of Innovation and Teaching Development. The main objective is the development in students of a metaphoric competence -- metaphorical awareness and strategies to…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Translation
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Ghavamnia, Maedeh; Ketabi, Saeed – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
Some recent research has focused on the students' silence and inviting more student voice. This paper investigated the reasons behind Iranian undergraduate students' silence in English classes and stepped further to give voice to those students' attitudes toward English with the belief that inviting and including student voice could improve the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)