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Bozorgian, Hossein – International Journal of Listening, 2014
This study investigated the impact of metacognitive instruction on the listening skill, and metacognitive knowledge of a group of male students (N = 30) who were learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Iran. The study participants spoke Persian as a first language and were high-intermediate EFL learners. The participants received a guided…
Descriptors: Role, Metacognition, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Khorshidi, Hassan Rasouli; Nimchahi, Abdolreza Bagherzadeh – English Language Teaching, 2013
It is generally believed that interlanguage pragmatics and motivation play important roles in learning. Motivation is important because it determines the extent of the learner's active involvement and attitude toward learning. The major purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of integrative and instrumental motivation on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Masouleh, Fatemeh Abdollahizadeh; Arjmandi, Masoumeh; Vahdany, Fereydoon – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
This study deals with the application of the pragmatics research to EFL teaching. The need for language learners to utilize a form of speech acts such as request which involves a series of strategies was significance of the study. Although defining different speech acts has been established since 1960s, recently there has been a shift towards…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction